SPRING 2021 Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd
James McKay, Jr.
Excellence in the Arts
Art Educator of the Year
Arts Collaboration
May 24, 2021 Lynne and Jim Turley
John Nickel
Excellence in Philanthropy
30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award
Brian Owens
Antionette Carroll
Amy Kaiser
Excellence in the Arts
Arts Innovator
Lifetime Achievement in the Arts
Letter from the President and CEO Dear Friends, This issue of Happenings is full of hope and excitement for our arts community. The challenges of COVID-19 have been extremely difficult for the arts and culture community, so I’m especially excited to share how our local arts organizations are planning for safe, in-person arts activities this spring and summer. Many of our beloved summer arts traditions like gathering in Shakespeare Glen, seeing a bold new opera from Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and evenings at The Muny were canceled or postponed last year, but they’re back this summer (p. 3).
We’re also looking forward to celebrating the resiliency and creativity of our arts
community at the 2021 St. Louis Arts Awards on May 24th in a fun and safe venue, The Big Top, owned and operated by our friends and neighbors at the Kranzberg Arts Foundation. (p. 4). We’re grateful to all of our sponsors and ticket buyers for supporting this event and look forward to gathering together.
Because of your commitment to our mission, we have kept art happening with
operating support grants (p. 7) and through the Bayer Creative Impact Fund Recovery Microgrant Program, underwritten by Bayer (p. 8). Eleven organizations have also been awarded PNC Program Grants, for arts and arts education programs that address community needs (p. 9).
In this issue, we also congratulate Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, our 2020 Law Firm
Challenge winner (p. 10), for their successful 2020 workplace giving campaign and welcome two new members to our board of directors.
Thank you for all you do to support the Arts and Education Council and our goal
to keep art happening — art that connects us, inspires us and shapes a more vibrant St. Louis region for all.
ON THE COVER: Brian Owens, Excellence in the Arts; “Such Sweet Thunder” presented by St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Nine Network of Public Media, Jazz St. Louis and The Big Muddy Dance Company, Arts Collaboration; John Nickel, 30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award; Lynne and Jim Turley, Excellence in Philanthropy; James McKay Jr., Jennings School District, Art Educator of the Year; Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Excellence in the Arts; Antionette Carroll, Arts Innovator; and Amy Kaiser, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts.
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Warmly,
Cynthia A Prost President and CEO
7 Impact: Operating Support Grantees
Events: 9 Catalyst
Conversations
REGION:
Arts activities on the horizon this summer
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rts organizations across the region have been preparing for their seasons, with safety and audience comfort in mind. These exciting, live arts experiences are among the many activities we can look forward to this summer. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL), an Arts and Education Council grantee, will present a live, in-person 2021 Festival Season on an outdoor stage adjacent to the Webster University’s Loretto-Hilton Center. Their 46th Festival Season will offer four new productions of intimate works, all of which are 90 minutes or less, and will be presented with no intermissions. Arts and Education Council grantee St. Louis Shakespeare Festival will present “King Lear” starring Tony,
Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ outdoor festival
Photo by Todd Rosenberg.
stage
André De Shields
Emmy and Grammy award-winner André De Shields. The June production marks the theater’s return to live outdoor performance, one of the first scheduled in the country. After COVID-19 postponed the 2020 lineup for the first time in the theatre’s 102-year history, The Muny plans to present five of the originally announced seven shows in the upcoming 103rd season. The season includes “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”, “Smokey Joe’s Café”, “The Sound of Music”, “On Your Feet!” and “Chicago”. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep), another Arts and Education Council grantee, will present the only production of their 2020-2021 season, “Mlima’s Tale” at Center for Creative
America Ballet Theatre to perform for free this summer
The Arts and Education Council’s Arts Calendar is your go-to resource for arts activities this summer. View virtual and in-person arts events at KeepArtHappening.org/Calendar.
