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TAA Faculty

The Academy core faculty consists of twenty nationally recognized professors, academic instructors, and artists assembled from leading, universities, schools, and arts institutions from throughout the United States. A rigorous curriculum, cutting-edge methodology, and a unique philosophical perspective provide world-class instruction, community, and renewal to arts educators from across Tennessee and the nation.

Dain
 
Olsen
 
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Arts Leadership and Administration

Dain Olsen is a national leader and specialist in media arts education with more than thirty-five years of experience as a teacher, administrator, and program developer. He is currently president, CEO, and co-founder of the National Association for Media Arts Education, and has authored a book on the subject for Routledge Press. Olsen led the establishment of media arts in Los Angeles Unified School District and the development of National Media Arts Standards, now adopted in thirty-nine states. He has served as a consultant and presenter for numerous state conferences and for organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts, the College Board, and the National Association for Media Literacy Education. Olsen has also taught at Otis College and the University of California, Los Angeles, and is an intermedia artist in video, sound, interactive, and multimedia theater.

Core Class: 
Media Arts Education: Empowering Creative Inquiry and Cultural Agency
Interlude: 
Tennessee Arts Academy • Tennessee Arts Academy Foundation
801 2nd Avenue North  • Suite 100 • Nashville, Tennessee 37201
615-988-6250 • taa@tnartsacademy.org