The source for all things creative in Nashville, NAM is a free monthly magazine published to provide Nashville with a high quality format to learn and enjoy the arts of Nashville and around the world.
I am pleased to contribute a monthly column in the featured ArtSmart section.
August 2018
A look at how three veteran music and art teachers in Metro Nashville Public Schools get ready for a new school year.
July 2018
For teachers of the arts, every day brings success, minor and major victories in the ongoing learning process of making art. In the larger educational context, success is measured (and often justified) through a policy lens and more recently through a social equity lens.
June 2018
Summertime Learning in the Arts
Summer learning in the arts provides opportunities for youth to make new friends, learn new skills, gain self-confidence and experience that ineffable joy of engaging in the arts. Opportunities abound in Nashville for arts-focused summer camps from our vibrant nonprofit arts and culture community.
May 2018
Advocacy coalitions across the country have been working for the past four decades to ensure supportive public policy and funding for the arts in education. Tennessee is adding a strong voice with the launch of a new statewide coalition, ArtsEd Tennessee.
April 2018
Music and Art Teachers Get a Boost
Visual and performing arts teachers in Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) will get a boost with a new Federal grant that is focused on making good music and art teachers even better.
Photo credit: Ardee Chua