Academic Enrichment
The Dixie’s Academic Enrichment programs invite students, educators, and community participants into meaningful, hands-on experiences across the arts. These programs are designed to foster creativity, strengthen cultural understanding, and support artistic growth through direct engagement with visual arts, performance, and creative exploration.
Rather than simply observing the arts, participants are encouraged to experience them - working with materials, ideas, and storytelling in ways that build confidence, curiosity, and creative literacy.
Explore programs below.
The Education Events program connects schools with live performance experiences that are intentionally designed to support and extend classroom learning. Each presentation offers students the opportunity to engage with the arts in a shared, real-time setting that encourages observation, reflection, and discussion.
These experiences are created to complement educational curriculum while also opening space for students to encounter the arts in a dynamic and memorable way.
Education Events (School Programming)
Review programming at DixiePAC.net and select performances
Email boxoffice@dixiepac.net with school and attendance details
Receive confirmation and reservation number
Submit a 15% deposit to secure booking
Final payment due 4 weeks prior to performance
How to Reserve Seats
Applying for a Grant?
Information available at tnartscommission.org.
Mudslingers Pottery Studio
Mudslingers Pottery Studio offers immersive, hands-on experiences in ceramic arts that welcome participants into the full process of working with clay. From forming and shaping to glazing and firing, each experience is designed to introduce both the technical foundations and expressive possibilities of ceramics.
The studio environment encourages experimentation, patience, and discovery, allowing participants to develop confidence as they move from raw material to finished work.
Browse our upcoming workshops and classes to find the perfect pottery experience.
Core Techniques
Hand-building (pinch, coil, slab)
Wheel-throwing fundamentals
Glazing and surface design
Kiln firing and finishing processes
Experience Pathways
Studio-finished ceramic work
Optional personal finishing opportunities
All materials, tools, glazing, and firing included.
Access & Scholarships
K–12 scholarship support is available through the Solomon Lee DeVille Memorial Art Scholarship and Tennessee Arts Commission funding initiatives.
Click here to learn more.
Photography Program
The Photography Program invites participants to explore the world through the lens of visual storytelling. Through observation, composition, and guided practice, students learn to slow down and see more intentionally - discovering how meaning can be shaped through perspective, timing, and attention to detail.
Open to all experience levels, the program encourages both technical exploration and personal expression, allowing each participant to develop their own way of seeing and interpreting the world.
Perspective, Moment, Relationship, & Risk
Open to all skill levels. Any camera may be used, including phones and digital cameras. Emphasis is placed on observation, storytelling, and creative development.
Core Concepts & Approach
Summer Camps
The Dixie’s Summer Camps provide seasonal opportunities for students to engage in creative exploration across a variety of artistic disciplines. These programs are designed to be both educational and imaginative, giving participants space to try new skills, build confidence, and connect with the arts in a supportive environment.
Each camp experience is shaped by hands-on learning and guided instruction, encouraging students to explore creativity in meaningful and memorable ways throughout the summer.
Summer 2026 applications are open
Register according to Fall 2026 grade level
Pottery camps held at Mudslingers Pottery Studio
All other camps held at The Dixie Academic Enrichment Center (lower level entrance)
Enrollment Notes
Available for K–12 students through the Solomon Lee DeVille Memorial Art Scholarship. Scholarships have closed for the 2026 Summer camps and will reopen late Spring 2027.