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Metro Arts Commission

Some Nashville artists will get additional payments, resolving a discrimination complaint against Metro Arts

Char Daston

July 9, 2024

A large group of people, diverse in race, gender, and age, sit at a long table in a meeting room.
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Nashville’s Metro Human Relations Commission has approved a resolution to a discrimination complaint filed last fall against Metro Arts.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, metro finance, Metro Human Relations Commission, metro legal

How Metro Arts conflict is impacting artists

Elizabeth Burton

June 6, 2024

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As much as we all love drama, we’d prefer it stayed on stage.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Daniel Singh, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission

What’s going on at Metro Arts?

Mary Mancini

May 29, 2024

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The controversy surrounding the Metro Arts Commission has been going on for close to three years now, and there seems to be no end in sight.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Daniel Singh, Elmahaba Center, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, Nashville Metro Council, Nashville Shakespeare Festival

NashVillager Podcast: Controversies swirling around Metro Arts

Nina Cardona

May 29, 2024

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What, exactly, is happening with Metro Arts? Plus your local newscast for May 29, 2024.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Arts and Culture, Daniel Singh, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission

Daniel Singh agrees to resign as Metro Arts director

Char Daston

May 24, 2024

Daniel Singh, a man with grayish-black hair and a beard, wearing a pink suit jacket, smiles at the camera in front of a white background
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Metro Arts director Daniel Singh will resign after less than two years on the job.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Daniel Singh, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, metro legal, Paulette Coleman, Wally Dietz

Snafu at Metro Arts meeting leaves executive director role in flux

Char Daston

May 16, 2024

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Chaos at Thursday’s Metro Arts Commission meeting set off a ticking time bomb that could lead to the city agency having two competing directors.  

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: beverly w, Daniel Singh, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, Paulette Coleman

Nashville’s budget pinch sets stage for more battles over Metro Arts grants

Char Daston

May 4, 2024

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The financial squeeze at Metro Arts is shaping up to be even tighter than last year. There are even more arts grant applicants, and a flat total budget.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Daniel Singh, Freddie O'Connell, Joy Styles, Kevin Crumbo, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, Nashville Metro Council

Metro Arts chooses interim executive director in parliamentary quagmire

Char Daston

April 26, 2024

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Paulette Coleman is a trained mediator and former Metro Arts Commission chair. But the process of her appointment Thursday was filled with missteps.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Daniel Singh, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, Paulette Coleman

Metro Arts Commission puts Executive Director Daniel Singh on administrative leave

Char Daston

April 18, 2024

Daniel Singh, a man with grayish-black hair and a beard, wearing a pink suit jacket, smiles at the camera in front of a white background

The Metro Arts commission voted Thursday to place the department’s executive director, Daniel Singh, on paid administrative leave. The vote was without dissent, with seven of the 12 commissioners present.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Daniel Singh, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission

Artists waiting for Metro Arts Thrive funding will receive key updates this week

Char Daston

April 10, 2024

Artists who received funding from last year’s Thrive program should expect a letter in the next few days detailing how much money they will receive.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, metro finance, Metro Human Relations Commission, metro legal

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