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ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Jackie Berry, Gina Clifford (DESIGN ALABAMA), JEANIE THOMPSON
(AL WRITERS FORUM), Amber Dickinson (AL WRITERS FORUM), aNNE kIMZEY, RITA
Gray Allen,
WANDA DEJARNETTE, GEORGINE CLARKE, JACKIE
ELY, Yvette Daniel, BARBARA EDWARDS, and VINNIE WATSON. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT:
Nancy hutcheson (AL WRITERS FORUM), DONNA RUSSELL (aL ALLIANCE FOR ARTS
EDUCATION), Diana green, jOEY BRACKNER, RANDY SHOULTS, AL HEAD, STEVE
GRAUBERGER, BARBARA REED, DEXTER SMITH and JOHN MEYERS. NOT
PICTURED:
ROSEMARY JOHNSON (al dANCE COUNCIL), Joyce Cauthen (Al Folklife
Association)
Executive
Staff
Albert
B. Head
Executive
Director
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Al Head has worked in the state
arts field for over 36 years beginning in 1972 with the Fine
Arts Council of Florida, and continuing through executive
director positions with the Stephen Foster Folklife Center,
the Louisiana Division of the Arts, and the Alabama State
Council on the arts. He
has served his home state of Alabama for the past twenty-three years
as the Council’s director. Mr. Head earned his undergraduate degree from Troy State
University in art history and aesthetics, and his Master of
Liberal Arts, with a concentration on Southern literature,
from Auburn University at Montgomery.
He received a National Endowment for the Arts
fellowship in 1974 to attend Harvard’s Arts Administration
Institute. Mr.
Head has served two terms on the National Assembly of State
Arts Agencies board participating in a wide range of committee
work. He has been a member of the Southern Arts Federation board
for 30 years and presided as its chair from 1981-83.
Mr. Head has served on numerous panels for the National
Endowment for the Arts and has chaired the Folk Arts and Arts
in Education panels. In
1998 he received the Gary Young Award presented by the
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies for his leadership
and achievements in promoting the arts nationally. Al is a native of Troy, Alabama.
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Office hours are Monday
through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, except for state holidays.
- Alabama
State Council on the Arts
& the Alabama Artists Gallery
201 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36130-1800
Telephone: 334/242-4076
FAX: 334/240-3269
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12/18/2004
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