Now called TPAC’s Season for Young People, this nationwide model for arts education programming has served children from the state’s 95 counties. TPAC established Humanities Outreach in Tennessee (HOT) in 1983, receiving the Governor’s Award for Artistic Excellence the next year. Three professional companies took residence at TPAC within the next five seasons: Nashville Opera, Nashville Repertory Theatre, and Nashville Ballet. The center was strengthened by the traditions of TPAC’s first two resident companies: Nashville Symphony, founded in 1946, and Circle Players, a community theater founded in 1949. It charged the unique nonprofit organization with providing affordable performance spaces for resident artistic companies and offering educational experiences in the arts for Tennessee school children.ĭuring that first 1980-81 season, TPAC presented 119 performances for a total attendance of 84,000. Prior to the September 1980 dedication, the legislature created the TPAC Management Corporation to oversee the public-private partnership.
Polk State Office Building and the Tennessee State Museum. Dreaming of opportunities in the arts and a well-rounded education for their children and grandchildren, private citizens led by Martha Ingram proposed an arts center for the citizens of Tennessee to the state legislature in 1972.Īfter a private fundraising effort established an endowment, the state approved funding for the center, built in conjunction with the James K.
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