Run it Like a Business Workshop
May 14 a 9:00 a.m.
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Arts and cultural organizations are currently trying to rebuild audiences, reclaim relevance, and confront centuries of systemic discrimination. This has been a great challenge, but there are solutions. Based on her new book Run it Like a Business, join the Phoenix Arts and Culture Department and the Phoenix Public Library in welcoming Aubrey Bergauer to Phoenix for this free workshop (registration required), where she will share a sustainable plan for the success of nonprofits across the country.
May 14, 2024 - 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Pulliam Auditorium
Burton Barr Central Library
1221 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Run it Like a Business…if you hate that phrase, you’re not alone. But the arts are a business, a sector worth billions whose institutions serve almost every region in the country. Today, arts organizations are trying to rebuild audiences, reclaim relevance, and confront centuries of systemic discrimination. Bergauer helps organizations and individuals transform from scarcity to opportunity, make money, and grow the base of fans and supporters. Her ability to cast and communicate vision moves large teams forward and brings stakeholders together, earning “a reputation for coming up with great ideas and then realizing them” (San Francisco Classical Voice). With a track record for strategically increasing revenue and relevance, leveraging digital content and technology, and prioritizing diversity and inclusion on stage and off, Bergauer sees a better way forward for classical music and knows how to achieve it.
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Meet the Artists Sessions
Upcoming Public Art Projects
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North 32nd Street Community Party
April 20, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Mercury Mine Basin Park
Artist Bobby Zokaites was selected to create artwork for the North 32nd Street Improvement project through a competitive process. The landscape, plants, and animals from the nearby mountain preserve inspire his final design. He worked closely with the project design team and participated in several community engagement events, including a workshop with Shadow Mountain High School students to inform the design. Mr. Zokaites is currently fabricating the artwork that is expected to be installed later this year.
An update about the project will be presented to the public at a Community Party at Mercury Mine Basin Park, located at 3325 East Mountain View Road. The event is made possible by the Mountain Estates, Paradise Gardens, Mountain Preserve, Heritage Heights Block Watch groups, and the City of Phoenix.
About The North 32nd Street Improvements Project
The City of Phoenix is making pedestrian and other safety improvements to the North 32nd Street Corridor between East Cheryl Drive and East Cholla Street. This effort will include widening sidewalks for pedestrian safety, reconfiguring dedicated bike lanes, and increasing the landscape elements along the corridor.
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Meet the Artists Open House
April 25, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. at Desert Broom Library
The City of Phoenix will construct a new neighborhood amenity, Lone Mountain Park, at 56th Street and Montgomery Road in north Phoenix. Per City Ordinance, site-specific artwork will be designed for the park. Please join us for an opportunity to meet and speak with project artists Scott Constable and Ene Osteraas-Constable (WOWHAUS). This is an opportunity for area residents to engage and share stories with the artists as they work to develop design concepts for the artwork.
About the artists…
Ene and Scott, the award-winning duo, create site-responsive, iconic artwork that activate civic space, inviting engagement and interaction. Their work finds inspiration in the unique environmental, cultural, and historical factors that shape a sense of place.
The open house will be held on Thursday, April 25, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the Desert Broom Library, located at 29710 N. Cave Creek Road.
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Cortez Park Final Design Presentation
April 24, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. at Cortez High School
Through a competitive selection process, artist John Randall Nelson was selected to create artwork for a new well site at Cortez Park. Working closely with the project design team and with community input, Mr. Nelson has finalized the design concept. The whimsical design tells the story of the area while touching on the relationship between water, wildlife, plants, and family activities at the park.
Mr. Nelson will present the finalized design to the community at the next public meeting of the Cactus Park Community Alliance at Cortez High School, Media Center, located at 8828 North 31st Avenue.
About The Well Site at Cortez Park
The aquifer storage and recovery well planned for the northwest corner of Cortez Park will be built to improve the capacity of the City of Phoenix water delivery system to meet the demands of long-term water shortages, emergency outages, and distribution of potable water citywide. The project will require 8’ high walls around the well site; only authorized City employees can access the walls. Fencing will be added along the north boundary of Cortez Park from the well site to the Deer Valley Water Treatment Plant to improve safety in the park and along the canal path.
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Action Alert
Arizona Commission on the Arts Funding
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As lawmakers move into serious negotiations over the State of Arizona budget for FY2025, Arizona Citizens for the Arts reminds the community how important it is to fund the Arizona Commission on the Arts. This week is a crucial time for you to add your voice.
Last year, the Commission received a $5 million state appropriation, which helped the Commission meet the growing demand for grants from artists, festivals and arts organizations across the state. But as of today, in light of an overall deficit in the State Budget, we run the risk of receiving NO DOLLARS for the Commission. This could be devastating to a wide range of organizations and legislators need to hear those stories of how deep the impact would be.
We are asking you to take as little as 30 seconds to deliver an urgent message to your three legislators: fund the Commission. To act now, you simply need to enter your address to ensure that your email message reaches your State Senator and your two State Representatives.
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TourWest Grant Program Accepting Applications
Deadline to Apply: April 30
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TourWest is a competitive grant program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts that provides subsidies to arts and community organizations in the 13 states and 3 jurisdictions in the WESTAF region for the presentation of touring performers and literary artists. The TourWest Grant provides flexible funding to encourage the presentation of performing arts programming to culturally diverse audiences and those that do not typically enjoy ready access to the performing arts.
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2024 Master Apprentice Artist Award
Deadline to Apply: May 15
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Arts and Cultural Production Report
Production of Arts and Cultural Goods
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The Southwest Folklife Alliance provides direct support for master traditional artists living in Arizona to pass on art, culture, and heritage practices to apprentice learners through the annual SFA Master-Apprentice Award. The award is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Arizona Commission on the Arts.
The award supports a master artist or tradition bearer who has identified a qualified apprentice (or group of apprentices) to engage in a teaching-learning relationship that includes one-on-one mentorship and hands-on experience. Our highest priority is to support apprentices to learn from master artists within their own cultural traditions. Funds can be used to help cover artist fees, offset costs of raw materials, and support any travel essential to the exchange. Traditional artists & culture bearers receive $5,000; apprentices receive $500.
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New data released shows arts and cultural industries hit an all-time high in 2022, contributing 4.3% of gross domestic product (GDP), or $1.1 trillion, to the U.S. economy. Arizona’s arts & culture sector added a staggering $14.2 billion in value to the state’s economy, a 16.6% increase over 2021.
These findings and more come from the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account, a product of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bureau of Economic Analysis that tracks the annual economic value of arts and cultural production from 35 industries—including both commercial and nonprofit entities.
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Artists: Mary Lucking
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