CITY OF MAYOR’S OFFICE of CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Annual Report 2014 FULL RADIUS DANCE is an inclusive company that choreographs unique programs with dancers of various physical capabilities from those fully able to those with some physical TABLE OF disability. Based in Atlanta, Full Radius Dance maintains a busy performance schedule locally, as well as regionally, nationally, and internationally. Locally, the company presents an annual repertory concert each January, as well as the annual Modern Atlanta Dance (MAD) Festival. In addition to touring and performing, Full Radius engages in classroom education CONTENTS programs and teaches classes for adults and children with all range of physical abilities.

LETTER FROM MAYOR KASIM REED 2 LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3 OCA VISION. MISSION. GOALS 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 2014 HIGHLIGHTS 8 FUNDING 10 PROGRAMMING 20 PUBLIC ART 28 FACILITIES 34 FINANCIALS 42

CITY OF ATLANTA MAYOR’S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS 233 , HARRIS TOWER 2014 SUITE 1700 ATLANTA, GA 30303 ANNUAL REPORT 1 OCA FY 2014

Mayor’s Letter EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Director’s Letter Camille Russell Love MAYOR Greetings, MANAGEMENT Atlanta is a culturally rich city and the Mayor’s Office Kasim Reed As the Mayor of Atlanta and a strong supporter of Lena Carstens of Cultural Affairs proudly supports its continued PROGRAM MANAGER, Arts in Education our arts community, I am proud to present the 2014 growth and development. This year we witnessed the ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL Alex Delotch Davis Annual Report for the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. GRANTS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER blossoming of the city’s art scene in a way that could Ceasar Mitchell We’ve accomplished so much in the past year. Morgan A. Garriss not have been predicted just ten years ago. We are PRESIDENT MANAGEMENT ANALYST committed to the long term sustainability of that growth. We fulfilled our pledge to increase funding for the arts by asking the Hon. Carla Smith Eddie Granderson DISTRICT 1 community to support that commitment through power2give.org, PROGRAM MANAGER, Public Art Our funding levels for the arts, in what Hon. Kwanza Hall a national civic crowdfunding platform. The community stepped up Melissa Laurenceau has been a trying financial period across DISTRICT 2 in a big way and contributed $300,000, which the City matched and FESTIVAL MANAGER, Atlanta Jazz Festival nearly every sector, have remained Hon. Ivory Lee Young distributed to local arts organizations. DISTRICT 3 ADMINISTRATION level. It is during tight financial times Hon. Cleta Winslow Cheryl Sullivan that artists are hardest hit. The OCA has Gallery 72 also opened this year, replacing the old City gallery. Visual DISTRICT 4 ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST increased its funding of individual artists artists who live and work in Atlanta now have a public space worthy Hon. Natalyn Archibong Colby Wilson and adjusted grant requirements to of displaying their high-quality, engaging exhibitions. It is truly a DISTRICT 5 PROJECT COORDINATOR account for shrinking capabilities among Hon. Alex Wan spectacular addition to the Downtown landscape. PROGRAM STAFF DISTRICT 6 our arts organizations. We believe these adjustments Jessica Gaines We also continued to support individual local artists with grant funds Hon. Howard Shook have allowed our arts organizations to stay the course. PROJECT SUPERVISOR, Arts in Education made available through the Contracts for Arts Services program. The DISTRICT 7 Courtney Hammond Hon. Yolanda Adrean The opening of Gallery 72 at 2 City Plaza provides a City of Atlanta is one of the few municipalities to offer a program like this PROJECT SUPERVISOR, Public Art DISTRICT 8 new municipal venue for visual . Through because we know how critical this support is to ensure the continued Selena Harper Hon. Felicia Moore PROJECT SUPERVISOR, Arts in Education collaborative programming we aim to support local artists growth and development of our entertainment industry. Artists are, after DISTRICT 9 Robert Witherspoon as well as compliment the commercial visual arts industry. all, the ones who provide the talent and skill that drive this industry. Hon. C.T. Martin PROJECT SUPERVISOR, Public Art DISTRICT 10 The Cultural Experience Project continues to be a bright Atlanta’s Jazz Fest continues as one of the country’s pre-eminent free Hon. Keisha Lance Bottoms ATLANTA CYCLORAMA STAFF spot as we approach the program’s 10th year, marking jazz festivals. The Cultural Experience Project once again provided DISTRICT 11 Monica D. Prothro a full decade of increasing access to the arts for APS unforgettable programming for students in the Atlanta Public School Hon. Joyce Sheperd FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR DISTRICT 12 students. The 37th Atlanta Jazz Festival added a stage, system. This year’s Elevate project featured the work of more than Patricia Jackson Hon. Michael Bond CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPERVISOR providing an equal platform for Atlanta musicians as 100 artists who created an environment in for POST 1 Yakingma Robinson well as the many artists who travel here from around exploration, discovery, and conversation. And with support from the Hon. Mary Norwood MARKETING ASSISTANT the globe. French Consulate, the week-long event also included series of unique POST 2 Derrick Williams engagements focused on French culture. Hon. Andre Dickens AUDIO-VISUAL TECHNICIAN Thanks to the support of our Mayor, the hard work of POST 3 Beverly Williams our staff and the generous contributions of our many As you can see, it’s been a great year for the arts in Atlanta. Going BOOKSTORE MANAGER supporters, we are honored to be a champion for arts forward, our goal will continue to be to inspire creativity and growth CHASTAIN ARTS CENTER STAFF and culture in all of Atlanta’s communities. by supporting world-class arts and high-quality cultural experiences Karen Comer Lowe throughout our city. FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR Megan Murdie Kasim Reed ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Camille Russel Love John Roberts PROJECT COORDINATOR & POTTERY INSTRUCTION 2 3 To enhance the quality of life through cultural experiences that will expand Atlanta’s international reputation. VISIONOCA To promote the rich and diverse cultural experiences in the City of Atlanta while preserving and protecting the city’s cultural heritage.

