Annual Report 2020–2021

ANNUAL REPORT

2020 & 2021

Shannon Mykins

Director of Development

P: 203.498.3760

E: smykins@artidea.org

Front Cover Photography by: Leigh Busby

Dear Friend,

For 26 years, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas has produced programming that celebrates and supports Greater New Haven and beyond. The Festival engages hundreds of artists and speakers who live in and around New Haven, as well as artists from throughout the world, to practice their craft, connect with audiences, and celebrate their part in the cultural fabric of our city.

Arts & Ideas is also a collaborator in education and arts training. The Festival Fellowship program, in partnership with Gateway Community College, provides mentorship and resources for New Haven public high school students to establish a foundation in arts administration. Since the program’s inception, more than 50 students have leveraged their participation in the program to secure jobs in the arts.

Our community is everything. Throughout the last year, we have stepped up our examination of our practices as an organization committed not just to the conversation but to the manifestation of racial and social justice. This work is a generations-long commitment undertaken in partnership, and I’m grateful to be part of a community and an organization that understands the power of that mission.

As we celebrate how far we have come, we recognize the vision of our founders Roslyn Meyer, Anne Calabresi, and Jean Handley. As we imagine the future, I am confident that the International Festival of Arts & Ideas is ready to embrace the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Geballe, Board Chair

Dear Friend,

I was drawn to the International Festival of Arts & Ideas by its community-based and globally connected vision. The Festival’s programming invites us to imagine a bolder world, to put conversations of equity and inclusion into practice, and to celebrate our shared humanity through creative expression.

The COVID-19 pandemic tested the very foundation of what makes the Festival, the Festival. Our question became: How can we fulfill our mission to connect people when everyone must be apart?

In 2020, we reinvented the Festival, launching a two-month virtual exploration of the power of arts and the theme of Democracy. More than 120,000 people from throughout the world participated in 200+ events. In 2021, we celebrated the reopening of our community with in-person Green programming and in-person tours and food events, complemented by a wide variety of virtual programming. The nearly 250 events—more than 95% free and open to the public—featured artists who are also change agents. They brought new perspectives to our work, helping us shape the Festival’s renewed focus on building relationships, advancing racial justice, and bringing new voices to the stage while exemplifying world-class art.

Our programming during these turbulent years has served as a hyper-example of what we strive to do every day: offer a means of connection, celebration, and hope. We can’t do it without each and every one of you.

Executive Director

Gordon

Gordon Geballe

Shelley Quiala

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to create an internationally renowned festival in New Haven of the highest quality, with worldclass artists, thinkers and leaders, attracting and engaging a broad and diverse audience, celebrating and building community and advancing economic development.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas is created and produced on the traditional lands of the Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Niantic, and the Quinnipiac, in the land we all call home, Connecticut. We hope that from wherever you are—you take a moment to to acknowledge and honor the native people whose lands you are on, and the history of the place you are in.

Visit native-land.ca to learn more.

ANTI-RACISM COMMITMENTS

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas recognizes that solidarity is more than just words, and in our commitment to anti-racism we pledge to take action to decenter white voices and dismantle white supremacy. We pledge to acknowledge what we do not yet know and to continue learning and we will develop a channel of direct communication with our communities to ensure that we are held accountable in this vital work.

Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Artist: Bassel and The Supernaturals, Photo: Leigh Busby

2020 & 2021: THE FESTIVAL, REIMAGINED

The 2020 and 2021 seasons proved to be festivals of agility, innovation, and transformation. Just as the programming was finalized in March, COVID-19 shut down the country and the Festival joined our peers locally and nationally in jettisoning in-person events. During this time of fear and uncertainty, the arts became all the more vital as an anchor in hope and community. We honored all extant seasonal contracts and pivoted to create a two-month-long, all-digital Festival with 200+ events. The 25th season, 2020, was very different from its original vision, but became so much more significant as we found a way to gather virtually, earning us the moniker the “little Festival that could” (Politic).

The following year, we built upon the successes of 2020 to develop a Festival that combined virtual programming with the return to in-person concerts, kicked off by an aweinspiring performance by Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Under the leadership and vision of Shelley Quiala and Malakhi Eason, we showcased new-to-the-Festival art forms like hair art presented live with on-stage sculptural, high-fashion renditions of Black hair styles, and an inaugural Drag Show on the mainstage.

Throughout these past two years, the Festival experienced dramatic changes with new leadership, new visions, and new horizons. Here are just a few highlights from these dynamic seasons.

BIG IDEAS

The 2020 Ideas programming, themed around “democracy,” streamed live online from around the world and right here in New Haven. Author and politico Anand Giridharadas , philosophers Todd May and Pamela Hieronymi, advisors on the hit show The Good Place blended ethics and pop culture. We continuously revisited the Ideas programming to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and other pressing issues that rose to the community’s attention, like the murder of George Floyd which led us to bring together local leaders and nationally renowned journalists, activists, and artists to address these timely issues and to reckon with the enduring legacy of slavery in our community, including

Pulitzer Prize winner and creator of the 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah Jones.

In 2021, we continued to build on these conversations with an Ideas series that imagined new worlds and different ways of being with 18 talks. Activists explored mutual aid and gratitude in panels with Raven Amandla Blake, executive director of Love Fed New Haven; Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza; and the Narrative Project’s founder & president Mercy Quaye . Audiences considered the urban form in an international panel on the “15-minute city” and contemplated radical futures in a panel featuring the awardwinning musician Toshi Reagon in conversation with activist and writer Walidah Imarisha and New Haven’s own Hanifa Nayo Washington

EXPLORING STORIES

At the Festival, we love a good story. For many years, we have been proud to lead New Haven’s NEA Big Read to broaden understanding through shared readership, in partnership with the New Haven Free Public Library and others throughout the community. The 2020 NEA Big Read invited readers into poet Stephanie Burt’s collection Advice from the Lights, a deep dive into gender and identity that prompts readers to consider the question: how do any of us achieve adulthood? We programmed Ideas events that tied into the book’s themes, as well as an author Q&A with Burt, and partnered with the New Haven Pride Center to host panels on trans identity and the New Haven Free Public Library to stage read-alouds of children’s books featuring gender-non-conforming characters. These events sparked deep discussion of how we construct our identities.

The 2021 NEA Big Read selection, National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo ’s compelling poetry volume An American Sunrise , continued the exploration of identity and the Indigenous experience of living on land stolen from your ancestors. Under the guidance of three local Indigenous leaders, we developed a suite

Anand Giridharadas

Alicia Garza

of complementary programming that included Indigenous cooking workshops with Brian Yazzie and Rachel Sayet and Ideas panels on Indigenous climate futures and Indigenous writers. We also hosted a conversation with Harjo and awardwinning Indigenous theater-maker Madeline Sayet , who performed and wrote Where We Belong, a one-woman show depicting Sayet’s experiences studying Shakespeare on the verge of Brexit and grappling with the legacies of colonialism.

Storytelling is another component of our commitment to good stories, with performances, workshops, and a “Story SLAM” during Festival 2021, featuring both national and local voices across disciplines of storytelling. Founding member of the Last Poets, Abiodun Oyewole, performed and led audiences in a poetry workshop, while New London’s Poet Laureate AnUrbanNerd flowed over beats by DJ LuxPro during our Arts for Labor Sunday Vibe concert.

CREATIVE COLLABORATION

The Festival brought Broadway to New Haven with choreographers Larry Keigwin and Nicole Wolcott , whose workshop “Let’s Make a Dance” invited audiences to collaborate and perform a co-created dance. Activist Songbook , facilitated by Aaron Jafferis and Byron Au Yong, led audiences to blend voice and melody to create a unique protest song. After beginning the process of both in person in fall 2019, the shift to virtual programming caused these artists adapted their work to Zoom, offering new ways for Festival audiences to connect with art, and each other. Other artists used the shift to virtual as an opportunity for a new kind of engagement. Director Karin Coonrod’s Compagnia de’ Colombari also leveraged Zoom to create boundaryless international theater in which company members participated from throughout the world in More or Less I Am, a dramatic recitation of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself.” Aired on-demand to Festival audiences, this piece

was also shared with people incarcerated at Riker’s Island—a new boundary and new connection for the Festival.

COMING HOME TO THE GREEN

The popular Arts on Call program gave people throughout Greater New Haven an opportunity to book artists on the Festival’s website to perform in socially distanced outdoor locations. In a time where live performances were nearly nonexistent, this brought much-needed income directly to artists—$9,900+ in 2020 and $5,500+ in 2021. In May 2021 the rising scaffold of the Green elicited excitement and a feeling of homecoming after the Festival stage’s 2020 hiatus —we could gather again safely at our performance home. The Festival welcomed to the Green luminary artists like jazz phenomenon Grace Kelly, Ronald K Brown and EVIDENCE: A Dance Company, and hometown heroes Movimento Cultural and Thabisa Rich We were also thrilled to host both Long Wharf Theatre and New Haven Symphony Orchestra to host a small taste of the work these preeminent organizations and long-time Festival partners have been doing while their venues have been dark. And—for the first time—we were able to bring the magic of the Green to households around the world: nearly all 2021 in-person Festival events on the Green were live-streamed to the global audience cultivated in 2020, allowing us to reach new audiences and for our work to be accessible to all.

