Visual Arts (Media Arts, Design, Public Art)

The Arizona Commission on the Arts provides an array of grants, programs and services for visual artists and arts organizations.

Grants/Programs- funding which assists organizations to engage artists to work in the community; assists artists in the creation of new work; enables artists to further their careers; allows organizations to stabilize infrastructure.

Services/Convenings - technical assistance in areas such as assistance in developing grant proposals to the Commission; public presentations on Commission programs; research in participation in the arts; referrals to consultants, arts professionals and other resources; convenings for discipline-specific fields; organization development; consultations for organizations and individual artists in a wide variety of areas.

Opportunities - listings include opportunities for artists; educators and teachers; and staff of organizations and arts administrators to apply for call to artists, competitions, residency opportunities and attend professional development opportunities such as local and national conferences and workshops.

Resources - links to resources for artists; educators and teachers; and staff of organizations and arts administrators in areas such as health insurance, listservs and e-newsletters, articles of interest, residency opportunities, assessment, listing of Arizona Libraries, evaluation, partnership, arts standards, links to other arts learning organizations, research, curriculum, teaching artists, nonprofit resources and more.

For Grantees - resources for Arts Commission grantees, such as grant information, final reports, logos and links to listings of grant recipients.

For assistance, please contact  the Visual Arts Director at (602) 771-6530.