Dear Colleagues,
My background is in museums. However, I moved to a foundation leadership position in 2017. The Aslan Foundation supports the greater Knoxville, Tennessee area through traditional grantmaking, public-private partnerships, and our own projects, including the Loghaven Artist Residency. Our newest project, the Eugenia Williams House, is the restoration of a 1941 mansion and 24 acres of riverfront property to serve the community to open in spring 2025. The Foundation will operate the buildings and grounds. We will fully fund the project. The grounds will be open to the public for free. The main home will be available for cultural programming. We are offering the property to a group of our arts and cultural grantees as an extension of our ongoing financial support of their missions. The organizations can use the site for their programming as a satellite location. I am interested to know what other physical locations have a similar program model. Please share any models that you know of as we refine our plan. Thank you for your time and consideration! I know how busy you all are making your part of the world a better place.
- Andrea Bailey
Andrea@aslanfoundation.org
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Eugenia Williams House
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The Eugenia Williams House was built in 1941 on twenty-four acres overlooking the Tennessee River. Noted Houston architect John Fanz Staub designed the home for Ms. Williams. Staub was a Knoxville native and a childhood acquaintance of Ms. Williams and is noted for his design, among others, of the President's home at Rice University; Bayou Bend, now part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. |
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Loghaven Artist Residency
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Loghaven Artist Residency's mission is to empower artists of excellence by providing time, space, resources, and relationships in an extraordinary environment. Read More Located on ninety wooded acres in Knoxville, Tennessee, Loghaven Artist Residency provides artists the time, space, and resources necessary to cultivate new art and ideas in an extraordinary environment. |
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Stephanie Mcannich
Finance Manager
Aslan Foundation
Knoxville TN
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