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King - Tisdell Cottage Foundation, Inc. To Host
Thirteenth Annual Awards Banquet
Martin Melaver
he King - Tisdell
Cottage Foundation,
Inc. (KTCF) will host
its thirteenth annual awards
banquet Saturday September
25, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Hyatt Regency Savannah.
A reception will pre
cede the banquet at 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Annette K. Brock is chair
of KTCF and Gary Sanchez,
Region Manager of Atlanta
Gas Light is chairman for the
2010 annual awards banquet.
Five awards are given
annually in the following
areas - historic preservation,
the arts, public service, edu-
Dr. Walter O. Evans
cation, civil and human
rights - to individuals, whose
achievements have been sig
nificant in affecting progress,
promoting human dignity,
and positively impacting
Savannah, Chatham County,
or the nation.
The 2010 Leopold
Adler Historic Preservation
award recipient is Martin
Melaver, CEO Melaver, Inc.
The 2010 Arts Award
recipient is Dr. Walter O.
Evans, Renowned Art
Collector and Preservationist
The 2010 James Simms
Dr. Priscilla Thomas
Public Service Award is Dr.
Priscilla D. Thomas,
Chatham County
Commission.
The 2010 Education
Award recipient is Dr.
Thomas B. Lockamy, Jr.,
Superintendent of Schools
for the Savannah-Chatham
County Public School
System.
The 2010 W. W .Law
Legacy Award recipients are
Alderman Clifton and Mrs.
Ernestine Jones.
“The breadth of the tal
ent of the 2010 awardees and
Ernestine and Clifton
Jones
the depth of their contribu
tions to improving critical
facets of the human experi
ence, are impressive. They
are well known local persons
whose life's work has made a
significant difference in the
major institutions of our
city.” says King-Tisdell
Board Chair, Dr. Annette K.
Brock.
The King-Tisdell
Cottage Foundation was
established in 1981 in
Savannah, under the leader
ship of noted historian,
preservationist and civil
Dr. Thomas Lockamy
rights activist W.W. Law, to
research, collect and present
the African-American histor
ical and cultural experience
to the public. It endeavors to
fill the void of information
concerning the contributions
of African- Americans, espe
cially in Georgia and the Sea
Islands of South Carolina.
Today, the Foundation
operates the Beach Institute
African-American Cultural
Center, which houses the
internationally recognized
Ulysses Davis Folk Art
Collection, and art artifacts
from around the African
Diaspora. The Beach
Institute Garden and Garden
Level area, which houses the
Gift Shop have been renovat
ed and recently reopened.
The Foundation also operates
the King-Tisdell Cottage,
which is closed currently and
will reopen as a museum that
presents the story of slavery
in Savannah and the coastal
region.
The Awards
Banquet is also the
Foundation's primary activity
for securing funds for operat
ing and personnel support.
The banquet is open to
the public and will begin
Saturday evening, September
25th at 7:30 p.m. A recep
tion is planned at 6:30 p.m.
The evening’s entertainment
will be provided by “Miss
Lucia”, with a tribute to the
late Lena Home.
Individual tickets for
the banquet are $75.00.
Tables are available at $750,
and sponsorships are also
available, starting at $1,000.
Please contact the Beach
Institute at 912-234-8000 for
more information.
“An Evening With
Leah Ward Sears”
An enthusiastic crowd
gathered on Thursday,
September 2, as the
Georgia Historical Society
presented an evening with
Former Georgia Supreme
Court Chief Justice Leah
Ward Sears at the Lucas
Theater.
Sears engaged the
audience in an enlightening
and candid dialogue in
which she discussed her
life, influences and experi
ences as Chief Justice of
the Georgia Supreme Court.
Pictured with Sears
are left to right: Eudora
Allen, Aaron Buchsbaum,
and Jessie Collier DeLoach.
“Noteworthy Art” Exhibit
Begins Sept. 13 in
Ellis Square
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The 2010 Savannah
Folk Music Festival again
features the “Noteworthy Art
and More” Exhibition and
Auction.
Since the Festival is
free to the public, the
Savannah Folk Music
Society raises funds to sup
port the various Festival
events. Part of these funds
come from an auction of
Gretsch-donated guitars
transformed by Savannah-
area artists into unique
objects of art.
See Exhibit, pg. 16
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