MISSIONMaintain the highest Educate and inform citizens quality of services and visitors about Atlanta’s cultural off erings Gain international recognition of programs Preserve and protect the ATLANTA existing cultural heritage SHAKESPEARE Unify Atlanta’s cultural of the City of Atlanta community through programs COMPANY Nurture artists and Educate Atlanta about arts organizations Cultural Development Support the arts Create Cultural experiences that community of Atlanta can serve as an international model Strengthen our impact Use cultural experiences to through partnerships with enhance the quality of life other organizations Provide culture and art needs Build bridges into new EXECUTIVE to all citizens and visitors communities and develop Promote rich and diverse cultural new audiences experiences in the City of Atlanta

4 SUMMARY GOALS Overview Funding Programming Public Art Facilities

In 2014, the Offi ce of Cultural Aff airs was part of a reorganization CONTRACTS FOR CULTURAL EXPERIENCE The Public Art Program is CHASTAIN ARTS CENTER responsible for administering ARTS SERVICES PROJECT Chastain Arts Center continues which moved the offi ce from Parks and Recreation to the Mayor’s the acquisition and maintenance OCA provides funding to local Cultural Experience Project (CEP) to provide arts education of the city’s public art collection Offi ce. In its fi rst year at the Mayor’s Offi ce of Cultural Aff airs, artists through several vehicles will soon celebrate its 10th year programs to a community of as well as programming OCA worked to streamline programmatic off erings and enhance over the course of the year. of programming. Over the course students of all ages, disciplines, public art events during the Contracts for Arts Services of a decade this program has and skill levels, from master the eff ectiveness of the offi ce on the vitality of the arts. year. The Public Art team (CAS), the offi ce’s primary grown in support and impact. classes for professional artists develops the curatorial focus funding program, continues to CEP is an important supplement to introductory art programs of programs, exhibitions, and This report serves to outline the achievements of the Mayor’s be an important resource in the to the educational experience for children. Chastain’s gallery specifi c acquisitions of pieces Offi ce of Cultural Aff airs in service to the residents of development of our local arts of Atlanta’s children. There is no also maintains an exhibition in the collection. Through these economy. In recent years, CAS question of the arts’ value to the schedule presenting an array Atlanta, as well as the artists, arts organizations, tourists and activities, Public Art is able to has expanded funding for local development of creative minds. of some of Atlanta’s most present a wide range of artists, businesses that make Atlanta a great place to live and work. artists enabling more artists to talented artists. local, national, and international. create and contribute to the ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL proliferation of quality arts Atlanta Jazz Festival (AJF) is the Public Art also provides support GALLERY 72 presented throughout the city. city’s annual celebration of Gallery 72 opened this year to internal offi ces, residents, . Each May the city comes at 72 Marietta Street in the Offi ce Objectives artists and businesses with an alive in anticipation of the bevy of lobby of the former AJC interest in integrating art into OCA’s programs refl ect the offi ce’s commitment to cultivating acts that grace the AJF stage each building. The OCA hosted a the public domain. Public Art Atlanta’s vibrant cultural scene, which is experiencing Memorial Day Weekend. 2014 was “Re-design” competition to serves to increase access to the exponential growth. This year, Elevate, a signature program, no diff erent. AJF’s Neighborhood give local architects a chance arts for the public at large while celebrated its third year of bringing quality arts to downtown Jazz Festival expanded this year, to reimagine the donated providing valuable platforms Atlanta. The offi ce continues to pursue its goal of increasing the adding Historic Fourth Ward Park space into a contemporary for artists to invigorate the city’s access to the arts for residents and support of local artists. and Oakland Cemetery to the gallery. From the entrants, local cultural landscape. lineup of community concerts. fi rm Stanley Beaman & Sears (SBS) was selected to create POWER2GIVE ELEVATE a breathtaking new entrance This year’s statistics show that Elevate presented an impressive to the building that redefi nes power2give.org continues to array of public art projects this downtown corridor. The gain momentum. Not only does over the course of the week- opening exhibit of 72 Marietta this program multiply small long downtown exhibition. was met with great interest contributions, it cultivates a Elevate successfully supports from the community and sets generation of arts patrons that the creation and installation of the stage for more to come. will be vital to the sustainability unique public projects with the of Atlanta arts. This is a strong goal to enhance the environment program that we are excited to and impact the public’s provide to the community. engagement with each other.

6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 power2give Contracts for Cultural Elevate Arts Services Experience CELEBRATED COMMISSIONED Project Art Projects AWARDED 15 ONE YEAR THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN ATLANTA power2give.org IN 2014 PROVIDED August 2013 $927,555 PRESENTED PROJECT AND OPERATING GRANTS TO PERFORMANCE Artists & Organizations 35,333 PROJECTS Atlanta Public School students 11 INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF BASED IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA 76 A BROAD RANGE OF EXPERIENCES matching support at Atlanta’s premiere cultural OVER 9 evenings awarded through the platform to UPDATED GRANT GUIDELINES TO venues and artistic programs & OPEN TO JUST OVER $280,000 increase eligibility FREE THE PUBLIC of small to mid-sized arts organizations Atlanta Public 77% School students CONDUCTED WENT ON A CULTURAL FIELD TRIP $281,626 PRESENTED through Cultural Experience Project 9 Public Art Tours 6 WALKING 1 BIKING MATCHING FUNDS GRANTED TO first annual exhibition of 2 PROJECT SPECIFIC TOURS Arts & Culture Projects 2014 Emerging Artists 70 THROUGHOUT THE CITY grantees at Chastain Arts Center FOR PROVIDING OVER PARTNERED WITH MARTA to present self-guided tours available CEP BUS DAILY VIA MARTA BUS ROUTE #49 7,500 TRIPS Cyclorama Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. $47,425 received the Business Committee for the Arts: ELEVATEATLFILM AWARDED 10 Best Businesses Partnering instagram launch generated O with the Arts in America Award to ELEVATE artists SHORT FILM V 50,000 200+SUBMISSIONS E depicting audience engagement GATHERED COMMUNITY FEEDBACK with Elevate projects around the city R Visitors through use of surveymonkey.com PARTICIPATED IN SAVED APPROXIMATELY guided tours of the 2014 MUSEUM THIS YEAR 30,000 SHEETS of paper by converting the grant application to an electronic format

8 2014 HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS 9 FUNDING

Midday Arts Café

As part of our 40th anniversary and in conjunction with the Department of Human Resources, the Mayor’s Offi ce of Cultural Aff airs hosted Midday Arts Café, a lunchtime performance series in City Hall featuring recipients of 2014 Contracts for Arts Services grants. This new program ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT connected Atlanta’s premier performance groups to City Hall and increased employee awareness of local arts.

Over a six-month period, 909 City of Atlanta employees attended the monthly program.

