WE STAND FOR THE WORLD UNITED IN DIVERSITY
“Unity in diversity is the highest possible attainment of a civilization, a testimony to the most noble possibilities of the human race” – Michael Novak (1983)
MISSION STATEMENT
Unity in Diversity Arts Foundation creates cultural and educational programs in the areas of the arts, music, literature, paintings, photography, cinema, and theater in cooperation with many ethnic and cultural organizations in the United States and throughout the world. We dedicate ourselves to provide the best enrichment opportunities for young generation.
Started in 2004, this non-profit organization was founded by a group of artists and professionals from the Russian community in Los Angeles to help various musical and theater groups, art studios, painters, artists, photographers and musicians from the former Soviet Union to unite and reach their full creative potentials here, in the United States.
Our mission and goals require us to have a solid financial base, which we hope to create through membership fees, donations from sponsors and grants from variety of foundations as well as from our own work. The money will be used to organize exhibits, auctions, festivals, concerts, creative competitions, poetry reading and musical evenings, and theater productions, writing books, etc.
Unity in Diversity Arts Foundation will stimulate and encourage the creative potential of its members through grants and stipends, through art tours and by publishing most prominent creation of our masters. We will also stimulate and enrich the community in the Los Angeles and surrounding areas by giving people exposure to education on arts and culture and by making it all affordable and feasible for people who would otherwise not be able to see world art.
Unity in Diversity Arts Foundation organized and produced many events throughout the years, but INTERNATIONAL ARTS COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PERFORMERS “COLIBRI” has become a community favorite and a staple of what the Foundation represents as of today.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Oleg Volovik, CEO
- Lev Volovik, Founder, CFO
- Ellen Gurevich, Secretary
- Alina Michel, accounting
STAFF
- Maxim Volovik, Production
- Misha Kopitman, Music
- Galina Kovshilovsky, Social Media & PR
ADVISORY BOARD
- Maksim Kuzin – Assistant, Youth Symphony Orchestra Conductor at UCLA
- Svetlana Transky – Pianist, Doctor of Music
- Natalya Gerasimenko – Musical Producer
- Stella Shenderovich – Community Event Coordinator
- Ying He – International Culture and Arts Exchange Society of USA, External Communications
- Eduard Khorovsky – Singer, Community Event Coordinator