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Revision as of 16:56, 27 February 2010
The Birmingham Festival of Arts (originally to be called the Festival of Contemporary Music. Changed in 1998 to Birmingham International Festival, and again in 2006 to the Birmingham International Center Spotlight) is an annual cultural festival honoring a different foreign country each spring. It was founded in 1951 by the Women's Committee of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Birmingham Art Association. Numerous area arts and cultural organizations participate with performances, cooking demonstrations, craft fairs, trade fairs, parades, children's activities, art exhibits, lectures, and exchanges of goodwill marking different years' events.
Until 1995 the Festival of Arts enjoyed a privileged position with regard to city funding. Their request that year for $65,000 from the Birmingham City Council met objections from the Birmingham Regional Arts Commission which had been tasked with coordinating public funding for arts groups and had approved just under $23,000 under its formula.
The Birmingham Festival of Arts Association has evolved into the Birmingham International Center with year-round cultural education and exchange opportunities.
List of festivals
- 1951: Festival of Contemporary Music
- 1952: Festival of Contemporary Music and Painting
- 1953: Festival of the Seven Arts
- 1954: Alabama's Heritage
- 1955: Alabama's Heritage: France and Spain in Alabama
- 1956: Land of Cotton
- 1957: England and Alabama
- 1958: Salute to Italy
- 1959: America in the New World
- 1960: Pan America
- 1961: Salute to the South
- 1962: Arts Around Us
- 1963: Arts Around Us
- 1964: Salute to Scandinavia
- 1965: Salute to Mexico
- 1966: Salute to the Netherlands
- 1967: Salute to Japan
- 1968: Salute to Greece
- 1969: Salute to Italy
- 1970: Salute to Great Britain
- 1971: Salute to Spain
- 1972: Salute to the USA
- 1973: Salute to France
- 1974: Salute to the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1975: Salute to Brazil
- 1976: Salute to Greece - Bicentennial
- 1977: Salute to Austria
- 1978: Salute to Belgium
- 1979: Salute to Canada
- 1980: Salute to Ireland
- 1981: Salute to Mexico
- 1982: Salute to Japan
- 1983: Salute to India
- 1984: Salute to Nigeria
- 1985: Salute to Israel
- 1986: Salute to Sweden
- 1987: Salute to the People's Republic of China
- 1988: Salute to Egypt
- 1989: Salute to France
- 1990: Salute to Australia
- 1991: Salute to the United Kingdom.
- 1992: Salute to Spain
- 1993: Salute to Switzerland
- 1994: Salute to Italy
- 1995: Salute to Holland
- 1996: Salute to the Republic of Korea
- 1997: Salute to Germany
- 1998: Salute to Brazil
- 1999: Salute to Morocco
- 2000: Salute to Native Americans
- 2001: Salute to Hungary
- 2002: Salute to South Africa
- 2003: Salute to Canada
- 2004: Salute to the international community in Alabama
- 2005: Salute to Mexico
- 2006: Salute to Japan
- 2007: Spotlight on the Czech Republic
- 2008: Spotlight on Israel and Jordan
- 2009-10: Spotlight on Ireland
References
- Kaimann, Frederick (September 12, 1995) "Festival of Arts comes up short of request." Birmingham News
- Birmingham International Festival (2000) 50 Years: Birmingham International Festival. Birmingham: Birmingham International Festival
External links
- Birmingham International Center website