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WEDGWOOD OVERVIEW
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SECTION 2:
STORIES
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SECTION 3: COMMUNITY
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who we are
letter
OVERVIEW
what we do
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Informing investors and donors and
the community through conference
calls, events, proprietary
sector strategies, and other
recommended readings.
why we do it
OVERVIEW
our impact
Since its inception in 2007, Wedgwood Circle has worked
to cultivate culture through investment opportunities,
conversations, strategic outreach, and organized over
22 conferences and gatherings in Nashville, New York,
Austin, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Dallas, Denver,
Lancaster and Los Angeles.
FILMS
ALBUMS / TOURS
FASHION LINES
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES
PARTNER SUPPORT
GRAPHIC NOVELS
GAMING
TV
LITERATURE
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In its first eight years, Wedgwood Circle has helped move
nearly $17.28 million through all conduits of capital flow,
funded 34 major deals and projects, and supported
over 100 artists through patron and program related
investment pools.
17.28
MILLION
OVERVIEW
how we invest
PATRON FUND
PITCHES
PROGRAM RELATED
INVESTMENTS
PROJECTS
OVERVIEW
STORIES
trace
It was early 2015 when I got an email from a friend saying his friend
wanted to chat with me about a music-centered grant that I had been
nominated for. In minor shock and with an immediate excitement I made
sure said friend gave my appropriate contact and shortly after, I was
talking on the phone with Amy Jones from Wedgwood. We chatted
about our mutual friends and interests and it instantly felt like I was
talking to a woman Ive known most if not all my life. Thats what the
Wedgwood Circle feels like to me: familiar and like family.
After a dinner with her and her colleague, I was able to grasp the true
heart behind Wedgwood. After the dinner, I started to feel the wave
of my musical goals become tangible. When I was officially granted
the financial assistance for my musical project, it felt as if generosity
reintroduced itself. Everyone has dreams and not everyone gets a
chance to pursue them and though I can attest nothing worth it comes
without hard work, Wedgwood is a big part in kickstarting my musical
career at a pace that feels productive, timely and truly blessed.
The last time I was with the Wedgwood family was at an artist retreat
that was held in Big Bear. I met various artists, musicians and the like
and was reminded at my time there that God is certainly creator and
creative and has truly placed me in a community who I can depend
on, trust in and gauge wisdom from. We all have specifically different
dreams, work on different genres of music but its clear we have one
thing in common; weve been certain that theres a gift weve been
given and that we should share it. So its though Wedgwood and
through the people behind it I am able to continue to walk in this
dream and make it become more and more of a reality each day.
- TRACE. 2015 Wedgwood Patron Artist
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OVERVIEW
ben arment
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STORIES
founders
In 2007, a small band of investors, philanthropists and
cultural influencers launched Wedgwood Circle with a
common goal in mind: to promote the creation of good,
true, beautiful art in mainstream culture.
PHILIP ANSCHUTZ,
DENVER, CO
Entrepreneur and Investor;
Founder and CEO of The
Anschutz Corporation,
and Co-Founder of Major
League Soccer
MAKOTO FUJIMURA,
PRINCETON, NJ
Japanese Nihonga artist,
Director of Brehm Center at
Fuller Theological Seminary
and founder of the International
Arts Movement
STEVE GARBER,
WASHINGTON, DC
Facilitator of Meaning,
Wedgwood Circle; Author;
Founder and Principal, The
Washington Institute for
Faith, Vocation and Culture
DAVID KIERSZNOWSKI,
LEAWOOD, KS
Founder and Co-Owner of
DEMDACO, a wholesale gift
company founded in 1997
THOMAS LEHRMAN,
NEW YORK, NY
Entrepreneur and Investor; Partner
at Haystack Partners investment
firm; board member at KIPP
NYC and co-founder of Gerson
Lehrman Group
CHARLIE PEACOCK,
NASHVILLE, TN
Artist, Songwriter, Producer
and Co-Founder of Art House
America
MARK RODGERS,
WASHINGTON, DC
Founder, Principal, Managing
Director of The Clapham Group,
More Partnerships, Founder and
Board Chair of Wedgwood Circle
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COMMUNITY
senior advisors
Within the Wedgwood Circle community, we recognize the
need for successful thought leaders and industry leading
artists who can help guide our team and our investors as
we navigate the best ways to cultivate redemptive culture.