CELEBRATING NEW ART

The Festival is proud to continue our legacy of challenging traditional norms of performance. The Festival first brought the high art of drag to the mainstage on the green, capping off Festival 2021’s live performances with a drag show. In partnership with the New Haven Pride Center, the Legend Drag Show celebrated LGBTQ+ history by the decade and introduced the royalty of the local drag scene, including Bubbles, one of New Haven’s first drag artists.

More or Less I Am byCompagnia de’ Colombari

Artist: Wynton Marsalis, Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Hair Show, Photo: Leigh Busby

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

The Festival collaborated with New Haven communities to develop vibrant Neighborhood Festivals, virtual in 2020 and 2021. Dixwell and The Hill hosted festivals in 2020, and in 2021 West Rock/West Hills and Newhallville joined their neighbors with their own festivals. Artists ranging from dance ensembles like MegaHurtz Entertainment to musical powerhouses like Chris “Big Dog” Davis celebrated home on our virtual stage.

In 2020, we celebrated our community artists on a national stage by partnering with the Kennedy Center and the Autorino Center to produce “Celebrating New Haven,” an installment of Arts Across America that featured artists including Chris “Big Dog” Davis, Aleecya Foreman, Manny James, Rahsaan Langley, and Rohn Lawrence. The Kennedy Center broadcast the event on its site and across social media to an audience of thousands around the country.

The Festival helped usher in a return to live performing arts for many in our community. In a survey we conducted this year, more than 50% of audience members listed 2021, the year of Imagine, as their first in-person performances of the COVID-19 pandemic, and nearly every evening on the Green sold out on preshow reservations. Picnic spreads dotted the Green from socially distanced pods every night. The “Imagine” theme invited audiences not only to gather safely and experience the Festival, but to imagine together.

KEEPING THE MUSIC GOING

The Arts for Labor weekend, in 2021, honored frontline workers and celebrated those who continue to show up for the community throughout the pandemic. Featuring two days of performances as well as a mobile vaccination clinic, Arts for Labor brought to the stage Durand Bernarr and a lineup of local legends like Dawn Tallman and New London’s Poet Laureate AnUrbanNerd (Josh Brown) along with Ecuador’s accordion virtuoso Paco Godoy, and NYC’s Kennedy Administration

Artists: Dawn Tallman & Paco Godoy, Photo: Leigh Busby

Artists: Manny James, Thabisa, John the Violonist, Corey Staggz Sax, & Chris “Big Dog” Davis

Photo: Joel Callaway, Thabisa Photo : Fernando Payano

Artist: Salwa Abdussabur,

Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Artist: Grace Kelly, Photo: Leigh Busby

Artists: Movimiento Cultural, Photo: Leigh Busby

Q&A WITH MALAKHI EASON

DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY IMPACT

Throughout the last year, Malakhi Eason has brought a distinctive exuberance and a fresh vision to the Festival with innovative programming ranging from an Ideas talk on hair art to a drag show featuring New Haven legends. Here, Malakhi takes us behind the curtain of his creative process.

One of your key initiatives has been to introduce new art forms to the Festival. Why?

I often hear people say, “I’m not creative; I don’t have an artsy bone in my body.” But I think everything that you do is art! When you create a look, that’s art. When you make a drink with layers of colors and a little cherry on top, that’s art. Art is all around us—even our refrigerators are art; someone produced the design and functionality. I’m a licensed hairstylist and my art has always been hair. We don’t often think of hair as art, so I wanted to focus on this art form in 2021 because hair art has history, it’s visual, it has texture. It is important to expose people to other worlds and to address the ways that hair artistry has cultural and political roots.

Why is inclusivity important?

I like moving into spaces where I feel welcome. There are so many opportunities in the world to be excluded; if you’re not in the right social bracket, the right crowd, with the right opportunities. I believe arts experiences should be limitless. Everybody should have access to and feel welcome at the Festival. We are all in this together.

How do you mix your own artistry as a musician and hairstylist with your work at the Festival?

