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ARTS COMMISSION NEWS
Professional Development Grants, Cycle C
Application Deadline:
11:59pm Thursday, February 2, 2017
Professional Development Grants (PDG) are designed to assist Arizona artists, arts administrators and arts educators with funding support for participation in professional development and skills-building activities which contribute to significant professional growth.
The application period for Cycle C (for activities with a start date between April 1, 2017 and June 30, 2017) is open.
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ARIZONA ARTS OPPORTUNITIES |
Sedona Art Prize International Online Painting Competition
Sedona Arts Center / Gateway To Sedona
Location: Sedona, AZ
Deadline: December 31, 2016
International online painting competition open to painters world wide over 18 years of age. It is for the purpose of promoting artists and their work while helping the Sedona Arts Center to support ongoing projects. Monthly and year-end cash prizes, plus the Grand Prize winner will also be offered the opportunity for a 2 week residency in Sedona, Arizona.
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Event-Based Temporary Interactive Arts Opportunity
City of Glendale Public Art Program
Location: Glendale, AZ
Deadline: January 8, 2017 11:00pm
The City of Glendale Public Art Program is partnering with City Special Events to present a temporary interactive art experience at the 2017 Glendale Chocolate Affaire. This is an opportunity for an Arizona artist or artist team to produce and present an original, temporary and interactive public art experience to complement the event setting on one or more days of the festival.
Call For Entries | Day for Night
Tohono Chul Location: Tucson, AZ
Deadline: January 11, 2017
Artists are asked to explore the diurnal, crepuscular, and nocturnal worlds of the Sonoran Desert. The many colors, moods, shapes, patterns, plants, creatures and stories they find will be fascinating. The possibilities are endless. Artists from the region are invited to submit 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional works in any media for consideration in this juried exhibition.
Call to Artists | Avondale Artist Showcase
City of Avondale
Location: Avondale, AZ
Deadline: January 20, 2017
The City of Avondale would like to showcase artist in the community at a special event in City Hall. Avondale Art Showcase will feature music and refreshments for attendees and include opportunities for participating artists to sell their art! Free to submit. Space is limited!
Main Street Prototyping Festival
Mesa Arts Center
Location: Mesa, AZ
Deadline: January 23, 2017
Mesa Arts Center, City of Mesa, Downtown Mesa Association and NEDCO are pleased to share with you an exciting opportunity to submit proposals to the Main Street Prototyping Festival--which seeks to enhance downtown Mesa's vibrancy through community-led design and experimentation. The Prototyping project asks residents, artists and urban planners to dream, design ideas and discover a more welcoming, diverse and connected downtown Mesa, through the creation of temporary prototype projects.
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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTS OPPORTUNITIES
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American Music Abroad Exchange Program
American Music Abroad
Location: St. Louis, MO
Deadline: January 27, 2017
AMA is an international exchange program designed to communicate America's rich musical contributions and diverse culture to audiences around the world. Approximately 10 ensembles will be selected to embark on a month-long, multi-country tour, where they engage with international audiences through public concerts, interactive performances with local musicians, lectures and demonstrations, workshops, jam sessions and media interviews.
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LABVERDE: Art Immersion Program in the Amazon
Manifesta Arte e Cultura
Location: Manaus, Brazil
Deadline: January 31, 2017
LABVERDE was created to strengthen the limits of art through a broad array of experiences, knowledge sets and cultural perspectives involving art, science and nature. The program main goal is to promote artistic creation through a constructive debate about environmental issues generated by both theory and life experiences in the Amazon rainforest. Ten days sharing knowledge and practices in an intensive schedule of expeditions, lecture, workshops, presentations, boat trip and seminar to enhance creativity having nature as a common ground.
U.S. Japan Creative Artists Program Residencies
Japan US Friendship Commission
Location: Washington, DC
Deadline: February 1, 2017, Midnight
The Japan U.S. Friendship Commission offers leading contemporary and traditional artists from the United States the opportunity to spend three to five months in Japan. Artists go as seekers, as cultural visionaries, and as living liaisons to the traditional and contemporary cultural life of Japan. They also go as connectors who share knowledge and bring back knowledge. Their interaction with the Japanese public and the outlook they bring home provide exceptional opportunities to promote cultural understanding between the United States and Japan.
Art Olympia 2017 | 2nd International Open Art Competition for Artists
Art Olympia Executive Committee Office
Location: International
Deadline: March 15, 2017
Art Olympia is an open art competition held as a biennial event with the goal of discovering talented artists around the world and supporting their activities. It aims to promote exchanges of the world's various cultures through arts. Artworks of approximately 180 pieces (80 pieces from Japan and 100 pieces outside of Japan) will be selected and undergo a final review in Tokyo by a panel of great judges invited from around the world.
Art School in the Algarve Residencies
Art in the Algarve
Location: Olhão, Portugal
Deadline: Ongoing
Set in the heart of Olhão's protected historic area one can find Olhão's Art School. With vaulted ceilings, Roman brick work, three courtyards and an olive tree (believed to be over 150 years old), the school has been restored offering an exceptional space for artistic creativity. There is something very romantic about the art school, it is exceptionally charming, and it has an abundance of old features and is very tranquil. A fantastic place to gather inspiration.
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Glacier National Park | Artist-in-Residence Program
National Park Service
Location: Glacier National Park, MT
Deadline: January 31, 2017
The Glacier National Park Artist-in-Residence program offers professional artists focused time to creatively explore the natural and cultural resources of this astounding landscape. It also allows artists the opportunity to share their work with an international audience through educational programs and exhibits.
