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Arts-in-Education
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Arts and Social Change Project

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Arts-in-Education

Description Arts-in-Education grants support Phoenix public schools and arts organizations working in Phoenix schools. Projects must incorporate an education strategy related to the school's curriculum, the Arizona Arts Standards or enhancement of the school's arts programs.
Contact Jocelyn Hanson
Title Director of Arts Education
Department Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
Phone Number 602-495-0189
E-mail Address jocelyn.hanson@phoenix.gov
Deadline Feb. 17, 2009
Workshops phoenix.gov/arts/workshop.html
Application Link phoenix.gov/arts/grant.html

Capacity Building

Description Capacity Building grants support the development of Phoenix arts organizations. The purpose of this category is to help arts groups establish themselves as secure and growing participants in the Phoenix community through building organizational and administrative infrastructure.
Contact Dr. Dwight D. Walth
Title Director of Grant Services and Community Initiatives
Department Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
Phone Number 602-495-0188
E-mail Address dwight.walth@phoenix.gov
Deadline Feb. 17, 2009
Workshops phoenix.gov/arts/workshop.html
Application Link phoenix.gov/arts/grant.html

Arts Access Project

Description

Arts Access Project grants provide funding assitance for activites that:

  • connect arts and culture to underserved communities
  • address perceived barriers (economic, geographic, ethnic, disability) to attendance or participation
  • emphasize exposure to, experience with, or appreciation of arts and culture activities
  • serve community by providing accessibility services for audiences (ASL, audio description, assistive listening, Braille, captioning, etc.)
  • serve families, youth, elderly or specific geographic areas within the city of Phoenix in activities that engage the participants with artists and the art
Contact Dr. Dwight D. Walth
Title Director of Grant Services and Community Initiatives
Department Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
Phone Number 602-495-0188
E-mail Address dwight.walth@phoenix.gov
Deadline Feb. 17, 2009
Workshops phoenix.gov/arts/workshop.html
Application Link phoenix.gov/arts/access_over.html

Arts Development Project

Description

Arts Development Project grants provide funding assistance for activities that:

  • support the growth and development of the organization's artistic quality or enhances the scope of its mission
  • support artistic innovation and risk-taking
  • develop the organization's audience
  • challenge or deepen the experience of audiences
  • are collaborative/cooperative ventures between arts organizations artistically or administratively
  • promote community awareness of the organization and its programs
Contact Dr. Dwight D. Walth
Title Director of Grant Services and Community Initiatives
Department Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
Phone Number 602-495-0188
E-mail Address dwight.walth@phoenix.gov
Deadline Feb. 17, 2009
Workshops phoenix.gov/arts/workshop.html
Application Link phoenix.gov/arts/development_over.html

Arts and Diversity Project

Description

Arts and Diversity Project grants provide funding assistance for activities that:

  • have as their primary purpose the preservation, production or presentation of art forms and cultural activities specific to an ethnic culture.
  • express the experiences of historically underserved ethnic and other communities (which include but are not limited to African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latinos, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and the gay/lesbian community)
  • celebrate Phoenix's ethnic diversity and variety of cultural traditions
  • connect diverse communities through educational or interactive activities
Contact Dr. Dwight D. Walth
Title Director of Grant Services and Community Initiatives
Department Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
Phone Number 602-495-0188
E-mail Address dwight.walth@phoenix.gov
Deadline Feb. 17, 2009
Workshops phoenix.gov/arts/workshop.html
Application Link phoenix.gov/arts/diversity_over.html

Arts and Social Change Project

Description

Arts and Social Change Project grants provide funding assistance for activities that:

  • serve "special populations" (such as social service constituents, youth at risk, victims of abuse, seniors, homeless, people with disabilities, etc.)
  • address a social issue in the community
  • support prevention/intervention programs
  • use the arts activity as a means to address social service goals and objectives specific to the participants or the social service organization
  • are collaborations between social service providers or community-based organizations with artists and/or arts organization's outreach activities
Contact Dr. Dwight D. Walth
Title Director of Grant Services and Community Initiatives
Department Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
Phone Number 602-495-0188
E-mail Address dwight.walth@phoenix.gov
Deadline Feb. 17, 2009
Workshops phoenix.gov/arts/workshop.html
Application Link phoenix.gov/arts/social_over.html

General Operating Support

Description General Operating Support grants support established Phoenix arts organizations. The purpose of this category is to help in the general operations of the organization, to promote organizational stability, to stimulate growth and professional development and to increase the organization's accessibility to the public.
Contact Dr. Dwight D. Walth
Title Director of Grant Services and Community Initiatives
DepartmentPhoenix Office of Arts and Culture
Phone Number602-495-0188
E-mail Addressdwight.walth@phoenix.gov
Deadline Feb. 17, 2009
Workshops phoenix.gov/arts/workshop.html
Application Link phoenix.gov/arts/grant.html

Rental Support Program

DescriptionRental Support Program grants provide facility rental support to those major cultural organizations that help revitalize the Phoenix downtown corridor through their presentations in city-owned performing arts facilities under the Phoenix Stages Program (Symphony Hall, Orpheum Theatre and Herberger Theater Center).
Contact Dr. Dwight D. Walth
Title Director of Grant Services and Community Initiatives
DepartmentPhoenix Office of Arts and Culture
Phone Number602-495-0188
E-mail Addressdwight.walth@phoenix.gov
Deadline Feb. 17, 2009
Workshops phoenix.gov/arts/workshop.html
Application Link phoenix.gov/arts/grant.html

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