OUTREACH PARTNERS!

We wish to THANK all of our sponsors, donors, collaborating partners and OUTREACH FRIENDS for their support over the years. If you are interested in getting involved with LEAF in this capacity please contact us at Outreach@LakeEdenArtsFesival.com

  • Artspace Charter School
  • Asheville Area Arts Council
  • Big Brother Big Sister
  • Black Mountain Center
  • Black Mtn. Women’s Correctional
  • Children First
  • HandMade in America
  • The Learning Community
  • Mizero Foundation
  • The Orange Peel
  • PEG Partners
  • Sister Cities Asheville-Vallodalid
  • Tipitina’s Foundation of New Orleans
  • Warren Wilson College Folk Choir
  • The W.C. Reid Center for Creative Arts
  • YMI Cultural Center
  • YWCA

    • OUTREACH FUNDERS!

    • Asheville Area Arts Council Support of the LEAF in Schools & Streets Resident Teaching Artist programs are funded in part, by a Grassroots Arts Program Grant of the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency, and the Asheville Area Arts Council.





    • D’Addario Foundation Guitars for LEAF in Schools & Streets made possible in part by a grant from the D’Addario Foundation with support from D’Addario and Company, Inc.


    • National Endowment for the Arts
      • The 2007 project “Jabali African Acrobats” and the 2008 project “Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience” were funded in part by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and The North Carolina Arts Council.





    • North Carolina Arts Council LEAF in Schools & Streets projects in Woodridge and Deaverview Apartments are supported by the North Carolina Arts Council with funding from the state of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.




    • Southern Arts Federation The 2007 project “Jabali African Acrobats” and the 2008 project “Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience” were funded in part by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and The North Carolina Arts Council.


    • Target Support of the LEAF in Schools & Streets Resident Teaching Artist programs is a part of ongoing efforts by Target to strengthen families and communities throughout the country.





    • Weed and Seed The strategy involves a two-pronged approach: law enforcement agencies and prosecutors cooperate in "weeding out" violent criminals and drug abusers and public agencies and community-based private organizations collaborate to "seed" much-needed human services, including prevention, intervention, treatment, and neighborhood restoration programs.


    • Past supporters of the LEAF in Schools & Streets programs include:
      • * Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
      * Janirve Foundation
      * Junior League of Asheville
      * Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation