2016 Wedgwood Annual

letter 1 

OVERVIEW

contents 

SECTION 1: WEDGWOOD OVERVIEW 0-7 

SECTION 2: STORIES 8-13 

SECTION 3: COMMUNITY 14-23 

SECTION 4: GET CONNECTED 24-27

who we are 0 

Wedgwood Circle is a non-profit network of creative 

industry leaders, artists, and high net worth investors 

contributing together toward the cultivation of culture. 

We do this through authentic connections, impressive 

thought leadership, and the facilitation of capital flow for 

the creation of art and entertainment that is good, true, 

and beautiful for the common good. 

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“THINKING AND LIVING THAT IS TRULY GENERATIVE MAKES POSSIBLE 

WORKS AND MOVEMENTS THAT MAKE OUR CULTURE MORE HUMANE 

AND WELCOMING AND THAT INSPIRE US TO BE MORE FULLY HUMAN.” 

–MAKOTO FUJIMURA 

To generate is to cause something to come about. To create, to begin, to 

catalyze; these are all generative movements. Inspired by our long-time friend 

and founder, Mako Fujimura, and his work in the movement of “culture care,” 

Wedgwood Circle has themed 2016 GENERATE. 

In this work, Mako has given us three principles that will guide us this year as 

we seek to nurture a healthy culture around us: 

Cultivate and recognize Genesis Moments. As a community we will encounter 

moments that spark ideas, and acting on them will provide needed support to 

rising artists and new projects. Working with the community and facilitating 

action/response to Genesis Moments lead directly to the creation of art and 

entertainment that is good, true and beautiful for the common good. 

Embrace Generosity. Whether by investing patron or for-profit capital, or 

through the sharing of relational or intellectual capital, fostering a generous 

community of investors and philanthropists will generate culture, realize 

long-term impact and further Kingdom growth. 

Develop Generational Thinking. Perhaps the most important aspect of culture 

care, the work of impacting culture does not happen overnight, nor is it easily 

measured against short-term goals. Culture care unfolds over a generation. 

Thinking long term and about the impact of our work today on future generations 

will allow us to see strategically rather than being short sighted. 

This past year VISION gave us guidance for what we can do and where we 

are going together. We will be unfolding some new programs this year that 

were seeded in the last, and exploring new initiatives that will be realized in 

the future. 

You can expect 2016 to be a pivotal year for Wedgwood Circle as together, 

we generate new ideas and programs, capitalize new avenues for investing 

in artists and their projects, and pursue new ways of demonstrating our innovative 

thought leadership. We are confident that the work of this year will 

GENERATE “beauty, goodness, and truth” next year, and for many years after. 

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what we do 2 

Wedgwood focuses on the creation of art and 

entertainment that is good, true, and beautiful for the 

common good, in the industries of: film, music, television, 

publishing, theatre, fashion, fine arts, comics/graphic 

novels, computer/console gaming, and new media. 

We do this in three ways: 

CONNECT 

CAPITALIZE 

Building a community of common 

cause, including investors, patrons, 

sector experts and funded artists. 

Sharing experiences through 

concerts, live performance 

gatherings, Inner Circle 

Experiences, retreats, and 

conferences that celebrate 

the efforts we are undertaking 

together. 

Facilitating strategic capital 

deployment through a granting 

patron pool and special member 

projects, as well as the Wedgwood 

Culture Fund, a mechanism we 

developed to focus on facilitating 

deal flow and Program Related 

Investment. 

EDUCATE 

Informing investors and donors and 

the community through conference 

calls, events, proprietary 

“sector strategies,” and other 

recommended readings. 


why we do it 3 

Wedgwood Circle’s mission rests on the understanding that ideas have 

consequences, and cultural content shapes ideas. Our name is drawn 

from Josiah Wedgwood, who is considered by many as one of the most 

influential figures in the history Western civilization ceramics, and was 

a renown innovator, scientist and businessman. He was also a supporter 

of the 18th century Anti-Slavery Committee and designed a ceramic 

medallion depicting a slave kneeling in chains surrounded by the 

inscription, “Am I not a man and a brother?” Benjamin Franklin said of 

Wedgwood’s tokens, “they may have an effect equal to that of the best 

written pamphlet.” 

Although thousands were freely given to anyone who shared Josiah’s 

sentiments on slavery, thousands more were manufactured and sold. 

Wedgwood showed that one could promote social change while 

building a business. The Wedgwood Circle is inspired by this vision 

and model of doing good while doing well through cultural engagement 

and cultural artifact creation. 

