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ARTS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS Arts service organizations and local arts councils/commissions that receive funding from or collaborate with the Commission are a valuable resource for Project Grant applicants attempting to identify potential guest artists or connections beyond the Arizona Arts Roster. Links to Arts Service Organizations ... Arts Service OrganizationsAlliance for Audience Constituency: The arts and cultural organizations in the Phoenix metropolitan area Membership required: Yes, contact us for details The mission of Alliance for Audience is to promote arts and culture as the most entertaining and fulfilling leisure-time destination for residents and visitors in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Alliance for Audience is a collaborative venture of arts & cultural organizations, working for the mutual benefit of arts patrons and organizations to:
Arizona Alliance for Arts Education Constituency: Arizona's parents, students, teachers, artists, school administrators, arts educators, community members, arts presenters, school boards, state education agencies. Membership required? No. The Arizona Alliance for Arts Education is a member of the coalition for statewide non-profit organizations working in partnership with the Kennedy Center to support practices and partnerships which ensure that the arts are woven into the very fiber of American education. The AAAE builds collaborations between schools and cultural institutions to promote the arts as equal partners in the educational enterprise. The AAAE positions the arts and works to ensure an effective voice on behalf of arts education before policy-makers and provides strategic input to state departments of education, state arts agencies, councils, school boards and educators. Arizona Arts Education Association 17420 N. Avenue of the Arts Surprise, AZ 85374 p 623-972-0635 mbailey@wvam.org This non-profit professional organization serves art educators from every level of instruction and those interested in the future of art education. Offering professional development opportunities, service, advancement of knowledge, advocacy and leadership, AAEA hopes to advance art education. Arizona ArtShare Constituency: Non-profit arts organizations; individual, corporate and foundation donors Membership required? No Arizona ArtShare is the state's arts endowment fund, created by the State Legislature and Governor in 1996 to advance and sustain the future of the arts in Arizona through perpetual endowments funded by public and private contributions. Arizona ArtShare currently distributes funds in all three of its target areas: 1) arts education (through Artist/Teacher Institutes and the Arizona Alliance for Arts Education), 2) stabilization training of mid-sized arts organizations; and 3) working capital reserves grants for large and mid-sized arts organizations. The program is administered by the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Arizona Dance Arts Alliance Constituency: Dance artists, educators, students, presenters and audiences Membership required? Yes Arizona Dance Arts Alliance is a non-profit dance service organization dedicated to serving Arizona's dance community. Since 1963 ADAA serves in a leadership capacity, as a networking forum and a provider of services. Membership includes dance companies, dance studios, schools and dance enthusiasts. Members are entitled to voting rights, publicity benefits, newsletter, calendar, dance directory, workshops, discounts at performances and conferences, and professional development opportunities. Arizona Humanities Council Constituency: All of Arizona Membership required? No Arizona Humanities Council is the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Arizona Humanities Council provides grants and services to educational, cultural and community organizations for programs in the humanities, i.e., history, literature, philosophy, and art history and criticism. AHC also sponsors the Arizona Book Festival and is the coordinator for Motheread, a statewide literacy program. Arizona Music Educators Association, Inc. Constituency: Membership is open to those who are school music teachers, grades K through university, as well as others who have a vital interest in music education. Membership required? Yes The Arizona Music Educators Association was established in 1939 as a cooperative effort of music educators. It is an affiliate of MENC: The National Association of Music Education. Special interests in the Association are represented by four constituent organizations: The Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors Association (ABODA), The Choral Directors of Arizona (ChoDA), The Arizona Society of General Music (AZSGM) and the Arizona Collegiate Music Educators (ACME). There are a number of departments within the Association that are led by appointed leaders. The National Coalition for Music Education, which is an advocacy group, is represented locally by the Arizona Coalition of Music Education and Community Performance. Other departments include membership, Music in Our Schools Month, early childhood development, curriculum development, retired members, multicultural awareness, music technology, student composition and pubic relations. AMEA supports the activity of the MENC collegiate chapters (student), and Tri-M chapters which are high school student honorary organizations in Arizona. AMEA and its constituent organizations produce over 50 interscholastic music activities on all grade levels as well as in-service training opportunities for the membership Arizona Orchestra Association Constituency: Symphony/chamber orchestras in the state of Arizona Membership required? Yes