Patron Spotlight: Ruth Hart

Patron of the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts Ruth Hart has been involved in the performing arts since acting in her first play in the 6th grade. Ruth, having been bitten by the theatre bug at a young age, expanded her passion for the theatre to costume design. Over the years Ruth designed costumes for 26 Alaska productions for theatre companies such as Anchorage Community Theatre, Alaska Theatre of Youth and The Theatre Guild. Ruth's work includes costume design for the 1985 Alaska Theatre of Youth's production of "The Masque of Beauty and the Beast." One of the Center's production managers, Wendy Odden, starred in the show as Beauty. ACPA President, Nancy Harbour, and Wendy visited with Ruth recently to talk about her work as a costume designer and her steadfast support of the arts; she was the first donor to the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts Endowment Fund.

Ruth Hart and Nancy Harbour with a few of Ruth’s designs from ATY’s 1985 production of "The Masque of Beauty and the Beast."

Ruth's sketches for the Narrator and Beauty. Please watch Alaska Center for the Performing Arts presents Conversation with Ruth Hart on our new YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/myalaskacenter

Beauty, Wendy Odden, posing with the design of the gown she wore in ATY’s 1985 production of "The Masque of Beauty and the Beast."

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Last Chance to Give in 2011

Thank you for supporting the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. If you would still like to make a contribution in 2011, please link to our giving form, or postmark a check by December 31, 2011.

We offer a convenient and secure online giving form on myalaskacenter.com. Our form allows you to safely enter in all of your contribution information, a confirmation email, and a thank you page is revealed upon completion of the form. Please feel free to take a look around and give it a whirl!

Thinking about becoming a donor at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts and would like more information? Contact Jayna Combs, Director of Development and Marketing, at jcombs@alaskapac.org or 263-2923.

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Pick.Click.Give!

We would like to thank all of you who supported the Center through Pick.Click.Give. in 2011. We received contributions from 54 donors for a total of $2,325.00. Your donation will help us continue to serve The Center’s ten resident companies, and the hundreds of thousands of performing arts patrons, performing artists from around the world, local students and teachers, a wide variety of community organizations, and others who use spaces in the building each year.

By giving through Pick.Click.Give. program you join others to become an important force in bettering our communities and our state. For those of you who already support the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, we appreciate your gifts and hope you will use this option to make an additional donation.

Don't miss out on this opportunity next year. PFD registration begins January 1, 2012. When you register for your dividend, select the option "The Gift of Giving" and find us under the 'Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.' Please share your name with us so we can recognize your gift and keep you updated on our future activities. Click and follow the instructions to make a new donation, or an additional gift. Additional information on this program can be found at www.PickClickGive.org or by calling us at 263-2900.

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Ushering in the Arts

A heartfelt thank you and Happy Holidays to our 356 ushers who guide patrons to their seats, keep aisles clear and help to make every show here at the Center a wonderful experience for all.

Monthly Usher Sign-up in the Patron Lounge

Margaret Turner and Jane Moe-Newby are happy and ready to process fax requests for usher sign-up.	Sherry Girard consults with Julie Millington about Beauty and the Beast usher sign-up.
They’re ready for the phones to ring with usher sign-ups. (L-R) Lyman Meacham, Larena Gee, Betty Bivins, Janet Stiles, Julie Millington and Sherry Girard. UITA Sponsored by

Welcome to our Newest Ushers

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