Knox County Schools Fine Arts Department

10/19/2022

We are so proud of Ellery Nief on her TAEA award! Congratulations! It is well deserved!

CONGRATULATIONS to TAEA East Region Art Educator of the Year Ellery Neif! Join us at the TAEA Fall Conference as we celebrate all our TAEA Award recipients!

07/20/2022

Knox County Schools is Hiring Art Teachers!

We are hiring Visual Arts teachers, and we’re looking for highly creative artists! Come work for the best K-12 Visual Arts Department in the country! Full and part time, elementary and high school levels available. (No teaching license? Consider earning your licensure while getting paid in a job embedded environment. Click here for more info: https://cehhsadvising.utk.edu/job-embedded-practitioner-licensure/.)

Contact Dr. Heather Casteel, Visual Arts Supervisor, by phone 865-594-1727 or email [email protected]. Click here and apply now https://www.knoxschools.org/Page/16702.

To be considered for future vacancies, you will need to submit a new application. Use the steps below to begin the application process.

07/14/2022

We are hiring Visual Arts teachers! Come work for the best art department in the country! We have full time and part time and elementary and high school levels available! Contact me by phone 865-594-1727 or email [email protected] or click here and apply now!

To be considered for future vacancies, you will need to submit a new application. Use the steps below to begin the application process.

08/31/2021

Please take a moment to vote for Thomas Bates (band teacher at Gibbs High) for TN Lottery Teacher of the Month. Click the link below once a day to vote! Way to go Thomas!

​​​​​​​Was your favorite teacher recognized as a Tennessee Lottery Educator of the Week in your hometown? Then vote for him or her to be honored as the statewide Educator of the Month! Just click on the photo below to cast your vote. And come back often – you can vote once every day!

08/18/2021

Check out this great article about the fine arts at Inskip Elementary and help them purchase new stage curtains by making a donation!

A few days before school started, Inskip Elementary art teacher Ellery Nief sat perched on a table, pausing for a break while painting a chair ahead of students returning to class. Nief’s persistence in having a bright, welcoming classroom is just another example of the dedication of Inskip’s te...

06/23/2021

Knox County Schools is hiring art and music teachers. We are looking for teachers who are interested in learner centered or choice based curriculum. Have questions? Email me at [email protected] or call at 865-594-1727.

Click here to apply: https://www.knoxschools.org/Page/16702

04/20/2021

Congrats to KCS art teacher, Deirdre Kopp-Pokrzywa, winner of the Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk!

Adult Category & Best in Show Award Winner: Deirdre Kopp-Pokrzywa

04/19/2021

Here's our last virtual display for this school year! Schools featured include: Gibbs High, Pleasant Ridge Elementary, Gibbs Elementary, Karns High, Copper Ridge Elementary, Karns Elementary, Gibbs Middle, and Quest Virtual Learning. Thanks to everyone who submitted art!

03/28/2021

Here's our latest KCS virtual art display! It features work from Farragut Primary, Farragut Intermediate, Cedar Bluff Elementary, West Haven Elementary, Bearden Middle, and Hardin Valley Middle.

03/01/2021

Check out this opportunity from TAEA for Youth Art Month!

In CELEBRATION of YOUTH ART MONTH, join the weekly TAEA YAM Challenge! Share this with your colleagues! Follow on Instagram! Courtesy of our TAEA YAM Chair, Melanie Anderson! Please Share!