November 8, 2007

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 grant 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

Click here to go directly to guidelines.

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