Mission Statement

The Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council strives to make the arts accessible, affordable, and available to all people in Fitzgerald and Ben Hill County.  ​

Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council Board Members 2015-16

Executive Committee
President - Margaret Chasteen
Vice President - Becky Powell
Treasurer - Jon Durkovic
Secretary - Abby Holt

Art-in-Education Committee
Chair - Becky Powell & Susan Hogan
Abby Holt
Christina Mooney
​Kathy Taylor
Jalee Wilson
Lori Brown - non-board member

Performing Arts Committee
Chair - Abby Holt
Co-Chair - Jonathan Kelly
Margaret Chasteen
Maurisa Paulk

Harmony Jubilee Committee
Chair - Steve Pair
Co-Chair - Beverly Pair
* this committee has a steering committee in addition to Arts Council Board of Directors

Visual Arts Committee
Chair - Neesa Williams
Erin Maloy
Beverly Pair
​Al Johnson

Membership Committee
Chair - Susan Hughes
Co-Chair - Sherry Massee
Betty Bishop

Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council Membership 2015-16

Grand Benefactor
Colony Bank
Community Bank
The Herald-Leader
City of Fitzgerald - IKD
Jennifer Glenn - IKD

Benefactor
Fitzgerald Utilities-Jeff Lewis
Greg & Marcia Stringer
Jason & Abby Holt - Paulk Funeral Home

Grand Patron
Jon & Nelda Durkovic  
Max & Linda Braun
Hon. Bobby & Margaret Chasteen
Lisa Eldridge
Shawn & Brandy Elrod
Frank & Jeri Gilleland
Clarence & Jane Hunter
John William  & Christina Mooney
Jack & Maurisa Paulk
Rachel W. Peavey
Steve & Kathy Taylor - Southern Therapy
Ken & Neesa Williams 

Patron
PlantersFirst
David & Judy Hobby
Steve Mixon
Candace Gregory
Tim & Becky Anderson
Betty J. Bishop
Annette Braddy
Anna Brown
Mike & Ellen Burke
Betty Campbell
Chris & Lydia Cook
Jad & Erin Dixon
Paul & Gladys Dunn
Betty Dyess
John & Dianne Engelmann
Mike & Karla Foster
Walt & Kathy Gordon/State Farm Insurance
Larry & Sharon Hall
Dan & Martha Ellen Hughes
Taylor, Towson, & Braddy Ins.- Hank & Dedee Braddy
Blane & Barbara Jacobs
Philip Jay
Al & JoAnna Johnson
Anne & Cam Jordan
Penson & Claudia Kaminsky
Jeri and Ed Loomis
David & Shirley Malcolm
Dr. Wayne & Margie Maris
Mayor Mark & Sherry Massee
Greg & Carol McDonald
Steve & Beth McIntyre
Denise Mooney
Steve O'Neal
Frank & Patty Parrish
Mr & Mrs. Palmer Parrott
Royce & Becky Powell
Ralph Roberts
Fitzgerald High School
Gary & Sue Smith
Lamar & Kathy Stone
Berthell Wardlow
Nancy P. Whidden
Hal & Jennifer Wiley
Don & Eulalie Woeltjen

Sponsor
Fat Daddy's - Johnny Mobley
Dominos Pizza - Chip & Becky Wallace
Nate & Jalee Wilson
Jay & Tiffany Paulk Grand
Annie P. Boney
Robert & Alicia Bryant
Colony Dental Care - Hank Cook
Frankie Cowan
Lallie B. Dickens
Michael & Susan Griffin
Jan Hammond
Jackie Harden
Susan Hogan
Nancy Hough  
Hon. Chris & Susan Hughes
Pam Jordan
Harold & Nancy Kimball
Marion Massee 
Jack Melton
Melba Mitchell
Capt. Roger & Laura Norris
Steve & Beverly Pair
Quality Inn - Kevin Clady General Manager
John & Gwen Seanor
Dwain & Lynne Smith
William Jeremy Stone
Kelly & Shirlie F. Sumner
Milton & Wanda Ussery
Van & Patrica Waters
Myrna K. White
John T. Wilcox
Donna Wilson
Kathy Young
Edwina Willcox
Pheobe Physicians Group

Friend
Stewart & Cindy Carswell
Jean Cauley
Robert & Barbara Couey
Kalee Cowan
Laurene Dale
Jim & Polly Davis
Belinda Dixon
Karen Dooley
Sis & Gene Dorminey 
Morris Downing Jr.
Kay Faircloth
John & Bernice Hageman
Myrtle B. Harper
Betty Hatcher
Jackie Hawkins
Chris & Lydia Hubert
The Jessamine Place
Mike & Jewitte Kelley
Jonathan Kelly
Dorothy Lacy
Dianne F. Lhotte
Ronald R. Lhotte
Anna Oliver
Godfrey & Doris O'Rear
Lawson & Donna Owens
Nelda Patrick
Grover Dade Prescott
Gerald & Mary Pryor
Susan C Ranson
Gina Royal
Tad & Christi Schirack
Sue Smith
Ted Smith
Anne Smith
Henry & Judy Stone
Michelle Strickland
Marie Turner
David & Patricia Walker
Al & Rhonda Wright
Ronald Goodman

Donation
Lulu M. Robinson