2009 Annual Event: Featured Highlights
Wedgwood Circle’s 2009 Annual Investor Event
October 28-30th: Santa Monica, CA
This past Fall, Wedgwood Circle traveled to the “City of Angels” where we gathered our own Angels – from institutional investors and foundation to artists and cultural gatekeepers – to explore ways to create redemptive cultural material in the sectors of film, music, television, publishing, theatre, fashion, fine art, graphic novels, gaming, and new media. Remarkable speakers, lively discussions, and entertaining cultural experiences challenged us to create culture that is good, true and beautiful for the common good. Our agenda included strategic conversations with Wedgwood Circle’s talented industry leaders (Sector Liaisons), pitches for double bottom line investment opportunities, a business plan development program for artists, and exclusive film showcases and musical performances.
Highlights:
- Exclusive Member’s Only Luncheon at The Lobster with Guest of Honor, Stan Lee
- Short Film Showcase featuring Academy Award Nominee for Best Live-Action Short, Kavi, by Gregg Helvey
- Wedgwood Circle Sector Liaisons, Senior Advisors, Artists, and Special Guests provided engaging discussions, panels, and performances shaped around the cultural power of entertainment, cultivation of character through arts and entertainment, and the importance of investing in culture projects
- Live and Silent Auction benefitting Art House, Act One, and International Arts Movement
- Exclusive concert at the Annenberg Beach House with Sapere Fund 1.0 Artists Adjoa Skinner and The Daylights with special guests, The Civil Wars
- Closing Keynote Address from successful author of The Shack, William Paul Young
Event Participants:
Sean Atkins – VP West Coast Production and Development, Discovery Channel
Dean Batali – Writer, That 70’s Show
Bobette Buster – Screenwriter; Script Consultant; USC Professor
David Carlson – Founder, Bucktown Pictures
David Evans – Principal, Evans & Associates
Micheal Flaherty – Co-Founder and President, Walden Media
Kirk Franklin – Grammy Award Winning Songwriter, Producer, and Music Director
Steve Garber – Director, The Washington Institute
Karen Walter Goodwin – Founder, 5th Avenue Entertainment
Chris Hansen – Screenwriter and Founder, Piko Fellowship
Jim Krueger – Writer, X-Men and Justice League
Jill Lamar – Director, Discover Great New Writers Program, Barnes & Noble
Owen Leimbach – Former MTV Producer
Erwin Raphael McManus – Founder and President, Awaken and McManus Studios
Eric Metaxas – Author and Founder, Socrates in the City
Charlie Peacock – Songwriter; Producer; Executive; Author
Carter Pilcher – Chief Executive, Shorts International
John Seel - President, TRI Core Entertainment
Kathryn Seel – Former Fashion Executive
Terry Stokesbary – Senior Program Director for Enrichment Initiative, MJ Murdock Charitable Trust
Doug TenNapel – Graphic Novelist and Creator, Earthworm Jim
Steve Turner – Poet; Author, Imagine: Vision for Christians in the Arts
Tim Washer – Producer and Comedy Writer, IBM, Pepsi, and Xerox
Ralph Winter – Producer, X-Men Trilogy and Fantastic Four