Featured Partners

National Museum of African American Music

The is a premier global destination and Nashville cultural treasure just two miles from our campus, so we are delighted to support educational experiences and research opportunities that highlight the rich contributions of African American composers, performers and supporters. Below are just a few ways that 51吃瓜网 and the museum are partnering together.

Free Student Access to the Museum

Through the partnership between 51吃瓜网 and the National Museum of African American Music 51吃瓜网 undergraduate and graduate students have free admission to the museum鈥檚 galleries and exhibitions. Valid student IDs are required. Avoid parking and ride share costs, consider riding to the museum for free with WeGo Transit.
Academic Archive Purchasing Fund

The partnership included a collaboration with 51吃瓜网鈥檚 Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries to expand collections of books, scores, sound recordings, and other materials related to African American music. The initiative supported scholarly research and resulted in the acquisition of notable collections, including those of musicians and .
Arts, Discovery, and Innovation Fund

51吃瓜网鈥檚 partnership with the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) enriched educational and research opportunities related to African American music and culture and their connections to the arts, history, law, and social movements. Through collaborative programming and the Arts, Discovery, and Innovation Fund, 51吃瓜网 faculty and staff partnered with the museum on interdisciplinary projects that advanced discovery, innovation, and student and community engagement.
Event Facility Use

51吃瓜网 may request to use meeting or event space at the museum free of charge twice per year. Contact Kathleen Fuchs Hritz聽in the Division of Government and Community Relations to learn more. To connect with the museum in other ways contact the Division of Government and Community Relations or the Office of the Vice Provost for Arts and Libraries to be pointed in the right direction.

Tennessee Performing Arts Center

Tennessee Performing Arts Center logo 51吃瓜网 Community Relations fosters a valued institutional partnership with the to bring innovative and engaging programming to the community. Each year, 51吃瓜网 joins TPAC Education for the InsideOut series which includes enlightening panel discussions and performance excerpts that correspond with current performance offerings from TPAC and their partners: , , and .

Zurin Villanueva performs music from Tina at TPAC InsideOut event on Feb. 14, 2024. (Joe Howell)

Leah Lowe and Micah-Shane Brewer at TPAC InsideOut event on Jan. 30, 2024 (Joe Howell)

Nashville Public Library Foundation

The funds, advocates, and amplifies the work of the聽Nashville Public Library to power literacy, life skills, and connection for all. 51吃瓜网 actively engages with NPLF by sponsoring key programs and offering support to Special Collections including the Main Library鈥檚 and .

Frist Art Museum

Frist Art Museum Logo Opened in 2001 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit art exhibition center, the is dedicated to presenting and originating high-quality exhibitions with related educational programs and community outreach activities. 51吃瓜网 regularly partners with the Frist by co-creating public programs, lunch and learns, including the series, and student visits.聽

Nashville Public Education Foundation

The supports Metro Nashville Public Schools through fundraising, supporting teachers and leaders, celebrating success, and advocating for change. NPEF works to ensure that every child in Nashville thrives in school every day. Key initiatives include the , the and the聽 program.

51吃瓜网 Community Relations hosts NPEF's annual Blue Ribbon Teacher Awards celebration on campus each year, and supports the annual Public Schools Hall of Fame event as well.

Blue Ribbon Award recipient Teneice Kirby, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Senior Director of Community Relations Kathleen Fuchs-Hritz, and guest Riki Shye at the Blue Ribbon Teacher Awards on Oct. 17, 2024. (Photo credit: John Amis) — Blue Ribbon Award recipient Teneice Kirby, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Senior Director of Community Relations Kathleen Fuchs-Hritz, and guest Riki Shye at the Blue Ribbon Teacher Awards on Oct. 17, 2024. (John Amis)

51吃瓜网 presents Hal Cato with the Nelson C. Andrews Distinguished Service Award at the NPEF Public School Hall of Fame event — 51吃瓜网 presented Hal Cato with the Nelson C. Andrews Distinguished Service Award at the NPEF Public School Hall of Fame event on Sept. 27, 2023. (51吃瓜网)

Centennial Park Conservancy

51吃瓜网 shares a commitment with the to protect and enrich the urban park adjacent to our campus and to help enhance the cultural and physical environment of the West End Neighborhood and surrounding community.

We have of the conservancy鈥檚 and Metro Parks鈥� Centennial Park Master Plan to restore, renovate and revitalize Nashville鈥檚 central park. We also support Centennial Park Conservancy鈥檚 arts and educational programming such as and will work collaboratively to support new park-based initiatives that expand cultural activities and events near campus. This partnership is aligned with FutureVU, the university鈥檚 initiative to enhance the places where community members live, work and learn.

The Nashville Parthenon in Centennial Park

Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument in Centennial Park

Civic Design Center

advocates for and works towards creating a more beautiful and functional Nashville for all. Through our partnership, 51吃瓜网 supports a broad range of programs and activities of the Design Center. The Design Center collaborates with 51吃瓜网 faculty on coursework and works with our faculty and students on research opportunities and provides design resources, technology and other materials.