Our Mission: A collective voice for Metro Atlanta’s arts ecosystem, driving sustained investment, equitable redistribution, and systemic change that strengthens culture, community, and creativity.

Our
Values

Collaboration

Our goal is to build and nourish mutually beneficial relationships within Atlanta’s arts ecosystem. When one of us succeeds, we all succeed.

Inclusivity

We endeavor to represent the broad diversity of arts organizations in Atlanta and the people and cultures they serve.

Growth

We advocate for a new way of funding the arts in Atlanta—and for the positive change that can be made in our city when arts organizations are fully capitalized.

Innovation

We believe that new models for funding the arts are possible and that Atlanta can lead the nation in pioneering new ways to support the arts and their potential to help cities grow and develop.

This effort is being undertaken on behalf of every professional arts nonprofit organization in Metro Atlanta.

It is being led by a working group representing the organizations listed below:

Board of Directors

  • Alexander Acosta, Executive Director, Soul Food Cypher

  • Alexander Scollon, Managing Director, Actor's Express**

  • Angela Harris, Executive Artistic Director, Dance Canvas, Inc.

  • Ann-Carol Pence, Co-Founder / Producing Artistic Director, Aurora Theatre

  • Anne Archer Dennington, Executive Director, Flux Projects

  • Chris Escobar, Executive Director, Atlanta Film Festival

  • Elizabeth Labbe-Webb, Executive Director, Core Dance**

  • Eve Krueger, General Manager, Out Front Theatre Company

  • Ginny Thompson, Executive Director, ATLANTA YOUNG SINGERS

  • Laura Flusche, Executive Director, MODA

  • Leslie Gordon, Executive Director, The Breman

  • Mack Headrick, Managing Director, 7 Stages

  • Michael Thomas, Chairman, Caribbean American Cultural Arts Foundation

  • Rachel May, Producing Artistic Director & Co-Founder, Synchronicity Theatre

  • Tom West, West Strategy Group

** denotes Board Chair: Elizabeth Labbe-Webb and Treasurer: Alexander Scollon

Volunteer Steering Committee

  • Adam McKnight, Associate Artistic Director, Ballethnic Dance Company

  • Alexander Acosta, Executive Director, Soul Food Cypher

  • Alexander Scollon, Managing Director, Actor's Express

  • Allen Bell, Director of Grants and Research, Georgia Council for the Arts

  • Amy Clarke, Director of Community Impact, Systems, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

  • Angela Harris, Executive Artistic Director, Dance Canvas, Inc.

  • Anita Farley, Founder Emeritus, Georgia Ensemble Theatre

  • Ann-Carol Pence, Co-Founder / Producing Artistic Director, Aurora Theatre

  • Anne Archer Dennington, Executive Director, Flux Projects

  • Atiba Mbiwan, Executive Director, The Zeist Foundation

  • Audrey Jacobs, The WISH Foundation

  • Brittnee Buley, Program Manager, City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs

  • Chandra Stephens-Albright, Managing Director, True Colors Theatre Company

  • Chris Escobar, Executive Director, Atlanta Film Society

  • Christina Sims Hamilton, Interim Executive Director, Aurora Theatre

  • Conrhonda Baker, Program Officer, Arts, Culture, & Creative Enterprises, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

  • Danielle Gray, Association Director, The Zeist Foundation

  • David Manuel, Director, Fulton County | Arts & Culture

  • DePriest Waddy, Executive Director, Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia

  • Elizabeth Labbe-Webb, Executive Director, Core Dance

  • Emily Lightner, Executive Director, Cultural Arts Council Douglasville/ Douglas County

  • Eve Krueger, General Manager, Out Front Theatre Company

  • Gennadi Nedvigin, Artistic Director, Atlanta Ballet

  • Ginny Thompson, Executive Director, ATLANTA YOUNG SINGERS

  • Laura Flusche, Executive Director, MODA

  • Leslie Gordon, Executive Director, The Breman

  • Lita Pardi, Executive Director, Moving in the Spirit

  • Mack Headrick, Managing Director, 7 Stages

  • Michael Thomas, Chairman, Caribbean American Cultural Arts Foundation*

  • Natalie DeLancey, Executive Director, City Springs Theatre Company

  • Nena Gilreath, CoFounding Director, Ballethnic Dance Company

  • Rachel May, Producing Artistic Director & Co-Founder, Synchronicity Theatre

  • Rob Smulian, Executive Director, The Imlay Foundation

  • Saskia Benjamin, Nonprofit Consultant, Purpose Possible

  • Shalondra Henry, Former Executive Director, Moving in the Spirit

  • Shantras Lakes, Contracts for Services Program Manager, Fulton County | Arts & Culture

  • Staci Brill, The Molly Blank Fund

  • Tina Lilly, Executive Director, Georgia Council for the Arts

  • Tom West, West Strategy Group

Facilitator & CEO

Arts Capital | Atlanta is facilitated by Laura Hennighausen, Director of Strategic Philanthropy at Purpose Possible, through the generous support of The Zeist Foundation, Imlay Foundation, and The Molly Blank Fund.

Staff: Emily Llamazales, Consultant at Purpose Possible.

The arts are not just amenities; they are critical infrastructure for vibrant, prosperous cities.