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YOU CAN SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTISTS

Right now you have a special chance to DOUBLE the scholarship amount six graduating highschool seniors will receive to attend community college through the Pima County Youth ArtsScholarship From now until December 31 at midnight every individual gift you give to ArtsFoundation will go toward a match for the $6000 that the City of Tucson and Pima County haveprovided for these scholarships You can send six artists to community college with $2000toward their tuition books and fees

Help us to support emerging artists in Tucson by making meaningful scholarships to teens whoexploring their artistic growth

News amp Opps December 11 2019

News

Congratulations to this years GeneralOperating Support grantees

This year 39 organizations were awarded a total $224500 in unrestrictedfunding that gives grantees the rare opportunity to fund the day-to-day

needs of a non-profit organization This years awardsndashtotaling $224500ndashis a 49 increase over last years awards of $150000

Category I | Organizations with Operating Budgets of $24999 and belowCapoeira Institute Southwest $3000

Esperanza Dance Project $2000

FUNHOUSE Movement Theater $2250

Safos Dance Theatre $2000

The Tucson Flute Club $2750

Tucson Fringe Festival $2250

Vail Youth Symphony $2500

Category II | Organizations with Operating Budgets between $25000 and $99999Arizona Early Music Society $3000

Civic Orchestra of Tucson Association $4500

Romero House Potters $4250

Something Something Theatre Company $4250

Sons of Orpheus - The Male Choir of Tucson $4250

Tucson Metropolitan Community Chorus $3750

Valley of the Moon $5000

Winding Road Theatre Ensemble $3500

ZUZI Inc $4250

Category III | Organizations with Operating Budgets of $100000 and $549999ARTS EXPRESS INC $7000

Arizona Friends of Chamber Music $5000

Borderlands Theater $5750

Invisible Theatre $5000

Literacy Connects Stories that Soar $7500

Live Theatre Workshop $6750

MOCA Tucson $5000

Odaiko Sonora Rhythm Industry $6750

Owl amp Panther $5000

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Sonoran Glass School $6000

Category IV | Organizations with Operating Budgets of $550000 and aboveBallet Arts Foundation $8250

Foundation for Creative Broadcasting $10000

Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation $7500

Loft Cinema Inc $8500

Southern Arizona Arts amp Cultural Alliance $9000

Southwest Folklife Alliance $9000

The Drawing Studio $7500

The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures $8000

The Rogue Theatre $9750

True Concord Voices amp Orchestra $7750

Tucson Childrenrsquos Museum $9000

Tucson Museum of Art $8000

Tucson Symphony Orchestra $8750

Deadlines approaching for public art calls

Roger Road Public ArtProject | Departmentof Transportation

Budget for Artwork $31520

Application Deadline December13 2019

Project Description

The City of Tucson is seeking anartist artist(s) or an artist team tojoin a multi-talented group ofroadway engineeringplannersdesigners landscapedesign architects traffic engineersdrainage engineers plus otherengineers and technical specialistsengaged in geological materialsutilities rights-of-way andenvironmental work to create publicart in connection with this majorproject work The improvementswill provide complete andconnected sidewalks on both sidesof the road for 15 miles fromOracle Road to Romero Roadenhanced street crossings streetlighting and landscaping for shade

Kirk-Bear CanyonLibraryPublic ArtProject

Budget for Artwork $20000

Application Deadline December18 2019

Project Description

The Friends of the Kirk Bear CanyonLibrary are seeking an artistartist(s) or artists team includingany builders engineering plannersor designers needed to createpublic art at the northern corner ofthe libraryrsquos eastern facade whichconsists of five connected wallpanels in corrugated metal some ofwhich stand in accordion fashionunder a covered walkway The areaavailable for the project will beartistrsquos choice of three to five ofthese panels which totalapproximately 500 square feet

Proyecto de ArtePuacuteblico en la BibliotecaKirk-Bear Canyon

Presupuesto para el proyecto$20000

Plazo de solicitud 18 dediciembre de 2019

Descripcioacuten del Proyecto

La Biblioteca Kirk Bear Canyon estaacutebuscando artistas o equipo deartistas incluidos constructoresingenieros o disentildeadores para creararte puacuteblico en la esquina norte dela fachada este de la biblioteca queconsta de cinco paneles de paredconectados entre siacute en un metalcorrugado algunos de los cualesestaacuten en forma de acordeoacuten dentrode un aacuterea techada expuesta al airelibre El aacuterea determinada parallevar a cabo el proyecto quedaraacute adiscrecioacuten del artista dentro de unrango de tres a cinco paneles quesuman aproximadamente 500 piescuadrados

Selected works from PCYAS awardees from FY 2019-20

Do you know a student artist deserving of anarts scholarship Applications now open

