FISCAL REPORT SOURCES OF FUNDS FY2007 FINE ARTS CENTER STAFF FRIENDS OF THE FINE ARTS CENTER Kathy & Walter Mullin Robert M. Boland Jeanne O’Connell Presenter’s Circle Chandler’s Restaurant FOUNDATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS Sandra & Mark Parent Rosalie & Kenneth Boutin Robert K. Ostberg $2,500 - $4,999 Dynamic Dock & Door/The Leveillee Family ADMINISTRATION Gifts of $100 or more given 7/1/2006-6/30/2007 Janet M. Rifkin & David R. Kaplan George & Phyllis Bower Alexander & Harriet Pollatsek Bucuti Beach Resort Eastmont Custom Framing American Guild of Organists Toledo Chapter Director, Dr. Willie L. Hill Jr. Janine Roberts Patricia L. Branch Robert & Jeanne Potash Cooley Dickinson Hospital Exclusive Car Service Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc. SOURCES OF FUNDS FY2007 FY2006 Associate Director, Dennis Conway The Fine Arts Center gratefully acknowledges David K. & Kathleen L. Scott John & Jennifer Brelsford Janine Roberts Cross Culture Journeys Festival Productions, Inc. The British Council Assistant to Director, Kate Copenhaver the generosity of its many donors whose gifts, Charlena & Harry Seymour Joy Brenneman Nancy & Eric Reeves Easthampton Savings Bank AnnMarie Harding/Pravda Vodka Community Foundation of Western University Allocations grants, and sponsorships make the breadth of Sarah & Mark Tanner Michael Bulman & Ronnie Janoff-Bulman Gwen G. Richardson Financial Services Group at United Bank Hotel Northampton Massachusetts State $2,034,902 $982,718 BUSINESS OFFICE our performing and visual arts and education Dee Waterman Anne & Anthony Burton Alfred & Martha Rios Finck & Perras Insurance Agency Mepal Manor and Spa Cricket Foundation General Op Funds (GOF) $770,494 $156,914 Director of Administration and finance, programs possible. Thank you. Ruth K. Webber Barton Byg & Jan Whitaker Grace & Duncan Rollason Fontaine Brothers, Inc. Michael Cohen Pottery Five Colleges, Inc. $2,805,396 $1,139,632 Margaret Curtiss Robert Mugar Yacubian James & Constance Cappelli Betty & Ronald Rosbottom Hasbro Games Noble Feast Catering Five College Center for East Asian Studies Business Office Manager, Sonia Kudla INDIVIDUALS Richard Yarde Neil & Mary Carlson Joan H. Rosenbaum Juster Pope Frazier, Architects LLP O’Reilly, Talbot & Okun Associates, Inc. The Ford Foundation Revenue Based Trust Funds Technical Systems Manager, Christine Texiera Dhipati & Anjusree Chanda Margery H. Roy Northampton Cooperative Bank The Pub Thomas Johnson Foundation Bookkeeper, Cyn Horton Chancellor’s Circle Sustainer Janet & Albert Chevan Judith Ellen Sanders Pioneer Valley Travel R. Michelson Galleries Massachusetts Cultural Council Student Arts Fee $2,107,867 28% Department Assistant, Connie Whigham $10,000 and above $250 - $499 Roland & Elizabeth S. Chilton Roland & Rose A. Sarti Realty World Sawicki Romney Associates, Inc. Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities General Public Ticket Sales $534,834 $422,432 16% Program Assistant, Doreen Waananen Teddi & Billy Taylor Norma Akamatsu Casey & Dick Clark Gerald L. Schafer Tiger Press Snow Farm MassMutual Financial Group Other Revenue $209,958 $331,152 Frederick C. & E. Louise Tillis Andrea Assaf Mary Commager Zachary A. Schlappi The Recorder Spoleto Restaurant and Claudio Guerra Mondriaan Foundation Transfers In/Out, Intra University Revenues $691,488 $540,970 MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT George Trakas Renee Moss & Eric Bachrach Arrelle Cook Cathy A. Schoen & Larry S. Zacharias Silverscape Designs William Truswell Aesthetic Laser & Cosmetics The Nathan Cummings Foundation, Inc. Total Revenue Based Trust Funds $1,436,280 $3,402,421 Director of Development, Lucia Miller Margaret & Francis Ward ’42 Joan L. Burgess Steven Coombs Anne Scigiliano University of Massachusetts Campus Center Hotel National Endowment for the Arts Director of Marketing, Shawn Farley Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. Clapp Christin A. Couture Ernest & Rae Selig Yale Genton Nestle Pour L’Art Foundation Community Relations Manager, Anna Robbins Leadership Circle Michael Cohen Dr. Gerald Bruce Cutting & Carol Moore Cutting Alex & Jennifer DelSalto Seymour Patron New England Foundation for the Arts Allocable Trust Funds, Gifts & Grants Marketing Assistant, Carolyn Crawford-Kilmer $5,000 - $9,999 Ranjanaa Devi & David J. Watson Jerry P. Dennerline & Margaret Sarkissian Bonnie S. Silverman $100 - $249 Non-Profit Finance Fund Marketing and Development Assistant, Jacob Epstein John Ebbets & Patty Masure Linda Delone Best in memory of Sandy Fullen Marianne Simon & Tom Leamon Director’s Circle Allen House Victorian Inn Pro Helvetia Foundation UMASS Office of Research Affairs $3,452 $1,835 Thonsey Keopanya Betsy Siersma Seymour Frankel Kelly & Charlie DeRose Robert & DiAnn Speth $1,000 - $2,499 Amherst Cinema Center Ronald McDonald House Charities of Connecti- Friends of the FAC- Annual Fund $108,996 $108,507 Beat Streuli Lori J. Friedman Sally Dillon Elizabeth & Eric Stahl 1794 Meetinghouse Amherst Historical Society cut & W. Massachusetts TD Banknorth $10,000 $10,000 55% BOX OFFICE Arnold & Susi Friedmann Roberta Gere Doering David & Peggy Starr Applied Mortgage Services Corp. Nancy Antik/PlumBrook Ltd. Student Affairs Cultural Enrichment Fund Bank of America $12,000 Manager, Steven Coombs Presenter’s Circle T. Marc Futter Ruah Donnelly & Steven Dinkelaker Susan Stoops Chicopee Savings Bank Ben & Bill’s Chocolate Emporium TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation $2,500 Assistant Manager, Richard Ballon $2,500 - $4,999 Alan & Deborah Garlick Jeffrey & Eve Eisman Sharon Swihart Chef Bill/Bill Collins H. Oldham Brooks/I.D.P. Corporation Theater Communications Group Community Foundation of Western Mass $3,000 $7,500 Evening Manager, Julie Cavacco Horace C. & Gloria B. Boyer Wayne D. & Marilyn T. Gass Jim Ellis & Trish Farrington Jack Szpiler & Colleen Ahern Crumpin’ Fox Club Cathy Cross University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Cricket Foundation $35,000 Gwendolyn Glass Don & Anne Gasiorowski Oriole & Sidney Feshbach Toivo & Constance Tammerk D.J. St. Germain Company, Inc. Commonwealth Opera, Inc. Association Ford Foundation $400,000 $200,000 PRODUCTION SERVICES John & Patricia Kendzierski Chester & Lucille Gibbs John J. Fitzgerald John D. & Mercedes M. Taylor D.A. Sullivan & Sons, Inc. Fancy Fingers Nail & Skin Care Salon University of Massachusetts Athletic Ticket MassMutual: Access Arts $36,082 Director of Operations, Lewis E. Louraine, Jr. John V. & Cathryn L. Lombardi Bill & Connie Gillen Maurille & Janice Fournier Jeffrey M. Tenenbaum LaPierre’s Advertising, Inc. Four Seasons Wine Department Mass Cultural Council $68,700 $63,175 Associate Director of Operations, Fritz Farrington Lois B. Torf ’46 John Dubach & Copper Giloth Jack & Nancy Frazier Chinua & Mikiko Thelwell LSHD Advertising Gazebo/Judith Fine University Women Mass Foundation for Humanities $5,000 Lighting Director, Gerald Stockman Sheldon & Marcia Goldman Evelyn K. Hammond-Edmeades Pamela Tillis Max’s Tavern Restaurant Green Street Café Vidda Foundation Mondriaan Foundation $39,950 Audio Director, Michael McLaughlin Director’s Circle Barbara & Joseph Goldstein Sarah L. Hawes Richard Trousdell Rail Europe Guy Matsuda Pottery Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts N.E. Foundation for the Arts $10,300 $21,688 Production Stage Manager, Brenda Cortina $1,000 - $2,499 Penni Golowka Royster C. Kathryn P. Hedgepeth Lori & Mark Tuominen Southwest Airlines H.B. Financial Group, LLC Nathan Cummings $75,000 Audience Services Manager, Heather Bell