For more than half of its existence, Camille Russell Love has been executive director of the City of Atlanta’s Office of Cultural Affairs.
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Reflections: Tale from Piedmont Park’s past offers lessons for today
Seeing thousands of people enjoying the Atlanta Jazz Festival this weekend reminded me of the disaster that could have been.
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Jazz Festival – Piedmont Park – Sept 5 & 6, 2021
Read Maria Saporta’s column about the Atlanta Jazz Festival.
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Camille Russell Love: ‘The festival Gods were with us’
The 44th edition of the Atlanta Jazz Festival took place Labor Day weekend at Piedmont Park – after several cancellations and postponements because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Business group files lawsuit against MLB
Happy National Pride Month! The June celebration is used to recognize the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City, which became a turning point in the fight for equality. If you’re looking to support your community and move your body, join the Atlanta Pride Run in Piedmont Park on June 20. For over 30 years, […]
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Atlanta Jazz Festival – Piedmont Park – Memorial Day Weekend 2019
Note: continuing a series about great Atlanta events that were canceled or postponed in 2021, and will hopefully return in full force in 2022. Kelly
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Atlanta Jazz Festival funded, again, with proceeds of car rental tax at airport
The Atlanta Jazz Festival has prevailed in what’s become an annual ritual of tapping the airport car rental tax to help pay for the event. This year, the festival is to receive up to $350,000, a sum that’s up by $100,000 from last year’s appropriation, following a vote Monday by the Atlanta City Council.
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Atlanta Jazz Festival to get $250,000 from city before first performer, event made public
The Atlanta Jazz Festival has not announced performers or a schedule for the event planned for Saturday and Sunday over Memorial Day weekend. But it is on track to receive $250,000 from the city to help offset budget shortfalls that the city no longer is going to blame on the Great Recession.
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Atlanta Jazz Festival collects major funding from car rental tax
The 2015 Atlanta Jazz Festival is receiving 22 percent of its operating funds from the car rental tax. The month-long event culminates with a three-day celebration over Memorial Day weekend.
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Atlanta Jazz Festival: Flag flap more symbolic than significant
A tussle over banners for the Atlanta Jazz Festival may be emerging between the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and Atlanta City Councilmember Joyce Sheperd.
Compared to other issues percolating in Atlanta City Hall, the banner flap may be more symbolic than significant.
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Atlanta Jazz Festival benefited from car rentals at Atlanta’s airport
As crowds on Sunday depart the Atlanta Jazz Festival, they have some unlikely sponsors to thank for the free entertainment – travelers who have rented cars at Atlanta’s airport.
Atlanta provided up to $100,000 to the festival from the city’s motor vehicle excise tax. Citing a decline steep decline in sponsorship due to the economy, the Atlanta City Council voted unanimously to approve the funding at its April 21 meeting.
The festival was established in 1978 by then Mayor Maynard Jackson. Today the event is produced by the Atlanta mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.
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Proposal: Give Atlanta mayor direct control of city’s arts programs
Atlanta's Office of Cultural Affairs would be moved into the mayor's office under a proposal now pending before the Atlanta City Council.
The office currently is located in the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. The office is headed by Camille Russell Love, who reports to parks Commissioner George Dusenbury. Dusenbury reports to Atlanta COO Duriya Faroqui, who reports to the mayor.
Reed is an outspoken advocate of public arts programs and has provided city funding of the arts despite the recession. The Office of Cultural Affairs oversees Atlanta’s most prominent arts programs, including the 36th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival – for which Reed hosted a preview party at Loews Hotel.
