Board & Staff

Commissioners

The Tennessee Arts Commission consists of 15 members who convene quarterly and are broadly representative of all geographic areas of the state and all fields of the performing, visual and literary arts. Commission members serve five-year terms with the chair and other officers being elected annually.

View Listing of Previous Commissioners

Staff

Hal Partlow

Associate Director of Operations

Ann Brown

Associate Director of Grants

Jason Goldston

Director of Communications and Marketing

Krishna Adams

Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media, and Design

Lee Baird

Grants Analyst/Director of Literary Arts

Mike Chambers

Information Technology Director

Shannon Ford

Director of Community Arts Development

Sarah Griffin

Director of Grants Management

Kim Johnson

Director of Arts Access  

Michelle McEwen

Accounting Technician II

Vickie McPherson

Arts Program Administrative Assistant

Evangeline Mee

Traditional Arts Specialist

Melissa Moody

Arts Build Communities Coordinator

Jared Morrison

Director of Performing Arts

Julia Stark

Arts Learning Specialist

Chris Sweatt

Director of Arts Education