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TACA is a strong advocate for the Arts.
We participate in several activites throughout TN to ensure our mission to "encourage, develop, and promote craft" is met and supported at the state and federal level.


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Specialty License Plate Iniative

It is your turn to support the Arts in Tennessee by ordering a specialty license plate.

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The arts are getting cut from state budgets across America. In Tennessee, we are fortunate to have an additional source of funding. The extra revenue we receive from specialty and personalized license plate sales has been key to our survival. More than 70% of the money used to fund the 800+ grants from the Tennessee Arts Commission last year was from the sale of these specialty license plates.

Click here for a complete gallery of plates.

Click here to find out more about ordering your plate today!

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tennessee_plates Tennesseans for the Arts recently held a "State Your Plate" competition to design the next specialty plate to benefit the arts in Tennessee.

To the left you'll see a mock up of the winning plate.

Tennesseans for the Arts needs 500 people to pre-order "State Your Plate's" winning design so it can go into production. Each plate is $35, of which 90% will go to the Tennessee Arts Commision to support art organizations across the state -- like us!

For more information about the the pre-ordering process click here.

 


 

We encourage our members and supporters to join our efforts by sharing their TACA Stories with us. We, in turn, share these with our legislators.
To share your TACA Story, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it today!

Story Spotlight: Brenda Stein

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In Brenda's words...

I started out in TACA as a member, served on committees, became our chapter Vice President,
and am currently serving as our chapter’s Co-President. I’ve interacted with numerous arts
organizations across the state in those roles.  As an advocate for the arts, I’ve had the
opportunity to personally thank legislators of the Arts Caucus and meet people from a wide
array of TAC supported groups from all over the state.


Through Advocacy Day and Tennesseans for the Arts, I’ve learned how fortunate we are to have
such a solid organization with strong legislative support... read more.