The Association's purpose is to promote, encourage and support orchestras in Arizona at all levels of development; to effect viable systems of communication to meet mutual concerns; to facilitate exchange of resources and ideas among member orchestras. Arizona Presenters Alliance Arts and Community Organizations: Artists: Membership required? Yes, contact Diane Howell, sdihowell@aol.com Arizona Presenters Alliance is a nonprofit state-wide service organization committed to serving arts presenters and affiliated associations throughout the state to ensure that audiences in the region have access to touring performing arts of high artistic merit. Arizona Theatre Alliance Constituency: The ATA serves theatre organizations, theatre artists, and theatre educators throughout the state of Arizona. Membership required? Membership is required, but most of our services are available to nonmembers for a slightly higher fee. Our primary purpose is to improve communication within the theatre community through the theatre calendar, four newsletters a year, a membership directory, e-mails, meetings, and eventually a website. Next, we provide educational and professional development opportunities for the theatre community on every level, which includes our annual statewide theatre conference. Finally, as a support organization, we will do everything in our power to foster the advocacy that is essential to the survival of the arts and specifically theatre. Arizona Citizens/Action for the Arts Constituency: All Arizonans with an interest in the arts Membership required? Encouraged Arizonans for Cultural Development is a statewide nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization committed to nurturing Arizona's dynamic arts and cultural environment by uniting government, business, the arts community and citizens in Arizona to support the arts and arts education. Since 1981, Arizonans for Cultural Development has been generating awareness of the arts and promoting public involvement in the arts, encouraging private contributions, and working to increase public funding of artists and arts organizations. ARTability, Accessing Arizona’s Arts Constituency: Arizona arts organizations, disability service organizations and individuals with disabilities Membership required: Yes, membership fee flexible ARTability, Accessing Arizona’s Arts is a statewide consortium of over 45 arts and disability organizations which works to make a variety of arts experiences available and accessible to all. ARTability acts as a bridge between arts organizations and the disability community by: Acting as a resource to arts & cultural organizations; promoting accessible arts events to the disability community; promoting arts-related accessibility services; and furthering a sense of community. Arts and Sciences in Education Network (ASEN) Constituency: Cultural organizations located in the Valley of the Sun who offer educational programming. Membership required? No Arts and Sciences in Education Network is made up of Valley organizations that provide meaningful learning experiences for young people through outreach programs and field trip opportunities. Some organizations offer extended residencies and teacher training. ARTNET Constituency: Our members are arts organizations, educational institutions, and individuals committed to building a better community through the world of the arts. Membership required? Yes, but there are no dues. Our goal is to provide opportunities for Arizona's cultural organizations and school districts to exchange information and ideas and to integrate art education more completely into school curriculum. Additionally, we serve to advocate and facilitate increased cultural experiences within the entire community. Atlatl – Native Arts Network Atlatl, Inc. is a national service organization, working to promote the vitality of traditional and contemporary Native American art through self-determination in cultural expression. Membership required? Yes, to receive newsletter. Constituency: National Native artists Arts & Business
Council of Greater Constituency: Greater metropolitan Phoenix (Maricopa County) Membership required? No, however, art/cultural organizations must live in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area and possess a 501(c)(3) nonprofit designation. Business Volunteers for the Arts' mission is to promote excellence in arts management by linking the business expertise of the corporate community with non-profit arts and cultural organizations in the Valley. We do this by recruiting business professionals to serve as management consultants to art/cultural organizations. Technical/management consulting is provided in, but not limited to, these areas: strategic planning, marketing, graphic design, public relations, information technologies, board development, accounting, etc. BVA also provides arts marketing and management workshops to non-profit arts and cultural organizations throughout the state. To register, send email to chogan@bvaphoenix.org. National Endowment for the Arts Constituency: Arts organizations or organizations with arts service to the community, including arts education programs. Membership required: No The National Endowment for the Arts exists to foster, preserve, and promote excellence in the arts, to bring art to all Americans, and to provide leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases. Grants are available through Access to Artistic Excellence (including Creativity and Challenge America), Learning in the Arts, Leadership Initiatives and Literature Fellowship categories. Western Arts Alliance (WAA) www.westarts.org Western Arts Alliance (WAA) is a membership organization of touring and performing arts professionals engaged in promoted and presenting the arts. Members of WAA attend the largest annual booking conference in the West, learn new techniques and best practices in informative professional development activities, and have access to over 2,600 artists and over 350 presenting organizations through WAA's database. Special opportunities for Arizona artists and organizations to access WAA are available; contact Claire West, 602-229-8231 or cwest@ArizonaArts.org. Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) Constituency: WESTAF serves artists and arts organizations nationwide. The principle beneficiaries of WESTAF's work are the state arts agencies of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Membership required? See WESTAF's Web sites for more information. WESTAF is a non-profit arts service organization dedicated to the creative advancement and preservation of the arts. WESTAF fulfills its mission to strengthen the financial, organizational and policy infrastructure of the arts in the West by providing innovative programs and services to artists and arts organizations in the West and nationwide. WESTAF engages in arts policy research, information-systems development, state arts agency development, and convenes arts experts and leaders to address critical issues in the arts. In addition, the organization maintains programs in presenting, literature, visual arts and the folk arts. WESTAF also is engaged in an array of Internet-related projects designed to benefit the future well being of the arts community of the West. Local Arts AgenciesArts Alliance of the White Mountains Regional Arts Commerce, Arts Development/Advocacy/Arts Education Initiatives, Artists Forums, Performing and Visual Arts Events Arizona Commission on the Arts State Arts Agency providing funding, technical assistance, community cultural inventories, networking and other services to Arizona local arts agencies. Bisbee Arts Commission City Arts Commission Bullhead City Arts Commission City Arts Commission, Public Art, Arts Advocacy, Grantmaking Casa Grande Arts and Humanities Commission City Arts Commission, Percent for the Arts program Chandler Cultural Foundation Present performing arts and visual arts at Chandler Center for the Arts and Vision Gallery Chandler Arts Commission www.visiongallery.org City Arts Commission, Percent for Art program, Nonprofit Fine Arts Gallery Citizens for Positive Growth Cobre Valley Center for the Arts The Center, established in 1984, advances local arts and preserves the historic courthouse. Home to music, dance, theatre, local artists, and youth programs. Coolidge, City of Flagstaff Arts and Sciences Commission City Arts Commission, Grants program, Percent for Art program Flagstaff Cultural Partners Manage Coconino Center for the Arts. Regranting organization for City BBB funds. Cultural programs for all ages. Fountain Hills Arts Council Cultural Activites and Programming Town of Gila Bend Gila Valley Arts Council www.gvac.org Non-profit Organization serving Safford/Thatcher area, presents the arts Town of Gilbert www.ci.gilbert.az.us Arts Advisory Board Glendale Arts Commission City Arts Commission, Percent for Art program; Arts, culture and museums; performing arts grants. Gold Canyon Arts Council Greater Green Valley Arts Council Serves Tucson to Nogales Kingman Arts Commission City advisory body on cultural arts issues, contact clearinghouse Lake Havasu Allied Arts Council/ Mohave Community College Consortium of Local Arts Organizations Lake Havasu City Commission on Arts and Culture Marana Arts Council Mesa Arts Center City Department, Manages Facilities including construction of new Mesa Arts Center, Grants program, Percent for Art program, Produces and Presents Art/Culture Greater Oro Valley Arts Council Presenter of Annual Festivals and Masterworks Series, Funding Provider for Arts Education, Public Art Administration Peoria Arts Commission Grants program, Percent for Art program Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture City Arts Agency, Grants program, Percent for Art program, Arts Education. For information about our grants program, guidelines and application forms, please go on-line to our website: http://www.phoenix.gov/ARTS Prescott Arts Area and Humanities Council Support, advocate and promote local arts. Prescott Valley Arts Commission Scottsdale Cultural Council Private Non-Profit Organzation, Manages Facilities, Presents and Produces the Arts, Grants program, Percent for Art program City of Sedona Arts and Culture Division City Arts and Culture Commission, Art in Public Places, Art in Private Development program, Artists in the Classroom program, Grant program Sierra Vista Arts and Humanities Commission City Arts Commission, Present the Arts program, Percent for Art program Silver Creek Cultural Arts Council Nonprofit umbrella organization for local arts organizations Surprise Arts Council New council, enriching art and culture – public art program, advocacy, arts education. City of Tempe Cultural Services City Arts Commission, Manages Facility, Grants program, Percent for Art program, Community Art Classes Tucson Pima Arts Council Non-profit organization serving Tucson and Pima County, Grants Program, Public Art Program West Valley Fine Arts Council Non-Profit Regional Organization serving Western Phoenix Metro Area, Presents and Produces Multi-disciplinary Arts, Planning a new facility Wickenburg Cultural and Conservation Foundation Yuma, City of, Arts and Culture Commission City Arts Commission, Facility Planning, Grants program, Art in Public Places program, Workshops for local artists/arts organizations Cultural Council of Yuma Non-profit organization affiliated with city of Yuma, Presents the Arts
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Updated on January 26, 2006