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Creative Aging Grant Applications Due August 31
By Kim Johnson, Director of Arts Access – The Tennessee Department of Health, the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability and the Tennessee Arts Commission have partnered in an initiative called...
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Arts Mean Business in Murfreesboro
By Carol White, Associate Director of Operations – Murfreesboro Assistant City Manager Jennifer Moody presents Arts & Economic Prosperity data. The City of Murfreesboro released the results of the...
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Arts & Culture Alliance Announces Arts Build Communities Grants
By Suzanne Cada, Deputy Director, Knoxville Arts & Culture Alliance – Townsend Artisan Guild Fiber Arts Festival The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville is pleased to announce awards...
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Site Sought for Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit & Knowledge Exchange
By Mollie Quinlan-Hayes, Deputy Director and Accessibility Coordinator, ArtsReady Director, South Arts – South Arts and The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking seek a partner site to present...
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Invitation to Submit to Breaking Ground 2017-18 Arts Issue
By Ned Solomon, Director of Partners in Policymaking™ Leadership Institute, Council on Development Disabilities, TN State Government – Do you write short stories, creative essays or poetry? Do you...
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2017 Alliance of Artists Communities Conference October 2-5
By Tristin Kirvin, Alliance of Artists Communities – Join arts leaders, funders, policy makers, community organizers, and artists from across the globe for the Alliance of Artists Communities’ 27th...
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Campbell County Rolls Out AEP5 Results
L to R: Elaine Schatline-Behr and Jo Anne McCloud Myers of Postmark LaFollette, TN Arts Director of Folklife Bradley Hanson, Executive Director of TN Arts Commission Anne Pope, Karen Cumorich of...
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Columbia Arts Council Ties AEP5 to Tourism Initiative
By Carol White, Director of Operations – Arts & Economic Prosperity 5(AEP5) national economic impact study reports that the City of Columbia generates $7.7 million in total economic activity. This...
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Fall Quarterly Meeting To Be Held September 12
By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – Laurel Theatre Tennessee Arts Commission Quarterly Commission Meeting will be held Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. (EST) at...
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New art program lets kindness rock Clarksville
Clarksville’s Finest recently joined the Clarksville Kindness Rocks program sponsored by Arts for Hearts, a program under the umbrella of Clarksville/Montgomery County Arts and Heritage Development...
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FY18 Creative Placemaking Awards Go To 16 Recipients
By Shannon Ford, Director of Community Arts Development – The FY 2018 Creative Placemaking competition has awarded 16 recipients that include organizations, cities and local governments. In creative...
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ArtsMemphis Announces AEP5 Results
Left to right: Patrick Danehey, Anne Pope (Executive Director of the Tennessee Arts Commission), and Elizabeth Rouse (President & CEO of ArtsMemphis), and Lucy Lee (Board Chair of ArtsMemphis). By...
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Knoxville and Knox County Pass Proclamations On The AEP5 Study Results
By Carol White, Associate Director of Operations – Knoxville Arts & Culture Alliance Executive Director Liza Zenni On Monday, September 11, the Knoxville Arts & Culture Alliance in partnership...
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Presented by the National Endowment for the Arts partnering with American Theatre Wing andin collaboration with Playbill, Inc. and Disney Theatrical Productions By Victoria Hutter, Assistant Director –...
View ArticleCommission Continues To Cultivate Thriving Tennessee Arts and Culture
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – At the Commission’s fall quarterly meeting, I reported on the continued progress toward Goal 1 of the Commission’s 2015-2019 strategic plan: Thriving TN...
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Murfreesboro Buck Dancer, Thomas Maupin Receives National Heritage Fellowship
Thomas Maupin accepting award from NEA Chairman Jane Chu. Photo by Tom Pich. By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – On the evening of September 14, 2017, Thomas Maupin graced a stage...
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Taking A Look at Austin Peay’s new Art + Design Building
LtoR: Janice Crews, Barry Jones, Ann Brown, Nieya Murray, Hal Partlow and Suzanne Lynch By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – Last Friday, several TN Arts staff traveled to visit...
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Master Artist Apprentice Program (MAAP) on Exhibit September 22 – November 10
By Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media and Design – MAAP is a cooperative partnership of the Tennessee Arts Commission and Tennessee Craft. The mission of this collaboration is to...
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International Storytelling Center President to Be Honored at The United...
Kiran Singh Sirah By Rachel Stiltner, Communications Coordinator, International Storytelling Center – Kiran Singh Sirah, President of the International Storytelling Center, is one of six honorees who...
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Special Opportunities Grants for National Arts Marketing Project Conference...
By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – This November 10-13, the National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) Conference is heading to Memphis, TN with more than 30 sessions, 3 keynotes...
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