More than 7,500 youth, teachers, and chaperones attended 11 Global Arts for School Audiences performances.

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FINE ARTS CENTER STAFF

ADMINISTRATION Director, Dr. Willie L. Hill Jr.Associate Director, Dennis ConwayAssistant to Director, Kate Copenhaver

BUSINESS OFFICE Director of Administration and Finance, Margaret CurtissBusiness Office Manager, Sonia KudlaTechnical Systems Manager, Christine TexieraBookkeeper, Cyn HortonDepartment Assistant, Connie WhighamProgram Assistant, Doreen Waananen

MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT Director of Development, Lucia MillerDirector of Marketing, Shawn FarleyCommunity Relations Manager, Anna RobbinsMarketing & Development Assistant,Allyson GarciaMarketing Assistant, Jorge Luis González

BOX OFFICE Manager, Steven CoombsAssistant Manager, Richard Ballon

PRODUCTION SERVICES Director of Operations, Lewis E. Louraine, Jr.Associate Director of Operations, Fritz FarringtonLighting Director, Erica McIntyreAudio Director, Michael McLaughlinProduction Stage Manager, Brenda CortinaTechnical Director, Dan RoelofsAudience Services Manager, Heather BellOffice Manager, Kate Hayden

EDUCATION Education Manager, Lori TuominenProgram Director, Arts Council, Sally O’SheaAssociate Director of Academic Programs,John JenkinsAcademic Program Manager, Lively Arts,Donna CarpenterProgram Director, Jazz in July, Mark Baszak

PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS Asian Arts & CultureDirector, Ranjanaa DeviAdministrative Assistant, Sue McFarland

Center SeriesDirector of Programming, Kathryn Maguet Assistant Director of Programming, Halina Kusleika

New WORLD TheaterArtistic Director, Andrea AssafManaging Director, Wesley V. MontgomeryDirector of Design and Publicity, Yvonne MendezOffice Manager, Richard CaianderGrants Coordinator, Chris RohmannAudience & Community Development Coordinator, Nicole YoungProgram Curator, Priscilla PageProject 2050 Interim Director, Heather LordProject 2050 Associate, Gabriel Gonzalez

VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMSUniversity GalleryDirector, Loretta YarlowGallery Manager, Craig AllabenCollection Registrar, Justin GriswoldCurator of Education, Eva FierstCommunications Assistant, Thonsey KeopanyaAugusta Savage GalleryDirector, Terry JenoureGallery Manager, Alexia CotaHampden & Central GalleriesDirector, Anne La PradeGallery Manager, John Simpson

FRIENDS OF THE FINE ARTS CENTER

Gifts of $100 or more given 7/1/2007-6/30/2008

The Fine Arts Center gratefully acknowledges the generosity of its many donors whose gifts, grants, and sponsorships make the breadth of our performing and visual arts and education programs possible. Thank you.

INDIVIDUALS

Chancellor’s Circle$10,000 and aboveTeddi & Billy TaylorFrederick C. & E. Louise Tillis

Leadership Circle$5,000 - $9,999Christin A. CoutureJacob EpsteinJennifer Lind & Joshua HornickBetsy SiersmaLois B. Torf ’46

Presenter’s Circle $2,500 - $4,999Gwendolyn GlassMotoko InoueJohn & Patricia KendzierskiElizabeth Lee Loughran

Director’s Circle $1,000 - $2,499AnonymousHorace C. & Gloria B. BoyerWilliam A. & Trudy DarityDon & Honoré DavidIan H Fraser & Pamela BartlettLaurie Frazer & Kevin ChrobakBeverly A. FanningRoger E. & JoAnne J. FinckSally & Al GriggsJayant & Alissa HaksarPaul & Nancy HamelBryan C. Harvey & J. Lynn GriesemerMarie HessBeverly & Willie L. Hill Jr.John & Justine HoldsworthAlix KennedySandra & Mark ParentLorna & Dale PetersonCatharine Porter & Gordon DeWerthScott Prior & Nanny VonnegutBen SmarElizabeth StoneSarah & Mark TannerKaren A. Tarlow & John A. MontanariZina Tillona

Benefactor$500 - $999Anonymous Jeffrey & Mary Ellen AndersonMartha Borawski & William BrandtA. Rima Dael & Brandon BraxtonEric & Barbara CarleSteven & Alejandra DauryRuah Donnelly & Steven DinkelakerRuth V. ElcanLinda & Ralph FaulkinghamSharon FrossMichael & Joan HaleyJamie Hartwright & FamilyMerilee & Sandy HillNicholas B. KuckelJames MalletDavid & Tanyss MartulaGreg & Kathy MalynoskiSally Montgomery & Chips WhalenWesley MontgomeryWalter & Kathy MullinThomas & Gena O’BrienJohn & Maryanne PetersonKirsten Pitts

Janet M. Rifkin & David R. KaplanTR Rosenberg & Laurel GlocheskiHarry & Charlena SeymourLorin StarrMara SuperiorRuth K. WebberJoan WelchNicholas Xenos & Lynn PeterfreundRobert Mugar Yacubian

Sustainer $250 - $499Naoko N. AkamatsuMaury BarondesDhipati & Anjusree ChandaAnanya ChatterjeaDr. & Mrs. Charles E. ClappMichael CohenCharles CohnGabriella DeFerrariSeymour FrankelNnenna FreelonLori J. FriedmanArnold & Susi FriedmannDon & Anne GasiorowskiBarbara & Joseph GoldsteinHarold & Frances HatchCarolyn HaydenLegrand & Joyce HinesAmy JohnquestCarol LeWittPeter & Maija LillyaLewis & Caden MainzerArthur & Elaine MangeJohn McCarthyEdward MitchellJerome & Nancy MyersDorothy Nemetz & John ToddFrancine & Frank OzerekoCindy, Gordy & Jack PalleyLyndon N. PrestonLorna RitzJanine RobertsDavid & Sharon RogalskiChris RohmannGloria & James RussellElizabeth Souza & William StapletonJane & Peter SteinPaul D. Stenard ‘49Mary TuttleJanna Ugone & Peter WhalenKatherine Vorwerk & Robert FeldmanHilary & Christopher WoodcockSue Woodfork

Patron$100 - $249Anonymous Douglas & Doris AbbottDonna AbelliHayat N. AbuzaRon Ackerman & Cleo GormanIra S. & Bina G. AddesDouglas W. AdlerFrank & Elaine AndersonPaul & Marie ApplebyRonald J ArcherJudith AshkinCharles & Deborah AustinWilliam R. AustinJudith & James AverillJoe M. BaillieAndrew H. Balder & Cynthia A. SommerSteve Berlin-ChavezMichael & Tina BerinsBarbara C. BernardOlivia BernardLinda Delone Best in memory of Sandy FullenSoren & Sue Ellen BisgaardJeff & Marilyn BlausteinRobert M. BolandRosalie & Kenneth BoutinPatricia L. BranchJohn & Jennifer BrelsfordMichael Bulman & Ronnie Janoff-Bulman

H. Robert BurgerAnne & Anthony BurtonRebecca CapliceJames & Constance CappelliNeil & Mary CarlsonDaniel & Susan CarmodyLiz ChalfinJanet & Albert ChevanRoland & Elizabeth S. ChiltonCasey & Dick ClarkMarjorie L. & Glenn E. ColemanMary CommagerJean ConwayArrelle CookSteven CoombsJoseph & Karen CorsoRichard & Helen CovellMarit CranmerSally CurcioGerald Bruce & Carol Moore CuttingJerry Dennerline & Margaret SarkissianKelly & Charlie DeRoseRoberta Gere DoeringKaren DolmanisthSharon L. DownsJohn Ebbets & Patty MasureBetsy & Dick EganJim Ellis & Trish FarringtonHarley Erdman & Sarita HusdonTaiga ErmansonsShawn Farley & David MintzOriole & Sidney FeshbachEdith FierstChaula FisherJohn J. FitzgeraldNan FlemingMaurille & Janice FournierJanet & Leslie FraidsternDr. & Mrs. Robert W. GageHelen GallowayWayne D. & Marilyn T. GassDorothy & Joseph GavinSally & Richard GiglioBill & Connie GillenJim GipeIsabel GlassMarcia & Sheldon GoldmanPenni GolowkaRobert GordonLouise R. HammannEvelyn K. Hammond-EdmeadesChristine HannonRandall & Dana HarlandThomas HarrelsonWilliam HarrisJosephine M. HartMeg & Allen HartJoyce & Jeffrey HatchSarah L. HawesMary McCarthy & Bob HawleyRoyster C. & Kathryn P. HedgepethEric & Yehudit HellerMarjorie Hess & Rudolph TalaberIrving & Frieda HowardsBecky IkeharaChip JacksonJohn & Miriam JenkinsWillard M. JohnsonChristina KamraNicole KamraAlfred KarslonJeffrey L. KaufmanBarbara KeeganMaura & Arthur KeeneDavid KellyDiane E. KeltonEdmund M. KeyesRuth KjaerJanet Klausner-Wise & Jeremy WiseSheila & Charles KlemLynn & Laura KlockGeorge & Mary KnightlyEllen KosmerRepresentative Stephen & Suzanne KulikHalina & Neil Kusleika

