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TN Craft Offers 10 Scholarships for Summer Study
From Tennessee Craft – Tennessee Craft creates environments for life-changing connections to spark and grow, fostering supportive artist-to-artist relationships, building maker communities across the...
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Annual Grant Panel Reviews Begin March 26
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – help enable the Tennessee Arts Commission to make informed decisions in awarding grants and technical assistance recommendations to applicants. Advisory...
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New Report from NEA Cites Tennessee as Among Fastest-Growing for Arts and...
Pixaby image from Gerd Altman From Victoria Hutter, Public Affairs, NEA – The latest data charting the economic impact of the arts and culture sector to the nation’s gross domestic product and to...
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NGA Offers Strategies for Creative Sector to Revitalize Rural Communities
From Victoria Hutter, Public Affairs, NEA – Struggling rural communities have found new life through smart public policies that boost the creative sector, the National Governors Association said in a...
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ABC Applications Open April 1, No Joke
Artist Michael Colley poses in front of his Muletown mural in Columbia. From Shannon Ford, Director of Community Arts Development – Starting at 8:00 a.m. CT on April 1, 2019, the Arts Build Communities...
View ArticleWhat Every Board Member Should Know
From Carol White, Associate Director for Operations – Tennessee’s arts and culture nonprofits depend on their boards, dedicated citizens who embody our state’s great volunteer tradition. Board members...
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Annual Grant Review Panels Continue Through April
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – As part of the annual grant review process each year, advisory panels are held so that citizens from across Tennessee can provide expert guidance in...
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Welcome to our MCI/CEP Adjudicators
Left to right, Mary K. Kennedy, Mary Margaret Schoenfeld and Wayne Martin By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants — On April 2, we began Tennessee’s Major Cultural Institutions and Cultural...
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Reinvented Virtual Reality: Works by Denise Stewart-Sanabria On Exhibit
April 5—June 7, 2019 From Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media and Design – “These works are part of a series concentrating on the large-scale representation of contemporary people....
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Celebrating Poetry Month
From Lee Baird, Director of Literary Arts and Grants Analysis – The 18th-century French priest and poet Joseph Roux believed that “Poetry is truth in its Sunday Clothes.” While that thought conveys...
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48th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair
200+ Craft Artisans Present Marvelous Art May 3-5, 2019 From Laurie Davis, TN Craft – The Tennessee Craft Spring Fair is the largest craft fair of its caliber in the region, serving approximately...
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Support Available to Attend The League of American Orchestras National...
Memphis Symphony From Jared Morrison, Director of Performing Arts – Nashville will host the League of American Orchestras National Conference June 3-5, 2019. This annual gathering offers a unique...
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Nominations For 2019 Governor’s Arts Awards Close May 31
From Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – Nominations for for the 2019 Governor’s Arts Awards will be accepted until May 31, 2019. The awards will be presented by Governor and First Lady Lee...
View ArticleJazz Road Grants from South Arts Offer Direct Support for Touring Jazz Artists
From Ivan Schustak, South Arts – South Arts is now accepting applications for the newly-launched Jazz Road Tours program, offering grants of up to $15,000 to support tours by emerging and mid-career...
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TN Craft Fair Showcasing Twenty Emerging TN Makers
From Laurie Davis – TN Craft – Twenty talented craft artists from Tennessee exhibit their work in the Emerging Makers Tent during the 48th annual Tennessee Craft Spring Fair, the largest craft fair of...
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Knoxville Photographer Wins Big at International Competition
From Daniel Taylor Roman, studio manager, Taylor Roman Photography This year, Saray Taylor-Roman, a Knoxville portrait photographer of Taylor-Roman Photography, won best photo in the teen and senior...
View ArticleSpring Commission Meeting is May 23
From Anne Pope, Executive Director – The Tennessee Arts Commission will conduct its fourth quarterly meeting for FY 2019 on Thursday, May 23 beginning at 8:00 a.m. CT. The meeting will take place at...
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Five Southern Dance Companies Selected for Momentum: Long-Term Capacity Building
New Dialect, The Triangle Congratulations to Nashville’s New Dialect From Ivan Schustak, South Arts – South Arts, a regional nonprofit arts organization, has announced the five Southern dance...
View Article48th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair Awards
From Laurie Davis, TN Craft – Tennessee Craft announces the 48th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair Awards, presented Saturday, May 5. Every spring, Tennessee Craft presents awards to select...
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Jazz Road Touring Funds Available
From Ivan Schustak, South Arts – New national program funding artists to build tours South Arts is now accepting applications for the newly-launched Jazz Road Tours program, offering grants of up to...
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