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2016 Post-Election Impact on the Arts
Join the political experts at Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund for timely post-election analysis of how the federal, state and local elections, including ballot initiatives, impact the...
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FY17 Title VI Update
By Kim Johnson, Director of Arts Access – As we transition from eGrant into the new Online Grants System, here’s a quick reminder of when and where to submit Title VI training requirements for Fiscal...
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$5K Individual Artist Fellowship Applications Available Now
From Krishna Adams, Director of Arts, Craft, Media & Design — The Individual Artist Fellowship (IAF) is open for applications for fiscal year 2018, now through January 30, 2017. Awarded artists...
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Remembering Nelda Pope
From Krishna Adams, Director of Arts, Craft, Media & Design — Nelda Pope of Murfreesboro, Tennessee was an avid supporter of the arts and an artist herself. Well-known for her contributions to...
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Arrowmont’s historic campus survives Gatlinburg wildfires
By Fran Day, Development Director, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts’ iconic campus was not lost in the fire. Gatlinburg is currently inaccessible to all but...
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David Crockett Commemorative Bust Unveiling December 6
By Darlene Schlicher, Senate Republican Press Secretary, Tennessee State Government – A bust of legendary Tennessean David Crockett will be unveiled on Tuesday led by Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris...
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TADI Applications Now Available In New Online Grants System
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – The Targeted Arts Development Initiative (TADI) is a strategy developed to reach out to those counties which have been identified by the Tennessee Arts...
View ArticleNEA Releases Book: How to Do Creative Placemaking
By Victoria Hutter, Assistant Director, Press/Public Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts – How to Do Creative Placemaking New Book and December 6 National Convening Explore Creative Placemaking...
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Arrowmont Update
By Bill May, Executive Director, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – As many of you know, the wildfires in Great Smoky Mountains National Park spread to the city of Gatlinburg and the Arrowmont...
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CERF+ Offers Assistance to Artists Affected by Gatlinburg Fires
From Les Snow, CERF+ Program Manager — CERF+ would like to make sure that any professional artist working in a craft discipline seriously affected by the Gatlinburg wildfire is aware of the emergency...
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David Crockett Bust Unveiled at TN State Capitol
By Anne B. Pope, Executive Director — Unveiling of Davy Crockett statue at State Capitol. L to R: Joe Swann, Crocket Statute Commission Member; Anne B. Pope, Tennessee Arts Commission Executive...
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NEA Guide to Community-Engaged Research in the Arts and Health Available
Latest Resource from Federal Interagency Task Force on the Arts & Human Development By Victoria Hutter, Press/Public Affairs, NEA – In recognition of a growing movement to integrate the arts with...
View ArticleNEA Awards FY2017 Grants to Tennessee
By Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – For its first major national grant funding round of fiscal year 2017, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced that $245,000.00 will be awarded to...
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Tennessee Creative Placemaking’s National Reach
From Shannon Ford, Director of Community Arts Development— Last month, I had the honor of participating in a roundtable discussion about creative placemaking at the Capital Ideas conference hosted by...
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Arts as Engines of Growth & Vitality
From Carol White, Associate Director of Grants — This quarter’s Commission meeting, held in Nashville on November 30, focused on goal two of our current strategic plan. The goal, Arts as Engines of...
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Arts & Economic Prosperity Final Deadline
From Grace Robinson, Public Information and Research Coordinator — It has been quite the year of data collecting for our Arts and Economic Prosperity 5 (AEP5) study. Thank you, thank you to all of the...
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Three Simple Ways to Advocate for the Arts
Sue Struve, Communications Manager, NASAA — Your voice matters in arts advocacy. If you are a board member or employee of an arts organization, an artist, a volunteer, a donor or an audience member,...
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Local Arts Leaders Join the National Stage
From Anne B. Pope, Executive Director — The Tennessee Arts Commission would like to extend a heartfelt congratulations to two local arts leaders who have recently been asked to bring their expertise to...
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TN Arts Remembers Advocate Alma Katherine Beasley Parker
By Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – Tennessee lost a true arts advocate when Ms. Alma Katherine Beasley Parker passed away on December 18, 2016. Ms. Parker was a force for the TN Arts Commission for...
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Tennessee National Christmas Tree
From Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media & Design — Accompanying the National Christmas Tree in President’s Park at the White House are 56 state and territory trees decorated with...
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