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Phoenix Arts and Culture is pleased to announce the Community Arts Grants Program recipients for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The Community Arts Grants Program has a total budget of $1,725,346, comprised of funds from the city’s general fund, percent-for-art, and support from the Phoenix Convention Center. ​

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Gain the comprehensive skills, mentorship, and experience you need to launch your arts and culture career by applying for part-time student worker positions with the Phoenix ArtCorps Student Worker Program. Seventeen local arts and culture organizations from all art forms and disciplines are hosting positions in programming, marketing, community engagement, and more. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.  However, all positions will be filled by August 28, 2024.​

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Phoenix's public art program has been a national model for involving artists in designing and building a better city. Now, residents and visitors can learn about the collection! The new online Public Art Map is ready for self-guided tours.   

The map features more than 200 major public art projects. Each point on the map contains a description highlighting key information about the artist and project. ​ 

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This prestigious awards program has been Arizona's signature sustainability recognition event for over 40 years. The City of Phoenix was awarded an Art in Public Places Award that showcases creative works of art visually accessible to the general public that contributes to aesthetic appreciation, add to a sustainable-based culture, and encourage sustainability.​ The award-winning project was a City of Phoenix Well Site Reuse public art project called "A Time Machine Called Tinaja" at North 73rd Avenue and Crittenden Lane. 

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In partnership with Artlink, artists are invited to watch this on demand series of workshops designed to support an artist’s career. 

The Office of Arts and Culture contracts with numerous artists and non-profit art organizations every year, primarily through the grants and public art programs, and continually strives to connect with new audiences. In this webinar, you’ll learn about the goals and values of the department, ways to engage with the creative community, how to apply for grants and public art opportunities, and how to register as vendor with the City of Phoenix. This free, online workshop is on April 19, at 5:00p.m. and is in partnership with the Phoenix Public Library.​ 

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In April, the City of Phoenix will host 11 Budget Hearings to gather feedback on the proposed fiscal year 2023-24 Trial Budget. Community Feedback is a vital part of the budget process. A special communitywide “ARTS” budget hearing is scheduled for Saturday, April 15, at 10:00 a.m. at South Mountain Community College Library. 

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The Phoenix Poet Laureate is a Mayoral appointee whose purpose is to champion the art of poetry, inspire an emerging generation​ of literary artists and educate residents about poets and authors who have influenced our state through creative literary expression. 

​The City of Phoenix is closely monitoring the developments and potential impacts of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Office of Arts and Culture has compiled a number of resources to support the arts and culture sector in these challenging times and we will continue to update this list as we get new information. 

​The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture is looking for a dynamic individual to coordinate activities involved in the implementation and completion of community, arts learning, capacity building, and grantmaking projects and programs for creative individuals, artists, and professional staff, board members, and volunteers of arts and cultural organizations. The deadline to apply is October 20​, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. (extended due to applicant portal technical difficulties)

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The Phoenix ArtCorps is a student worker program that seeks to undergraduates with the comprehensive skills, mentorship, and experience they need to launch their arts and culture careers. Each job pays $16/hr and works around 20 to 25 hours a week, with an additional $500 stipend and other professional development opportunities. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. 

Indigenizing Arts + Culture​ with Melody Lewis and Turquoise Devereaux​

Saturday, June 25, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Phoenix MST

In this workshop, Melody Lewis and Turquoise Devereaux of the Indigenous Community Collaborative share knowledge and resources for creating culturally safe spaces for Native American communities in a way that highlights the complexity of lived experience and activates resiliency for future success.​ 

​The Office of Arts and Culture and Arizona State University's Urban Climate Research Center partnered to created as part of a campaign to promote awareness about heat and sun safety.  sunBLOCK included the production of an educational booklet, Let's Talk Heat, and the Walk in the Sun Umbrella Artwork Design Contest that commissioned 14 Arizona artists to design the fabric canopies for personal shade umbrellas. This project is partially supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. ​​​​ 

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The Artists to Work Program supports the creation and presentation of original, new or in-process artistic work by practicing Phoenix artists. Awarded artists will be required to complete a public presentation inside city of Phoenix boundaries that primarily benefits Phoenix residents.​ 

The Office of Arts and Culture is currently seeking a visual artist with elementary-aged youth instruction experience for a spring 2023 placement at Heatherbrae Elementary School. Applications open through January 19, 2023.