Position Available: Arts Education Special Projects Coordinator, TN Arts Commission
Position Description The Tennessee Arts Commission seeks a full-time Arts Education Special Projects Coordinator. Under the supervision of the Arts Education Director, this position works toward full realization of the arts as vital to education and learning in Tennessee. Specifically, the position manages training and other arts education events and projects for educators, artists and […]
Read MoreExtensive Arts Education reach in Tennessee – National Study
By Ann Brown, Director of Arts Education – Each year the Tennessee Arts Commission devotes approximately 20 percent of its budget to Arts Education grants. This funding supports projects in schools, community nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Participants include children learning in and through the arts, life-long learners exploring new art forms and teachers gaining skills to […]
Read More‘Zig’ takes world music to Clarksville school
By Tony Centonze, for The Leaf-Chronicle CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Students at Cumberland Heights Elementary School were treated to a special presentation Friday, an interactive musical journey presented by percussionist Zig Wajler. Wajler performed two shows using a variety of percussion instruments from around the world to demonstrate African, Latin, Jamaican, Native American and other styles of music. He […]
Read MoreThe National Endowment For The Arts Awards $1,072,700 For Art Projects In Tennessee
By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – In the second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2015, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will make awards to 15 nonprofit art and design organizations in Tennessee totaling $1,072,700. This includes $767,700 awarded through a state partnership agreement with the Tennessee Arts Commission for programs […]
Read MoreKeeping the Music Alive
By Anne B. Pope, Executive Director, Tennessee Arts Commission – This article was originally published in the May 2015 Nashville Arts Magazine. To view full magazine online, click here. A charter school and an after school academy targeting at-risk-youth are having remarkable success in South Memphis. And it all started with music. During a 15-year run in […]
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