National Black Arts Festival 2016 Guide

SPOTLIGHT SERIES

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“A Brown Tale”

A One Man Play Produced By Penumbra Theatre Company A Comedic Coming-of-Age of a Young African American Male in Chicago

September – October, 2016

PROGRAM SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 8 Panel Presentation:

FEATURES

National Black Theater Companies

4 Greetings from NBAF Executive Director 6 The Spotlight Series 36 Board of Directors,

10 A Brown Tale 12 Symposium – Call & Response 14 Goreé Crossing 16 Lecture/Conversation with Phil Freelon 18 Master Class with Nnenna Freelon

NBAF SUPPORTERS

20 An Evening with Nnenna Freelon 22 Master Class & Panel Presentation:

Staff and Professional Team

Spotlight Series:

Step Afrika!

24 Step Afrika! The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence 26 New Movements in Dance 28 Gallery Hops I, II 30 Youth Development & Engagement 32 Visual Arts Program – Fine Art of Collecting Series

34 NBAF Donors & Patrons 38 NBAF Sponsors & Partners Cover Design: Troy Lipscomb, TLDCO NBAF 28th Season Official Program Published By: Gregg Daugherty, Atlanta ShowGuide, Inc. Program Design: Kellie Frissell NATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL 404.730.7315 | www.NBAF.org 2016 NBAF Playbill

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A LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Grace C. Stanislaus NBAF is a national treasure! This is a bold assertion that I made at our recent gala. And I claim that statement wholeheartedly not simply because it was proclaimed by the United States Congress in 2008 but because for over 28 years NBAF has advanced the arts, celebrated the achievements of people of African descent in all disciplines; nurtured talent in our children; educated, enriched and entertained us by turning a historical spotlight on the extraordinary contributions of visual artists, playwrights, actors, authors, scholars, filmmakers, musicians, producers, multimedia artists, dancers and choreographers that have paved the way, opened closed doors, aimed for and achieved excellence. Â Why is NBAF and our work important? The answer is that we recognize and support the power of the arts to heal, to be a salve to our souls and especially the souls of our children as we grapple with and struggle to heal from the ongoing and seemingly endless violence in the world. And also because we recognize that hidden artistic talent must be brought out, nurtured and supported even as the lack of access to arts education in our public schools stifle the creativity of our children and youth. We launched our Adopt-A-School Program - Move/Dance! project in the Sylvan Hills Middle School to continue to be relevant to the needs of our local communities.

For over two decades, NBAF has presented, advanced and celebrated the contributions and achievements of our emerging, rising and established artists and spotlighted the stories of the challenges and triumphs of hard fought and hard worn battles to achieve excellence in all disciplines of the arts.

This year our Spotlight Series is focused on theater. We launched the season by honoring two trailblazers of American theater: Kenny Leon of True Colors Theatre and Lou Bellamy, founder and co-artistic director of the Penumbra Theatre Company based in Minnesota and celebrating it’s 40th anniversary this year. They have paved the way, set the standard for excellence and become examples to this and future generations of how talent, coupled with hard work, persistence and passion can bear such extraordinary fruit.

Thank you to the NBAF Board of Directors, all of our stakeholders, patrons, volunteers, funders, friends of NBAF who for over two decades have supported, nurtured, stewarded and appreciated what NBAF has been to the city of Atlanta, Georgia and to the nation. Continue to believe in our mission, potential and promise for the future as we plan the celebration of our milestone 30th anniversary in 2018! Continue to support us we advance into our third decade of presenting stellar programs, and as we launch new initiatives like our NextGenArtists program and as we continue to support local talent and to bring world talent to Atlanta.

Grace C. Stanislaus Executive Director

www.nbaf.org

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OPEN HOUSE Sunday, December 4, 1– 4 p.m.

Share in the Spirit Serving grades 7–12, Marist School provides an education where achievement exists within a spirit of humility and generosity. Students are challenged by an extensive college-preparatory curriculum while an array of extracurricular activities inspire exploration and uncover hidden talents. Through it all, students gain a unique strength of character and skill and a joy of serving others that prepares them to be compassionate, confident leaders.

