Nine teams formed the inaugural AZ CCI cohort, initially convened in 2017 and engaged for 2+ years. Teams participated in intensive training and multidirectional mentorship, and received funding support for community-engaged arts-based projects that were devised and implemented in locations across the state.
AZ Creative Voices
AZ Creative Voices is a nine episode podcast series that chronicles the AZ CCI experience. Producer Regina Revazova takes listeners on a tour of participating communities, highlighting the challenges and successes of this creative partnership; the potential of community-engaged work; and the many discoveries within teams and across the learning cohort as participants strengthened their collaborative skills.

Listen to โAZ Creative Voices podcast: Barrio Anitaโ on Spreaker.

Listen to โAZ Creative Voices podcast: Casa Grandeโ on Spreaker.

Listen to โAZ Creative Voices podcast: Douglasโ on Spreaker.

Listen to โAZ Creative Voices podcast: Eastlakeโ on Spreaker.

Listen to โAZ Creative Voices podcast: Flagstaffโ on Spreaker.

Listen to โAZ Creative Voices podcast: Globeโ on Spreaker.

Listen to โAZ Creative Voices podcast: Tempeโ on Spreaker.

Listen to โAZ Creative Voices podcast: Yumaโ on Spreaker.

The Arizona Creative Communities Institute is an initiative of the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Arizona State Universityโs Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, with guidance from Southwest Folklife Alliance, an affiliate nonprofit of the University of Arizona.



AZ Creative Communities is funded in part by a grant from the Surdna Foundation, awarded to the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University as part of its Thriving Cultures grant program.
Additional support for AZ Creative Communities Institute learning sessions provided by Arizona Community Foundation.