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Faces in the Arts: An Interview with Artist Project Grant Recipient Heather Green
The following post is by Georgina Madrigal. Georgina is currently the Strategic Initiatives Intern at the Arizona Commission on the Arts. She holds a B.A. in Museum Studies and Art History from Arizona State University and has previously held internship positions with the Heard Museum, Tempe Public Art and Willo North Gallery.
Faces in the Arts is a blog series dedicated to highlighting the work of Artist Project Grant recipients. These grants have been known to springboard recipients into the next level of their careers as artists, whose business is researching, developing, marketing and delivering their creative product. Through their work with communities, in education and in partnership with local vendors, artists stimulate local economies and improve the quality of life across Arizona.
Vermilion Remains, Installation view, Mesa Contemporary Arts 2011
Heather Green received the Artist Project Grant the first time she submitted an application. The following bio is from her website: www.cartagrafia.com. (more…)
Arizona Artists To Exhibit Works in 18th Biennale of Sydney
Postcommodity Do You Remember When?, 2009 (installation view) Site-specific intervention and mixed media installation (cut concrete, exposed earth, light, sound), dimensions variable Courtesy the artists Photograph: Jason Grubb
Postcommodity, the transdisciplinary artist collective based in Phoenix, AZ and Albuquerque NM, will be participating in the 18th Biennale of Sydney, entitled All Our Relations. For the exhibition, the collective will be re-staging their sound and mixed media installation Do You Remember When? which was originally commissioned for the ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center during the fall 2009 Native Confluence: Sustaining Cultures exhibition, curated by Peter Held.
Postcommodity is comprised of members Raven Chacon, Cristóbal Martínez, Kade L. Twist and Nathan Young. Two of the collective’s members are Arizona residents, with Twist residing in Phoenix and Martínez residing in Mesa, AZ.
Held every two years in Sydney, Australia, the Biennial has presented 17 critically acclaimed, popular and large-scale exhibitions featuring the work of over 1500 International and Australian artists. Alongside the Venice and São Paolo biennales and Documenta, it is one of the largest and longest running exhibitions of its kind. The 2012 Biennale is curated by Catherine de Zegher and Gerald McMaster and will run 27 June – 16 September 2012.
Postcommodity’s art functions as a shared Indigenous lens and voice to engage and respond to the assaultive manifestations of the global market and its supporting institutions, public perceptions, beliefs, and individual actions that comprise the ever-expanding, multinational, multiracial and multiethnic colonizing force that is defining the 21st Century through ever increasing velocities and complex forms of violence.
Postcommodity has exhibited nationally and internationally including: Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; Adelaide International 2012, Adelaide, Australia; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA; 2011 Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada; Contour 2011, 5th Biennial of Moving Image, Mechelen, Belgium; Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada; The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo Norway; and the Arizona State University Art Museum. Postcommodity have been the recipients of grants from Creative Capital, Joan Mitchell Foundation, Harpo Foundation, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, and the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
More about the artists and the Biennale:
http://www.postcommodity.com
http://www.biennaleofsydney.com.au/
http://www.biennaleofsydney.com.au/_blog/Biennale_News/post/Biennale_Brochure/
http://bos18.com/artist?id=69 target=”_blank”
Artists from Abroad: A Resource for Presenters, Artist Managers and Foreign Guest Artists
With funding and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the League of American Orchestras and Association of Performing Arts Presenters have created an online resource for foreign guest artists, their managers, and performing arts organizations. Immigration restrictions and tax issues are often barriers to presenting artists from abroad to American audiences. Artistsfromabroad.org provides valuable resources and guidance to navigating the immigration and tax process.
From Artistsfromabroad.org:
International cultural engagement fuels creativity, supports diplomacy, and enriches artistic offerings in the United States and abroad. Navigating the process of obtaining nonimmigrant visas and understanding U.S. tax regulations can be challenging, but with the right information and careful planning, you can successfully present artists from abroad to American audiences.
To Learn to Write Better Grants: Observe a Panel Review!
Next week, panelists from across Arizona will gather in Phoenix to evaluate nearly 300 grant applications as a part of the Arts Commission’s annual Review of Grants for Organizations and Schools. All panel meetings are open to the public.
Is your application scheduled for review? Do you apply for grants from other companies or foundations, or do you think you will apply for grants in the future?
If you want to learn more about the qualities of successful, competitive applications, we strongly recommend observing a review panel in action! (more…)
Faces in the Arts: An Interview with Artist Project Grant Recipient Sally Ball
Faces in the Arts is a blog series dedicated to highlighting the work of Artist Project Grant recipients. These grants have been known to springboard recipients into the next level of their careers as artists, whose business is researching, developing, marketing and delivering their creative product. Through their work with communities, in education and in partnership with local vendors, artists stimulate local economies and improve the quality of life across Arizona. (more…)
Upcoming Workshops on Cultural Data Project “How To Use CDP’s Reporting Features”
On February 1, 2011, Arizona became the 9th state to launch the Cultural Data Project (CDP), a powerful, web-based data collection tool for arts organizations and the cultural field. The Arizona Cultural Data Project is a program that assists arts and cultural organizations in their pursuit of grants and funding. Further, it serves as a report generating hub that allows CDP participants special access to tools that outline data-based trends, impacts, outcomes and comparisons that are relevant to their organization. (more…)
The Arts Commission’s 10-Year Reauthorization Signed by Governor Brewer
Dear arts and culture advocates,
On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, Governor Jan Brewer signed HB2265 into law, reauthorizing the Arizona Commission on the Arts for 10 years.
HB2265’s success is attributable to a monumental statewide effort: a yearlong collaboration between artists, arts educators, administrators, board members, advocates and bipartisan elected officials.
Within the reauthorization process, challenges arose. At times we were told the best our state could hope for was a 1- or 2-year reauthorization of its arts agency, if the agency could be reauthorized at all.
But your support, your strong (and developing!) relationships with bipartisan elected leaders, and the evidence of the sector’s impact across our cities and towns, provided positive momentum. (more…)
The Arts Commission’s Reauthorization Bill Advances
Thanks to statewide constituent support and positive action in the Arizona State Senate this morning, the bill to reauthorize the Arizona Commission on the Arts has now passed both State Legislative chambers.
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