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Center for Puppetry Arts Sponsors

The Center for Puppetry Arts would like to thank all of our generous sponsors and donors. Their support helps us provide excellent quality programming that is accessible to the entire community and ensures low ticket prices at the Center.

Click the logos below to visit each Sponsor's Web site and learn more about them. To view the list of Center donors, click here.


2008-09 Season Sponsors | SummerFest 2008 Sponsors | 2008-09 Family Series Sponsors | 2008-09 New Directions Series Sponsor | 2008-09 Film Series Sponsor | Puppets: Power of Wonder Sponsor |String Fling Gala 2008 Sponsors | Education Program Sponsors | 2008-09 Teen & Adult Education Series Sponsors | Other Center Contributors
2008-09 Season Sponsors

Season sponsors support all of the Center's programming, including performances and education and museum programming.

City of Atlanta, Office of Cultural Affairs
The City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs provides major support for the Center's whole season.

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Fulton County Arts Council
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners, under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council, provides major funding for the Center's entire season of programs.

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Georgia Council for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts
The Center receives funding for its season from the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. The Council is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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SummerFest 2008 Sponsors

Series Sponsors

Rolling Out
rolling out weekly continues their support of the Center by providing free ad space. They are co-sponsoring SummerFest 2008.

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The Shubert Foundation
The Shubert Foundation continues their support of the Center. They are co-sponsoring SummerFest 2008.

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Show Sponsors

Southern Arts Federation National Endowment for the Arts
Georgia Power Foundation
The Bremen Town Musicians
is funded in part by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts.

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Turner
Turner Broadcasting, Inc. has long been a friend of the Center. This season, Turner is co-sponsoring the Mainstage production of The Dragon King.

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2008-09 Family Series Sponsors

Series Sponsors

The AT&T Real Yellow Pages
The AT&T Real Yellow Pages® is donating ad space in a number of Metro Atlanta directories. They are a returning supporter of the Center.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is donating ad space for performances throughout the 2008-09 Season.

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WSB-TV
The WSB-TV Family 2 Family Project is supporting the Center with PSAs and other promotions.

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Show Sponsors

Atlanta Kids Directory
Atlanta Kids Directory supports the Center with print ads. They are co-sponsoring Brer Rabbit & Friends.

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Atlanta School Guide
Atlanta School Guide supports the Center with print ads. They are co-sponsoring Jack & the Beanstalk.

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Georgia Power
Georgia Power has long been a friend of the Center. This season, the Georgia Power Foundation is supporting the Mainstage production Weather Rocks!.

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Isdell Family Foundation
The Center recently received a grant from the Isdell Family Foundation to support Weather Rocks!.

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Macys
The Macy's Foundation renews its long-time generosity toward the Center this season by supporting Sam the Lovesick Snowman.

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Publix Super Market Charities
Publix Super Markets Charities and Publix Super Markets, Inc. have been friends of the Center for many years. They continue their contributions this season with financial support for The Little Mermaid.

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Southern Arts Federation National Endowment for the Arts
Georgia Power Foundation
The Old Man and the Monkeys & other Chinese Tales is funded in part by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts.

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Turner
Turner Broadcasting, Inc. has long been a friend of the Center. This season, Turner is co-sponsoring the Mainstage production of Brer Rabbit & Friends.

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2008-09 New Directions Series Sponsor

Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing has been an NDS sponsor since 1997, providing advertising space and cross promotions.

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2008-09 Film Series Sponsor

Sunday Paper
Sunday Paper is a sponsor of the new 2008-09 Film Series, providing advertising space and cross promotions.

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Puppets: The Power of Wonder Sponsor

Coca-Cola
The Coca-Cola Company, which first supported Puppets: The Power of Wonder as inaugural sponsor in 1995, has renewed its support of this exhibit this year.

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String Fling Gala 2008 Sponsors


Coca-Cola
The Coca-Cola Company is a returning supporter of String Fling. The company is an Executive Producer level sponsor of the 2008 event.

