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The Arts
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Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga is a private, nonprofit united arts fund and arts council, established in 1969. Allied Arts provides a united voice for all cultural organizations and activities in Hamilton County.
As a united arts fund, Allied ...
The Arts & Education Council (AEC), a non-profit organization that began in 1952 as the Adult Education Council, was one of 12 pilot agencies founded by a Ford Foundation grant. In 1983, the organization changed its name to the Arts & Education Counci ...
AVA was established in 1986 as a result of Vision 2000 – a community visioning process that today is known as the ‘Chattanooga Way’ for community input. Today, AVA has a membership of over 600; is run by a staff of six employees; receives leadership from ...
As its mission Ballet Tennessee strives to make a positive impact on people of all ages, races, abilities, and economic levels through the art of ballet by providing professional quality performance and instruction.
Established in 1985 by conductor James Greasby, the Chattanooga Bach Choir provides an opportunity to sing lesser performed choral works of the Baroque period and choral-orchestral masterworks and chamber choral music of all periods. The choir’s repertoir ...
Comprising both a school and company, Chattanooga Ballet is recognized as one of Tennessee's leading dance education organizations.
Founded in 1973, the school principally focuses on the instruction and training of dancers in classical ballet with ...
Placement in the Chattanooga Boys Choir is typically gained after an audition in the spring of a boy’s second grade year which takes place at the CBC offices or a number of area schools and churches. Boys are also invited to audition after this time, bu ...
The Chattanooga Downtown Partnership enhances the quality and viability of the downtown area by producing, coordinating and/or encouraging events and activities designed to animate and enliven the public spaces, and by providing the promotion and marketin ...
The Chattanooga Girls Choir was founded in 1987 in order to offer talented young ladies the opportunity to develop musicianship, vocal technique, and performance skills. The choir is composed of nearly 150 girls from grades 4 through 12, representing appr ...
The CSO strives to support its mission statement and continue to produce the quality product that the Chattanooga community has come to expect.
The mission of the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera is:
to enrich the quality of life in the greater Ch ...
The Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Youth Orchestras were founded in 1949 to give students the opportunity to perform in a full orchestra. The CSO Youth Orchestras have more than doubled in size and now include a Symphony Orchestra (Gary Wilkes, Director ...
Founded in 1923 as the Little Theatre of Chattanooga, the Chattanooga Theatre Centre is one of the oldest, largest, and busiest community theatres in the country. Our more than fifteen productions per year - seen by audiences of more than 50,000 - are c ...
The mission of the Chattanooga Writers Guild is to promote, encourage and support the craft of quality writing and to create a supportive environment for writers in the greater Chattanooga Community.
Choral Arts of Chattanooga was created in 1985 by Dr. John Hamm to provide an opportunity for professionally trained singers to perform choral masterpieces. Dr. Hamm was succeeded after ten years as artistic director by Philip Rice. Under the leadership o ...
· Form a competition pipe band that can represent the Chattanooga area in state, regional, national, and international competitions.
· Train and educate its members to perform with a high level of skill and artistry.
· Perform ...
The Mountain Arts Community Center (MACC) is a non-profit organization operating as a division of The Town of Signal Mountain. In 1998, a small group of citizens began meeting to discuss how to save our 75 year old historic landmark, formerly Signal Mount ...
Daud Akhriev was born in the former Soviet Union in 1959. He studied classical painting and drawing for 14 years, eight of them in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2007 Akhriev won an award of excellence from Oil Painters of America, and Second Place in the Greenhouse Gallery’s Salon International, in San Antonio, TX. The Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Guild honored Akhriev as one of Chattanooga’s master artists in Music and Masterpieces, 2006.
AVA serves as an advocate for the visual arts through programming, arts advocacy, exemplary community citizenship and by an increase in diversity among artist and art advocate members. AVA provides members with opportunities to exhibit and sell their artwork; teach and facilitate; and cultivate their community leadership skills. AVA’s role in visual arts education is seen in schools, recreation centers, hospitals, the workplace and public spaces. AVA’s mission is to promote, support and advocate for original visual art and artists.
My art career began in 1993 when I resolved to make some important changes in my life. I left my job as a psychological examiner, quit an eighteen year smoking habit, rekindled a love of painting, and started writing for a local arts and entertainment new ...
CoPAC is a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to supporting the work of contemporary and traditional performing artists inside and outside the Southeast region for over 15 years! We are committed to supporting and presenting work that challeng ...
His paintings hang in State capitals and Federal courtrooms. Among his prominent collectors are: United States senators William Armstrong and Jesse Helms, Tennessee Governor Ned McWherter, Roots author, Alex Haley, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah ...
The paintings drawings, and sculpture of Cessna Decosimo are informed by years of drawing from the old masters and studying nature around him. He is always ready with sketchbook and pen to record something seen or imagined. The discipline of the past and ...
Destiny Theatre Company is a professional theatre operating in Chattanooga committed to being a world class theatre.
Woodcarving by special order and commission, We have a virtual storefront through an organization called Brotherhood of the Kilt ( www.kiltsrock.com ) under the vendor name Kilted Carver in the store called From the Limb. I usually concentrate on smaller ...
Over the past 23 years Alan P. Shuptrine has emerged as a leading practitioner in the centuries-old art of carving and gilding fine frames, furniture, and objects d’art. Alan is most sought after for his mastery in one-of-a-kind unique frames for fine paintings.
John Henry is known worldwide for his large-scale public works of art. His works grace numerous important museum, corporate, public and private collections as well as the collections of many American cities and states. His works are also prominently exhib ...
The Ripe & Ready Players have been delighting fans across the Southeast for almost 20 years at conferences, college campuses, elementary schools, political caucuses, reunions, and festivals. Drawing on that experience, the troupe is able to adapt each per ...
Founded in 1986, the Shaking Ray Levi Society (SRLS) is a collective-run non-profit that supports, produces and presents diverse genres of music, film and performance art through festivals, recordings and the Internet. The SRLS is dedicated to nurturing t ...
Over the past 23 years Alan P. Shuptrine has emerged as a leading practitioner in the centuries-old art of carving and gilding fine frames, furniture, and objects d’art. Alan is most sought after for his mastery in one-of-a-kind unique frames for fine paintings.