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Promote the Specialty License Plate Program this Spring
By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – The sun is finally shining and Tennessee is in bloom — what a great time to think about encouraging your staff, board and patrons to purchase...
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Museums, sign up for 2018 Blue Star Museum Program
From Jane Chu, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts – Greetings from Washington, DC! I write you today to invite your museum to participate this year in the Blue Star Museums program. For the...
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Arts & Arts Education Conference Features Over 30 Sessions
From Ann Brown, Suzanne Lynch and Nieya Murray, Conference Co-chairs – TN Arts wants to ensure that this year’s arts and arts education conference has plenty of options for everyone. Hosted by the...
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New Workshop for Appalachian Gateway Communities
Photo by Kenneth Sponsler From Katie Allen, Director, Conservation Leadership Network – We are excited to announce that we are offering a NEW Workshop for Appalachian Gateway Communities this August....
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The Gift and Mystery of Art
Canopic Jar, 2014 Industrial Ruin Vessel #3, 1996 By Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media and Design – The Tennessee Arts Commission is pleased to have been gifted two wonderful works...
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TN Arts Conference Grant Application Deadline is May 23
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – We are offering Special Opportunities grants to assist with allowable expenses for attending the 2018 Tennessee Arts & Arts Education Conference,...
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A Proud Moment for Borderless Arts
By Lori Kissinger, Executive Director, Borderless Arts – It was such an honor for Borderless Arts Tennessee to represent the United States in Egypt at the Awladna International Forum for Arts for the...
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NEA Announces Grants to Support the Arts and Innovation Across Tennessee
Big Ears Festival, 2018. Photo courtesy of Big Ears Festival. From Victoria Hutter, Media and Public Relations, NEA – In pursuit of its commitment to advance the creative capacity of people and...
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Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers to Welcome Screening Partners...
From Ivan Schustak, Communications and Development Director, South Arts – South Arts has announced the 24 Screening Partners participating in the 2018-19 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent...
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Register by May 31 to Secure Your Conference T-Shirt
From Ann Brown, Suzanne Lynch and Nieya Murray, Conference Co-chairs – The 2018 TN Arts & Arts Education Conference is just over a month away. It’s time to finalize our numbers and place orders for...
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Rolling Grants To Open June 1
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – On June 1, the following Rolling Grant applications will be open: Arts Education Mini-Grant Arts Education Teacher Incentive Arts Access Mini-Grant...
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Meet A Few of Our Presenters
From Ann Brown, Suzanne Lynch and Nieya Murray, Conference Co-chairs – Wayne Brezinka, “Saint Paul, the Apostle,” 2018. Mixed media, including vintage and primal scripture archetypes, various fabric,...
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South Arts Seeking Musicians for International Touring Program
Mollie Quinlan-Hayes, Deputy Director and Accessibility Coordinator, ArtsReady Director, South Arts – Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen showcases at PAE 2016 Performing Arts Discovery: American Sounds...
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NEA Our Town Grant Accepting Applications
From Victoria Hutter, Media and Public Relations, NEA – Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program. These grants support projects that integrate arts, culture,...
View ArticleGrant Closeout is Coming
From Carol White, Associate Director of Operations – If your FY18 Tennessee Arts Commission grant(s) is not yet closed, the time is now or drawing very near. If you can close early, please do. To see...
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Special Opportunity Grants Available for LEAD Conference, Atlanta
From Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – This year’s Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®) Conference is coming to Atlanta, Georgia August 9-11. The Tennessee Arts Commission is...
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NEA Announces 2018-2019 Big Read Grants
Author Edwidge Danticat signs books at the kick-off program for Ferguson Library’s NEA Big Read program in 2017. Photo by Susan LaPerla, the Ferguson Library $1 Million in Grants Support Community...
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TFTA Announces FY19 Executive Committee
From Tennesseans for the Arts – New Directors to the Board of Tennesseans for the Arts and a new Executive Committee for FY 2019 were elected during a regular board meeting June 6, 2018. New to the...
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The Arts & TN Military Communities Panel Session
From Anne B. Pope, Executive Director The TN Arts Commission will be presenting a panel session called The Arts and TN Military Communities on Thursday, June 21, 2018, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. The...
View ArticleABC Grants Application Deadline July 2
By Shannon Ford, Director of Community Arts Development – July 2, 2018, is the deadline for nonprofit organizations and local governments to submit an Arts Build Communities (ABC) grant application for...
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