Mesa’s Troy Kotsur just became the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar / Phoenix New Times Troy Kotsur became the first deaf man to be nominated for and win an Oscar, and he’s from right here in Mesa.…

Arizona Commission on the Arts and Arizona Community Foundation announce partnership, additional investments in Arizona artists / Gila Herald The Arizona Community Foundation and the Arizona Commission on the Arts announced a renewed joint effort to support Arizona artists, including…

Top Native artists are showing in Phoenix this weekend. Here’s how to see their best work / Arizona Republic The Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market is back in person. Considered to be one of the largest Indigenous art…

Acclaimed Arizona musical to debut in New York: ‘This could be the next ‘In the Heights’ / Arizona Republic Seven years after its start in 2015, the Arizona-birthed musical “¡Americano!” is going to New York City. The new off-Broadway production…

The Flinn Foundation, a longtime supporter of arts and culture in Arizona, is launching an effort that will showcase local artwork throughout the lobby, conference center, and grounds of the foundation’s building near downtown Phoenix. The Flinn Foundation Art Program,…

How the Grand Canyon’s new artist-in-residence will approach 2 months on the rim / KJZZ As part of the residency program, run by the nonprofit Grand Canyon Conservancy, painter and visual artist Daniele Genadry will live and work at the…

Shakespeare helped her through hard times. Now she shares that love with Arizona audiences / Arizona Republic Debra Ann Byrd, Southwest Shakespeare’s new artistic director, hopes to foster diversity and inclusion at the Mesa-based organization as she did in Harlem…