I actually don’t mix them. The singer-performer side of Malakhi is my free and very artsy side. I use a different, but equally creative, part of my brain as a programmer. I’m blessed to have a creative mind in my job so I can think outside the box, solve problems, work with people, mix and mingle, and make it happen.

Malakhi RL Eason II brings more than 15 years of arts administration experience to the Festival. Originally from Boston, he was most recently Programming Manager at Omaha Performing Arts, where he curated the expansive Jazz on the Green Series, ranging from intimate cabaret performances to outdoor concerts. Malakhi was formerly a background singer for touring artists while living in Los Angeles, CA.

When people think of Festival programming with you at the helm, what do you hope people will think of?

I want audiences to think it’s fresh and creative and to leave with experiences they’d never experienced before. When audiences think of the Festival, I hope they know they’re going to get something unlike any other festival they ever been to. I want it to affirm their own artistic passions and stretch them to have experiences that are unexpected.

A graduate of University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, CT, he earned a Masters of Arts in Leadership from Grace University and is currently working on a Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Leadership from Creighton University. Malakhi has also served in many positions that convey his passion for service and youth mentorship; he encourages young people to find their passions. Malakhi is an active member of numerous organizations, including the Lincoln, NE, Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc; Lambda Pi Eta (National Honors Society); and the NAACP. In his free time, he loves to travel, write songs, eat at great restaurants, and spend time with family and friends.

Malakhi RL Eason II

The Festival’s audience has expanded dramatically throughout the last two years as we transitioned to a virtual stage in 2020 and a hybrid in-person and virtual programming model in 2021. The shift to virtual programming enabled the Festival to simultaneously engage a wider swath of the New Haven community and a global audience in groundbreaking art and timely conversations. While in past years, the Festival focused on drawing international artists to New Haven, our virtual stage allowed us to explore what it means for the Festival to bring New Haven to the world. As we imagine 2022, we aim to engage—and expand!—our audience both here in Connecticut and globally so audiences who are unable to make it to Downtown New Haven can still be part of a live arts experience happening in real time.

FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM SETS SIGHTS ON GROWTH & INTEGRATION

Young people in New Haven faced unprecedented challenges and disruption in 2020. The Festival was grateful to be there for the students in the 11th cohort of the Arts & Ideas High School Fellowship Program.

Originally designed to take place at Gateway Community College with a focus on arts administration, the program instead gathered 10 students on Zoom each week to connect and explore the ever-shifting realities brought by COVID—with oneanother, with community leaders and artists who stepped in to help, and with students across the world, thanks to a partnership with Yale China.

Using their newfound filmmaking and song making skills and the confinements of distance learning, the Fellows learned to shape their voices to stand up as budding artist-activists. Using their collective voice, our Fellows produced their final virtual town hall on topics ranging from youth empowerment and dual identity to cultural representation, body positivity, feminism, racism, and immigration.

Based on our successes and witnessing a continued need to engage high school aged youth in New Haven, the Festival hosted 10 Fellows virtually during the 2021 Spring semester and furthered its commitment to youth by creating the Arts & Ideas Summer Intensive, a 7-week summer program at District Arts & Education in New Haven.

Throughout the summer, students participated in field trips including to Escape New Haven and the Brooklyn Museum and received instruction in film, storytelling, visual art, and web design. The program culminated with capstone projects: the students wrote, edited, and shot an original short film, created an original painting, and launched a website.

Through these programs, the Festival Fellowship coteachers Hanan Hameen and Julius Stone, and our partners encourages New Haven’s youth to be social agents of change in the world.

“I was blessed to be on such an adventure with amazing people who are inspired to do great things. The experience has left a significant impact on my future goals and skills.”

Christopher Cazarin 2021 Fellow & AISI Student

“I am leaving our time together with a greater understanding of who I am and the world around me, as well as the possibilities it holds. I now have more confidence in myself, my ideas, and my work. Thank you for the opportunities, wisdom, and sense of community you have given me. I’m so grateful to have such awesome people in my life and for the lifelong connections I have made through this program.”

Skylar Takacs

2021 Fellow & AISI Student

Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

SUPPORTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY

When our city was shut down in the Spring of 2020, we reached out to our locally based restaurant partners that make our city so special. Our question: How can we use our combined creativity to highlight New Haven’s culinary excellence and keep people working? This led to a robust virtual food series, featuring restaurants including Ordinary , 116 Crown , Sanctuary Kitchen, and ZINC . The series welcomed half a dozen home chefs and generated more than $35,000 in revenue which went directly to our restaurant partners.