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merica’s National Ballet Company® will take to the road this summer, traveling by bus and truck to eight U.S. cities and arriving in St. Louis on Wednesday, July 14. A group of St. Louis arts leaders including Susan Sherman, former America Ballet Theatre (ABT) board member, Center of Creative Arts (COCA) and St. Louis Shakespeare Festival will present “ABT Across America” for two performances at 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on July 14 outdoors at Shakespeare Glen, Forest Park. “ABT Across America” builds on ABT’s history of cross-country tours in the 1940s and 1950s. 20 ABT dancers and 28 support crew will travel across 14 states, for a total of 3,100 miles, performing outdoors for socially distanced audiences in public parks and parking lots. There will also be two ballet masterclasses, taught by two ABT dancers, which will take place for intermediate and advanced dancers on July 14 at COCA.
America Ballet Theatre dancers
Arts (COCA)’s state-of-the-art Berges Theatre. Art museums are providing a safe experience for museum-goers. Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, an Arts and Education Council grantee, is open for museum guests to enjoy their current exhibition “Stories of Resistance” through August 15. The exhibition explores artistic forms of resistance from across the world. Additionally, Radio Resistance, an integral component of the exhibition, will broadcast conversations between exhibiting artists and artists, activists, scholars and others with a deep knowledge and experience of St. Louis. With school years nearing an end, arts organizations are preparing to safely offer summer camps. From Summer Arts Camp with COCA (an Arts and Education Council grantee) to Artscope’s Camp Create and so many more even the youngest art lovers can find their creative niche.
Tickets for the St. Louis performances are available at no charge
and may be reserved now at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s website, stlshakes.org/abt. 3
2021 St. Louis Arts Awards CELEBRATE:
Celebrate the resiliency of the arts community at
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n incredible cohort of honorees will be celebrated at the Arts and Education Council’s
2021 St. Louis Arts Awards, presented by Centene Charitable Foundation, on Monday, May 24, 2021, at The Big Top in the Grand Center Arts District. Now in its 30th year, the event honors individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to the St. Louis region’s arts community. Additionally, the event will provide an opportunity to celebrate the resiliency and creativity of our arts community. Pat Rich, who founded the St. Louis Arts Awards in 1992 when she was the Arts and Education Council’s president, serves as Honorary Chair. Arts and Education Council board member and 2018 Art Educator of the Year Keith Tyrone Williams will host the event.
Pat Rich, Honorary Co-Chair
Keith Tyrone Williams, Host
Honorees Honorees (left to right, top to bottom): Brian Owens, Excellence in the Arts; “Such Sweet Thunder” presented by St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Nine Network of Public Media, Jazz St. Louis and The Big Muddy Dance Company, Arts Collaboration; John Nickel, 30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award; Lynne and Jim Turley, Excellence in Philanthropy; James McKay Jr., Jennings School District, Art Educator of the Year; Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Excellence in the Arts; Antionette Carroll, Arts Innovator; and Amy Kaiser, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts. 4
the 30th St. Louis Arts Awards The 2021 honorees are: Amy Kaiser, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts; Kirven
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and Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Excellence in the Arts; Brian Owens, Excellence in the Arts; Lynne and Jim Turley, Excellence in Philanthropy; Antionette Carroll, Arts Innovator; “Such Sweet Thunder” presented by St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Nine Network of Public Media, Jazz St. Louis and The Big Muddy Dance Company, Arts Collaboration; James McKay Jr., Jennings School District, Art Educator of the Year; and John Nickel, 30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award. Live performances will include the Red and Black Brass Band, who paraded through St. Louis neighborhoods bringing joy amid COVID-19; vocalist Denise Thimes, 2015 Excellence in the Arts recipient, and the Denise Thimes Ensemble; and Brian Owens, 2021 Excellence in the Arts honoree, with young artists of the Life Creative Group. Kranzberg Arts Foundation (KAF), owner and operator of The Big Top, has delighted St. Louis audiences with safe, in-person events since August 2020. KAF works directly with the City of St. Louis Health Department to exceed health and safety recommendations that will ensure the comfort and confidence of our St. Louis Arts Awards honorees, guests and staff. Proceeds benefit the Arts and Education Council, supporting programs and services that reach more than 70
Entertanment to include (clockwise from top): Red and Black Brass Band, vocalist Denise Thimes and the Denise Thimes Ensemble; and Brian Owens (center), with young artists of the Life Creative Group.
arts and arts education organizations impacting 1.6 million people throughout the 16-county, bi-state region.
