Calling All Arts Advocates
May 2018
Photograph by Donn Jones
by Laurie T. Schell CEO, Arts Education Advocate
www.ElevateArtsEd.org
Janet Malone’s art ...
Design Thinking in the Classroom
May 2018
by Ann Talbott Brown, Director of Arts Education, Tennessee Arts Commission
Participants engage with arts education sessions during the 2016 Collective Impact: TN Arts and Arts Education C...
One Man’s Trash: A Video Field Trip to Bennett Galleries
April 2018
by Cassie Stephens, Art Teacher, Johnson Elementary
I just did a little Googling to find out just how much trash the average person produces in one day. Want to take a guess? According to...
Celebrating Dance Innovator Isadora Duncan
April 2018
by DeeGee Lester, Director of Education, The Parthenon
Thanks to the early 20th century revolutionary expression and stylistic innovations by Isadora Duncan, “The Mother of Modern Dance,”...
Music and Art Teachers Get a Boost
April 2018
by Laurie T. Schell, CEO, Arts Education Advocate
www.ElevateArtsEd.org
Photograph by Donn Jones
Teachers are the unsung heroes and heroines in our education syste...
Celebrating Poetry and Building Student Skills through National Competition
April 2018
by Meredith Callis, Arts Education Special Projects Coordinator
TN Arts Commission Chair Ritche Bowden, 2018 Tennessee POL Champion Alyvia Crawley, first runner-up Kiya...
Scholastic Art Competition: America Vision Nominees
March 2018
by DeeGee Lester
For the 27th year, Cheekwood hosted the Scholastic Art Competition and Exhibition for Middle Tennessee. A program of the prestigious Alliance for Young ...
Arts Education in Your Community
March 2018
Photography by iStock.com
March marks the annual arts advocacy efforts taking place around the country. Tennesseans for the Arts (TFTA) is a statewide group that “advocates for the arts ...