The virtual events were such a success that we continued them into 2021, while also returning to in-person outdoor food events to bring people back Downtown. Through these food events, partnerships with Shops at Yale and Market New Haven, and the return of programming on the Green, according to a study conducted by Quinnipiac University our Festival proudly generated more than $1.5 million in local economic impact in June 2021.

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES

Nothing we do would be possible without the partnership of organizations who share our mission and values. Among these is the CT Humanities who has been a supporter and thought partner for more than 25 years.

In 2020, CT Humanities was instrumental in supporting our reinvestment in the Festival’s Ideas series to ensure that our programming was thought-provoking, relevant and responsive. They stood beside the Festival as we pivoted to present our Ideas series virtually in response to COVID-19, helping us explore new ways to reach an even broader audience.

Our partnership with CT Humanities extends beyond funding. Their support throughout the last two years has helped the Festival access a statewide wealth of knowledge and connections in museums, historians, and authors as we seek

to grow the Ideas program to reach the same national and international profile as our artistic presentations while still staying grounded in our home state of Connecticut.

“Our partnership with Arts and Ideas has become a model for our work with other organizations,” says Jason Mancini, executive director of CT Humanities . “I appreciate the shared collaborative spirit and applaud the festival team in their commitment to increasing accessibility to their events as they offer opportunities for individuals and the community to engage with contemporary issues.”

Ideas Series by the Numbers 2020: 10 events, 25+ speakers 2021: 15 events, 50+ speakers 36,300+ attendees in 2020 and 2021

Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

CORPORATE DONORS

FY 2020 & FY 2021

MARQUEE SPONSORS

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

AARP

ACES Education Foundation

Aldo DeDominicis Foundation

All American Waste Bank of America

Canal Crossing at Whitneyville West Carolyn Foundation

Consulate General of Israel to New England

David T. Langrock Foundation

Elizabethan Club of Yale University

Ethel and Abe Lapides Foundation, Inc.

Gateway Community College

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Jana Foundation, Inc.

Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven Koskoff, Koskoff, & Bieder

L. Suzio York Hill Companies

Liberty Bank Foundation

New England Foundation for the Arts NewAlliance Foundation

People’s United Bank Seabury At Home Seedlings Foundation

Southern Connecticut State University

Target

Technolutions

The Eucalyptus Foundation

The Wine Thief

Webster Bank Whitney Center Whole Foods

Woman’s Seamen’s Friend Society of Connecticut, Inc.

CELEBRATING TOGETHER

VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AWARD

The Visionary Leadership Award honors those in our community whose trailblazing work impacts the world. In 2020 and 2021 we recognized two extraordinary individuals: the legendary actor and activist George Takei and groundbreaking physician and public health champion and scholar Marcella Nunez-Smith

HONORING OUR LEGACY

After 25 years of presenting great art and big ideas, we celebrated our founders Roslyn Meyer and Anne Calabresi during our Silver Anniversary Gala, presented virtually in September 2020. Featuring commissioned performances from Acrobuffos, Kaki King, Mbosse Dance Company, a special performance from Lila Downs and Ideas talk from Wynton Marsalis Revisit the evening and view the performances at ARTIDEA.ORG/2020gala.

Takei and Nunez-Smith were each honored at a Visionary Leadership Award event, where they shared their stories and wisdom with our community. This important fundraiser supports the Jean Handley Fund , honoring the legacy of Handley as one of our founders and a visionary leader throughout the community.

TOM & LIZ SERIOUS FUN(D)

The Tom and Liz Serious Fun(d) was created in 2020 in honor of Tom Griggs and Liz Fisher upon their retirement as codirectors of the Festival. Funds raised through the Serious Fun(d) support special projects and performances that enhance the audience experience at the Festival, celebrating their passion for bringing people together through the arts.

