Ile Ife Films
and the
Arthur Hall Collection
A nonprofit, tax exempt, 501(c)(3) organization
Dedicated to the arts and education
Founded by Arthur Hall in 1994
Incorporated in the State of Maine in 1995
IRS determination letter indicating 501(c) nonprofit status, October 5, 1995
IRS determination letter confirming nonprofit status, May 8, 2000
Granted permanent exemption as an incorporated nonprofit historical society
by the State of Maine, June 4, 2010
Mission Statement
The Digital Archive Project
Logs - Equipment - Process - Financial Statement - Budget
PDF Draft Narrative of Digital Archive Project
Arthur Hall Videos Available Online
Log of materials in the Digital Archive
The World Began at ILE IFE
Arthur Hall
Founder and Artistic Director
1994 - 2000
What Arthur Hall does may be called dance,
but it is also a kind of culture making rarely seen
and sorely needed.
-Daniel Webster, Philadelphia Inquirer
2008 - 2010 Board of Directors with family
August 2008Nana Korantema Ayeboafo, Artistic Director
Bruce B. Williams, President
Patrice A. Janssen, Treasurer
Lucia Chomeau, Clerk
C. Abbott Meader
Nana Kofi Asanti
Daryl Burgee - Kwasi Agire (not pictured)
Lawrence P. L. Clark
Robert Bruce Hunt
Contact us
Previous Members of the Board
Arthur Hall, 1994 - 2000 Memorial
Van Williams of Philadelphia, 2000 - 2008
Betty Alridge of Philadelphia, 2000 - 2008
2011 Annual Report -
January 2012
2011 Treasurer's Report
July 2011
2010 President's Report -
January 2011
2010 Treasurer's Report
2009 Treasurer's Report
2008 Treasurer's Report
Synopsis of 2008 Annual Meeting
Patrice Janssen and Nana Korantema
by Great Pond
(August 2008)
Ile Ife Films and the Arthur Hall Collection
754 Mount Ephraim Road
Searsport, Maine 04974
(207) 548-2445
Arthur Hall
Program notes,
biographical sketchs,
resume,
major choreography ...
The Arthur Hall Collection Directory
Recent additions to the Collection (2010)
The Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble
The Ile Ife Black Humanitarian Center
The Ile Ife Museum of Philadelphia
Elizabeth Roberts
November 1996 gift
Obatala
Notes on African art and thought in the Americas
Creation to
Oba Koso
Arthur Hall Presents [1998]
African Festivals in American Schools
Arthur Hall International Dance Center
Accent Ghana
African Harvest for the World
ILE IFE Films
Snake Dance Teacher Dance
Orisun Omi
Arthur Hall's Obatala
Urhobo Water Spirit Festival
About the company
1995 Mission Statement
Press Releases
In Memoriam
C. Edward White
Adam Smith
Marion Cuyjet
Bibliography
About this Document
Last update June 27, 2010
Jim Williams, Webmaster
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