Boyd & Janice KynardGary & Nancy LamoureauxSylvia LangfordJoan & Kenneth LangleyTom & Anne Jeanne LardnerCarol LaRoccaMichelle LeBlancBruno, Laurie, Lauren & Benjamin LenartRobert & Madeleine LenzCheryl LichwellRobert LittmanNorma LockeLew & Peg LouraineThomas LuckKathleen R. Lugosch, ArchitectDavid & Carole MalekMeryl Mandell & Stephen SmulskiEfrem MarderJames E. MarquisMary MattiacePatricia McGarrySurinder Mehta & Laurie SchadDaniel & Ellen MelleyCharlotte MeyerThe Meyers FamilySusan MeyerLucia N. MillerFrancis & Nancy MirkinBecca & Mark MitchellSue & Bill MonksHal & Ele MosherArthur & Jean A. MundtJames A. Muspratt & Suzannah Fabing MusprattThomas P. NavinCatharine & David NewburyRebecca Nordstrom & Jerome LeiblingElizabeth F. O’Brien & Bert FernandezJeanne O’ConnellRobert K. OstbergLindsay PalermoMr. Peter PaniczkoDeborah PeaseNaomi & Micha PelegHelen S. PerryKlaus & Edith PeterPamela & Ray PfeifferAlexander & Harriet PollatsekPatricia & Donald PolonisEarl & Mary Kay PopeRobert & Jeanne PotashStanley J. RabinowitzRuth & Harold RauchMeredith B. RaymondNancy & Eric ReevesLisa ReillyRonald A. & Michelle RiceAlfred & Martha RiosSteven, Anna & Calder RobbinsJoan H. RosenbaumStanley RosenbergMargery H. RoyMargaret Sarkissian & Jerry DennerlineRoland & Rose A. SartiGerald L. SchaferNancy E. Schroeder & Julia L. DemminElizabeth SchulzeAnn & Stephen W. SchupackAnne SciglianoElizabeth A. SilverMelanie Gallo & Stan SmithRobert & DiAnn SpethMona SpreckerElizabeth & Eric StahlDavid & Peggy StarrBrendan Stecchini & Paula HodeckerSusan StoopsMary Lou Stuart & Jay FleitmanCalvin & Joanne SwiftJack Szpiler & Colleen AhernJohn D. & Mercedes M. TaylorJeffrey M. TenenbaumPamela TillisJohn & Peggy TownsendDonald E. & Jeanne M. TraesterLori & Mark Tuominen

Andree UhligSteven & Patty UptonElizabeth J. VastinePatricia VidilPatricia H. VirgaCarolyn WebbNancy Winter in memory of JerryConrad & Barbara WogrinMichael & Sara WolffJonathan A. & Meg Kelsey WrightErika ZekosJames YoungCathy A. Schoen & Larry S. ZachariasJane & Howard ZiffMarsha & Bill Zimmer

BUSINESSES

Chancellor’s Circle$10,000 and aboveArts Inc.Bank of AmericaCoca-Cola Bottling CompanyTD BanknorthThe Valley AdvocateWRSI 93.9 The RiverWFCR 88.5 FMWGBY TV 57

