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The Arts Council was organized in 2009 under the auspices of the Century City Chamber of Commerce, a 501(c)6 organization under the U.S. Internal revenue Code.
The Council is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life and providing leadership in Century City and its surrounding communities through the promotion and support of a broad range of artistic activities and initiatives.
- Since the creation of the Council in February 2009, its strong and committed membership has pursued its campaign of artistic awareness, education and creation with vigor. Its achievements have been telling and the publicity generous. Its “Good Art” panel luncheon series has covered many facets of the arts including visual arts with scholars, museum curators, dealers and auction houses; poetry with the U.S. Poet Laureate; antique appraisals; photography; theater; ballroom dance and musicals; architecture; estate planning for art; the art of collecting — among others. In its 12 years, the Arts Council has hosted 21 such events.
- Since the creation of its Sculpture Committee in 2012, the Council has brought two year-long exhibitions of outdoor art to the community — the first in 2012, with 23 animal sculptures by world-renown Gwynn Murrill on the entire one-mile length of the median strip of the famed Avenue of the Stars, and the second in March 2015, with 20 contemporary art works gracing the landscape of Century City in Los Angeles.
The Council Chair is Jean Tardy-Vallernaud, Founder of Gainsborough Capital Art and Finance, and President of the Century City Arts and Culture Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to fundraising for the activities of the Council.
Council members include Joseph Nicoletti, artist and designer, Chameleon Paintworks; Ruth Crnkovich, independent curatorial advisor, CRN Fine Art; Mark Garcia, Mark Garcia Consulting — Law Firm Client Development Consultants (Foley & Lardner, Milbank Tweed); Michael Heumann, independent art attorney, Michael Heumann Art Law, and former Managing Partner, Nossaman LLP; Kara Koerner, attorney, Weinstock Manion LLP; Scott Rosser, Senior Vice President, Bank of America Private Wealth Management; Abigail Spector, Fine Artist; Grant Withers, Senior Vice President and Investment Counselor, Capital Group Private Client Services; Nancy Wood, President and CEO, Century City Chamber of Commerce.
David Berardo, international tax attorney and partner, DiMascio & Berardo, serves as Advisor to the Council. Scott Schaefer, Curator Emeritus of Paintings, The J. Paul Getty Museum, is the Arts Council’s Founding Member Emeritus.
