National Endowment for the Arts » Tennessee
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Here you will find information on the arts and culture of Tennessee, and how the National Endowment for the Arts has supported the arts in communities throughout the state. You'll also discover highlights of just some of the Arts Endowment grantees and artists working in Tennessee. The NEA is an independent federal agency that supports artistic excellence across the country.
National Endowment for the Arts » Tennessee
2w ago
Record label/foundation president and National Council on the Arts member Fiona Whelan Prine answers the Artful Life Questionnaire ..read more
National Endowment for the Arts » Tennessee
3M ago
With support from a recently awarded Our Town grant, the oral history collection on the wildfires that tore through Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the surrounding region in late 2016 will be complemented by the arts, giving the public a different lens through which to process and heal from the fires ..read more
National Endowment for the Arts » Tennessee
3M ago
We've dipped into the archives to bring you this NEA Arts interview with the incomparable Nikki Giovanni ..read more
National Endowment for the Arts » Tennessee
3M ago
In collaboration with the Tennessee Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts looks at the arts and culture of Tennessee as part of its celebration of the 50th anniversary of the agency's establishment ..read more
National Endowment for the Arts » Tennessee
3M ago
2014 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Anita Norman of Tennessee reflects on her POL experience, shares her fears about heading off to college in the fall, and gives DC sightseeing tips ..read more
National Endowment for the Arts » Tennessee
3M ago
Playwright Katori Hall talks about her theater career and how she became a playwright because "I have to carry that baton forward and write us into existence because if I don't who else will ..read more
National Endowment for the Arts » Tennessee
3M ago
Visual artist Terry Adkins had often noted that his artistic career really started in Nashville, Tennessee, specifically with his time at Fisk University, one of more than one hundred historically black colleges and universities (HCBUs) in the country ..read more
National Endowment for the Arts » Tennessee
3M ago
A look at the Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Program: we have an overview of the program from partner Mid-America Arts Alliance and a conversation with one of the grantees, Tennessee Shakespeare Company ..read more