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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.
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.
The '''Birmingham Festival of Arts Association''' has evolved into the more business-oriented [[Birmingham International Center]]. The center promotes international trade and development, in part by organizing year-round cultural education and exchange opportunities.


==List of festivals==
==List of festivals==
[[Image:Festival of Arts postcard.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Interior of Boutwell Auditorium during a Festival of Arts exhibition]]
[[Image:Festival of Arts postcard.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Interior of Boutwell Auditorium during the [[1964 Salute to Scandinavia]]]]
* [[1951]]: [[1951 Festival of Contemporary Music|Festival of Contemporary Music]]
* [[1951]]: [[1951 Festival of Contemporary Music|Festival of Contemporary Music]]
* [[1952]]: [[1952 Festival of Contemporary Music and Painting|Festival of Contemporary Music and Painting]]
* [[1952]]: [[1952 Festival of Contemporary Music and Painting|Festival of Contemporary Music and Painting]]
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* [[1970]]: [[1970 Salute to Great Britain|Salute to Great Britain]]
* [[1970]]: [[1970 Salute to Great Britain|Salute to Great Britain]]
* [[1971]]: [[1971 Salute to Spain|Salute to Spain]]
* [[1971]]: [[1971 Salute to Spain|Salute to Spain]]
* [[1972]]: [[1972 Salute to the USA|Salute to the USA]]
* [[1972]]: [[1972 Salute to the United States|Salute to the United States]]
* [[1973]]: [[1973 Salute to France|Salute to France]]
* [[1973]]: [[1973 Salute to France|Salute to France]]
* [[1974]]: [[1974 Salute to the Federal Republic of Germany|Salute to the Federal Republic of Germany]]
* [[1974]]: [[1974 Salute to the Federal Republic of Germany|Salute to the Federal Republic of Germany]]
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* [[2008]]: [[2008 Spotlight on Israel and Jordan|Spotlight on Israel and Jordan]]
* [[2008]]: [[2008 Spotlight on Israel and Jordan|Spotlight on Israel and Jordan]]
* [[2009]]-[[2010|10]]: [[2009 Spotlight on Ireland|Spotlight on Ireland]]
* [[2009]]-[[2010|10]]: [[2009 Spotlight on Ireland|Spotlight on Ireland]]
* [[2010]]-[[2011|11]]: [[2010 Spotlight on Turkey|Spotlight on Turkey]]
* [[2011]]-[[2012|12]]: [[2011 Spotlight on India|Spotlight on India]]
* [[2012]]-[[2013|13]]: [[2012 Spotlight on Poland|Spotlight on Poland]]
* [[2013]]-[[2014|14]]: [[2013 Spotlight on Colombia|Spotlight on Colombia]]
* [[2014]]-[[2015|15]]: [[2014 Spotlight on China|Spotlight on China]]


==References==
==References==
* Kaimann, Frederick (September 12, 1995) "Festival of Arts comes up short of request." ''Birmingham News''
* Kaimann, Frederick (September 12, 1995) "Festival of Arts comes up short of request." {{BN}}
* Birmingham International Festival (2000) ''50 Years: Birmingham International Festival''. Birmingham: Birmingham International Festival
* Birmingham International Festival (2000) ''50 Years: Birmingham International Festival''. Birmingham: Birmingham International Festival
* Stein, Kelsey (October 30, 2014) "[http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/10/stay_in_birmingham_travel_the.htm Throwback Thursday: Stay in Birmingham while traveling the world with annual Festival of Arts]" {{BN}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.bic-al.org/ Birmingham International Center] website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180914193058/http://www.tic-al.org/ Birmingham International Center] website - archive of the [http://www.bic-al.org/ original]


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[[Category:Festival of Arts|*]]
[[Category:Boutwell Auditorium events]]

Latest revision as of 16:19, 15 June 2023

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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 more business-oriented Birmingham International Center. The center promotes international trade and development, in part by organizing year-round cultural education and exchange opportunities.

List of festivals

Interior of Boutwell Auditorium during the 1964 Salute to Scandinavia

References

External links

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