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Announcing the Current Art Fund for Artists
From Brian R. Jobe, Executive Director, Co-Founder, Tri-Star Arts – Tri-Star Arts is proud to announce the Current Art Fund granting program; created and administered by Tri-Star Arts as a partner in...
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PBS Special Knox Opera for All Airing 11/13 at 9PM
Knoxville Opera collaborates with PBS to produce a program celebrating opera in its community From Esther Blevins, Knoxville Opera – Knoxville Opera and East Tennessee PBS have collaborated to create...
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Meet FY21 Individual Artist Fellows Jana Harper, Marcia Goldenstein, Andrew...
From Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media, and Design – In recognition and acknowledgment of outstanding professional Tennessee artists who, through their work add to the cultural...
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Nashville Student Wins NEA 2020 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge
Joseph Mosby From Victoria Hutter, National Endowment for the Arts – The National Endowment for the Arts with the American Theatre Wing announced the winners of the 2020 Musical Theater Songwriting...
View ArticleNew COVID-19 Arts Resilience Grant Available for Arts Organizations
From Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – The Tennessee Arts Commission is proud to introduce the Special Opportunities: COVID-19 Arts Resilience Grant for Fiscal Year 2021. This new opportunity provides...
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Jazz Artists Plan Through the Pandemic with Grants from Jazz Road Tours
From left to right: Jazz Road Tours grant recipients Brenda Nicole Moorer, Jon Irabagon, and Allan Harris From Ivan Schustak, South Arts – South Arts announces the first series of artists to receive...
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Applications now open for the 2021 Southern Prize and State Fellowships
Installation of “The Jumpsuit Project” by Sherrill Roland, 2020 North Carolina Fellow and Southern Prize winner. $80,000 in cash awards to visual artists Deadline to apply: January 11, 2021 From Ivan...
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Three Performing Artists Receive Individual Artist Fellows
From Jared Morrison, Director of Performing Arts – The Tennessee Arts Commission is proud to announce the winners of this year’s Individual Artist Fellowships in the Tennessee Arts Commission’s...
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Eleven Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Projects Selected Across The State
LaVonda Harris Price, master artist, demonstrating hair weaving. Photo by Calvin Sneed. From Dr. Bradley Hanson, Director of Folklife – The Tennessee Arts Commission Folklife Program has selected...
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Six TN Arts Organizations Receive Regional Funding
SPLASH Youth Arts Workshop From Shannon Ford, Director of Community Arts Development – Congratulations to six cultural organizations based in Tennessee that have been awarded Seed Learning grant awards...
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Memphis Arts Leader, Victoria Jones Selected for South Arts Emerging Leaders...
Victoria Jones From South Arts – South Arts has announced that Victoria Jones of The CLTV Inc. (Collective) in Memphis, TN has been selected to be a part of the inaugural cohort of the Emerging...
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South Arts Announces Folk & Traditional Arts Cross-Border Mentor-Apprentice...
Shawn Hughes and Timmy Walden with Hughes’ first marble From South Arts – Two apprentices from Tennessee have been selected to participate in the South Arts 2020 Folk & Traditional Arts...
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Next Persist & Prosper Webinar Features Federal & Regional Funders
From Jonathan Harwell-Dye, Program Manager, Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville – Join us Tuesday, December 8 at 3 p.m. CST to learn more about grants and resources available from the...
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Historic Doors Project: Borderless Arts Tennessee Teapot Diplomats
December 3, 2020–January 29, 2021 From Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media, and Design – The Historic Doors Project virtual exhibition kicks off on December 3rd honoring the...
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Welcome Alicia Lark Fuss as Director of Arts Education
By Ann Brown, Associate Director of Grants Alicia Lark Fuss has joined the Tennessee Arts Commission as Director of Arts Education. Alicia comes to us from the Nashville Children’s Theatre (NCT) where...
View ArticleCommission Quarterly Meeting is December 10
From Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – The Winter Quarterly Meeting of the Tennessee Arts Commission will be on Thursday, December 10, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. CT via Webex. Meeting...
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Belcourt Theatre and Indie Memphis Partner with 2021 Sundance Film Festival
2021 Sundance Film Festival Will Meet Audiences Where They Are Festival Offers Robust Online Platform and Announces Screening Partnerships with Independent Cinemas and Cultural Organizations From...
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Welcome Michelle Sipes as Arts Learning Specialist
From Alicia Fuss, Director of Arts Education – We are pleased to share that Michelle Sipes has joined the Tennessee Arts Commission as the new Arts Learning Specialist. In this role, Michelle will...
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Applications Open for FY22 Annual Grants & FY21 Special Opportunities Grant
From Ann Brown, Associate Director of Grants – FY2022 Annual Grants Applications are open for FY2022 Annual Grants. Annual Grants support an array of arts activities and projects, including some...
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NEA Big Read Grant Opportunity
From The National Endowment for the Arts – The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with Arts Midwest, announced that guidelines are now available for nonprofit organizations interested in...
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