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A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE
ARIZONA
COMMISSION ON THE
ARTS
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NALAC Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI)
The Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI) is part of an extensive joint partnership initiative between the Natinal Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, First Peoples Fund, Alternate ROOTS, and PA’I Foundation.
Read more
www.nalac.org
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Final Deadline for Fiscal Year 2018 Grants
Cycle C Deadline: 11:59pm Thursday, February 1, 2018.
For projects/activities taking place between March 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018.
To allow applicants greater flexibility in planning for and taking advantage of opportunities that may spring up over the course of the year, the Arizona Commission on the Arts offers three of its grants throughout the year on a three-deadline cycle. The final application deadline for FY2018 is less than a month away.
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Enhance the work of school-based arts teaching and learning programs through collaborative projects taking place in-school, after-school, or during summer/inter-session and in-services.
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Support partnerships led by community/social service organizations or government entities that foster meaningful arts learning experiences in a variety of community settings for learners of any age.
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Provide funding support for participation in artistic development and skills building activities or opportunities that contribute to professional growth and career development.
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The opportunities featured below are selected from listings submitted for inclusion on our website's
Jobs
and
Arts Opportunities
boards by the offering/soliciting organization/company. Questions regarding a particular opportunity should be directed to the organization/company listed with the opportunity.
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Call for Artists: Artist Collabs for Spark! After Dark
JAMovement
Location: Mesa, AZ
Deadine: January 14, 2018 @ 11:59pm
The evening will pair movement-based artists with musicians, writers, and media artists to create create 60 second projects. Artists can register to work with someone they know, or be adventurous and sign up to work with someone new!
Light Sensitive 2018 Call for Work
Art Intersection
Location: Gilbert, AZ
Deadine: January 16, 2018
Art Intersection presents Light Sensitive, an annual juried exhibition of images created using traditional and alternative photographic processes. Past work has included analog c-prints, platinum/palladium, cyanotype, gelatin silver, gum bichromate, wet plate collodion tintypes and ambrotypes, chemigrams, and other printing processes. Both 2-dimens
Call to Artists | AZ Communities Water/Ways Coloring Book
Arizona Humanities
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Deadine: January 19, 2018
Arizona Humanities is seeking an artist to create a coloring book for children and adults to compliment the upcoming Smithsonian Water/Ways exhibition. Arizona artists with illustration and/or design experience are encouraged to apply.
Call for Entry | Grand Canyon Celebration of Art
Grand Canyon Association
Location: Grand Canyon, AZ
Deadine: January 20, 2018
The Celebration of Art at Grand Canyon is an annual event that includes a week of plein air activity, a rim-side live auction, and an invitation-only Collectors’ Exhibition
Preview & Sale that opens a four month long exhibit of participating artists work.
The event is open to all artists 18 years and older with plein air experience and experience painting the Grand Canyon. Please include plein air experience in the résumé that is submitted with your application.
Celebration of Artists 2018 | West Valley Art Museum
West Valley Art Museum
Location: Peoria, AZ
Deadine: January 25, 2018
A call for artists for West Valley Art Museum's Celebration of Artists 2018, open to Arizona artists, 21 or older.
Two Public Art Opportunities | New Heroes Regional Park Branch Library, Glendale
City of Glendale Public Art Program
Location: Glendale, AZ
Deadine: January 31, 2018, 5:00 PM
The City of Glendale announces two public art opportunities for qualified artists or artist teams to design, fabricate and install artwork for the new Heroes Regional Park Branch Library. One opportunity is interior, the second exterior.
Paul Dyck Celebration of Archaeology in Art
Verde Valley Archaeology Center
Location: Camp Verde, AZ
Deadine: February 3, 2018
The 2018 Annual Paul Dyck Celebration of Archaeology in Art Show and Sale on March 17-18, 2018, is part of the weekend-long Camp Verde Spring Heritage Festival. The theme is “Art Inspired by Archaeology and Archaeology as Art.”
Temporary Public Art Installation RFP | Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Location: Rochester, NY
Deadine: February 15, 2018
Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) seeks proposals for site-specific, temporary public art that will enliven the East Avenue neighborhood. RoCo encourages proposals for incisive, surprising, and unique sculpture and installation art of all forms, including media-based works.