PRESENTING SPONSOR
To learn more about the 2021 St. Louis Arts Awards and to make a tribute gift in honor of one of the honorees visit KeepArtHappening.org/2021ArtsAwards.
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2021 St. Louis Arts Awards Sponsors PRESENTING SPONSOR
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS
JAMES MCKAY JR. ART EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD SPONSOR
AWARD SPONSOR
Nancy and Ken Kranzberg
ANTIONETTE CARROLL ARTS INNOVATOR AWARD SPONSOR
GIFT SPONSOR PRODUCTION SPONSOR STAGE AND ENTERTAINMENT SPONSOR
Barbara Bushman-Goodman
PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS
Lynne and Jim Turley EVENT HOSTS
MAJOR BENEFACTORS
TRIBUTES
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Lewis The Muny Christy and John Nickel Sheldon Arts Foundation Switch Webster University David P. Weiss, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, P.C.
In honor of Amy Kaiser Mary A. Balmer Spencer Burke Nancy Galvin Mont Levy Brenda Melson Susan Slaughter Sissy and Ted Thomas
TABLE SPONSORS
In honor of Lynne and Jim Turley Terry Schnuck
Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation Jeffrey Carter, M.D. Curtis Cassel Confluence Academy HOK Mike Isaacson and Joe Ortmeyer Kristin Johnson Saint Louis Art Museum St. Louis Shakespeare Festival
PATRONS Kim and Tim Eberlein Sharonica Hardin-Bartley, PhD. Pam and Jim Krekeler Ken Page Pat and Ken Schutte Kathryn and Richard Winter Franklin F. Wallis Emily Rauh Pulitzer
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In honor of Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd Mary Steenberge Janelle Velten In honor of Brian Owens Janice Seele Wendy Williams Russell Jackson In honor of “Such Sweet Thunder” Mont Levy Terry Schnuck Russell Jackson In honor of John Nickel Gregory Diekemper Jim and Pam Krekeler Mont Levy James Lyle Katelin Nickel Terry Schnuck Mary Steenberge
Kim and Tim Eberlein Cheri and Ron Fromm Barb and Dave Gifford Terrance Good Gary Hall and Sandy Blasingame Ken Haller, M.D. Sharonica Hardin-Bartley, PhD. Nancy and Ken Kranzberg Pam and Jim Krekeler Linda and Paul Lee Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Lewis Lisa Melandri Christy and John Nickel Vanessa Okwuraiwe Penny Pennington and Mike Fidler Emily Rauh Pulitzer Paul Reuter and Janet Brown Stephanie Riven Terry Schnuck Pat and Ken Schutte Caren A. Vredenburgh Franklin F. Wallis Marian Nunn and Thomas Wendel Kathryn and Richard Winter
PRODUCTION COMMITTEE Amanda Aschinger Curtis Cassel Naretha Hopson Linda Lee Debbie Marshall John Nickel Andréa Purnell Paul Reuter Paul Steger Caren A. Vredenburgh Chris Weddle
GRANTS:
T
hanks to the generous support
tributed, generated by the organiza-
of our donors the Arts and
tion. Funding for this grant opportunity
Education Council was able to
is made possible through the Arts and
award $247,000 in Operating Support
Education Council’s annual campaign,
Grants for 14 arts organizations across
which pools together resources from
our bi-state region. The arts are inte-
individual, corporate and foundation
gral to the social, civic and economic
contributions across our region. The
well-being and vitality of our region.
