Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice is the largest community foundation in Florida with assets of $226 million. Founded in late 1995 as a result of the sale of Venice Hospital, the Foundation has awarded grants of more than $63 million in the areas of arts and culture, health and human services, education, civic affairs, and the environment.

As a community foundation, Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice operates under the principle of perpetuity, ensuring that gifts made to the Foundation will grow and have a lasting impact for the community... now and in the future.

In addition to making grants that benefit our region, the Foundation gives donors the power to make a difference in their community. When donors create funds at Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice, they get the resources and expertise of a highly qualified staff... and the service that could only come from a community foundation. They work with donors to make sure that their funds meet their needs and allow them to have an impact on the community and issues they care about.

GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF VENICE
601 Tamiami Trail South, Venice, FL 34285 • (941) 486-4600

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The mission of The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee is to ensure the continuity of the Jewish people, enhance the quality of Jewish life and build a strong, secure and unified Jewish community in Sarasota-Manatee, in Israel and throughout the world.

The Federation advances this mission with its partner network by:
• Meeting the human needs of the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish community and of fellow Jews world-wide,
• Promoting a positive Jewish identity,
• Supporting Israel,
• Involving and building community among the Jews of Sarasota-Manatee, and
• Strengthening ties between the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish community and the broader society in which it exists.

THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE
Klingenstein Jewish Center, 580 McIntosh Road, Sarasota, FL 34232 • (941) 371-4546

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Ringling College of Art and Design recognizes that artists and designers play a significant role in society. The School's primary mission is to provide programs leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree that prepare students to be discerning visual thinkers and ethical practitioners in their chosen area of art and design.

In addition to its degree program, Ringling College of Art and Design offers courses, lectures, exhibitions and other art-related services to the local and regional community through its gallery, library, continuing education and community service programs.

Ringling School was founded in 1931 and its 13-member faculty included Dr. Laura Ganno-McNeill, the first woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D., and Hilton Leech, a nationally prominent watercolorist. Today, it is one of the premier colleges of art and design in the western hemisphere.

The School's 35-acre campus now includes 69 buildings, and attracts close to 1,100 students from 43 states and 28 foreign countries. It is recognized as being among the best and most innovative visual arts colleges in the United States as well as a leader in the use of technology in the arts. With a better than 2:1 student to computer ratio, Ringling School’s computing infrastructure rivals even that of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT].

RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
2700 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34234-5895 • (941) 351-5100 • TOLL FREE 800-255-7695

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In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed a people-to -people program under the National League of Cities as a "citizen diplomacy." He envisaged persons and organizations in individual U.S. cities interacting on a one-to-one basis with their peers in foreign cities and nations, believing that such personal relationships would lessen the chance of future world conflicts.

President Eisenhower was a man of vision and in 1956 noted at the 10th anniversary conference of Sister Cities International that, "I have served as a General in the greatest military force that the world has ever known and I have had the responsibility of being President of the most powerful nation in history and yet I have been unsuccessful in achieving International peace and understanding. Global conflicts still exist!"

Those in Sister Cities relationships believe that it is only through the people to people concept and through exchanges of people from all walks of life, including young people, in our communities and with programs designed to facilitate better understanding, cultural tolerance and friendship will our countries realize true success in achieving world peace and international good will. The promotion of adult and student international exchange is a vital concept of Sister Cities.

The rapidly growing program became the nonprofit Sister Cities International in 1967. Even before that, in 1963, Sarasota residents had already established the Sarasota Sister Cities Association. Today official relationships have been forged with Hamilton, Province of Ontario, Canada; Perpignan, France; Vladimir, Russia; Tel Mond, Israel; Dunfermline, Scotland; Treviso, Italy; and Siming District, Xiamen, China.

SARASOTA SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION
1565 First Street, Sarasota, FL 34236


Youth Experiencing Art provides young students with art experiences for gaining focused life learnings, enhanced self-confidence, and the opportunity to develop a life vision beyond the ordinary.

Through collaborations with community arts organizations, children's centers, and Sarasota schools; thousands of children have been given the opportunity to experience art in its many forms.

Established in 2002 by the John and Robin Sullivan Foundation, the YEA Arts program had its genesis in Foster Care facilities and alternative schools. The YEA Arts program uses artistic projects for children to enhance core-curriculum learning through arts integration.

In 2010 The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts accepted Youth Experiencing Art, Inc. as a member of their Kennedy Center Partners in Education Program, Florida '97 Team. This has allowed YEA Arts to reach even more children through professional development worshops for teachers that utilize nationally renowned Kennedy Center Teaching Artists.

A series of local collaborations with Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota Ballet, Sarasota Opera, Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, Embracing Our Differences, Children First and Sarasota County Schools create an avenue of interaction with local kids, allowing Ringling student artists to share their knowledge, experience, and passion through classroom residencies.

This atmosphere of partnership and cooperation has resulted in discovering opportunities to utilize the arts to help teach core curriculum subjects as well as learning the joy of art.

All children deserve a chance to know, learn from and love the arts.

YOUTH EXPERIENCING ART, INC.
6547 Midnight Pass Rd, #11, Sarasota, FL 34242

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2012 CALL TO ARTISTS & QUOTATION WRITERS

Become a part of Embracing Our Differences 2012!

Download submission forms now for Artists & Quotation Writers.

• CLICK HERE to download the 2012 Call To Artists for the 2012 Exhibit (4-page PDF).

• CLICK HERE to download the 2012 Call For Quotations for the 2012 Exhibit (2-page PDF).

• CLICK HERE to submit a Quotation online for the 2012 Exhibit.

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