The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Unveils The 2008 Passport to the Arts

Centerville, MA, April 28, 2008 - The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is proud to announce the release of the 2008-2009 Passport to the Arts, which offers a 50% discount on admission to 43 Cape Cod theaters, museums, historical sites, and performances. The 2008-2009 Passport to the Arts is underwritten by Sovereign Bank and is available for pre-order now online at www.artsfoundation.org.

“The Passport to the Arts is the best purchase an arts lover on Cape Cod can make,” said Maggie Van Sciver, President of the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. “With the Passport to the Arts, visitors and residents can explore all the best arts and culture Cape Cod has to offer, whether it’s the museum or theater you’ve loved for years, or the chorale or historic home you’ve just discovered.”

Now in its fifth year, the Passport to the Arts has evolved from a small group of eight organizations to its current impressive roster of 43 cultural organizations, representing the very best of the arts and culture of Cape Cod. The Passport is a beautifully designed, souvenir-quality booklet with information about each participating organization. Passport holders will be able to receive a 50% discount on admission to select events at each participating venue once during the course of the year. Each member venue sets its own restrictions and rules of use, so Passport holders must call venues in advance to ensure availability.

“We are proud to support a program that benefits arts and culture lovers on Cape Cod, as well as all 43 participating cultural organizations,” said Jennifer Dooling, Senior Vice President of Sovereign Bank. “The Passport to the Arts is a model of regional arts marketing, and a fantastic way to showcase the cultural community in all its diversity.”

Participating organizations include the Academy of Performing Arts, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cape Cod Art Association, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Cape Cod Center for the Arts, Cape Cod Children’s Museum, Cape Cod Chorale, Cape Cod Maritime Museum, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Cape Cod Opera, Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, Cape Cod Theatre Project, Cape Playhouse, Cape Rep Theatre, Chatham Chorale, Chatham Drama Guild, Chatham Historical Society, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Edward Gorey House, Eventide Arts, Falmouth Historical Society & Museums, Four C's Theater, Gloria Dei Artes Foundation, Harwich Junior Theater, Heritage Museums and Gardens, Highfield Hall, John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum, Monomoy Theatre, New Provincetown Players, Opera New England of Cape Cod, Osterville Historical Society & Museum, Payomet Performing Arts Center in Truro, Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Sandwich Glass Museum, Shakespeare on the Cape, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Woods Hole Theater Company, Woods Hole Folk Music Society, and WOMR.

For more information about the 2008-2009 Passport to the Arts, please visit www.artsfoundation.org or call the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod at 508-362-0066.