Join our first ever Local Arts Agency Blog Salon December 5-9 on ARTSblog as leaders in the field tackle questions about emerging trends, surviving the economic downturn, local collaboration, model programs, and more.
The following guest bloggers are generating and leading the discussion:
Brunswick Acres Elementary School in Kendall Park, NJ was very dedicated to winning the third annual "Art of Education" contest sponsored by KRIS Wine and Americans for the Arts.
Hosted by Fading Echoes on Saturday the13th, October 2018 1pm-7pm
Celebrate the Arts Event: 1-3pm artist demonstrations including clay, painting and drawing. Live music throughout the event. 3pm reception and conversations with artists start- visual artists/ entrepreneurs Carrie Olaje, Icela Pereida and Jason Scott will discuss their experiences and techniques. Conversation moderated by Tonya Borgeson owner of Fading Echoes.
Bisbee Arts Commission sponsored this activity- through an Artist Grant Application submitted by Tonya Borgeson
JAZZmeetsPOETRY returns for Season 2 at The Nash. Part theatre, part concert, poets and jazz musicians take center stage to make art that is expressive, interactive and captivating.
The opening show of the season celebrates National Black Poetry Day (October 17) and The Black Poets anthology edited by the legendary Dudley Randall (1914-2000), director of Broadside Press and a visiting professor of African-American poetry at the University of Michigan. Originally published in 1971, The Black Poets anthology was re-released April 1985.
To celebrate Arts in Education Week 2018, the Conservatory of Arts and Design at Desert Edge High School will create a variety of Fine Arts experiences on the campus at Desert Edge throughout the week of September 9-15. All Fine Arts disciplines will participate.
Art Activities during the week include:
Tucson’s culinary prestige and heritage food movement has been growing each year, and now is the time to SAVOR. Indulge in the flavors of Southern Arizona’s culinary arts at the 5th Annual SAVOR Southern Arizona Food & Wine Festival surrounded by the colorful floral blooms of the Tucson Botanical Gardens.
Featuring over 75 of the region’s finest chefs, wineries, breweries, local foods and restaurants highlighting exceptional menu tastings. This foodie festival will showcase the diversity of the heritage foods and ingredients throughout the Southwest region.
Why?
The International Sculpture Center will travel to Phoenix, Arizona this November 4-7, 2015 for its first conference in the American Southwest. Inspired by exploration in art and architecture in desert landscapes, the 25th International Sculpture Conference will bring together artists, arts administrators, curators, patrons, students, and sculpture enthusiasts for new discoveries in the field of sculpture.
Artists of all disciplines are invited to submit proposals for presentations, performances, exhibitions, and interactive workshops which exemplify, explore, and celebrate art for social change; art that engages and transforms community. Selected proposals will be part of the first biennial Community Arts Gathering in Ajo, Arizona March 14-18, 2015.
Phoenix arts and cultural organizations are invited to showcase their organization's mission and programs in the Atrium of Phoenix City Hall on Friday October 3rd from 11:00 to 2:00. Each organization will have a table for displays, distribution of season brochures, and giveaways. Short performances by select organizations will also take place. Mayor Greg Stanton will welcome and read the Arts & Humanities proclamation. In addition, weekly performance/presentations will be given in City Hall throughout October.
What has the Tucson Pima Arts Council (TPAC) learned through four studies and three reports on its PLACE Initiative? Nationally recognized, PLACE (People, Land, Arts, Culture, and Engagement), has supported individuals and organizations who implement arts-based civic engagement projects that address critical community issues in the southwest. Learn about what kind of framework cultural workers are creating to assess work that engages community constituents as essential collaborators, and "place makers", not solely as audience members.
