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Positive Place

Friday, Mar. 1, 2019, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

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We invite festival attendees to enter the Positive Place and add their own personal stories to create a dynamic, inspiring space. This installation is designed in partnership with Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale and The Walter Hive. North Side of City Hall

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Photo by Scottsdale Arts Festival on October 29, 2020. Image may contain: one or more people, tree and outdoor. The 51st Scottsdale Arts Festival artist application deadline is tomorrow, Oct. 30! Get your application in to be part of the event on March 12–14, 2021. Apply through ZAPPlication here: https://sarts.co/3cm4MCP. _ Image: 2019 Scottsdale Arts Festival. Photo credit Chris Loomis.
Photo by Scottsdale Arts Festival on September 25, 2020. Image may contain: one or more people and people standing. Apply now! The artist application for the 51st Scottsdale Arts Festival is now open on @ZAPPlication. Please review the rules and regulations and other important information on the application here: https://sarts.co/3cm4MCP. Deadline is Friday, Oct. 30, 2020.
Photo by Scottsdale Arts Festival on September 08, 2020. Image may contain: one or more people, people standing and shoes. Scottsdale Arts is hiring a full time Patron Services Manager to oversee staff, engagement activities, group sales and more. Details at ScottsdaleArts.org/opportunities. _ Image: Patrons at the 2019 Mary Chapin Carpenter performance. Photo by Betty Hum.
Photo shared by Scottsdale Arts Festival on July 20, 2020 tagging @americans4arts, @haleighmun, @neaarts, and @artistrelief. Image may contain: one or more people.
Photo by Scottsdale Arts Festival on June 19, 2020. Image may contain: 1 person, night. “Juneteenth, June 19, is the day we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in America. It is a day for reflection, for learning, for growth. Let's use this time to instill within ourselves the true meaning of respect: earning it, giving it, receiving it. Respect, along with love, is the tie that binds us together and allows us to really understand each other. With knowledge and understanding comes unity. If you seek to know me, to understand me, you may learn to love me.” — Bill Kelly, retail manager, Scottsdale Arts
Photo by Scottsdale Arts Festival on June 18, 2020. Image may contain: tree and outdoor, text that says 'SCOTTSDALE ARTS 月'. Scottsdale Arts will observe Juneteenth on Friday, June 19, as a formal, company-wide, paid holiday in solidarity with our Black employees and to support the greater Black community by giving this day the recognition it deserves. _ Juneteenth is recognized nationwide to commemorate the formal emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Slavery continued in many states following the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. On June 19, 1865—more than two years after the proclamation—the Union Army in Galveston, Texas, informed some of the last remaining enslaved people that they were free. Thus, June 19 marks the formal end of slavery in the United States. _ We hope this day can be used for some personal respite, to reflect on what is happening across our nation and how we can all play a part to move us forward as one people. _ Scottsdale Arts will also recognize Juneteenth through our support of the Emancipation Marathon, an annual literary marathon produced by Emancipation Arts. _ The Emancipation Marathon is led by Clottee Hammons, the founder of Emancipation Arts and a community partner and advisor for Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. The event features contemporary and historical readings about slavery in the United States to honor the human victims of that institution. _ Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Emancipation Arts moved the Marathon online this year. The readings were recorded at Heritage Square in downtown Phoenix, and videos of the readings will be hosted on the Scottsdale Arts YouTube channel and shared throughout the weekend via social media posts by Emancipation Arts and Scottsdale Arts. We encourage you to view the readings and share the social media posts.

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