LVCF Partnership Proposal

Providing transformative experiences that connect our community through the arts.

Partnership Opportunities Prepared for

Mark Wilson mawa20@lehigh.edu Natasha de Luna nlg222@lehigh.edu

Partnering in Multidisciplinary Programs & Arts & Wellness We want to thank the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation for supporting our last visit of the Traveling While Black installation through the Core Fellowship funding.

Your generosity has made a meaningful impact, and we are grateful for your support.

As we look ahead, we would welcome the opportunity to deepen our connection and explore new ways to collaborate.

At Lehigh University’s Zoellner Arts Center, we are deeply committed to fostering meaningful connections through the arts. In alignment with this mission, we are launching a series of innovative Arts & Wellness activities during the 2025–2026 season and would be honored to have the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation support this groundbreaking initiative in its early stages.

ARTS HAVE IMPACT INVEST IN YOUR COMMUNITY

Transforming Health Through Arts & Wellness In partnership with Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), we are exploring how the arts can be a powerful tool for improving health. This initiative will empower local doctors to prescribe arts experiences to address a variety of physical and mental health concerns, offering a holistic approach to well-being.

Well-Being Concerts At the heart of Zoellner Arts Center’s Arts & Wellness initiative are the Well-Being Concerts, immersive performances that blend world-class music with mindfulness and self-care practices to promote healing and connection. These hour-long events create a nurturing space for reflection, emotional release, and shared experience by benefiting both audiences and performers.

Each concert integrates guided meditation, breathwork, and deep listening to help attendees experience the restorative power of music while gaining practical tools that support everyday well-being.

In collaboration with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute and the Mindful Child Initiative, Zoellner will present five Well-Being Concerts throughout the year. Each event will welcome 150 to 300 attendees and feature renowned performers alongside expert facilitators. Through music, movement, and storytelling, the concerts will promote mindfulness, emotional resilience, and community healing.

The Lullaby Project Zoellner Arts Center is proud to bring Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project to the Lehigh Valley in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute and the Mindful Child Initiative. This program empowers expectant and new parents, caregivers, and families to compose personalized lullabies for their infants, offering a powerful and creative way to foster emotional connection during early parenthood.

Through songwriting and storytelling, participants express their hopes, fears, and love—nurturing their bond with their children while supporting early childhood development and maternal well-being.

The pilot will serve two distinct community cohorts: • A group of 10–12 expectant mothers identified through LVHN’s 17th Street Clinic • Pregnant and parenting teens at Dieruff and/or Allen High Schools, expanding on the Mindful Child Initiative’s existing work in Allentown School District schools By centering music as a tool for self-expression and care, the Lullaby Project provides both healing and joy. Amplifying the voices of families and strengthening community health from the earliest moments of life.

Traveling While Black: A Virtual Reality Experience We would like to invite the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation to be the sponsor of Traveling While Black: A Virtual Reality Experience, a powerful and immersive installation presented by Zoellner Arts Center.

Traveling While Black is a groundbreaking virtual reality film by Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams and Emmy Award-winning Felix & Paul Studios. This experience transports viewers to the historic Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C., where they witness a series of intimate conversations with patrons reflecting on their personal experiences with restricted movement and race relations in America.

Confronting the way we understand and discuss race in the United States, Traveling While Black serves as a catalyst for critical dialogue—highlighting the continued challenges minority travelers face today and underscoring the importance of remembering and learning from the past.

The installation will recreate the interior of Ben’s Chili Bowl, offering audiences an artistic and immersive experience that blends storytelling, history, and technology.

Sponsorship of this impactful installation would position the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation as a supporter of arts-driven civic dialogue and an advocate for innovation in storytelling and community engagement.

We would be honored to recognize the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation’s leadership through this presentation. Let us know if you’d like to explore this opportunity further.

Sponsorship Opportunity for LVCF Support Level: $10,000 A $10,000 sponsorship from LVCF will make a meaningful impact by supporting a portion of the costs for Zoellner Arts Center’s Arts & Wellness Pilot Program. Your investment will also help us continue offering the powerful, immersive program Traveling While Black to the Lehigh Valley community at no cost to participants.

In recognition of your support, LVCF will have the opportunity to receive: Season-long Marquee recognition in the Zoellner Arts Center playbill Ten (10) tickets to the publicly sponsored Well-Being Concert Ten (10) tickets to the Sphinx Virtuosi Well-Being Concert on October 1, 2025 Invite select members of your organization and Board of Trustees to attend WellBeing Concerts at no cost throughout the pilot as space permits Experience a private viewing and reflection session of Traveling While Black designed exclusively for LVCF guests Logo visibility with hyperlinked logo on the event webpage 1/2-page acknowledgement in the season playbill Recognition in “Know Before You Go” emails for sponsored events Recognition in the Arts & Wellness brochure

Contact: MARK FITZGERALD WILSON Executive Director Zoellner Arts Center 610-758-5301 • mawa20@lehigh.edu CANDI STAURINOS Director of Community Engagement & Impact 610-758-3414 • zcs2@lehigh.edu 420 E. Packer Ave. | Bethlehem, PA 18015