The Artists to Work Grant Program supports the creation and presentation of original, new or in-process artistic work by practicing Phoenix artists. Awarded artists will be required to complete a public presentation inside city of Phoenix boundaries that primarily benefits Phoenix residents.

Unlike other opportunities offered by the Office of Arts and Culture, for this grant, an application will be made in two steps. Those interested will first fill out a letter of interest, which will be reviewed by a panel. From there, only 45 applications will be invited to the second step of the application process where they will respond to additional questions and supply support materials, which will then also be reviewed and scored.

The portal to submit a letter of interest (LOI) will be open from August 29, 2022, through September 12, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. (Arizona Time). Visit our the Office of Arts and Culture grants page for full guidelines, links to webinar registration, and Spanish-translated details.   

The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture is working with the Parks and Recreation Department to design art and improvements for Perry Park, located at 32nd Street and Virginia Avenue.

On Saturday, August 27th, both departments are hosting an event where the public is invited to meet the artist working on the project, Lisa Bernal Brethour, and participate in the project by telling their story about the park or the neighborhood! There will also be raffles, giveaways, and snow cones at the event!.

Can't make the event? Complete this online form to share your story! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/perryparkart

The Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC) launches the Artist + Researcher Exhibition aimed at displaying the life science research happening on the PBC in new and dynamic ways.

The Artist + Researcher Exhibition is the first project from the newly formed PBC Arts Committee. The exhibition features nine art pieces created by local Phoenix-area artists. Each artist was paired with researchers from the three public research universities on the PBC: Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona. These translational pieces help demonstrate the groundbreaking life science research taking place on the PBC every day and share it with a wider audience.

Register to attend the exhibition grand opening on Friday, September 2, 2022, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB), 435 North 5th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004.

In the latest issue of American Artscape, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) magazine, ​​​​U.S. Poet Laureate (and NEA Literature Fellow) Joy Harjo (Muscogee/Creek) spoke of the power of the arts in her keynote address at Native Arts and Culture: Resilience, Reclamation, and Relevance, a first-of-its kind national convening that was hosted by the NEA, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Native Arts & Cultures Foundation in February 2020.

Members from more than 40 tribal nations participated in the convening, as well as the heads of several federal agencies, and important nation-to-nation work in the arts was accomplished. But there remains much to be done to support Native arts and culture, and one of the ways is to share information on what Native artists are doing today and how the various Native cultures interact with and enhance American culture. In this issue, we look at artists and arts organizations who, in their own words, share how they are moving their culture and their people forward through their creativity.