Artsplosure — the presenter of First Night® Raleigh — is funded in part by the City of Raleigh based on the recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission and by United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, with funds from the United Arts Campaign and Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency. Artsplosure also receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts.
www.artsplosure.org
Artsplosure: mission and program description
Artsplosure's mission is to produce high quality annual festivals that celebrate excellence in the performing and visual arts; to promote and bring recognition to national, regional, and local artists; and to bring artists and the larger community together to improve the quality of life and cultural environment.
Artsplosure, The Raleigh Arts Festival, is a non-profit organization founded in 1979. The organization has produced an annual multi-disciplinary Arts Festival for 23 years. The festival held each spring gathers together artists from around the nation to present an exciting week of visual and performing arts the third week of May.
First Night Raleigh Production Team
Executive Director, Michael Lowder
Program Director, Terri Dollar
Business Manager, Ellen Landau
Operations Assistant, Crista Misenheimer
Media Coordinator, Paul Siceloff
Technical Supervisor, Jeff Linker
Children’s Celebration Coordinator, Jamie Butler
Signage, SignShop
Venue Management, Explorer Troop #512
Honorary Chairs, Barbara & Tom McGuire
Artsplosure Board of Directors
President, Ken Barnes
Vice President, Lee Kirby
Secretary, Camille Patterson
Treasurer, Diane Gupton Becton
Immediate Past President, Ann-Cabell Baum Andersen
City Council Liaison, Kieran Shanahan
Mary-Ann Baldwin
Erin Barrett
Marion Bolz
Steve Bryan
Woody Dicus
Benji Jones
Frank Middleton
Andy Reyes
Butch Robertson
Helen White
Pearl Wilson Smith
Beth S. Traynham
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