2020-2021 Operating Support Grant
As we work through the immediate and
recipients are (in alphabetical order):
severe impact on the financial health
n
The Black Rep
of our arts sector that the COVID-19
n
Cinema St. Louis
pandemic has caused, the Arts and
n
Classic 107.3 (Radio Arts Foundation)
Education Council is pleased to con-
n COCA
tinue this funding to organizations that
Photo courtesy Craft Alliance.
Your gifts support arts organizations across our region
n
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
n
Craft Alliance
n
Jazz St. Louis
n
Laumeier Sculpture Park
n
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
n
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
and programs of eligible organizations.
n
Sheldon Arts Foundation
whose generosity through this difficult
These grants are intended to supplement
n
St. Louis Shakespeare Festival
time has made it possible for us to pro-
other revenue, both earned and con-
n
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
vide needed unrestricted operating
n
STAGES St. Louis
funds to these organizations. Making
demonstrably advance the mission of ensuring access to an excellent, diverse and sustainable cultural community. The Operating Support Grant program provides unrestricted funding in the general operations, administration
Malaika Tolford creating art for Craft Alliance’s exhibition Treasure & Tarnish Heinrich Schliemann & the Age of Heroes.
“We are grateful for our donors,
unrestricted investments in our arts organizations is about ensuring access Photo courtesy Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
to an excellent, diverse and sustainable arts and cultural community,” said Cynthia P. Davis, Arts and Education Council director of grants and programs.
Grant applications were reviewed by
a volunteer panel from the Arts and Education Council board of directors and evaluated based on community impact, particularly how the organization supports the goals of the Elements of a Vibrant Community, and organizational capacity to drive sustained impact in the community. These organizations demonstrate how the arts can foster innovation, inspire youth, build bridges between cultures, energize communities, forge connections and enrich lives.
These organizations are among
more than 70 organizations across the bi-state region that benefit from Arts and Education Council grants and programs. Two of Opera Theatre’s Gerdine Young Artists perform in the annual Center Stage concert.
To read more grantee stories visit our blog at KeepArtHappening.org/Blog. 7
GRANTS:
Ten organizations awarded operating support microgrants
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he Arts and Education Council
The following organizations have been
awarded 10 organizations a
awarded Bayer Creative Impact Fund
total of $20,000 in unrestricted
Recovery Microgrants (in alpha-betical
Company to continue offering arts
order):
education programs so that members in
operating support through the Bayer Creative Impact Fund Recovery
n
Art Saint Louis to ensure their
Greening in the St. Louis region. n
Consuming Kinetics Dance
our region can continue to enjoy dance. Equally Represented Arts (ERA)
Microgrant Program. These grants,
gallery remains open, while creating
underwritten by Bayer, support arts
and presenting original exhibitions,
to support artists’ stipends as they
organizations in the bi-state area that
providing educational programming
work to finish a radio play and remount
demonstrate immediate need due to
and supporting services aimed at
a livestreamed production of a previ-
the ongoing challenges presented by
cultivating and celebrating the art of
ous hit “Never Let Go”.
the COVID-19 pandemic.
our region.
Many small arts nonprof-its in the bi-
n
Chamber Project St. Louis to
n
n
Goshen Theatre Project to utilize
the funding for show licensing and roy-
state region are struggling due to the
partner with Gateway Greening, a
alties and to forge new creative solutions for safe performances.
COVID-19 pandemic. Pro-gramming and
nearly 40-year-old nonprofit that
revenue streams of these organizations
educates and empowers individuals
have been drastically reduced in
through gardening and urban agricul-
duction of “The Wizard of Oz” was
response to regulations limiting
ture, to bring music to some of the
scheduled to open on March 18, 2020
attendance and other factors.
