Atlanta office of cultural affairs 2013 Annual report Office of Cultural affairs

Director contents Camille Russell Love

Management Leadership Lena Carstens, Program Manager, Arts in Education 2 Mayor’s Letter, Commissioner’s Letter Alex Delotch Davis, Grants Development Officer 3 Director’s Letter, City Council Members Eddie Granderson, Program Manager, Public Art 4 Vision. Mission. Goals Nnena Nchege, Festival Manager, Atlanta Jazz Festival 2013 Highlights Administration 5 Program Highlights Morgan Garriss, Management Analyst Cheryl Sullivan, Accounting Specialist Executive Summary 7 Development Focus Staff ARTSCooL & Cultural Experience Project Department Areas Jessica Gaines, Project Supervisor 14 Arts in Education 15 cultural Experience Project Contracts for Arts Services 17 ARTSCooL Selena Harper, Project Supervisor 19 Culture Club 20 Arts Funding Public Art Program 21 Contracts for Arts Services Courtney Hammond, Project Supervisor, 25 power2give.org Outreach & Education 31 Public Art Robert Witherspoon, Project Supervisor, 32 Public Art Collection Collections Management 33 Collections Management 34 Elevate Culture Club 36 Atlanta Jazz Festival Tiffani Bryant, Facility Administrator 40 cultural Facilities Ina Williams, Project Coordinator 41 Chastain Arts Center C. Ray Anderson, Operations Assistant 42 Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum Gerald Jackson, Operations Assistant 43 Gilbert House, South Bend Center for Art and Culture, JD Sims Center Cassandra Sistrunk, Operations Assistant

Chastain Arts Center Financials Karen Comer Lowe, Facility Administrator 44 Budget and Funding John Roberts, Project Coordinator Adiellah Bates , Data Analyst Thank You Megan Murdie, Administrative Assistant 45 sponsors and Partners

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PAGE 1 message from message from the the mayor commisioner

Greetings, There is no question that the leading cities of the world invest significantly in arts and culture, and I am proud to present the Office of Atlanta is no different. Public art, art programs, Cultural Affairs Annual Report. There’s theaters, galleries and other artistic venues stand as a vital component to the health of our city. They no question that art stands as a vital draw business and enterprise, as well as new visitors. component of the health of any great Most importantly, they contribute to the positive city. development of our children. With a mission to promote rich and diverse cultural experiences in the As Mayor, I am proud of the City of Atlanta, while preserving and protecting the accomplishments of the Office of city’s cultural heritage, the Office of Cultural Affairs Cultural Affairs over the past year. has committed resources to improving art initiatives This past fall, we launched power2give.org, an online fundraising for residents, families, and visitors alike. tool which makes it easy for every citizen to support art programs and initiatives and doubles the impact of each dollar raised through Under the leadership of Mayor Kasim Reed, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs was able to reopen all 33 of the city’s recreation centers matching funds. In addition, we granted over $700,000 to local and began to transform them into Centers of Hope, which serve as safe-havens artists and arts organizations through our Contracts for Arts Services of learning and Arts In Education. Through the Public Art Program, Parks and program. We provided cultural experiences for our youth through Recreation facilities around the city received new works of art from local and the Cultural Experience Project and our ARTSCooL program for national artists, as well as international artists like Yvonne Demenge, who teens was recognized by President Barack Obama’s Committee on designed the artworks – Tree of Life and Kan -- recently unveiled at Freedom the Arts and the Humanities as an exceptional youth program. Park. Through collaboration with the city’s Department of Public Works, the Cascade community received a working sundial by artist Ayokunle Odeleye as The arts are an integral part of Atlanta’s cultural fabric. Our city part of the Streetscape Improvement project. Thomasville Community Center, remains a world-class city because of the many contributions of art Hardy Ivy Park, Riverside Community Fire Station and downtown’s South Broad patrons, leaders, businesses and organizations, and artists that keep Street district are all sites of new artworks that are changing the landscape of this great city. our community moving forward. These combined efforts are what make Atlanta an inspiring place to live, work and visit. We also continue to encourage arts as a valuable element of educational development. Cultural Experience Project, in partnership with Atlanta Public Schools and Culture Club, provides programming at our recreational facilities that introduces children to the world of art and music. The 36th Annual Jazz Festival once again drew crowds of music lovers from all over the world, and our Cyclorama and Civil War Museum continues its four-year Sincerely, long national commemoration of the American Civil War. Kasim Reed, Mayor This year, the Office of Cultural Affairs will transition from the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to the Mayor’s Office. The move will increase the Office’s profile and ability to impact arts and culture throughout the City, and it will not impact our commitment to integrating arts and culture into our public spaces and programs. We will maintain our strong partnership to provide residents exceptional spaces and memorable experiences.

Thanks to Mayor Reed, the Atlanta City Council and local community partners, we have had an outstanding year in arts and culture.

Sincerely, George A. Dusenbury, Commissioner Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs

PAGE 2 Atlanta City Council Message from Kasim Reed, Mayor Ceasar Mitchell, President the director

DISTRICT LEADERS Hon. Carla Smith, District 1 2013 was a benchmark year for the Office of Cultural Affairs. Cultural Experience Hon. Kwanza Hall, District 2 Project reached a milestone of 250,000 student admissions to cultural venues around the city. We successfully installed four new pieces of public art including Hon. Ivory Lee Young, District 3 one piece acquired through a partnership with Chicago’s Millennium Park. Hon. Cleta Winslow, District 4 ARTSCooL was recognized by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Hon. Natalyn Archibong, District 5 Humanities as an exceptional youth program and the 36th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival presented Generation Next, a celebration of young jazz talent from Hon. Alex Wan, District 6 Atlanta and around the world. Hon. Howard Shook, District 7 Hon. Yolanda Adrean, District 8 The Mayor’s office generously increased funding for the arts by $530,000 in FY 2013. With those funds we were able to launch power2give.org, a crowdsourced Hon. Felicia Moore, District 9 funding platform which enables organizations to raise funds for specific projects Hon. C.T. Martin, District 10 through a dedicated website. Through power2give.org, we were able to leverage Hon. Keisha Lance Bottoms, District 11 the increase in funding by matching, dollar for dollar, the donations our arts Hon. Joyce Sheperd, District 12 organizations raised through this website. power2give.org galvanized the community around the arts, where every dollar was doubled and the impact was immediate. POST LEADERS Hon. Michael Bond, Post 1 As we move into the new fiscal year, we are excited to build upon our successes in service of our mission to promote rich and diverse cultural experiences. Hon. Aaron Watson, Post 2 As you read through our annual report, you will see our many programs and Hon. H. Lamar Willis, Post 3 initiatives that serve several constituencies:

• Youth • Educators • Artists • Arts Organizations • Tourists • Citizens

In FY 2014 we expect to expand our capabilities to provide additional support to Atlanta’s business community as well as agencies throughout the city administration. The Office of Cultural Affairs will transition to the Mayor’s Office where we will be able to increase the value of arts and culture to support the cultural economic development of Atlanta’s in a time of significant growth. Thanks to the hard work of our staff, the support of our Mayor and the generous contributions of our many supporters, we are honored to be a champion for the value of arts and culture in Atlanta’s communities.

Yours in Art & Culture, Camille Russell Love, Director, Office of Cultural Affairs The Office of Cultural Affairs is committed to supporting the growth of Atlanta’s arts economy, artists and audiences which make the city a vibrant place to live, work and visit

PAGE 3 MISSION To promote the rich and diverse cultural experiences in the City of Atlanta while preserving and protecting the city’s cultural heritage

Vision To enhance the quality of life through cultural experiences that will expand Atlanta’s international reputation

GOALS

Maintain the highest quality of services Gain international recognition of programs Unify Atlanta’s cultural community through programs Educate Atlanta about Cultural Development Create Cultural experiences that can serve as an international model

Use cultural experiences to enhance the quality of life Provide culture and art needs to all citizens and visitors Promote rich and diverse cultural experiences in the City of Atlanta

Nurture artists and arts organizations Educate and inform citizens and visitors about Atlanta’s cultural offerings

Support the arts community of Atlanta Strengthen our impact through partnerships with other organizations

Build bridges into new communities and develop new audiences

Preserve and protect the existing cultural heritage of the City of Atlanta

PAGE 4 2013 Program Highlights

Arts In Education Cultural Experience Project crossed the n Culture Club students participated in dance workshops by professional artists Pierre Rigal and Gelan Lambert. threshold of Pierre Rigal is a French dancer, choreographer and serving founder of Compagnie Dernière Minute based in Toulouse, France. Rigal visited Atlanta through a partnership with the French Consulate for the Annual France-Atlanta cultural festival. 250,000 Atlanta Youth in the n Gelan Lambert is a renowned tap dancer and singer 2012-2013 school year trained at Julliard and recipient of the National Presidential Scholar Award from President Bill Clinton. OF Atlanta Public Schools Gelan visited the city on the Atlanta tour stop of Tony students visited a cultural award-winning Broadway musical Fela! for which he is a venue through Cultural touring company performer. 80% Experience Project in the 2012-2013 school year

SEPTEMBER ARTS FUNDING Power2give.org launched in n Contracts for Arts Services prepared the launch of 2012 a new online application which will streamline the In its first year, over 90 organizations raised nearly process and make it easier for artists to apply for grants. The new tool will go live in FY14.

n Awarded project and general operating grants to 61 $400,000 artists and organizations based in the City of Atlanta with the support of the online platform.

n Granted matching funding to 90 arts and culture The Emerging Artist category was projects in various areas of Atlanta through expanded to award a total of power2give.org/Atlanta. to local artists, up from 1 5 grants grant in the previous year.

