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By The ArtsFund Team on Monday, May 11, 2009
How Important is Art?
Joining KING 5's Up Front Program, Jim Tune, ArtsFund President and CEO; Speight Jenkins, Seattle Opera's Artistic Director; and Peter Boal, Pacific Northwest Ballet's Artistic Director, provide insight to our local arts in the current economy. This is part of a wider discussion of, "How Important is Art?"
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By ArtsFund Team on Monday, February 1, 2010
Dr. Ellsworth C. “Buster” Alvord, Jr. (1923 – 2010)
ArtsFund joins our community in celebrating the life of philanthropist Buster Alvord, who died Jan 19. Buster and Nancy Alvord’s generosity in supporting the arts has contributed immeasurably to creating the rich cultural life we all now enjoy. The Alvord family has chosen ArtsFund for remembrances, as well as other charities (see http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=ellsworth-c-alvord&pid=139154951). To make a gift in Dr. Alvord’s honor, please click on Donate Now.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Check out Jim Tune's blog
ArtsFund invites you to check out Jim Tune's seattlepi.com blog. It's another way that ArtsFund hopes to share knowledge and commentary about the arts and our culture. Commentary is always welcome.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
ArtsFund, INTIMAN and Pacific Northwest Ballet are featured on KCTS9's "About the Money"
KCTS9's "About the Money" features Jim Tune, ArtsFund; Brian Colburn, INTIMAN Theatre; and Peter Boal, Pacific Northwest Ballet. Josephine Cheng hosts the discussion surrounding the impact of our current economy on our local arts.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Monday, March 23, 2009
The Seattle Times Editorial
The Seattle Times shares with our community why ArtsFund is important, especially now. Click here for the article titled ArtsFund helps the show go on.
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By ArtsFund Team on Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Save the Date: Celebration of the Arts Luncheon May 12, 2010
ArtsFund announces our 22nd annual Celebration of the Arts Luncheon on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at the Westin Seattle. Keynote speaker: Michael Kaiser, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Registration will open mid-February 2010. Mark your calendar!
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By The ArtsFund Team on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Demand for access to cultural organizations is up while funding is down
Arts organizations across Washington state recognize the current recession requires new thinking and leadership, planning, and adaptability. To better understand the impact of the recession, the Washington State Arts Commission (WSAC) and ArtsFund conducted parallel studies which together measured the effects of the recession on cultural organizations across Washington state. ArtsFund's final report is below. Please visit www.arts.wa.gov/projects/economic-survey.shtml for WSAC's full report.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Monday, February 23, 2009
KCTS9 interview with Enrique Cerna
Jim Tune, ArtsFund’s President & CEO, sits down with KCTS9’s Enrique Cerna to discuss the current economic situation of our arts community and the Take Part In Art Festival (www.takepartinart.org). Click to watch the KCTS9 interview.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Monday, February 9, 2009
Jim Tune on Comcast Newsmakers
As part of ArtsFund’s effort to publicize the Take Part In Art Festival from February 20 – March 1, 2009, Jim Tune, President & CEO, taped a Newsmakers spot for Comcast. Click here to watch Comcast Newsmakers.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Monday, September 7, 2009
Arts and Recession Webinar
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By The ArtsFund Team on Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Help Shape the News and Win Arts Tickets
Your ideas are critical in helping ArtsFund determine how best to re-design its newsletter. This survey should take one-minute and you will be entered to win a pair of tickets to three exciting arts events. Deadline is September 30. Thank you for your input!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dEGapwGQiihaszjuB7v3Eg_3d_3d
(Please click on this link or – if that doesn’t work – copy and paste it into the address line of your web browser)
Click below for ArtsFund’s fall newsletter.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Thursday, September 10, 2009
Recruitment for ArtsFund’s Campaign 2010 Associates Program is Underway!
If you are interested in supporting the arts, networking with fantastic people, acquiring new skills, and attending great arts events, the ArtsFund Associate Program is a perfect fit!
ArtsFund Associates raised over $600,000 in Campaign 2009. This major accomplishment is attributed entirely to the talented, energized and dedicated group of volunteers who take part in the program. Recruitment for Campaign 2010’s volunteers is underway.
In exchange for volunteering approximately five to seven hours a month, ArtsFund Associates receive a multitude of benefits, including:
- Involvement with a highly regarded community organization
- Learning more about the arts in this community
- Valuable training and experience in fundraising and boardsmanship
- Development of new professional contacts and friendships
- Identification and visibility within company as a community representative
For more information about the Associates Program please review the brochure below or contact Annemarie Scalzo at annemaries@artsfund.org
To sign up, please fill out the form below and return to ArtsFund by October 16th
SPECIAL APPLICATION PROCESS FOR BOEING EMPLOYEES:
- If you are currently a Boeing Employee who was not an Associate last Campaign, you will need to go through an application process specialized for new Boeing applicants. This application is available below and must be returned to Annemaries@artsfund.org by October 16th. Your application will be reviewed by a committee and admittance to the program will be determined by qualifications and space available. ArtsFund will notify you as to the status of your application by the end of October. If you are not accepted to Campaign 2010, you will be put on a waitlist in case space becomes available prior to the official kick off of the campaign, and are also welcome to apply again in future years.
