Paulette Coleman took over after last year’s chaotic grants cycle. Her resignation means Metro Arts has to navigate a precarious situation without its director.
The key question that caused chaos at Metro Arts in 2024
The debate can be summed up like this: should Metro Arts focus its grantmaking on individual artists or arts nonprofits? The issue has divided Nashville’s arts community.
Some Nashville artists will get additional payments, resolving a discrimination complaint against Metro Arts
Nashville’s Metro Human Relations Commission has approved a resolution to a discrimination complaint filed last fall against Metro Arts.
Artists waiting for Metro Arts Thrive funding will receive key updates this week
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.
When will Metro Arts grant recipients be paid? Details remain murky
Nashville’s Finance Director, Kevin Crumbo, has not given a timeline for the payments, or explained how Metro Arts will be involved in the process.
Metro Finance will release long-held arts funding, but will temporarily take over the Metro Arts budget
Nashville artists and arts organizations that have been waiting for months to receive half the grant money promised by Metro Arts in 2023 finally have reason to be hopeful. However, serious questions remain about the future of arts funding in the city.
After years of preservation efforts, downtown Nashville’s Morris Memorial Building heads toward redevelopment
One of downtown Nashville’s oldest buildings looks to be headed for redevelopment, as a hotel-development company is currently under contract to acquire the building.
Nearly a century ago, the Morris Memorial Building was part of a thriving Black business district. Now there’s a new push to preserve it.
Located on Rep. John Lewis Way, the last remnant of a once-thriving Black business district has sat empty for years. Now, there’s a campaign to get the city to buy Morris Memorial and convert it into a museum dedicated to the local Civil Rights Movement.
New report shows substantial pay gaps across all Metro departments
Nashville’s government employs nearly 10,000 Tennesseans. And a new eight-year analysis from the Metro Human Relations Commission shows struggles with diversity and equity across all 51 departments.
In Nashville, city commission appointments typically sail through. Here’s why that didn’t happen with human relations.
Seventeen volunteers serve on the Metro Human Relations Commission, which is a city agency that studies and offers solutions around discrimination and other inequities.
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