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The Mission of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge is to enhance the quality of life in our community through the arts.

The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge was developed to coordinate, promote, develop, support and encourage cultural and creative activities in the Greater Baton Rouge Area through:

ƒ A united fund drive for businesses and individuals and an allocations procedure for the support of cultural organizations

ƒ Services to the community, cultural organizations and individuals

ƒ Educational services through parish, private and parochial schools

ƒ Receipt and granting of government funds

ƒ Advocacy for cultural aspects of the community

Board, Advisory Members and Staff

Arts Council Board Officers 2009‐2010

Margaret Tooke, Chair Matt Saurage, Vice Chair Gus Levy, Treasurer Rachel DiResto, Secretary Scott Berg, Immediate Past Chair Fran Reeher & Keith Short, Community Funds for the Arts Committee Co‐Chairs Mary Boston and Michaela York, Development Committee Co‐Chairs Cheri Ausberry, Nomination and Board Development Committee Co‐Chair Michaela York, Nomination and Board Development Committee Co‐Chair

Arts Council Board Members 2009‐2010 (non‐officers)

Michael Albritton, Peter Couhig, Mark Drennen, Donovan Hudson, Michael Loveless, Julio Melara, Munzer Qaddourah, Ralph Stephens, Katie R. Sternberg and Donna West

Arts Council Advisory Members

Lee Michael Berg, John G. Davies, Jay Dardenne, Jr., Mary Frey Eaton, Dr. William L. Jenkins, Willie C. Johnson, Mary Terrell Joseph, Charles A. Landry, Charles W. Lamar, III, Raymond G. “Skipper” Post, Jr., Mary Ann Sternberg, and Dr. Leon R. Tarver.

Arts Council Staff

Derek E. Gordon, CEO Katherine Scherer, Deputy Director Sandy Dokka Parfait, Asst. to the Deputy Director & Gallery Curator Toni Brown, Arts Education & Community School for the Arts Director Laura Larkin, Grants & Community Development Director Robin McAndrew, Community School for the Arts Coordinator & Office Manger Jonathan Grimes, Programs Assistant Linda White, Financial Director Maureen Joyce, Marketing Director Fairleigh Cook Jackson, CFA Campaign Director

Letter from the CEO The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge discovered 2009/2010 to be a year full of challenges and opportunities. As both the local and national communities began the process of recovery, the Council experienced significant funding reductions from the State and other sources. However, we were fortunate to be awarded a special grant from the National Endowment for the Arts that helped stabilize our administrative budget and provided an additional $200,000 in support to core community arts organizations in an effort to preserve jobs in the arts.

Artistically, the Council excelled with an exceptional River City Jazz Masters series, packed with A‐list talent like Wynton Marsalis, Ahmed Jamal, Paquito D’Rivera and Kurt Elling. Debbie Allen produced another sell‐out production with “Just Dance,” which was presented for the first time at the Manship Theatre. Sunday in the Park, The Listening Room and the Sounds of Summer all contributed to an extraordinary array of opportunities for our residents to experience the arts first hand.

Our partnership with the East Baton Rouge Parish School System continued with a variety of professional development opportunities and residency programs at selected schools throughout the district. The Community School for the arts offered holiday camps and special classes for young people and adults, and we continued our partnership with the National Guild for Community Arts Education, which provides art lessons for senior citizens in collaboration with the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging.

There were abundant opportunities for artists to feature their work through the Baton Rouge Arts Market, FestForAll, The Community Gallery and a variety of special projects that promote local artists and engage the public in the process of viewing art.

We are most grateful to our sponsors for their continued support, including Mayor Kip Holden and the Metro Council, The Irene W and C.B. Pennington Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, and many other sponsors who will be recognized in the following pages. We are also very grateful to our members. Your participation as audience members and contributors to cultural programs will sustain culture in our community. We have so much that we can be proud of and none of it would be possible without your help.

2010/2011 will offer even more challenges for the Arts Council and for the arts in general. With your continued support, we are confident that the arts will not only survive, but will also thrive in the coming year.

Sincerely

Derek E. Gordon

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Table of Contents

PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

Public Programming Sounds of Summer Sunday in the Park The Listening Room

Artist Services Baton Rouge Arts Market Community Gallery Get a Kick Out of Art Red Stick Sounds

Signature Events Debbie Allen Dance Residency FestForAll Laurel Street Palooza River City Jazz Masters

Arts Education

Grants

Public Programs Sounds of Summer Sounds of Summer was a music series on Friday nights and selected weekends designed to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of East Baton Rouge Parish. This series was supported by the Mayor‐President and Metro Council and gave residents a fun, cultural summertime activity to enjoy. The Sounds of Summer concert series started on June 11th with the great New Orleans brass funk of Bonerama and concluded with the rollicking Zydeco accordion of Lil Malcolm and the House Rockers. The crowds dined and danced with everyone from relative newcomers like Mia Borders to the reigning queen of the bayou herself, Marcia Ball. Twelve concerts in all with two at the Pennington Balloon Festival and two special Discover Baton Rouge Day concerts on Sundays which featured Ben Bell and the Stardust Boys and 484 South. Other performers in the series included Big Sam’s Funky Nation, After 8 and Eric Lindell. Along with local museums and theaters, these concerts celebrated the creative energy and relentless spirit of East Baton Rouge Parish.

Sunday in the Park Sunday in the Park celebrated its fourth year of free concerts downtown at the Shaw Center for the Arts. These concerts take place from noon until three on Sundays and bring families out to dine, dance and enjoy excellent music. The fall 2009 concert series included Cedric Watson, the Joe Krown Trio with Walter Wolfman Washington and Russell Batiste, Jr, Streamline, Greg Hayden and Vintage, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue. In the spring of 2010, the six concert series included Fete Louisiane ‐ Cedric Watson and Feufollet, Tyler Kinchen Group, 484 South, Eden Brent, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue and Phat Hat.

The Listening Room The Listening Room Series is a series of free jazz concerts is presented in the Lyceum located in the heart of downtown Baton Rouge on Third Street. The series gives up and coming Jazz musicians the opportunity to perform for a live audience. The series also features accomplished guest artists. The 2009/2010 season included the internationally recognized Yaron Herman Trio and two concerts featuring the compositions of NEA Jazz Masters, Ahmad Jamal and Paquito D’Rivera. This season also presented a special Holiday Listening Room in December with the well‐known and respected Vanessa Rubin.

Artist Services The Baton Rouge Arts Market When the Arts Market began in 1998, eleven artists participated. Since then, it has seen tremendous growth, regularly featuring up to 90 artists on any given Arts Market Saturday. Over the years, it has showcased the talents and gifts of hundreds of artists. The Arts Market provides a place to witness artistic experimentation and features a wide variety of exceptional, hand‐crafted work. The Arts Market is an open‐air market and cultural event that is a consistent and reliable source of livelihood for the participating artists. The Arts Market takes place the first Saturday of each month from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon at 5th and Main Streets. The Arts Market is held in conjunction with the Red Stick Farmers Market and the Main Street Market.

The Arts Council’s Community Gallery Generously supported by Matt and Catherine Saurage, The Arts Council’s Community Gallery is committed to offering rich and diverse cultural experiences to the Baton Rouge community through the presentation of regional, national and international artists’ work. Located in the heart of Downtown Baton Rouge, The Community Gallery is located in the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge at 427 Laurel Street. In 2009/2010, the 1700 square foot gallery displayed the work of several local professional and emerging artists, including a special Passport to Italy group show, a partnership with Habitat for Humanity with a Recycled Art Auction, An Artful Holiday exhibition and a juried show of portraiture entitled Facing Forward.

Get a Kick Out of Art Get a Kick Out of Art gave artists an opportunity to celebrate Baton Rouge on soccer balls. Each participating artist received a stipend and a soccer ball. Various Baton Rouge and Louisiana themes and visual statements were presented on each ball. All twenty balls were presented during FestForAll and then featured in area restaurants during the Baton Rouge Soccer Associations National Summer Tournament. The soccer balls received votes from visitors to the restaurants and each ball was presented to a lucky winner. This was a unique event celebrating and combining the talents of visual artists and soccer enthusiasts with the amazing food of Baton Rouge.

Red Stick Sounds The Red Stick Sounds CD was produced by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and 225 Magazine with support from the Baton Rouge Convention and Visitors Bureau and Presonus. The CD is a compilation of donated cuts from musicians who are from Baton Rouge or have been influenced by Baton Rouge, including local favorites such as Henry Gray, Chris Thomas King and Wess Warmdaddy Anderson. CDs are available for purchase at the Arts Council and at a variety of area locations. Music samples from the CD may also be downloaded from the 225 Magazine website.

Signature Events Debbie Allen Dance Residency Debbie Allen gives Baton Rouge dancers an opportunity to shine! Debbie Allen brings her skill and famed choreography to the Baton Rouge community. Local dancers work with Debbie Allen and Ms. Allen’s professional dancers and choreographers in exciting original productions. For the past three years, the Arts Council has been able to partner with the acclaimed Ms. Allen on three Baton Rouge productions, Brothers of the Knight, Dreams and Just Dance. The most recent, Just Dance, was presented in the Manship Theatre with six sold‐out performances and highlighted the talents of over seventy local dancers.

FestForAll A Baton Rouge tradition, this fun and family friendly art and music festival is an exciting opportunity for residents and visitors! FestForAll 2010 took place May 1‐2. Attendees shopped for original artwork made by almost 100 local and national juried artists. Each artist sold an average of $1,800 in artwork. In addition to an exceptional representation of fine arts and crafts, the festival also featured artist demonstrations, kid’s art activities and performances in Children’s Village, live music from blues to classical, performing arts, and a variety of Louisiana cuisines.

Located in downtown Baton Rouge, FestForAll is dispersed along historic oak‐lined North Boulevard providing one of the most beautiful settings in the South for a weekend outdoor arts celebration and takes place the first weekend of May.

FestForAll has a distinguished 30‐year history garnering a reputation as one of Louisiana’s premier arts events attended by thousands. The distinguished judge for FestForAll 2010 was Joe Bova, emeritus director of the LSU ceramics department and the current chair of the International Institute of Ceramic Art.

Laurel Street Palooza The Laurel Street Palooza, the best street party in town, celebrates the arts in Baton Rouge with lively bands, a first‐class silent auction, and great food and spirits. This annual fundraiser celebrates the arts and the best in our community. Each year, two community leaders who have demonstrated consistent support for the arts are honored as royalty as King and Queen to reign over the event. The King and Queen for 2010 were John Noland and Mary Terrell Joseph who reigned over Baton Rouge’s first official flash mob. The spontaneous dance event had over 200 dancers in the street dancing in unison to celebrate the arts and community spirit.

River City Jazz Masters The River City Jazz Masters celebrated its third season. In 2009/2010, the four concert Jazz series featured an exciting line‐up including Kurt Elling, today’s preeminent male jazz singer, Ahmad Jamal, legendary pianist and composer, the internationally acclaimed, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra featuring Wynton Marsalis, and the uniquely Cuban styles of Paquito D’Rivera. The Arts Council was proud to present this impressive series of master performers reflecting the spirit of their music with its eclectic innovation and improvisation that make Jazz a uniquely exciting experience for both the performer and spectator. This last season introduced a new venue for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performance, which was presented in the River Center Theatre for the Performing Arts. The other three presentations in the series were presented in the intimate and acoustically stunning Manship Theatre. The River City Jazz Masters series is presented by the Arts Council in collaboration with the River City Jazz Coalition, a group of local jazz enthusiasts committed to bringing the best artists the Jazz world has to offer to Baton Rouge audiences. Contributors to the Coalition include CJ Blanche and Sherri McConnell, Joyce and Gary Dennis, Maria and Brian Despinasse II, Leo and Gwendolyn Hamilton, Tim and Stacy Hardy, Cornelius and Karen Lewis, The John and Virginia Noland Fund, Albert and Roberta Sam and The Josef Sternberg Memorial Fund.

Arts Education

The Arts Education Mission is to improve the quality of life for all citizens through comprehensive arts and education opportunities in our schools and communities. The Arts Education Program provides educational services and workshops within our eleven‐parish region. Designed to integrate the arts into our schools and community, the Arts Education Program includes:

ƒ School Readiness Through the Arts (Pre‐K, K) ƒ Learning Through the Arts (3rd‐5th) ƒ Artist Residencies (K‐12) ƒ Professional Development for Artists & Teachers as a Kennedy Center Partners in Education team with the East Baton Rouge Parish School System ƒ Poetry Out Loud (9th‐12th), a program of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation ƒ Community Outreach programs ƒ Community School for the Arts programs: Fall and Spring Courses and Workshops for adults, teens and children, technical assistance for artists, holiday programs, summer programs, Birthday Arties and Happy Hour Art

Arts Education programs are led by members of the Arts Council’s Community Artists Roster. Members are selected by a panel process based on their degree of professionalism and teaching abilities.

In 2009/2010, the Arts Education Program served approximately 7,971 students, teachers, and artists, representing 2,409 hours of instruction and professional development programs.

Significant to the program's growth and development in 2009/2010 include the following efforts:

ƒ Development and implementation of a two‐day Performing Arts Institute for performing arts teaching artists, arts specialists, classroom teachers, and administrators – 27 participants

ƒ Implementation of 2 Music Education and 1 Performing Arts professional development workshops for teachers in Point Coupee, Tangipahoa and Washington Parishes serving 68 arts specialists, teaching artists and classroom teachers

ƒ Continued development, strengthening our partnership with the East Baton Rouge Parish School System through: the Kennedy Center’s Partners in Education Program which provides 6 professional development workshops for arts specialists, classroom teachers and teaching artists serving 54 participants from 38 schools

ƒ Student Performance Opportunities at FestForAll. These student performances were a result of the Arts Education programs Learning through the Arts and School Readiness Through the Arts Programs.

ƒ Coordination of the Poetry Out Loud program, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, in collaboration with the Louisiana Division of the Arts – The program piloted in 2006 and served 4 high schools in Baton Rouge. 2010 program partners included the Louisiana Division of the Arts, the Arts Council of Southwest Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish Arts Council and Big Buddy’s WordPlay program. The program was implemented in 31 schools and home schools and provided approximately 50 hours of instruction to 877 students and 40 teachers in the parishes of Allen, Ascension, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Jeff Davis, Natchitoches, Orleans, St. Charles, St. Tammany, Terrebonne and Webster

Arts Education Funding

The Arts Education program is made possible through funding and/or in‐kind support from the following: Baton Rouge Earth Day, East Baton Rouge Parish School System, Happi Llandiers Inc., National Guild of Community Schools/MetLife Foundation, William Edwin Montan Charitable Trust, Zachary School System, Louisiana State Arts Council through the Louisiana Division of the Arts and National Endowment of the Arts, Baton Rouge Mayor‐President Kip Holden, the Metropolitan Council, contributors to the Community Fund for the Arts Campaign and members of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge.

• The Dana Foundation $40,000 • East Baton Rouge Parish School System/General Fund $35,000 • Louisiana State Arts Council through the Louisiana Division of the Arts And National Endowment of the Arts $20,000 • East Baton Rouge Parish School System/Magnet Fund $19,625 • East Baton Rouge Parish School System/Louisiana State

Arts Council through the Louisiana Division of the Arts And National Endowment of the Arts $10,305 • National Guild for Community Arts Education/MetLife Foundation $6,000 • William Edwin Montan Charitable Trust $5,000 • Zachary Community School District $2,923 • Happi Llandiers/Decentralized Arts Funding $1,704 • Baton Rouge Earth Day $705.00

Arts Education Program Partners

East Baton Rouge Parish: Audubon Elementary, Baker High School, Belaire High School, Baton Rouge Center for Visual & Performing Arts, Baton Rouge Earth Day, Baton Rouge Little Theater, Baton Rouge Magnet High, Belfair Montessori Magnet, Capitol High School, Catholic High, Child Nutrition Building, Christa McAuliffe Building, Dufrocq School, East Baton Rouge Laboratory Academy, East Baton Rouge Parish School System, East Baton Rouge Parish School System Magnet Programs, Highland Elementary, Louisiana State Museum, Louisiana State University Laboratory High School, McKinley Alumni, McKinley High, Northwest Elementary, Progress Elementary, Riveroaks Elementary, Runnels High, St. Joseph’s Academy, Villa del Rey Elementary, Woodlawn Elementary, Zachary Elementary, Zachary High, Zachary School System Allen Parish: Allen Parish Library – home school Ascension Parish: Dutchtown High School Calcasieu Parish: Bell City High School, Calcasieu Parish Central Library – home school, Sulphur High School Iberville Parish: Math, Science, and Arts Academy Jeff Davis Parish: Lake Arthur High School Natchitoches: Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts Orleans Parish: St. Mary’s Dominican High School Pointe Coupee: Pointe Coupee School Board ‐ Professional Development St. Charles Parish: Destrahan High School St. Tammany Parish: Covington High School, Dutchtown High School, Fountainebleau High School, Mandeville High School, Northshore High School, Pearl River High School, Salmen High School, Slidell High School Tangipahoa Parish: Hammond Westside Primary School, Hammond School System – Professional Development Terrebonne Parish: HL Bourgeois High School, Terrebonne High School Washington Parish: Washington Parish School System, Washington Parish Special Education Auditorium – Professional Development Webster Parish: Glenbrook School West Feliciana Parish: Happi Llandiers Inc.

Community School for the Arts

The Arts Council’s Community School for Arts offers fun learning experiences for all ages outside of a school setting. The Community School for the Arts was founded in 2005 as a part of the Arts Education Department and offers innovative art learning programs and workshops for youth and adults. Instructors for the Community School are professional artists from the Greater Baton Rouge area. ….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

In 2006 the Community School’s Spring Arts Blast had 15 registered children. In 2007 there were 42 registered participants. Since then, both the Summer and Holiday Arts Blasts continue to maintain a constant enrollment and show steady growth with a 2010 total enrollment of 235 students.

In addition to the growth of the ever‐popular Arts Blasts, the Community School has grown from offering only a Home School Arts class in 2005 to a variety of classes and workshops for all ages in our community including pre‐school children, teens, adults and seniors. 2010 classes included the popular Clay Creations, Adult Improv and Creative Writing; The Community School began hosting workshops for artists in 2009 with the Susan Brunner series and continued in 2010 with Community Workshops for Artists. All were designed to educate and promote area artists. Beginning in 2010 Birthday Arties for children and Happy Hour Art for adults added fun and variety to the CSA line‐up.

In 2009, CSA was awarded a grant through the MetLife Foundation and National Guild for Community Arts Education. In collaboration with the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging, the Community School for the Arts is now offering painting classes for older adults with a growth of 15 participants in the spring of 2009 to a current enrollment of 38.

Grants

Grants & Community Development Department

The Grants & Community Development Department is responsible for awarding competitive grants for exceptional arts and cultural programming that benefits our community’s quality of life and economic development. The Department also provides technical assistance to applicants and other arts organizations, manages arts advocacy work, and produces the weekly Arts Council Radio Show broadcasting each Sunday at 7am on all Clear Channel stations. In 2009/2010 the Department awarded $628,771 through 110 grants to 62 organizations throughout our 11 parishes.

Types of Grants

1. Local Project Assistance Grants Funded by the EBRP Mayor‐President and Metro Council

The Local Project Assistance Grant (PAG) program is designed to respond to the needs of nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, to promote artistic collaboration, and to provide the citizens of Greater Baton Rouge with diverse cultural offerings of excellence. There are 2 rounds each year.

Local Project Assistance Grants, Round 55 (Fall 2009) Grantee Project Award Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community & Africentric Focus/MAAT Study Group $925 Culture Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre ABTII Performance & Master Class $1,259 The Louisiana Heritage Pavilion at the 2010 Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs $1,135 International Heritage Celebration Baton Rouge Gallery The Second Annual Surreal Salon $1,079 Baton Rouge Little Theater Camelot $1,177 Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Young People's Music Discovery Concerts $1,326 Foundation for Historical Louisiana Magnolia's Memories VII $1,289 "Sojourner Truth is My Name" ‐ Dramatic Friends of Magnolia Mound Plantation $1,018 Presentation Historic Spanish Town Civic Association Spanish Town Celebrates the Arts $825 Louisiana Art & Science Museum The Curious World of Patent Models $1,333 Louisiana Sinfonietta World Folk Music Concert $1,180 McMains Children's Developmental Center Capable Arts 2010 $1,307 New Venture Theatre Smokey Joe's Café $1,270 Of Moving Colors Drum Dances $1,337 Opening Doors Louisiana's Musical Heritage $1,106 Playmakers 2010 Spring Elementary School Tour $1,396 Swine Palace A Doll's House $1,162 The Arc Baton Rouge Arts Exploration $1,244 35th Anniversary, DeBose Fine Arts: School & The DeBose Foundation $1,132 Community TOTAL $22,500

Local Project Assistance Grants, Round 56 (Spring 2010)

Grantee Project Award Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre Youth Ballet "Coppelia" Summer Tour $1,339 Ballet For Children "Into the Swamp: Healthy Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre Choices Win" $1,242 Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Lousiana Youth Orchestras $1,570 Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Young People's Music Discovery Concert Series $1,238 Beauregard Town Civic Association Beauregard Town Audio Tour $1,409 2010 Heritage Lecture and Preservation Salon Foundation for Historical Louisiana Series $1,112 Tradition/Innovation American Masterpieces of Louisiana Art & Science Museum Southern Craft and Traditional Art $1,301 Louisiana Art & Science Museum Keith Sonnier: Sculptor of Light $1,546 Louisiana Sinfonietta A Concert of Music by Bach, Dvorak and Haydn $1,361 Louisiana Sinfonietta Mozart‐Music for the Violin $1,280 2010 Missoula Children's Theatre Summer Manship Theatre Residency $1,044 New Venture Theatre New Venture Theatre presents Dreamgirls $1,148 New Venture Theatre New Venture Theatre presents Smokey Joe's Café $1,185 Of Moving Colors Productions National Dance Week 2010 $1,466 Scotlandville High School Annual Community Blues Festival $1,523 Hornets Alumni Assn Swine Palace Productions Noel Coward's Design for Living $1,370 Swine Palace Productions William Shakespeare's King Lear $1,366 TOTAL $22,500

2. Multicultural Organization Grant Funded by the EBRP Mayor‐President and Metro Council

The Multicultural Organization Grant (MC) program is designed to improve the ability of multicultural organizations to develop and provide public arts programming that reflects their ethnicity, and to attract larger audiences for their artistic endeavors. There is 1 round each year.

Multi Cultural Organization Grants, Round 47 (Spring 2009) Grantee Project Award Africentric Focus/MAAT Study Group Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community, and Culture $717 BR Center for World Affairs Ethnic Music & Dance for the International Heritage Celebration $1,056 DeBose Foundation DeBose Outreach: School & Community $923 New Venture Theatre New Venture Theatre Presents The Wiz $1,104 UpStage Theatre Company Mahalia: Principles and Purpose $1,200 TOTAL $5,000

3. Charles Lamar Family Foundation Manship Theatre Subsidy Grant Funded by the Charles Lamar Family Foundation

The Charles Lamar Family Foundation Manship Theatre Subsidy Grant is designed to subsidize half the Manship Theatre rental costs for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations domiciled in East Baton Rouge Parish. Rolling deadline.

Charles Lamar Family Foundation Manship Theatre Subsidy Grants, FY10 Grantee Project Award Opera Louisiane and All That Jazz with Opera Louisiane Special Guests Bill Grimes and Willis Deloney $2,045 Of Moving Colors Aqua $3,500 Central Community Theatre Footloose $3,500 TOTAL $9,045

4. Decentralized Arts Funding Funded by the Louisiana Legislature

The Louisiana Decentralized Arts Funding Program provides a system to fund arts and cultural projects in every parish of the state. Funds are allocated to each parish on a per capita basis and administered by a Regional Development Agency. The Arts Council serves as the RDA for our 11 parishes. As applicants compete only with other organizations in their parish, decisions about cultural priorities are made locally. DAF makes the arts available in all areas of the state by giving arts organizations, nonprofit organizations, community groups, and local government agencies in each parish the opportunity to develop arts programs that meet their local needs. There is 1 round each year.

Parish Grantee Project Award Ascension Ascension Community Theatre Organizational Support $16,953 Ascension Youth for Real Summer Odyssey Art Camp $9,797 Ascension River Region Art Association Awesome Art in Autumn Gardens $11,062 EBR Of Moving Colors Organizational Support $14,746 EBR Baton Rouge Gallery Organizational Support $13,327 EBR DeBose Foundation Organizational Support $9,991 EBR CultureCandy Organizational Support $5,133 EBR Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre Organizational Support $17,603 EBR Playmakers Organizational Support $16,551 EBR Salvation Army School for the Performing Arts $9,528 The Library Provides Great Value in EBR EBRP Library Tough Economic Times! $8,584 EBR New Delta Review Delta Mouth Arts Festival $891 Tabby's Hoodoo Party and 21st Century EBR Manship Theatre Blues Symposium $9,064 2009‐10 SAF's Southern Circuit Tour of $2,951 EBR Manship Theatre Independent Filmmakers EBR Heritage Spirituals ‐ Lift Every Voice $3,511 Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert EBR Opera Louisiane Humperdinck $9,800 Opera Louisiane with Special Guests EBR Opera Louisiane Bill Grimes and Willis Deloney $1,760 Sharon Engelstein and Aaron Parazette EBR LSU School of Art Multi‐media Art Exhibition $4,680 Eight Fluid Ounces 2010 ‐ National EBR LSU School of Art Juried ceramic Cup Exhibition $3,165

Music from All Periods to Be Presented $8,305 EBR Louisiana Sinfonietta to Every Citizen in Baton Rouge EBR Baton Rouge Little Theatre The Elephant Man $5,098 Baton Rouge Center for World EBR Affairs 2010 International Heritage Celebration $9,969 EBR Baton Rouge Music Club Chorus It's About Time $5,156 Actors Theatre of Louisville ‐ The Cherry EBR LSU Theatre Sisters Revisited $3,275 Louisiana Art and Science Almost Alice: New Illustrations of EBR Museum Wonder Land by Maggie Taylor $8,804 East Feliciana Audubon Regional Library Make Waves at Your Library! $4,000 Celebration: Integrating the Arts at East Feliciana Jackson Middle School Jackson Middle School $4,700 Make a Splash @ the Iberville Parish Iberville Iberville Parish Library System Library $6,602 Central Iberville Community Iberville Complex Bringing Arts Alive for Youth $2,758 Iberville City of St. Gabriel Sharing Arts Experience $4,171 Livingston Livingston Parish Library Summer Reading Program 2010 $6,310 Livingston Tri‐Parish Ballet The Nutcracker $6,500 Livingston Parish Children's Summer Music Camps for Children Livingston Choirs (K‐12th Grades) $9,280 Livingston Tri‐Parish Ballet Alice in Wonderland $4,225 Baton Rouge Symphony to Perform Community Concert for Livingston Livingston Livingston Parish Arts Council Parish $19,311 Julien Poydras Museum & Arts Pointe Coupee Council 2010 Performing Arts Series $5,060 Julien Poydras Museum & Arts Pointe Coupee Council (JPMAC) Survival Success $4,289 St Helena Audubon Regional Library Make Waves at Your Library! $4,287 Tangipahoa Hammond Regional Art Center Organizational Support $8,619 Tangipahoa Octavian Foundation for the Arts Organizational Support $7,941 American Place Theatre's Literature to Tangipahoa SLU Development Foundation Life Program: Flight $978 Tangipahoa Parish School System Tangipahoa Talented Theatre Building Self‐Esteem Through the Arts $9,880 Make a Splash ‐ Read at the Tangipahoa Tangipahoa Tangipahoa Parish Library Parish Libraries $6,159 Tangipahoa Voluntary Council on Tangipahoa Aging Senior Center Art Class $6,879 Tangipahoa Hammond Art Guild Adult Art Camp $4,041 Washington YMCA of Bogalusa YMCA After‐School Art Program $8,878 Washington Economic Washington Development Foundation Children's Art Camp $2,580 Washington Washington Parish Library Make a Splash ‐ Read! $7,185 West Baton New Beginnings Community $4,239 Rouge Development Corp Project AIM (Arts in Motion) West Baton West Baton Rouge Historical Rouge Association SugarFest $4,800 West Feliciana West Feliciana Parish Library Make a Splash ‐ READ. $1,295

Friends of the West Feliciana The 4th Annual Celebration of Writers West Feliciana Parish Library and Readers Symposium $670 St. Francisville Symphony West Feliciana Association Project Music $2,888 West Feliciana Happi Llandiers The Majestic Arts $1,497 TOTAL $369,726

5. Greater Baton Rouge Arts Economic Recovery Grant – Federal Stimulus

In addition to the 4 regular Arts Council grants listed above, in 2010 the Arts Council re‐granted $200,000 in Federal Stimulus funds to preserve and protect nonprofit arts jobs threatened with elimination by the economic downturn. The Arts Council was honored to be 1 of 3 organizations in Louisiana who were awarded this funding through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Federal Stimulus), awarded competitively through the National Endowment for the Arts. Nonprofit organizations were awarded funds competitively in a special, one‐time only grant. Sixty‐nine full‐time, part‐time, and contract positions, with a full‐time equivalent of 8.03 jobs, were preserved.

Grantee Award #Jobs Of Moving Colors $20,000 3 The DeBose Foundation, Inc. $4,500 3 Mid City Dance Project $19,500 3 Louisiana Art and Science Museum $20,000 2 Playmakers $20,000 1 Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra $20,000 1 Baton Rouge Little Theatre $20,000 2 LSU Museum of Art $19,277 1 Baton Rouge Gallery $13,800 2 Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre $20,000 45 Opera Louisiane $3,231 1 Swine Palace $19,692 2 SUBTOTAL $200,000 TOTAL $200,000 66

Financial Support Details Financial Trends Assets as of June 30, 2010

Liabilities & Net Assets as of June 30, 2010

Working Capital as of June 30, 2010

Financial Trends continued

Revenue as of June 30, 2010

Expenses as of June 30, 2010

Individual Membership ‐ 2009

Corporate Sponsorships All Star Automotive Group, Amedisys, Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, Capital One Bank, CHASE, Coca‐Cola, Community Coffee, Cox, Entergy, IberiaBank, Ireen W. and C.B. Pennington, Junior League of Baton Rouge, LA Lottery, La Capitol Federal Credit Union, LAMAR, Lee Michael’s, Louisiana Division of the Arts, LouisianaTravel.com, McGlinchey Stafford, Mockler Beverage, The Office of the Mayor – President, Performance Contractors, Inc., Presonus, River City Jazz Coalition, Saurage Commercial Real Estate, SGS Petroleum Service Corporation, Southern Arts Federation, Taylor Porter, Turner Industries, Vespa and Wampold Companies

