2003 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access; Arts on Radio & TV; Arts Learning; Folk Arts Infrastructure; Heritage/Preservation; State & Regional Partnership Agreements

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

TENNESSEE

Gatlinburg

Pi Beta Phi Settlement School (aka Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts)
Gatlinburg, TN
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$9,000
To support development of a comprehensive, online, digital archive of Arrowmont's permanent collection of more than 1,000 objects. The school's collection, acquired over the past 90 years, represents a variety of craft traditions and has the potential to be a great resource and teaching tool.

Knoxville

Jubilee Community Arts, Inc.
Knoxville, TN
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$20,000
To support the Knoxville Folk Arts Initiative. The project will consist of research and documentation of artists in metropolitan Knoxville, along with a series of performances at weekly concerts and the annual Jubilee Festival.

Nashville

Belmont University (on behalf of Tennessee Arts Academy)
Nashville, TN
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$45,000
To support the Tennessee Art Academy. Administered by the Tennessee Department of Education, the program will offer statewide summer workshops in visual arts, theater, music, and dance for teachers and teaching artists.

Nashville Opera Association
Nashville, TN
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$10,000
To support the implementation of electronic technology for opera education of children, K-12 educators and other adults. Digital ISDN connection, computer equipment and special software will be utilized to present programs via video conferencing.

Nashville Symphony Association
Nashville, TN
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$20,000
To support outreach concerts to rural areas of middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. The Nashville Symphony, in partnership with local community organizations, will tour to 10 diverse and underserved communities.

Tennessee Arts Commission
Nashville, TN
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
$589,800
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Tennessee Arts Commission
Nashville, TN
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$31,000
To support a folklife program assistant position and related costs. The position will include management of informational and archival resources, fieldwork, constituent services and grant management.

Woodbury

Arts Center of Cannon County
Woodbury, TN
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$31,000
To support a folklorist position and related costs. Responsibilities will include a community scholar initiative, programming, technical assistance and heritage tourism development.

Tennessee Total Dollars Awarded: $755,800
Tennessee Total Grants Awarded: 8

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