House of Representatives

State of Tennessee

 

Contact: Kara Watkins (615) 741-1975

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE

Tennessee Arts Commission Grant Applications and Guidelines Available Online

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Arts Commission has announced that guidelines and applications are now available online (www.arts.state.tn.us) for several Fiscal Year 2009 grant categories (fiscal year begins July 1, 2008 and ends June 30, 2009).  Applications will be accepted through the Commission’s eGRANT system.  Grant categories include:  Major Cultural Institution (MCI), General Operating Support (GOS), Arts Project Support (APS), Rural Arts Project Support (RAPS) Arts Access (AA) and Arts Education (Teacher Training Artist-in-Residence and Community Learning).

Each year the Commission conducts competitive grants making activities open to nonprofit, chartered in Tennessee organizations and entities of government who present and produce arts events and activities.  In general, all grants must be matched by the recipient (one state dollar matched by one private-sector dollar).  Applications are reviewed and evaluated by citizen advisory panels and out-of-state adjudicators.

Applications must be submitted by a specific deadline.  Deadlines are:

January 7, 2008     Major Cultural Institution

January 14, 2008   Arts Education
                                Teacher Training, Artist-in-Residence and Community Learning

January 22, 2008   General Operating Support
                                Rural Arts Project Support
                                Arts Project Support
                                Arts Access

For more information, contact Rod Reiner at (615) 741-2093 or by e-mail:  rod.reiner@state.tn.us.  Application and guidelines are available on the Commission’s Web site:  www.arts.state.tn.us