PAGE 5 Americans for the Arts Public Art Network PUBLIC ART

n The Conference of Mayors City Livability Program 2013 Year in Review sponsored by Waste Management, Inc., selected Elevate as a program finalist for enhancing the quality of life in program selected South Broad urban areas. Murals as one of the top 50 projects of 2012 from over 350 submissions. n Six of the artworks produced during Elevate 2012 were 250,000 The Public Art program adopted into the permanent downtown landscape. Atlanta Youth in the cleaned and treated 2012-2013 school year n Mexican Sculptor Yvonne Domenge gifted three sculptures to the City of Atlanta that simulate a tree and art objects large seeds. The Public Art Program coordinated with 47 the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs to and 6 artworks major bring the sculptures from Chicago’s Millennium Park to restored & Freedom Park in Atlanta. 2 conservation projects.

47 art objects and 6 artworks re- stored and 2 major. ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL

n Atlanta Jazz Festival presented “Generation Next,” a review 225,000 of the top upcoming artists and musicians in jazz music.

n For the first year, AJF partnered with MARTA to present “MARTA Mondays,” featuring performances by local jazz residents and tourists traveled musicians in MARTA stations each Monday in the month to Piedmont Park over the of May.

Memorial Weekend n Five parks around the city hosted the “Neighborhood Jazz 3-day to celebrate the 36th Series,” mini-festivals presented by local councilmembers for Atlanta’s families.

Annual presentation of the festival.

PAGE 6 executive summary

2012-2013: A Season of Growth

PAGE 7 Atlanta’s arts and culture industry generates over 9,000 jobs and $300 million in spending.*

PAGE 8 The City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs “(OCA)” supports Experience Project also promotes students aspirations to higher Atlanta’s vibrant cultural landscape, where citizens and education by attending cultural venues located on four different visitors explore the rich heritage of our city and experience a area college campuses -- Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, diverse presentation of artistic expression. A vigorous cultural Emory University, and Oglethorpe University. ecosystem enhances the quality of life for our citizens, attracts visitors and top talent from around the world and contributes ARTSCooL and ARTSCooL Collegiate is a unique summer to Atlanta’s identity as the cultural hub of the south. employment program which trains Atlanta teens ages 14-18 in various forms of art and media while providing practical The OCA is committed to supporting the growth of our arts workplace experience. industry by aggressively pursuing expanded funding platforms for arts organizations, providing opportunities for artists Over the course of 8-weeks ARTSCooL students work as to showcase their talents and inspiring creative innovation paid apprentices under the guidance of professional artists through the presentation of works by artists from throughout in dance, film, theater, visual arts and design. Within each the country and the world. ARTSCooL studio the apprentices work in groups of six led Equally important to Atlanta’s cultural vitality is cultivating an by a professional mentor artist. During studio time the enthusiastic audience community. Cultural exposure for our apprentices participate in arts activities that enable them to youth, art in public spaces and the musical tradition of the learn about the history and context of their focus medium Atlanta Jazz Festival, fuel interest in the arts and plant the seeds and apply the techniques learned to create original works of of patronage. art. ARTSCooL concludes each year with a professional-scale exhibition showcasing the students’ work. The closing event Key cultural development areas for OCA include: gives students the experience of presenting their work in a professional manner comparable to cultural events attended during the program. Arts In Education All ARTSCooL students complete an initial interview for acceptance into the program where they are evaluated on their Art is recognized as an essential part of our youth’s educational application, interview, and quality of their work samples. In experience. The OCA Arts in Education division works in addition to developing soft skills for success, ARTSCooL teaches concert with Atlanta Public Schools, the Office of Recreation, students how to set academic and personal goals. Students local artists and arts venues to provide a range of options for work with mentors to discuss their goals in order to plot a path youth of all ages to connect with the arts. for success.

Cultural Experience Project is a comprehensive approach to Culture Club partners with local arts organizations to bring ensuring that every child in the Atlanta Public Schools System cultural enrichment programs to recreation centers during has a cultural experience every year of their education. OCA the school year as part of the citywide after school program as coordinates with the Atlanta Public Schools Department of well as in the summer as part of the Office of Recreation Camp Fine Arts to provide opportunities for students who might not Best Friends. Through Culture Club programming, elementary otherwise experience the wealth of Atlanta’s cultural assets. school students participate in hands on artistic instruction Cultural Experience Project matches each grade level with a presented at three Atlanta recreation centers: curriculum relevant performance or exhibition presented at a local arts or cultural venue. ­­­­n The Gilbert House Sponsor corporations and partner organizations contribute to ­­­­n JD Sims Center cover the cost of transportation and admissions so that these experiences are free of charge to students. ­­­­n South Bend Center for Art and Culture

Each experience aims to reinforce classroom learning as well Culture Club’s partner organizations present instruction in as provide a benchmark arts activity that will shape students’ dance, music, and theater. In addition to regular program future relationship with the arts and creative industries. Long activities, Culture Club students participate in special programs term benefits of Cultural Experience Project include future with visiting artists from Broadway touring companies and audience development and improved test scores. Cultural international artist exchange programs. Through Culture Club,

PAGE 9 students, and their families, are exposed to a variety of unique ­­­­n Community Organizations cultural experiences including student recitals, master classes, ­­­­n Individual Artist Projects and complimentary admission to stage plays. ­­­­n Emerging Artists Award

ARTS FUNDING In total, CAS granted $740,450 to 61 artists and arts organizations. Hundreds of artists and artistic organizations contribute to the rich and diverse landscape of arts that makes Atlanta an Power2give.org, launched in September 2013, takes advantage attractive place to live and visit. OCA endeavors to bolster of the popular crowdsourced funding model for raising funds creative innovation by providing funding that will be used to and puts it to use for Atlanta arts. Power2give.org is an online sustain valuable cultural programs and facilitate a thriving portal where donors can contribute as little as $5 directly to community. their favorite arts organization. Miami, Houston, Charlotte and several cities in North Carolina have already realized the impact Mayor Reed doubled arts grant funding for the Office of of power2give.org, not only increasing opportunities for local Cultural Affairs 2013 operating budget, making more funds artists, but also stimulating citizens to get involved and directly available to support local artists and arts organizations. As influence the cultural face of their cities. such, the Office of Cultural Affairs maximized the Mayor’s initiative by allocating a portion of the increase to launch Developed in partnership with the Arts and Science Council of power2give.org, an innovative arts funding platform which Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Atlanta’s portal matches funds raised effectively doubled the allocation. through the site dollar-for-dollar, up to $5,000 per project. Arts organizations have found power2give.org to be a useful tool to Contracts for Arts Services is the primary vehicle through produce small projects or supplemental programs that need which the office provides funding to artists and arts additional funding. It is also a valuable way to maximize donor organizations. The Contracts for Arts Services (CAS) program dollars, by doubling contributed campaign income. In its first awards contracts related to the production, creation, year, power2give.org contributed nearly $400,000 dollars for 90 presentation, exhibition and operational support of artistic different art projects. cultural services in the City of Atlanta. Annually, the CAS program reviews submissions from dozens of organizations and makes awards in several categories: PUBLIC ART

The Public Art Program provides curatorial and project ­­­­n Major Arts Organizations management for the acquisition, care and programming ­­­­n Mid-Sized Arts Organizations of public art in Atlanta. Each year, PAP works to identify

PAGE 10 opportunities to expand Atlanta’s public art collection and provide unique experiences with public art for the entire community. PAP presents art from local, national and international artists in public spaces where citizens and visitors live, work and play. The objective is to enhance the quality of life for our residents and visitors by contributing to the vibrancy of Atlanta’s urban environment.

