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Join Arts Advocates In Washington For Arts Advocacy Day
By Rodney Van Valkenburg, Director of Grants and Initiatives, ArtsBuild – Join arts advocates from across the country on March 20-21, 2017 in Washington, DC for the 30th annual National Arts Action...
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Save The Date For The 2017 POL State Competition
By Danielle Brown, Arts Education Special Projects Coordinator – Students who won their school poetry recitation competition will come to Nashville March 4, 2017 to compete for the state champion...
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Theatre Memphis: One Hundred Years and Counting
By Randall Hartzog, Director of Marketing and Communications – Children of the Moon from Season 1932-33 Theatre Memphis is one of the oldest, continuously operating community theaters in the country....
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FY18 Creative Placemaking Grant deadline extended to March 17
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants – The FY2018 Creative Placemaking Grant deadline is extended until March 17, 2017, to encourage proposals from rural counties. The Tennessee Arts...
View ArticleTN Arts Spring Quarterly Meeting
By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – The spring quarterly Commission meeting will be held February 28, 2017, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm CST at the TN Arts Commission office, 401 Charlotte...
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Celebrate the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters during Jazz Appreciation Month
Clockwise from top right: Dee Dee Bridgewater (photo by Mark Higashino), Dick Hyman (photo by Bob Haggart Jr.), Dave Holland (photo by Ulli Gruber), Ira Gitler (photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill), and...
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New Jazz Works Is Accepting Grant Applications
New Jazz Works – CMA’s commissioning and development program for jazz artists. By Gargi Shindé, Program Director, CMA Jazz – New Jazz Works grant provides up to $34,000 in funding for U.S. based jazz...
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Chattanooga’s ArtsBuild Announces New Grant Programs
By Rodney Van Valkenburg, Director of Grants and Initiatives, ArtsBuild – ArtsBuild will be accepting applications for two new grant programs this spring: Mission Support Grants and Program/Project...
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Sew Much Love in Memphis
By Patty Mitchell, CEO, Creative Abundance Group – Blues City Cultural Center of Memphis is hosting their third “Sew Much Love” collaborative art residency, this year sponsored by the National...
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Annual Grant Review Schedule
By Hal Partlow, Associate Director of Grants — As part of the annual grant review process each year, advisory panels are held so that citizens from across Tennessee can provide expert guidance in...
View ArticleNEA Announces Arts Access Program Solicitation
By Kim Johnson, Director of Art Access – The National Endowment for the Arts has announced a program solicitation to develop a web-based toolkit designed to provide resources for job seekers and...
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Cultural Arts Murfreesboro Announces Launch of the Cultural Arts Laureate...
By Pam Williams, Cultural Arts Coordinator, Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation – Cultural Arts Murfreesboro is excited to announce the launch of Murfreesboro’s first artist Laureate program, a...
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Memphis senior, Marquavious Moore wins 2017 Poetry Out Loud state competition
2017 Poetry Out Loud Winners, L to R: Marquavious Moore, state champion; Addisyn Bryant, first runner-up; Brennen Humphreys, second runner-up; Michelle Mellard, third runner-up. By Suzanne Lynch,...
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The 2017 Governor’s Arts Award created by Oak Ridge Artist, Bill Capshaw
Longtime professional potter Bill Capshaw created the 2017 Governor’s Arts Award. While similar in form, each award is a one-of-a-kind hand -crafted piece of Raku pottery. The classic forms are...
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Governor and First Lady Haslam Honor Ten recipients of the 2017 Governor’s...
Top Row L to R: Stephanie Silverman, The Belcourt Theatre; Bob Fulcher; Kallen Esperian; Jim Clayton. Middle Row L to R: Allan Benton, Jim Ayers, John Doyle, Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum. Bottom Row L...
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Celebrating 50 Years of the Nashville Symphony and TN Arts
By Celine Thackston, Grants and Research Manager, Nashville Symphony – The Nashville Symphony joins arts organizations across the state in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Tennessee Arts...
View ArticleArtsMemphis Grants Announcements
By Elizabeth Rouse, Executive Director, ArtsMemphis – Announcing the 2017 ArtsAccelerator Grantees ArtsMemphis has awarded a $25,000 in competitive grants to five artists. ArtsAccelerator is an...
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2017 Governor’s Arts Awards, a great night for the Arts in Tennessee
Back Row L to R: Allen Benton, Amy Grant, James A. Clayton, Vince Gill, Governor Bill Haslam, First Lady Crissy Haslam. Front row L to R: Stephanie Silverman, Jim Ayers, Janet Ayers, Celia Garduño,...
View ArticleTennessee Arts Commission Statement on the Proposed Elimination of Federal...
By Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – Today we learned that the President’s FY 2018 budget blueprint proposes the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Under current federal law,...
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Celebrating 50 Years of Contemporary Art Opens March 17
By Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media and Design – Root Mother Almanac, 2007Mixed media, 36 ¾ x 29 ¼ x 1 inches In celebration of the Tennessee Arts Commission 50th anniversary, Three...
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