Leadership Circle $5,000 - $9,999Baystate Medical PracticesDaily Hampshire GazetteThe Davis GroupEl PlanetaFathers & Sons Inc.The Hotel NorthamptonHampshire Hospitality GroupJuster Pope Frazier Architects LLPLa Prensa/Link latinos.comLathrop Retirement CommunitiesPeoplesBankPioneer Valley TravelRainbow TimesWEIB 106.3 Smooth FMWRNX 100.9 FM

Presenter’s Circle$2,500 - $4,999Allison Angier & Bartmon, LLPBassette CompanyCooley Dickinson HospitalEasthampton Savings BankEl Sol LatinoFamilyFun MagazineFinck & Perras InsuranceFlorence Savings BankHasbro GamesJohn R. Lyman Co.Northampton Cooperative BankNorthampton Dermatology Associates PCPrudential Sawicki Real EstateThe Sloane Club; Tony MuskattThe RecorderUnited Wealth Management Group

Director’s Circle$1,000 - $2,4991794 MeetinghouseChef Bill/Bill Collins Fallon Health Care H.B. Financial GroupLes Campbell, Sky Meadow Photo GalleryDell, Inc.Goggins Real EstateIT Wireless; Eddy RamosPioneer Valley Hotel GroupPioneer Valley Periodontics

Silverscape DesignsElizabeth Stone Portraits and Fine ArtWells Fargo Home MortgageWilliam Truswell/ Aesthetic Laser & Cosmetic Surgery CenterWm Baczek Fine ArtsWilliam A. Berry & Sons Inc.

Benefactor$500 - $999Bank of Western MassachusettsChicopee Savings BankConsigli Construction Co. Inc.Emirzian, Mariano & Assoc.Greenfield Cooperative BankGreenfield Savings BankHannoush JewelersInstitute for Training & DevelopmentJones-Town & Country Realty Services Inc.LaPierrre’s Advertising Inc.Look Memorial ParkDouglas Macmillan/Jazz SketchesRigali & Walder OrthodonticsThe Garden House at Look ParkThe LIFTValley Transporter Airport Shuttle & Transportation ServiceWEBSWhalen Insurance

Sustainer $250 - $499Black Sheep Deli & BakeryBlack Walnut InnBose CorporationBulkley, Richardson & Gelinas LLPChandler’sDon Muller GalleryFour Seasons Wine & LiquorGedney Farm/Mepal ManorJimmy Burgoff & Mark Ricker Jazz DuoNew England Promotional MarketingO’Reilly, Talbot & Okun Associates Inc.Pioneer Valley Symphony & Chorus

Patron $100 - $249Allen House Victorian InnAmherst Cinema Arts CenterAnita Eliason DesignsBen & Bill’s Chocolate Emporium‘breath’ StudioCathy CrossCommonwealth OperaHiltrud Schulz/DEFA Film Library at UMassThe Great WallHadley Garden CenterHazen Paper CompanyFancy Fingers Nail & Skin Care SalonGazebo Intimate ApparelH. Oldham Brooks/I.P.D. CorporationIndia HouseJacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Janna Ugone & AssociatesJudie’s RestaurantLiquors 44Modern Memoirs Private Publishing Inc.North Amherst Motors Collision Repair CenterGreater Northampton Chamber of CommerceThe Porches InnSHe Co. Botanical Skin CareSide Street CaféSpirit HausSwiss Consulate of New YorkMichele Topor Inc.The House on the HillZanna

FOUNDATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

American Guild of Organists Toledo ChapterThe Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc.Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc.Community Foundation of Western MassachusettsCricket Island FoundationFive Colleges Inc.Five College Center for East Asian StudiesFive College Dance DepartmentThe Ford FoundationMassachusetts Cultural CouncilMassachusetts Foundation for the HumanitiesMondriaan FoundationThe Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc.National Endowment for the ArtsNestle Pour L’Art FoundationNew England Foundation for the ArtsNon-Profit Finance FundPro Helvetia FoundationSwiss Consulate of New YorkStudent Affairs Cultural Enrichment FundTD Banknorth Charitable FoundationTheater Communications GroupThomas Johnson FoundationUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni AssociationUniversity WomenVidda FoundationWomen’s Fund of Western MassachusettsXeric Foundation

MATCHING GIFTS

Aetna Foundation, Inc.Fleet Foundation GroupGeneral Electric FundLucent Technologies FoundationMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyPrice Waterhouse CoopersSovereign Bank