Percent for Art provides valuable funding support for acquisition of new works. In fiscal year 2013, PAP added four new artworks to Atlanta’s Public Art collection. Working with the departments of Public Works, Fire and Rescue and Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, PAP utilized the City of Atlanta’s Percent for Art Program to develop new pieces for the growing public art collection.

Elevate programmed through PAP’s Outreach Division, executed its second successful year, focusing on three key areas:

­­­­n Enhancing the built environment ­­­­n Building a sense of community ­­­­n S upporting social engagement through the arts

The Elevate Program featured an array of contemporary public art projects in Downtown Atlanta for fiscal year 2013. Projects presented generated increased excitement as Elevate 2012 focused on the South Broad Street area of downtown. At the close of Elevate 2012, South Broad Street featured six new murals and embraced one of the program’s key objectives – building a sense of community. Since Elevate, the South Broad Street area has seen a marked increase in business and development interest. In addition to the projects on South Broad Street, PAP featured local, regional, national and international artists in an exciting presentation of visual and performing art throughout central downtown Atlanta.

Through Elevate, the conversation on the potential of Atlanta’s central urban environment to grow with art as a catalyst is advancing in a contemporary way.

Collections Management continued to care for the vast collection of publically owned and displayed works of art in Atlanta’s collection. Recognizing the importance of the collection to the cultural and economic well-being of the community, Collections Management cleaned and maintenance over 50 artworks with the remainder

PAGE 11 assessed for future maintenance. In addition, Collections Management worked with community partners to respond to 2 more serious conservation needs. Collectively PAP maintains over 136 works of art installed in various locations throughout the city impressed by the improved landscape.

The Art on Loan Program maintains 236 portable artworks which are rotated and displayed in municipal buildings and offices. In fiscal year 2013, the Art on Loan program displayed art by local artists throughout city government offices, in support of the objective to enrich the work environment for municipal employees and visitors doing business in city government. PAP also aims to specifically support Atlanta based artists through the Art on Loan Program

Art Tours organized by PAP were made available to residents and visitors in downtown Atlanta during the spring, summer and fall months of fiscal year 2013. Art tours guided participants through Atlanta neighborhoods introducing them to many of the pieces in the city’s collection. Tours were presented by Public Art staff and on occasion in collaboration with local partner organizations.

Public Art Audio Tours are a regular program which also allows the public to take self-guided tours of the public art collection. Information presented through a phone access number placed on signs at each site provide a voice guided history of 22 unique artworks in the central downtown area. On average, 240 new users took advantage of the audio tour program each month in fiscal year 2013.

The Public Art Program’s management of the city’s public art collection currently valued at over $22,000,000, its presentation of world class artists and support of local and regional artists makes Atlanta Public Art Program an integral part of the Office Atlanta Jazz Festival is known for bringing the best and brightest of Cultural Affairs support for the growth of Atlanta’s arts in contemporary and traditional jazz to Atlanta from all over economy, artists and audience. the world. Two stages provided a musical variety appealing to Atlanta’s diverse population. The International stage presented artists from Cuba, Israel and India to name a few. ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL The AJF team works with our partners to create unique 2013 marked 36 years for the Atlanta Jazz Festival. Since 1978, engagements that make this event more than a grand outdoor Atlanta has played host to luminary musicians, including Miles concert. For the entire month of May, events throughout the Davis, Dizzie Gillespie, Nina Simone and Ray Charles. In 2013 city signal the coming of the jazz festival. Neighborhood Jazz Atlanta Jazz Festival presented Generation Next, the future of Series, Youth Jazz Band Competition, and 31 Days of Jazz are just the culture in artists like Jose James, Tia Fuller and Gretchen some of the events that reach citizens in all corners of the city. Parlato. The festival’s tremendous popularity is evidenced by its longevity as a gathering place for music lovers of all kinds.

PAGE 12 OCA PROGRAMS Arts in Education Arts FUnding Public Art Atlanta Jazz Festival

PAGE 13 Arts In Education

Cultural Experience Project ARTSCooL Culture Club

PAGE 14 CULTURAL EXPERIENCE PROJECT

Cultural Experience Project (CEP) is a signature program of Number of Youth Served the Arts in Education division within the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. CEP gives every Atlanta Public Schools (APS) student the chance to encounter a rich learning 36,444 experience through one of the city’s premier art and cultural Atlanta Public Schools (APS) students Pre-K through 12th Grade to experience venues. From Pre-Kindergarten to 12th grade, the vision is the broad range of Atlanta’s premiere cultural venues and artistic programs. for each student to visit one cultural venue every year at no cost to the student or the school. One grade. One venue. Guaranteed. It’s an experience that complements their class over 80% instruction and brings learning to life. of APS students went on a cultural field trip through Cultural Experience Project.

Admission

Donor cash grants 44% Funding Mix 2012-2013

Cultural Partners In-Kind 41% We are grateful for in-kind ticket donations from our City of atlanta 15% cultural partners, in addition to cash grants from donors.

PAGE 15 2013 Cultural Experience Project Venues

Cultural Venue Grade Level students served Sponsor

Charles Loridans and the Atlanta Ballet 2nd Grade 4101 Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundations

Atlanta Botanical Garden Kindergarten 3771 Kendeda Fund

Atlanta Cyclorama 5th Grade 3173 City of Atlanta

Atlanta History Center 3rd – 5th Grade 652 Atlanta History Center

The Atlanta Opera 11th Grade 1013 Zeist Foundation

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 1st Grade 1265 Woodruff Arts Center

1st Grade 1139 Woodruff Arts Center Alliance Theatre 6th Grade 1724 Zeist Foundation

Ballethnic Dance Company 4th Grade 3349 City of Atlanta

Chattahoochee Nature Center 3rd Grade 3469 The Coca-Cola Company

1st Grade 1665 ArtsBridge Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 4th Grade 449 ArtsBridge

National Endowment for the Georgia Shakespeare 10th Grade 1570 Arts’ Shakespeare in American Communities

High Museum’s Art Access High Museum of Art 9th Grade 1234 Program

ImagineIt! The Children’s Museum Pre-K 815 City of Atlanta

Michael C. Carlos Museum 7th Grade 2457 Georgia Power

Theater of the Stars 8th Grade 3043 Theater of the Stars

Theatrical Outfit 6th Grade 477 Theatrical Outfit

Rialto Center for the Arts 12th Grade 1078 Miller Zell

PAGE 16 ARTSCooL

A significant goal of ARTSCooL is to prepare students for successful employment. ARTSCooL is executed through a partnership with Atlanta Public Schools, the Mayor’s Youth Program, and additional funding support provided by the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency (AWDA). The Mayor’s Youth Program helps students by providing hands-on assistance in planning for life after high school. Through this collaboration, we are able to attract a diverse pool of students; provide students with a quality experience; and compensate students to keep them motivated.

A high expectation of our students prepares them to be comfortable and What does ARTSCooL confident in a professional environment and also rewards them for good performance. Students learn basic professional etiquette including: mean to me??

ARTSCooL means more to me then words can ­­­­n A ppearance; adhering to a professional code describe. For the past two years I have been in the presence of amazing teachers that have of dress helped me grow as a student and artist. The ­­­­n D ecorum; Respect for colleagues and management arts mean so much to me and sometimes it feels as if I am the only one that feels that way ­­­­n Punctuality and timeliness but with ARTSCooL I was able to find students and teachers that share the same passion ­­­­n Preparation; Having all of the resources necessary to as me. It’s different being in an environment where people respect you and don’t doubt do business you. I love being in ARTSCooL and I can’t wait for summer every year just so I can progress ­­­­n Cooperation and collaboration; working in peer with my talents and learn from the best of the groups and with mentors best. ­­­­n Issue resolution; Understanding the process for Junia Depina Second year ARTSCooL apprentice for resolving conflict in a professional environment Photography/Film

