Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville
Executive Director
| Executive Director | Ms. Jen-Jen Lin |
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| ChineseArtsAlliance@gmail.com | |
| Term Start | December 2002 |
| Jen-Jen's Experience: Jen-Jen Lin holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Illionis at Champaign-Urbana, and a Master of Science in Accountancy from Bentley Graduate School of Business in Boston. While in Taiwan, her Chinese dance compositions won several awards, and she was the artistic director of LanYang Chinese Folklore Performing Dance Company. In the U.S., she danced with the Chicago-based modern dance company, Jan Erkert & Dancers, taught dance at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, and was a professor of dance at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Her modern dance choreography won the Boston Moves choreography competition, and was presented at the Emerson-Majestic Theater. Jen-Jen founded CAAN in December, 2002, to continue pursuing her passion in performing arts as well as promoting Chinese arts. She choreographed and directed CAAN's evening length dance productions: Our stories,Moon Goddess, Touching Clouds, MuLan & Poetry, Dragon Tales, Across the Milky Way, and Journey In the West. Jen-Jen was awarded "Living Cultural Treasure Award" by Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, in 2000, and the Carell Fine Arts Artist in Residence in 2013 at the Harpeth Hall School. She has taught Chinese dance at the Nashville Chinese School, was Principal of the Nashville Chinese School 1999-2001, the initial Chinese language program teacher at Eakin School, presently teaches modern dance and Taichi at the Vanderbilt University's Dance Program , Taichi at Metro Parks, and is a Teaching Artist for the Arts Education's ArtSmart Program at the at Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Jen-Jen was awarded "Culture Shaper" at "Amplify Nashville" by Siloam Health in 2018, and also served as a grant reviewer of Metro Nashville Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts, and is a grant reviewer for the TN Arts Commission. |
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Senior Staff
| Name | Title |
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| Ms. Jo-Ting Wong | Administrative Assistant |
Staff
| Full Time Staff | 0 |
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| Part Time Staff | 1 |
| Volunteers | 35 |
| Contractors | 25 |
| Retention Rate | 75% |
Plans & Policies
| Does your organization have a Fundraising Plan? | Yes |
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| Does your organization have a Strategic Plan? | Yes |
| Years Strategic Plan Considers | 1 |
| When was the Strategic Plan adopted? | |
| Does your organization have a Management Succession Plan? | Yes |
| Does your organization have a Policy and Procedure Plan? | Yes |
| Does the organization have a Nondiscrimination Policy? | Yes |
| Does the organization have a Whistle Blower Policy? | Yes |
| Does the organization have a Document Destruction Policy? | Yes |
Evaluation
| Is there a formal evaluation for... | Frequency (if applicable) | |
|---|---|---|
| CEO/Executive Director | Yes | Annually |
| Senior Management | Yes | Annually |
| Non-Management | No | N/A |
Affiliations
| Affiliation | Year |
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| Metro Arts Commission | 2002 |
| Nashville Arts Coalition | 2005 |
| Tennesseans for the Arts | 2003 |
| Tennessee Arts Commission | 2004 |
| Tennessee Association of Dance | 2003 |
Awards
| Award / Recognition | Organization | Year |
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| Amplify Nashville Culture Shaper Award | Siloan Health | 2018 |
| Artical on 2017 CAAN's Chinese New Year Celebration @ Hillsboro Villagge | Tennessean | 2017 |
| Artist of the Week for 'Tennessee Arts Online' | Tennessee Arts Commission | 2006 |
| Best of Nashville-Best Food event (Chinese New Year Banquet) | Nashville Scene | 2011 |
| Best of Nashville-Bilingual Children Summer Activity (Chinese Summer Blast) | Nashville Scene | 2009 |
| CAAN's director (Jen-Jen Lin) was featured at the Vanderbilt View magazine | Vanderbilt University | 2012 |
| Critics' Picks on 'ASIAN FUSION' dance and music production | Nashville Scene | 2016 |
| Featured arts group on ArtsBreak | Nashville Public Television | 2006 |
| Jen-Jen Lin was the Carell Fine Arts Artist in Residence | the Harpeth Hall School | 2013 |
| Report on CAAN's 2017 Ten Course Chinese New Year Banquet | Green Hills News | 2017 |
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville is stretching each dollar at its budget to provide variety of arts program to all people. We would like to get enough funding and support to expand our programs and activities to let more people from the community to enjoy our arts. Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville collaborates with many organizations and out-reach to various communities including seniors, people of color, low-income communities, children, and schools in addition to the general public. |
