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.
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:
Volunteer Nonprofit Working Group
Adam McKnight, Associate Artistic Director, Ballethnic Dance Company
Alexander Acosta, Executive Director, Soul Food Cypher
Alexander Scollon, Managing Director, Actor's Express
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
Chandra Stephens-Albright, Managing Director, True Colors Theatre Company
Chris Escobar, Executive Director, Atlanta Film Festival
Elizabeth Labbe-Webb, Executive Director, Core Dance
Emily Lightner, Executive Director, Cultural Arts Council Douglasville/ Douglas County
Eve Krueger, Associate Artistic Director, Dad's Garage
Ginny Thompson, Executive Director, ATLANTA YOUNG SINGERS
Laura Flusche, Executive Director, MODA
Leslie Gordon, Executive Director, The Breman (formerly Breman Jewish Heritage Museum)
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
Saskia Benjamin, Nonprofit Consultant, Purpose Possible
Shalondra Henry, Executive Director, Moving in the Spirit
Tom West, Executive Director, Atlanta Ballet
Facilitator
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 Annie E Casey Foundation.
Supporting Organizations:
7 Stages Theatre
Actor's Express
Atlanta Ballet
Atlanta Film Society
Atlanta Master Chorale
Atlanta Young Singers
Aurora Theatre
Ballethnic
The Breman Museum
Caribbean American Cultural Arts Foundation
City of South Fulton Cultural Affairs Department
City Springs Theatre
Core Dance
Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville and Douglas County
Dad's Garage
Dance Canvas
Essential Theatre
Flux Projects
Georgia Ensemble Theatre
Horizon Theatre
Lawrenceville Arts Center
Moving in the Spirit
Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)
Soul Food Cypher
Synchronicity Theatre
Théâtre du Rêve
True Colors Theatre Company
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.