PAGE 17 ARTSCool 2013 Studios

VISUAL ARTS: Drawing PERFORMING The Drawing Studio teaches drawing ARTS: Theater basics and foundational skills Theater studio enhances and through lines, shapes, form, texture, develops young performers in the still life, figures and composition. areas of singing, dancing, and acting Pupils are exposed to a variety of by infusing scholarly study and A Legend Behind the Camera mediums and are challenged to practical application with technical report on famous artists, solve training. Apprentices are challenged Since 1975, Herbert L. Eichelberger, PhD has optical puzzles and riddles, and to expand their imaginations while taught film and media arts at Clark University where he serves as Associate Professor of focus on character building and developing analytical skills and good Film. In that time, he has taught such well vocabulary. speech techniques. known artists as Spike Lee, Bryan Barber, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Randy Marshall and VISUAL ARTS: Mixed Media: Monty Ross. While working at Eastman Kodak PERFORMING ARTS: Dance Company in the fall of 1965, Dr. E, as he is Sewing Textiles The Dance Studio teaches affectionately known, enrolled at Rochester The Mixed Media Studio presents foundational technique in the Institute of Technology to study photographic illustration where he earned a Bachelor a creative approach to making art areas of Ballet, Modern, Jazz, and degree in Fine Arts. Dr. E went on to earn with textiles and fabric a creative Tap. Knowledge and creative a Master of Arts Degree at the University approach to textiles and fabric. The perspectives are expanded through of Wisconsin-Madison and a Doctorate in studio ties in the key elements of research assignments in dance Philosophy from Emory University. art and each pupil gains the ability history and by studying techniques. In the summer of 1975, Dr. E returned to Clark to create conceptual and abstract Apprentices are challenged as film eventually assuming the position of art. Apprentices are challenged to with more advanced concepts Film Department Chair for Clark Atlanta’s Communication Arts, Mass Media Arts engage in public speaking, to journal like choreographic voice and Department. about their experience, and to constructive criticism. develop an artistic voice. Throughout his years of notable experience, DIGITAL ARTS: Film Dr. E has received a variety of awards and VISUAL ARTS: Mixed Media: recognition. including the Bronze Award in and Video Communicative Arts from PBS of Georgia, five Illustration Film and Video Studio takes Teacher of the Year Awards from 1983-1988, This Mixed Media Studio teaches apprentices through filmmaking and a Mentor Award in 2007 presented to him by the Black Women’s Film Preservation apprentices with intermediate design including script development, Society for Achievement in Film. We are drawing/illustration skills how to storyboarding, and editing. At proud to have Dr. E. as one our passionate further develop their approach Clark Atlanta University’s Mass ARTSCooL instructors who shares his high quality experiences with our talented future into clothing and merchandise Media Arts facility. Film and Digital film students. items. Various mediums are used Filmmaking scenarios are explored along with different approaches through visual exercises designed including silk-screening, direct to enhance creative storytelling. garment printing, stencil, and spray Apprentices are challenged to paint. Apprentices are challenged develop and produce a concept to incorporate current social issues through pre-production planning, and newspaper articles into their production, and post production. artistic point of view.

PAGE 18 culture club 2013 culture club partners ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT

Founded in 2010, the Atlanta Music Project provides intense music education for underserved youth right in their neighborhood. With a mission to inspire social change by providing Atlanta’s underserved youth the opportunity to learn and perform music in youth orchestra and choirs, AMP is proud to have a partner in the City of Atlanta’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

AMP students at the Office of Cultural Affairs’ Gilbert House and South Bend Center receive two hours of music instruction five days per week. AMP provides the instruments, teaching artists, classes and performance opportunities. Instruments taught include the violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, and trombone. AMP students have performed at Atlanta City Hall, the Woodruff Arts Center and Philips Arena. Through AMP’s partnership with Culture Club, many children are provided with this introduction to music they may not have had otherwise

During the Fiscal Year 2013, the Culture DANCE CANVAS

Club - An After-School Experience, provided Dance Canvas is a non-profit organization dedicated to introducing the community to professional dance. One of the opportunities for youth to participate in focus areas for Dance Canvas is youth development, outreach, and exposure. Through the City of Atlanta’s Office of Cultural cultural and educational activities offered Affairs, Dance Canvas has been able to design programs to reach the youngest Atlanta residents and inspire them to dance. Since 2010, Dance Canvas has worked with OCA’s by local professionals that contributed Culture Club initiative, providing daily dance instruction in ballet, modern, jazz and tap to Atlanta area youth, who have to the growth and achievement of each never had the opportunity to take dance classes. The program also provides “Master Classes” with professional dancers and individual. dance companies touring to Atlanta, allowing the Culture Club students to receive world-class dance opportunities, by the leading professionals in the country. Culture Club is operated out of three cultural facilities In 2012-2013, the Culture Club students had two surprise visits around the city managed in collaboration with the from hip hop companies: Rennie Harris R.H.A.W. (Philadelphia, Department of Recreation. PA) and Pierre Rigal Compangie de Danse (Toulouse, FR). The students and their parents were invited to the Fox Theater to see the national tour of FELA, followed by a tap master class ­­­­n JD Sims with FELA principal dancer, Gelan Lambert. For many of the Culture Club families, the FELA field trip was the 1st time they ­­­­n South Bend Center for Arts had ever been to the theater to see a professional show.

and Culture Dance Canvas’ students return over the years with increased interest and enthusiasm for dance and the arts. Through our ­­­­n Gilbert House classes, we teach the students that dance is a profession, and that live performances need audience support. We know that through exposure, through Culture Club, our students have Culture Club serves Atlanta youth throughout the school a better understanding and appreciation for dance. By giving year as part of the after school program. During the them opportunities to experience live professional dance, summer Culture Club partners with Camp Best Friends to students and their families have the desire to return to see future performances. Through OCA’s Culture Club program, offer a summer full of arts enrichment including visual and Dance Canvas continues to inspire the next generation performance art activities. of dance patrons and new additions to Atlanta’s creative workforce.

PAGE 19 Arts Funding

Contracts for Arts Services Power2Give

PAGE 20 CONTRACTS FOR arts services

The Office of Cultural Affairs Contracts for Arts Services Program (CAS) awards

contracts related to the production, creation, presentation, exhibition and operation

of artistic cultural services in the City of Atlanta. The program supports non-profit

501(c)(3) organizations as well as individual artists based within City of Atlanta limits.

The program goals for FY13 were:

­­­­n To expand the Emerging Artist Award ­­­­n Develop a plan to streamline the FY13 CAS timeline ­­­­n Research and identify a partner for creating an electronic grant ­­­­n Deliver an optimal level of application system customer service through courtesy, professionalism and responsiveness to ­­­­n Gather community feedback on grantees potential program improvements through the use of survey technology

­­­­n Deepen relationships with arts partners through more frequent site visits

PAGE 21 FY2013 CAS GRANT RECIPIENTS

Major ARTS Dad’s Garage MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, ORGANIZATIONS $35,000 MID-SIZE ARTS dadsgarage.com ORGANIZATIONS 7 Stages High Museum of Art $30,000 Art Papers 7stages.org $45,000 high.org $10,000 Actor’s Express artpapers.org $25,000 Horizon Theatre Company actors-express.com Atlanta Celebrates $30,000 Photography CONTRACTS FOR horizontheatre.com Alliance Theatre $7,000 $45,000 Museum of Contemporary acpinfo.org arts services alliancetheatre.org Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) Atlanta Chamber Players Atlanta Ballet $20,000 mocaga.org $5,000 $10,000 atlantachamberplayers.com atlantaballet.com National Black Arts Festival Atlanta Gay Men’s Choir Atlanta Contemporary Art $30,000 Center $11,000 nbaf.org agmchorus.org $25,000 thecontemporary.org The Atlanta Opera Atlanta Music Project $20,000 $11,000 Atlanta Shakespeare atlantaopera.org atlantamusicproject.org Company Theatrical Outfit $35,000 Atlanta Printmakers www.shakespearetavern.com/ $35,000 Studio theatricaloutfit.org Atlanta Symphony $8,500 Orchestra True Colors Theatre atlantaprintmakersstudio.org Company $20,000 C4 Atlanta atlantasymphony.org $30,000 truecolorstheatre.org $9,750 Center for Puppetry Arts c4atlanta.org $45,000 Young Audiences Dance Canvas puppet.org $10,000 yawac.org $7,000 dancecanvas.com

PAGE 22 Good Moves Moving in the Spirit COMMUNITY $3,000 $10,000 ORGANIZATIONS goodmoves.org movinginthespirit.org Alliance Francaise Full Radius Dance Museum of Design Atlanta d’Atlanta $5,0000 $5,000 museumofdesign.org $3,000 fullradiusdance.org afatl.com Out of Hand Theatre Flux Projects Atlanta Jewish Film $12,000 Festival $9,750 outofhandtheater.com fluxprojects.org $4,000 ajff.org Fox Theatre Synchronicity Performance Group $6,500 Atlanta Preservation foxtheatre.org $8,000 Center synchrotheatre.com $3,000 Gateway Performance atlantapreservationcenter.com Productions The Essential Theatre $8,000 Boys & Girls Club of $5,000 essentialtheatre.com masktheater.org Metro Atlanta