2014 FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS

Atlanta Jazz Festival Moving in the Spirit Metropolitan Atlanta Community Band Dance Canvas Atlanta Music Project The Wren’s Nest 10 MAJOR ARTS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, MID- Contracts for Arts Services ORGANIZATIONS SIZE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS

The Contracts for Arts Services (CAS) program awards contracts related to the production, creation, 7 STAGES HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY ART PAPERS presentation, exhibition and operational support of artistic cultural services in the City of Atlanta. $30,000 $40,000 $10,000 www.7stages.org www.horizontheatre.com www.artpapers.org Program objectives for fi scal year 2014 included the following:

} Heighten the profi le of the Emerging Artist Award ACTOR’S EXPRESS MOVING IN THE SPIRIT ARTSATL.COM $25,000 $20,000 $10,000 www.actors-express.com www.movinginthespirit.org www.artsatl.com } Update program guidelines

} Survey community for potential program improvements COMPANY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ATLANTA CELEBRATES $40,000 ART OF (MOCA GA) PHOTOGRAPHY } Deepen relationships with arts partners through site visits www.alliancetheatre.org $25,000 $10,000 www.mocaga.org www.acpinfo.org } Deliver an optimal level of customer service through courtesy, professionalism and responsiveness

Each year awards are made across fi ve major funding categories. $20,000 ATLANTA CHAMBER PLAYERS www.atlantaballet.com $15,000 $11,000 www.museumofdesign.org www.atlantachamberplayers.com 2014 FUNDS AWARDED BY CATEGORY ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER NATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL ATLANTA GAY MEN’S CHOIR $560,000 $293,000 $44,368 $27,187 $3,000 $25,000 $30,000 $11,000 www.thecontemporary.org www.nbaf.org www.agmchorus.org MULTI-DISCIPLINARY MAJOR ARTS MID-SIZE ARTS COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL EMERGING Organizations Organizations Artist Projects ARTISTS 19 36 Organizations 10 9 2 ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY THE ATLANTA OPERA ATLANTA JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL $35,000 $30,000 $6,000 www.shakespearetavern.com www.atlantaopera.org www.atlantajmf.org

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THEATRICAL OUTFIT, INC. ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT $25,000 $35,000 $11,000 MOVING IN THE SPIRIT www.atlantasymphony.org www.theatricaloutfit.org www.atlantamusicproject.org

CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS TRUE COLORS THEATRE COMPANY ATLANTA PARTNERSHIP $45,000 $30,000 FOR ARTS IN LEARNING www.puppet.org www.truecolorstheatre.org $3,000 www.blog.artsinlearning.org DAD’S GARAGE, INC. YOUNG AUDIENCES, $35,000 ATLANTA PRINTMAKERS STUDIO www.dadsgarage.com $15,000 $10,000 www.yawac.org www.atlantaprintmakersstudio.org

$40,000 (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) www.high.org

12 FUNDING 13 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, MID-SIZE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, CONTINUED ALLIANCE FRANCAISE D’ATLANTA ATLANTA PRESERVATION CENTER BRONZELENS FILM FESTIVAL GEORGIA LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS SYNCHRONICITY THEATRE $3,500 $3,000 WELCH SCHOOL GALLERIES www.afatl.com www.atlantapreservationcenter.com $10,000 $7,000 $8,500 $368 www.bronzelensfilmfestival.com www.glarts.org www.synchrotheatre.com www2.gsu.edu/~wwwgal AFRICA ATLANTA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB BURNAWAY GLOATL, INC. THE ATLANTA BOY CHOIR $3,000 OF METRO ATLANTA RIALTO CENTER FOR THE ARTS www.africaatlanta.org $7,000 $12,000 $5,000 $6,500 $6,500 www.burnaway.org www.gloatl.org www.atlantaboychoir.org www.bgcma.org www.rialtocenter.org ATLANTA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL C4 ATLANTA GOOD MOVES THE ESSENTIAL THEATRE $6,500 CLARK ATLANTA THE APEX MUSEUM www.ajff.org $10,000 $5,500 $5,000 UNIVERSITY GALLERIES $5,000 www.c4atlanta.org www.goodmoves.org www.essentialtheatre.com www.apexmuseum.org $5,000 ATLANTA PLANIT www.cau.edu DANCE CANVAS THE WREN’S NEST $5,000 www.atlantaplanit.com $8,500 $12,000 www.dancecanvas.com www.wrensnest.org

EYEDRUM ART & MUSIC GALLERY THEATRE DU REVE $3,500 $6,000 www..org www.theatredureve.com INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS

FABREFACTION THEATRE COMPANY URBAN YOUTH HARP AMINA MCINTYRE KATHRYN KOLB SCOTT DAUGHTRIDGE $5,000 ENSEMBLE, INC. $1,000 $4,000 $4,000 www.fabrefaction.org $12,000 www.urbanharp.org BETTY CHANEY LASSANA KOUYATE SEAN SCHWAB FLUX PROJECTS, INC. METRO ATLANTA COMMUNITY BAND $2,000 $4,000 $4,000 $10,000 $5,000 VSA ARTS OF GEORGIA www.fluxprojects.org www.macbonline.org $10,000 CYNTHIA FARNELL ROBIN DAVIS STACEY BROWN www.vsaartsga.org $2,000 $4,000 $2,187 MINT GALLERY $9,000 $7,000 WONDERROOT www.foxtheatre.org www.mintatl.org $9,000 www.wonderroot.org FULL RADIUS DANCE OUT OF HAND THEATRE EMERGING ARTISTS $8,500 $12,000 YOUTH ENSEMBLE OF ATLANTA www.fullradiusdance.org www.outofhandtheater.com $10,000 AUBREY LONGLEY-COOK, JESSICA CALDAS, www.youthensemble.org MEDIA ARTS VISUAL ARTS GATEWAY PERFORMANCE ROOM TO MOVE DANCE $1,500 $1,500 PRODUCTIONS $2,000 ZOETIC DANCE ENSEMBLE www.roomtomovedance.org $6,000 $5,500 www.masktheater.org www.zoeticdance.org

14 FUNDING 15 power2give/ATLANTA FUNDING RECIPIENTS

power2give.org completed a second year of funding for arts organizations in the City of Atlanta. ACTOR’S EXPRESS INC. 365 ATLANTA PRINTMAKERS STUDIO www.actors-express.com www.atlantafilmfestival.com www.atlantaprintmakersstudio.org The Offi ce of Cultural Aff airs continues to match funds raised through the online portal, doubling the impact of each donor contribution. The Rocky Horror Show 2014 Atlanta Film Festival – Going Pro! $5,000 Support the Moving Image! $1,250 As the program gains momentum in the arts community, we are seeing organizations become Season 26 @ Actor’s Express $5,000 more profi cient in the use of power2give.org as a fundraising tool. Use of the platform continues ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY $5,000 www.shakespearetavern.com to grow with year over year increases in the amount of funds raised as well as the average amount ATLANTA FRINGE FESTIVAL www.atlantafringe.org of individual donations. Shakespeare In The Classroom: ALLIANCE THEATRE www.alliancetheatre.org Atlanta Fringe Festival 2014 ‘Play On (And On, And On)!’ Since its inception, the OCA has used power2give.org to drive over $500,000 of contributed income $4,239 $2,500 to arts organizations throughout the city. In addition, the platform helps activate new arts donors who The Rube Project (working title) are more likely to give incremental amounts of support and appreciate the ease of an online tool. $710 B*ATL ORGANIZATION INC. www.batlevent.org APEX MUSEUM www.apexmuseum.org Our City, Our History: Recognizing KEY power2give.org STATISTICS More Than Meets the Eye 150 years with B*ATL and the Arts $2,500 $4,275 FY 14 FY 13 % CHANGE BRONZELENS FILM FESTIVAL OF Total Raised Annually Through power2give.org $563,292 $387,078 Up 46% ARTSATL.COM www.artsatl.com ATLANTA. INC. www.bronzelens.com Total COA Match Given $281,626 $193, 539 Up 46% Behind The Scenes BronzeLens Film Festival Average Donation $183 $95 Up 93% $2,500 ATLANTA JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL $2,500 % of Campaigns Fully Funded 87% 78% Up 12% www.atlantajmf.org ATLANTA BALLET % of Donations $100 or less 72% 84% Down -14% www.atlantaballet.com AJMF’s 5th Annual Spring Festival BURNAWAY www.burnaway.org Support AileyCamp in Atlanta! $2,500 unmonumentATL: Mapping $5,000 ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT Atlanta’s Unsung Landmarks Total raised through Wabi Sabi – Dance in the Real World www.atlantamusicproject.org $2,500 power2give.org $4,310 Atlanta Music Project since launch $5,000 C4 ATLANTA ATLANTA BOY CHOIR, INC. www.c4atlanta.org www.atlantaboychoir.org $950,228 ATLANTA PRESERVATION CENTER Ignite the Arts 2014 A Real Diverse Brotherhood of Singers www.preserveatlanta.com $5,000 $5,000 Total Donors in FY 14 Rub Elbows with the ‘Movers & Shakers’ Crossing the Cultural Divide; $1,000 www.puppet.org 1542 Bringing Atlanta Together Fly with the Phoenix! Be a Field Trip Sponsor! $5,000 $5,000 $5,000

