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Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Announces 2010-2011
Support for Jazz Touring Network Engagements

Baltimore, MD - July 27, 2010 - Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation has announced fee support grants totaling $57,400 in support of 18 engagements through its Jazz Touring Network program in 2010-2011.  Network participants worked together to select artists and plan block-booked performances and educational activities for their venues. The 2010-2011 tours include keyboard virtuoso Chick Corea, bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding, saxophonist Javon Jackson, and instrumental supergroup Spyro Gyra.

The tour schedule follows: 
 
Chick Corea
6/19/2010               Cityfest, Wilmington, DE
9/25/2010               Jefferson Center, Roanoke, VA
9/26/2010               Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Charleston, WV
4/22/2011               The Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA

Esperanza Spalding
3/3/2011                Jefferson Center, Roanoke, VA
3/4/2011                Weinberg Center for the Arts, Frederick, MD
3/5/2011                Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway, NJ

Javon Jackson
9/23/2010               Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
3/19/2011               Appel Farm Arts and Music Center, Elmer, NJ
4/9/2011                 Carnegie Hall, Lewisburg, WV
4/15/2011               BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
5/5/2011                 THEARC, Washington, DC
5/7/2011                 Christina Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington, DE
5/14/2011               The Prizery, South Boston, VA

Spyro Gyra
12/10/2010             Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
12/12/2010             Cumberland Community College, Vineland, NJ
3/10/2011               Weinberg Center for the Arts, Frederick, MD
3/12/2011               Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway, NJ
  
Please contact the venue directly for tickets, times, and to confirm dates.

The Jazz Touring Network is a membership program designed to expand the presentation of jazz throughout the mid-Atlantic region by providing selected presenters with the tools necessary to develop and sustain the art form as an ongoing part of their annual programming.  The program offers opportunities for professional development, peer networking and funding for regional jazz tours.

Since 2001, the Foundation has supported 31 presenting organizations through the program. The focus is on performing arts presenters from within the mid-Atlantic region that have had little to no experience presenting jazz, and who also work with communities underserved by the arts. Support is provided for attendance at bi-annual meetings, which are the program's primary vehicles for professional development. The Foundation also offers network members performance fee subsidies for engagements that are part of block-booked tours to encourage the presentation of exemplary jazz artists across the region. 

Funding for the Jazz Touring Network comes from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program.

About Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation fosters and supports arts programming for the benefit of arts organizations, artists and audiences and encourages exchanges that link the arts resources of the mid-Atlantic region to the rest of the nation and the world.  The Foundation was created in 1979 and is a private non-profit organization that is closely allied with the region's state arts councils and the National Endowment for the Arts. It combines funding from state and federal resources with private support from corporations, foundations, and individuals to address needs in the arts from a regional perspective.  The region includes nine states and jurisdictions:  The District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S.Virgin Islands, Virginia and West Virginia.