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FISCAL REPORT

SOURCES OF FUNDS

University AllocationsStateGeneral Op Funds (GOF)

Revenue Based Trust Funds

Student Arts FeeGeneral Public Ticket SalesOther RevenueTransfers In/Out, Intra University Revenues Total Revenue Based Trust Funds

Allocable Trust Funds, Gifts & Grants

UMASS Office of Research AffairsFriends of the FAC- Annual FundsTD Banknorth Bank of AmericaBritish CouncilCommunity Foundation of Western MassCricket FoundationFord FoundationMass Cultural CouncilMass Foundation for HumanitiesMondriaan FoundationHenry Moore FoundationNew England Foundation for the ArtsNathan CummingsNational Endowment for the ArtsNestle Pour L’Art FoundationNon Profit Finance FundProhelvetiaThe British CouncilThomas Johnson FoundationVidda FoundationWomen’s Fund of Western Mass.Xeric FoundationEndowment Income Total Allocable Trust Funds, Gifts & Grants

TOTAL SOURCES OF FUNDS

USES OF FUNDS

Program Services The Center SeriesNew World TheaterUniversity GalleryUniversity Arts CouncilMultiCultural ProgramsEducational & OutreachTotal Program Services

Support ServicesOperations & Production Serv.Marketing/DevelopmentGeneral & AdministrativeTotal Support ServicesTransfers Out & Intra University Expenses

TOTAL USES OF FUNDS

BalancesRestricted GrantRestricted Capital ImprovementsRestricted GiftOperating FundsGOFRTF

Total

FY2008

$2,091,442 $711,929

$2,803,371

$500,785 $194,590 $344,129

$1,039,504

$3,692 $136,090

$12,000 $ 1,868

$30,000

$71,200 $10,000 $17,369

$10,000 $21,742 $75,000

$180,000 $5,136

$5,000 $25,000

$2,000 $23,328

$629,425

$4,472,300

$695,980

$869,637 $320,124

$33,603 $375,163 $204,812

$2,499,318

$853,033 $309,510 $762,907

$1,925,450 $301,265

$4,726,033

162,498 125,029 200,363 513,207

56,808 5,571

1,063,477

FY2007

$ 2,034,902 $ 770,494 $

2,805,396

$534,834 $209,958 $691,488

$1,436,280

$3,452 $108,996

$10,000 $12,000

$3,000 $35,000

$400,000 $68,700

$10,300

$95,000 $8,043

$9,800 $935

$6,000 $5,000

$33,000

$21,650 $830,876

$5,072,552

$786,053 $719,530 $436,230

$36,042 $427,855 $224,009

$2,629,718

$925,444 $363,289 $735,843

$2,024,576 $339,420

$4,993,714

$439,205 $151,977 $224,186 $424,100

$74,711 $2,896

$1,317,075

43 exhibitions, openings, gallery talks, lectures and other events were held at the August Savage, Hampden, Central and University galleries, welcoming more than 15,000.

105 students gained valuable job experience.

Over $35,000 was raised at the 19th Annual Gala & Auction at the Hotel Northampton to augment community artist residency activities through the Friends Residency Fund.

Mission

The UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center seeks to engage and inspire the campus and regional communities in the arts through a broad array of exemplary performances, exhibitions, and educational programs.

Performing Arts

Asian Arts & CultureCenter SeriesMagic Triangle / Solos & Duos New WORLD TheaterGlobal Arts for School Audiences

Visual Arts

Augusta Savage GalleryCentral GalleryHampden GalleryUniversity Gallery

Education

Education/AccessJazz in July Summer Music ProgramsThe Lively ArtsUMass Arts Council

Fine Arts Center Endowments

Frederick C. Tillis Endowment for the ArtsBilly Taylor Endowment for Jazz ResidenciesFletcher Henderson Memorial/Max Roach Fund for ScholarshipsJazz in July Summer Music Programs EndowmentJoyce E. and Benedict J. Smar Endowment for Angel TicketsPaul G. and Elaine S. Marks Art Acquisition FundUniversity Gallery EndowmentAsian Arts & Culture Endowment

Sculptor Kevin Reese spent four days working with children in Pelham Elementary School to create this permanent addition to their landscape.

