2022 - 2023 Artists of Promise
2022 - 2023
MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGES
ARTISTS OF PROMISE Competitions
Sharing your creative ability is about more than self expression. It's also an opportunity to refine your work, overcome self-doubt, and build community. The Artists of Promise (AOP) Competitions are an annual showcase of student talent, from Phoenix College, and across the District.
Earn Recognition Across Seven Categories
Best-in-Show entries will be announced publicly at this spring's Artists of Promise Gala. Select entrants may be invited to perform, or display, their work at the Gala. AOP Competitions are juried by faculty, and open to MCCCD students only. Instructors, full-time or adjunct, who are also enrolled as students are ineligible to compete.
Deadlines, entry procedures, and potential winnings are updated annually, and can differ by category, or subcategory. Click on the blue button to review MCCCD rules pages—they provide essential details for each discipline.

Fashion & Costume Design
SUBCATEGORIES & GUIDELINES Applicants may submit one entry per subcategory. An entry constitutes one complete garment/outfit of wearable apparel, or stage/event appearances. See the District page for the complete list of rules. Deadline across all subcategories: Mar. 28, 2023 |
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Fashion Design | Sustainable Design (Repurpose, Reuse, Recycle) |
Costume Design |
PHOENIX COLLEGE CONTACT
Professor Char Brandom
602.285.7287
char.brandom@phoenixcollege.edu

Film, Animation & Media Arts
SUBCATEGORIES & GUIDELINES Students may submit two entries per per subcategory. Submissions must be created as part of a class while the applicant was a student enrolled at a MCCCD college during one of the following semesters...2022: Spring, Summer, Fall | 2023: Spring. See the District page for the complete list of rules. Deadline across all subcategories: Mar. 21, 2023 |
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Animation: Narrative, Documentary, Experimental | Documentary/Non-Fiction Film & Media |
Narrative/Fiction Film & Media | Video Game Design |
PHOENIX COLLEGE CONTACT
Professor Erik Erspamer
602.285.7171
erik.erspamer@phoenixcollege.edu

Theatre
SUBCATEGORIES & GUIDELINES Entrants to each category must submit respective Intent to Participate forms. A total of 6 entries for each MCCCD college may be submitted for adjudication. Those submissions will be determined by the theatre coordinator, and/or acting faculty at each college. See the District page for the complete list of rules. Deadline across all subcategories: Mar. 3, 2023 |
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Theatre Acting & Performance | Theatre Design: Actual |
PHOENIX COLLEGE CONTACT
Dr. Christina Marín
602.285.7303
christina.marin@phoenixcollege.edu

Visual Arts & Design
SUBCATEGORIES & GUIDELINES See the District page for the complete list of rules.
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2d Art & Design | 3d Art & Design |
PHOENIX COLLEGE CONTACT
Dr. Rudy Navarro
602.285.7279
rudolph.navarro@phoenixcollege.edu

Music
SUBCATEGORIES & GUIDELINES Enter three subcategories, with varying deadlines. See the District page for the complete list of rules. Deadlines: Instrumental & Vocal: Feb. 3, 2023 Composition: Dec. 9, 2022 |
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Composition | Instrumental |
Vocal |
PHOENIX COLLEGE CONTACT
Dr. Rose French
602.285.7271
rose.french@phoenixcollege.edu

Dance: Choreography & Performance
SUBCATEGORIES & GUIDELINES Deadline across all subcategories: Feb. 11, 2023 |
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Solo Choreography | Group Choreography |
Solo Performance | Group Performance |
PHOENIX COLLEGE CONTACT
Dr. Christina Marín
602.285.7303
christina.marin@phoenixcollege.edu

Creative Writing
SUBCATEGORIES & GUIDELINES Students are invited to submit one submission per subcategory, with exceptions. See the District page for the complete list of rules. Deadline across all subcategories: Dec. 9, 2022 |
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Essay | One Act Play, or Script |
Fiction | Poetry |
PHOENIX COLLEGE CONTACT
Professor Josiah Kilduff
josiah.kilduff@phoenixcollege.edu