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YOU ARE INVITED!
to the 25th Anniversary of Durham Arts Council's Emerging Artists Program with a special tribute to Ella Fountain Keesler Pratt
Thursday, June 18, 6:30 PM, at the Durham Arts Council Building, 120 Morris Street, Downtown Durham
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Ella Fountain wants you to come. . .
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to the Emerging Artists Program 25th Anniversary Celebration
The evening includes:
- Awards to 2009 Emerging Artists
- Unveiling of the new Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artists Star designed by Francis Vega
- The Emerging Artists All Stars Performing Ensemble
- Introduction of the Ella Fountain Keesler Pratt Legacy Project, video preview and opportunity to share stories and contribute to the Ella Fountain Keesler Pratt video
- Elegant buffet co-sponsored by Mark Day Company
Thursday, June 18*, 2009, at 6:30 PM
Tickets $25 per person
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*If you have ADF Season Tickets that include June 18, you can exchange them for another night by calling 919-684-4444 at least 48 hours prior to the event.
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And the 2009 Emerging Artists Grant Recipients are. . .
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Chatham County:
Wendy Spitzer, music
Durham County:
Beverly Botsford, music; Jessye McDowell, film/video; Gillian Parke, craft; Gary Pohl, sculpture; Mikel Robinson, photography; Sydney Scherr, craft; Carolyn Shull, music; Leah Sobsey, mixed media
Orange County:
Lynn Bregman Blass, mixed media; Grey Brown, literature; Ellen Giamportone, photography; Annemarie Gugelmann, painting/drawing; Daniel Harris, painting/drawing; Victoria Ralston, installation; Reuven Sadeh, installation
Person County:
Arthur Knowles, craft
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For One Night Only!!! The Emerging Artists All Stars Performing Ensemble
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Former Emerging Artists Grant Recipient and Jazz Vocalist, Lois Deloatch to perform with Emerging Artists All Stars
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This Emerging Artists Program 25th Anniversary evening will also feature Beverly Botsford, percussion, Lois Deloatch, vocals, and Scott Sawyer, guitar, as a unique ensemble of Emerging Artist musicians celebrating the spirit of the Emerging Artists Program. We are very proud of the accomplishments of these artists and that the Emerging Artists Program is a part of their story.
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Introducing the Ella Fountain Keesler Pratt Legacy Project!
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Ella Fountain with Leontyne Price and Reynolds Price
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In her 52-year career at Duke University and the Durham Arts Council, Ella Fountain Keesler Pratt nurtured the arts life at Duke and in Durham as a presenter of diverse performances and exhibits, a mentor, an advocate, an educator and occasionally, a revolutionary. Ella Fountain's work made an enormous impact on the arts and arts administration on a local, state and national level.
Her passion for encouraging young artists shone through everything she did and is exemplified in the Emerging Artists Program which she nurtured and directed until her passing in 2008.
The 25th Anniversary of the Emerging Artists Program is a fitting moment to introduce the Ella Fountain Keesler Pratt Legacy Project, which will both honor Ella Fountain and translate her legacy into future action by supporting the programs that she founded.
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The Durham Arts Council Emerging Artists Program
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The Emerging Artists Program was launched in 1984, the brainchild of Dr. James Semans, Ella Fountain Pratt, the North Carolina Arts Council and Michael Marsicano, then Executive Director of the Durham Arts Council. The Emerging Artists Grant Program is designed to enable individual artists who have mastered the basic techniques of their art form to complete projects that will establish their professional presence. During the first 25 years the Program has made 389 grants totally $391,856.
The Emerging Artists Program is cited repeatedly by local artists as providing important financial support and significant public recognition of their professional achievements. Durham Arts Council coordinates this program in partnership with the arts agencies of adjacent Chatham, Orange, Granville and Person Counties. This joint effort provides an efficient, non-duplicative administration and allows artists from Durham, Chatham, Orange, Granville and Person Counties to participate in the Emerging Artists Program. The cooperative nature of the program has also strengthened relations between arts organizations in these counties and has encouraged networking between artists in the region.
Durham Arts Council’s Emerging Artists Grant Program is funded by grants from the North Carolina Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art, The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, the Chatham County Arts Council, the Orange County Arts Commission, the Granville Arts Council, the Person County Arts Council, gifts to the Durham Arts Council Annual Arts Fund, the Ella Fountain Pratt Fund, the Wainwright Fund for New Works and support from other interested organizations and individuals.
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The Ella Fountain Keesler Pratt Legacy Project is funded by a lead grant from The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, grants from the Fund for the Carolinas and Duke University, and sponsorship by Mark Day Company.
For more information, contact Margaret DeMott: mdemott@durhamarts.org.
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| Ella Fountain at 2008 Emerging Artists Awards Ceremony |
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