200+ gardens created by Gateway
when they had to press pause. With a
n
Ignite Theatre Company’s pro-
streaming-production underway, Ignite will honor the tickets that were purPhoto provided.
chased for the 2020 live performance with complimentary streaming tickets for the production. n
La Voûte, a color guard presenter,
to access facilities large enough for rehearsal space and to pro-vide necessary color guard equipment for performers. n
R-S Theatrics to return to live
performance with a one-person production in October 2021. n
St. Louis Osuwa Taiko, a commu-
nity driven ensemble that celebrates the Japanese art of taiko drumming through education and performance, to support rent and other payments so they can gather and practice. n
The Macoupin Art Collective will
continue community outreach, offering a free summer arts program to our community, while employing a local art instructor for 8 weeks of instruction offered outside in our outdoor space. To learn more about the Arts and Education Council’s grant programs visit KeepArtHappening.org/Grants.
In 2019, ERA presented “Never Let Go A One-Woman Titanic Parody” with Rachel Tibbetts.
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GRANTS:
$40,000 awarded to 11 organizations for programs impacting our community
T
also building a sense of community and
he Arts and Education Council has awarded $40,000 in PNC
belonging.
Program Grants to 15 organiza-
Prison Performing Arts’ Learning
tions (listed below in alphabetical
Through the Arts offers year-round
order). PNC Program Grants, under-
performing arts classes to youth and
written by the PNC Foundation, pro-
young adults, ages 12-24, who are cur-
vide merit-based grants for arts and
rently in prison or detention facilities
education programs that address com-
with the goal of creating opportunities
munity needs. Bach Society of Saint Louis’ Finding
for them to reveal their talents, intelli-
Your Voice Educational Video Series
their families and the wider community.
will expand their educational reach
through providing free content in an
Development Corporation’s
engaging series of videos that intro-
Imagination Creates Expression sup-
duce children and youth to different
ports youth in the North Corridor of St.
gence and humanity to themselves, Riverview West Florissant
singers’ stories and musical materials
Louis City using their voices in the com-
they might not otherwise be able to
munity in which they live through verbal
experience in an in-person classroom. Bread and Roses Missouri’s Workers’
Theater Project strives to make theater
ent It Was All Very Queer, a national
more accessible to work-ers and their
juried exhibition examining contempo-
families, broaden who partakes in artistic expression and wel-come working-class St Louis into artis-tic spaces by using theater to examine and
and written expression.
“¡Vota Aqui!” was created by Erika Valenzuela, a St. Louis artist through Creative Reaction Lab’s Artwork for Equity program in 2020.
discuss the political and economic
The St. Louis Artists Guild will pres-
rary queer artists residing within the United States. The show will examine contemporary queer artists’ work which investigates identity, social norms, inclusivity and the celebration
landscape of the region, getting to
tering and uplifting these youth voices
the roots of the poverty and inequity
and promoting their artwork as a
in St. Louis. Circus Harmony’s Architecture and
means of enacting social justice.
Literary Magazine empowers high
Acrobats teaches young people to be
ARTrepreneur and Midtown Radio
entrepreneurs and leaders through
creative artists as they choreograph
Production Programs leverage the arts
online and print publishing. Through
and perform site specific shows that
to teach our students entrepreneurship,
the publication process, students build
bring the arts to neighborhoods.
brand development and media produc-
literacy, web and graphic design, mar-
Throughout the process they’ll work
tion. Students learn how to write, pro-
keting, printmaking, event planning and
with neighborhood organizations and
duce and perform their own music, ulti-
leadership skills.
those interested in the history of the
mately learning how to create valuable
region to ensure accurate storytelling
media projects that can be used to
Louis’ 2021 Tennessee Williams
and community engagement. Creative Reaction Lab’s Artwork for
inspire the community and serve as a
Festival highlights the works of the St.
tool to promote social justice in St.
Louis native and Pulitzer Prize-winning
Equity Advocacy Campaign, which was
Louis.
playwright through multidisciplinary arts
launched in 2017 in recognition of the
United Nation’s International Day of
Music Camps cater to a broad range of
Elimination of Racial Discrimination, will
skill levels, including age-specific
programs and for other arts activities and
address the decline in arts education
camps that provide students with edu-
performances, visit our Arts Calendar at
among Black and Latinx youth by cen-
cationally appropriate material while
KeepArtHappening.org/Calendar.