Come visit to experience Marist’s spirit yourself.

Learn more at marist.com An Independent Catholic School of the Marist Fathers and Brothers

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER, 2016 The National Black Arts Festival (NBAF) offers multidisciplinary programs that educate, enrich and entertain our diverse audiences by showcasing the art of local, national and international artists of African descent.

Through our Spotlight Series we offer programs over a two month program season with a spotlight on one discipline.

The Spotlight Series is focused on theater from the 18th to the 21st centuries with an exciting menu of world class theatrical, musical and dance performances and talk back/conversations, master classes, panel presentations, a symposium and gallery hops that intersect the visual art, theater and dance.

Along with our Spotlight Series, in 2016 and beyond NBAF will continue to offer inschool arts education programs, to nurture the creative talents of our youth through youth development and engagement initiatives and to support artists of all ages and at all stages of their development and career.

Juel D. Lane By Richard Calmes

Step Afrika,!

Kenya Griffin

Nnenna Freelon www.nbaf.org

Juel D. Lane

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PANEL PRESENTATION “National Black Theater Companies: Still Thriving/In Crisis?�

A panel discussion with Lou Bellamy, award winning playwright, actor and director and founder of Penumbra Theatre, Toni Simmons Henson, Producing Director of Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, and actor James T. Alfred who will address the history, current state, struggles, as well as the transformational impact on American culture and social consciousness of national theater and theater companies that focus on the issues, conditions and experiences of African Americans.

Saturday, September 10, 2016, 10:00 a.m.

Tickets: Free/RSVP Required Balzar Theater at Herrens Theatrical Outfit 84 Luckie St. NW Atlanta, GA 30303

Toni Henson

Lou Bellamy www.nbaf.org

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PERFORMANCE James T. Alfred “A Brown Tale” Photos by Allen Weeks

“A Brown Tale” A One Man Play Directed by Lou Bellamy with a post performance talk/back conversation

The Minnesota-based Penumbra Theatre Company, one of the oldest in the country, was invited by NBAF to celebrate its milestone 40th anniversary in Atlanta with a signature play. After a decade of development and several incarnations, “A Brown Tale”, which received its first full production at Penumbra during the inaugural Claude Edison Purdy Individual Artist Festival, was selected by Lou Bellamy, founder of the theatre and its director/producer, as representative of the excellence that the theatre has achieved over the past 40 years. “A Brown Tale” was nominated in 2013 by Broadwayworld.com as the Best New Work/Play.

Sunday, September 11, 2016, 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $34 and Up/ $20 students/ www.nbaf.org Balzar Theatre Theatrical Outfit 84 Luckie St. NW Atlanta, GA 30303

Directed by Lou Bellamy, “A Brown Tale” is a 90-minute comedic coming-of-age narrative of a young African- American male from the south side of Chicago.

The tapestry of stories woven together by critically acclaimed actor James T. Alfred takes us through his journey from childhood to adult life. This rollicking story explores the impact that community has on an individual’s personal development.

“A Brown Tale” set, Photo by Allen Weeks www.nbaf.org

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THURGOOD

by George Stevens, Jr.

40 TheatricalOutfit.org 678.528.1500

September 29 – October 16, 2016 The Balzer Theater at Herren's 84 Luckie St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30303 Promo Code: NBAFHOPE

SYMPOSIUM “Call and Response: Contextualizing African American Presence in the American Theater” A partnership with Arts at Emory and Emory University

Participants include: Aku Kadogo, Chair of Theater Department, Spelman College; McKinley Melton, Professor of English, Gettysburg College; moderator Paul Carter Harrison, Emory Scholar/ artist in residence, playwright, director and author of “The Drama of Nommo;” Nina Angela Mercer, playwright, poet, New York-based theater scholar; Dianne Stewart, Associate Professor, Department of Religion, Emory University; Pellom McDaniel III, Curator, Emory University Rose Manuscript and Rare Books Library and; Playwriting Fellow Jiréh Aku Kadogo Holder.

