Duties as to Underserved and Underrepresented Artists and Art Organizations

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The executive director shall employ at least one (1) full-time employee who shall perform the following duties:

  1. Identify the traditionally underserved and underrepresented ethnic minority, people with a disability, elderly, and rural artists and arts organizations within the state;
  2. Periodically survey such artists and arts organizations in order to determine the level of grant program participation among such artists and organizations;
  3. Review with the executive director and the members of the Tennessee arts commission the grant process and award system in order to identify barriers to equal opportunity for such artists and arts organizations with regard to recruitment, selection, training, technical assistance, funding, benefits and special conditions for each arts grant program administered by or through any entity of state government;
  4. Report, at least once each year, to the arts commission and to the members of the general assembly concerning the level of grant program participation by such artists and arts organizations and make recommendations pertaining thereto; and
  5. Undertake other appropriate activities to assure equitable participation by the traditionally underserved and underrepresented ethnic minority, people with a disability, elderly, and rural artists and arts organizations within this state with regard to grant programs administered by or through entities of state government.


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