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Arts360 Arts Integration Grant Application Deadline Extended

Grant applications must be received by 4:30 p.m.(CST) Monday, February 29, 2016

By Dani Brown, Arts Education Special Project Coordinator –

The Arts360 Arts Integration (AE-AI) Grant has an availability of up to $55,000 over a three-year grant period in competitive grants. It supports schools in implementing arts integration in every classroom throughout the whole school to improve instruction and increase student outcomes. This grant is open to all Title I public schools in Tennessee.

“Arts Across the Curriculum” painting in Covington Integrated Art Academy.
“Arts Across the Curriculum” painting in Covington Integrated Art Academy.

Arts integration is a method of teaching that supports learning both in and through the arts. Teachers of non-arts subjects work alongside artists to create collaborative lesson plans that infuse creativity into learning. Benefits of arts integration include:

  • Teaches arts knowledge and skills
  • Includes deep-level critical thinking emphasizing the process of learning over the product at the end of the lesson
  • Is project-based learning where students draw on lessons from several disciplines to make real-world connections and solve problems
  • Often includes collaboration between classroom teachers, licensed arts educators, and teaching artists

Click here to read the guidelines and to submit your grant application