Local
Arts Agencies (LAA)
A local arts agency is a private community organization or local
government agency that supports cultural organizations, provides services
to artists or arts organizations, and/or presents arts programming to the
public. LAAs endeavor to make the arts part of the daily fabric of
community living. Each LAA is unique to the community that it serves, and
each changes as fast as its community changes. However, all seek to serve
the diverse art forms in their community and make them accessible to every
community member. Programs and Services for Local Arts
Agencies:
Tribal Museums
Museums, according to the
American Association of Museums (AAM), are more than places telling
compelling stories, they are trusted sources of knowledge and
inspiration, safe places for the exploration of ideas and experiences,
vital partners in our communities, economic engines, sources of civic
pride and accomplishment and catalysts for social change and partners in
a knowledge economy. Tribes create cultural centers to preserve
their heritage and to present their customs and traditions to visitors.
Tribes create cultural centers to
preserve their heritage and to present their customs and traditions to
visitors.
Programs and Services for Tribal
Museums:
Performing Arts
The Arizona Commission on the Arts serves the community by
ensuring that the public has access to and benefits from the performing
arts – dance, music, opera and theatre, as well as interdisciplinary
events.
The State and Local Partnerships
Division administers Level I Operating Support for Performing Arts
organizations, for other performing arts related questions, including
other levels of GOS or Project Grants, contact Jennifer Tsukayama,
Performing Arts Director at 602-771-6531 or
jtsukayama@azarts.gov.
Programs and Services for Performing
Arts:
Emerging Leaders
Emerging Leaders are early
career arts and culture administrators looking to expand their
professional network and improve their job-related skills.
Programs and Services for Emerging
Leaders:
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Cultural Tourism and Economic
Development
Cultural tourism is the subset of tourism focused on a
destination's culture, especially its arts. It includes tourism in urban
areas, particularly historic or large cities and their cultural
facilities such as museums and theatres. It can also include tourism to
rural areas for outdoor festivals, the houses of famous writers &
artists, sculpture parks, and landscapes made famous in literature.
Economic Development is the process of
developing and maintaining suitable economic, social and political
environments, in which balanced growth may be realized, increasing the
wealth and improving the economic well being of a community through
efforts that entail job creation, job retention, tax base enhancements
and quality of life.
Programs
and Services for Cultural Tourism and Economic Development:
Festivals
Festivals can share
traditions, celebrations, and can create vibrant opportunities for
communities. Often festivals will be points of entry for a
person's first experience with the arts. Festivals can include
music, dance, art, food and traditional demonstrations, which are shared
for preservation, celebration and personal reasons.Programs and Services for Festivals:
International Arts Program
The Arizona Commission on the Arts International Program
provides artists, arts organizations and arts professionals with
opportunities to participate in cultural and artistic international
exchanges. This program ensures representation of Arizona artists and
arts professionals, from a variety of disciplines, at major festivals,
conferences and exhibitions and exposes residents in Arizona communities
to international artists visiting the state.
Programs and Services for
International Arts Program:
Grants to Organizations and Schools that are administered by the State
and Local Partnerships Division:
The deadline for these grants is
Thursday, March 20, 2008 and applications are accepted online using
EGOR.
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