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What Your Gift Can Do
Every gift to ASFA is a gift of inspiration to an ASFA student. Because of your support, our students create art, expand science, and explore their unique talents. They successfully compete and win statewide and national awards. They learn to balance creativity and discipline and gain understanding and respect for all the arts and sciences - not just their own areas of talent. They learn the importance of teamwork, support each other through tough challenges, and form friendships that endure for a lifetime. Invest in the future and invest in our students with a gift today.
Ways to give your gift:
- Click the buttons below to learn more about department-specific gifts
- Fill out the form below to give online
- Click here to give via Venmo
- Give by check
- Make an appreciated security gift - a great help to the school and can yield significant tax benefits!
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SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS
Donations from generous individuals, foundations, and corporations directly fuel ASFA programs, spaces, performances, and technology. Consider sponsoring the success of Alabama students in the coming year by giving a tax-deductible gift below. Make sure to submit your sponsorship as soon as possible to take full advantage of our sponsor benefits.
Giving Funds Descriptions
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From the beginning ASFA has relied on contributions from arts, education and community leaders to offer the exceptional opportunities it does to a diverse and talented student body. Individual, corporate and foundation donations built every stage and wing of the campus. And now more than $800,000 in annual support pays for important resources beyond the State Budget.
Unrestricted gifts to the Annual Fund give ASFA the most flexibility.
Your gifts support:
Program Excellence (all 6 specialty departments benefit: guest artists, residencies, supplies, equipment)
Direct Student Support (financial aid for fees, summer intensive scholarships, and food security)
Campus Improvements (big projects like the new dishroom in the cafeteria and renovations to specialty spaces)
Mission Support (the ASFA magazine, reaching excellent students throughout the State, and community engagement)
Independence (for example, a Namibia trip for 40 music and theater arts students, hosting the national Arts Schools Networks' conference and sending students to the International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference)
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Suzanne was grateful for her years spent at ASFA and worked to instill in her students the skill, dedication, and love for dance that she discovered while studying ballet at ASFA. Suzanne's influence as a teacher went beyond ballet combinations; she helped her students find self-confidence, discipline, and most importantly the joy of dance. Suzanne passionately believed in the power of ballet and all arts, to help young people find their center and discover the truth and beauty in each moment. Always curious and sincerely interested in others, she never met a stranger. People could not help but respond to her cheerful spirit and open heart.
A native of Mobile, Suzanne attended local schools until she left home to study at the Alabama School of Fine Arts with Sonia Arova and Thor Sutowski. In 1984, she received a summer scholarship to the School of American Ballet in New York, and in 1985 was a member of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Program Carlisle Choreography. In 1985, Suzanne received the Prix D'Excellence de Danse from the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and a Merit Award from the National Foundation Advancement in the Arts Recognition Talent Search. Suzanne performed with the State of Alabama Ballet, the Hartford Ballet, the Ohio Ballet, and the Lake Erie Ballet, toured with Sesame Street Live, was a member of Mobile Ballet, and a faculty member of the Mobile Dance Center. Suzanne was a guest choreographer with Eastern Shore Dance Academy from 2000-2001 and was an instructor for ESDA from 2002-2020.
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“Our ultimate goal is to help ASFA-CW students develop a sustainable writing practice that can last a lifetime,” says ASFA Creative Writing Chair TJ Beitelman.
Imagine what a lifetime of writing can create. The ASFA Creative Writing department offers Alabama's best young writers an extended course of study in the literary arts that is nearly unparalleled in its rigor and scope at the scholastic level. Students are led by an inspiring and award-winning faculty of teaching writers who are nationally recognized for their work in the classroom and on the page. Gifts to ASFA Creative Writing help us offer our young writers opportunities and resources that help them hone and share their writing with the world.
Please support ASFA Creative Writing with a gift that directly supports students.
Gifts from people like you give our writing students more opportunities and resources, increase the financial aid to all ASFA students, give students access to summer intensive study, and encourage ASFA faculty to boldly expand our programs.
Contact Beth Mulvey at bmulvey@asfaschool.org to learn more about giving a transformative unrestricted, restricted, or planned gift.
*Be sure to give your gift before the school fiscal year-end on June 30 to help us meet our goals!
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“The stage is the best teacher. So we make sure students have an opportunity to perform often and have access to a wide variety of repertoire and choreographers," says ASFA Dance Chair Wes Chapman.
The world of dance has been changing rapidly, and the world of the ASFA Dance Department has been pivoting right alongside it. To both stay relevant in the dance world and to ensure that the styles of dance students learn are diverse and inclusive, the curriculum now includes Hip Hop and contemporary dance styles along with a base of classical modern and classical ballet. The faculty is currently investigating how the curriculum can meet best practices for diversity, equity, and inclusion in race, gender, dance forms, content/pedagogy/curriculum, technology, and performance.
Please support ASFA Dance with a gift that directly supports students.
Gifts from people like you give our dance students more opportunities and resources, increase the financial aid to all ASFA students, give students access to summer intensive study, and encourage ASFA faculty to boldly expand our programs.
