Programs

Art at The Airport

Each year, Borderless Arts provides dance and visual arts at the Nashville Airport.

Artist Residencies

Borderless Arts Tennessee offers the Estelle Condra Education Collaborative, which brings dance, literature, music, and visual arts artists into 3rd-grade classrooms to enhance math, science, and literary curriculum for students with and without disabilities.

Borderless Dance Community

A free weekly dance program is offered digitally via Zoom. This group has had the opportunity to perform for the US Embassy in Belgium, on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry House, at the Tennessee State Museum, at the Nashville Children’s Theater, and in a collaborative arts project at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center….to name a few.

Cups Of Cooperation

The Clay Lady Studio hosts an annual event each year in which the artists in this cooperative create cups that are on sale and the proceeds go to Borderless Arts Tennessee. This event also includes breakfast refreshments, games, tours of the artists’ studios, and demonstrations by the artists as well as performances by Borderless Arts Tennessee musicians. The event raises more money each year for Borderless Arts TN as well as providing exposure for our performing artists and a partnership with artists in the community.

Exhibitions

Each year, Borderless Arts Tennessee coordinates at least four exhibitions that showcase the work of artists with disabilities. These exhibitions provide exposure and professional development for visual artists with disabilities as well as a networking opportunity for the artists with local galleries and the community.

Festivals

Each year, Borderless Arts Tennessee coordinates 2-3 festivals. The festivals include games, art, dance and competitions. The group always hosts a Halloween festival and a St Patrick’s Day Festival. Other festivals are also added as the opportunity arises. 

Guitar Club

A bi-monthly guitar club is offered for participants who are interested in this instrument. The group meets primarily through Zoom. However, there are special workshops and experiences that do take place offline.  The meetings feature a professional guitarist explaining a genre of guitar, demonstrating how this genre is played, explaining the type of guitar used, and teaching the participants a performance technique related to the genre.  

Kalimba Khoir

The Kalimba Khoir meets bi-monthly via Zoom. The group is taught how to play this unique African instrument.

Special Programs

Every year, Borderless Arts engages in special programs. The programs change from year to year. Past activities have included a summer music camp, creating ornaments for the national Christmas Tree, coordinating a 40-day international digital arts festival, representing the US in an arts forum in Egypt, diversity training for law enforcement using the arts, creating mosaic walls in a children’s park, theater activities in partnership with the Nashville Children’s Theater…and the list goes on.

Teapot Diplomats

The mission is to provide instruction on new art techniques, expose young people to various artists, promote our young artists’ talents, use the arts for community engagement projects, extend our connections in the arts globally, and enhance the professional development of our artists. 

Water Warriors

Each spring, Borderless Arts TN coordinates a competition called Water Warriors. Participants work in groups that consist of a professional artist, environmental agencies, and individuals with disabilities. The groups create pieces of floating art with a water conservation theme. These items are then raised on Old Hickory Lake. Prizes are also given for the Best Conservation Message and the Most Creative.

Young Soloist

A Statewide music competition for vocalists and instrumentalists. The program also includes workshops and performance opportunities.

Funding to design this site provided through a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission.