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Annual Report2014 TEN YEARS OFBUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGHANNUAL THEREPORT 2014 ARTS-15 ABOUT AANM CELEBRATING its 10th Anniversary Year from May 15 2015 through May 2016, the Arab American National - Museum (AANM) documents, preserves and presents the history, culture and contributions of Arab Americans. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, amid one of the largest concentrations of Arab Americans in the country, AANM remains the only museum of its type in the United States. It presents exhibitions and public programs in southeast Michigan and in major cities across the nation. 2014 AANM is southeastern Michigan’s only Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. In 2008, the Museum was the recipient of a Coming Up Taller Award given by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. AANM is a founding member of both the Immigration and Civil Rights Sites of Conscience Network and CultureSource. In 2013, AANM earned accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums, an industry PORT seal of approval achieved by just 7% of America’s 22,500 cultural institutions. AANM is a program of ACCESS, the Dearborn, Mich.- RE ANNUAL based human service agency founded in 1971. FROM THE AANM DIRECTOR Dear Friends and Supporters, It’s hard to believe a decade has passed since the opening of the Arab American National Museum in 2005. In a relatively short amount of time, we have managed to accomplish so much together. Your AANM has become southeast Michigan’s only Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. The Museum joined the ranks of just 7% of museums nationwide in achieving accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums. Our staff has designed nationally recognized, award-winning programs and exhibitions. What’s more, our Museum has truly become a national institution, with exhibitions and programs presented from coast to coast. I feel confident that our work has dispelled stereotypes, illuminated minds and let Arab Americans tell their own story. Over the past year, we have commemorated the Museum’s 10th anniversary milestone with a series of exciting exhibitions and programs in Dearborn and across the country. Additionally, we have set our eyes to the future. During the past 12 months, we have created a new three-year strategic plan aimed at propelling our Museum forward. We have inaugurated a new addition to the Museum, The Annex @ AANM, and have launched new programs in this flexible community space. And we have forged new partnership with institutions locally and nationally, aimed at elevating the Arab American story and placing it in context with the larger American narrative. Through this work, the Museum has served as a trusted source for accurate information on Arab Americans. Further, we have endeavored to build a more cohesive Arab American community through our collective work. We hope this report sheds light on the amazing work of our board, staff and volunteers in helping to advance this singular institution. We thank you for your support as we continue to enrich our nation by building community through the arts! Sincerely, Devon M. Akmon FROM THE NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR Dear Friends, Congratulations to all on the Arab American National Museum’s 10th Anniversary Year! It has indeed been a decade of many successful milestones locally and nationally. My respect and gratitude for the efforts of my colleagues on the National Advisory Board, the Friends of the Museum Committees, the director and staff of the Museum, and You, our enthusiastic supporters, are heartfelt and deep. I hope you are as thrilled as I am by our success and find yourself freshly motivated to press into our future. Let us be reminded of Victor Hugo’s words: “If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.” Today, more than ever, as power narrows the areas of man’s concern, we need our Museum to shine the light and eradicate the darkness; always reminding us of the richness and diversity of our history and our existence. A world turned into a stereotype, a society converted into a regiment, a life translated into a routine, make it difficult for either history or art to survive. Crush individuality in society and you crush art as well. Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish arts, too. The AANM encourages the creation and enjoyment of beautiful things, furthering democracy itself. That is why this Museum is a citadel of civilization. The opportunity before the Arab American National Museum is as broad as our landscapes. I trust that the fine example we have set – a decade of memorializing the Arab American legacy and embedding it into the greater American narrative – will inspire emulation. I trust that this good work will continue until the influence of the best and most noble permeates every community in our land. Sincerely, Manal Saab A DECADE Since opening its doors on May 5, 2005, the Arab American National Museum has seen scores of memorable moments and enough achievements to fill a few volumes! Here we share ten images – in celebration of the Museum’s 10th Anniversary Year – that represent key moments in its history. The Arab American National Museum opened in Detroit became an AANM production in 2005 2005 OPENING to the public at 5 p.m. on May 5, 2005, with and marked its 23rd year in 2015. A 2008 AANM thousands lined up to be among its first visitors. exhibition, Concert of Colors: Exposed, used Then-ACCESS executive director Ismael Ahmed in-concert photography to recall fest highlights. (right) and Amr Moussa, then secretary- general of the League of Arab States, wield Several original AANM exhibitions have the ceremonial scissors. traveled the nation, beginning with Patriots & Peacemakers: Arab Americans in Service to In a 2008 White House ceremony, First Lady Our Country. Since its opening at the AANM Laura Bush (far left) and Caren Prothro (far in November 2011, the exhibit has traveled right) of the President’s Council on the Arts nationally and was displayed at major cultural and Humanities present a Coming Up Taller and educational institutions, including the Award to SURA student photographer Camille Japanese American National Museum in Los Charara (second from left) and former AANM Angeles and the Brown v. the Board of Education Assistant Director Celine Taminian. National Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas. In 2014- 15, Patriots & Peacemakers was presented at Founded by Museum parent ACCESS and New the Russell Senate Office Building and the U.S. Detroit, Inc. in 1993, the beloved annual diversity- Diplomacy Center, both in Washington, D.C. themed Concert of Colors free music festival PATRIOTS & PEACEMAKERS COMING UP TALLER AWARD CONCERT OF COLORS SURA ARTS ACADEMY MUSEUM GALA YALLA EAT! TOURS EBEID LIBRARY DEDICATION SURA Arts Academy photographers visited The newly named Russell J. Ebeid Library Detroit’s Recycle Here! during the program’s & Resource Center at AANM honors the 2014 Summer Camp. Through formal instruction, businessman and philanthropist whose planned discussions and field trips, SURA teaches middle gift was the single largest to date in the history schoolers to see their communities in new ways. of AANM parent organization ACCESS. Its Nov. It was honored as an exemplary after-school 15, 2014, dedication coincided with National youth program by the White House in 2008. Philanthropy Day. Museum Galas are not only festive major DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts, proved so community gatherings, they are the single-largest popular after its 2006 introduction it was source of unrestricted revenue for the Museum. repeated in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. This annual event, expertly presented by the AANM’s national convening of Arab American Southeast Michigan Friends of the Museum, artists in a variety of genres lets artists meet, pre-dates the Museum’s 2005 opening. It’s a present their work, discuss issues of mutual DIWAN: A FORUM FOR THE ARTS highlight of the Detroit social season! interest and explore potential collaborations. AANM’s engaging Yalla Eat! culinary walking AANM’s 10th Anniversary Year program tours launched formally in fall 2014, offering lineup and its 4,700-sq.-ft. expansion, The visitors a guided excursion into Arab American Annex, were introduced to the public on cuisine and history at Detroit’s Eastern Market March 27, 2015, with AANM and ACCESS and on Warren Avenue in East Dearborn. A leadership, elected officials and community free companion culinary map of Dearborn representatives in attendance. encourages self-guided exploration. OF MILESTONES 10TH ANNIVERSARY + ANNEX RIBBON-CUTTING The Museum added a dynamic community- focused space with the activation of The Annex @ AANM, an adaptable 4,700-sq.-ft. expansion equipped with cutting-edge audio/visual technology. Alive with creativity, ideation and conversation, The Annex has hosted concerts, workshops, community dialogues, films, panels, the national biennial DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts as well as the Forum on Community, Culture & Race, part of AANM’s annual Concert of Colors diversity music festival. C ANNUAL REPORT 2014 -15 CLOSE TO HOME OMMUNITY The Arab American National Museum builds community through the documentation and preservation of Arab American culture in southeast Michigan and across the nation. Its exhibits and programs are responsive to and reflective of the diverse Arab American community. With support from the Knight Foundation, slots were filled and a standing waiting list the Museum partnered with Artspace to developed. The publication and free distribution initiate development of an Arab American of the Yalla Eat! Culinary Map of Dearborn, artist residency program as the Minneapolis- Mich. encourages self-guided exploration based company renovated the former of the city’s many excellent Arab American Dearborn City Hall – immediately across restaurants, bakeries, groceries and food- Michigan Avenue from AANM – into an related businesses.
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