§ 4-20-304. Powers and Authority — Assistance and Data From Other State Entities — Sole Governing Authority of Museum
The commission is authorized and empowered to: Oversee the operation of the state museum; Employ a museum executive director; Promulgate rules and regulations for its own governance and for the operation and administration of the museum, with the rules and regulations being promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in chapter 5 […]
§ 4-20-305. Commission Official Agency to Receive Federal Funding
The commission is the official agency of the state to receive federal funding related to the functions of the museum and for regranting to other appropriate entities.
§ 4-20-103. Executive Director — Staff — Advisory Panels
The governor shall appoint an executive director for the Tennessee arts commission. The executive director shall have broad experience in art agency management. Prior to appointing the executive director, the governor shall request that the Tennessee arts commission conduct a search for qualified candidates. The commission shall submit to the governor at least three (3) […]
§ 4-20-104. Duties and Objectives
The duties and objectives of the commission are to: Stimulate and encourage throughout the state the study and presentation of the performing, visual and literary arts and public interest and participation therein; Encourage participation in, appreciation of, and education in the arts to meet the legitimate needs and aspirations of persons in all parts of […]
§ 4-20-105. Powers
The commission is authorized and empowered to: Hold public hearings; Enter into contracts, within the limit of funds available therefor, with individuals, organizations and institutions for services furthering the objectives of the commission’s programs; Enter into contracts, within the limit of funds available therefor, with local and regional associations for cooperative endeavors furthering the objectives […]
§ 4-20-106. Federal Funds
The commission is the official agency of the state to receive and disburse appropriate funds made available by the federal government for programs related to the performing, visual and literary arts, and the preservation of architecture, art or artifacts.
§ 4-20-107. Duties as to Underserved and Underrepresented Artists and Art Organizations
The executive director shall employ at least one (1) full-time employee who shall perform the following duties: Identify the traditionally underserved and underrepresented ethnic minority, people with a disability, elderly, and rural artists and arts organizations within the state; Periodically survey such artists and arts organizations in order to determine the level of grant program […]
§ 4-20-201. Fisk University Stieglitz Collection Art Endowment Fund
The Fisk University Stieglitz Collection Art Endowment Fund is hereby created under the supervision of the Tennessee arts commission. Such fund shall operate as an irrevocable trust fund within the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. The terms of the trust instrument shall be approved by the attorney general and reporter. […]
§ 4-20-202. Appropriation to Further Artistic and Cultural Purposes
There is appropriated an additional sum of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) annually to the Tennessee arts commission for the purpose of making an annual grant of that amount to Fisk University to employ a curator, security staff and other employees necessary to allow the Stieglitz Collection at Fisk University to be open to the public, […]
§ 4-20-301. Creation — Members
There is created and established a state commission to be known as the Douglas Henry state museum commission, referred to as “the commission” in this part, to consist of thirteen (13) voting members. Two (2) members of the commission shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. These members shall serve four-year […]