Arts Education Mini-Grant (AE-MG)

Important:
The Arts Education Mini-Grant Application for Fiscal Year 2022 will open on September 1, 2021 for projects occurring between October 1, 2021 to June 15, 2022.

Arts Education Mini-Grants (AE-MG) provide funds to meet one of the following objectives and strategies:

  1. Leverage arts and cultural assets to increase access and improve the quality of arts learning for all Tennessee children and youth.
  2. Prepare students for success in school, career and life through the arts.

Eligible activities include:

  • Hands-on training opportunities in arts integration techniques for arts specialists, classroom teachers, teaching artists, and/or education staff of arts nonprofit organizations.
  • Arts-integrated classroom residencies in partnership with a professional teaching artist or arts nonprofit organization

Applicants must be a public PK-12 school or a private PK-12 school with 501(c)3 status or an arts nonprofit organization. View the AE-MG Guidelines.

All applications must be submitted 30 days prior to the project start date.

Direct questions to:

Alicia Fuss
Director of Arts Education
alicia.fuss@tn.gov
615-253-8914