The key in the mission statement and motto of the Foundation is the commitment to artists and entertainers in every way possible. The Foundation’s participation in the 4^th of July, St. Patrick’s Day and Holiday parades may give us visibility and demonstrate our community involvement. Our presentations at association and club meetings, concerts at the DBCC amphitheatre and at our "Coffee and Tea with the A&E" gatherings certainly help in recruiting new members. It is, however, the less visible support of our artists and entertainers that ensures that we are living up to our most important goal.

Over the past two years, the Foundation has used the internet to advertise upcoming events for the Art League of Flagler County, Symphonic Society of Flagler County, Choral Arts Society/Chorus & Chamber Orchestra, Flagler Playhouse and the outdoor concerts sponsored by the Palm Coast Parks and Recreation Department....and our membership has attended these events as a result of our efforts. We have provided prize money for young artists participating in the Art League’s shows. Our "Agreement to Lease" with the City of Palm Coast requires the Foundation to provide office, storage, rehearsal and performance venues for certain local arts groups once our Center is open. In anticipation of meeting this requirement and as a result of discussions of Foundation officers with the Superintendent of Schools and the Palm Coast City Manager, temporary office, storage and display space has been made available to the Art League and Historical Society of Palm Coast.

We are presently seeking a venue for the display of the Foundation’s permanent art collection that is about to grow significantly with a number of donated art works. Our fundraising and membership recruiting events have highlighted area entertainers, providing them publicity for their willingness to share their talents without compensation in anticipation of soon being able to perform in a world class Arts and Entertainment venue. Recent Foundation sponsored events – "A COUNTRY/WESTERN POOLSIDE JAMBOREE"; "A 60’S HOOTENANNY" – and upcoming events - "THE CRYSTAL BALL" on January 27^th; "Tour of Artists’ Homes"; "An Ethnic Event"; "PICNIC AND POPS" in the Spring of 2007 – enable the Foundation to meet the non-profit corporation expectations of providing entertainment opportunities to all in the community. The Foundation, nearly fifteen hundred strong, is trying hard to live up to its motto;

Many years ago I heard a commercial on the radio. It made a lasting impression.

A new telephone operator was being trained to handle the calls at Martin’s Paint. The first call she answered went like this: "Good Morning, Martin’s Paint where we have paint, all the colors of the rainbow and every shade in-between. -- Wall coverings, oh no, just paint."

When she hung up her trainer said, "But Miss Jones, we do sell wall coverings!"

So Miss Jones answered the next call, "Good Morning, Martin’s Paint where we have paint, all the colors of the rainbow and every shade in-between, and wall coverings from stripes to florals with everything in-between. -- Window treatments, oh no, just paint and wall coverings.

When she hung up her trainer said, "But Miss Jones, we do sell window treatments!"

The next call: "Good Afternoon, Martin’s Paint where we have paint, all the colors of the rainbow and every shade in-between, wall coverings from stripes to florals with everything in-between, and window treatments from shades to drapes and everything in-between. Accessories, oh no, just paint, wall coverings, and window treatments."

"But Miss Jones we do sell accessories."

The next call: "Good Evening, Martin’s Paint – It ain’t just paint!"

The same might be said for the performers and artists who will be featured by The Flagler/Palm Coast Foundation for the Arts and Entertainment. "It ain’t just for outsiders."

Yes, the Foundation for the Arts and Entertainment will sponsor professional shows, performances, artists’ displays and more from all over the United States and perhaps the world, but the Foundation will also support and showcase the many artists in our own community.

The Foundation’s vision includes: a Fine Arts Theater, a Children’s Center, art galleries, a dance studio, rehearsal and performance space and workshop and banquet facilities, all for us, the Flagler Palm Coast Arts Community.

Because of the Center’s unique pod design, multiple events can be going on at the same time. There could be a movie, a gallery show, a banquet, and a concert all happening simultaneously.

The Fine Arts Theater pod, which will be available to local arts organizations, may be equipped with equipment for showing Fine Arts movies. Present plans also envision this pod to house a stage with seating on three sides creating a surround type theater. This pod might be the perfect performance space for intimate presentations such as recitals, one person shows, storytelling concerts, chamber music and …The other pod will have a traditional stage setting with full stage rigging and lighting available for small theatrical performances. This stage, which will also be available to local arts organizations, can be used for shows that do not need the extensive space of the main theater and music groups. Both pods may also be used for community, neighborhood and organization meetings.

The Children’s Center will be available for groups that encourage and engage our children in their pursuit of the creative arts...theater, arts, crafts... while a dance studio, workshop, performance and gallery spaces will fulfill the needs of the mature artists and musicians in our community.

‘Catering Ready’ banquet rooms will be available for private affairs as well as community sponsored events.

As you can see, the Flagler/Palm Coast Foundation for the Arts and Entertainment "ain’t just for outsiders." It’s for us too, The Flagler Palm Coast Arts Community.

It goes without saying that each and every member of the Arts and Entertainment Foundation is one of our unofficial ambassadors. We count on all of them to encourage friends and neighbors to share the Foundation’s vision. Recently, the Foundation organized a more structured Corps of Ambassadors to represent the Foundation at all arts-related public events and many community activities. Our Ambassadors are an integral part of our membership outreach program as they provide information about the activities and plans of the Foundation and welcome new members.

