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UTC-Wolf Trap Partnership a First in Higher Education
Wolf Trap, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 at Siskin Children’s Institute. By Gina Stafford, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Communications and Marketing, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – Wolf Trap...
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Southern Prize and State Fellowship Applications Due in Less Than One Month
Supporting nine visual artists with $80,000 in awards and a touring exhibition Deadline: December 3, 2019 From Ivan Schustak, Communications and Development Director, South Arts – South Arts’ Southern...
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Thirteen Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Projects Selected Across The State
Apprentice Meredith Goins From Bradley Hanson, Director of Folklife – Master Choctaw basket maker Eleanor Chickaway The Tennessee Arts Commission Folklife Program has selected thirteen teams to...
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Register Your School for Poetry Out Loud 2020
2019 Poetry Out Loud winners from left to right: TN Champion Kendall Grimes, First Runner-up Denise Geronimo, Second Runner-up Alyvia Crawley, and Third Runner-up Jada Laws. From Meredith Callis,...
View ArticleWinter Quarterly Meeting is December 4
From Anne Pope, Executive Director – The Tennessee Arts Commission will conduct its second quarterly meeting for FY 2020 on Wednesday, December 4 beginning at 9:00 a.m. CT. The meeting will take place...
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Reminder: All Annual Grant Applications Are Due in January
From Hal Partlow – All Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Grant applications are due in January. See the schedule below for application deadlines for each Annual Grant category. Remember that Tennessee Arts...
View ArticleTN Craft 2020 Master Artist/Apprentice Program Pairs Announced
From Laurie Davis – Tennessee Craft, in partnership with the Tennessee Arts Commission, announces the Master Artist/Apprentice Program (MAAP) pairings for 2020. The mission of the MAAP is to encourage...
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Folk & Traditional Arts Master Artist Fellowships: Deadline Approaching
TN’s Sue Williams, White Oak basketmaker, 2019 Master Artist Fellow From Ivan Schustak, South Arts – Applications close January 15, 2020 The Folk & Traditional Arts Master Artist Fellowships...
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Hei Park: Now and Then (2006-2019) on Exhibit
Untitled #30 (Dream Series), 2019 Opens December 13, 2019, through January 31, 2020 From Krishna Adams – Born in Inchon, South Korea, Park was educated at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea, where...
View ArticleOnline Personalized License Plate Application Now Available
From Samantha Singer, Public Information Officer, TN Dept. of Revenue – The Department of Revenue is pleased to offer Tennesseans the ability to apply for a personalized license plate online, rather...
View ArticleSubmit a Session Proposal for the 2020 Statewide Arts & Arts Education...
Deadline extended to Jan. 22, 2020 From Ann Brown, Director of Arts Education – June 8-10, 2020 Marion County, Tennessee including conference locations in the towns of Jasper, Kimball, South Pittsburg,...
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Tennessee Receives 15 NEA Art Works and Challenge America Grants
International Storytelling Center From Allison Hill, National Endowment for the Arts – National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Mary Anne Carter announced today that organizations in every state in...
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2020 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge Opens for Submissions
2019 Franklin songwriting winners Makai Keur and Julian Watson work with Benjamin Rauhala and Shakina Nayfack. From Victoria Hutter, Assistant Director – Press | Public Affairs, National Endowment for...
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Musicians Can Apply for Jazz Road Tours Grants of up to $15,000
Nashville Jazz Workshop From Ivan Schustak, South Arts – South Arts is now accepting applications for the second cycle of Jazz Road Tours, offering grants of up to $15,000 to support tours by emerging...
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National Endowment for the Arts Releases Latest Survey of Public...
For more than 30 years, One Voice Mixed Chorus has been building their community by raising their voices in song. Photo by Terry Gydesen. Report, maps, and online tools examine U.S. and state-level...
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East Hickman Middle School Creates Original Play
By Ann Brown, Director of Arts Education East Hickman Middle School from Lyles, Tennessee received an Arts Education Mini-Grant to work with Wood & Strings Theatre, a national touring company based...
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Loretta Ana Kaufman: A Curated Survey 1988-2018 on Exhibit February 7–April 3
Copper Series (mixed), 2008 From Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media and Design – “Nature and the natural world have always been the center of my work and are the sparks that start the...
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Arts Advocacy Day 2020 is March 11
From Amy King Ruggaber, Tennesseans for the Arts – Arts Advocacy Day will be on March 11, 2020, at the Nashville Public Library. Packet pick-up and Late Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., but come...
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TN Folklife Institute Launches
Folklife fieldwork: Bob Fulcher, Opal Sharp, and Trenton Caruthers, filmed in Jamestown, TN Application Deadline: March 1, 2020 From Bradley Hanson, Director of Folklife – The Tennessee Arts Commission...
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Playing in the clay: Gundlach turns second grade class into pottery haven
Tom Sherlin From Melanie Tucker, The Daily Times – With aprons on and sleeves up, second graders at Mary Blount Elementary got busy Thursday turning a ball of clay into cute critters. It was all...
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