STS Information for Artists
These counties no longer have funds available for Student Ticket Subsidy Grants: Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Cocke, Coffee, Clay, Cumberland, Davidson, Fayette, Greene, Hamilton, Hawkins, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Madison, Monroe, Roane, Rutherford, Scott, Sevier, Shelby, Sullivan, Sumner, Tipton, Unicoi, White, Williamson and Wilson.
STS Information for Artists
Student Ticket Subsidy exists to provide ticket subsidy funds to public schools for arts and cultural
experiences to encourage schools to expose Tennessee students to a broad variety of arts
disciplines and artists. STS events are primarily exposure-based activities in which student
interaction is peripheral to watching, listening, and/or reacting to professional artists performing,
creating, and/or discussing their art forms.
Eligibility
Artists and arts organizations must be on the approved list of STS artists under the Teaching Artist Roster on the Tennessee Arts Commission Roster. Artists must attend an Arts Education Informational Workshop to be eligible for roster application. For more information on how to be listed as an STS artist, please read the Teaching Artist Roster Application Guidelines for Artists.
Funding
- The maximum amount of compensation STS artists may receive in any fiscal year from all STS activities is $16,000 for individual artists or $30,000 for arts groups.
- Artists and arts organizations may not charge admission for teachers, principals, parent chaperones, and other school staff accompanying students (maximum of one free chaperone per ten students).
Requirement
Artists and arts organizations presenting STS-funded activities must provide student preparatory materials to teachers at least ten days prior to the event.
Questions
Schools and artists should direct questions to one of the following TAC staff members. Please do not direct the same question to multiple staff, as this will slow down the response time.
Nan Zierden, Arts Education Special Projects Coordinator, at nan.zierden@tn.gov or 615-532-5934.
Shannon Ford, Director of Community Arts, at shannon.ford@tn.gov or 615-532-9796.
Ann Talbott Brown, Director of Arts Education, at ann.brown@tn.gov or 615.532.5939.