Anonymous Donor Paul Goulson Bobbye & Stan Hertzbach Janna Ugone & Peter Whalen UMass Five College Federal Credit Union Hampshire Frame & Art National Endowment for the Arts $95,000 $6,000 Office Manager, Kate Hayden Jeffrey & Mary-Ellen Anderson Raymond & Jacquelyn Grant Ernest H. Hofer Steven & Patty Upton William Baczek Fine Arts Hazen Paper Company Nestle Pour L’Art Foundation $8,043 55% University Allocations Assistant Technical Director, Dan Roelofs Claudette Boudreau Peter Grimaldi Linda Honan Harold & Jane VanderZwaag The House on the Hill MATCHING GIFTS Non Profit Finance Fund $92,000 Marjorie L. & Glenn E. Coleman Jayant & Alissa Haksar Merle & Billie Howes Patricia H. Virga IT Wireless UMass Amherst Prohelvetia $9,800 28% Revenue Based Trust Funds EDUCATION ACCESS Kevin J. Chrobak & Laurie Frazer Louise R. Hammann Amy S. Hughes in memory of Robert M. Hughes Tina Walker Benefactor Jacob’s Pillow Dance Aetna Foundation, Inc. The British Council $935 Program Director, Arts Council, Sally O’Shea William A. & Trudy Darity Robin A. Harrington Chip Jackson Nancy Winter in honor of Jerry $500 - $999 Janna Ugone Associates Fleet Foundation Group 16% Allocable Trust Funds, Gifts & Grants

The New Generations $65,000 Associate Director of Academic Programs, Angela Fina Allen & Meg Hart John & Miriam Jenkins Conrad & Barbara Wogrin Bank of Western Massachusetts Knowles Flower Shop General Electric Fund FINE ARTS CENTER Thomas Johnson Foundation $6,000 John Jenkins Roger E. & JoAnne J. Finck Josephine M. Hart Lorraine R. Johnson Michael & Sara Wolff Bauzá & Associates Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health Lucent Technologies Foundation

Vidda Foundation $5,000 $5,000 Academic Program Manager, Lively Arts, Dr. & Mrs. Steven Goldsher Harold & Frances Hatch Willard M. Johnson Jane & Howard Ziff The Benjamin Company Lamson & Goodnow Cutlery & Kitchen Tools Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. Annual Report 2006-2007 Women’s Fund of Western Mass. $33,000 Lori Touminen Sally & Al Griggs Carolyn Hayden Rhoda & Ronald Juels Marsha & Bill Zimmer Berkshire Brewing Company Marjorie Latham/Marjidoll Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Annual Report 2006-2007 Endowment Income $21,650 $17,400 Program Director, Jazz in July, Mark Baszak Michael & Joan Haley Norman E. Hervieux Jeffrey L. Kaufman Fay Zipkowitz & Gordon Fretwell L. N. Berneche Inc. Long Radio, Inc. Price Waterhouse Coopers Total Allocable Trust Funds, Gifts & Grants $830,876 $756,637 Bryan C. Harvey & J. Lynn Griesemer Peter & Maija Lillya Maura & Arthur Keene Les Campbell/Sky Meadow Galleries Sue McFarland/McFarland’s Handwork Sovereign Bank USE OF FUNDS FY2007 PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS Marie Hess David & Carole Malek Diane E. Kelton Chez Albert Michele Topor Inc. Asian Arts & Culture Beverly & Willie L. Hill, Jr. Greg & Kathy Malynoski Alexandra Kennedy The Colonnade North Amherst Motors and Potter’s Auto TOTAL SOURCES OF FUNDS $5,072,552 $5,298,689 Director, Ranjanaa Devi Motoko Inoue David & Tanyss Martula Edmund M. Keyes BUSINESSES Don Muller Gallery Northampton Chamber of Commerce Administrative Assistant, Sue McFarland Sean Jones Thomas & Gena O’Brien Carolyn Kilmer Fairmont Copley Plaza Pioneer Mail Services Elizabeth Lee Loughran Cindy, Gordy & Jack Palley Ruth Kjaer Chancellor’s Circle The Garden House at Look Memorial Park Pioneer Valley Symphony & Chorus USES OF FUNDS Center Series Bruce & Turi MacCombie Patricia & Donald Polonis Sheila & Charles Klem $10,000 and above Greenfield Cooperative Bank Pivot Media, Inc./Jim Gipe Director of Programming, Kathryn Maguet Lorna & Dale Peterson Lyndon N. Preston George & Mary Knightly Bank of America Greenfield Savings Bank Rafter’s Program Services Assistant Director of Programming, Catharine