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Register Your School for POL 2017
From Dani Brown, Arts Education Special Projects Coordinator — It is time to get ready for another year of giving students the opportunity to master public speaking skills, build self-confidence and...
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Amy Morton Vaughn Receives Honor at State Dance Festival
By Grace Robinson, Public Information & Research Coordinator — Amy Morton Vaughn c/o Van Metre School of Dance Amy Morton Vaughn of Maryville, TN was awarded the Margaret Martin Award by the...
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Introducing the New Online Grants System
By Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – The Tennessee Arts Commission is implementing a brand new online grants system that will eventually replace the old eGrant system beginning November 1, 2016. The...
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2017-18 NEA Big Read Guidelines Now Available
Public webinar about the NEA Big Read on November 16, 2016 at 3pm ET By Liz Auclair, Media Relations, NEA – The National Endowment for the Arts has released the application guidelines for 2017-2018 NEA...
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VSA Tennessee Creates Ornaments for the National Christmas Tree
By Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media and Design — Santa (Andrew Dix), Krishna Adams and Hannah Holladay VSA Tennessee was honored to once again be asked to make the ornaments that...
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Staff Testing New Grants System
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – All this week, TN Arts Commission staff rolled up their sleeves and began the in-depth process of testing the new Online Grants System. Liz Ryles,...
View ArticleNational Council on the Arts Public Meeting, October 28
Guest Presentations Focus on the Arts in Non-Arts Sectors By Victoria Hutter, Media Relations, NEA – The fall meeting of the National Council on the Arts takes place on Friday, October 28, 2016 from...
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AEP5 One-Page Org Survey Deadline Extended to November 30
The Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 one-page organizational survey is now due November 30 By Grace Robinson, Public Information & Research Coordinator — The deadline to participate in Arts and...
View ArticleHistoric Healing Arts and Military Partnership Expands
Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network Launches New Sites and Programs By Victoria Hutter, Press/Public Affairs, NEA – American service members dedicate their lives and make incredible...
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Remembering Budd Bishop
By Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – The Commission is saddened to hear of the passing of previous Commission Board member, Budd Harris Bishop. Budd served the Commission from 2007 to 2011, and is...
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New Online Grants System Registration starts November 1
By Carol White, Associate Director of Operations – We have a LOT of paper grant files at the Tennessee Arts Commission. They can be found everywhere — on desks, in files cabinets, stored in boxes under...
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Registration is Now Open for New Online Grants System
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – The Tennessee Arts Commission’s brand new online grants system is now live. It will eventually replace the eGrant system. FY18 grant applications will be...
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Statewide Grants Workshops Begin November 14
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – Join us in November for a Grants Workshop in your area. The workshops will include information about FY2018 grants, as well as training on the new Online...
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NEA Chairman Chu sketches the Schermerhorn
The Schermerhorn Symphony Center, sketch by NEA Chairman Jane Chu By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu paid Tennessee a...
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Tennessee Craft Week Sweeps American Craft Week National Awards
By Laurie Davis, Tennessee Craft – Tennessee Craft Week Honorary Chairman Gene Johnson with Nashville artist Brenda Stein at the Arts at the Airport craft demonstration. Tennessee Craft received five...
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Photography By Ear, Photographs by Charmaine Lanham On Exhibit November 18
The Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery will exhibit, from November 18, 2016 until January 13, 2017, Charmaine Lanham’s collection of photographs that celebrate legendary bluegrass and country musicians...
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FY18 Grants Guidelines Are Now Available
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – The new FY2018 annual grants guidelines are now live. You can find the individual guidelines under their grant pages. For example to view the Arts Project...
View ArticleArtists and Creative Thinkers Convene to Examine Creativity in Society
Panels Livestreamed at arts.gov By Victoria Hutter, Assistant Director, Press/Public Affairs, NEA The National Endowment for the Arts will conclude its 50th anniversary celebration with a national...
View ArticleTN Arts Quarterly Meeting is Nov. 30
By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – The Tennessee Arts Commission will conduct its second quarterly meeting for FY 2017 on November 30 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CDT. The...
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FY18 Grants Applications Open Today
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – Applications for Annual Grants and two FY2017 Rolling Grants — the Arts Education Mini-Grant and the Arts Access Mini-Grant — are now open. All FY18 grant...
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