FUND
FOR THE ARTS KICKS OFF PUBLIC PHASE OF ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
The
Greater Louisville Fund for the Arts, the oldest united
arts fund in America, kicks off the public phase of its
2003 campaign at a celebratory lunch at the Brown Theatre
on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 12:00 noon. This year’s
campaign theme is You’re the One! The Fund’s
2003 campaign goal was announced at $7.64 million.
2003 Fund for the Arts Campaign Chairman
Mike McCallister, Chief Executive Officer of Humana Inc.,
reports that while the campaign is already at 50% of goal,
widespread effort is needed over the next five months to
guarantee adequate support for the Fund’s 25 member
groups and programs. “Our acclaimed arts organizations
are justifiably the envy of many communities around the
country, and we hope the community will continue to respond
enthusiastically to our call for support,” McCallister
said.
Allan Cowen, President and CEO of the Fund
for the Arts, states that “now  more
than ever, the Arts need the support of the community if
they are going to continue to provide quality visual arts,
performances and educational programming for our children.”
Cowen emphasized that the Arts are a major contributor to
the local economy, providing more than $100 million in annual
economic impact, and that “the Fund for the Arts helps
keep the arts alive in our city. More than 1.5 million people
enjoy the arts here each and every year.”
While arts fund Board members, corporations
and major foundations have already been solicited, the public
phase of the Campaign includes employee workplace giving
from more than 28,000 regional employees. As a result of
the broad-based support for the Fund, Louisville enjoys
the largest per capita giving to the arts of any city in
America.
The fundraising campaign runs from February 4 to June 30,
2003
Special performances at the Kickoff celebration
include: The Louisville Youth Choir, Stage One, Actors Theatre
of Louisville’s Marc Masterson, Michael Davis and
Robert Franz of The Louisville Orchestra, The Louisville
Bach Society, Artistic Director for the Kentucky Opera,
Deborah Sandler, The Louisville Ballet, Sharon Kinninson
of the Music Theatre of Louisville, Louisville Visual Art
Association, and the Kentucky Art & Craft Foundation.
Other guests include Jefferson County Public Schools performing
the Grand Finale; Louisville Central Community Centers,
Conway Middle, Meyzeek Middle, Englehard Elementary, Lassiter
Middle and Lincoln Elementary.
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