Opinion: Arts Week celebrates the ‘aha!’ moments that change our lives
Mia Henley
Mia Gianotti Henley is the executive director of Creative Aging Memphis.
To celebrate the work artists and arts organizations have created in 2020 despite the pandemic, ArtsMemphis is introducing Arts Week Dec. 7-13. ArtsMemphis provides grants to 70 arts organization, and this year supplied emergency funds to individual artists.
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