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  1. Tennessee Arts Commission Workshops Thursday, September 08, 2011

    On Thursday October 6th, CreateHere will host the Tennessee Arts Commission’s annual workshop for Tennessee teachers and teaching artists, and Performing Arts workshops for artists and organizations. We’re delighted that TAC will hold its Chattanooga area workshop at 55 Main Street, one of nine locations across Tennessee where the classes will be held this fall. There will be two types of classes offered by TAC on the afternoon of October 6: Arts Education, geared toward teachers and teaching artists, and Performing Arts, open to organizations and individual artists.

    Arts Education
    TAC will host two different Arts Education workshops: an overview of Arts Education grants and programs and an informational session about applying to the Teaching Artist Roster. The workshops will follow consecutively beginning at 4 PM and conclude at 6 PM, lasting an hour each. These workshops are informational meetings workshops for Tennessee teachers and teaching artists and are mandatory for new teaching artists who are interested in applying to the Commission’s Teaching Artist Roster. The workshops will provide participants with information on: the Artist-in-Residence Handbook; AE grant opportunities; the grant application process; applying to the roster; and AE programs including Arts360°, Poetry Out Loud, and ArtistCorps TN.

    For more information about the Arts Education workshops, please contact Ann Brown at ann.brown [at] tn.gov or (615) 532-5939 to register for a workshop.

    To find out more information about the Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Education initiatives, click here.

    Performing Arts
    There will be three different Performing Arts workshops: an overview of new Individual Artist Fellowship application requirements, an informational session about applying to the Tennessee Performing Arts Presenter (TPAP) roster and a Performing Arts Overview of existing Touring Arts (TOUR) grants, and a Performing Arts Overview for for new and existing Performing Arts constituents who have questions about existing programs and grant processes. The workshops will follow consecutively beginning at 3 PM and conclude at 6 PM, lasting an hour each. These workshops are informational meetings for performing arts presenting organizations interested in applying to the Tennessee Performing Arts Presenter (TPAP) roster, individual artists from the disciplines of dance, music and theater interested in learning about new fellowship requirements and how they affect the application process, and new or existing constituents who have questions about existing programs and grant processes.

    The 4 PM to 5 PM session: Applying to the Tennessee Performing Arts Presenter (TPAP) roster is specifically for Tennessee presenting organizations who want to apply to the TPAP roster and those organizations that currently are included on the roster and would like assistance in building their profile.  An overview of existing Touring Arts (TOUR) grants will be included in this session.

    Please contact Hal Partlow at hal.partlow [at] tn.gov or (615) 532-9801 for information on Performing Arts workshops.

    To find out more information about the Tennessee Arts Commission Performing Arts initiatives, click here.

    Posted by Dave Walker in Arts in Culture