16 FUNDING 17 DAD’S GARAGE THEATRE CO. EYEDRUM ART AND MUSEUM OF DESIGN ATLANTA SYNCHRONICITY THEATRE WHOLE WORLD IMPROV THEATRE www.dadsgarage.com www.museumofdesign.org www.synchrotheatre.com www.wholeworldtheatre.com MUSIC GALLERY www.eyedrum.org Dad’s Garage High School Outreach! Paul Rand: Defining Design 2nd Star to the Right: Peter Whole World Theatre’s Youth & $5,000 Eyedrum Is An Angel! $4,000 Pan & Wendy Outreach Teen Improv Program Initiative $5,000 Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years $4,995 $5,000 D’AIR PROJECT www.dairproject.org of Ebony Fashion Fair Where the Mountain Meets the Moon FABREFACTION THEATRE $5,000 $5,000 WONDERROOT HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY www.wonderroot.org D’AIR Project 2014 Teen Performance COMPANY www.horizontheatre.com www.fabrefaction.com $3,015 Walthall Artist Fellowship Horizon Apprentice Company OUT OF HAND THEATER THE FERN THEATRE COMPANY Scrumdidilyumptous Opportunity www.outofhandtheater.com www.theferntheatre.org/macbeth $2,095 DANCE CANVAS, INC. for Young Theatre Artists to $5,000 www.dancecanvas.com Blackberry Winter New Play Development Series Loose Change Magazine: Building collaborate with Professionals Cowgirls: A Fun-Filled Musical $5,000 $5,000 Community Through the Written Word Help a Choreographer’s $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 Vision Come to Life! ROOM TO MOVE DANCE THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY $5,000 FULL RADIUS DANCE KENNY LEON’S TRUE COLORS www.roomtomovedance.org www.fullradiusdance.org ART OF GEORGIA YOUNG AUDIENCES, THEATRE COMPANY www.mocaga.org Moving on up...Help us move www.truecolorstheatre.org Southern Grace WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER New/Favorites: Full Radius www.yawac.org to a new theater home! $2,500 MOCA GA Educational/ Dance In Performance Spring Play Reading Series $5,000 Seniors In Motion Resource Center Expansion Bring a visual arts residency $2,500 $2,500 to a Title I school this year $4,500 $5,000 DASHBOARD CO-OP MAD: 20th Anniversary $5,000 www.dashboardcoop.org SCORE: Artists in Overtime $2,500 LIVING WALLS: THE CITY SPEAKS, INC. www.livingwallsatl.com SEED AND FEED MARCHING $5,000 Engage teachers in arts-integrated Extended Stay Living Walls 2014 Conference ABOMINABLE ENDOWMENT INC. professional development $5,000 GATEWAY PERFORMANCE www.seedandfeed.org $5,000 THEATRICAL OUTFIT $5,000 PRODUCTIONS www.theatricaloutfit.org www.masktheatre.org Support Seed & Feed Marching Abominable 40th Anniversary! 80 Bottles of Aqua-net People, Pets & Wild Animals MINT www.mintatl.org $3,250 $2,500 $2,875 MINT’s Technology Upgrade Arts Programs for Underserved SEVEN STAGES URBAN YOUTH HARP ENSEMBLE $2,500 www.7stages.org www.urbanharp.org Senior Citizens MINT Permanent Collection $2,500 The Navigator The Big Harp $1,982 $4,500 $5,000 HISTORIC OAKLAND Rockstar Orchestra at A Harp at Home MOVING IN THE SPIRIT ESSENTIAL THEATRE FOUNDATION www.movinginthespirit.org www.essentialtheatre.com www.oaklandcemetery.com 7 Stages! Krampus/Dracula; the Concert $5,000 $2,500 New Website for Essential Theatre! Tunes From The Tombs Men in Motion Show $5,000 Secret History of Love VOX TEEN COMMUNICATIONS $3,000 $5,000 www.voxteencommunications.org $2,500 2014 Essential Theatre Festival The Wonder Years VOX Art Club Exhibition $5,000 $5,000 $5,000

18 FUNDING 19 BALLETHNIC DANCE COMPANY has been a staple of Atlanta’s arts community since its founding in 1990 by Nena Gilreath and Waverly T. Lucas II, both former members of Dance Theatre of Harlem and Atlanta Ballet.

The mission of the company and dance academy is to cultivate an appreciation of dance as an art form within the community, especially among youth and those who are fi nancially disadvantaged.

Through their programming, Ballethnic instills children with an interest in the culture of dance and offers them a new outlet for expression. Ballethnic is a Cultural Experience Project partner organization, inviting Atlanta Public School students to experience a special performance each season at no cost to the school or to the children.