Saturday, September 17, 2016, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Tickets: $40/Students free/ Registration at www.nbaf.org Goodrich C. White Hall Emory University, Room 208 301 Dowman Drive Atlanta, GA 30322 NBAF in partnership with Arts at Emory and Emory University presents a daylong symposium with distinguished local and national scholars who will address the issue of the presence and influence of African Americans on performance arts and theater.

Pellom McDaniel III

Dianne Stewart

Nina Angela Mercer

Jiréh Holder www.nbaf.org

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Music and Lyrics by

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Book by

QUIARA ALEGRIA HUDES Conceived by

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Direction by

JUSTIN ANDERSON Musical Direction by

ANN-CAROL PENCE Choreography by

RICARDO APONTE A CO-PRODUCTION BETWEEN

July 21–August 28, 2016 (678) 226-6222 or www.AuroraTheatre.com Part of the

September 8–18, 2016 at The Rialto Center for the Arts (678) 528-1500 or www.TheatricalOutfit.org

PERFORMANCE “GOREÉ CROSSING: A Staged Reading” A play written and directed by Paul Carter Harrison Sunday, September 18, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

Tickets: $20/Students free www.nbaf.org

Paul Carter Harrison

Goodrich C. White Hall, Emory University, Room 208 301 Dowman Drive Atlanta, GA 30322

Chap Clayborn, a smug, socially alienated, high-stepping Music Hall Coon-Song-Singing-Vaudevillian from New York finds himself stranded in Goreé Crossing. He soon discovers that Goreé Crossing and the characters who inhabit it have their own rhythm and sense of purpose despite the danger of racial oppression. He responds by conjuring up a Chorus of Dance Hall Girls who are actually the transfiguration of the local Church Sisters. The play offers Gospel, Blues, military and funeral marching bands, ragtime and music hall, which all connect to a common source in the Black Church.

Written and directed by Emory University scholar/artist–in-resident, playwright, director and author, Paul Carter Harrison and with an original score by Olu Dara, Goreé Crossing is set in 1918 in the deep South at the end of Minstrelsy and World War 1. Goreé Island in the bay of Dakar, Senegal is the place where Africans were forcibly detained in dungeons prior to being packed into ships during the 19th century slave trade. Goreé Crossing acts as a symbolic crossroads where Africa, the deep South, and the high-life of the urban world psychically entwine.

Goreé Island, Dakar, Senegal www.nbaf.org

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PROOF

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Jul 11 - Aug 6, 2017

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LECTURE/CONVERSATION “In Conversation with Phil Freelon, An Architect at the Forefront”

Architect of the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, Emancipation Park in Houston, multiple library projects for the Washington D.C. Public Library System and the Durham County Human Services Complex in North Carolina, among many other major, national projects, Freelon is a President Obama appointee to the National Commission of Fine Arts, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) and a recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. He is currently the Managing Director and Design Director with global architecture and design firm Perkins + Will.

Saturday, October 1, 2:30 p.m.

Tickets: $20/Students and seniors free/RSVP required/www.nbaf.org Center for Civil and Human Rights 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd. NW Atlanta, GA 30313

As CEO of CCHR Derreck Kayongo speaks and acts on broad issues that affect the economic and physical health of diverse communities. Born in Uganda, he holds an honorary doctorate from Oglethorpe Phil Freelon University and is a graduate of In conversation with Derreck Kayongo, the prestigious Fletcher school of Law CEO of the Center for Civil and Human and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Rights (CCHR), renowned architect President Jimmy Carter recently chose Phil Freelon, designer of the Center Kayongo to interview him as part of and co-designer of the National the National Museum of African American History Archives’ and Culture on the Smithsonian Mall, Amending will share stories and experiences America from his extraordinary career as an Initiative. architect of African American heritage, with highlights of select projects and conversation about his inspiration, creative process, opportunities and Derreck Kayongo challenges. www.nbaf.org

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MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM OF EMORY UNIVERSITY carlos.emory.edu

NEW AFRICAN GALLERIES Now open

MASTER CLASS WITH NNENNA FREELON

Saturday, October 1, 10:00 a.m.

