Arts-Based Collaborative at UTC

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day from the Arts-Based Collaborative at UTC! 🌎🪇 The arts and nature go hand-in-hand. We are celebrating the Earth with East Ridge Elementary, where students are sharing about Chattanooga's history, the environment, and conservation through music, dance, theatre, and visual arts.

04/19/2026

So proud of our art students!! Congratulations on your success and achievements.

04/11/2026

04/11/2026

Come launch into space and build your own robot costume for the robot dance party!

HUGE NEWS: Your Saturday plans are officially set! 🛰️✨

Did you know that you can power electricity just by riding a bike? Or that you can program a robot to navigate a mission? Tomorrow, you can do all that and MORE at the Challenger STEM Learning Center!

We are so excited to host Spring into STEAM, a massive day of discovery for Chattanooga families. We’ve teamed up with some incredible partners to bring you a hands-on science playground right here at UTC.

Check out what’s waiting for you:

🎨 Creative Space: Paint your own planets and craft musical instruments.

🏎️ Engineering Lab: Build balloon-powered cars and construct giant towers.

✨Space Tours: Come take a ride in our unique shuttle simulator and tour the space station!

🤖 Tech Zone: Program VEX robots and join a dance party in full robot costumes!

⚡ Live Science: Power up electricity with our special generator bikes.

🚒 Community Heroes: Get an insider tour of a real Chattanooga Fire Department engine!

🌟 SPECIAL GUEST: Come meet Lyla from PBS Kids’ Lyla in the Loop! She’ll be here to help us problem-solve and get creative.

The Best Part?
It is COMPLETELY FREE!

✅ Free Admission
✅ Free Food
✅ Free Parking (Yes, even on campus!)

📍 Where: Challenger STEM Learning Center at UTC
📅 When: Tomorrow! 10am - 1pm
Don’t keep the fun to yourself—tag a fellow parent who needs a great (and free!) Saturday outing. We can’t wait to see our future Mocs in action! 🎓🏙️

Partners include Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, UTC Clarence T. Jones Observatory, UTC Chemistry, Arts-Based Collaborative at UTC, Arts Build, WTCI-Educate, and Tennessee Valley Authority

02/06/2026

Bring on the Spring!!

🌸 Spring into STEAM: A Family Adventure! 🌸

Looking for the perfect Saturday plan that’s fun, educational, and—best of all—completely FREE? Join us at the UTC Challenger STEM Learning Center for a day dedicated to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math!

We are teaming up with some incredible community partners to bring you hands-on activities that will spark curiosity in learners of all ages.

Event Highlights:

🚀 Explore the Skies: Connect with the Rocket Mocs and the UTC Clarence T. Jones Observatory.

🧪 Science in Action: Dive into experiments with UTC Chemistry.

🎨 Get Creative: Hands-on fun with the Arts-Based Collaborative at UTC and Arts Build.

🚂 Local Legends: Meet our friends from the Chattanooga Fire Department, Tennessee Valley Authority and the Valley Railroad Museum.

The Details:

📅 When: Saturday, April 11th | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

📍 Where: 755 Mocs Alumni Dr., Chattanooga, TN 37403

💰 Cost: FREE Admission, FREE Parking, and FREE Snacks & Drinks!

How to Join Us:

🔗 Register Here: https://forms.gle/Hd22DyUogDqGdFUt5 or scan the QR code on the flyer!

We want to know: Which partner station are you most excited to visit? Let us know in the comments below! 👇

12/18/2025

UTC, among so many other wonderful organizations, have specialty license plates. Choosing one will support both that organization and arts programs!

🎨Support the Arts Across Tennessee—One License Plate at a Time🚗

Did you know that when you purchase a Tennessee specialty license plate, you’re directly investing in arts and cultural opportunities in all 95 counties across the state? Proceeds from these plates help fund arts education and programming for schools, nonprofit organizations, and public institutions statewide.

For ArtsBuild, this support makes a meaningful difference! Thanks to this funding we’re able to expand access to creative experiences that enrich lives and strengthen community connections throughout Chattanooga - Hamilton County.

You can help sustain arts funding across Tennessee. Stop by your county clerk’s office and purchase a specialty license plate today!

Learn more about how your plate supports the arts at https://www.tn4arts.org/

10/28/2025

What a pleasure spending time with these sweet potato gardeners! Many thanks to Farmer Bruce Blohm, St. Paul's Episcopal Church Chattanooga, and Mr. E!

10/10/2025

STEAM Fest! Come play with the ABC Teaching Artists! We will be making disc paintings, moon walking with Jennifer Daniels Neal, and flowing through space with Ms. Tangles along with touring the Challenger and exploring rockets!!

10/10/2025

STEAM Fest! Come play with the ABC Teaching Artists! We will be making disc paintings, moonwalking with , and flowing through space with Ms. Tangles along with touring the Challenger and exploring rockets!!

10/10/2025

STEAM Fest! Come play with the ABC Teaching Artists! We will be making disc paintings, jamming out with Jennifer Daniels Neal, and flowing through space with Ms. Tangles along with touring the Challenger and exploring rockets!!

10/07/2025

Supporting the Arts-Based Collaborative on Mocs Give Day allows us to bring the arts to classrooms around you. When the arts are integrated with non-arts curriculum, both educators and students benefit from more enjoyable learning experiences. 🟡🔵 Help us enrich more classrooms! Follow this link to support our programs, and choose "Southeast Center for Education in the Arts" on this 6th annual Mocs Give Day: https://giving.utc.edu/mocs-give-day-2025