George Takei

Marcella Nunez-Smith

Festival

Photography by: Leigh Busby and Judy Sirota Rosenthal | See more at ARTIDEA.ORG/photogallery

Artist: Ronald K. Brown & Evidence Dance Company, Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Artist: Thabisa & Audience, Photo: Leigh Busby

Artist: Dawn Tallman, Photo: Leigh Busby

Artist: Team Leggoo, Photo: Leigh Busby

Artist: Los Pleneros, Photo: Leigh Busby

The Legendary Drag Show, Photo: Leigh Busby

Artist: Paco Gudoy Photo: Leigh Busby

Artist: Mulan Art Dance Ensemble, Photo: Leigh Busby

GIFTS GIVEN OCTOBER 2019–SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

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Katie Horrigan ° Jim Horwitz and Sandy Allison **~ Robert Horwitz °

Todd Hougas ° Ms. Bernadette Huang + Melissa Huber + Jeanne Hughes °+

Kate Hunter and Rich Jacob * Truth Hunter °

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Helen Kauder and Barry Nalebuff *~ Paula Kavathas ~ James Keegan

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Jeanne Kerr Myles Kessler ° Jerry and Louisa Ketron Judi Kibbe Jill Kimmelman

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The M Fund *+

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Doug and Pam McAvay

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Ms. Katherine Mckenzie ~

Julia M. McNamara and Richard J. Lolatte

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Wendy Meaden ° Ari Medovnikov °

Ruby Melton and Gail McAvay **~ Mark and Adele Messina Fred Meyer °

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Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Foundation ***~+

Nancy Meyer-Lustman ~ Joanne Meyerowitz ° Gary Mezzi °

Margaret Middleton ~ Nancy Middleton

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Seedlings Foundation **~

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Sandra Shaner **~+ Gale and Larry Shapiro Joseph Shapiro Thomasine Shaw ° Jana Shea ~ Kathy and Mike Shonborn Cathy Shufro

Dr. Lorraine D. Siggins Jean and Jim Silk Chris and Frank Silvestri

Wendy Simmons-Taylor ° David Simon °

Bruce and Pam Simonds ** James Sinclair and Sylvia Van Sinderen

Beverly Skiles ° Betsy and William Sledge ***~+ Jordan Sloshower °

Steven B. and Susan Smith + Susan Smith and Robin Baslaw ° Kerala & Richard Snyder

Michael D. Soileau and Thomas Ude, Jr. Etana Solomon ° Ben Soltoff °

Dr. Linda Waldman and Rabbi Howard Sommer

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Laura Sorensen ° Dr. Raina Sotsky Yvonne Sourragh °

Stephanie S. Spangler and Robert G. Shulman **+ Niyonu Spann °

Judy Sparer *

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ML Spencer

Christina and Sydney Spiesel

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Ken Staffey Kirby Stafford °

Lisa Stanger and Greg Colodner *~+ Aleta Staton

Matthew Steinsaltz ° Alinor Sterling and Steve Mentz *+ Betsy and Lawrence Stern

Shepard and Marlene Stone * Louis and Susan Stone Family Foundation ~ Kimberly Stoner ° Robert & Susan Cayer Stout

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Celeste Suggs and Joel Zackin * Janusz Sulanowski °

Carla Sullivan °

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Leonardo H. Suzio and John Hansen *** Carol Swanson Tucker Sweitzer

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Cecil Tengatenga ° SongKeng Teoh

Janice Thaxter °

Bruce Payne and Jack Thomas ~+ Paul Thomas and Elsa Calderon

Aaron Thompson ° Torin Thurston

Mary Tinetti

Margaret Anne Tocharshewski ~ Deborah Toll *

Terry Toole ° Sue Torrey °

David and Lisa Totman **~ Sandra Trevino-Ranalli *~ Kerry Triffin °

Susan Trotta-Smith ° Tiffany D. Tudder Maria S. Tupper

Margie Turrin °

Ariel Unger °

Trinity Urban °

Sascha van Creveld ° Flora Zoe Van Dyke

Victor Vega

Ms. Joan Venditto

Anna Violano ~ Jim Vlock and Gail Brekke ** Diana Von Hallett °

Ms. Martha Walczak

Beth Wallace °

Asadie Walters ° Barbara C. Wareck

Emilee Warner °

Stuart G Warner * Charles Waskiewicz ° Jean K. Webb *~ Andrea Weinstein °

Josh Weinstein Alison Weir

Anne Weis °

Bert & Martha Weisbart * Carole Weisberg °

Lynda E. Rosenfeld and Richard M. Weiss

Judith Weiss-Rivera °

Nicole Westfall ° Dotty and Glen Weston-Murphy

Joan Wexler

Marilyn White °

Karen and Richard Wies + Amie Wilkins °

Virginia and John Wilkinson **~

William H. and Irene K. Charitable Trust * Shaleah Williams ° Mary Lou Winnick *~+

