Interest Groups
RAA interest groups are intended to encourage collaboration, education, and networking in particular areas of interest. These groups, most of which began forming in 2020, meet in person or virtually 3 – 4 times per year to
talk about ways that group members can support each other,
ways RAA can support the group,
share ideas and resources,
and possibly plan workshops or other events that serve group members or represent the group in the greater community.
If one of these groups sounds enticing to you, please contact the leader and/or check out further links below - groups have various ways of communicating.
If you’re interested in forming a group not presently listed, contact us. Group leaders are asked to provide an update to the RAA board on the first Monday of March, June, and September of each year.
Arts Advocacy / Community Relations
Mike Terry and Ron Alley
mike@paramountstrategies.com; ron.alley@carpeartista.com
Arts in K-12 Education
Lindsay Halford, HalfordL@rcschools.net
Click arts-ed-events for events; arts-ed-news for news
Culinary Arts
Leadership TBA; contact us if you’re interested to learn more about this opportunity!
Click culinary-events for events
Dance
Lee Anne Carmack, jlcarmack@gmail.com
Click dance-events for events; dance-news for news
Fashion
Rick Cottle, rick.cottle@mtsu.edu
Film/Photography
Tom Womack and Jessica Nelson
tommy@wommy.net; jessicagnelson@aol.com
Literary Arts
Kory Wells, korywells@gmail.com
Click lit-events for events; lit-news for news; or join the RutherfordLit Facebook group
member Education/Workshops
Ginny Togrye, gtogrye@bellsouth.net
Click workshops for events
Music
Jeffrey Keever, keeverjeffrey@gmail.com
Theatre
Poem Bokoles, poem.atkinson@yahoo.com
Click theatre-events for events; theatre-news for news
Visual Arts
Eric Snyder and Ray Kleinlein
Eric.snyder@mtsu.edu; raykleinlein@gmail.com
Click call-for-artists for news; visual-arts-events and call-for-event-artists for events
Young Creatives
Morgan Butler, morganbutler01@gmail.com
Learn more on our Young Creatives page
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