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producer level logo
Fifth Third Bank is a new supporter of String Fling. They are supporting this year's event at the Producer level.

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AT&T
AT&T is a new sponsor for String Fling. The company is supporting String Fling 2008 at the Director level.

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Georgia Power Foundation
Georgia Power has been a String Fling sponsor since 1995. Georgia Power Foundation is supporting String Fling 2008 at the Director level.

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Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP first supported this event in 1996. The company is sponsoring this year's event at the Director level.

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Nelson Mullins
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP first sponsored this event in 2004. This year they are sponsoring String Fling 2008 at the Director level.

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Capital City Mechanical
Capital City Mechanical is a new supporter of String Fling. The company is a Benefactor level sponsor of the event.

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Empire Distributors

Empire Distributors, Inc. is a new supporter of String Fling. The company is a Benefactor level sponsor of the event.

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First Horizon
First Horizon Insurance returns as a Benefactor level sponsor for String Fling 2008.

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Gay & Erskine Love Foundation
The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation has been a long-time supporter of String Fling. The company is a Benefactor level sponsor of the 2008 event.

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Jones Day
Jones Day is a continued supporter of String Fling. The Company is sponsoring this event at the Benefactor level.

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Kids R Kids
Kids R Kids International is a second-year supporter of String Fling. The Company is sponsoring this event at the Benefactor level.

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RockBridge Commercial Bank
Rockbridge Commercial Bank is a second-year supporter of String Fling. The Company is sponsoring this event at the Benefactor level.

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SRSSA
Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart and Associates is a new supporter of String Fling. The Company is a Benefactor level sponsor of the 2008 event.

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UBS
UBS is a continuing supporter of String Fling. The Company is a Benefactor level sponsor of the 2008 event.

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Datamatx, Inc.
Datamatx, Inc. is a continued supporter of String Fling. The company is a Sustainer’s level sponsor of this year event.

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Equifax
Equifax, Inc. has supported String Fling and the Center for many years. The company is a Sustainer level sponsor of the 2008 event.

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Green River
Green River is a new supporter of String Fling. The company is a Sustainer level sponsor of the event.

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Haddow & Company
Haddow & Company is a new supporter String Fling. The company is a Sustainer level sponsor of the 2008 event.

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URS Corporation
URS Corporation is a third-year supporter of String Fling. The company is a Sustainer level sponsor of String Fling 2008.

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Zion, Tarleton & Siskin
Zion, Tarleton & Siskin is a new supporter of String Fling. The company is a Sustainer level sponsor of the event.

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Mac's Beer & Wine
Mac's Beer & Wine is a second-year supporter of String Fling. The company is a Hand Puppet level sponsor of String Fling 2008.

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Education Program Sponsors

AT&T
The Center received a generous grant from AT&T to support the procurement of technology for a second distance learning studio and the expansion of access to distance learning programming for underserved students in Georgia.

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Wachovia
A long-term friend of the Center, Wachovia (through the Wachovia Foundation) provides support for the Education Program.

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Equifax
Equifax Inc., through the Equifax Foundation, has supported the Center's education program for a number of years.

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Target
Thanks to the recommendation of the North Druid Hills Target in Atlanta, the Center has received grants from Target in support of our outreach education activities.

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Georgia Power Foundation
The Center's 2008-09 Artist-in-Residence Program at Camp Kudzu (an organization serving Georgia children living with diabetes) is supported by

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Georgia Power Foundation
Georgia Power has long been a friend of the Center. This season, the Georgia Power Foundation has continued its support of the Center’s Education Program.

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Georgia Power Foundation
For the past few years, employees at Geiger International in Atlanta have recommended the Center's Education Program for grants from the Herman Miller Foundation

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Imlay Foundation
Last year the Imlay Foundation renewed its support of the Center with a contribution for the Education Program.

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Junior League of Atlanta
Every year Junior League volunteers conduct educational workshops at the Center for underserved children from Atlanta's inner-city communities. The League also provides funding for those children to see Center shows.