The Winokur Family Foundation * Carol Withers °

Stephen and Rachel Wizner ** Steven Wolfson **~ Cornell N. & Joanne P. Wright *

Robert Wyckoff °

Elizabeth Yagla ° Ms. Ruth B. Yeazell

Andrew Yim ° Elizabeth Yorulmaz ° Ann Yost °

Arthur Yost

Brian Young °

Justin Young °

Christopher Yurkovsky and Deborah McArthur Michelle Zacks °

Steven and Barbara Zalesch

John and Pat Zandy ~ Justin Zaremby

Tantra Zawadi °

George Zdru ***~+ Tiffinni Zidbeck ° Lawrence Zukof

IN HONOR OF:

Art Teachers Past and Present of Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School J. Hoffman Lee

Betsy Sledge

David Totman Penelope Laurans-Fitzgerald

Cecie Clement Joe Gordon and Mark Bauer

Danny Freeman Marjorie Freeman

Denise Santisteban James Moran

Eleanor Glick Sally & Steve Glick

Gordon & Shelley Geballe Constance Royster

Tom Griggs Mrs. Marianne Mazan Mary Ellen Cody

Juneteenth and Black Lives Matter Olivia Eng

Lauren Tagliatela Viola Tagliatela

Liz and Tom Mr. William Graustein

Louise Endel Thomas Griggs

Maggie C. Free Rev. Hiram and Dr. Patricia Brett

Naomi Horowitz’s Birthday Dr. Nina Horowitz

Peace and Love Jim Lind

Roslyn Meyer Anne Calabresi Susan Katz Susan Millen

Shannon Mykins Thomas Griggs

Sophie Powell Flora Van Dyke

The 25th Anniversary of the Festival Jean Webb

The incredible Arts & Ideas team Edita and Michael Negrón

Those who have worked hard to make this festival happen each year Ms. Joan Venditto

Tina Lindstrom Margaret Middleton

TLC, Director Team of the just past years! Marion Sachdeva

Unapologetically Radical Ms. Marion Sachdeva

IN MEMORY OF: Anne S. Jefferis Mr. George Jafferis

Christina English Ms. Joan Surdukowski

Dr. Laura Morrison Randal Morrison

Heather A. Peters Tracy Peters

Jean Handley Judith Garvey Dorothy Weston-Murphy

Louise Endel Susan Addiss

Louise Reichgott Endel Rosalyn Cama

Patricia McGrath Thomas McGrath

Richard Hinman Mrs. Rosalind Hinman

Sophie Powell Ms. Flora Van Dyke

The Ancestors Cliff Schloss

FINANCIALS

FY 2020 EXPENSE

Arts, Humanities & Education Programming...............................................................................................................$1,073,427.62 (58.68%) Management & General............................................................................................................................................................$540,312.15 (29.54%)

Fundraising....................................................................................................................................................................................$215,598.84 (11.79%)

TOTAL: $1,829,338.61

Arts, Humanities & Education Programming

FY 2021 EXPENSE

Arts, Humanities & Education Programming.................................................................................................................$2,510,228.12 (72.82%) Management & General............................................................................................................................................................$534,652.47 (15.51%)

Fundraising...................................................................................................................................................................................$402,497.93 (11.68%)

Management & General Management & General

Fundraising Fundraising

TOTAL: $3,447,377.93

Arts, Humanities & Education Programming

FY 2020 INCOME

(12.34%)

(7.96%)

FY 2021 INCOME

(12.60%)

(11.19%)

(20.33%)

(35.28%)

(1.84%)

STAFF AND BOARD

We are grateful to the staff who contributed to the 2020 and 2021 Festivals.

EXECUTIVE

Shelley Quiala, Executive Director

Liz Fisher, Co-Director through Festival 2020

Tom Griggs, Co-Director through Festival 2020 Clifford Schloss, Executive Assistant

PROGRAMMING & COMMUNITY IMPACT

Malakhi Eason, Director of Programming & Community Impact

Bobby Asher, Director of Programming for Festival 2020

Elizabeth Nearing, Ideas Program Curator

Denise Santisteban, Curator of Tours, Storytelling and Ideas Programs

Shamain McAllister, Community Impact Manager

Aleta Staton, Community Engagement Manager through Festival 2020

Julius Stone, Fellowship Program Co-Teacher

Hanan Hameen, Fellowship Program Co-Teacher, Gateway Community College

Lisa Kellman, Curator – Neighborhood Programming for Festival 2020

MEDIA

Tiffany Hopkins, Media Producer

Bree Sherry, Stage Manager, Virtual Events

Michael Paddock, Projectionist

Cliff Baird, Camera Operator/Editor

Bridget Harry, Camera Operator/Editor

Kenneth Baah, Production Assistant Dante Haughton, Camera Operator

DEVELOPMENT

Shannon Mykins, Director of Development

Brian Nekoloff, Associate Director of Development through Festival 2021

Roz Gilhuly, Development Consultant

Edward Chase, Patron Services & Accessibility Coordinator

Katrice Kemble, Development Operations Coordinator

Finesha Henry, Special Events Assistant Emma Zihal, Hospitality Assistant

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Lara Ehrlich, Director of Marketing & Communications