Georgia Lawyers for the The Wren’s Nest $4,000 Arts $12,000 bgcma.org wrensnest.org $4,000 Clark Atlanta University glarts.org Theatre du Reve English Department gloATL $6,000 $2,000 $6,500 theatredureve.com cau.edu gloatl.org Urban Youth Harp Rialto Center for the Arts Hammonds House Ensemble $4,000 $8,000 $10,000 rialtocenter.org hammondshouse.org urbanharp.org

Metro Atlanta Community VSA Arts of Georgia Band $6,000 $4,000 vsaartsga.org user89191.websitewizard.com Zoetic Dance Ensemble $5,000 zoeticdance.org

PAGE 23 INDIVIDUAL ARTIST EMERGING ARTIST emerging artist PROJECTS AWARD RECIPIENTS Charlotte “Charlie” Watts Charlotte Watts Angela Harris – Dance Atlanta photographer Charlie Watts wasn’t thinking about joining a movement when she stumbled upon a disturbing image over $3,600 $1,500 a year ago. Watts describes the image this charliewattsphotography.com dancecanvas.com/Pages/Staff.aspx way: “It was a picture of a man carrying a woman over his shoulder in a plastic bag. Corey Bradberry – Theater Although her face is hidden, she is obviously Gregor Turk nude with bruises covering her slender frame…nothing was recognizable about the $2,000 $1,500 man other than his intimidating size. This gregorturk.com thecollectiveprojectinc.com/about/staff/ image has haunted me since, and strangely, corey though I search, I have been unable to find the photograph again.” It was seeing the Kebbi Williams image – along with a documentary on sex InKoung Chun – Visual Arts trafficking – that motivated Watts to take $4,000 action. She decided to use her photography reverbnation.com/kebbiwilliams $1,500 as a vehicle for positive social change inkyoungchoichun.com and awareness about local victims of sex trafficking. Omelika Kuumba Johnny Drago – Literary Arts Watts’ project, The Throwaways, culminated in a gallery exhibition and website featuring $4,000 composite images meant to evoke giwayenmata.org/about-us/artistic- $1,500 unsettling feelings. The images, taken director from Watts’ own photographs, computer Takara Clark – Media Arts screenshots from documentaries, online criminal records and adult solicitation Peter Ferrari websites, are meant to uncover these $1,500 hidden stories. Layered within each piece $3,850 takaraclark.com are images of those involved with the many aspects of this tragic practice. Watts hopes plfpaint.com that The Throwaways will draw attention and catalyze action to save Atlanta’s young girls. OCA selected this project for funding not only for its artistic merit, but also its ability to spark community dialogue and inspire change. Visit www. thethrowawaysproject.com to learn more.

Charlie Watts giving an artist talk at The Throwaways exhibition.

PAGE 24 power2give.org

In 2012, OCA partnered with the Arts & Science Council (ASC) to bring power2give.org to Atlanta. power2give.org is an online cultural marketplace designed by ASC in 2011 to connect donors to creative projects that inspire them.

Nonprofit organizations located in Atlanta Individuals visit the site and donate directly that have received grants from The City of to projects they are passionate about. The Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs within the public can contribute as much as they would past five fiscal years are eligible to apply like to projects as long as each donation is to post arts and culture projects in need of over $1 and in whole dollar amounts. ASC funding. OCA’s Contracts for Arts Services manages the operations of the website and (CAS) program awards contracts related provides marketing tools and resources to to the production, creation, presentation, organizations that post projects. The public exhibition and managerial support of artistic is able to help promote projects through and cultural services in the City of Atlanta. email and social media outlets like Facebook, The CAS program also provides matching Twitter, and blogging. support for projects posted on power2give.

PAGE 25 Key power2give.org Statistics

90 the total number of Projects Atlanta Preservation Center Project Preservation:Your City, $193,539 Your Neighborhood, Your History amount matched by The City of Atlanta has a rich cultural heritage that is city of atlanta embodied in its many historic buildings. Atlanta Preservation Center received OCA funding to support its education and advocacy work in the promotion and historic preservation of Atlanta’s architectural history. The Center is a 1,400 member, citywide non-profit association of citizens, civic and business organizations. Among its service offerings are workshops, $95 tours of historic neighborhoods, assistance to neighborhoods average individual seeking historic designations and outreach programming. donation Once such outreach program, Project Preservation: Your City, Your Neighborhood, Your History, is the only-program of its kind offered in Atlanta. For 18 years the program has provided interactive, hands-on, interdisciplinary learning experiences that stimulate and encourage participants of all ages to look 78% creatively and critically at their community’s built environment. percent of projects Project Preservation programs are offered free of charge to all fully funded public schools, libraries, child/youth organizations and senior organizations, with special efforts made to reach underserved communities.

© Box City, a component of Project Preservation, is an 2,042 innovative, award-winning program that offers school children the total number the opportunity to consider the strengths and weaknesses of of donations the design of their community and to simulate building a city of their own collaborative design using boxes and art supplies.

Participants are encouraged to follow urban design and planning techniques and to appreciate various architectural styles, landscape design and art. Visit the Center’s website at 84% www.preserveatlanta.com to learn more. percent of individual donations $100 or less

PAGE 26 2013 power2give.org Projects

Actor’s Express Wabi Sabi - Bringing 2013 Atlanta Film Intern Initiative dance to the people! Festival Actor’s Express Inc. Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Film Festival 365 $3,140 $5,000 $5,000

Atlanta discovers Give kids a chance to Art for Social the founder of dance! Justice at South filmmaking and Atlanta Ballet Atlanta School of special effects $3,092 Law & Social Justice Alliance Française d’Atlanta Atlanta Partnership for Arts in Learning $5,000 The Point of Pointe Shoes $5,000 Theatre for the Very Atlanta Ballet Young $350 Breathing New Life Alliance Theatre Into A Traditional $5,000 Helping Boys Become Art Form “Ambassadors of Atlanta Printmakers Studio Set the Stage for Culture and Good $5,000 Summer! Send a Kid to Will” Camp! Atlanta Boy Choir, Inc. Give a Teacher a Alliance Theatre $5,000 Toolbag! $2,350 Atlanta Shakespeare Company ‘Making Our House a $5,000 More Than Meets the Home’ Eye Atlanta Boy Choir, Inc. Not Sexy, But Oh-So- APEX Museum $5,000 Necessary! $5,000 Atlanta Shakespeare Company Singing Boys Learn To $5,000 Atlanta’s Music Play Soccer Masters Atlanta Boy Choir, Inc. ASO Talent APEX Museum $5,000 Development $5,000 Program Scholarship Tickets for Kids! Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Word is Computers Atlanta Chamber Players $1,110 Help Us Excel $2,200 Art Papers ASO Talent Bring The Olympic $1,130 Development City Project to Program Scholarship 30 Under 30: Profiles Atlanta Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Atlanta Contemporary Art Center of Atlanta Creatives $2,150 ArtsATL.com $5,000 $5,000

PAGE 27 A Heart Filled with Dad’s Garage High Arts Programs for Music! School Outreach Seniors Citizens Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Dad’s Garage Theatre Co. Gateway Performance Productions $540 $5,000 $5,000

Bringing Art to Life: Dance Canvas’ pARTy Arts Programs for One Brushstroke at a for ART: a FREE DAY OF Underserved Youth Time DANCE for Atlanta & Adults @ The Mask Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Dance Canvas, Inc. Center $3,390 $5,000 Gateway Performance Productions $5,000 Support Southern “Create the Next Arts Dialogue Generation:” Send a Free Legal Clinics, BURNAWAY Teen to DC NEXT! Seminars and $5,000 Dance Canvas, Inc. Programs for Artists $5,000 Georgia Lawyers for the Arts Ignite the Arts $5,000 C4 Atlanta No Vacancy: A $5,000 Necessary Void Hippodrome Dashboard Co-op gloATL Arts Health Day $5,000 $5,000 C4 Atlanta $5,000 Connecting with The Traveling Show Deaf Audiences gloATL Knock Our Socks Off! Essential Theatre $5,000 Center for Puppetry Arts $5,000 $5,000 Curator for a Day- Kids Who Perform Help Find & Fund Share Some Magic... in the Arts, Perform Become a Field Trip Our Next Artist in Well in Life Residence Sponsor Fabrefaction Theatre Company Hammonds House Museum Center for Puppetry Arts $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 Moving Violations: A Puppet Camp! The Power of 20 Ticket for Dance High Museum of Art Center for Puppetry Arts Full Radius Dance $40 $5,000 $5,000

