By Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – Last week, the Governor Bill and First Lady Crissy Haslam hosted the 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards in Conservation Hall. The Tennessee Arts Commission […]
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ArtsMemphis Grants Announcements
By Elizabeth Rouse, Executive Director, ArtsMemphis – Announcing the 2017 ArtsAccelerator Grantees ArtsMemphis has awarded a $25,000 in competitive grants to five artists. ArtsAccelerator is an incentive grant for visual artists […]
Celebrating 50 Years of the Nashville Symphony and TN Arts
By Celine Thackston, Grants and Research Manager, Nashville Symphony – The Nashville Symphony joins arts organizations across the state in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Tennessee Arts Commission. Since its […]
Governor and First Lady Haslam Honor Ten recipients of the 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards
By Anne B. Pope, Executive Director – In an award ceremony held in Conservation Hall at the Executive Residence the evening of March 7, 2017, Governor and First Lady Haslam […]
The 2017 Governor’s Arts Award created by Oak Ridge Artist, Bill Capshaw
Longtime professional potter Bill Capshaw created the 2017 Governor’s Arts Award. While similar in form, each award is a one-of-a-kind hand -crafted piece of Raku pottery. The classic forms are […]
Memphis senior, Marquavious Moore wins 2017 Poetry Out Loud state competition
By Suzanne Lynch, Director of Marketing and Development – The 2017 Tennessee Poetry Out Loud (POL) champion is Marquavious Moore, a senior at Harding Academy in Memphis. The competition was […]