20 PROGRAMMING 2013–2014 CEP TRIP LIST

PRE-K 2ND GRADE 6TH GRADE 9TH GRADE ImagineIt! The Children’s Museum Atlanta Ballet Alliance Theatre High Museum of Art Students experienced Moneyville, Students experienced a holiday Students attended The Grimm Lives Students were exposed to the exhibit CULTURAL EXPERIENCE PROJECT (CEP) is a signature program of a highly interactive exhibit using tradition, The Nutcracker, presented of the inBetweens—a unique theatre Go West! Art of the American Frontier the Offi ce of Cultural Aff airs. CEP off ers every money to build math skills. by The Ballet’s Kids-In-Step. experience where students can explore from the Buff alo Bill Center of the West. (APS) student exposure to the arts through the city’s many arts and 785 students were sponsored by the 4000 students were sponsored the “grimm” lives of middle schoolers. 1678 students were sponsored National Endowment for the Arts. by Charles Loridans and by the High Museum’s cultural venues. From Pre-Kindergarten to 12th grade, the vision is 2503 students were sponsored the Mark and Evelyn Art Access Program. by Atlanta Public Schools. for each student to visit one cultural venue every year at no cost to Trammell Foundations. High Museum of Art the student or the school. One grade. One venue. Guaranteed. Students experienced the Art of Jerry 10TH GRADE Cultural Experience Project is designed to complement classroom Pinkney, an illustrator whose artwork 3RD GRADE has appeared in over 100 books. Georgia Shakespeare instruction. Each cultural trip is chosen based on coordinating Chattahoochee Nature Center 804 students were sponsored by the Students experienced Hamlet, grade level common core standards. Cultural experiences present Students learned about the diff erent High Museum’s Art Access Program. considered the greatest achievement a unique opportunity to bring classroom education to life and Eco-Regions of Georgia through a of the world’s greatest playwright, stimulate creative thinking. naturalist-led trail experience. William Shakespeare. 3303 students were sponsored 1331 students were sponsored by the The Coca-Cola Company. ADMISSION FUNDING MIX 2013–2014 7TH GRADE by Kilpatrick Townsend, Gas South, Chick-fil-A Foundation, Cash Donor Cultural Partners CITY OF Michael C. Carlos Museum Publix Super Markets Charities, 73% GRANTS 17% IN-KIND 9% ATLANTA 4TH GRADE The Rockdale Foundation, Students journeyed through and Mark and Evelyn We are grateful for in-kind ticket donations from our cultural Ballethnic Dance Company Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey Trammell Foundation, Inc. partners, in addition to cash grants from donors. Students enjoyed Urban Nutcracker, relating Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey a holiday tradition set on Atlanta’s to ancient Egyptian and 19th and 11TH GRADE 2013–2014 SPONSORS KINDERGARTEN own Avenue in 20th century African art. The Atlanta Opera Turner Broadcasting System – $100,000 the 1940s and Flyin’ West, an 1853 students were sponsored by Georgia Power and National Endowment for the Arts – $50,000 Students experienced Tosca, the story Students explored 30 acres of beautiful adaptation of a Pearl Cleage play. Michael C. Carlos Museum. of the love between the famous opera Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation, Inc. – $27,500 outdoor gardens as well as rainforest 3402 students were sponsored by the National The Coca-Cola Company – $24,788 singer Floria Tosca and the painter and and desert plants from around the world. Endowment for the Arts. Kendeda Fund – $20, 000 3800 students were sponsored 8TH GRADE political activist Mario Cavaradoss. by the Kendeda Fund and 1541 students were sponsored Zeist Foundation – $13,000 Atlanta Botanical Garden. Cobb Energy Performing by the Zeist Foundation 5TH GRADE Charles Loridans Foundation – $12,500 Arts Centre and Kendeda Fund. The Nissan Foundation – $10,000 Atlanta Cyclorama Students enjoyed Mystic India, Publix Super Markets Charities – $5000 1ST GRADE Students experienced a two-part a celebratory journey through 12TH GRADE Georgia Power – $5,000 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra educational experience consisting the Bollywood fi lm industry Kilpatrick Townsend – $2500 Students were exposed to elements of of a short fi lm and a tour of the and Indian culture. Rialto Center for the Arts Students experienced the Gas South – $2500 music through Sounds of Symphony: largest oil painting in the world 2364 students were sponsored by ArtsBridge, Cobb Energy Chick-fi l-A Foundation – $2500 Melvin Jones Quartet. Tchaikovsky Discovers America. depicting the Battle of Atlanta. Performing Arts Centre Foundation, 933 students were sponsored the The Rockdale Foundation – $2500 4068 students were sponsored 2968 students were sponsored the National Endowment for Arts, National Endowment of the Arts. by Atlanta Public Schools. by the City of Atlanta. and The Nissan Foundation.

22 PROGRAMMING 23 2014 PERFORMERS 2014 WORKSHOPS YOUTH JAZZ BAND Atlanta Jazz Festival COMPETITION

2014 marked 37 years for the Atlanta Jazz Festival. This year, the Atlanta FESTIVAL PERFORMERS NEIGHBORHOOD JAZZ JAZZ EDUCATION The Atlanta Jazz Festival’s Youth Jazz Festival presented Something for Everyone, a diverse festival line-up SERIES PERFORMERS WORKSHOPS Ahmad Jamal Jazz Band Competition, started featuring everything from the traditional jazz styling of Ahmad Jamal, exotic J.O. Wyatt Roberta Gambarini: Airmen of Note in 2001, highlights middle and melodies from Israeli jazz vocalist Ester Rada, and contemporary off erings Vocal Workshop Tony Hightower high school jazz bands from all from Christian Scott. The 2014 festival introduced a third stage, the Locals Ali Amr over the city that compete for Stage, to showcase a variety of Atlanta’s homegrown talent. J. Henry Roy Hargrove: Bill Frisell’s Guitar in an opportunity to perform on Trumpet Workshop the Space Age Featuring Julie Dexter the festival main stage during The Atlanta Jazz Festival continues to build upon its educational off erings. Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr the Memorial Weekend concert. This year, there were a total of six free Jazz Education Workshops held Chandra Currelley The Modern Big Band: Airmen and Rudy Royston of Note Lead Players Discuss during the festival weekend, most of which were lead by performers, such Pete Peterson as Roy Hargrove, Roberta Gambarini, Somi, and the lead players from Brian Hogans Quartet Eff ective Rehearsal Strategies Kebbi Williams and the Wolf Pack each section of Airmen of Note, the Air Force Jazz Big Band. Christian Scott Somi: Inspiration and Workshops were also led by jazz educators Danny Harper, Professor of Jazz Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics Cyrille Aimée the Creative Process Studies at Miles College in Birmingham as well as David D’Angelo, Director Grant Green, Jr. of Jazz Studies at the University of Georgia. Darren English Quintet Eric Thomas Danny Harper: Diego Figueiredo Trio Negotiating the Changes Eric Fontaine with Strings Edmar Castaneda Trio Alex Gordon Hi-Fi Practice Techniques & Eldar Djangirov Trio Listening Skills with UGA Jazz The top three winning bands The Mar-Tans were North Atlanta Center for Ester Rada Director David D’Angelo Gwen Hughes the Arts Jazz Band (1st Place), Freddy Cole Quartet Tri-Cities High School Jazz Band Judith Franklin Kemba Cofi eld Quartet (2nd Place) and Milton High School Kimmily Paulette Jazz Ensemble (3rd Place). These The Atlanta Jazz Festival initiated a partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center Rialto Jazz for Kids three bands each performed on (JALC) on a number of initiatives this year, including the Youth Jazz Band Valerie Bell-Smith Rialto Youth Jazz Orchestra the Main Stage during the 2014 Competition. Competing high school bands were required to select a score James Patterson and the Clark Roberta Gambarini Atlanta Jazz Festival and they from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington Program and to perform Atlanta University Orchestra also received scholarships their selected score as part of their competition repertoire. Roy Hargrove Good Times Brass Band courtesy of Bank of America. Russell Gunn’s Krunk 35 FOR 35 SOCIETY Jazz Orkestra MARTA MONDAYS PERFORMERS 35 for 35 Society supports the tradition of the Atlanta Jazz Festival through fundraising and special engagements. Through their support we are able to Somi Myles Brown continue impacting a world of artists who look to the Atlanta Jazz Festival as Willie Ziavino and Antonio Rodriguez a premier platform for the latest expressions of jazz culture. the C.O.T. Band Dashill Smith’s Omega Level

