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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Dennis St. Rose, The Creative Coalition
(212) 512-8570
dstrose@thecreativecoalition.org
Matt Raymond,
Director of Communications,
Library of Congress
202-707-0020
mray@loc.gov
The
Creative Coalition Partners With The Library Of Congress
To Celebrate Our Nations Creative Patrimony
New York, NY (March 2,
2010):
The Creative Coalition, in conjunction with The Library
of Congress, will host A Night of Treasures -- a Tribute
to America's Film, Broadcast, and Recorded Sound
Heritages. This spectacular evening will take place at
The Library of Congress' historic
Thomas
Jefferson
Building
in our nation's capital, on a date to be announced.
The evening's
program will be produced by multi Emmy® Award-winning
producer Tom Fontana ("Oz," "Homicide: Life on Street,"
"St. Elsewhere"). Twelve renowned artists from the
arenas of music, film, television, and broadcast, will
be selected to participate.
"The Library of
Congress represents the closest thing there is to a mint
record of American creativity," said Librarian of
Congress James H. Billington. "While it is important to
celebrate our nation's arts and culture, the efforts of
the Library and like-minded organizations such as The
Creative Coalition transcend celebration, preserving our
national patrimony for current and future generations."
"It is truly an
honor for The Creative Coalition to take part in this
historic event with The Library of Congress," said
Executive Director of The Creative Coalition, Robin
Bronk. "It is our goal to bring together today's
greatest artistic voices and storytellers with history's
most profound artistic content to illuminate the
preservation of
America's
treasured collections from film, recorded sound, and
broadcast history."
The gala event will
include a special ceremony wherein performers will
donate a piece of their personal collection of
performing history to the nation, which will be added to
the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. The
evening also will include the presentation of the
prestigious Creative Coalition Spotlight Award to Dr.
James H. Billington, the 13th Librarian of Congress, in
recognition of his efforts to preserve our nation's arts
history.
About The Creative
Coalition (www.thecreativecoalition.org):
The Creative
Coalition is the premiere 501(c)(3) nonprofit,
nonpartisan social and public advocacy organization of
the arts and entertainment community. Founded in 1989 by
prominent members of the creative community, The
Creative Coalition is dedicated to educating its members
on issues of public importance. Actors Tim Daly and
Dana Delany serve as The Creative Coalition
Co-Presidents.
About The Library of
Congress:
Founded in 1800, the
Library is the nation's oldest federal cultural
institution. It holds the world’s largest and most
comprehensive collection of audiovisual works: more than
6.2 million moving images, sound recordings and related
documents. The Library seeks to spark imagination and
creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom
by providing access to knowledge through its magnificent
collections, programs and exhibitions. Many of the
Library's rich resources can be accessed at
www.loc.gov and
via interactive exhibitions on a personalized website at
myLOC.gov.
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