Uncle Grampa’s Super Get MAD! Keep the Madeline Enjoyable Storytime Full Radius Dance Magic Alive Castle! $5,000 Horizon Theatre Company Dad’s Garage Theatre Co. $3,140 $5,000

PAGE 28 Third Country Design for All -- Free Give a ‘with hope’ Horizon Theatre Company Final Fridays at MODA teen girl a voice! $5,000 Museum of Design Atlanta Synchronicity Theatre $5,000 $5,000 The Book Club Play: Life, Love, and XYZ: Alternative Help our girls to Literature Voices in Game Design shine! Horizon Theatre Company Museum of Design Atlanta Synchronicity Theatre $5,000 $5,000 $5,000

Every Tongue “Take the A-Train:” 24 Hour Opera Confess Keep Jazz Alive Project! Horizon Theatre Company Rialto Center for the Arts The Atlanta Opera $5,000 $5,000 $370

New South Young Pay it forward: Arts All Female Playwrights Festival for SW ATL Kids Production of Horizon Theatre Company Rialto Center for the Arts William Shakespeare’s $4,942 $5,000 Macbeth The Fern Theatre Company August Wilson Four Unexpected $5,000 Academy Dances Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company Room To Move Dance Send a Child to $5,000 $5,000 AileyCamp Atlanta The Fox Theatre Spring Play Reading Seniors In Motion $200 Series Room To Move Dance Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre $5,000 Company AileyCamp Atlanta $1,130 Angry Fags The Fox Theatre Seven Stages $1,550 Invest-MINT $5,000 MINT Ruth Laxson $5,000 Lady Lay Retrospective Seven Stages Exhibition Catalogue Moving Between $5,000 The Museum of Contemporary Art of Worlds Georgia Moving in the Spirit Youth Creates $5,000 $4,000 Seven Stages $5,000 Support our Summer MOCA GA Museum Administration Tour Shows Bring Frog & Toad to Moving in the Spirit Residency Program Life The Museum of Contemporary Art of $5,000 Synchronicity Theatre Georgia $4,680 $5,000

PAGE 29 Draw@MOCA The Whole World The Museum of Contemporary Art of Summer Improv Camp Georgia for Kids Program $3,390 Initiative Whole World Improv Theatre 3000 Free Tickets $5,000 for Student Matinee Performance of Loose Change STOMP Magazine: Building Theater of the Stars, Inc Community Through $846 the Written Word WonderRoot Gypsee-yo Brings us $5,000 Harabel Theatrical Outfit Inspiring Children $1,560 through the Arts Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Support a Sikh Center Theatrical Outfit $5,000 $800 Give Kindergarten Adopt a Harpist Students the Gift of Urban Youth Harp Ensemble the Arts $5,000 Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center Patrice, the Practice $5,000 Harp Urban Youth Harp Ensemble Transform the lives $5,000 and learning of 300,000 students Spring Concert through the arts! Finale Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Urban Youth Harp Ensemble Center $5,000 $5,000

VOX Teen Zoetic Premieres New Communications Art Theater Dance Club Zoetic Dance Ensemble VOX Teen Communications $5,000 $5,000

Working Together to Capture Change VSA arts of Georgia, Inc $5,000

PAGE 30 PUBLIC ART

PUblic art collection elevate

PAGE 31 PUBLIC ART COLLECTION:NEW ACQUISITIONS The Public Art Program installed four new works of art throughout the city for the Departments of Public Works, Fire and Rescue and Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. These works are permanent additions to the city’s landscape, many of them produced by local artists.

CHI WARA SUNDIAL LANTERN REACH FOR THE STARS A working sundial lantern sculpture was Art commissioned on behalf of the commissioned and included it in the design Department of Parks, Recreation and of the streetscape improvements along Cultural Affairs that stretches over the top of Cascade Road and Benjamin E. Mays Drive, the Thomasville Recreation Center - a Center in Southwest Atlanta. The plaza where the of Hope as decreed by Mayor Kasim Reed sundial sits include names of community during his first term in office. leaders in dials that calibrate the time of day.

THE RIVER SINGS TREES OF LIFE AND KAN Commissioned for Fire Station 28 - Riverside Mexican Sculptress Yvonne Domenge gifted community, this 13ft aluminum sculpture to the City of Atlanta three sculptures that stands in front of the newly constructed fire simulate a tree and large seeds. Solicited station and police precinct that also serves and received on behalf of the City from as a community center. Millennium Park, Chicago, the sculptures were accepted and installed in Freedom Park.

PAGE 32 COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT

Collections management works to maintain, restore and conserve the 126 works of art in public spaces around the city. In fiscal year 2013, the Public Art Program partnered with civic groups and partner agencies to restore sites and better maintain artwork.

MAINTENANCE CONSERVATION

Through the Conservation and Maintenance Program, Public Collections Management worked to conserve the historic Art coordinated with the Department of Parks to support Talbot monument at Grant Park which depicts the founder proper care of public art in parks. Maintenance crews were of the Machinist Union and was restored through PAP’s trained to clean artworks and mitigate damage to works in Adopt an Artwork Program. The International Association the course of regular park maintenance. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers adopted the piece and funded its conservation in celebration of the 125th anniversary of organized labor originating in Atlanta, RESTORATION Georgia.

Ralph David Abernathy Square is the site of a major 1996 Olympic era art installation by esteemed artist Emma Amos. The art installation entitled “We Will Not Forget” was dedicated to civil rights powerhouse Ralph David Abernathy. The site contains numerous bronze and tile mosaic structures that span over a ½ acre site in Mechanicsville. The restoration was supported by the Community Foundation and required over $18,000 of renovations which took place over a four-month period.

PAGE 33 ELEVATE

Elevate engaged 12 artists and 3 arts organizations from Atlanta, France, California and Minnesota to come together and change the landscape of downtown Atlanta. Running from October 19-27, 2012, Elevate presented an exhibition of contemporary visual artworks and performances that showcased little noticed neighborhoods and landmarks. By changing the landscape and attracting visitors, Elevate provided a new experience of the downtown environment.

SAVEITOR PAVEIT Adrian Barzaga, Atlanta

Adrian Barzaga proposed an ambitious remedy to a visual eyesore in what used to be known as the “Heart of Atlanta”: a 60’x180’ Mural at 143 Alabama Street. The five-story building sat vacant since 1972 when Georgia power left and relocated its headquarters. Barzaga's mural, which took 3 days to complete, changed the appearance of the abandoned building from blight to a 3-dimensional graphic art piece.

SOUTH BROAD MURAL PROJECT Hense, Atlanta, GA; Sever, Atlanta, GA; Tilt, Tourlouse, France; Born, Atlanta, GA; Push, Los Angeles, California

South Broad Street is an architectural jewel of downtown Atlanta. For Elevate 2012, five murals ranging from 30 to 50 feet wrapped the façades of seven buildings on South Broad Street. The South Broad Mural Project culminated in a street festival at the presentation of the finished works. The South Broad Mural Project received rave reviews and was recognized by the Public Art Network of Americans for the Arts as one of the nation’s fifty best public art projects.

PAGE 34 COLORFALLS Randy Walker, Minneapolis

Constructed in 1995, the Peace Fountain in Woodruff Park commemorates Atlanta’s role in the Civil Rights movement. Located at the intersection of Auburn Avenue and Park Place, the fountain also serves as the gateway to the historic King Memorial and Sweet Auburn Districts. For Elevate 2012, artist Randy Walker applied hundreds of acrylic fiber straps in five bright colors over the fountain’s back wall. The effect was a seamless rainbow interspersed with the fountain's flowing water.

BANHO DE LUZ Lillian Blades, Atlanta, GA; Roni Nicole Henderson, Atlanta, GA; Linda Costa, Atlanta, GA

Three local artists collaborated for an event based production at Carnegie Education Pavilion in Downtown’s Hardy Ivy Park, where Peachtree Street intersects with Baker Street. The pavilion, designed by architect Henri Jova, was constructed in 1996 based on the exterior facade of the Carnegie Library. It is a monument to higher education in Atlanta, with the seals of nine local area colleges and universities embedded in the floor of the edifice. Blades, Henderson and Costa, recognized artists in their own right, collaborated to incorporate their mediums of sculpture, digital, performance and photography into a performance piece held on two separate days during Elevate.