Conception Group Art Exhibit
Conception Arts/Global Art Collective
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Deadine: February 15, 2018
Conception Arts invites emerging and seasoned Phoenix Artists to submit their work for our in-person, one-night only - Group Art Exhibit which will be held at The Duce on Thursday March 1, 2018 from 5pm to 9pm. We are accepting submissions from photographers, mixed media and digital artists, painters and sculptors.
Call to Artists | Arizona Biennial 2018 at the Tucson Museum of Art
Tucson Museum of Art
Location: Tucson, AZ
Deadine: March 2, 2018
All Arizona artists over 18 years of age working in any media are welcome to submit their work to be considered for the Arizona Biennial 2018. The oldest running state-wide juried exhibition featuring exclusively Arizona artists, Arizona Biennial 2018 will be on view at the Tucson Museum of Art July 7 – October 6, 2018.
Call for Films | Animation Day in Cannes 2018
Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival
Location: Montreal, CANADA
Deadine: March 15, 2018
Enjoy industry visibility in front of the animation professionals attending Cannes during Animation Day in Cannes (second edition). take advantage of free promotion to buyers and media on our Animation Day in Cannes Newsletters, animation Day in Cannes website, filmfestivals.com pages dedicated to Animation Day in Cannes and our Youtube channel, which will be offered for buyers and Media.
CALL TO ARTISTS | 2018 Gallery Exhibits
The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center
Location: West Rutland, VT
Deadine: March 19, 2018
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center is accepting applications for one and/or two person exhibits at the on-site gallery for the 2018 season. Shows are 1-2 months in duration.
Call for Art | Prescott Art Gallery
Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery
Location: Prescott, AZ
Deadine: Spring 2018
The Prescott Art Gallery is located within the Performing Arts Center on the Yavapai Campus in Prescott, Arizona. This is an attractive space with high ceilings and 1792 sq/ft of exhibition space with a movable wall system and LED track lighting. Prescott Art Gallery accepts submissions on a continuous basis. Proposals are reviewed by the Art Gallery Committee and may take up to six months to review your submission. Accepted proposals may take up to one or two years in advance to schedule.
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Spoken Word Contest (National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness)
Black Horizons Festival
Location: Arizona
Deadine: January 15, 2018 11:59PM
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Black Horizons Festival presents a spoken word video contest to impact change in the African / African-American community. The Black Horizons Festival is an ongoing arts & culture celebration, showcasing artistic excellence and perspectives of the African Diaspora. The inaugural focus is on film.
Call for Artists | 3rd Annual "Leaves & Petals" Art Competition
Fusion Art
Location: Online Exhibition / Palm Springs, CA
Deadine: January 27, 2018
Fusion Art is now accepting entries for the 3rd Annual "Leaves & Petals" International Art Competition. Artists, worldwide, are encouraged to submit their best representational or abstract floral/botanical art and photography.
Vans Custom Culture Design Competition
Vans Custom Culture
Location: United States
Deadine: Register by January 31, 2018. Submissions due March 30, 2018
Calling all arts educators, administrators, arts organizations, and parents: the Vans Custom Culture design competition will open for registration on January 1, 2018. Vans Custom Culture is back for another year, and this year we will be giving $75,000 to a high school art program.
Arizona Haiku Poetry Contest
Arizona Matsuri & City of Phoenix
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Deadine: February 9, 2018
The Arizona Matsuri and the City of Phoenix will hold its 34th Annual Festival of Japan on February 24-25, 2018. This two-day free event celebrates the unique culture of Japan, its arts, music, dance, food and much more at Heritage & Science Park.
A Summer Song Juried Fine Art Exhibition
Mills Pond Gallery
Location: St. James, NY
Deadine: March 29, 2018
Mills Pond Gallery invites artists to submit works for a juried exhibition on the theme “A Summer Song.” Juror: Carol Strickland. The exhibition is open to varied interpretations of the subject, from literal to far-ranging.
