Kameron Whalum, a former Stax Music Academy student and now Bruno Mars band member, has been named the Stax Music Academy’s new Artist In Residence. While not on the road with Mars, Whalum will be present at SMA to teach, mentor, and give back to the school that helped him achieve great success. Born July […]
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BUY AN ARTS LICENSE PLATE OR GIFT-A-TAG 70% of state arts funding comes from the sale of arts and collegiate license plates. And now you can buy a GIFT-A-TAG voucher for the purchase of any of Tennessee’s Specialty License Plates. (There are over 100 designs to choose from!) GIFT-A-TAG vouchers are just $35 each, and you […]
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MEMPHIS – The Soulsville Foundation’s Stax Music Academy announced that it has received a $50,000 grant from Kohl’s, the Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin-based retailer with more than 1,100 stores, including 19 stores in Tennessee. The grant was announced to the Stax Music Academy during Kohl’s leadership meeting in Nashville on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, where nearly […]
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In this week’s cover story in the international newspaper the Christian Science Monitor, writer Jessica Mendoza sets off on a cross country trip examining activism in America from 1968 through the present. In addition to visiting Los Angeles, Birmingham, Washington, D.C. and several other cities with Civil Rights history, she and a photographer/videographer spent two […]
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