IMAGINARY MILLIONS Wonderroot; Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia; Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art,; Kennesaw State University

Wonderroot, the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia and the Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art collaborated to present a grand Elevate performance event which examined the intrinsic and economic value of art. 200 Peachtree Street was the site of a mock art auction in which performers competitively bid on artworks using imaginary money. 200 Peachtree is the former site of Macy’s department store which was an anchor retail outlet for downtown Atlanta. From 1891, when the store was originally built as a Davison’s, until 2003 when Macy’s closed its doors, 200 Peachtree has been a cultural landmark.

BACK ON MY FEET Jessica Caldas, Atlanta, GA; Avian Reese, Atlanta, GA

Back on My Feet is a national non-profit organization that uses running to help those experiencing homelessness change the way they see themselves so they can make real work towards employment and independent living. For Elevate 2012, the Atlanta chapter of Back on My Feet exhibited five wheat paste murals installed temporarily across central downtown. Caldas and Reese produced a performance series, including spoken word and a 5k run, to communicate the message of personal transformation through activity and communal engagement.

PAGE 35 Atlanta jazz festival

2013 marked 36 years for the Atlanta jazz festival.

PAGE 36 The Atlanta Jazz Festival is a musical tradition embedded into the history of the city of Atlanta. 2013 celebrated 36 years of the festival including 31 days of jazz performance events throughout the month of May leading up to the 3-day concert over Memorial Weekend. 35 FOR 35 Residents and visitors experienced an array of jazz performances at events including Neighborhood Jazz and MARTA Mondays. Restaurants and music SOCIETY venues around the city celebrated the festival’s 31 Days culminating in a weekend with 2 stages, art, food and fun for the entire Atlanta family. Established in 2012, the 35 For 35 Society is made up Each year the Atlanta Jazz Festival and its programs are made possible of Atlanta community and through the generous support of sponsors and patrons. Thank you to our business leaders who are 2013 sponsors: PNC Bank, Publix, Georgia Lottery, Celebrity Cruises, Coca- aligned with the mission of Cola, Bank of America, MARTA, Loews Hotel, id8, England Piano, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau and Federal Home Loan Bank. the Festival. They serve as ambassadors for the Festival, ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL NEIGHBORHOOD JAZZ raising awareness and 2013 PERFORMERS SERIES 2013 PERFORMERS philanthropic support each year. Jacob Deaton and the Tribulation Band Oscar Shepperd and the Edwin Rialto Jazz for Kids Williams Trio Julie Dexter Saxman Antonio Bennett Benjamin E. Mays High School Jazz Orchestra Antonio Bennett James L. Anderson Rialto Youth Jazz Orchestra Young-Mays Combo Jazz Ensemble North Atlanta Center for the Arts Jazz Band J.O. Wyatt Quartet Larry Dingle Stephenson High School Jazz Ensemble J Henry Vicki & John Palmer Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet Milkshake Alexandra Jackson Eric Thomas Mack Wilborn Aaron Diehl Quartet Chandra Currelley Bettye & Stan Barrett Meshell Ndegeocello Takana Miyamoto Gretchen Parlato Infinite Sound Family Sonya & Daniel Halpern Tia Fuller Gabb ie McGee Jay & Arthur Richardson Dominick Farinacci J Henry José James Mtamanika Youngblood Uri Gurvich Quartet Dr. Bill & Verna Cleveland The Westlake High School Jazz Ensemble J.C. Young Middle School Jazz Ensemble Valerie Jackson Tri-Cities High School Jazz Band Jacqueline & Patrick Royster Rio Negro Ginou W. Kevin Dancy Aruán Ortiz Quartet Gail O'Neill & Paul Viera Cécile McLorin Salvant Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Gamak Robyn & Frank Sims

PAGE 37 PROGRAMS

YOUTH JAZZ BAND COMPETITION

The Atlanta Jazz Festival’s Youth Jazz Band Competitions celebrated a decade this year. Since 2001, the Atlanta Jazz Festival has presented the AJF Youth Jazz Band Competition.

Developed to deepen the Festival’s commitment to community and Atlanta’s youth, the Youth Jazz Band Competition offers young jazz musicians from all over the metropolitan area the opportunity to showcase their talent. The competition focuses on artistic and technical merits and features an outstanding judging panel. A special thanks to our adjudicators – trumpeters Melvin Jones and Mace Hibbard and jazz disc jockey Phil Clore; and our master of ceremonies, Carl Anthony.

Three winners were selected – winning an opportunity to perform as the openers each day at the Festival on the main stage. This year, our winner was the Benjamin E. Mays High School Jazz Orchestra; second place winners were the North Atlanta Center for the Arts Jazz Band and in third place Stephenson. Each school won a coveted spot to perform on the Mainstage at the festival and a scholarship. Scholarships for this year’s competition have been made possible by Bank of America Foundation.

­­­­n BENJAMIN E. MAYS HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE ­­­­n WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL ­­­­n NORTH ATLANTA CENTER FOR THE ARTS JAZZ BAND ­­­­n J.C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL ­­­­ n STEPHENSON HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE ­­­­n TRI-CITIES HIGH SCHOOL

PAGE 38 JAZZ EDUCATION WORKSHOP SERIES In keeping with our mission of educating the public about jazz, nurturing the next generation of jazz musicians, and attracting a wider audience of jazz fans, the Festival partnered with Atlanta Jazz Info to create a series of panels at the festival over Memorial Day Weekend. Jazz Education workshops were presented daily at Magnolia. Noted musicians and industry experts hosted panels on the “Changing Face of Jazz,” including a discussion about female trailblazers and women’s evolving roles in Jazz, the progression of jazz styles over the years, and Jazz on the international stage.

Women in Jazz: The Changing Face The Changing Face of Diversity of Jazz: Fusion, Jazz: What the @(#% is An exploratory discussion about Electronic & Cultural Going On? brave and brilliant female trailblazers; Alchemy Panel discussion on how Jazz, born the discrimination each faced; their Panel consisting of music in the USA, is being perceived on trials, tribulations and the music; and professionals on the Fusion of Jazz: the world stage. Who are the top most importantly their TRIUMPHS! 36 years later. When did the sound artists? Is the diversity of the world Who are the major female Jazz of Jazz begin to change? Who are the stage influenced by American Jazz players now? pioneers? The Introduction of Change artists? What are our musicians and in the 60’s and 70’s; the “Death” of Jazz leaders thinking about, and what FACILITATORS: the “Band” in the 80’s, and 2k and have we learned? Where can I hear Anjanette Keane Dawes - Jazz beyond; The Youth Movement; and a live Jazz in Atlanta? Enthusiast & Creative Director – discussion of Electronic vs. Acoustic! Atlanta Jazz Info Are our young people the “saviors” of PANELISTS: Jazz? Tyrone Jackson - Composer, Jazz Ginger Davis - Announcer/DJ, Pianist and Hot Shoe Recording Artist Drummer, Editor – Atlanta Jazz Info PANELISTS: Randy Hoexter - Composer, Jazz Henry Davenporte – General Phil “NorthSea” Roberts - Director of Pianist, Instructor & Director of Manager and Operator – Studio 281 Community Affairs – Atlanta Jazz Info Education – Atlanta Institute of Music Julie Dexter – Vocalist Jamal Ahmad - Announcer/DJ, Producer, Host of WCLK Atlanta’s “The Jay Edwards – Independent Music S.O.U.L. of Jazz” Professional & WCLK 91.9 DJ

Captain Mellow - Host of WRFG’s and Music Aficionado

Henry C. Conerway, III - Musician/ Drummer & Composer

Malik Compton - 13 Year Old Musician/Bassist also known as the “Kid with the Bass”

ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL INC. Eddie Bridgeman, Sr. Camille Russell Love, Director BOARD OF DIRECTORS President, Sai Sai Group, Inc City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs

Jay Richardson Kathleen Bertrand General Counsel Owner, Airport Concessions Senior Vice President, Community and Joseph V. “Jay” Myers, iii Governmental Affairs Seyfarth Shaw LLP Reverend Dwight Andrews Atlanta Convention and visitors Bureau Pastor – First Congregational Baptist Church Jazz musician PAGE 39 Cultural Facilities

PAGE 40 Chastain Arts Center 135 West Wieuca Rd. Atlanta, GA 30342

Chastain Gallery FY2013 Exhibitions

June 2012 Radcliffe Roye J’ouvert: at the Devil’s Playground Radcliffe Roye is a Brooklyn based documentary photographer specializing in editorial and environmental portraits, photo-journalism and stock photography. A self taught photographer with over ten years of experience, Radcliffe is inspired by the raw and gritty lives of grass-roots people, especially those of his homeland of Jamaica. CHASTAIN ARTS CENTER Radcliffe strives to tell the stories of their victories and ills by bringing their voices to Chastain Arts Center, located inside Chastain Park, matte fiber paper. provides exceptional art classes and exhibitions in a historic facility which is one of Atlanta's oldest January 2013 community arts centers. Classes are available for Arturo Lindsay, Portraits of Yemeya In the manner of the Hudson River School all ages and skill levels, in a variety of fine arts and painters who reasoned that the sublime crafts. Exhibits in the adjacent gallery showcase found in nature is the manifestation of the power and existence of God, this exhibition both the work of professional fine artists, and attempts to depict portraits of Yemaya artwork created by instructors and students of the through a collection of still and moving images of the sea and things related to, or, arts center. In 2013, Chastain Arts Center hosted affected by the sea. Most of the photographs 2,105 patrons and offered 293 classes and twelve in this collection were taken in port visited by the artist while conducting field research professional and community exhibitions. on African retentions, rediscoveries and re- inventions to inform his art practice as well as scholarly research. The port cities include Portobelo and Bocas del Toro, Panama; Salvador and Arembepe, Bahia, Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; Gorée, Senegal; Alexandria, Egypt and Havana, Cuba.