In‐kind Support 225 Magazine, The Advocate, Around Town TV Show, AT&T Real Yellowpages, Country Roads, Downtown Development District, EBR COA, Fox 44, Gospel Music Channel, Hilton Capitol Center, Louisiana Homes and Gardens, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, The Manship Theatre, National Endowment for the Arts, River Center, The Riverside Reader, Shaw Center, Sheraton Baton Rouge, Stroubies, Town Favorites, WAFB, WBRZ, Whole Foods, WRKF and WVLA 33

Community Fund for the Arts The Community Fund for the Arts (CFA) is a united fundraising campaign that provides operational support to 14 arts organizations in Baton Rouge. The CFA, led by a Cabinet of business and community leaders, helps keep dancers on their toes, actors strutting across the stage, and the citizens of the Capital City immersed in culture. We appreciate the CFA Cabinet and the CFA Board Committee for their dedication, hard work and commitment. Funds raised through the 2010 CFA Campaign will be allocated using the extensive allocations formula implemented in 2009.

2010 Community Fund for the Arts Campaign The CFA celebrated its 25th year serving the arts community in Baton Rouge. Julie Dickinson chaired the 2010 Campaign, which exceeded $404,000. The dedicated volunteer Cabinet raised funds through personal and corporate asks, and foundation support. In addition, the CFA participated in several Workplace Giving programs in the community.

2010 CFA Campaign Cabinet Julie Dickinson, Chair ‐ Community Activist Michael Albritton ‐ Albritton Investments Scott Berg ‐ Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Marvin Borgmeyer ‐ ExxonMobil Sue Anne Kleinpeter Cox ‐ Kleinpeter Farms Dairy Darian Chustz ‐ BR Coca‐Cola Bottling Co. John D’Angelo ‐ Investar Bank Mary Durusau – Louisiana’s Old State Capitol Dede S. Ferrara ‐ Ferrara and Ferrara Cordell Haymon ‐ SGS Petroleum Service Corp Angel Hebert ‐ Coldwell Banker One John E. Jackson ‐ Launch Media Mary Terrell Joseph ‐ McGlinchey Stafford Jeff Koonce ‐ Phelps Dunbar Julio Melara ‐ Baton Rouge Business Report Kim Morgan ‐ Community Activist Molly Quinn ‐ McGehee Properties Tina Rance ‐ Hilton BR Capitol Center Franceen Reeher ‐ Community Activist Gracie Rigell ‐ Community Activist Fay Reitz ‐ Community Activist H.N.“Hank” Saurage IV ‐ Saurage Commercial Real Estate J. Keith Short ‐ IberiaBank Andy St. Romain ‐ Jones Walker Ralph Stephens ‐ Postlethwaite & Nettervile Katie R. Sternberg ‐ The Marketing Source LLC Margaret L. Tooke ‐ Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips Roxane Voorhies ‐ Community Activist

Derek Gordon, CEO ‐ Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Fairleigh Cook Jackson ‐ CFA Campaign Director

Admissions and Allocations Funds raised through the 2010 CFA Campaign will be allocated using the extensive allocations formula implemented in 2009. This process allows for a fair allocation of non‐designated funds raised, based on the budget size of each member organization. Further, each of the 14 member organizations re‐applied for membership, and has been granted admission based on outstanding programming, fiscal health, and their dedication to serving the community through the arts. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our 2010 Admissions and Allocations Committee.

2010 Admissions and Allocations Committee Astrid Clements – appointee of the Baton Rouge Area Gerri Hobdy – appointee of the BRAF Chamber Virginia Noland – community activist Allison Doherty – financial reviewer Mary Ann Sternberg – community activist

2009 – 2010 Workplace Giving The CFA would like to extend special thanks to our 2010 Workplace Giving donors from the following area businesses: ƒ Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D’Armond, McCowan ƒ McGlinchey Stafford ƒ Louisiana Companies ƒ Phelps Dunbar ƒ Louisiana State University ƒ Postlethwaite & Netterville

2009 – 2010 Bistro for a Cause This year, each of the 14 member organizations of the CFA was invited to participate in a CFA Bistro for a Cause fundraiser hosted by Bistro Byronz. The event provided an opportunity to educate the community about the CFA organizations, raise designated CFA funds for each organization, and provided a place for CFA organizations and supporters to celebrate the arts in our community.

Individual 2009‐2010CFA donations

The success of our campaign is possible by the many companies and individuals in our community who are truly dedicated to preserving our important arts and cultural organizations. For more information on our member organizations, giving levels, and our donors, please visit www.brcfa.org.