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He also came away with some valuable contacts that couldr lead to overseas collaborations for the local arts communitytand high-profile exhibits for the High Museum of Art. "Whayt they really want to know is essentially how to extende and expand their budgets inphilanthropicd fund-raising, which is not common there," said who was one of eighf U.S. cultural fund-raising experts who took part ina "Funding and Managingb Culture in France" study tour Feb. 25-March 8. The tour includee sites such as the and The Institutewof France. The guestsx heard 77 individual presentations, Stanfill said.
Othert participants in the tour, which was hoste by France's ministries of culture and finance, included Pennyt Ojeda, coordinator of internationakl programs for the National Endowment for the andMarc Pachter, director of the National Portrai t Gallery for the Smithsonian Institution, both in Washington, D.C. Cultural attachés from across the country selectec the participants forthe program, which was developecd by the New York-based French-American Foundation, whose purposwe is to support cultural and economic and intellectualo exchanges between the United States and "France only has something like 600 [independent] Germany has about 2,000 foundations and England has aboutr 6,000 foundations, as comparef to the United States, which has about 53,0090 foundations," Stanfill said.
"On average, French culturalk organizations, including historic sites, museums and famous receive 80 percent of their fundinh from allgovernmental sources, which includes regional, department and federal. The largest share come from localfunding (about 60 percent). "We met with some of the like theCartier Foundation, and they're giving money to the arts, but it's not on the scalew of anything in the United States you'dr see." While Stanfill was helping the French learnn how to perfect their management and finance techniques, he said the trip helpes him make contacts in terms of culturakl exchanges.
"When you hear presentations by77 you're bound to find somebody you can do business with," Stanfillp said. "The head of the High, Michael since my trip, has been over to meet with the Stanfill said he also plans to tell someof Atlanta'xs smaller arts groups about a project he encountered in the city of which includes a 30-acre former industrial site that has been converted into a multiartsx center and is looking to produce nationa collaborative exchanges in dancre and media.
"I thinik my ability to be able to go back and meet with peopld at thePompidou Center, at the Paris Opera, with some of the corporatw donors to the opera who also do business in this which means another potentiall fund-raising source for us, all of that has real he said. "I think it also will help me in termsz of some presentations I have to do here with to have this background about how another systemcan work." The Metropolitajn Atlanta Corporate Volunteerism Councill (CVC) is accepting applications for the sixth annual Involvement Means Peoplee Acting in Communities Togethedr (IMPACT) Grants and Awards.
One localp nonprofit will be given $20,000 and two nonprofitz will receive $5,000 each for programs that help and up to four corporatse volunteer programs will be honored for demonstratingb leadership in theAtlanta community. The Metrlo Atlanta CVC also has created an award to honor Carol Reiser, co-founder and past president of the organization, for her commitmengt to the community and volunteerism. The national Caroo D. Reiser Book Award will recognizera children's book published betweebn Jan. 1, 2001, and Dec. 31, that inspires community service and volunteeriskmin children. It includes an award of $1,000p to a youth-serving nonprofif agency of the author's choice.
Nominations are available at , and are beinb accepted throughJune 30. Awardc and grant recipients will be announcedc at the annual IMPACT AwardsLuncheomn Aug. 22. Nominations for the IMPAC T Grants and Awards must be postmarkes byJune 2. To obtain applications, call Linda Woodworth at (404) 614-1022 or downloard a copy at . When Atlanta'ss New Birth Missionary Baptist Churchj Choir joins the Atlanta Ballet and its orchestrs in the world premiere ofChristian Holder's "Transcendence" April 24-27, it will be the beginniny of many collaborations the company plans to undertake in an efforyt to draw varied audiences to its "Transcendence" likely will attract a large number of African-Americam patrons, many of whom are members of New Birth'se 25,000-plus congregation base.
But therw also will be an opportunity this fall to do somethinbg in conjunction with the Day of the Dead which is an annual celebration of the Hispanic saidJohn McFall, the ballet's artistic director. "That'sd a good way to get in touch withthat culture," said McFall, adding that he also wantd to attract more young people to The Fox which is where the ballett holds its performances. The company got a good starr with this target audience in 2001 when it presentes a collaborative performance with the Atlantaq rock duo the Indigo who have scheduled a repeat performance with the ballet for March 25-28.
The YWCA of Greater Atlanta has name d its 2003 Academy ofWomenj Achievers, all Georgians who represent the YWCA's missiomn of strengthening the lives of womej and girls and ending racism. In addition to Atlantaz philanthropist and community volunteerDorothy Fuqua, this year'zs Woman of Achievement, other honorees are Patriciza Barnard, executive vice president of humah resources for Georgia-Pacific Corp.
; Brenda Hill Cole, judge of the State Court of Fultoj County; Joan Garner, executivwe director of the Southern Partners Fund; Carolyn Byrd, chairman and CEO of Sara Gonzalez, president and CEO of the Georgiaw Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Deva Hirsch, vice president of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation; Kathy a community volunteer; Hala president of Church's Chicken; Susan president and CEO of Fernbanm Museum ofNatural History; and Connie Stokes, a Georgiw state senator. The women will be recognized at the 20th annuakl Salute to Women of Achievement benefit luncheon May 21 from noonto 1:30 p.m. at the Georgiza World Congress Center.
Tickets are $100 per person or $1,009 for a table for 10; call 527-7575.
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