The Arizona Artists Guild is committed to the following:
- Promoting quality artwork for public viewing and appreciation
- Encouraging members to participate in state and national exhibits
- Offering support for members to further their careers
- Providing opportunities for members to display their work
- Awarding scholarships to Arizona students
- Sponsoring classes through The Guild School of Art
- Offering critique sessions to improve skills
- Life Drawing sessions weekly year round
- Open studio sessions
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- Supplying judges for local, state and national art exhibits
- Providing a voice for civic matters relating to the arts
- Availing a meeting space for other community arts organizations
- Continuing a long-standing tradition of art leadership in the state since 1928
- Maintaining a cadre of instructors for schools and community
- Providing free Art instruction sessions for US Military Veterans, non-English speaking adult refugees, Native American elders, survivors of suicide, young women who have endured sexual abuse and/or trafficking, and AAG provides art instruction for hospice trained volunteers working with palliative care dementia patients.