Our group of Senior Advisors and Sector Liaisons play an
active role in the strategic planning of Wedgwood Circle
and provide valuable advice to our community in their
area of expertise.
ANDY CROUCH / Executive
Editor of Christianity Today;
Author of Culture Making, winner
of Christianity Todays 2008 Book
Award for Christianity and Culture
DAVE EVANS / Design Lecturer
and Co-Founder of the Stanford
d.life lab; founding Member
serving on the Apple Corporate
Culture Committee with Steve
Jobs; and Co-Founder and
Vice President of Talent for the
leading game software publisher,
Electronic Arts.
OS GUINNESS / Co-Founder of
The Trinity Forum, Author of over
25 books, and Senior Fellow of the
EastWest Institute in New York
CHRIS HANSEN / Founder of
Piko Fellowship, a company
that provides assistance to the
emerging next generation of
storytellers in the fields of writing,
film, and graphic novels
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COMMUNITY
sector liaisons
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
FINE ART
FASHION
CHIDI ACHARA / Sr. Vice President,
Global Creative Director for Simon Malls
and noted photographer
BRANT CRYDER / President of Saint
Laurent North America and distinguished
DJ who has played at major parties, events
and fashion shows in Bali, Italy, LA and NYC
FILM
MICHEAL FLAHERTY / Co-Founder of
Walden Media, which has financed and
produced the Chronicles of Narnia franchise
films, Charlottes Web and Bridge to
Terabithia and President of Good Thief Film
STEVE MCEVEETY / Founder of MPower
Pictures and former Executive Producer
at Mel Gibsons Icon Productions, working
on What Women Want, Payback, The Man
Without a Face, and Braveheart; Producer
of The Passion of the Christ and Producer
and Writer of Airborne
RICK REKEDAL / Chief Creative, Global
Franchise at Dreamworks Animation,
former Product Manager for Playnotes
Toys (Ninja Turtles, Jurassic Park, The
Lost World)
RALPH WINTER / Producer of over 25
films, including work at 20th Century Fox
productions, the X-Men Trilogy, Planet of
the Apes, Fantastic Four, and Wolverine
GRAPHIC NOVELS
JIM KRUEGER / Video Game Developer
and Comic Book Writer for DC, Marvel
Comics, Dark Horse, and other companies
featuring the fantasy franchises of X-Men,
Spiderman, Star Wars, Matrix, and more
DOUG TENNAPEL / Video Game
Developer and Comic Book Writer of
Earthworm Jim, Creature Tech, Catscratch,
and Ratfist
LITERATURE
BRET LOTT / Author of a number of
novels including A Song I Knew by
Heart and Jewel (an Oprahs Book Club
selection)
SUMYA OJAKLI / Business and Market
strategist at Simon and Schuster
STEVE TURNER / Journalist, poet, and
author, including his book Imagine: A
Vision for Christians in the Arts
MUSIC
JON FOREMAN / Lead singer and
guitarist of multi-platinum and Grammy-
19
award winning alternative rock band,
Switchfoot, as well as solo singer/
songwriter and member of Fiction Family
DREW SHIRLEY / Guitarist of multiplatinum and Grammy-award winning
alternative rock band, Switchfoot
JANET WEIR / Artist Manager at Red
Light Management
Music Vettors:
Bono / Lead vocalist of U2, humanitarian
Stephen Christian / Lead vocalist of band
Anberlin and side-project Anchor & Braille
Jay Harren / VP of A&R and Artist
Development at Sony Music Entertainments
Descendant Records, and founder of the
cause and artist platform Downtime.
