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. To see our volunteers and events’ images - click here http://t.co/6Hobtuxe / Monthly Open Mic Arts, Letters and Culture Events / You can watch it here / You can watch it here / You can watch it here / You can watch it here / You can watch it here / You can watch it here / You can watch it here / You can watch it here / You can watch ithere / Video
1 / Video
2 / Video
3 / Video 4
/ Video
5 / You can watch it here /
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.
|
