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CREATIVE EXCHANGE 2020 is October 1 + 2, 2020
From The Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville – Creative Exchange brings together artists, arts administrators, creative entrepreneurs, and business professionals to build community across...
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Applications now open for Express Grants and Professional Development &...
From Ivan Schustak, Communications Director, South Arts – South Arts has updated the guidelines for two of our grantmaking programs: Express Grants and Professional Development & Artist Planning...
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Governor Lee Appoints Three New Members to Commission Board
From Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – Governor Bill Lee has appointed three community leaders and arts champions to join the Commission board. The 15 volunteer board members of the Commission are...
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Register Your School for Tennessee’s 2021 Virtual Poetry Out Loud Competition
From Melissa Moody, Arts Build Communities Coordinator – The Tennessee Arts Commission is pleased to announce the launch of the 2020-2021 Poetry Out Loud Season. Poetry Out Loud is a nationwide program...
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Annual Fall Grant Workshops Kick-Off with Grants 101 Webinar
From Jared Morrison, Director of Performing Arts The Commission is getting set to launch its annual fall series of grant workshops on October 16 at 10:00 a.m. CT with Grants 101, an in-depth webinar...
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Tennessee Craft Announces Inaugural Virtual Craft Fair
From Julia Canada Wilburn, Communications Manager, TN Craft – Tennessee Craft announces their inaugural virtual fair, October 9-31, 2020! Fair Director Kim Waag says, “We have combined our 2020 spring...
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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
From Lauren Tuzzolino, Accessibility Specialist | Office of the Senior Deputy Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts – October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and all members of...
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Title VI Requirements for FY21 Grantees
By Kim Johnson, Director of Arts Access – To comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin for entities that receive federal...
View ArticleGov. Lee Announces $50 Million in New Business Relief Funding
From Gillum Ferguson, Office of Governor Lee – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group (FSAG) today announced an initial $50 million in federal Coronavirus Relief...
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Master Artist Apprentice Program Exhibition, October 8 – December 3, 2020
From Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media and Design – The Master Artist Apprentice Program (MAAP) is a cooperative partnership between the Tennessee Arts Commission and Tennessee...
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TN Arts Regionally-Focused Grant Workshops Kick-Off October 21
From Jared Morrison, Director of Performing Arts – The TN Arts Commission staff is excited to virtually “hit the road” to deliver a series of 12 regionally-focused grant workshop webinars in the...
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Six Tennessee Arts Organizations Receive Resilience Funding From South Arts
South Arts Awards $1.67M in Resilience Funding to Arts Organizations Across Region From Ivan Schustak, South Arts – Investing in the long-term success and strength of arts and cultural infrastructure...
View ArticleUpcoming Fundraising Courses for Arts Organizations
From Anne Davis, TN Arts Commissioner and President of The Christy-Houston Foundation, Inc. – Candid is offering classes in October with the arts specifically in mind. There are lots of fundraising and...
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FY2022 Grants Applications are Open
From Ann Brown, Associate Director of Grants – The Commission has opened applications for FY2022 Annual Grants. Annual Grants support an array of arts activities and projects, including some virtual...
View ArticleRewatch the 2nd Persist & Prosper Webinar on Creative Fundraising
From Jonathan Harwell-Dye, Program Manager, Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville – Our second webinar in the Persist & Prosper series is available to rewatch now via the Arts &...
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National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2021 NEA Jazz Masters
From Liz Auclair, NEA and Marshall Lamm, SFJAZZ – Three musicians and one jazz advocate are the 2021 recipients of a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor...
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JOIN #ArtsAreMySuperpower
From Kimberly Chatterjee – #ArtsAreMySuperpower is a national campaign launched on Oct 1 with Theatre for Young Audiences USA and 20,000 member youth arts institutions. Our campaign will empower teens’...
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Register for Persist & Prosper’s 3rd Webinar: Persist & Prosper: Working ON...
From Jonathan Harwell-Dye, Program Manager, Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville Join us on Thursday, November 19 at 3:00 p.m. CT as we bring together organizational leaders to discuss how...
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Three Tennessee Writers Awarded TN Arts Commission Fellowships
From Lee Baird, Director of Literary Arts and Grants Analyst – The Tennessee Arts Commission is pleased to award three Individual Artist Fellowships in Literature. The fellowships are five thousand...
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Poetry Out Loud Updates from the NEA and the Poetry Foundation
From Melissa Moody, Arts Build Communities Coordinator – Are you considering running Poetry Out Loud (POL) in your school? Here is the latest POL update with information from the National Endowment for...
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