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Nashville’s Manuel Awarded NEA Heritage Award
Manuel Cuevas with Marty Stewart. Photo by Sara Terpstra Hanson. By Dr. Bradley A. Hanson – Today the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is announcing the newest recipients of the NEA National...
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Grants Available for Organizations Serving Tennessee’s Military Members,...
From Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – According to the Department of Tennessee Veterans Services’ 2016 Annual Report, Tennessee’s total veteran population is well above 503,000 and more than 218,000...
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Reflections on the 2018 TN Arts and Arts Education Conference
From Ann Brown, Suzanne Lynch and Nieya Murray, Conference Co-Chairs – Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2018 Tennessee Arts and Arts Education Conference. Artists, educators, arts...
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Posts and Tweets from the Conference
From Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – Thank you to everyone who posted and tweeted about the #2018TNArtandArtsEducation conference. Here are some thoughts and photos from...
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New Study Provides Insights into PTSD Among Military Patients
One of the masks included in the study that demonstrates identification with military unit (depiction of sense of belonging to a military unit, for example, explosive ordnance disposal badge, also...
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South Arts Awards Over $275,000 in Arts Grants Throughout Region
From Ivan Schustak, Communications Director, South Arts – South Arts, a nonprofit regional arts organization, has awarded 68 grants totaling $276,949 to arts organization throughout the South. These...
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Welcome to our FY19 Executive Committee
From Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – The TN Arts Commission is fortunate to be governed by a strong board of dedicated individuals. Each member is appointed by the Governor to serve a five-year...
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TN Arts Commission Awards Over $4 Million in Grants Across State
Memphis Metal Museum From Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – The Tennessee Arts Commission has awarded 347 Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Grants Awards totaling $4,226,710 to help fund arts and...
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By Ivan Schustak, Director of Communications, South Arts – South Arts, a nonprofit regional arts organization serving nine Southern states, has awarded two Tenessee organizations creative placemaking...
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FY19 Title VI Certification
By Kim Johnson, Director of Arts Access – The beginning of the new fiscal year is the perfect time for TN Arts grantees to update their Title VI training requirements. To comply with the Civil Rights...
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TN Arts Rolling Grants Are Open
From Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – Our Rolling Grants are currently open. Rolling Grants are project support grants that offer a variety of funding opportunities for nonprofit arts,...
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From Shannon Ford, Director of Community Arts Development – Across the state, 13 arts councils and development districts serve as designated agencies and administer ABC grants for grant recipients...
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National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2019 NEA Jazz Masters
From Liz Aucliar, NEA – Stanley Crouch — Photo by Frank Stewart Each year, the National Endowment for the Arts bestows the nation’s highest honor in jazz—the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships—on individuals...
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Eleven Tennessee Artists Receive FY19 Individual Artist Fellowships
Denise Stewart-Sanabria, People # 55,56,57, 2016, From Krishna Adams, Lee Baird and Suzanne Lynch, TN Arts – The Individual Artist Fellowship (IAF) provides $5,000 awards to outstanding professional...
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TN Military & the Arts: Video Now Available
From Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – TN Arts Commission in partnership with the TN Department of Veteran Services presented a session at the 2018 Tennessee Arts & Arts Education...
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Master Artist Apprentice Program on Exhibit
August 3–September 28, 2018 From Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media and Design – The Master Artist Apprentice Program (MAAP) is a cooperative partnership of the Tennessee Arts...
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Lessons From My Summer Internship
By Asher Hawkins, Summer Intern – The dream of inspiring and uplifting communities of people through the arts is not an easy desire to fulfill. Art is invaluable to the people it impacts, healing and...
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A Gift to Dye For
By Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media & Design – Spring (Hope Eternal), 2014 Earlier this summer, the Tennessee Arts Commission was honored to receive two magnificent, handmade,...
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Aug. 21 is the Deadline for TN Military, Veterans & the Arts Grant Applications
From Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – The Tennessee Arts Commission in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Veteran Services is offering a funding opportunity called TN Military,...
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NEA Announces Free Events Sept. 26 & 28 in Honor of National Heritage Fellows
From Liz Auclair, Public Affairs Specialist, National Endowment for the Arts – This September, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will host two free events to celebrate the recipients of our...
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