The Pima County Youth Arts Scholarship is an opportunity to earn a $1000

scholarship toward enrollment at Pima Community College or Tohono Orsquoodham Community

College The Youth Arts Scholarship is designed to identify and reward high school seniors within

Pima County who demonstrate excellence in dance music theater visual arts media arts or

literary arts

Application deadline March 2 2020

New episode of Artistories on KXCI 913FMArtistories is a KXCI program from the Arts Foundation that highlights

the work of our grantees

In this episode we hear from Sons of Orpheus as they talk about their holiday season concertsincluding performing at Mission San Xavier (which kicked off with Linda Ronstadt 23 years ago)Through this partnership with Patronato San Xavier Sons of Orpheus sing alongside TucsonArizona Boys Chorus and the Tucson Girls Chorus this year They talk about their commitment tothe community fundraising with their voices touring Europe how Sons of Orpheus was foundedby Grayson Hirst and their open call to male voices The magic of music and camaraderie shinethough in this interview

Artistories is a project of the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona which ispartially funded by the City of Tucson and Pima County

Grantee amp Sponsorship Spotlight

News and events from Arts Foundation awardees supported by the City of Tucson

and Pima County

Desert Voices (Tucson Metropolitan Community Chorus)

Seasons Greetings - Return to Sender

December 14-15 2019

Not all holiday greetings get deliveredor do they Find out when Desert Voices puts their stamp on the many

messages of the season You wont want to miss this holiday romp TICKETS $20 pre-order $25 at-the-door

WHEN December 14 7pm December 15 3pm WHERE Tucson JCC 3800 E River Rd Tucson AZ

httpswwwdesertvoicesorgDesert Voices is a GOS grantee for FY 2019-2020

ZUZI Inc

Solstice Celebration Poetic Gesture Earth and Air

December 14-15 2019

As the shortest day of the year the winter Solstice marks the turning from the cold dark days of winter to the

warmer lighter days of spring and summer Historically this season is a time of reflection renewal and

community celebration This yearrsquos winter theme is an integration of Poetry and Movement With each Solstice

celebration we envision honoring the interconnectedness of our humanity as we move forward to grow evolve

and change with the return of the sun

ZUZI Dance will be featuring choreography by ZUZI Cofounder Nanette Robinson Aja Squires and Maddie

Brown with special dance music and poetry collaborators Elizabeth Falcon Andrea Gudrune Dance Aloud

Dancesequences Inc and FUNHOUSE movement theater This show also highlights special performances by

ZUZI youth and community workshop dancers These workshops have been a long-standing tradition for ZUZI

to create a space and opportunity for people of all ages and abilities to work move learn and grow together

Participants have ranged in age from 7 to 72 This multi-generational approach to dance is rooted in ZUZIrsquos

belief that individual perspectives shared and shaped with others creates a healthy community

wwwzuzimoveitorgZuzi Inc is a GOS grantee for FY 2019-2020

We-Robot Art Sphere Design Competition ndash We-Robot

Deadline February 15 2020

The We-Robot is seeking design submissions from anyone in Pima County for our new technology to carve into

four-foot diameter steel spheres The top five submissions will be made into public art for display at local

businesses around the City of Tucson Please submit your final idea ldquostencil-stylerdquo in a 1200times4800 pixels black

and white svg file to httpwwwweei-robotcom Contact us for more details clarifying visuals a template

and tips for successful designs

We-Robot is a New Works Artist Project grantee for FY 2019-2020

What Were Learning

As we wind down the end of the year itrsquos a nice to time to look back on the musicthat made us think create dance and reflect in 2019 We hope yoursquove find someinspiration and new artists via NPRrsquos Best Music of 2019

Arts Foundation staff are always reading watching and listening to information relevant to the field In this newsection of News amp Opps What Wersquore Learning wersquore going to share media and articles that have recently caughtour attention and that we think you may be interested in too If you have your own recommendations pleasesend them to us at infoartsfoundtucsonorg with the subject line What Irsquom Learning

Opportunities

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and national sources

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About News amp Opps The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona News amp Opps provides information for artists includingcalls for exhibitions commissions fellowships employment and free professional developmenttrainingworkshops and educational opportunities News amp Opps does not announce exhibit openings fee-basedopportunities programming workshops or performances fundraising events or commercial art venues Newsamp Opps is a free service highlighting submissions received by the Arts Foundation for Tucson and SouthernArizona that are aligned with its mission

Submission Format Please submit requests for publication here

Grantee Spotlight may list fee-for-service events or performances that are supported by grants from the ArtsFoundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona We will make every effort to highlight at least one event orperformance from every grantee each fiscal year

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