Six-time Grammy Award nominee and acclaimed jazz vocalist, Nnenna Freelon offers a master class for selected college pre-professionals and invited high school and middle school students who are rising and aspiring singers, jazz vocalists and students of jazz. Freelon has dedicated herself to educating young people, both musicians and nonmusicians and students of all ages. Her master classes and workshops from “Sound Sculpture” to the groundbreaking “Babysong,” affirm the message that anyone can aspire, inspire and change the world.

Free but limited to invited participants Rialto Center for the Arts Georgia State University 80 Forsyth St. NW Atlanta, GA 30313

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OCTOBER 27TH

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BEYOND THE STUDIO At Galloway, students (age 3-grade 12) are inspired to be fearless learners, to embrace challenges, and to discover more about themselves and the world around them.

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PERFORMANCE “An Evening with Nnenna Freelon” With a post-performance talkback/ conversation moderated by Gwen Redding, TV host, radio personality, Jazz 91.9 WCLK

a local choir. Gwen Redding, radio personality on Jazz 91.9 FM WCLK, TV host and jazz singer will introduce Freelon and engage with her in a postperformance conversation about jazz, her accomplishments and current and future projects.

Sunday, October 2, 3:00 p.m.

Tickets: $34 and Up/Students Half Price Rialto Center for the Arts, Georgia State University 80 Forsyth Street NW Atlanta, GA 30313 404-413-9TIX (9849) Acclaimed jazz vocalist, Nnenna Freelon will perform a special selection of songs with her jazz trio in tribute to female jazz vocalists. A versatile and multitalented performer, in 2014 Freelon starred in the critically acclaimed show “Georgia on My Mind: Celebrating the Music of Ray Charles” at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. She has toured with Ray Charles, as well as many other great jazz artists including Ellis Marsalis, Al Jarreau, George Benson, and others. She most recently produced and acts in the touring multimedia production, The Clothesline Muse.

An Evening with Nnenna Freelon includes a special finale performance of Freelon’s anthem “One Child at a Time” found on her “Soulcall” recording by www.nbaf.org

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PERFORM. CREATE. INSPIRE.

In the heart of Atlanta.

UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS Composition Jazz Studies Music Education

Music Technology Music Management Music Performance

GRADUATE DEGREES/PROGRAMS Master of Music Doctor of Philosophy

Artist Certificate in Music Doctor of Education

Contact Us: music@gsu.edu Phone: 404-413-5900 75 Poplar St, 5th Floor

music.gsu.edu

OCT 29-NOV 20, 2016

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PANEL PRESENTATION “Boundaries Crossed: Migrations Yesterday and Today” Saturday, October 8, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

Tickets: $20/Students and seniors free/RSVP Required/www.nbaf.org Auburn Avenue Research Library 101 Auburn Avenue NE Atlanta, GA 30303 A moderated panel presentation addressing the global issue of migration including complex and interwoven issues of migrations, reverse migrations, displacement, gentrification, transnationalism from a historical to a contemporary perspective.

Panelists include: C. Brian Williams, founder of Step Afrika! and Howard Dodson, former Chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York, and most recently Director of Howard University Libraries and Director of Moorland-Spingarn Research Center and Library System, and author of numerous books and publications, including: Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture, In Motion: The African-American Miågration Experience, Lest We Forget: The Triumph over Slavery, and Becoming American: The African-American Journey.

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2016-2017 Season THE WHOLEHEARTED

by Stein/Holum Projects September 15-17

DJ SPOOKY:

THE HIDDEN CODE

September 30

DJ SPOOKY:

PEACE SYMPHONY

October 1

GREG WOHEAD:

HURTLING and THE BACKSEAT OF MY CAR October 13-15

THE SECOND CITY: FREE SPEECH (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST)

October 22

PILOBOLUS:

SHADOWLAND October 27

HIROMI:

THE TRIO PROJECT November 4

JOE GRANSDEN:

SOUNDS OF THE BIG BAND ERA November 11

ILUMINATE November 17

THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA CHRISTMAS SHOW

December 9

ALONZO KING LINES BALLET January 14

AN EVENING WITH

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PERFORMANCE & MASTER CLASS

“Step Afrika! The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence” With post-performance talk back/ conversation Saturday, October 8, 2016, 7:30 p.m.