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 

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PATRON FUND 

PITCHES 

A percentage of Wedgwood Circle 

member fees fund a patron pool 

that supports artists through 

microgrants. Since it’s inception in 

2008, the fund has granted over 

$700,000 in grants of $500- 

$5,000 to artists and projects 

that personify the good, true, and 

beautiful in mainstream markets. 

PROGRAM RELATED 

INVESTMENTS 

Wedgwood Circle investors 

move capital to individual 

artists, specific projects, and/or 

companies. Our community made 

up of sector liaisons and other 

creative industry leads help curate 

for-profit strategic initiatives 

for investments that exemplify 

significant potential for cultural 

influence. 

PROJECTS 

Managed through the Wedgwood 

Culture Fund, Program Related 

Investments (PRI) are deployments 

of non-profit capital into 

for-profit opportunities that 

promote the mission of the nonprofit. 

Currently our investments 

are in the areas of music, graphic 

novels, television, and short film. 

Returns from investments will 

replenish the fund to be reinvested 

in more culture-creation. Since 

2009, we’ve moved over 

$400,000 through PRI funding. 

Wedgwood Circle encourages 

our members to explore areas 

that they are passionate about, 

and we make ourselves available 

to support them by strategizing, 

facilitating and potentially 

managing new and existing 

projects that fit their interests. In 

addition, the Wedgwood Culture 

Fund supports the work of 

foundations for their projects in 

the areas of culture engagement. 


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inner circle experiences 

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In 2014 Jon Batiste, artistic director-at-large for the National Jazz 

Museum in Harlem and multi-instrumentalist new age jazz singer, used 

a Wedgwood patron grant to create a musical instrument called the 

Harmonaboard that is a hybrid of a trumpet, synthesizer, melodica, and 

harmonica. Education and interactivity are two of Jon’s core values as 

an artist, and he is always looking for new ways that music will bring 

people together. 

In March we will kick off our first Inner Circle Experience with a trip to 

New York to visit with Jon over lunch and attend a taping of The Late 

Show With Stephen Colbert, where today he is the musical director and 

bandleader. We’ll also meet his Harmonaboard! This will be the first in 

an ongoing series of experiences designed to bring members and artists 

together in an intimate way, allowing both artist and patron to build 

relationships, be immersed in a project, and understand motivations for 

investment and giving. Inner Circle Experiences are part of our ongoing 

effort to deepen our community as we grow. 

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 I’ve known most if not all my life. That’s 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 it’s clear we have one 

thing in common; we’ve been certain that there’s a gift we’ve been 

given and that we should share it. So it’s 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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en arment 13 

“With a few non-fiction titles under my belt and nearly a decade of 

equipping creatives through the annual STORY conference, I decided 

to make the leap into writing fiction. I had a great story for a novel but 

needed a way forward. Wedgwood accepted me into the inaugural 

Good Lit writers program with a funded writer’s retreat in Stanford, 

Kentucky and grant. The time away provided not only an enriching 

week with notable authors, industry experts, and fellow writers, but 

also ongoing connections, feedback, and support as I finished the 

manuscript. I used the grant to film a trailer for the book. A veteran 

fiction editor in New York is shaping the content, and we expect 

The Resident to be published in 2016.” 

- BEN ARMENT, 2015 Good Lit Patron Artist 

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, 


Founder, Principal, Managing 

Director of The Clapham Group, 

More Partnerships, Founder and 

Board Chair of Wedgwood Circle 


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GEORGE SEAY III, 

DALLAS, TEXAS 

Founder and CEO of Annandale 

Capital, a money management 

firm centered on conflictfree, 

customized investment 

portfolios for individuals, family 

offices, foundations, and various 

institutions 

BILL WICHTERMAN, 


Covington & Burling LLP, 

President of Faith & Law, Author 

of “Culture: Upstream from 

Politics” and “Dying to Live” 

SEAN WOLFINGTON, MIAMI, FL/ 

PHILADELPHIA, PA 

Chairman and CEO of The 

Wolfington Companies. 

Entrepreneur with businesses 

in the technology, marketing, 

real estate and film industries 

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 Today’s 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 

PEB JACKSON / Principal of the 

Jackson Consulting Group, as well 

as involved in a wide variety of 

projects including development 

work in Africa, fundraising 

consulting with non-profits, 

advisory roles with private-sector 

investment and mentoring nextgeneration 

leaders. 

