Zenith Community Arts Foundation (ZCAF)
Using Art & Creative Partnerships to Benefit Community
Founded in 2000 by Margery E. Goldberg as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization, the Zenith Community Arts Foundation (ZCAF) is dedicated to
fostering alliances between artists, businesses, non-profits and government
organizations, using the transformative power of art to benefit community.
Among our most successful programs are:
The Freedom Place Collection
of 56 privately held works by preeminent African American
artists Romare Bearden, Benny Andrews, Alma Thomas, Robert Freeman and
Richard Yarde was an immediate success when it was unveiled by ZCAF at
Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, in fall 2007. Since then, the collection has
been shown at Meridian House International and Congressional Bank in
Washington DC, the University of New England in Camden, Maine and at Monroe
Community College's Mercer Gallery in Rochester, New York.
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Food
Glorious Food
– This annual collaboration with artists, restaurants, chefs, caterers,
business sponsors and volunteers has raised more than $100,000 for the
Capital Area Food bank in just four years. Launched in 2005, the mix of
food, art and charity generates income through
(1) a
month-long art exhibit of food in all its fabulous forms; (2) production of
a calendar featuring a piece of art from the show for each month, a recipe
from a top chef and a sponsor banner to pay for the calendar; (3) a
fundraising event and silent auction; and (4) the sale of giclče prints from
the calendar. One hundred percent of proceeds from the event and calendar
sales, and a percentage of sales from original art and giclčes, benefit the
food bank.
eARThly.concerns
– A platform for ZCAF’s environmental initiatives, eARThly.concerns launched
a limited-edition portfolio What Remains: The American Landscape in
2008 to benefit the environment through the sale of
giclče
prints of renowned realist painter Bradley Stevens’ majestic landscapes.
ZCAF’s first beneficiary and partner is the Trust for Public Land (TPL) and
other non-profit environmental groups will be added as the program expands.
ZCAF Leadership
Founder & Executive Director, Margery E. Goldberg
President, Susan J. Walters
Treasurer, William Halpern
Board of Directors – Margery E. Goldberg, Susan Walters, Lanita
Colbert, Sharon Leiser,
Brenda Devrouax, William Halpern, Marlyn Zelkowitz, Jessica Bell, Lucy
Crowley
PO Box
55296 Washington DC 20040
202-783-8005
zenithcommunityarts@zcaf.org