Midtown Community Services
Pianos for People’s Free Summer
of being queer. St. Louis Poetry Center’s Outside
school students as writers, artists,
Tennessee Williams Festival St.
events including “The Glass Menagerie”. To participate in some of these
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PROGRAMS:
Join us for Catalyst Conversations on June 15
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ou’re invited to Catalyst Conversations: The Business of Art with Soul Shed University Founder JerMarco Britton as he highlights his experience of making a living and creating business in the arts. This conversation will be hosted by Arts and Education Council Manager of Grants and Programs Jessireé Jenkins. Following the conversation, join us for a virtual Soul Shed University Jam Session!
Catalyst Conversations is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Catalyst Conversations: The Business of Art is June 15 at 6:30 p.m. Register at KeepArtHappening.org/Conversations.
JerMarco Britton
2020 Law Firm Campaign Challenge trophy awarded
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he Arts and Education Council awarded the sixth annual Law Firm Campaign Challenge Trophy to Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Each year, law firms across the region compete for the trophy designed by Jes Koopitske of Third Degree Glass Factory. The award is given to the campaign that had the largest percentage increase in contributions compared to the previous year. For more information about hosting a workplace giving campaign, visit KeepArtHappening.org/Workplace-Giving.
Bryan Cave Leighton Pasiner Partners Eric Martin and Brendan Johnson, who is also an Arts and Education Council board member, with Arts and Education Council Director of Development Jessie Youngblood. 10
Melanie Brasier
Susan Coatar
Arts and Education Council welcomes two new board members This April, the Arts and Education Council welcomed Melanie Brazier of U.S. Bank and Susan Coatar of Centene Corporation to the board of directors. Melanie Brasier, SVP Relationship Manager in Commercial Banking at U.S. Bank has 37 years of experience in the financial service industry with the past 20 years serving Commercial Banking clients. In her role as Relationship Manager, she serves as a trusted advisor to a large portfolio of business enterprises. She is currently involved with the St. Louis Treasury Management Association, Association for Financial Professionals, United Way Women’s Leadership Society and has served on the Women’s Foundation St. Louis — Grant Allocation Committee and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Mo — Development Committee. Susan Coatar, Vice President and Chief of Staff of Centene Corporation works with leaders across Centene to accelerate strategic enterprise initiatives and manages key external relationships, including the World Economic Forum and Business Roundtable. Susan joined Centene in 2016, through the Enterprise Internship Program. During her tenure, she has worked in Ethics and Compliance for Home State Health and the Centene Corporate office. Prior to Centene, she worked at the St. Louis Regional Health Commission and served as a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs. Susan holds a J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law and bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Spanish from the University of California, Los Angeles. To learn more about the Arts and Education Council’s board of directors, visit KeepArtHappening.org/Board.
Circle of Giving
Centene Center for the Arts 3547 Olive Street St. Louis, MO 63103-1014 p 314.289.4000