2014 AJF SPONSORS Tree-O of Love PNC • Ford • Publix • Georgia Lottery • Bank of America • Coca-Cola • Xfi nity • Breen Smith SG4 MARTA • W Atlanta Midtown • Atlanta Convention and Visitor’s Bureau • Duty Free Americas

24 PROGRAMMING 25 ARTISTS & PROJECTS PRESENTED BY Elevate 2013 FRANCE ATLANTA

Elevate is a public art commissioning program which presents Y’ALL GOTTA SEE THIS MASS TRANSIT MUSE Beth Malone, Atlanta, GA Mike Molina, Atlanta, GA temporary public art in various sites around Downtown COOPERATZIA Neon text suspended on the exterior Mass Transit Muse, a play written by local playwright and actor G. Bistaki, France Atlanta. Elevate aims to initiate positive urban growth using walls along Atlanta’s historic Hotel Mike Molina, was performed on MARTA as the audience and the G. Bistaki, a French collective of arts and culture as a catalyst. Each year, the Offi ce of Cultural Row promoted discourse on the future public interacted with performers over several stops. jugglers and dancers, performed a Aff airs selects an area in downtown to “reclaim” for a one potential of vacant urban buildings. feature work using light, music, and week exhibition of performance, visual arts and community Project Locations: ceramic roofi ng tiles to transform engagement. The offi ce assesses community interest, Project locations: Two performances – , Georgia State and Five Points Marta Stations the environment of Five Points infrastructure conditions, and historical relevance to identify Mitchell St.; Auburn Avenue () MARTA station into an ethereal areas that could be enlivened through cultural engagement. Related Performance Piece - Lost in theatrical experience. Written,

The theme of Elevate 2013 was “Transit: Time, People & the Letters “Y’all Gotta See This” directed, and performed by François Places.” Inspired by anticipation of the modern downtown Lost in the Letters, a local writer collective, Juliot, Jive Faury, Sylvain Cousin, streetcar juxtaposed with the heritage of downtown sites expounded upon the text signs in this Nicanor de Elia, Florent Berga, that memorialize Atlanta’s history, Elevate 2013 sought to installation to create spoken word pieces that Cooperatzia was presented as part encapsulate the city’s evolution. gave additional context to the tenor of the work. of the ongoing relationship between The spoken word pieces were performed for the France-Atlanta and Elevate. public in front of the Hotel Row installations. COUNTERPOINT STUDIO Peter Tonnings’ and Lisa Levine, CA Photographic mural banners featuring members of the community were 1960 WHO? Shelia Pree Bright, Atlanta, GA installed throughout downtown representing the local landscape and the This installation featured a series of artists’ interest in community building, placemaking and civic pride. large scale portraits of everyday people Project Locations:

Installations, murals and events were commissioned along who contributed to Atlanta’s pivotal Marietta, Broad Street plaza and South Broad (Kessler) North Auburn Avenue, South Broad Street and the Broad role in the Civil Rights Movement. Street Plaza/Five Points Station. Participating artists ran LOST AND FOUND Project locations: Sarah Emerson, Roswell, GA the gamut from Atlanta based muralists to international 140 Mitchell Street; 236 Trinity Avenue; 345 Emerson is an Atlanta based mural artist receiving international recognition for performances presented in partnership with the French Auburn Avenue; 206 Pryor Street; 190 Pryor her palette of delicate lines and bright colors placed in crude urban environments. Consulate’s France-Atlanta celebration. Street; 136 Peachtree Street; Broad Street POINT DE VUE SUR COIN DE RUE The artist added to the 2012 Elevate mural project along South Broad Street, Manifeste, Toulouse, France Plaza; 225 Forsyth Street; 289 Trinity Street which has become a burgeoning cultural destination since that time. The public was invited to experience Elevate through a series Manifeste, a French based dance of events during the week of October 17–29. Events included Related Performance Piece - Project Locations: company, projected architectural an opening night Block Party, walking tours of the exhibition, WonderRoot “Art and Protest” 91 Broad Street (South Broad) scenes onto a downtown building a midnight bike tour hosted by Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, and WonderRoot worked with local artists to to replicate street corners in a panel discussion about the relationship between transit and design and distribute a pamphlet, similar MUSEUM ALFRESCO – CLARK ATLANTA COLLECTION SHOWCASE Toulouse, France. With this as cultural planning. The Offi ce of Cultural Aff airs also partnered to those that would have been circulated Museum Alfresco placed large scale recreations of seven artworks from the backdrop, the group presented with arts organizations WonderRoot and Lost in the Letters to during the movement, explaining the 1960 Clark Atlanta art collection in public spaces along Andrew Young International their unique perspective on urban present performance pieces correlating to two of the visual Who? mural exhibition and leading the public Blvd. This was a unique opportunity for visitors and residents of downtown life and how one interacts with art installations. through a self-guided tour of the murals. to experience this very special collection up close and on the street. buildings and one another.