ERWIN MCMANUS / Curator 

of McManus Studios, Founder 

of Awaken Humanity, and Lead 

Pastor of Mosaic in Los Angeles 

ERIC METAXAS / Author of 

bestselling books Amazing Grace 

and Bonhoeffer; radio host of the 

Eric Metaxas Show; Senior Fellow 

and Lecturer at Large for the 

King’s College in New York City 

KATHRYN SEEL / Executive 

Vice President of Business 

Development for Diane Synder at 

Home, a fashion accessory and 

home goods company 


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JOHN SEEL / Ph.D. Principal 

of John Seel Consulting LLC, a 

social impact consulting firm 

specializing on the current and 

future impact of millennials in 

American society. Former director 

of cultural engagement at the 

John Templeton Foundation 

RICK WESTERFIELD / Symphony 

conductor who has led orchestras 

such as the Boston Symphony 

and New York Philharmonic and 

collaborated with such artists as 

Yo Yo Ma, Luciano Pavarotti, Lang 

Lang, Joshua Bell, and Andre 

Watts 

CRAIG DETWEILER / Professor 

of Communication and Creative 

Director of the Institute for 

Entertainment, Media and 

Culture at Pepperdine University 

in Malibu; author of Halos and 

Avatars: Playing Video Games 

with God and iGods 

COMMUNITY

sector liaisons 

ELECTRONIC MEDIA 

LANCE PRIEBE / Co-founder of children’s 

virtual world and gaming production 

companies Hyper Hippo and Club Penguin 

SCOTT WONG / Founder of Gamesamba 

and CEO and President of Brethren 

Entertainment Studios 

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, Charlotte’s Web and Bridge to 

Terabithia and President of Good Thief Film 

STEVE MCEVEETY / Founder of MPower 

Pictures and former Executive Producer 

at Mel Gibson’s 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 

FINE ART 

VALERIE DILLON / Former Director for 

Bowles Sorroko Galleries in New York City 

before opening her own gallery in the 

heart of Soho in 1994, The Dillon Gallery, 

which later relocated to Chelsea 

MAKOTO FUJIMURA / Japanese Nihonga 

artist, Director of Brehm Center at Fuller 

Theological Seminary and founder of the 

International Arts Movement 

LINNEA SPRANSY / Award winning visual 

artist, lecturer 

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 Oprah’s 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- 


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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 Entertainment’s 

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 Opera- 

Matic, 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 

CARTER PILCHER / Founder and Chief 

Executive of Shorts International, a fullservice 

short film entertainment company 

representing over 3,000 films to over 120 

international broadcasters 

TIM WASHER / Comedy Writer and 

Producer for IBM’s “Smarter Planet” 

campaign and Actor in several TV clips 

including T-Mobile’s commercial “Invisible” 

with Catherine Zeta-Jones 

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 

Executive Director 

Amy is a documentary film 

producer, artist manager and 

activist. Having been a part 

of the team that launched the 

Damah Film Festival, providing a 

platform for filmmakers all over 

the world to join the conversation 

of spirituality and humanity, she 

has been involved ever since in 

bridging the worlds of art, culture 

and community. In more recent 

years, she served as a producer 

of several documentary feature 

films, run events everywhere 

from the foot of the Washington 

Monument to the White House’s 

backyard and traveled extensively 

to Uganda to become a student 

of the lives of those abducted and 

displaced. Amy lives in the heart 

of Washington DC. 

BETSY BROWN 

Director of Communications and Events 

Betsy is an entrepreneur, brand 

builder and a purveyor of 

hospitality. She has spent the 

last five years working across the 

design, art, and fashion spaces 

in East Africa and through this 

work co-founded a textiles 

company that creates modern 

home décor products in the 

region. She is passionate about 

bringing creative vision to life, 

whether it is a product, an event, 

or around a table. Betsy is also an 

experienced relationship manager 

and storyteller, having had the 

opportunity to work with diverse 

communities from corporate 

leaders to vulnerable populations 

in Kenya through her work with 

Atlantic Media and International 

Justice Mission, respectively. She 

is a graduate of Georgetown 

University and calls Washington 

DC home. 