February 2021 – April 15, 2021 $10,000 - $24,999 Ameren Corporation Louis D. Beaumont Fund Emerson PNC Foundation U.S. Bank $5,000 - $9,999 Lynne and Jim Turley $2,500 - $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Burkett Mr. Curtis W. Cassel and Dr. Robert Lehman Mrs. Janet W. Newcomb Spry Digital LLC $1,000 - $2,499 City of St. Louis Clayton School District Mrs. Cassandra Y. Conner Mr. Kendall D. Coyne Mrs. Kay K. Drey Edward Jones Mr. Terrance J. Good Mr. and Mrs. David M. Hohman Linda and Paul Lee Ms. Deborah Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Charles Okwuraiwe Ms. Emily Rauh Pulitzer
Rockwood School District Mrs. Alice Sargent St. Louis Development United Way of Greater St. Louis Caren Vredenburgh Webster University Mr. David P. Weiss Mr. Keith T. Williams $500 - $999 Ms. Marina Allen Dr. Janet P. Brown Mrs. Kathleen T. Brown Dr. Jeffrey R. Carter COCA–Center of Creative Arts Mr. Keith E. Goerss Ms. Kathleen Goodman Kenneth A. Haller, Jr., M.D. Mr. Russell Jackson, Esq. Ms. Amy L. Kaiser Ms. Mary C. McHugh Dr. Julia K. Muller and Mr. Earl K. Shreckengast David Obedin and Clare Davis Mr. Paul K. Reuter and Dr. Janet P. Brown Ms. Susan J. Slaughter Mr. Nick Smegner St. Louis County Government Mr. and Mrs. James M. Willock Mr. Launders Wince II
2021 Board of Directors CHAIR Caren Vredenburgh CHAIR ELECT Curtis Cassel VICE CHAIRS Terrance J. Good Jeffrey Carter, M.D. SECRETARY Nicole Hudson TREASURER Deanna Hohman MEMBERS Mark C. Anderson Susan Block Melanie Brasier
Sara B. Burke Sheila Burkett Jeffrey Carter, M.D. Chris Cedergreen Susan Coatar Kendall Coyne Chris Dornfeld Terrance J. Good Jason Hall Ken Haller, M.D. Naretha Hopson C. Brendan Johnson Kenneth Kranzberg Linda Lee Debbie Marshall Margaret McDonald Mary McHugh
Neuka B. Mitchell Janet Newcomb Kit Sundararaman Solomon Thurman, Jr. David P. Weiss Keith Tyrone Williams LIFETIME BOARD MEMBERS Len Eschbach Barbara B. Goodman EX-OFFICIO Cynthia A. Prost, President and CEO Anita Hansen, Young Friends of the Arts President
Young Friends of the Arts Board PRESIDENT Anita Hansen
SECRETARY Anthony Omosule
VICE PRESIDENT Rebecca Punselie
TREASURER Carla Johnson
MEMBERS Andrew Pandji Alexandra Schenk Adam Stanley Allison Zuck
Staff
Tributes In honor of Amy Kaiser Mary A. Balmer Spencer Burke Nancy Galvin Mont Levy Brenda Melson Susan Slaughter Sissy and Ted Thomas
In honor of “Such Sweet Thunder” Mont Levy Terry Schnuck Mr. Russell Jackson, Esq. In honor of John Nickel Gregory Diekemper Pam and Jim Krekeler Mont Levy James Lyle Katelin Nickel Terry Schnuck Mary Steenberge
In honor of Lynne and Jim Turley Terry Schnuck In honor of Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd Mary Steenberge Janelle Velten In honor of Brian Owens Janice Seele Wendy Williams Mr. Russell Jackson, Esq.
In honor of Anne and Richard Witzofsky Mrs. Colleen Murray In honor of Sara Pandolfi Mr. Nicholas Pandolfi
To make your gift to the Arts and Education Council, visit KeepArtHappening.org or contact Jessie Youngblood, director of development, at 314.289.4009 or Jessie-Y@KeepArtHappening.org. Peter H. Bunce* • Ann M. Corrigan Joseph E. Corrigan • Barbara Grace* Shirley A. Heiman • Karen J. Isbell James A. Krekeler • Glenn Sheffield* Judith Cozad Smith • Jane Stamper* Trust Michael W. Weisbrod • David P. Weiss
PRESIDENT AND CEO Cynthia A. Prost DIRECTOR OF GRANTS AND PROGRAMS Cynthia P. Davis DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Jessie Youngblood MARKETING MANAGER Andie Murphy
CAMPAIGN AND EVENTS MANAGER Rhiannon Chavez
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Cayla Wagner
DATABASE AND ONLINE GIVING MANAGER Tonya Hahne
OPERATIONS SUPPORT Kathy Tate
MANAGER OF GRANTS AND PROGRAMS Jessireé Jenkins
KATHERINE DUNHAM FELLOW Amaya Wallace
*Boards and staff as of April 30, 2021
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Intercultural Music Initiative Open Studio Network Prison Performing Arts SATE Sharon Hunter Productions Soul Shed University St. Louis Classical Guitar Upstream Theater YoungLiars
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