A partnership and co-presentation with the Rialto Center for the Arts Tickets: $34 and Up/Students Half Price Rialto Center for the Arts Georgia State University 80 Forsyth Street, NW 404-413-9TIX (9849)

Master Class Friday, October 7, 5:00 p.m.

Free but limited to invited participants Sylvan Hills Middle School

In partnership with the Rialto Center for the Arts, NBAF has invited Step Afrika! back to Atlanta for a second year as part of the celebration of the 100th birthday of the renowned African American artist Jacob Lawrence and the reunification of his seminal 60 panel work, The Migration of the Negro. Through the medium of www.nbaf.org

African-American stepping, South African Gumboot and traditional Western African dance, vocals, drumming and audience participation, Step Afrika! brings to the stage its critically-acclaimed production, The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence. The high-energy performance brings to life Lawrence’s iconic paintings, which focuses on the Great Migration from the South to the North in the 1920s that radically changed the lives of African Americans.

Members of Step Afrika! offer a master class to selected preprofessionals and invited rising and aspiring dancers in middle school to college.

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Award-winning Moving in the Spirit blends high-quality dance instruction and leadership training for young people ages 3-18.

3-18 Register for classes and learn about tomorrow’s compassionate leaders at www.movinginthespirit.org

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DANCE PROGRAM “New Movements in Dance: Atlanta’s Rising Choreographers”

Kenya Griffin

Saturday, October 15, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Tickets: Free/ RSVP Required www.nbaf.org High Museum of Art 1280 Peachtree St. NE Atlanta, GA 30309 As a part of its ongoing Dance Program, NBAF offers a day long program in partnership with the High Museum of Art that spotlights young choreographers, dancers and rising stars who are defining and shaping the new direction of dance in Atlanta. Within the framework of “talk/conversation/demonstration” featured presenters Juel D. Lane, dancer, choreographer and film director, Kenya Griffin, Founder of the Amazing Grace Dance Company and Daryl Foster, Founder/Director of Lift, will discuss their creative process, approach, the current state of dance and choreography, works in progress, and focus their presentations on audience engagement and participation and on performances and workshop/ demonstrations.

Juel D. Lane

Daryl L. Foster, Artistic Director of LIFT Contemporary Dance Company; Photo by Tara Lynne Pixley www.nbaf.org

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VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM

Gallery Hops I, II

“Intersecting Disciplines: Visual Art/ Theater/Dance”

welcomed by the gallery, offered light refreshments, gallery tours and artist’s talks.

September 23 and October 14, 6:00 p.m.

As a cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary program, the gallery hops offer participants unique experiences that this year intersects the visual arts with theater and dance.

Performers from AREA (Atlanta Resource for Entertainment and Arts) will present theatrical dance numbers from popular plays like Shuffle Along! at select galleries.

Tickets: $30/Two Hops package for $55 www.nbaf.org The second year of NBAF’s Gallery Hop series offers a chartered bus excursion that transports art enthusiasts to six galleries throughout the city where they are hosted and

Open Houses

Discover the Woodward Difference at woodward.edu.

GO OUT ON A LIMB

Details at FernbankMuseum.org

GRAND OPENING

Outdoor Exhibits for All Ages Hands-on Nature Adventures

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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM ON THE HORIZON NextGenArtists Program and Showcase NBAF’s NextGenArtists program is a new signature program that NBAF plans to launch in 2016 with the aim of nurturing the creativity and supporting the talent and professional development of emerging artists of African descent as a core value of NBAF’s mission. The target participants are high school students, primarily juniors and seniors.