PAGE 41 CYCLORAMA 800-C Cherokee Avenue. Atlanta, GA 30315

2013 CYCLORAMA SUMMER SERIES: Commemorating the 150th Battle of Atlanta

Slavery’s Constitution David Waldstreicher, Author and Temple University Professor.

Atlanta Then and Now: A New Look at Atlanta and a 150-Year-Old War Brad Quinlan and Ken Denney, Civil War Researchers

Enslaved No More! Hari Jones, Assistant Director & Curator of African American Civil War Museum and Memorial

Understanding the Civil War Children’s Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil Program Living With Lynching: African American War Museum Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930 Dr. Koritha Mitchell, The Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum is houses Professor, and Ohio State University and preserves the world’s largest diorama painting The Art of War, Kara Walker, acclaimed visual artist depicting the Civil War “Battle of Atlanta”. The museum Slavery, the Civil War, and African American also maintains the famed “Texas” Locomotive of the Mental Health Dr. Joy DeGruy Great Locomotive Chase of 1862. 2013 CYCLORAMAS FALL ADULT In 2013, OCA made significant capital improvements to conserve the museum AND CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS facility including: Ruth and the Green Book: Confronting ­­­­n Roof replacement, front façade and terrace repairs and Overcoming Challenges Calvin Ramsey, Author & Playwright ­­­­n Digital Conversion of “The Atlanta Campaign” film and audio visual equipment The Legend of Buddy Bush Sheila Moses, Author ­­­­n Two new boilers, 50-ton condensing A/C Unit, upgrades to HVAC controls Where I’m Bound: A Novel of Bravery and Freedom Professor and Author Allen Ballard ­­­­n Sprinkler System repairs to correct deficiencies Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery Dr. Deborah Willis, ­­­­n New chair lift installation Photographer, Historian & Curator

In 2013, Cyclorama hosted 49,870 visitors. 2014 will mark the 150th commemoration of the Battle of Atlanta PAGE 42 GILBERT HOUSE

Located in Atlanta’s Perkerson neighborhood the Jeremiah S. GILBERT HOUSE Gilbert House is one of the city’s oldest surviving structures and employs a distinctive building technology using 2238 Perkerson Rd SW fieldstones, mortar and wood. Dating to 1865, the Gilbert Atlanta, GA 30315 House is now home to the Culture Club’s music enrichment program, in partnership with Atlanta Music Project.

SOUTH BEND CENTER FOR ART AND CULTURE SOUTH BEND CENTER South Bend Center for Art and Culture is a Culture Club 1955 Compton Dr. SE program site within Atlanta’s Lakewood neighborhood. Atlanta, GA, 30315 Programming at this facility focuses on after school tutoring and musical theater (provided by Youth Ensemble of Atlanta).

JD SIMS

JD Sims Center is located in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward District JD SIMS CENTER and was established for the community in 1984 under Mayor Maynard Jackson. Today, JD Sims, as a Culture Club 544 Angier Ave NE program site, provides a place where students can study and Atlanta, GA 30308 participate in after school dance instruction (taught by Dance Canvas) and Capoeira.

PAGE 43 PAGE 44 2013 financials

The Office of Cultural Affairs programming and operations are funded through several sources

EXPENSE BUDGET G enera l F und $ 532,096.00 $ 2,386,503.00

$ 581,981.00

$ 1,053,313.00

$ 219,113.00

$ 447,905

n Cyclorama n Public art n Administration n Arts In Education n Contracts for Arts Services $ 1,060,390.00

$ 185,018.00 RE V ENUES $ 382,462.00

$ 471,518.00

$ 21,391.00 $15,000.00

n Public art n culture club n Atlanta jazz festival n chastain arts center n Cyclorama

Grant and Foundation Funding.....283,000.00 CHART OF FUNDING SOURCES Coca-Cola...... 15,000.00 n City of Atlanta General Fund Georgia Pacific...... 1,500.00 $ 2,386,503.00 Georgia Power...... 5,000.00 8% n Gr ants and Foundations International Association of Machinists $ 283,000.00 and Aerospace Workers...... 5,000.00 1% 13% n Cyclorama Kendeda Fund...... 10,000.00 $ 471,518.00 Loridans and Trammel Foundation...... 32,000.00 10% n Miller Zell, Inc...... 1,000.00 63% cu lture club $ 21,391.00 National Endowment for the Arts...... 75,000.00 5% Turner Broadcasting...... 100,000.00 n Chastain Arts Center Woodruff Arts Center...... 10,000.00 $ 382,463.00 Zeist Foundation...... 28,500.00 n At lanta Jazz Festival $ 185,018.00

PAGE 45 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

CORPORATE SPONSORS COMMUNITY PARTNERS CULTURE CLUBS ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL After School All-Stars Atlanta Street Theatre Atlanta Daybook Atlanta Bicycle Coalition Atlanta Music Project Atlanta Jazz Info.com Atlanta City Council Consulate General of France Atlanta Tribune Atlanta Convention and Visitors Dance Canvas Bank of America Bureau Candid Jazz American Association of Black Celebrity Cruises Journalists POWER2GIVE.ORG Coca-Cola MARTA Arts and Science Council of Charlotte- England Piano Mecklenburg Federal Home Loan Bank ARTSCooL Georgia Lottery Atlanta Workforce Development PUBLIC ART Id8 Agency Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood InContact Clark Atlanta University Association JazzTimes Youth Art Connection, Boys and Girls Atlanta Public Art Legacy Fund JS108 Club of Atlanta Atlanta Fire and Rescue Loews Atlanta Atlanta Convention and Visitors MAJIC Bureau PNC Bank CHASTAIN ARTS CENTER Atlanta Beltline, Incorporated Publix Chastain Civic Association Central Atlanta Progress The Atlanta Inquirer Community Connects Community Foundation V103 Galloway School Consulate General of Mexico WAOK Girl Scouts of America Consulate General of France WRFG Georgia State University C4 WowNow National Black Arts Festival Consulate General of France Oglethorpe University Department of Public Works Pace Academy Fractured Atlas CULTURAL EXPERIenCE PROJECT Georgia State University Georgia Power High Museum of Art Miller Zell CULTURAL EXPERIENCE PROJECT Instituto de Mexico Turner Broadcasting System Alliance Theater Company I <3 Atlanta The Coca-Cola Company Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Botanical Garden Kennesaw State University Atlanta History Center North Cobb Christian High School CHASTAIN ARTS CENTER Atlanta Public Schools Office of Parks Binders Art Supply Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Office of Park Design Evos Ballethnic Dance Company Police Athletic League Food 101 Charles Loridans and the Mark Wonderroot Little Cake Bakery Chattahoochee Nature Center Utrecht Annual Report design by Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center Creative Juice, LLC Emory University itscreativejuice.com PUBLIC ART Evelyn Trammell Foundation n City of Atlanta General Fund Bike Tours Atlanta Georgia Institute of Technology Binders Art Supply $ 2,386,503.00 Georgia Shakespeare Breen Smith n Gr ants and Foundations Georgia State University Edelman $ 283,000.00 High Museum of Art International Association of Imagine It! The Children’s Museum n Cyclorama Machinists and Aerospace Workers Kendeda Fund $ 471,518.00 Melia Hotel Michael C. Carlos Museum n cu lture club Underground Atlanta National Endowment for the Arts $ 21,391.00 Oglethorpe University n Chastain Arts Center Rialto Center for the Arts $ 382,463.00 Theater of the Stars n At lanta Jazz Festival Theatrical Outfit $ 185,018.00 Zeist Foundation

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