- If you are currently a Boeing Employee and participated in the Campaign 2009 Associates Program please fill out the Standard Sign Up Form (NOT the Boeing Application for New Associates Form) to continue participation in Campaign 2010.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Monday, July 6, 2009
Despite Tough Economy, ArtsFund Fulfills Base Grant Commitments to Nonprofit Arts Groups
Despite the worst economic climate in decades, ArtsFund announced it met base-level funding commitments to 61 King and Pierce County nonprofit arts groups and awarded grants to an additional 20 groups on a discretionary basis. The amount of grants totaled $2,227,027 for 2009.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Tuesday, June 2, 2009
ArtsFund Study Recommends Improvements on Arts Education
With generous support from The Clowes Fund, Inc. ArtsFund has completed a study that evaluates how funders, nonprofit arts groups and public schools can collaborate to improve arts education. Beyond concrete and achievable recommendations, the study also made clear that ArtsFund can play an important role in building that collaboration. This fall, we will work with Philanthropy Northwest and arts education professionals to discuss the study and develop plans for implementing key initiatives. Puget Sound Business Journal's Clay Holtzman follows this discussion on his blog.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Friday, May 22, 2009
Campaign 2009 in the Home Stretch
On June 25th, the ArtsFund Board will review and vote on 2009 grant recommendations submitted by our King and Pierce County Allocations Committees, the final step in committee members’ roughly 80 hours of application review and interviews. Between then and now, ArtsFund’s Board, staff, and Associates are focused on reminding people of the value of the arts and encouraging them to put ArtsFund’s experienced leadership and proven system to work investing in the arts that add so much to our quality of life here. Click to see 2008 grant recipients and how our allocations process works by reading our grant process. Already convinced? Donate Now!
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By The ArtsFund Team on Monday, March 30, 2009
Peter F. Donnelly (1938 – 2009)
ArtsFund President Emeritus Peter F. Donnelly died Saturday, March 28th from complications of pancreatic cancer. He served as ArtsFund President and CEO from 1989 through 2005. He will be missed terribly by the arts and by this community. A celebration of his life was held Monday, April 20, 6pm at the Bagley Wright Theatre, home of the Seattle Repertory Theatre.
To read more, please visit KUOW, The Seattle Times, Crosscut, King5.com, Frye Art Museum, Puget Sound Business Journal, The Gathering Note, The Seattle Times- Tribute, The Seattle Times- Letters to Editor and Seattlepi.com. Peter was awarded the 2005 Mayor's Arts Award.
Please click here to see KCTS9's tribute to Peter and Seatte Channel's tribute created for Peter's memorial.
Click here to see a of Peter's career.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Thursday, May 21, 2009
ArtsFund's Celebration of the Arts Luncheon
ArtsFund celebrated its 40th anniversary on May 21 at the annual Celebration of the Arts Luncheon. Chap and Eve Alvord and Seattle Children’s Theatre’s Linda Hartzell were honored. David Horsey gave a cartoon-supported keynote address. Click here to view his cartoon recongizing ArtsFund's 40th anniversary.
Please visit Clay Holtzman's Puget Sound Business Journal
blog for his words on the luncheon.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Monday, March 2, 2009
Thank You for Taking Part in Art!
More than 60 King and Pierce County arts organizations participated in the first-ever Take Part In Art Festival! These organizations banded together to offer their communities incredible discounts and pay-what-you-will offers from February 20 – March 1.
ArtsFund collaborated with Market the Arts Taskforce and the ArtsFund Board Communications Committee to launch this year’s Festival. Thanks to generous Take Part In Art Festival supporters POP, KING 5, KONG 6/16 & Northwest Cable News, Comcast, APCO Worldwide, Victory Studios, Starbucks Coffee Company, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Seattle’s Convention & Visitor’s Bureau.
Thank you for taking part in art this spring! Puget Sound arts look forward to seeing you throughout 2009!
Click here to see what The Seattle Times said about the Take Part In Art Festival.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
State of the Arts in Our Economic Crisis
What’s the reaction of nonprofit arts in this region to the current economic crisis? Focus. Through its recent survey of 81 King and Pierce County nonprofit arts groups, ArtsFund found that groups are focused on protecting core services to the community as they cut expenses and redouble fundraising efforts. Click here to read the full report.
You can also view articles by
The Seattle Times,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer and
Puget Sound Business Journal.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Friday, December 5, 2008
Safeco Insurance Foundation Awards ArtsFund $500k
One of our most active and generous partners throughout our history, The Safeco Insurance Foundation, awarded $500,000 to be paid in equal installments over the next five years. Safeco has contributed more than $3.5 million to the arts through ArtsFund, starting at our 1969 founding. The grant stipulates $20,000 a year be directed to the Mary Helen Moore Diversity Fund.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Celebration of the Arts Luncheon in Tacoma
ArtsFund held its 5th Annual Pierce County Celebration of the Arts luncheon on November 11 at Tacoma’s Hotel Murano. We honored award recipients Dick and Marcia Moe and Tacoma Opera’s Kathryn Smith. Follow the link to read the inspiring keynote address by Daniel Fulton, President & CEO of Weyerhaeuser Company.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Monday, August 4, 2008
ArtsFund Makes Record Grants to Arts Groups in 2008
ArtsFund, the region’s umbrella funding organization for the arts, announced today that it has made grants of $2.977 million to 70 King and Pierce County arts groups. The total of $2.977 million is the highest dollar amount ever distributed by ArtsFund in its 39 years of making distributions.
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By The ArtsFund Team on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Celebration of the Arts Luncheon
Thank you to all who attended our Celebration of the Arts luncheon! Click here to read the keynote address given by Ben Cameron, Program Director, Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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