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Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing
Location: Tempe, AZ
Deadline: February 16-18, 2017
Register before December 31st to receive $50 off the standard registration price. The pre-eminent literary conference of the Southwest with acclaimed faculty members teaching everything from craft workshops and generative exercises to special topic lectures in editing, publishing, agent query and the latest developments and trends in contemporary literature.
PLAYA
Location: Summer Lake, OR
Deadline: March 1, 2017
PLAYA's residencies are open to artists, scientists, naturalists, and individuals engaged in forms of creative research. PLAYA welcomes a range of applicants-from emerging to professionals with an established history of accomplishment.
American Dance Festival | Summer Program 2017
American Dance Festival
Location: Durham, NC
Deadline: Summer 2017
The American Dance Festival school's programs are designed for dancers of all ages:
Three Week School for Pre-Professional Dancers 13-17 years old; Six Week School for ages 18+;
and Dance Professionals Workshop for dance artists who have completed an undergraduate degree or who have at least 5 years of professional experience.
Financial Planning Networking for Artists
Curator Engine
Location: Mesa, AZ
Deadline: Rolling
Curator Engine is launching a conduit program to connect low-to-mid income creatives to the LISC-supported (free) financial services of A New Leaf's Financial Opportunity center. Orientation events are held Every Third Saturday from 10am-Noon on the La Mesita Campus in Mesa. Individual Appointments can be scheduled regardless of Orientation attendance.
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ArtsLink Project Grants
ArtsLink
Location: New York, NY
Deadline: January 16, 2017
ArtsLink Projects provides support to US artists, curators, presenters and arts organizations undertaking projects in any of the 37 eligible countries listed below. Applicants must be working with an artist or organization in that region and projects should be designed to benefit participants and audiences in both the US and the host country.
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Media Project | Production Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities
Location: Washington, DC
Deadline: January 11, 2017
The Media Projects program supports film, television, and radio projects that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. All projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship in disciplines such as history, art history, film studies, literature, drama, religious studies, philosophy or anthropology.
Arts Learning Collaboration Grants and Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Deadline: February 2, 2017
Arts Learning Collaboration Grants enhance the work of arts educators, classroom teachers and school-based arts programs through collaborative projects taking place in-school (during regular school hours), after-school, or during summer/inter-session and in-services.
Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants enhance the work of community and social service organizations/ governmental entities through partnership projects with professional teaching artists and/or arts organizations.
Fender Music Foundation Grants
Fender Music Foundation
Location: Agoura Hills, CA
Deadline: Ongoing
The Fender Music Foundation awards instruments and equipment to eligible music instruction programs. These items are lightly used, blemished or otherwise imperfect and have been collected from manufacturers and retailers. Descriptions regarding the specific imperfections of each instrument will be available to selected programs.
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Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA)
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Deadline: December 29, 2016
We are looking for a dynamic and forward thinking Registrar to join our team at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), a division of Scottsdale Arts, a leading nonprofit arts organization in the Southwest. This unique opportunity is for a select candidate who has a proven track record of dynamic, registrar experience geared towards contemporary art, architecture and design. If you have a passion for contemporary art, and the powerful impact it can have on people's lives, we want to meet with you.
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Director of City Jazz Ensemble
Phoenix Center for the Arts
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Deadline: December 30, 2016
Phoenix Center for the Arts is looking for a new Director for the City Jazz youth music ensemble. The Director is responsible for planning and executing weekly rehearsals held at the Nash. This individual will also work in tandem with the Phoenix Center for the Arts Youth Coordinator to recruit new students, and market the existing program by utilizing community resources.
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Deadline: Ongoing
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona's internship program provides emerging leaders with the opportunity to help create a world of hope and healing for Arizona youth. Involved in both the arts community and the health and human service sector, interns will expand their knowledge and develop experience by collaborating with our development department. Through various department duties, committee teamwork and special projects, interns will have fun and accomplish their learning objectives in a creative and energetic environment.
Guitar Elective Instructor | Part Time
Mesa Arts Academy
Location: Mesa, AZ
Deadline: Open Until Filled
A candidate for the Part Time Guitar Teacher position must be working in the music/education field and be able to work with 6th-8th grade students. Candidates will also be collaborating on various projects for performances throughout the year. In addition, this person must be a team player, be organized, personable, and self-motivated.
Corporate Relations Manager
Scottsdale Arts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Deadline: Open Until Filled
Scottsdale Arts is seeking a full time Corporate Relations Manager to be responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive and integrated development program to maximize corporate contributed income for the entire enterprise.
Chief Development Officer
The Phoenix Symphony
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Chief Development Officer (CDO) will provide the leadership necessary to guide The Phoenix Symphony to a new level of financial strength and philanthropic support. This position is responsible for overseeing the planning, coordinating, and administering of all development activities including major gifts, principal gifts, corporate giving and sponsorship, foundation and government relations, special events, planned giving, and capital campaigns.
Xico Arte Y Cultura
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Deadline: Open Until Filled
Xico Inc. is a multidisciplinary arts organization that plays a unique role in the Valley of Phoenix, Arizona through the programmatic activities of the organization. Xico is seeking an Executive Director who is a proven organization leader with strong business skills and a clear commitment to supporting the arts through the Latino and Native American community of artists.
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This monthly online newsletter from the Arizona Commission on the Arts provides Arizona artists with relevant local, national and international opportunities, including announcements of agency programs and services, upcoming artist grant opportunities and application deadlines, and much more.
Job and Arts Opportunities listings on the website are maintained by Arts Commission staff and are not comprehensive. Questions regarding a listed opportunity should be directed to the corresponding contact person identified in the posting.
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