26 PROGRAMMING 27 Art on Loan

OCA facilitates the Art on Loan program which displays artworks from the city’s collection in municipal buildings throughout the city. The city owns over 200 pieces of visual art from Atlanta artists collected over the years. Pieces are rotated throughout offi ces and municipal buildings across the city, providing an opportunity for employees as well as the public to LILLIAN BLADES experience visual art as part of their “PATTERNS AND SOURCES #1” common environment. MIXED MEDIA ASSEMBLAGE 28 PUBLIC ART Collections Management PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Collections management facilitates acquisition and preservation UNTITLED (Facing page) of art commissioned and bequeathed to the City of Atlanta. Atlanta’s Public Art collection currently consists of 139 artworks Mark Chew in public places throughout the city: parks, recreation centers, This contemporary piece was installed municipal buildings, streetscapes and plazas. In addition, there in downtown’s Hardy Ivy Park. The piece are over 200 portable pieces displayed throughout the city as depicts a spiraling bright red armature part of the offi ces Art on Loan program. resembling a fl ame against the downtown skyline. The sculpture will remain in Each year, collections management produces a Conservation Hardy Ivy Park for a term of two years. Assessment Report which evaluates the condition of sculptures and monuments in the collection and details restoration or conservation needs. Based on the 2014 report, collections 5 POINTS MONUMENT management treated and cleaned fi fty monuments and public (Below and cover) sites. Staff also replaced seventeen plaques at public art sites throughout the city. George Beasley, 1943 Five Points Monument commemorates the historic intersection where trolley ARTIST REGISTRY tracks and an artesian water tower once Collections management maintains an Artist Registry cataloging stood, as well as the fi ve streets that artists who are experienced in creating public artworks. Artists intersect to form the heart of Downtown accepted into the registry have a track record of successfully Atlanta. Restoration of this structure was managing to the procedural requirements of executing a public completed with additional funding from art project. In 2014, 145 artists submitted applications to be the Atlanta Public Arts Legacy Fund. included in Atlanta’s public art registry. This registry is intended as a resource to internal and external partners in the facilitation of high quality public art projects to be executed throughout the city.

PUBLIC ART TOURS During the year, Public Art off ers guided tours of the downtown public art collection for visitors and residents who are interested in learning more about the collection. The public can register online to attend art tours with a public art employee who will provide context and history for the rich cultural heritage referenced in the variety of sculpture around the city.

30 PUBLIC ART 31 Percent for Art ASHLEY R. GRAY STEVEN WEITZMAN Through the Percent for Art program, Public Art ATLANTA MUNICIPAL MARKET WEST END LIVABLE CENTER receives additional funding to provide for artwork 6' x 18' stoneware relief mural made IMPROVEMENT (LCI) PROJECT to be included in the construction of new municipal of hand carved and glazed ceramic Commissioned in collaboration with buildings and construction projects. In 2014, there stoneware relief tiles glazed in a the Department of Public Works, the were two new pieces funded through Percent for variety of colors. Artwork depicts a piece, entitled “West End Historic Art that enhanced city construction projects. whimsical scene where animals and Walk,” stretches along Ralph David people interact at the market. Abernathy between Lee Street and Lowery . Integrating into the streetscape are colored pavers, specialty text pavers and vibrant full-color structural concrete murals that tell the story of the West End community and its history.

Panel in Sidewalk

“The Railroad and Origins of White Hall” pavers 1 of 2

“Creation of three primary schools” pavers 1 of 2

“West End Restoration” pavers 2 of 3 32 PUBLIC ART 33 GALLERY 72

34 FACILITIES Atlanta Cyclorama PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 2014 LECTURE SERIES Pickett’s Charge: A Novel FILM SCREENINGS & Civil War Museum Charles McNair African American Faces of KING: A Filmed Record... The Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum features the the Civil War: An Album Jews in the Garment Industry: Montgomery to Memphis world’s largest diorama depicting the historic “Battle of Atlanta.” Ronald S. Coddington, Assistant Presented in partnership FY 2014 CAPITAL Managing Editor, The Chronicle Civil War to Present. with the National Center for This one-of-a-kind painting, measuring 348 feet by 42 feet, IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS of Higher Education Adam Mendelsohn, Assistant Civil and Human Rights allows visitors to virtually step back into time and experience the Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston Battle of Atlanta that took place on July 22, 1864. The museum } Upgrades to exhibit cases Presented in partnership also features the famed “Texas” Locomotive of the Great } Continuation of improvements with The William Breman Locomotive Chase of 1862. Jewish Heritage Museum to HVAC system

The American Civil War Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary) } Audio and visual Confederate General John Bell continued into 2014, providing an opportunity to commemorate equipment upgrades Hood: The Lost Paper the history of that period throughout the year. The Atlanta Stephen M. Hood } Sprinkler system repairs Cyclorama & Civil War Museum presented unique perspectives to correct defi ciencies on the heritage of the civil war in a set of diverse contexts High on the Hog: A Culinary } through lectures, fi lms and educational programs. New chair lift installation Journey from Africa to America, Jessica B. Harris The facility also underwent several capital improvements All the Daring of the Soldier: Women to maintain the building integrity for the protection of the ATLANTA CYCLORAMA and the American Civil War Cyclorama painting and artifacts. AND CIVIL WAR MUSEUM URBAN FILM REVIEW SERIES Elizabeth D. Leonard, Professor 800 CHEROKEE AVE SE of History, Colby College February One ATLANTA, GA 30315 Black Slaves, Indian Master Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues Barbara Krauthamer, Author and Professor of History, At the River I Stand: The 1968 Sanitation University of Massachusetts Workers Strike and the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

Blacking Up: Hip-Hop’s Remix FAMILY EVENTS of Race and Identity Understanding the Civil War (Family Program) That Which Survives: Love, Lost and Found I the Shadow of War (1861–1865) Juneteenth Celebration Presented in partnership with Dolen Perkins-Valdez the

36 FACILITIES 37 Chastain Arts Center 2014 EXHIBITIONS 2014 SPECIAL WORKSHOPS The Chastain Arts Center is located in the heart of the beautiful CHASTAIN ARTS CENTER TWO HOUSES SANDRA AND WIN BYERS . This historic building is home to arts education TESTIMONIALS March 17 – April 17, 2014 Artists Sandra and Win Byers, studios as well as a public gallery space. As one of Atlanta’s oldest nationally known for their work community arts centers, Chastain provides the community with Closing Reception April 16, 2014 Enjoyed and learned a lot from this with ceramics, presented a a nurturing place for artists of all ages and skill levels to learn, class. I plan to be back next fall. Chastain Arts Center presented an exhibition of the 2014 Contract for Arts master class for Chastain ceramic create and experience visual arts. The northwest Atlanta facility Services (CAS) Emerging Artist grant recipients. Jessica Caldas and Aubrey –Marie Brumback students. Students learned is maintained by the Department of Parks and Recreation. Longley-Cook presented a joint exhibition entitled “Two Houses.” The advanced techniques in throwing immersive show investigated interior and exterior views of the family. This Classes at Chastain are focused on a variety of fi ne arts and crafts. forms and shapes in pottery. inaugural exhibition featuring CAS grant recipients will be hosted annually There are four class sessions each year, with sessions lasting I am coming up to my 10th year at by OCA to highlight the creative talents of Atlanta’s emerging artists. eight to ten weeks. Many shorter workshops are also off ered at Chastain . . . . Joyfully! Wonderful various intervals throughout the year. In 2014, Chastain off ered place, wonderful people both 16 workshops with new off erings in collage and new approaches students and instructors. to clay sculpting. For more information on classes at Chastain Arts –Philip Porter Center, visit www.ocaatlanta.com/chastain.