Three of our enthusiastic Associates, Tess and Tom Mitchell and Muriel Deosarran are the Co-Coordinators of the Ambassadors Corps. Their responsibility is to establish a schedule of events at which the Foundation should and can be present and assign a Team of Ambassadors to distribute Foundation literature (i.e. membership applications, newsletters, brochures, Legacy Donor Opportunities overviews) and to answer questions regarding the mission, plans and timelines of the Foundation. Our Ambassadors put a face to who we are and where we are going. Becoming an Ambassador provides a great opportunity for some of our newer members to get involved with the inner workings of our organization. T-shirts worn at every event allow the Ambassadors to "stand out in the crowd".

If you would like to join our Arts and Entertainment Corps of Ambassadors or if you are connected to an event that would allow our Ambassadors to appear, please contact Tess and Tom at (386)793-7759 or Muriel at (386) 437-4149. We sincerely hope that the next time you see our Ambassadors at an event, you will walk up to them, say hello and introduce yourself as a current or potential member of the Palm Coast/Flagler Foundation for the Arts and Entertainment. We promise you will meet some very special people.

Over the past year members of the PCFFAE Facility Design committee have visited many nearby arts centers. Our goal is to learn from other theaters the plusses and minuses of their designs and then create a list of recommendations for our new facility in Town Center. We began in September of 2005 with a "hard-hat" tour of the new News-Journal Center. In November we visited the new facility at Bethune-Cookman College followed in January of 2006 by a trip to the new Guana River Preserve facility in Ponte Vedre Beach.

In February of 2006 we spent two days in south Florida visiting the Eissey Center in Palm Beach, the Broward Center in Ft. Lauderdale, the Coral Springs Center for the Arts in Coral Springs and the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. This tour was led by Mike Nelson from the Zeidler Architectural Partnership. We have had individual members visit the Mesa Arts Center and the Chandler Center for the Arts in Arizona, as well as the new Matanzas High School Auditorium.

For the fall, we have arranged visits to the King Center in Melbourne, the Thrasher-Horne Center in Orange Park, and the Clayton County Arts Center in Clayton County, Georgia. The Clayton Center is particularly important to us as it is the nearest TDA facility to Palm Coast. TDA stands for a turntable divisible auditorium which is the model we have chosen to adopt.

In a TDA facility we could present a play in one pod, a musical group could perform in another pod and the main theater could still be open for an event requiring larger audience seating – for example, a town meeting. When necessary both pods can be turned toward the main theater and create seating for approximately 2000 to see a touring company for a Broadway musical.

Our committee members bring with them a variety of experiences and backgrounds. We are fortunate to have representatives from the theater, construction, visual arts, sound, music and architecture.

Each of the facilities we tour is different. Since our vision is so comprehensive, including art, dance, theater and music, we can learn from each venue about how to best provide for each of these arts. As we gather our data we are compiling a list of items we should definitely include in our new facility and another list of issues to avoid as we create our preliminary building plans. Very soon we plan to visit the actual Town Center acreage where the arts center will be constructed. There we will be able to truly envision the construction of Palm Coast and Flagler County’s exciting new landmark.

The Palm Coast/Flagler Foundation for the Arts and Entertainment, Inc. recently received the first piece of art for the permanent collection that will be on view in one of the galleries in the soon to-be-built A&E Center in the Town Center at Palm Coast. Robert and Sherrie Greenberg of Flagler County donated an acrylic sculpture by a highly creative young Israeli artist, Shlomi Haziza. Acrylic is an unforgiving, but naturally exciting and expressive medium, with light-refracting properties that give it a unique dynamic. Haziza continues to find new ways to use color, metal powders and sculpting techniques to bring out the inner fire of acrylic and breathe life into every piece he makes. This piece exemplifies the dream of the Foundation – "to create facilities and opportunities that breathe life into the artistic resources available in our community."

We are especially thankful for this initial art acquisition because it lets the community know that the Foundation is ready to accept works for its permanent collection. The recently appointed acquisitions committee chaired by Tom and Aurelia Anastasio has already received promises of four gifts of both original paintings and prints of works by twentieth century masters to be added to the permanent collection.

The Foundation takes this opportunity to thank the Greenbergs for their generosity and vision. Persons wishing to donate quality artistic works to the non-profit Foundation may contact secretary/treasurer Glenn Grube at 437-9715 or by e-mail at grube77@bellsouth.net. A tax exemption certificate will be provided for each donation.

You may make a donation and receive your tees (Sizes Sm, M, Lg, XL)

by calling Joan Grube at 437-9715

or at events where members of the Ambassadors Corps are present.

Ambassadors - $5.00 Founding Members - $8.00 All Others - $10.00

"2,006 in 2006" Our goal is to recruit 2,006 additional members by the end of this year. "2,006 in 2006"

We have had a good response to our initial challenge and are rapidly approaching a membership of fifteen hundred including twenty four Trustees and just over seventy Associates, all of whom are actively working on a variety of committees that are moving us toward the realization of our dream to have a world class Arts and Entertainment in Palm Coast.

Many area residents have become knowledgeable about the Center and have expressed excitement about our plans to fund, build and operate this facility without taxation. Those who have not yet joined simply need a reminder and encouragement to send in their membership forms. The Foundation will continue to reach out to everyone in our area through power point and personal presentations given at the meetings of area organizations; gatherings at homes of members who host a "Coffee and Tea with the A&E"; community events such as the Palm Coast Recreation and Parks sponsored "Concert Series"; and individual contacts whenever the opportunity arises.

If each and every present member of the Foundation commits to getting at least one new member to join, we will far exceed our goal of a membership of three thousand by the end of this year. Check the list on our website at PCFFOUNDATIONARTS-ENT.ORG to see if a friend or neighbor is already a member.

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