Be a Part of the Art
Everyone can be a part of the art!
The arts bring us joy, they help us express ourselves and imagine our life experiences in unique ways. The arts also bridge cultural gaps bringing communities and regions together for the greater good. When you support your local arts and culture, you add value to your life and to the life of your community.
If you are an artist, vendor, creative business owner, sponsor, advocate/volunteer, entertainer, or art teacher and want to be a part of the art during our June 26th launch party and community mural unveiling then give us a shout. Space is limited.
Arts in the Burg is a nonprofit program of South Pittsburg Area Revitalization Quest (SPARQ).
Get Involved
Become a Working Artist
If you are an emerging or established artist of most any genre, we encourage you to contact us about becoming an Arts in the Burg working artists. It’s our mission to help you realize a career in the arts.
Benefits Include: Sell art online, be a featured artist, event booth space, tent and hanging system for outdoor events, teach, studio space, marketing and public relations exposure, and more.
Be a Sponsor
You know the old saying, “Success breeds success.” It just makes good business sense to be a good partner in your community when you invest in the revitilazation of downtown South Pittsburg through creative placemaking.
We’d be happy to share the details and traffic numbers for both online and offline activity. It really does make good business sense.
Advocate, Volunteer, Intern or Donate
It’s easy to be an Advocate just learn all you can, show up a for events and share us with your friends.
DONATE For as little as $5 you can make a difference in your community.
Arts in the Burg is a nonprofit program of South Pittsburg Area Revitalization Quest (SPARQ).
Volunteering and interning is a great way to build experience while helping your community. All skill levels welcome.
Entertain at our events
Are you in a band? Do you write poetry, tell a good story, dance, want to share your artistic journey as a guest speaker, or participate in any of a wide variety of performing arts? Well, we’d love to hear from you. Our monthly programming starts in May of 2021 and weekly programming will begin in 2022.
Artists can teach or be a Featured Artist in our gallery
Do you have what it takes to be a good teacher of the arts? If you are warm, accessible, enthusiastic, have the caring heart of a teacher and are skilled in a technique or art genre, we’d love to provide a classroom or one-on-one opportunity for you to teach others.
Be a vendor
Do you own or want to start an independent business. Not everything at Arts in the Burg will be strictly art. Think… food truck, hand-crafted items, sandwich shop, cigar box guitars, collectible vinly records, or perhaps an art supplies store. We want to hear from you.
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Major Partners and Advocates
Art in the Burg is a program of South Pittsburg Area Revitalization Quest (SPARQ)
Purchasing a TN specialty license plate is an easy and fun way to support the Arts in Tennessee.
Proceeds Benefit: Tennessee Arts Commission
Art Festival Sponsors
Art in the Burg is a program of South Pittsburg Area Revitalization Quest (SPARQ)
Major support for the Arts!
Arts in the Burg is a program of SPARQ
Tennessee Placemaking Partnership
The Tennessee Placemaking Project is a collaborative pilot project between Thrive Regional Partnership, Tennessee Arts Commission, Southeast Tennessee Development, and the Lyndhurst Foundation. The project is designed to support local communities as they scale up strategies that leverage local arts and cultural assets for economic vibrancy and growth throughout the greater Chattanooga region. To learn more, visit www.thriveregionalpartnership.org/projects/tn-placemaking-partnership.
Thriving Communities
Thriving Communities is a creative placemaking program of Thrive Regional Partnership designed to leverage local arts and culture assets for economic vibrancy and growth throughout the greater Chattanooga region. To learn more, visit www.ThriveRegionalPartnership.org/Thriving-Communities.
Thrive Regional Partnership
Thrive Regional Partnership inspires responsible growth through conversation, connection, and collaboration across the tri-state greater Chattanooga region. To learn more visit www.thriveregionalpartnership.org.
THANK YOU! Arts in the Burg sponsors, advocates and partners are amazing!
How Creative Placemaking Works
Let’s do something exciting in South Pittsburg, TN.
Theaster Gates is a potter whose ambitions stretch far beyond the wheel and the kiln. In Chicago, his leadership of artist-led spaces has catalyzed interest and excitement in a formerly neglected neighborhood, as he uses culture as a transformational weapon.
Hear Theaster explain how creative placemaking can revitalize a community. We’re doing the same thing right here in South Pittsburg, TN.
A Place People Will Visit
Arts districts have proven to be excellent economic development tools for many cities, particularly when combined with urban rejuvenation efforts, like repurposing vacant factory buildings or renewing blighted neighborhoods.
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Who Needs Art?
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Southeast Tennessee Development (setd) Awards
Arts in the Burg for Innovation
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Jeweli Eslinger – Featured Gallery Artist
207 S Cedar Ave, South Pittsburg, TN 37380-1303, United States Public FREE EVENT:Want to see some really cool art? Then don't miss this opportunity. Beer and other beverages available. Donations excepted. ARTIST BIOJeweli Eslinger was born in Portland Oregon and is a...
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Who Needs Art?
Article by: Dale Woodfin and written for: Sequatchie Valley Now As a local artist, art volunteer and graphic designer, I need art and I am so...
Southeast Tennessee Development (setd) Awards
Arts in the Burg for Innovation
Southeast Tennessee Development (setd) AwardsArts in the Burg for Innovation On Friday October 21st, South Pittsburg Mayor, Samantha Rector and,...
Jeweli Eslinger – Featured Gallery Artist
207 S Cedar Ave, South Pittsburg, TN 37380-1303, United States Public FREE EVENT:Want to see some really cool art? Then don't miss this opportunity....
Our Mission
Arts in the Burg provides working studio space, open to the public, that nurtures artists, promotes creative placemaking, as well as programming and entertainment to develop a unique travel destination in South Pittsburg, TN.
Arts in the Burg is a nonprofit program of South Pittsburg Area Revitalization Quest (SPARQ).
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Arts in the Burg is a program of SPARQ
Tennessee Placemaking Partnership
The Tennessee Placemaking Project is a collaborative pilot project between Thrive Regional Partnership, Tennessee Arts Commission, Southeast Tennessee Development, and the Lyndhurst Foundation. The project is designed to support local communities as they scale up strategies that leverage local arts and cultural assets for economic vibrancy and growth throughout the greater Chattanooga region. To learn more, visit www.thriveregionalpartnership.org/projects/tn-placemaking-partnership.
Thriving Communities
Thriving Communities is a creative placemaking program of Thrive Regional Partnership designed to leverage local arts and culture assets for economic vibrancy and growth throughout the greater Chattanooga region. To learn more, visit www.ThriveRegionalPartnership.org/Thriving-Communities.
Thrive Regional Partnership
Thrive Regional Partnership inspires responsible growth through conversation, connection, and collaboration across the tri-state greater Chattanooga region. To learn more visit www.thriveregionalpartnership.org.