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Kraft
For many years, a local committee of Kraft employees has recommended the Center’s Education Program for grants from Kraft’s corporate headquarters.

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Pittulloch Foundation
The Pittulloch Foundation has supported the Center for many years through grants for the Education Program.

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Rich Foundation
A long-time supporter of the Center, the Rich Foundation renewed its support of the Center's educational arts programming this past year.

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St. Pauls Travelers Foundation
For the past several years, local Travelers employees have recommended the Center for funding from the Travelers Foundation to help subsidize tickets to educational programming for low-income school children.

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Tandberg
TANDBERG is generously providing a complimentary loan of state-of-the-art visual communication equipment for the Center's Distance Learning Program.

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2008-09 Teen & Adult Education Series Sponsors

Series Sponsor

Coca-Cola
The Coca-Cola Company continues its long record of support and friendship for the Center this year with sponsorship of the Center's Teen & Adult Education Series.

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Program Sponsors

Southern Arts Federation National Endowment for the Arts
Georgia Power Foundation
The Teen & Adult Education program Dragon Art Studio Backstage Tour is funded in part by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts.

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Southern Arts Federation National Endowment for the Arts
Georgia Power Foundation
The Teen & Adult Education program Meet the Artists of Crabgrass Puppet Theatre is funded in part by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts.

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Other Center Contributors

Asian Cultural Council
The Center has received a generous grant from the Asian Cultural Council to send a member of its curatorial team to China and Taiwan to do research for the Center's museum.

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Carlyle's Catering
Carlyle's Catering. is the Center's Official Catering Partner for the 2008-09 Season.

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Delta
Delta Airlines is the Center's Official Airline partner for the 2008-09 Season.

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Fulton County Arts Council
The Center is in the process of researching and planning a new or expanded facility which will allow us to accommodate our future anticipated growth. Funding for this planning project is provided in part by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

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Google
The Center has received a generous in-kind grant from Google Inc. of free Google AdWords.

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IMLS
The Institute of Museum and Library Services, an independent federal agency that grows and sustains a "Nation of Learners," because lifelong learning is critical to success.

The Center's Museum is currently evaluating the preservation needs of its collection of more than 650 Asian puppets and conducting a comprehensive inventory of Museum's collection of nearly 2,000 puppets and related performing objects from around the world. The projects are supported in part by grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed through these projects do not necessarily represent those of IMLS.

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Leapfrog
Leapfrog Services, Inc. is the Center's Official IT Partner for the 2008-09 Season.

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NEH
The Center's Museum is currently assessing the conservation needs of puppets to be included in a new long-term exhibition of the Center's permanent Museum collection. This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed through this project do not necessarily represent those of NEH.

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Regency Suites Hotel
Regency Suites Hotel is the Center's Official Hotel Partner for te 2008-09 Season.

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The Shubert Foundation
The Shubert Foundation, Inc. is supporting SummerFest 2008. For the past four years, the Center has received funding from the Shubert Foundation in New York for support of the Center's theater season.

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SunTrust
The Center received a generous three-year grant from the SunTrust Funds - Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund, Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust, Walter H. & Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund, and Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust Fund. This grant helped the Center purchase a new ticketing system and in assisting with other capital needs.

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TCG
The Center is a participant in the New Generations Program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the American theatre. Support from this program is helping to support the Center's outreach to new audiences from Latino communities.

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Contact Us
Development and Corporate and Foundation Sponsors
Rainie Jueschke
Development Director
rainiejueschke@puppet.org
Phone: 404.881.5138
Fax: 404.873.9907

Media and Marketing Sponsors
Daniel Summers, Jr.
Marketing Director
danielsummers@puppet.org
Phone: 404.881.5129
Fax: 404.873.9907

String Fling Sponsors
Kathryn Derryberry
Events & Development Manager
kathrynderryberry@puppet.org
Phone: 404.881.5118
Fax: 404.873.9907




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