SMU DataArts will be offering the following upcoming webinars to help nonprofit arts organizations make more robust use of their organization’s data. All webinars are free and simply require registration at the links provided below.

On Tuesday, October 27, 2020, the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) announced the recipients of the WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund grants. The four Arizona recipients are Arts for All (Tucson), Museum of Indigenous People (Prescott), Rising Youth Theatre (Phoenix), and Xico Inc. (Phoenix). Congratulations to all!

The Arizona Commission on the Arts announced today that long-time board member Ruben E. Alvarez has been appointed to the board of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), a professional association of the nation's 56 state and jurisdictional arts agencies.

Registration for 2021 Poetry Out Loud is now open! Poetry Out Loud seeks to foster the next generation of literary readers by capitalizing on the latest trends in poetry - recitation and performance. The program builds on the resurgence of poetry as an oral art form, as seen in the slam poetry movement and the immense popularity of rap music among youth.

Artists, advocates and businesses from across the state were awarded 2020 Governor's Arts Awards during a virtual ceremony produced by Arizona Citizens for the Arts. Catherine “Rusty” Foley, former Arizona Citizens for the Arts Executive Director, and Bob Booker, former executive director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, received 2020 Shelley Awards.

It was a miracle on all sorts of levels. After struggling to keep its doors open due to the coronavirus outbreak, a huge glimmer of hope shined down on the Prescott Center for the Arts (PCA) as it received an anonymous $3 million donation last week.

"It is the thing you wish for and yet once you get it, you're not so sure it was the thing you ultimately wanted. So I'm in that space where I find this very useful. I've been writing. I've been thinking. And I think that's good. However, the lack of contact with people is... extraordinary. And it's surprising to me that I miss it in the ways that I do."

Ajo, Arizona, was once a robust mining community. Now it is seeking to cast off the image of a ghost town -- and reinvent itself as an arts destination of the Southwest. Stephanie Sy reports for our American Creators series and ongoing arts and culture coverage, Canvas.

With a juried youth art competition, a possible winter market and continuing conversations about art and the impact of COVID-19 on indigenous people, the Museum of Northern Arizona has lots to offer in the coming months.

The program features more than two dozen sessions, live Q&A with presenters, virtual networking opportunities, an exhibitor area, and more. Best of all, you won’t have to miss a moment because all sessions will be accessible for 30 days after the event, so you can catch up on the action at a time that is right for you. 

Join the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture's latest online learning series. Considering the impact of our changing and unpredictable world, this series of workshops can help artists organize and adapt their practice in times of change, challenge, and beyond. Join us to learn how to redefine the value of your art practice!

This virtual summit, entirely designed and led by young people, is a space for dreaming and using the arts to imagine a different and better future. The summit is an opportunity for young artists, ages 13-24, from a range of artistic disciplines, to connect, create, celebrate, and inspire, and to create their/the Artistic Youth-led Revolution. 

Americans for the Arts members are invited to be part of Public Art Pulse Check, an interactive program for attendees to dive into timely issues and trends effecting the public art field today.

You serve on the staff of a local performing arts organization. A press release was tweeted from a local environmental group stating that your theatre's plumbing system is leaching untreated waste into the community's waterway. While the press release is inaccurate, season ticket holders and donors are demanding answers.

Join the National Guild for Community Arts Education this winter for an online learning series about how to create programming informed by and supportive of the many, varied lived experiences of our communities in the unique context of this moment. You can register for the series as a whole, or for individual sessions.