2002 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access/Arts Learning/Arts on Radio & Television/ Challenge America Access/ Heritage-Preservation/ Leadership Initiatives/Partnership Agreements

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

TENNESSEE

Arts Center of Cannon County, Inc.
Woodbury, TN
$31,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a folklorist position and other related costs. The folklorist will update and expand the current database of traditional visual and performance artists, archive existing fieldwork, and conduct field research on regional traditions.

Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville, TN
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the museum's Traveling Trunks program. The trunks contain art education tools designed to bring art to life in the classroom.

Nashville Symphony Association
Nashville, TN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America Arts Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support outreach concerts to rural areas of middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. The Nashville Symphony, in partnership with local community organizations, will tour to diverse and underserved communities.

Tennessee Arts Commission
Nashville, TN
$589,700
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Tennessee Arts Commission
Nashville, TN
$31,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the second year of a folklife program assistant position and other related costs. The position will include management of informational and archival resources and secondary involvement in other program functions such as fieldwork and information gathering, constituent services and grants management.

Total Dollars Awarded: $688,700
Total Grants Awarded: 5

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