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ASSOCIATION FOR VISUAL ARTISTS
30 Frazier Avenue - Chattanooga, TN 37405
- 423.265.4282
Christa Mannarino | cmannarino@earthlink.net
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Disciplines
Visual Arts
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Type of Program
In-school
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Age Range
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
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| Organization |
| Mission: | |
The Association for Visual Artists is a charitable nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and support of original visual art and the artists who create it. AVA fosters visual artists and provides quality programming for the community.
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| Founder: | |
Charlotte Landis, art collector and community volunteer for numerous civic organizations, panelist for TN Arts Commission grants panel, board member of Southeast Center for Education in the Arts, and former piano teacher and performer
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| Founded: | |
1986
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| Vision: | |
AVA hopes to increase exposure of visual art and artists through Web sites, workshops, exhibits, print media, and to provide a larger vision of awareness of the need for all of the arts in the community, especially in the area of education.
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| Honors: | |
AVA has received high priority listing for the receipt of TN Arts Commission operating fund grants for the last 10 years. In addition, the TN Arts Commission has provided top funding for the education outreach program. Allied Arts of Chattanooga has provided 30% of funding since 1989.
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| Program |
| Programs: | |
AVA Gallery for revolving juried exhibits for AVA members; Annual all-member non-juried exhibit and meetings and receptions; Artist directory; Bimonthly newsletter; National Juried Exhibit at Hunter Museum; Masonry-in-Public sculptures in downtown sites, schools and community centers; Resource Library; Workshops for artists;
Slide bank and resume library; Education outreach in public schools; Ongoing exhibits at Memorial Hospital; Outreach at Hosanna House; 4Bridges Festival for art market in Coolidge Park; Artist Walk art market at the Tennessee River Park
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| Youth Served: | |
2,345
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| Gender Specific: | |
No
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| Prerequisites: | |
There are no prerequisites for the educational outreach program other than the schools have to be public, not private.
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| Season: | |
Academic year
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| Schedule: | |
Daily
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| Method of Evaluation: | |
Other
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| Free Program: | |
Yes
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| Scholarships: | |
No
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| Additional Info: | |
The Education Outreach Program has been successful in many ways...quality of the artists provided in the gallery for instruction during field trips and in the classrooms for the residencies, and helpful collaboration of the classroom teachers, administrators, and AVA staff.
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| Administration |
| Primary Instructor: | |
Artist
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| Professional Development for Artists or Teachers: | |
Yes
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| Curriculum Guides or Lesson Plans for Teachers: | |
Yes
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| Budget: | |
$4,500 - 5,000
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| Funding: | |
Government and/or foundation grants, Corporate underwriting, Other
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| Other Funding Methods: | |
Private donations
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| Governing Board: | |
Yes
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| Advisory Board: | |
No
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| Community |
| Service Area: | |
School District
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| Serve At-risk Youth: | |
Some
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| Collaborations: | |
Cultural institutions
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"The students were actively involved in the program with such beautiful results. It was an amazing project and I cannot wait to see it completed and hung in the gallery."
-- Anna Louise Haynes, art teacher at Hixson Middle School
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