Arts On Tour

The Arts on Tour roster lists a broad spectrum of Arkansas’s finest solo and ensemble performers, individual visual artists and prepared art exhibitions ready for touring within Arkansas. The online AOT listing facilitates the booking process for arts organizations, festival and event planners, schools, civic organizations and government entities interested in contracting with the artists.

The AOT program is designed to reimburse presenters who showcase Arkansas artists listed on the roster. When an AOT artist negotiates a contract with the presenter, the Arkansas Arts Council typically will subsidize 40 percent of the cost of the event as long as funds are available.

New AOT artists are selected each year through a panel process. 

Apply For The Arts On Tour Artist Roster BY OCT. 20.

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    To be eligible for the Arts on Tour Program, a performing or visual artist must: 

    • Maintain a primary residency in Arkansas, or must have an Arkansas based contact.
    • Have presented concerts, exhibitions, programs or lecture-demonstrations in locations away from their home location at least twice in the previous year. Exhibitions must have been presented in a formal gallery space.

    The Arkansas Arts Council reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of the scope or nature of the presentation proposed by a selected Arts on Tour artist and retains the right to determine the suitability of an AOT artist to remain on the roster once they have been selected.

    Arts on Tour Artist Roster application forms should be submitted online by completing the form linked below. You will receive an email confirmation when we have received your online submission.

     

     

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    Aaron Acosta Magic
    Tags
    Central Theater: Magic and Illusion/Puppetry
    Arkansas Arts Council
    Featured by
    AAC
    Location
    110 Prairie Dr., Beebe, AR, 72012
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    Aaron Acosta Magic is full of high-energy magic, visual slapstick comedy, and lots of audience interaction! Aaron offers creative balloon animals, not just dogs, and he can make hats and all sorts of cool stuff. You will get several mystifying, mind-blowing illusions: tricks with a real birds, ropes, silks, coins, & newspapers and complete audience involvement. Children’s eyes light up when the bird appears from nowhere. The magic show is equal parts entertaining and impressive for both kids and kids at heart. So you can rest assured that all of your guests will enjoy the show and make for an incredibly successful event!

    “Our library hired Aaron for a summer reading program. He was so personable and energetic. The whole crowd laughed the entire 45 minute show. All the kids were clamoring for magic books afterward because they wanted to be like him. Aaron closed his show by letting the children pet the dove he'd brought with him, and he gave the audience members little magic trick cards so they could do magic at home. We'll definitely be having him back in the future!” Mary Jenkins, Clarksdale Carnegie Library

    Aaron Acosta is a multi-award winning professional magician from Arkansas and Memphis that specializes in children and family entertainment. He fell in love with magic when he was 8 years old with a book out of the library. Since then he has been learning and sharing his passion with everyone, performing hundreds of shows for children every year at preschools, day care centers, libraries, schools, fairs and festivals, and all types of family events. Magic is Aaron’s passion and obsession, and he is thrilled that his job allows him to share this joy with children of all ages, leaving them with laughter and enjoyment at every show.

    Fee
    $300 - $2,500, depending on size of show and venue.
    Time Availability
    Year-round

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