Porter & Gordon DeWerth David & Sharon Rogalski Ellen Kosmer Coca-Cola Bottling Company Hannoush Jewelers Hampshire Mall The Red Lion Inn The Center Series $786,053 $712,608 Halina Kusleika Scott Prior & Nanny Vonnegut Sheron Rupp Representative Stephen & Suzanne Kulik MassMutual Financial Group HB Financial Services Schoen Books New World Theater $719,530 $677,387 Ben Smar Gloria Russell Halina & Neil Kusleika TD Banknorth Jazz Sketches/Music Sketches Seymour Interior Decoration Services University Gallery $436,230 $353,950 41% New WORLD Theater Donald Taglialatella Jane & Peter Stein Gary & Nancy Lamoureaux University of Massachusetts Office of Student Jones Town & Country Realty Services SHe Company Mineral Cosmetics University Arts Council $36,042 $55,776 Artistic Director, Andrea Assaf Karen A. Tarlow & John A. Montanari Mary Tuttle Tom & Anne Jeanne Lardner Affairs & Campus Life The LIFT Side Street Café MultiCultural Programs $427,855 $451,389 Managing Director, Wesley V. Montgomery Nicholas & Kathleen Thaw Katherine Vorwek & Robert Feldman Carol LaRocca UMass Catering Lone Wolf Beth Spong, LMT Educational & Outreach $224,009 $226,568 7% Director of Design and Publicity, Yvonne Mendez Zina Tillona Hilary Christopher Woodcock David J. Lebowitz The Valley Advocate Mulino’s Trattoria Styles by Deborah Total Program Services $2,629,718 $2,477,678 Office Manager, Richard Caiander Sue Woodfork Stacey A. Lennard & Stephen P. Saxenian WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton Dermatology Associates UMass Athletic Association Grants Coordinator, Chris Rohmann Benefactor Mark & Mary Lewis Panda East Zanna Support Services Education Access Coordinator, Irene Shaikly $500 - $999 Patron Mary Ann & Ralph Lowen Panera Bread/P.R. Restaurants L.L.C. Zen Operations & Production Serv. $925,444 $986,344 Program Curator, Priscilla Page Ben Barnhart $100 - $249 Bruno, Laurie, Lauren & Ben Lenart Leadership Circle Pioneer Valley Periodontics Patrick Zephyr/Nature Photographer Marketing/Development $363,289 $339,322 Project 2050 Interim Director, Heather Lord Richard Beck Anonymous Donors Richard Luciano $5,000 - $9,999 Sheraton Upholstering General & Administrative $735,843 $883,177 Project 2050 Associate, Gabriel Gonzalez Martha Borawski Brandt & William Brandt Ira S. & Bina G. Addes Nicholas Mahr Apple Computer, Inc. Sierra Grill Total Support Services $2,024,576 $2,208,843 A. Rima Dael & Brandon Braxton Douglas W. Adler Lewis & Caden Mainzer Daily Hampshire Gazette Travel Impressions Transfers Out & Intra University Expenses $339,420 $240,524 53% Solos & Duos/Magic Triangle Eric & Barbara Carle Douglas & Doris Abbott Arthur & Elaine Mange El Diálogo Valley Transporter Director, Glen Siegel Christin Couture T. Jane & William H. Allan Paul G. & Elaine S. Marks FamilyFun Magazine WEBS Don & Honoré David Paul & Marie Appleby Carolyn Hicks & Frank Marotta Fathers & Sons, Inc. Whalen Insurance TOTAL USES OF FUNDS $4,993,714 $4,927,045 VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS Betsy & Dick Egan Ronald J. Archer James E. Marquis Florence Savings Bank Zephyr Oriental Rugs University Gallery Ruth V. Elcan Judith Ashkin Daniel & Ellen Melley Hampshire Hospitality Group Balances Director, Loretta Yarlow Linda & Ralph Faulkingham Brian & Julia Austin Mari Mennel-Bell PeoplesBank Restricted Grant $439,205 $286,143 Gallery Manager, Craig Allaben Ian H. Fraser & Pamela Bartlett Charles & Deborah Austin Susan Meyer Pioneer Valley Hotel Group Sustainer Restricted Capital Improvements $151,977 $168,601 Collection Registrar, Justin Griswold Paul & Nancy Hamel Arlene Voski Avakian & Martha Ayres Lucia N. Miller Pioneer Valley Travel $250 - $499 Restricted Gift $224,186 $260,690 Curator of Education, Eva Fierst Joyce & Jeffrey Hatch Michael & Karen Bader Francis & Nancy Mirkin WEIB 106.3 Smooth FM Amherst Dental Group Operating Funds $424,100 $504,924 Gallery Assistant, Paolo DiStefano Merilee & Sandy Hill Aurelia Baer Sue & Bill Monks WFCR 88.5 FM Anita Eliason Designs GOF $74,711 $15,191 Augusta Savage Gallery Nicholas B. Kuckel Joe M. Baillie Hal & Ele Mosher WGBY-TV 57 The Berkshire Design Group, Inc. RTF $2,896 $2,689 Director, Terry Jenoure Yusef Lateef Andrew H. Balder & Cynthia A. Sommer Arthur & Jean A. Mundt WRNX 100.9 FM Black Sheep Deli & Bakery

