MAK-NEWS 01/05/95 (Macedonian Arts Council)
Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 11:04:14 +0200
Subject: MAK-NEWS 01/05/95 (Macedonian Arts Council)
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[01] Macedonian Arts Council Second Annual Fundraising Luncheon
[02] THE MACEDONIAN ARTS COUNCIL,INC
The Macedonian Arts Council Second Annual Fundraising
Luncheon is scheduled for May 7, 1995 starting at 1:30pm.
The Luncheon will be held at the New York Plaza Hotel and
about 100 guests are expected to attend, among them
macedonian delegations from Ohio, Ilinois, Florida and
California, Canada, Switzerland and Macedonia.
From Macedonia, The President of Macedonian TV, Mr. Sasho
Ordanovski and the Deputy General Manager of Macedonian
Radio and Televison, Mr. Lazo Bunteski will attend. Also
from Macedonia a delegation of business and professional
people is expected, among them the major sponsor of this
event, the Skopje-based Almaco Trading.
This celebration of Macedonian cultural heritage is being
honored by representatives of Irex In Washington, The Action
Council for peace in the Balkans and The Council on Foreing
Relations in New York. The representatives of the Office of
Macedonia in Washington and several diplomats from the
U.N. (so far four ambassadors) have confirmed their
attendance as well as journalists from the National
Geographic Society and CBS News in New York.
The Key note speaker will be the Former CSEC Ambassador to
Macedonia Mr. Robert Forwick. Additional speakers wil be
annouced later this week.
Those interested in attending the Luncheon should contact
the Council's office at (212) 799-0009.
Founded in 1992 The MacedonianArts Council Inc. is a New
York-based, not-for-profit organization which dedicates
itself to the promotion and affirmation of Macedonian
cultural heritage in the United States. The Council's
mainobjective istointroduce to the American public the rich
cultural tradition, arts, language and literature of a small
European people whose rich cultural threads have long been
interwoven into the ethnic tapestry of the United States of
America. The Council is managed by a Board of Directors
comprised of prominent individuals, scholars and artists who
are connected with certain aspects of Macedonian
culture. The Executive Director handles the operation of the
Council on a daily basis; the Boardof Directors meets once a
year to adopt the yearly agenda. The Councilis
ataxexemptentity and funds are secured solely through
contributions and from revenues stemming from subscriptions
to a newsletter published by the Council. The spirit of the
Macedonian people can be best defined through thesimple idea
of endurance.
No matter the historical time or the conqueror, Macedonian
cultural heritage has continued to grow and expand, thus
enhancing the identity of the Macedonian people. It is that
enduring cultural stamina that the Macedonia Arts Council
will attempt to resonate on the American continent. The
Council promotes Macedonian cultural heritage in several
ways. It publishes a quarterly newsletter, Macedonia,
Curiosum Mundi which reaches 1500 readers and in 1992 it was
the editor of a booklet entitled Macedonia Through The Ages
which was distributed worldwide.
In 1994 it produced a fundraising event at The Plaza Hotel
in New York featuring a half hour cultural program. The
Council has sponsored several arts exhibits among which the
Macedonian Textile Show at the Toronto Museum of Textile. It
has contributed support to the publication of several essays
and articles concerning Macedonian culture and history and
is hassupported and planned two solo concert events at the
Carnegie Recital Hall for musicians of Macedonian origin.
The Macedonian Arts Council's agenda for 1996 focuses on two
projects, a live concert in New York scheduled for 1996 and
a photographic exhibit entitled Faces, also in1996, which
will present Macedonian to audiences on three continents,
Australia, North America and Europe.-
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