AOA
Announcements
Recipients of Governor's Arts Awards:
Ib Andersen, Artist Award
Opening Minds through the Arts (OMA), Arts in Education Award
Mayo Clinic Center for Humanities in Medicine, Community Award
Sam Campana, Arts Advocate Award (The Shelley)
Janice Johnson, Individual Award
Target, Corporation Award
Quick Turnaround Grants:
The Arts Commission provides quick turnaround grants, available year round for artists, schools and organizations. Grants are available for artist career advancement, planning and development, professional development, sudden opportunities, consultant services and arts learning quick turnaround. The deadline is year round. for more information.
The 2006 Report to the Governor is now available online by going to the Arizona Commission on the Arts website and clicking on Report to the Governor 2006.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts has a new phone number. It is 602-771-6501.
Grants for the 2008 Fiscal Year:
Applicants can check on the status of their grant applications or complete their Fy2007 final reports on the Arizona Commission on the Arts website by clicking on EGOR.
Jobs in the arts are available and listed on the Arizona Commission on the Arts website.
Arizona Orchestra Association Yahoo Group:
A listserv has been created through Yahoo Groups for the Arizona Orchestra Association. Please register and make use of this wonderful tool! To use it, go to Yahoo, and click on Groups at the left side of the page. Click Sign in and enter azorchestras@yahoo.com as the Yahoo! ID, and organization as the
password. Click on the azorchestras link under My Groups, and you may begin using the listserv.
The next American Symphony Orchestra League conference is June 19-23, 2007 in Nashville, TN. Visit www.symphony.org for more information.
Arizona Orchestra Association is now a Sustaining Member of AMEA. Our membership will include the following benefits:
Subscription to the Arizona Music News, a magazine published in the Fall, Winter & Spring.
Subscription to the Arizona Music Educator, a newsletter published in the Fall and Spring.
A copy of the Arizona Music Educator Directory, published in January.
All pertinent AMEA mailings (i.e. information regarding in-service conferences, workshops, etc.)
A membership certificate, suitable for framing
An AMEA advertising/exhibit packet.
The right to attend the annual AMEA In-Service Conference under the same fee structure as active members.
AMEA Sustaining Members will be acknowledged in a prominent place annually in the Arizona Music News.
The Arizona Orchestra Association had a meeting on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at the Arizona Commission on the Arts. The following members are the new officers of the AOA:
President- Guillaume Grenier-Marmet
Vice President- Jay Good
Secretary- Stacy Page
Treasurer- Kathi Roark
Guillaume Grenier-Marmet made reference to the article The Search for Shining Eyes by the Knight Foundation, which you can read here.