Vision Statement

To create a multicultural arts center with an open-door policy. To broaden the base of understanding, appreciation and support for the arts through meaningful education initiatives and community partnerships, and to be of service to artists around the state.

 

Mission Statement

Nurture an inspirational environment for individuals to self express through the Arts, and to develop their creative abilities.

 

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About Us

Over the course of our four-year history, The Arizona Consortium for the Arts has carved out a distinctive role among the region's thriving arts and cultural institutions as a unique organization. The Consortium also partners with other organizations and provides children and adults a wide range of programs with hands-on, up-close encounters with their own creativity and previously untapped talents. And that's just for starters.

One of the best known and most prominent projects is the highly acclaimed The Blue Guitar Magazine, noted for both its quality and its range. The Blue Guitar is a literary and arts journal/magazine. It features Arizona emerging and established writers and artists. The Blue Guitar has drawn statewide submissions and is currently published online. The magazine has thousands of readers in Arizona, throughout the country and abroad. We also publish The Blue Guitar Jr. Edition, which features works by children and works by adults who write for children.

Another popular programming is the Consortium’s annual Blue Guitar Festival of the Arts. The Festival features our local musicians, dancers, singers and readers from The Blue Guitar Magazine. The audience is treated to a varied program that runs the gamut from theatre and dance to music of all genres and spoken and written word presentations.

In addition to promoting a wide range of programs in the visual, literary and performing arts, The Arizona Consortium for the Arts maintains a varied and growing portfolio of weekly programs, projects and services for artists, audiences, and collaborating organizations.

In our four-year history, the Consortium has supported visionary, adventurous and thought-provoking artists spanning all disciplines. During our Annual Blue Guitar Festival of the Arts and our Annual Fall Festival of the Arts, the public celebrates our artists through presentations, exhibitions, readings and performances. Some of the performances feature local arts and cultural groups that partner and collaborate with our Consortium.

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Our Goal

The Arizona Consortium’s current goal is to create a multicultural arts center where children, teens and adults will become inspired to develop their creative abilities. Artists, writers, photographers, dancers and musicians will share their expertise in a gallery-theater setting. Everyone, from novices to professionals, will be welcomed to learn and share their expertise there.

We would like to build a new facility or find an existing one that will provide enough space for a theater, gallery, art studios, classroom and cafe. The gallery will host art exhibits by exposing Arizona artists. The center will hold open mic nights for writers and poets to read and share their work. The theater will be a place for musicians and performance groups to rehearse and perform. We will offer classes by the finest regional professional teachers and artists.We also plan to install a dark room for photographers!
The arts center itself will be a showcase of unique architecture, sustainability and technology.