Nashville’s Manuel Awarded NEA Heritage Award
By Dr. Bradley A. Hanson – Today the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is announcing the newest recipients of the NEA National Heritage Fellowships, which includes Nashville’s Manuel Cuevas, a world-renowned designer of cowboy couture. Watch Manuel receive the news of his award. From
Awardees of Folklife Apprenticeship Program Announced
By Dr. Bradley Hanson, Director of Folklife – The Tennessee Arts Commission Folklife Program announces its 2018 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program awardees. In its second year, the Apprenticeship Program is designed to encourage the sustainability, continued development and proliferation of our state’s diverse folklife traditions.
Murfreesboro Buck Dancer, Thomas Maupin Receives National Heritage Fellowship
By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – On the evening of September 14, 2017, Thomas Maupin graced a stage that was not as familiar to him as many of those back home. Selected as a 2017 National Heritage Fellow, Maupin along with eight other
McNairy County Launches “Trail of Music Legends” App
By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – The Tennesee Arts Commission awarded Arts in McNairy an FY2017 Creative Placemaking grant for $7,680. The grant was for a Cultural Heritage Walking Trail, a .8 mile walking trail in downtown Selmer that connects existing cultural
Celebrating 50 Years: An Exhibition of Folklife From The Commission Collection
On exhibit at the Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery through March 10, 2017 By Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Media, Design and Craft – Tennessee is fortunate to have a rich and vibrant history of folklife artists. This commemorative exhibition highlights a small selection of folklife
NEA Folklife & Traditional Arts Video
Learn how the National Endowment for the Arts supports and celebrates the folk and traditional arts in America in this motion graphic. Voiced by Carolyn Mazloomi, 2014 NEA National Heritage Fellow
1967-2017: Celebrating 50 Years of Tennessee Arts
By Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – The Tennessee General Assembly created the Tennessee Arts Commission in 1967 with the special mandate to stimulate and encourage the presentation of the visual, literary, music and performing arts and to encourage public interest in the cultural heritage
ABC Grant Funds Classical Indian Dancing in Memphis
By Dr. Ramana Vasili, Spiritual Foundation, Inc. Spiritual Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit public organization established by Mrs. Chandra Prabha Vasili and myself in Cordova, Tennessee to promote living a meaningful life. I believe the arts, meditation, yoga and literature are the greatest resources to understand the real meaning of
Governor and First Lady Haslam Announce the Recipients of the 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards
From Anne B. Pope, Executive Director — Governor and First Lady Haslam have announced that ten recipients who represent the best in arts and culture in Tennessee to be presented with a 2017 Governor’s Arts Award, Tennessee’s highest honor in the arts. “We want to congratulate
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, your message carries a special power: there is nothing that captures the attention