NBAF will provide the selected students a structured program of workshops, lectures, apprenticeships, mentoring, competitive scholarships, business and professional development workshops/ classes — transformational experiences that recognize, nurture and feature their unique talent in all creative disciplines and industries, including the performing arts, theater, literary and visual arts, film, multimedia, digital media, fashion, etc.

Through the NextGenArtists program students will learn to present, market, promote and potentially sell their work during the Showcases. The participants will attend an intensive “boot camp” during which they will learn to strengthen their craft, their presentation, writing and communication skills. They will be given access to knowledge, information and the tools to learn about and to advance in the industry. NBAF provides the bridge that crosses the students into the next stage of their development, leading potentially to acceptance into a specialized school or program at a college and university and to access to jobs in the industry.

Threaded together our Move/Dance! project and NextGenArtists program offers a path forward from middle school to high school to college through programs that sparks, supports and nurtures the creative aspirations of our youth, especially those in underserved communities and that are living in challenging financial circumstances.

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SPOTLIGHT SERIES Visual Arts Program

ON THE HORIZON Fine Art of Collecting Series The Fine Art of Collecting Series is a year round program currently in development that focuses on education, exposure and access to visual art and artists whether in the artist’s studio or in local collections, museums and galleries.

The series offers opportunities to spotlight collectors and special public and private collections through behind the scenes tours and opportunities to educate and nurture new collectors via gallery talks, lectures, panel presentations and to engage artists and their work through open artist’s studio tours and talks. Art experts, artists, collectors, curators and

wealth managers will be engaged to provide access to knowledge, expertise and information with the goal of deepening appreciation about the financial and aesthetic value of art and about the creative process, art-making, acquisition and the practical aspects of the care, preservation and maintenance of objects of art.

The broad aim of the Series is to nurture the collector’s impulse while supporting local artists through access and exposure to their work with the goal of cultivating a new generation of collectors who value and appreciate visual art and artists. The effect is that the program supports artists, catalyzes the art scene and, in general, engages the visual arts community in Atlanta.

THANK YOU PATRONS & SPONSORS Thank you to our sponsors, funders and donors for their generous support. (Listing as of July, 2016)

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American Family Insurance Bank of America Georgia-Pacific LLC Neiman Marcus UPS Foundation

Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau Michelle and Tom Davis Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP Toni and Bruce Jackson Tara and Darrell Mays Brian McDaniel Rita Love Owens Millie and Steve Smith Angie and Brannigan Thompson Brenda Wood

$25,000 – $49,999 City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Arnika and Stephen Dawkins Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Fulton County Arts & Culture Georgia Power Company Legendary Events/Tony Conway Jack Sawyer & Bill Torres Target The Coca-Cola Company The Heavenly Hands Foundation The Lady Loves Couture.com/ Marjorie Harvey Wells Fargo Wilmington Trust

$15,000 – $24,999 Delta Air Lines Su and Al Longman PNC Bank Publix Super Markets Charities Louise Sams and Jerome Grilhot Southern Company

$10,000 – $14,999 AGL Resources John W. Brewer Mary and John Brock M. Erwin Carter Comcast Business Emory University/Robert W. Woodruff Library Cecilie Lilletvedt Goodman Kenneth Holley Lolita B. Jackson Vikki Millender-Morrow Candy Moore Northside Hospital Vicki and John Palmer Monica and John Pearson

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$2,500 – $4,999 Attucks Asset Management Baker Donelson LLP Kemberly and Robert Joseph Charlene Crusoe-Ingram & Earnest Ingram Brooke Jackson Edmond Sonya M. Halpern Lindsay Hopkins Greenberg Traurig LLP Pat Lottier Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead Stephanie M. and H. Jerome Russell Chandra Stephens-Albright and Warren Albright Karli Swift Thompson Hine LLP Marc Taylor Regynald Washington Woodruff Arts Center John Wright

