Greetings!
Welcome to the new and updated version of our monthly e-Newsletter!
We've re-designed the layout and have significantly shortened the length. You'll find just as much content as our previous version. However, that content is now accessible through links to articles on the web and on our website, so you can follow the articles and events that you want to follow without navigating through a larger newsletter.
Some of the content has changed, too. There are three new sections we'll feature each month: Gallery of the Month, Artist Profile, and News in the Arts. The Gallery of the Month, as the name suggests, will focus on new happenings inside some of the art galleries around Flagstaff. The Artist Profile, a carryover, introduces you to an intriguing artist and his/her work.
Finally, News in the Arts will link you to several stories and news of interest in the world of the arts. The focus will not just be local, as we often will connect you to important trends in the arts on a statewide, nationwide and even international level. Enjoy - and let us know what you think.
Cheers,
John Tannous "JT"
Executive Director
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Feature Event:
Wine, Chocolate and Good Music
 Grand Canyon Guitar Society presents
Hot Club of Phoenix in Concert
Saturday, February 14
Tasting at 7:00 P.M., Concert at 8:00 P.M.
In celebration of Valentine's Day, the evening will open with a Wine & Chocolate Tasting. Local favorites, Brookside Chocolates, will be sampling some of their best chocolates, and three different wines will be offered for tasting.
Then the night moves into music. The Hot Club of Phoenix play gyspy swing, or gypsy jazz, in the style of Django Rhinehardt. Want a sampling of their music? Check them out on their website.
Tickets for the concert (which include the Tasting) are $12/advance and $15/day of show. Tickets are available at Arizona Music Pro in Flagstaff, online at the FCP website, or by calling (928) 779-2300.
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Gallery of the Month: West of the Moon
 Only one gallery in all the world greets its visitors with the friendly Queensland Heeler named Guy, The Puppy Dog Extraordinaire. That's the kind of unique Flagstaff feel you get at West of the Moon Gallery in downtown Flagstaff. When you visit the gallery you will meet Carolyn Young who is not only a local appliqué beadwork artist but also the owner of the gallery. Read more.
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News in the Arts - February
Senator Wants to Kill Arts Support in Stimulus
Urge your Senator to vote NO to Senator Tom Coburn's amendment prohibiting any funds in the economic stimulus bill from going to arts centers. By raising your voice, you will be joining thousands of other advocates in the arts and nonprofit communities calling for Congress to support the arts and our economic recovery. Take Action.
Arts Leaders Gather at Arizona State Capitol
Hundreds of advocates for the arts gathered at the state Capitol on Monday hoping to convince lawmakers that arts programs and projects are important to the economic and spiritual well-being of the community and should not be whacked -- too much, that is -- as the state struggles to find money. Read more.
Growing Your Business - Growing Flagstaff
Newly formed initative, the  Flagstaff Arts & Business Alliance will be hosting the Arts & Business Summit on March 26-27,
2009. Keynote speaker: Sir Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic
Director for Carnegie Hall in New York, NY. Read more.
Your Ticket to Ride
Coconino Community College is launching the Passport to Culture program. Those who attend enough events, with a stamped passport as proof, will be entered into a drawing to win prizes. The Passports will be available later this month at the Lone Tree and Fourth Street campuses and at upcoming CCC-sponsored art events. Read more.
Grants Available for Arts & Sciences
Flagstaff Cultural Partners has announced its 2009-10 grant guidelines. Non-profit organizations are eligible to apply for operating support or for arts, science or cultural programs. Read more. Also, grants are available statewide through the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Read more.
Artists - Call for Entries
Two calls for entry are open right now to artists in Northern Arizona. The first is the Recycled Art Exhibition, with a deadline of March 2. Read more. The second is the newly announced, national juried exhibition, inFLUX: an Exhibition of Dance. Deadline is April 17. Read more.
 Viola Award Winners to be Announced
The first annual Viola Awards - to recognize excellence in the arts in the Flagstaff area - will be awarded at a Gala Event at the Radisson Woodlands Hotel on Thursday, March 5, 2009. The event will feature dance and music performances, a delicious dinner, silent auction, and the Heads n' Tails raffle. Read more.
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Artist Profile: Claudio Dicochea
This month, Elizabeth Vogler sat down with artist, Claudio Dicochea. Dicochea's work is featured in the art exhibition, Otra Voz, currently on display at the Coconino Center for the Arts. His visual art springs forth from the beliefs that have shaped his life. Here's an excerpt from the article:
Identity, to Dicochea, is an interesting concept. If identity is who you are, and that is based on where you are born and raised, it seems that you have little choice in shaping that identity. "What we are born into is random and arbitrary," he says. "We just come in, we don't have a say. We are seduced by the idea that we possess free will." This conflicting dichotomy poses some problems when defining one's identity. The idea that our environment serves as a marker of who we are "very seldom matches up with what we feel we are inside." Read more.
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Coconino Center for the Arts
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FEBRUARY
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1-19. Otra Voz is open thru Feb. 19. Don't miss this thought provoking show!
1-19. New works by fiber artist Darcy Falk on display.
8. Stories To Life celebrates Black History Month.
13. Richie Havens concert is almost sold out.
14. Honey-Do's. Valentine's Day gypsy jazz concert with wine and chocolate tasting. Perfect.
22. Oscar Night is the Party to be at.
28. The future of art: youth show opens.
MARCH
5. Viola Awards winners will be announced at this gala event. You don't want to be left out, do you?
6. This concert might be the best guitar concert in the whole series.
8. Final event in the Stories to Life series.
26-27. The arts mean business. See "Growing Your Business" to the left.
27-28. Jimmy Santiago Baca headlines Poetry Festival.
1-28. The future of art begins here.
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Community
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Events below are our suggestions for "can't miss" events. See our FULL community events calendar online.
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FEBRUARY
6. You wouldn't miss the First Friday ArtWalk, would you?
6-15. Theatrikos rocks. We're assuming you're savvy enough to know that. So get your tix already.
24. Tonto in heaven: Sherman Alexie speaks at NAU.
MARCH
1-7. NAU Theatre believes in The Importance of Being Earnest.
13. FSO's new talent, Elizabeth Schulze, conducts with Kimberly Marshall.
27. Last year's big event was the Glenn Miller concert as High Country opened for the first time. Play it again, Sam.
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Here's a couple of great community events calendars:
Arts & Cultural Events (ours)
Flagstaff CVB
NAU College of Arts & Letters
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