53% Program Services Gallery Manager, Alexia Cota J. MacGregor & M. Blakey Smith Marc Berman & Betsy Stone James A. Muspratt & Suzannah Fabing Muspratt Black Walnut Inn UMass Amherst Total $1,317,075 $1,238,237 Hampden & Central Galleries James Mallet Barbara C. Bernard Jerome & Nancy Myers Blue Heron Restaurant & Catering 41% Support Services Director, Anne La Prade Sharon L. McAfee Michael & Tina Berins Thomas P. Navin Bose Corporation Gallery manager, John Simpson Joseph E. McCarthy John Blake Dorothy Nemetz & John Todd Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP FINE ARTS CENTER 7% Transfers Out & Intra University Expenses Patricia McGarry Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Bleiman Rebecca Nordstrom & Jerome Liebling The Jimmy Burgoff/Mark Ricker Jazz Duo www.fineartscenter.com A Message from the Director Reaching New Frontiers in Franklin County Politics and Protest: The 1960s and Now

This year, as in the past, the Fine Arts This year the Asian Arts & Culture Program focused its The Fine Arts Center joined with the Department of History and Center brought to the campus leading educational outreach on a new constituency: nearly others to present “Protest and Politics: The 1960s and Now.” Part artists, dancers, musicians, directors, 600 Franklin County public school students witnessed of the Feinberg Family Distinguished Lecture Series, the program conductors, composers, and choreographers. the extraordinary Indonesian production Kali Yuga, included panels and discussions featuring prominent authors and Among them was the 9th Annual Billy by Gamelan Sekar Jaya. They enjoyed hearing and activists, theater pieces presented by New WORLD Theater and Taylor Jazz Residency Artist, trumpeter playing the gongs, watching the intricacies of the Project 2050, performances by jazz icons Cecil Taylor and Joe Sean Jones. Artist Residencies are vitally dances, and learning about instrumentation, musical McPhee, a documentary film series, and exhibits in the Hampden important because they bring students into scales, and rhythms from the music director. Dedicated and Augusta Savage galleries. contact with a range of arts practitioners and encourage to the victims of the 2002 and 2005 bombings in Bali, robust dialogue and communication among artists, the production melded an innovative music score, students, and the general public. choreography by Bali’s best dancer, and poetry by Java’s internationally celebrated writer and journalist Asian Arts & Culture residency activities complementing the sold-out evening concert reached students and adults through the colleges: artistic We believe it is time to initiate a major program at the Fine Students in the UMass Ballroom Dance Club hone their skills weekly Goenawan Mohamed. director Ellen Chang gave a guest lecture to UMass theater students and in the Fine Arts Center lobby. Arts Center to deepen the diversity of the arts education Smith College welcomed musicians into a world music class for a “Kinding Sindaw’s powerful new theater piece Parang Sabil [is] a lesson in history and the collision of we offer by creating more opportunities for artist residencies. “It was a very graceful play. The costumes really empha- workshop on Balinese gong orchestra tuning. Such a program could connect UMass academic departments sized the characters’ roles. The character who caused cultures that needs to be on everyone’s agenda.” —Martin Denton, nytheatre.com and arts programs and encourage collaboration and Performing Arts chaos had a very chaotic hairdo. The people who kept longer-term creative influence by visiting artists. At the the peace were very clean, their hair was organized”. New Works for a New WORLD same time, the University, as an intellectual center, could Asian Arts & Culture —Seventh-grade student “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of this great Center Series experience. I never knew there were other people interested in chang- provide background and stimulation to the artist. Magic Triangle / Solos & Duos In New York, the first National Asian American Theater Festival included two new pieces developed in New WORLD ing the society that people of color live in. I have always believed that New WORLD Theater Theater’s annual summer playlab, including one directed by Artistic Director Andrea Assaf. A one-week developmental art is the best way to connect with people. I’m so filled with ideas for Arts and Educational Programs for School Audiences There is much to be gained by initiating a major period in Amherst was capped by two public performances before the shows traveled to New York. Parang Sabil: The change and the ways to help. I feel much stronger and not afraid to 9th Annual Billy Taylor Jazz Residency take a risk. Thank you so much for everything!!!” artist-in-residency program. Take a look inside this report Ballad of the Kris is an original piece by the dance-theater company Kinding Sindaw based on the legendary ballad of Project 2050 participant, age 17 to see what we have been able to accomplish with a limited Visual Arts the Tausug people of the southern Philippines. The age-old story of resistance, dignity, and courage is told through The immensely talented jazz trumpeter Sean Jones, best residence program, and stay with us to see how much more indigenous Tausug dance, music, martial arts and epic storytelling. This postmodern version portrays the struggle against Augusta Savage Gallery known for his current playing at Jazz at Lincoln Center, we can do. Central Gallery U.S. military occupation of the Philippines in the early 20th century and the 1906 massacre of hundreds of men, women, was the ninth annual Billy Taylor Jazz Residency artist. Hampden Gallery and children by U.S. troops. Mark Twain’s anti-imperialist broadsides in response to this event are incorporated into the University Gallery For three days this young talent inspired UMass performance. Amherst students, high schoolers, and community Education members with his exquisite artistry. Dr. Taylor believes The Art of Our Time The Isle of View benefited from extensive restoration by artist George Trakas. A second piece developed by New WORLD, Ramble-ations: A One-D’Lo Show, a multi-character exploration of clashes that the influence of these rising professional jazz Education/Access of culture and identity in modern America, also traveled to New York for the festival. mentors is unparalleled and a presence essential to the The University Gallery continues to be the place where visitors Dr. Willie L. Hill Jr. Jazz in July Summer Music Programs The Lively Arts jazz education experience. These young artists are able can discover the art of our time and where artists can share UMass Arts Council to reach students and inspire them in a way not their works, their inspirations, and their visions. Internation- Internationally celebrated jazz artist and educator Yusef Lateef was honored possible with more established talent. as Fine Arts Center Artist of the Year at the Center’s 18th Annual Gala & ally renowned artists from Switzerland, the U.K., Belgium, Mission Auction benefiting artist educational residencies. New York, Los Angeles, and the Pioneer Valley joined with Friends Board of Directors

The UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center seeks to engage and inspire the Sean Jones’s visit included master classes and jazz creative thinkers from a range of disciplines for engaging, Elizabeth Lee Loughran, Chair Aaron Julien Gwendolyn Glass JoAnne J. Finck, Vice Chair Alexandra Kennedy Alfred L. Griggs campus and regional communities in the arts through a broad array composition, arranging, theory and improvisation for timely discussions about their work and the themes and issues Hector Bauzá Cathryn L. Lombardi Bill Hogan of exemplary performances, exhibitions, and educational programs. UMass jazz students. His impassioned and personal talk it explores. The ongoing series of interdisciplinary events was Mark R. Berman James Mallet Dolly Jolly Making a Difference in our Community Martha Borawski Brandt Gregory A. Malynoski David Martula about the positive impact of arts and educational expanded to bring scholars, poets, musicians, and visual artists Kevin J. Chrobak Lorna M. Peterson Kathy Mullin Carol Moore Cutting Tini Sawicki Sandra Parent Fine Arts Center Endowments experiences in the lives of young people inspired FAC 41,742 patrons attended 70 performances together in thought-provoking ways. A. Rima Dael Stephen W. Schupack Frederick C. Tillis, board members, as did his performance with UMass 14,149 viewed 40 visual arts exhibits William A. Darity Sarah Tanner Director Emeritus Frederick C. Tillis Endowment for the Arts Ian Fraser Karen Tarlow Robert Yacubian Billy Taylor Endowment for Jazz Residencies faculty member Jeff Holmes. Sean also led a master 12,686 youth, teachers and chaperones attended 15 Exhibitions this past year included important installations of Lori J. Friedman Deborah Garlick Emeriti Honorary Members Fletcher Henderson Memorial/Max Roach Fund for Scholarships class for the Amherst Regional High School Band, gave daytime performances for school audiences film, video, painting, sculpture, photography, drawings, and Lucille D. Gibbs Jazz in July Summer Music Programs Endowment a live radio interview on WMUA, and taught the Lively 874 complimentary Angel Tickets were distributed via prints. The New England Museum Association recognized Fran Goldsher Frank Anderson Marge Champion Joyce E. and Benedict J. Smar Endowment for Angel Tickets 75 human service agencies Milton Goodkowsky Barbara C. Bernard Jimmy Heath Paul G. and Elaine S. Marks Art Acquisition Fund Arts general education class. The residency concluded University Gallery with two exciting awards: first place for the As one art faculty member recently put it, the Gallery plays an impor- Richard Covell Awadagin Pratt J. Lynn Griesemer University Gallery Endowment 105 students gained valuable job experience tant role as catalyst— “concrete evidence that hosting events that bring Joan Haley Betsy Egan Stan Rosenberg with a breathtaking performance with his band in Beat Streuli / Bruxelles Midi publication and honorable mention together people from different departments, programs, institutions, Nancy Hamel Carl Eger Billy Taylor Asian Arts & Culture Endowment 116 artist educational residency events on campus and Bowker Auditorium. for the Fall 2006 newsletter. etc., does have direct impact in establishing relationships and perspec- Justine Holdsworth Seymour Frankel Peter Tolan “The mentor/pupil relationship is as old as jazz itself. Mentors learn from in the community Motoko Inoue Arnold Friedmann Lois Torf elders, process the information they receive from others in their genera- tives that include a more interdepartmental/institutional foundation.” tion, and use all that enables them to develop their personal style.” 125 community members volunteered —Art faculty member —Dr. Billy Taylor