Contact Beth Mulvey at bmulvey@asfaschool.org to learn more about giving a transformative unrestricted, restricted, or planned gift.
*Be sure to give your gift before the school fiscal year-end on June 30 to help us meet our goals!
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“ASFA's music department aims to give students the tools to become the best musicians they can be,” says ASFA Music Chair Alex Fokkens.
Gifts to ASFA Music help our students become the best musicians they can be and allow for opportunities like the Broadway Dreams workshop our vocal students had access to this year. Broadway Dreams' mission is to provide the youth of all socioeconomic backgrounds with performance training, life skills building, and mentorship opportunities with Broadway professionals. Students will continue this training in May 2022 during a Broadway Dreams Weekend Workshop held in conjunction with the Theatre Arts Department.
Please support ASFA Music with a gift that directly supports students.
Gifts from people like you give our music students more opportunities and resources, increase the financial aid to all ASFA students, give students access to summer intensive study, and encourage ASFA faculty to boldly expand our programs.
Contact Beth Mulvey at bmulvey@asfaschool.org to learn more about giving a transformative unrestricted, restricted, or planned gift.
*Be sure to give your gift before the school fiscal year-end on June 30 to help us meet our goals!
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“ASFA mathematics and science students realize their own potential through hands-on learning in labs, in research projects, on academic teams, and in community workshops,” says ASFA Math-Science Chair Hungsin Chin.
The mission of the Alabama School of Fine Arts The Russell Mathematics & Science Center is to prepare students for success in life by providing a rigorous and challenging STEM curriculum in a safe and nurturing learning environment with instructions from faculty who are experts in their field. Gifts to ASFA Math-Science ensure our students have access to the latest technology and resources to explore and discover new realms.
Please support ASFA Math-Science with a gift that directly supports students.
Gifts from people like you give our math-science students more opportunities and resources, increase the financial aid to all ASFA students, give students access to summer intensive study, and encourage ASFA faculty to boldly expand our programs.
Contact Beth Mulvey at bmulvey@asfaschool.org to learn more about giving a transformative unrestricted, restricted, or planned gift.
*Be sure to give your gift before the school fiscal year-end on June 30 to help us meet our goals!
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“Universities are training performers who can do many different things. It’s important that our students have experience and exposure to a wide variety of training and workshops so they can be competitive in college admissions and in their careers,” says ASFA Theatre Arts Chair John Manzelli
ASFA’s Theatre Arts Department is rooted in a belief that all students should learn about the theatre arts from every discipline. Two disciplines that are gaining new focus in ASFA’s curriculum are musical theater and screen acting. Gifts to ASFA Theatre Arts supports student growth through opportunities with outside groups and professionals to train with theatre students in workshops and masterclasses. Recently, spoken-word artist Jahman Hill (founder of The Flourish Alabama) conducted a workshop with students. In May, the department will welcome Broadway Dreams to ASFA for a two-day musical theatre workshop with Broadway veterans and Miami-based actress, Elena Maria Garcia, will offer a comedy-improv workshop.
Please support ASFA Theatre Arts with a gift that directly supports students.
Gifts from people like you give our theatre students more opportunities and resources, increase the financial aid to all ASFA students, give students access to summer intensive study, and encourage ASFA faculty to boldly expand our programs.
Contact Beth Mulvey at bmulvey@asfaschool.org to learn more about giving a transformative unrestricted, restricted, or planned gift.
*Be sure to give your gift before the school fiscal year-end on June 30 to help us meet our goals!
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"Providing a variety of artist exhibitions and masterclasses gives our students an opportunity to spend time with a wide body of work and new skills that hone their creative practices," says ASFA Visual Arts Chair Darius Hill.
The mission of the Visual Arts Department at ASFA is to inspire and cultivate student creativity, provide dynamic instruction, and support individuality. Gifts to ASFA Visual Arts help the department to expand the current offerings and work to further achieve this mission. The department currently aims to improve the on campus gallery and expand its printmaking initiative through investing in new equipment, dedicating more studio space, and offering more printmaking masterclasses to students.
Please support ASFA Visual Arts with a gift that directly supports students.
Gifts from people like you give our visual arts students more opportunities and resources, increase the financial aid to all ASFA students, give students access to summer intensive study, and encourage ASFA faculty to boldly expand our programs.
Contact Beth Mulvey at bmulvey@asfaschool.org to learn more about giving a transformative unrestricted, restricted, or planned gift.
*Be sure to give your gift before the school fiscal year-end on June 30 to help us meet our goals!
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The DJD Theater provides Birmingham's art community and ASFA students with a professional performance venue. There are many ways to support, and gifts of each size make a huge impact.
Engraved seat plaques are offered for $250 and $500. It is a wonderful way to honor someone special or to personally support the theater.
Learn more about all the DJD Theater offers the community at www.djdtheater.com.
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Make a gift, change a life.
Every gift to ASFA is a gift of inspiration to an ASFA student.
While state funds make the school “tuition-free,” your gifts are especially important this year as we strive to increase the financial aid available to students from all specialties. Your gift helps students thrive all year long by assisting with supplies, meals, competition fees, and other expenses that a student's family may be unable to cover.
