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Memphis Flyer - Staff Writer - ArtsMemphis has announced $1 million in grants through the nonprofit’s fiscal year 2023 cornerstone Operating Support program. The grants have been awarded to 46 local arts organizations. (See the list here.) In a statement, ArtsMemphis said it has been “intentional in our approach to equitable funding and commitment to diversity in this process.” In analyzing the arts organizations that are recipients of the grant, ArtsMemphis said that... Read More

Memphis Business Journal - by John Klyce - In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 was spreading rampantly, businesses were being battered, and people were hunkering down in their homes, uncertain of what would come next. But under no circumstances did Sabrina Norwood want the Young Actors Guild’s high school seniors to miss their final performance. Already, many of them were losing their proms and graduation ceremonies. To also miss out on their last production with the local nonpro... Read More

MEMPHIS FLYER - By Jon Sparks - The pandemic dealt a brutal blow to the local arts scene, forcing arts groups and funding organizations to pull together and find ways to survive. One of the significant efforts was a partnership among ArtsMemphis, the Memphis Music Initiative, and Music Export Memphis that resulted in the recent completion of a $1.8 million Arts Recovery Fund. The focus of the fund was — and still is — to support individual artists and arts organizations, par... Read More

Memphis Magazine - by Samuel X. Cicci - Seismic change provides an opportunity for a reset. Memphis will certainly be changed when one of the city’s biggest business players, First Horizon, soon has new out-of-town leadership for the first time since its founding in 1864 as First National Bank of Memphis. The last couple of years have seen significant moves in the Memphis banking market, with institutions large and small acquired by bigger organizations: Arkansas-based Simmons... Read More

Foundation announces its tenth year of ArtsFirst and a major investment to support recovery in the arts community MEMPHIS—Tuesday, April 12, 2022—Today, First Horizon Foundation has announced its 2022 grant recipients, commemorating the tenth anniversary of its ArtsFirst Grant initiative, a program in partnership with ArtsMemphis to promote excellence and enrichment in the arts in Memphis. Established in 2012, ArtsFirst grants serve as a core vehicle for First Horizon Foundation... Read More

The Daily Memphian - By Elizabeth Rouse, Guest Columnist “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” This quote has always resonated with me and, in my opinion, is particularly relevant right now. The experience of a live performance is unmatched. It’s electrifying. Stephen Adams’ and Ja Morant’s full-court pass buzzer-beater last month became the NBA’s most-watched Instagram video of all time, but I wo... Read More

Memphis Business Journal - By Kathy Gale Uhlhorn and Russ Wigginton – Board members, ArtsMemphis Around this time of year, it is customary to reflect upon the challenges, changes, and successes we’ve experienced as we look to the new year. But little is customary in 2021. This year was quickly labeled a year of continuity with negative connotations, including continued racial disparities and the challenges of COVID variants. However, even with its serious societal and personal ... Read More