Chastain Arts Center has changed my life for the better! Great instructors, interesting classes and a relaxed atmosphere

that inspires creativity. Work by Aubrey Longley-Cook Work by Jessica Caldas –Ann U. Abrams (Image courtesy Terry Kearns)

JEWELRY TRUNK SHOW CHASTAIN FRIENDS Fun classes, great people, The third annual Jewelry Trunk Show at Chastain showcases one-of–a kind OF THE ARTS Chastain Friends of the Arts easy location! jewelry made onsite by students and instructors. is a special fundraising group –Glen Quantrell CHASTAIN ART GALLERY that works to support Chastain Arts Center and maintenance Chastain gallery is an additional municipal gallery that presents of the facility. In 2014, Chastain the work of the local and national artists. Exhibits in the center’s Friends of the Arts funded the gallery showcase the work of both professional fi ne artists, and painting of two center studios artwork created by instructors and students of the arts center. CHASTAIN ARTS CENTER and outside building railings. 135 WEST WIEUCA ROAD They also funded printing of ATLANTA, GA 30342 the Chastain Arts Center program brochures.

38 FACILITIES 39 Gallery 72 GALLERY 72 INAUGURAL EXHIBITION

Gallery 72 is the City of Atlanta’s newest exhibition space located FOREWORD Foreword presented the artwork of six artists of varying backgrounds who produce and exhibit in downtown. A creative design competition challenged select artwork with the City of Atlanta. The exhibition was intended as an introduction to these select architectural fi rms to design a 3,000 square foot lobby space at the artists, the galleries that represent them and their relationship with the City of Atlanta. new 2 City Plaza. The winning design by Stanley Beaman & Sears created a visually stunning space that enlivened the streetscape and set a sophisticated backdrop for fi ne art exhibitions. FEATURED ARTISTS Gallery 72 opened with an inaugural exhibition entitled “Foreword.” Craig Drennen The exhibition, organized by staff curator Courtney Hammond, Drennen is an Atlanta-based artist represented by Saltworks sought to promote, interpret, and display a culturally diverse Gallery. His worked has been reviewed nationally by ArtForum and presentation of work from emerging, mid-career, and established Art in America. He teaches drawing at Georgia State University, artists. Over 300 people attending the opening event and ribbon is on the board of Art Papers and has worked at the Guggenheim cutting presentation by Mayor Kasim Reed. Museum and the International Center of Photography.

The Offi ce of Cultural Aff airs managed the design and construction Nikita Gale of this new gallery space and will continue to program and curate Gale is a graduate of Yale University and is represented by Poem the space. Exhibitions will link to culturally signifi cant events and 88 gallery. She exhibits frequently in and around Atlanta. She initiatives around the city. OCA will also partner with local arts GALLERY 72 is also connected to the New York art scene where she exhibits organizations and artists to use the space in support of the city’s 2 CITY PLAZA and is part of the Howard Greenberg Gallery collection. growing pool of talented visual artists. 72 MARIETTA STREET ATLANTA, GA 30303 InKyoung Chun Chun, raised in Seoul, Korea, studied Art and Design at Georgia State University. A long time resident of Atlanta, Chun is active in the local arts community. In 2013, she was part of WonderRoot’s Walthall Fellowship. She has also exhibited at Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Poem 88 and High Museum. Chun is currently represented by Poem 88.

Pablo Gnecco Gnecco was born in Colombia and raised in Atlanta. His work has been presented in public art festivals and galleries across the country including New York’s Times Square. Locally he has been an artist with Flux Projects and Dashboard Co-op.

Venske & Spänle Creative duo Julia Venske and Gregor Spänle live in Munich but maintain local ties through their gallery Marcia Wood. Their sculpture and installation work has been shown in museums world-wide.

40 FACILITIES 41 Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs FY 2013‑14

REVENUE

JUL-13 AUG-13 SEP-13 OCT-13 NOV-13 DEC-13 JAN-14 FEB-14 MAR-14 APR-14 MAY-14 JUN-14 TOTAL

CULTURAL AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION $ - $ - $ 234.00 $ - $ 500.00 $ 500.00 $ 12,824.72 $ - $ 46.70 $ - $ - $ - $ 14,105.42

JAZZ FESTIVAL $ 5,000.00 $ - $ 87,598.11 $ - $ 12,500.00 $ - $ - $ 29,000.00 $ 16,500.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 114,600.00 $ 86,756.00 $ 354,954.11

CHASTAIN ARTS CENTER $ 31,791.60 $ 34,153.78 $ 22,381.03 $ 10,417.45 $ 50,178.10 $ 19,795.50 $ 14,915.00 $ 43,871.90 $ 30,936.10 $ 14,453.50 $ 48,979.00 $ 19,250.50 $ 341,123.46

CHASTAIN AMPHITHEATRE $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 20,060.80 $ - $ 20,060.80

PUBLIC ART $ - $ - $ 23.31 $ - $ - $ - $ 29,775.00 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 29,798.31

CYCLORAMA $ 52,582.00 $ 34,584.00 $ 33,096.00 $ 41,693.00 $ 42,820.00 $ 23,156.00 $ 17,157.00 $ 27,962.00 $ 50,216.00 $ 66,593.00 $ 77,571.00 $ 39,310.00 $ 506,740.00

$ 89,373.60 $ 68,737.78 $ 143,332.45 $ 52,110.45 $ 105,998.10 $ 43,451.50 $ 94,732.52 $ 100,833.90 $ 97,698.80 $ 84,046.50 $ 241,150.00 $ 145,316.50 $ 1,266,782.10

GENERAL FUND EXPENSE TRUST EXPENSE Revenue: Jazz revenue is for deposits made for FY13–14. Some revenue is for 2013 Festival. Note: Expense figures are from Oracle and do CULTURAL AFFAIRS ADMIN GENERAL $ 122,541.07 CULTURAL AFFAIRS ADMIN TRUST $ 383,166.15 not include payroll.

CONTRACT FOR ARTS SERVICES GENERAL $ 2,160,031.09 JAZZ FESTIVAL TRUST $ 245,787.18

PUBLIC ART GENERAL $ 107,285.89 CHASTAIN ARTS CENTER TRUST $ 182,311.01

$ 47,644.06 $ 2,389,858.05 CHASTAIN AMP SOUND & P.PATROL

PUBLIC ART TRUST $ 24,491.99

CYCLORAMA $ 203,968.81

$ 1,087,369.20

42 FINANCIALS 43 MOVING IN THE SPIRIT

Design and p.34 Gallery 72 image by Julie Sims at The UltraMind, Inc. CITY OF ATLANTA MAYOR’S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS 233 PEACHTREE STREET, HARRIS TOWER SUITE 1700 ATLANTA, GA 30303