Council wants to ignite city with mega-arts festival
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The Arts Council of Win
ston-Salem put to rest Friday
speculation about the fate of a
large-scale arts festival for the
city.
Despite talk that the organ
ization has found.it difficult to
raise the more than $1 million
needed to stage the festival.
Robert Chumbley, the newly
installed president of the arts
council, said the festival is a
go for this fall.
Artslgnite 2002 will be a
16-day arts festival that will
include film, sculpture, ballet,
drama and a variety of musi
cal styles, from rock and
blues, to chamber music and
opera.
"(Artslgnite) will show
case these loved art forms in
original ways," Chumbley
promised. "In a word, Artslg
nite seeks to create a tapestry.
The common thread between
the festival's diverse offefjngs
is simple: retell the old stories
in a new way."
In addition to giving local
artists a creative avenue to
express their talents, Chumb
ley says the arts festival will
aid Winston-Salem in its
ongoing struggle to reinvent
itself so that the city will be
more attractive to businesses
and young adults.
"Downtown revitalization
has long been on the minds of
area residents," he said.
"After arriving here, I quickly
became
con
vinced
that the
wealth
of artis
tic talent
in the
Win
ston
Salem
area
could
not only play an integral role
in energizing the community
but could also offer stimulat
ing and fun experiences in the
process."
Marion Pittman-Couch.
the chairwoman of the Arts
Council board, added "The
Artslgnite festival presents a
new opportunity for the Arts
Council to take on a visible
leadership role in Winston
Salem."
The idea for Artslgnite is
relatively new. Plans for a
mammoth arts festival for
Winston-Salem were present
ed to Chumbley late last year,
soon after he started work as
head of the Arts Council.
"Preliminary planning and
feasibility studies began in
November, and four months
later, we are encouraged to see
this dream becoming a reali
ty," Pittman-Couch said.
But the road to fruition has
not been smooth. The festival
was in jeopardy, reportedly
because the Arts Council was
having trouble raising the cash
needed to stage a festival of
the magnitude of Artslgnite.
Chumbley dispelled rumors
that the Arts Council is having
money trouble. More than
$400,000 has been raised so
far for the annual campaign,
twice as much as this time last
year, he said. Despite the lofty
price tag of the festival.
Chumbley added that no other
arts festival endeavors will be
slighted in order to stage the
festival.
Corporations such as
Wachovia and Sara Lee, pri
vate donors such as local arts
guru Philip Hanes and the city
of Winston-Salem have all
stepped forward to enthusias
tically support the festival.
"Despite these challenging
Otimes, or perhaps, in part,
because of them, private insti
tutions and businesses have
come forward in strong sup
port of Artslgnite." Chumbley
said.
A number of local venues
will used for the festival, and
officials promise that at least
70 percent of the festival's
budget will remain in the local
economy through payments to
local artists, laborers and
venue providers. Thousands
more will be generated by
local hotels, restaurants and
shops, Chumbley estimated.
Although a list of attrac
tions for The festival is still
being developed, some attrac
tions were revealed last week.
They include performanc
es by the acclaimed African
American gospel and R&B
group Sweet Honey in the
Rock (the group is slated to
perform at the newly renovat
ed Reynolds High School
Auditorium). A rock opera
version of Shakespeare's
"Romeo and Juliet" and per
formances by mezzo-soprano
Frederica von Stade also are
scheduled for the festival,
which Chumbley said would
take place sometime between
late September and mid-Octo
ber.
Officials also announced
that the second annual POP
Festival will be held this year
iA conjunction with the arts
festival.
File Photo
The popular group Sweef Honey in the Rock is slated to perform here this fall.
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Broadnax received his B.A.
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