A Message from the Director

Whether the economy is robust or has gone bust, few investments are more sound than those in students, art and culture, and commu-nity. The Fine Arts Center enables student and community audiences to embrace new artistic and cultural experiences. We provide experien-tial learning and act as a resource beyond the boundaries of the classroom. We strengthen our community by fostering self-expression,

encouraging civic dialogue on difficult and pressing issues, and bringing together diverse groups in safe public spaces. We believe art and culture advance our knowledge, enrich our lives, express fundamental human aspirations, give us joy and hope, and inspire the very best within ourselves.

Of our many accomplishments during the past year, we at the Fine Arts Center are probably proudest of having established the Friends Residency Fund. This initiative enables us to engage artists to go beyond public performances and exhibitions by directly con-necting with students in workshops, lectures, and special demon-strations that fuel learning and innovation and bolster our local arts economy. The Fund does much to help us achieve one of the Fine Arts Center’s primary goals: deepening the diversity of our arts education offerings.

Through the generosity of our many donors, we have invested in our community here on campus, throughout the Five Colleges, in our public schools, and with our partners in surrounding towns and cities. We are deeply grateful to all of our donors for their contributions and for the opportunity to add so much to the cultural vitality of the Pioneer Valley.

Dr. Willie L. Hill Jr.

Friends Board of Directors

JoAnne J. Finck, ChairIan H. Fraser, Vice ChairWilliam BaczekHéctor A. BauzáMark R. BermanMartha Borawski BrandtW. Rochelle CalhounKevin J. ChrobakCarol Moore CuttingA. Rima DaelWilliam A. DaritySteven K. DauryLori J. FriedmanFran GoldsherNancy J. HamelLegrand Hines Jr.Justine G. HoldsworthMotoko InoueAaron JulienAlexandra KennedyElizabeth Lee Loughran

James F. MalletGregory A. MalynoskiLorna M. PetersonTini SawickiWilliam T. StapletonSarah TannerKaren A. TarlowWilliam H. Truswell Honorary Members

Frederick C. Tillis Director EmeritusMichael HaleyJimmy HeathYusef LateefStan RosenbergBilly TaylorPeter TolanLois TorfGeorge Trakas

Emeriti

Frank AndersonBarbara C. BernardRichard CovellBetsy EganCarl EgerSeymour FrankelArnold FriedmannGwendolyn GlassAlfred L. GriggsWilliam HoganDolly JollyDave MartulaKathleen MullinSandra ParentRobert Mugar Yacubian

Dance and the Human Experience

In April 2008 the Center Series presented the Ronald K. Brown/Evi-dence dance company, which blends dance styles to tell stories about what is important in the human experience. The evening’s reper-tory included One Shot, a new piece inspired by the work of African American photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris. The Augusta Savage Gallery enhanced appreciation of the dance work and its social and historical significance by exhibiting some of Harris’s photographs. Brown hosted a gallery talk in which he “walked” the attendees through each photo in the exhibit and told how he drew inspiration from them.

The project was further enhanced by the UMass Dance Department, which earlier in the year commissioned associate director Arcell Caubag to set a Ron Brown piece for its dancers. Brown then returned to campus, where the dancers spent some memorable time with him. After the performance, many audience members got to speak candidly with the dancers and artistic director. “His work is so important, so beautiful, so imbued with both old/new intelligence, so rich with the bittersweet of our human experience. I am thoroughly grateful that he chose to spend time with us.” —Donna Mejia, dance faculty

Sakura Matsuri

Sakura Matsuri, a six-day festival of Japanese arts, touched 1500 participants through performances and outreach events on campus and at the Wistariahurst Museum, a community partner in Holyoke. Wistari-ahurst hosted two sold-out Japanese tea ceremonies by the Kitanodai Gagaku Ensemble tea masters. They also presented a talk on kimonos and two ikebana (flower arranging) workshops.

On campus, the Japanese Studies Program hosted “Waka and the Japanese Poetic Tradition,” a two-day symposium. Artists from the ensemble conducted a bonsai workshop at Durfee Conservatory, and musi-cians held classes demonstrating koto and shakuhachi, a Japanese flute, for Commonwealth College and the Lively Arts classes.