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Creative Writing Fellowships | National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
Location: United States
Deadine: March 7, 2018
The National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in
prose
(fiction and creative nonfiction) and
poetry
to published creative writers that enable the recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.
Vibrant City Grant | City of Tempe
City of Tempe
Location: Tempe, AZ
Deadine: At least 6 weeks before project start date
Vibrant City Grants are intended to activate Tempe through the inclusion of arts and cultural participation, celebration of diversity, building community connections, and supporting local arts. This grant is available to individual artists, non-profit organizations, and community groups to produce arts-related performances, festivals, & activities.
Art Works Grants | National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
Location: United States
Deadine: February 15, July 12, 2018
These grants support artistically excellent projects that celebrate our creativity and cultural heritage, invite mutual respect for differing beliefs and values, and enrich humanity. Matching grants generally range from $10,000 to $100,000. A minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount is required.
Alice Award in Publishing | JM Kaplan Fund
J. M. Kaplan Fund/Furthermore
Location: Hudson, NY
Deadine: March 1, September 1
The $25,000 Alice Award is sponsored annually by Furthermore grants in publishing, a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund and awarded to an illustrated book of distinction. The candidates are chosen by the jury from among books previously supported by Furthermore.
AZ Humanities Grants and Mini Grants
AZ Humanities
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Deadine: Ongoing
Arizona Humanities supports innovative, community-based projects that use humanities disciplines to connect Arizonans to the cultures, peoples, and histories of the state and beyond. Proposals are welcome from a wide range of nonprofit organizations and encourages projects that are innovative in their approach toward the humanities and public programming.
Arts Learning Collaboration Grants and Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Location: Arizona
Deadine: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 11:59pm
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is deeply committed to promoting and supporting lifelong learning in, through and about the arts. To ensure that our grantmaking in this area continues to serve the sector’s evolving needs, reach applicants where they are, and direct essential funding support to the most diverse range of programs and projects, Arts Learning Grants are available in two distinct categories: Arts Learning Collaboration Grants and Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants.
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Grant Writing Boot Camp | Pima County Public Library
Pima County Public Library
Location: Tucson, AZ
Deadine: January 17, 2018
Carolyn Owens has over 20 years of grant writing experience and is past president of the Southern Arizona Grant Professionals Association. She will share her expertise and lessons learned with hands-on skill building during this one-hour workshop.
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Seeking Next Resident Scholar
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Deadine: January 22, 2018
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust is seeking candidates for its next Resident Scholar. Piper Trust established the Resident Scholars Program as a way to engage early career professionals in the philanthropic and social profit sectors, and importantly, to learn from them as they work with us.
Annual Call for New Members for the Arizona Print Group
Arizona Print Group
Location: Arizona
Deadine: February 16, 2018
Printmakers who are Arizona residents, 18 years of age or older, are invited to apply for membership in the Arizona Print Group. We are looking for active printmakers, graduate students, graduates and those who are newly moved to Arizona.
Artist Webinars | Creative Capital
Creative Capital
Location: Online
Deadine: Ongoing
Developed by artists for artists, Creative Capital’s workshops and webinars provide career, community, and confidence building tools for artists. Workshop and webinar leaders are practicing artists and experts, and many are Creative Capital awardees. Leaders introduce concepts and practical tools, share how they are used in their own lives, and model artist-to-artist collaboration.
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I-Park Accepting 2018 Artists-in-Residence Applications
I-Park
Location: East Haddam, CT
Deadine: January 22, 2018
Forty-four fully funded residencies are available between May and December for artists/designers working in visual arts, creative writing, music composition/sound art, moving image and architecture/landscape design at I-Park, an artists-in-residence program in East Haddam, Connecticut.
Call for Artists in Residence, Summer 2018
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center
Location: West Rutland, VT
Deadine: January 26, 2018
Artist Residencies at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center offer sculptors opportunities for inspiration and to create new work in the former marble quarry and manufacturing area of Vermont. Residencies are from 1 to 3 months, featuring artists working in a diverse range of materials and techniques.