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TERENCE BERRY 

Managing Director, Wedgwood 

Culture Fund 

Terence began his career in New 

York with Citibank’s Media & 

Entertainment Group working 

on film-financings for the major 

studios. Desiring to work more 

closely with filmmakers, he 

left New York for Los Angeles 

where he began producing short 

films, helped launch and run 

the Damah Film Festival, served 

as an associated producer for 

several shows on the Discovery 

Channel and produced the feature 

films That Evening Sun (starring 

Oscar-nominated Hal Holbrook) 

and Not That Funny (starring 

Emmy-winner Tony Hale.) Terence 

is in post-production on his third 

feature film, Waiting For The 

Miracle To Come, a film by Lian 

Lunson starring Willie Nelson and 

Charlotte Rampling. In addition to 

his work as a film producer, he also 

ran Act One, a Hollywood-based 

training program and professional 

society from 2009 through 2013. 

Terence is a graduate of the 

University of Virginia. 

JACOB MARSHALL 

Cultural Curator 

Jacob is a music artist, film 

producer and pioneer of 

humanitarian art campaigns. 

As creator of the band MAE, he 

has sold over 500,000 records 

worldwide and performed over 

1,500 concerts on 5 continents. 

His passion about collaboration, 

social justice, and using creativity 

to solve some of the world’s most 

pressing problems culminates in 

his role as Senior Connector for 

More Partnerships, an agency 

specializing in creative partnership 

design. Jacob and his wife, Haejin, 

live in Brooklyn, New York 

with their puppy Gogi. 

COMMUNITY

leadership 

MARK RODGERS 

Founder and President 

Mark Rodgers is the Principal of 

The Clapham Group, a creative 

consulting firm that works with 

non-profits, corporations and 

foundations. He is a published 

writer and a speaker on the topics 

of faith and public life, culture 

and caring for the least of these. 

His work over the years includes 

outreach to “culture creators,” and 

he has worked closely with artists 

such as Bono, Patty Heaton and 

The Fray. Mark is also a social 

entrepreneur, and enjoys finding 

ways to help people “do good 

while doing well.” Mark is married 

to Leanne, and the proud father 

of four children, living in Burke, 

Virginia. 

STEVE GARBER 

Facilitator of Meaning 

Dr. Steven Garber is a teacher of 

many people in many places. In 

his work with The Washington 

Institute he focuses on the 

meaning of vocation for the 

common good. For many 

years on the faculty of the 

American Studies Program in 

Washington, DC, he has studied 

the intersection of popular 

culture with political culture for 

much of his life. A consultant 

to businesses, foundations and 

educational institutions, including 

the Murdock Trust, the Praxis 

Labs, the Wedgwood Circle, 

the Blood:Water Mission, the 

Demdaco Corporation, and Mars, 

Incorporated, his most recent 

book is Visions of Vocation: 

Common Grace for the Common 

Good. A native of the great valleys 

of Colorado and California, he is 

married to Meg and they have five 

adult children whose lives have 

taken them all over the world. 


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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 

LAURA WATERS HINSON 

Filmmaker and photographer; 

Founder of Image Bearer Pictures; 

work includes documentaries As We 

Forgive and Many Beautiful Things 

BRAD REEVES 

Director, Art House Dallas Creative 

Council; Former Executive Vice 

President of People for Drive 

Financial Services 

MARK RODGERS 

(Chairman) Founder, Wedgwood 

Circle; Principle, Clapham Group & 

More Partnerships 

D.J. SMITH 

Founder and CEO, CiV Digital 

ALLISON TROWBRIDGE 

President, Copper Pictures; 

Partner, Just Business 

RALPH WINTER 

Founder, 1019 Entertainment; 

Producer, Director 

COMMUNITY

join us 

By joining Wedgwood Inner Circle, you are not only 

investing in the organization’s 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 


two people to Inner Circle 

Members’ Retreat 

• Two invitations to all Inner 


J. R. R. TOLKIEN | $25,000 

• Acknowledged as a “J. R. R. 

Tolkien” donor in Annual Event 

materials 


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 


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 


four people to Inner Circle 

Members’ Retreat 


two-four people to Inner 


• 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) 

GET CONNECTED

our gatherings 

WEDGWOOD CIRCLE 

RETREAT 

July 21-22, 2016 

San Diego, CA 

WEDGWOOD CIRCLE 

ANNUAL EVENT 

November 16-18, 2016 

Nashville, TN 

“WE CAN BE COMFORTABLE, EVEN CONFIDENT, 

IN AFFIRMING ACULTURAL CONTRIBUTION AS 

GENERATIVE IF, OVER TIME, IT RECOGNIZES, 

PRODUCES, OR CATALYZES MORE BEAUTY, 

GOODNESS, AND FLOURISHING.” 

– MAKOTO FUJIMURA 


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