More than 500 youths from regional schools filled Bowker Auditorium for a matinee performance of “Sakura Matsuri: Cherry Blossom Festival of Japanese Arts,” narrated by Japanese Studies Program students. A first-grade class participated in a butterfly dance workshop and tried on masks featured in the perfor-mance. The evening public performance was attended by dignitaries from the Japanese consulate in Boston.

Revolution in Action

The sold-out April performance of Project 2050’s The Love in Revolution at New WORLD Theater’s Intersection conference spawned some exciting collaboration with local youths. In the audience were several groups of teenagers from inner-city Springfield and Holyoke, including many—boys and girls alike—who are members of rival gangs. Afterwards they told project members that for them the show had been “revolution in action”—stories of youths with backgrounds like theirs com-ing together to change their lives for the better. For these teens, the show accomplished its central goal: to encourage young people to examine their sense of place in their community and start creating their own positive revolution.

Inspired by the experience, three youth groups affiliated with Springfield community organizations joined with Project 2050 to participate in the South Africa Performing Arts Project, an exchange with a group of artists from Cape Town, South Africa, organized by the Institute for Training and Development. The local teens produced original poetry and dance and performed it in Izandi, the show that capped the exchange.

The newly established Springfield Coalition, a partnership based on Project 2050’s model of community-based activist arts, is a promising expansion of the project’s reach and influence into a community that urgently needs an infusion of creative energy and hope.

Art in the Public Sphere

University Gallery’s cross-disciplinary symposium “Art in the Public Sphere: Singular Works, Plural Possibilities” drew a capacity audience of 260, including UMass Amherst and Five College students and faculty; local artists, architects, and de-signers; and museum professionals representing institutions as far afield as Washington. D.C. Organized in collaboration with the departments of Art, Architecture, Art History, and Land-scape Architecture and Regional Planning, the symposium in-cluded distinguished faculty panelists and others. Among them were such national notables as Rick Lowe, artist and founder of Houston’s Project Row Houses; Anne Pasternak, president and director of Creative Time of New York City; and George Trakas, an artist working out of Amherst and New York.

A concurrent, juried multi-media exhibition of 44 public art projects selected from close to 200 entries was held at the Uni-versity Gallery. Representing local, national, and international artists, architects and designers, the exhibition was adjudicated by LARP professors Bischoff and Sleegers along with Art, Art History, and Architecture professors Ontiveros and Krupczynski.

“Your selection of program participants and exhibitors created learning and discovery among all of us pushed and guided by your topics of inquiry. It was an honor to be part of it and we will all consequently continue to do new work having been challenged and invigorated by it.”

—George Trakas

In collaboration with UMass Graduate School, Department of History, University Outreach and Research, the Fine Arts Center presented sold-out performances of The American Beauty Project and Dark Star Orchestra as part of “Unbroken Chain: The Grateful Dead in Music, Culture and Memory,” a two-day public symposium.

EVENTS

DATE

LOCATION

PERFORMANCE

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSFINE ARTS CENTER SEASON PROGRAM

2007-2008

AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS

MUSIC DANCE THEATRE EXHIBITS

Joan Hanley‘s public art entry from the juried exhibition.Dr. Billy Taylor announced his retirement from the Jazz in July Summer Music Programs after 27 years.

AmericAura, companion exhibits in Augusta Savage and Hampden galleries, responded to an earlier exhibit of Cameroonian paintings symbolizing the countries of Africa. More than 50 U.S. artists, many local or alumni, created new works on paper interpreting national identity.

Project 2050 brought Springfield and Holyoke teenagers together to change their lives for the better

Five College students were treated to a master class with Ron Brown and the Evidence dance company members

Over 100 educational events were held in conjunction with performing arts pro-grams on campus and in the community, touching 13,000 lives.

Nnenna Freelon was honored as the Fine Arts Center Artist of the Year at the Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary performance where she was the featured guest artist. Nnenna was both a Jazz in July student and the first Billy Taylor Jazz Residency Artist.

More than 300 learned to salsa dance before a capacity crowd danced the night away to the beat of Tiempo Libre.

At commencement ceremonies, the University honored two Fine Arts Center supporters, Michael R. Haley Jr. ’65 and Peter Tolan, with a Distinguished Achievement Award and Honorary Doctorate, respectively.

678 Angel Tickets were distributed through more than 80 participating human service agencies in the tri-county area.