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Soulsville Foundation’s Stax Museum & Stax Music Academy Receive $150,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan; one of only two Memphis organizations to receive a grant

  MEMPHIS — The Soulsville Foundation, which operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music and Stax Music Academy at the original site of Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, is pleased to announce it has been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the

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ArtsMemphis Awards New Round of Grants, Welcomes New Leadership, Releases New Data

ArtsMemphis has announced a new round of grant distributions totaling close to $1 million, introduced new Board leadership and appointees, welcomed a new Chief Financial Officer, and released new data on the state of the arts. New Grant Distributions ArtsMemphis has granted $2.2 million this past year to 64 arts organizations and hundreds of artists. Today,

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Pop icon, GRAMMY© Award winner, and Academy Award nominee Huey Lewis shares “The Power of Love” to support Stax Music Academy

Pop icon, GRAMMY© Award winner, and Academy Award nominee Huey Lewis has teamed up with the London, UK/Austin, Texas-based Soundwaves Art Foundation to help raise funds for the nonprofit Stax Music Academy, an afterschool and summer music institute at the original site of Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee. Soundwave’s Tim Wakefield has created an original

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