2018 Artist Residency at the Anderson Center
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Location: Red Wing, MN
Deadine: February 15, 2018
The Anderson Center at Tower View is accepting applications for the 2018 Artist Residency which runs from May through October. Each resident is provided room, board, and workspace for the length of the residency period in the historic Tower View mansion. Visual artists are provided a 15′ x 26′ studio. Other workspaces on site include a gas kiln and electric kilns, a printmaking studio, and an open-air metalsmith facility. Practice space is also available for dancers and choreographers.
Artist Residency in Upstate NY
Main Street Arts
Location: Clifton Springs, NY
Deadine: February 28, 2018
Main Street Arts is accepting applications for the second quarter of our 2018 residency program!
2018 Hot Metal Residency | Franconia Sculpture Park
Franconia Sculpture Park
Location: Schafer, MN
Deadine: March 10, 2018
Hot Metal Interns arrive July 19 and are joined by Hot Metal Artists on July 26. During the residency, you will participate in bonded sand mold-making workshops, and work together on a pour crew for the community Iron Pour on August 4 and the Artists-in-Residence Pour on August 11.
US Japan Creative Artists Program Residencies
Japan US Friendship Commission
Location: Washington, DC
Deadine: February 1 midnight ET
This residency program allows the artists to research and experience both the traditional and contemporary artistic milieu of Japan. Artists are free to live anywhere in the country to pursue activities of greatest relevance to their creative process. While many artists chose to remain in Tokyo, others live in Kyoto or other cities, and still others work in rural settings or travel around the countryside.
Artist in Residence Opportunities | National Park Service
National Park Service
Location: United States
Deadine: Varies
National Park Service residencies provide artists with unique opportunities to create works of art in varied natural and cultural settings. There are programs for visual artists, writers, musicians, and other creative media. Programs vary, but residencies are typically 2 to 4 weeks in length and most include lodging. Often artists are invited to participate in park programs by sharing their art with the public.
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Seeking Grant Review Panelists: Have You Got What It Takes?
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Location: Phoenix
Deadine: Ongoing
The Arizona Commission on the Arts invites nominations for volunteer grant review panelists. Volunteer panelists are integral to the work we do at the Arts Commission. In addition to our annual grant programs for organizations and schools, panels are also convened to review applications for our Artist Research & Development Grants and special funding initiatives.
Director of Performing Arts | Scottsdale Arts
Scottsdale Arts / Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Deadine: Open until filled.
Scottsdale Arts is looking for a visionary team leader with a proven track record of presenting innovative performing arts programming. Our Director of Performing Arts will build upon existing and create new relationships to further our mission to develop, advance and deliver high-quality arts and cultural experiences that improve quality of life for residents and position Scottsdale as a destination city for visitors. If you have a passion for the arts, and the powerful impact they can have on people’s lives, we want to meet you.
Arts Administration Internship | Franconia Sculpture Park
Franconia Sculpture Park
Location: Schafer, MN
Deadine: Program Intern: April 1, 2018, Development Intern: July 1, 2018
Franconia Sculpture Park's Arts Administration Internship provides 'hands-on' immersion in the daily operations of a progressive arts organization located in the scenic St. Croix River Valley, 45 miles NE of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA. Franconia provides residence and workspace to emerging and established artists in a 43-acre sculpture park.
Manager of Education, Youth and Community Programming | Arizona Musicfest
Arizona Musicfest
Location: N. Scottsdale/Carefree, AZ
Deadine: Open until filled.
Arizona Musicfest seeks Manager of Education, Youth and Community Programming--oversees all existing music education, youth performance and lifelong learning programs, as well as develops new programs to educate, engage and inspire students, young performers, area educators, and audiences of all ages.
Chief Executive Officer | Scottsdale Arts
Scottsdale Arts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Deadine: Open until filled.
Scottsdale Arts is seeking a leader who is about the arts and can provide visionary guidance, executive leadership, direction and management of SA which includes strategic thinking, fiscal accountability, staff development, board engagement, fundraising and experience in collaborating with various constituencies including other arts, business and civic organizations.
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ARTIST PROGRAMS
Gabriela Muñoz
Artist Programs Manager
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