State Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mount Juliet, and Sen. Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, announced $19,260 in state funding was awarded to two Wilson County organizations by the Tennessee Arts Commission.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – State Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mount Juliet, and Sen. Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, announced $19,260 in state funding was awarded to two Wilson County organizations by the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Area nonprofit organizations, schools, local governments and individuals across the state were given grants through the commission’s annual grant program to cultivate the arts for the benefit of all Tennesseans and their communities.
“Organizations like Monroe Mandolin Camp and Audience of One Productions play an important role in fostering education, building confidence and bringing people together in Wilson County,” Lynn said. “I’m grateful to the Tennessee Arts Commission for supporting their work through these grants and I look forward to the positive impact this investment will have on our community.”
The organizations receiving grant funding include:
- Monroe Mandolin Camp: $12,000
- Audience of One Productions, Inc.: $7,260
“I’m proud to see the Tennessee Arts Commission investing in organizations across our state that are preserving our heritage and enriching our communities,” Pody said. “These grants make it possible for groups like Audience of One Productions, Monroe Mandolin Camp, and many others to continue offering meaningful programs, whether in music, theater, visual arts or education, that benefit Tennesseans of all ages.”
The Monroe Mandolin Camp in Mount Juliet provides an immersive, hands-on, in-depth learning and playing experience for young musicians interested in bluegrass, according to its website. The school offers instruction in original and first-generation Bluegrass on various instruments, as well as songwriting and harmony singing.
Audience of One Productions, Inc. is an educational theater program focused on producing high-level Broadway shows while helping performers grow in the arts, according to its website. They hold several productions each year for the community at the historic Capitol Theatre in Lebanon.
Tennessee’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $1.4 billion in annual economic activity and strengthens quality of life, economic vitality, tourism and arts learning for people of all ages.
The commission says they anticipate to award approximately 1,000 grants totaling up to $12.3 million in both rural and urban communities in all 95 counties throughout the next year.
For more information on the Tennessee Arts Commission and its grant opportunities, visit www.tnartscommission.org.
Susan Lynn represents House District 57 which includes part of Wilson County.
Mark Pody represents Senate District 17 which includes Wilson and part of Davidson Counties.
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