Current FY2020 Grantees – Closeout Now to Help Your Cash Flow
From Carol White, Associate Director of Operations – In this unusual time of COVID-19, new behavior guidelines are top of mind. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Do your part, stay apart. AND …...
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NEA Announces CARES Act Funding to Support Arts Jobs and Help Sustain Arts...
From Public Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts – The National Endowment for the Arts announced today its guidelines to swiftly distribute funding to nonprofit arts organizations from the...
View ArticleNew National Artist/Creative Worker Relief Fund and Survey
From Americans for the Arts – As you know, Americans for the Arts is deeply committed to supporting the arts across America. Today, a consortium of funders announced the creation of the Artist Relief...
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Jazz Road Quick Assist Fund from South Arts, Applications Open Now
From Ivan Schustak, South Arts – The Jazz Road Quick Assist Fund is a new, temporary emergency relief fund for jazz artists around the country who have lost work due to the COVID-19 pandemic and...
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Arts Build Communities Grant New Online Tutorials
From Melissa Moody, Arts Build Communities Coordinator – As of April 1, 2020, The Arts Build Communities (ABC) grant program is accepting applications through the Tennessee Arts Commission’s online...
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NEA CARES Act Funding for TN Arts
BEN CALDWELL From Anne Pope, Executive Director – The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act recognizes that the nonprofit arts industry is an important sector of the U.S....
View ArticleSmall Business Administration Loans Update from NASAA
From Kelly J. Barsdate, Chief Program and Planning Officer, NASAA The National Assembly for State Arts Agencies (NASAA) has received several inquiries about eligibility for SBA Paycheck Protection...
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AEP6 Postponed Until 2021
From Carol White, Associate Director of Operations – Due to COVID-19, the upcoming Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 study has been postponed for one year. Study partner recruitment will occur in 2021....
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How Will the Pandemic Change the Arts?
Memphis arts organizations plan for an uncertain future. by JON W. SPARKS and CHRIS MCCOY, Memphis Flyer (reprinted with permission) – Memphis cultural organizations are planning for an uncertain...
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National Arts and Culture Report Losses of over $4 Billion
Full Moon Pickin’ Party, Percy Warner Park, Nashville TN, 2016. By Sarah Terpstra Hanson From Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – The Americans for the Arts Research Team published an update on human...
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The 2019 NEA Audit and You—Beware July Costs
From Carol White, Associate Director of Operations – Thanks again to all the TN Arts Commission grantees who provided accounting documentation upon request from the National Endowment for the Arts...
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Rudi Scheidt and Knox Phillips were invaluable members to Memphis’ film industry
From Anne B. Pope, Executive Director, TN Arts Commission – Recently, the Memphis and the State of Tennessee lost two of their greatest champions of music, film, and the arts. I knew Knox Phillips...
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Reopening Tennessee Arts & Culture
Jim Collins, Who’s Up, 1966 From Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – As Tennessee Arts & Cultural organizations begin to plan for reopening, the Tennessee Arts Commission is...
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Bartlett, TN Dancer Wins Prestigious Scholarship
From the Anthony Quinn Foundation – Over the past ten years, the Anthony Quinn Foundation has received over 2,350 applications for summer intensive scholarship support. The pool of applicants grows...
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South Arts Hosts Online Southern Prize & State Fellowships Ceremony
From Ivan Schustak, South Arts – Join us for a live online celebration of the 2020 South Arts State Fellowship recipients and the announcement of the $25,000 Southern Prize winner and the $10,000...
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Reopening TN Arts & Culture, Part 2
Master artist Jack Martin stitches a rainbow broom at his shop in Selmer, TN. Photo by Bradley Hanson From Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing & Development – On Friday, May 8, small group,...
View ArticleTN Arts Quarterly Meeting is May 28
From Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – The Tennessee Arts Commission will hold its quarterly meeting on May 28, 2020. Due to COVID-19, this will be an audio-only conference meeting using Webex. The...
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Treasury Dept Releases PPP Loan Forgiveness Guidance and Application
From Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Arts Action Fund – The U.S. Treasury Department released long-awaited guidance and the official application for PPP loan forgiveness on May 15, 2020. Official guidance for the...
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North Carolina Artist Sherrill Roland Wins Southern Prize
From Ivan Schustak, South Arts – Multidisciplinary artist Sherrill Roland of Morrisville, North Carolina was awarded the 2020 Southern Prize by South Arts. Roland, whose powerful work is deeply...
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Reopening TN Arts & Culture, Part 3: Innovative New Arts Programming
Dogwood Arts donates Art Kits for Kids Program From Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing & Development – Per a press release from the office of Governor Lee, Tennessee continues to advance the...
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