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Monday, Nov 29, 2021

Arts Memphis receives $500,000 grant to help local arts bounce back

ABC24 - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nearly every industry was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the arts community. Arts Memphis, which helps fund artists and arts organizations in the Mid-South, received a $500,000 federal American Rescue Plan grant last week and it plans to use the money to help the arts community bounce back. The grant is from the National Endowment for the Arts and is used to support operational costs to arts organizations across the ... Read More

Posted by Intern ArtsMemphis at Monday, Nov 29, 2021

Tuesday, Nov 23, 2021

ArtsMemphis receives $500,000 NEA grant

By Jasmine McCraven, Daily Memphian - ArtsMemphis, a primary funder for more than 70 arts organizations in Memphis and Shelby County, was one of 66 art agencies to receive the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. ArtsMemphis was granted $500,000 to subgrant to local arts organizations, which is the largest NEA grant received by a Tennessee organization. The grant is part of the National Endowment’s efforts to help local a... Read More

Posted by Intern ArtsMemphis at Tuesday, Nov 23, 2021

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Friday, Nov 19, 2021

ArtsMemphis gets $500,000 grant, announces Arts Week

Memphis Flyer - By Jon W. Sparks - ArtsMemphis, which has been instrumental in helping the hard-hit arts community during the pandemic, has made two announcements that serve to boost the arts. The National Endowment for the Arts has given a $500,000 American Rescue Plan grant to ArtsMemphis that will go to local arts organizations. Those will be awarded in early 2022 to help with recovery and reopening. Memphis is one of 66 communities across the country, and one of only three Tennesse... Read More

Posted by Intern ArtsMemphis at Friday, Nov 19, 2021

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Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018

Action Alert: Trump Budget Calls for Elimination of the NEA

Earlier this month, the Trump administration released a budget that calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The NEA is a vital source of arts and cultural funds that reaches every congressional district in the United States and costs just $0.46 per taxpayer. In 2017 alone, the agency provided roughly $1.39 million to Tennessee organizations. What's more, for every $1 that the NEA invests in our communities, an additiona... Read More

at Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018

#30DaysOfOpera #ArtMatters #SavetheNEA Advocacy Blues City Cultural Center Featured National Endowment for the Arts Opera Memphis Sew Much Love The Commercial Appeal

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2017

ArtsMemphis Hosts Packed Event to #SaveTheNEA

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Memphis Made Brewing Company yesterday for our advocacy event to #SaveTheNEA. We had terrific turnout for the event, and we wrote lots of postcards letting our elected officials know that #ArtMatters to Tennesseeans. Here are some photos from the event. And be sure to check out this short video about the event: Read More

at Tuesday, Feb 21, 2017

#ArtMatters #SavetheNEA Advocacy Featured Memphis Made Brewing Company National Endowment for the Arts Video

Friday, Feb 17, 2017

Memphis Business Journal Features ArtsMemphis Advocacy Work

A new article in the Memphis Business Journal focuses on the potential local affects of cutting the National Endowment for the Arts. The article, by Mary Cashiola, points out the extraordinary cost-benefit calculus behind federal investments in the arts: For every dollar that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) spends in local communities, another $9 in additional public or private funding follows. ... In Tennessee alone, there are more than 48,000 arts-related jobs, accord... Read More

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#ArtMatters #SavetheNEA Advocacy Americans for the Arts Featured Mary Cashiola Memphis Business Journal Memphis Made Brewing Company National Endowment for the Arts

Tuesday, Dec 13, 2016

Press Release: ArtsMemphis Receives $25,000 for Community Engagement

For immediate release Memphis, TN (December 13, 2016) — Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced awards totaling more than $30 million, including a $25,000 grant to help Memphis-based community leaders use the arts to revitalize local neighborhoods. The grant will be administered through ArtsMemphis, and it will go toward projects led by participants in the organization’s Community Engagement Fellows Program – an initiative aimed at training e... Read More

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ArtsMemphis Fellows Community Engagement Elizabeth Rouse Linda Steele LuElla Marshall National Endowment for the Arts Orange Mound Press Release

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2015

Press Release: The National Endowment for the Arts Supports Our Fellows Program!

For immediate release photo: ArtsMemphis 2014 Fellow, Lecolion Washington, presents his case for support to peers and faculty Saad&Shaw. MEMPHIS, TN (December 8, 2015) – Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced a $40,000 grant to help ArtsMemphis train emerging leaders in the nascent field of arts-driven social change. The initiative is called the Community Engagement Fellows Program. ArtsMemphis launched the Fellows program in 2014, wi... Read More

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Americans for the Arts ArtsMemphis Fellows Bruce B. Hopkins Linda Steele National Endowment for the Arts Press Release

Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012

Press Release: ArtsMemphis to Host Free Arts Festival

For immediate release Featuring public art, performances and hands-on arts activities MEMPHIS, TN (March 13, 2012) – ArtsMemphis will host a free Pop Up arts festival from 12-4 p.m. on March 24 at the Hollywood Community Center, 1560 North Hollywood. The arts festival will include the permanent installation of five picnic tables, designed and decorated by local artists, at the Hollywood Community Center. It will also include the dedication of artist Suzy Hendrix&rsqu... Read More

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Daddy Mack Blues Band Festival Memphis Symphony Orchestra National Endowment for the Arts New Ballet Ensemble & School Press Release Tennessee Shakespeare Company Theatre Memphis