Brent Kredel / Former music manager,
including work with Foster the People
Isaac Slade / Co-Founder, lead vocalist,
songwriter, and pianist of Denver-based piano
rock band, The Fray
Ryan Tedder / Producer, songwriter, singer,
known for his work with band One Republic;
songwriter and Grammy award-winning
producer for Adele, Beyonce, Gavin DeGraw,
Maroon 5 and more
Chris York / Director A&R IRS Nashville /
Capitol CMG
NEW MEDIA,
DOCUMENTARIES,
& SHORT FILMS
DAVID CARLSON / Founder of Bucktown
Pictures and Executive Director of OperaMatic, a non-profit street opera company
based in Chicago
KIEL MURRAY / Kiel Murray / writer,
Disney/Toon Studios, Disney/Pixar (Cars);
former Development Executive and
longtime alum, Pixar
TELEVISION
SEAN ATKINS / President of MTV; Former
GM & Executive Vice President, Digital
and Strategy of Discovery Studios; Former
Senior Vice President of Digital Media at
HBO
DEAN BATALI / TV writer/producer for
That 70s Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
and The Adventures of Pete and Pete and
pilots for ABC, ABC Family, the Cartoon
Network and the Hub; founder of Poiema
writers program (poiemahollywood.com)
TERRY BOTWICK / Partner at 1019
Entertainment; Former President of
worldwide television distribution and
production company for the Hearst
Corporation and part of the senior
management team for the Family Channel;
President and Chief Operating Officer
of Big Idea during the expansion of the
VeggieTales brand in 2001
NORMAN STONE / CEO of 1A
Productions; Employed by BBC in 1984
as their youngest producer/director;
Producer/Director of Shadowlands, Miss
Marples, and The Black Velvet Gown
THEATRE
MAX MCLEAN / Actor, producer of the
theatrical production of The Screwtape
Letters, The Great Divorce and President
of Fellowship for the Performing Arts
COMMUNITY
our team
AMY D JONES
BETSY BROWN
Executive Director
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TERENCE BERRY
JACOB MARSHALL
Cultural Curator
COMMUNITY
leadership
MARK RODGERS
STEVE GARBER
Facilitator of Meaning
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STEVE GARBER
Facilitator of Meaning, Wedgwood
Circle; Author; Founder and
Principal, The Washington Institute
for Faith, Vocation and Culture
MARK RODGERS
(Chairman) Founder, Wedgwood
Circle; Principle, Clapham Group &
More Partnerships
D.J. SMITH
ALLISON TROWBRIDGE
President, Copper Pictures;
Partner, Just Business
BRAD REEVES
Director, Art House Dallas Creative
Council; Former Executive Vice
President of People for Drive
Financial Services
RALPH WINTER
Founder, 1019 Entertainment;
Producer, Director
COMMUNITY
join us
By joining Wedgwood Inner Circle, you are not only
investing in the organizations mission, but the actual
creation of art and entertainment that is good, true,
and beautiful for the common good. Wedgwood Circle
automatically contributes 10% of your tax-deductible gift
to the Wedgwood Circle Patron Fund, to make strategic
micro grants that assist and aid artists as we journey
together to create redemptive cultural content.
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INNER CIRCLE SUPPORT LEVELS
DOROTHY SAYERS | $5,000
Acknowledged as a Dorothy
Sayers donor in Annual Event
materials
Complimentary access for one
person to Annual Event
Entry for one to Inner Circle
Luncheon at Annual Event
Complimentary access to
Inner Circle Members Retreat
One invitation to all Inner
Circle Experiences
C. S. LEWIS | $10,000
Acknowledged as a C. S.Lewis
donor in Annual Event materials
Complimentary access for
two people to Annual Event
Entry for two to Inner Circle
Luncheon at Annual Event
Complimentary access for
two people to Inner Circle
Members Retreat
Two invitations to all Inner
Circle Experiences
J. R. R. TOLKIEN | $25,000
Acknowledged as a J. R. R.
Tolkien donor in Annual Event
materials
Complimentary access for
two people to Annual Event
Entry for two people to
Inner Circle Luncheon at
Annual Event
Complimentary access for two
people to Inner Circle Members
Retreat
Complimentary access for
two to Inner Circle Experiences
Cultural Capitalization Strategy
with Wedgwood Team
Two VIP tickets to a concert by
one of our high profile, friends
of Wedgwood Artists (upon
request and availability)
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT |
$50,000
Individual or Organization
acknowledged as an
Institutional Support Partner
in Annual Event materials
Organizational branding at Events
Complimentary access for four
people to Annual Event
Entry for four people to Inner
Circle Luncheon at Annual Event
Complimentary access for
four people to Inner Circle
Members Retreat
Complimentary access for
two-four people to Inner
Circle Experiences
Cultural Capitalization Strategy
with Wedgwood Team
Two VIP tickets to a concert by
one of our high profile, friends
of Wedgwood Artists (upon
request and availability)
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