$1,000 – $2,499 Lauren and Derek Alphran Ginny Brewer Suzanne E. Burks Cox Media Group Dennis Dean and Drew Brown Cheryl and Tracey Dillion Rhonda and Frank Duffy Frances Dunston Kim and Dameon Fisher Sivan and Jeff Hines Lauren and David Kiefer Tameka Lester Genevieve Mays

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Morehouse School of Medicine Keisha & Daniel Noel Jonathan Parris Myrtle Potter Private Bank of Buckhead and Decatur Sabrina Shannon and Kevin Lofton Judith Taylor Claire Elizabeth Travis Stephanie Lynn Travis Carroll and DePriest Waddy Cindy Widner Wall Sylvia Wright WXIA – TV Thanks to our 2016 Program Season Partners : Auburn Avenue Research Library Center for Civil and Human Rights Emory University High Museum of Art Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site/National Park Service.

Rialto Center for the Arts Sylvan Hills Middle School Theatrical Outfit Thank you to the following for their generous contributions, partnerships and services:

One Flew South, A Joint Venture of Jackmont Hospitality, Inc. and Global Concessions, Inc., Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Troy Lipcomb, Active Production and Design, Inc., Simon Sign Systems, Southern Seasons, TRRU Event Management, Intercontinental Hotel Buckhead, Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta, Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead, The Atlantan, Double Cross Vodka, Frank Thomas, AREA, Joe Gransden, Atlanta Tribune, AREA, Sweet Auburn Works, Historic District Development Corporation, Central Atlanta Progress, Event Strategies, Management and Production, and Gregg Daugherty, Atlanta ShowGuide.

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I WOULDN’T BE HERE WITHOUT GRADY. I THANK GOD FOR GRADY. There’s no way you can ever be ready to hear the words you have breast cancer. But right away, the whole team at Grady came together and started planning how we were going to go about treating my cancer. The oncologist, the surgeon, everyone walked me through my options. I’ll admit I was scared.

But the team at Grady held my hand. They said we’re here. We’re going to take care of you. And they did.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Lolita Browning Jackson, Chair Metro East External Affairs Manager, Georgia Power

Charmaine Ward, Vice Chair Senior Director, Community Affairs, Georgia-Pacific

Kenneth Holley Principal, Portfolio Manager, CIO Herndon Capital Management

President/Owner, AlphaGraphics WestMidtown

Cecilie Lilletvedt Goodman, Secretary Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Philanthropy Manager Bank of America

Grace C. Stanislaus, Executive Director

Rhom Erskine Diversity Director, McKesson Corporation

Evette Dorham, Executive Assistant/Office Manager

Suzanne E. Burks

Judy Hanenkrat, Special Events and Fundraising Consultant

President, The Burks Companies, Inc.

James Walker Brian McDaniel, Treasurer

STAFF AND PROFESSIONAL TEAM

Managing Partner, Walker & Associates, LLP, Attorneys-At-Law Of Counsel Greene Legal Group, L.L.C.

Vikki Millender-Morrow Girls Scout of Greater Atlanta

Stacy Jones, Finance Director Tracy Murrell, External Communications Consultant Nicole Davis, Program Director

EX-OFFICIO M. Erwin Carter

John W. Brewer Chairman and CEO, Vantage Private Capital Group

Candy Moore

CEO & President, Newbold Services, LLC

Sonya M. Halpern Immediate Past Board Chair

Senior Vice President, Community Development Manager – Southeast, Region |Community Relations, Wells Fargo

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2016-17 SERIES JAZZ & INTERNATIONAL MUSIC

Chucho Valdés & Joe Lovano Quintet November 13, 2016, 7pm

Jazz Masters January 21, 2017, 8pm

The Nile Project January 28, 2017, 8pm

Sweet Honey in the Rock® February 18, 2017, 8pm

Balé Folclórico da Bahia February 24 & 25, 2017, 8pm

Dianne Reeves March 4, 2017, 8pm

Eddie Palmieri April 1, 2017, 8pm

The Rialto celebrates 100 years as an arts anchor in downtown Atlanta and 20 years with Georgia State!

This Rialto Series anniversary season is not to be missed!

Randy Brecker April 6, 2017, 8pm

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