Allison Hadley, Marketing & Communications Manager

Yvette Hicks, Graphic Designer

Erin Krebs, Coordinator, Festival 2021

PRODUCTION, OPERATIONS, FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Aaron G. Thompson, Managing Director

Melissa Huber, Director of Artistic Planning & Operations

Marisette Cruz, Office Manager Felicia Pierre, Accountant

ARTIST SERVICES

Ludmila Cardoso De Brito, Company Manager

Janet Cunningham, Transportation & Parking Manager

Lydia Johnson, Transportation & Parking Manager

Herin Kaputkin, Hospitality Manager

Shannon Blencowe, Hospitality Manager

Naseem Foster, Artist Services Coordinator

Benedicte N’sumbu, Artist Services Coordinator

Faith Zamble, Artist Services Coordinator

Brithney Abad, Production Assistant Kiley Herlihy, Production Assistant

Andrea Williams, Production Assistant

Annissa Carter, Hospitality Assistant

Joseph Fonseca, Driver

Cristian Montanez, Driver Christine Pagano, Driver Daniel Shoemaker, Driver Matthew Webb, Driver

AUDIENCE SERVICES

Christian Ponce, Audience Services Manager

Chelum Okoro, House Management Assistant Kayodè Soyemi, House Management Captain

Alexis Payne, Information Center Attendant

Henriëtte Rietveld, Information Center

Attendance

USHERS

Katie Aranda

Sophia Bruce

Millie Carlson

Vaishali Chandola Tailor Coward

Joanna Escandon Matthew Geoffino

Keona Marie Gomes

Noah Hamilton Josehua Hilarion

Anna Hill

Quashawn Jinwright Shannon Miller

Coral Ortiz

Maame Osei-Wusu

Glenda Perry

Ruby Prince

Eleanor Polak Dylan Sichel Maal West

COVID COMPLIANCE

Tricia Ellsworth, COVID Compliance Manager

Xander de Vries, COVID Testing Coordinator

Delaney Kelly, COVID Testing Coordinator

Leila Isidore, COVID Compliance Assistant

Larry Loux, COVID Compliance Assistant

Megan Willett, COVID Compliance Assistant

IATSE CREW

Robert Andrea

David Barata

Bradford Bates

Ariel Benichoov James Braxton

JanMichael Capozziello

Lorenzo Cardoso

John Cerullo, Jr. Michael Covino

Frank Dawid

Joseph Donohue

Jason Epps

Tim Folster

James Fournelle

Gardner Friscia

Gregory Goto

Charlestone Gourdet

Fred Graham

Anthony Grazioso

Stephen Havrilla

Robert Hofmiller

Keiyon Johnson

Michael Kaplan

Jason Kosko

Luke Lamoureux

David Marsh

George Matulis

Brian Munroe

Stephanie Panico

John Pappas

William Partello

Robert Paternoster Jr.

Michael Petrucci

Lenard Pickering

Brian Prytko

Maximilian Rado

Johnny Rivera

Robin Savoyski

James Shea

Paul Sisilli Jr.

Kevin Smith

Wayne Smith

Christopher Valente

Russell Van Edsinga

Robert Wilkinson

Christopher Williams

Lance Woodward

Todd Wormell

PRODUCTION

Douglas Harry, Director of Production & Operations

Timothy Plummer, Associate Director of Production and Operations

Bridget Sullivan, Production Manager

Rayburn Dobson Jr., Mainstage TD/PSM

Elisa Palumbo, Operations Manager

Amy Stern, Operations Manager

Kevin DeChello, Technical Director

Annmarie Duggan, Lighting Designer

Joey Morrissette, Lighting Designer & Supervisor

Justin Herminghouse, Audio Supervisor

Tyler Fitzgerald, Sound Designer

Kristina Kloss, Associate Lighting Designer

Colby Adams

Aaron Bresky

Barry Brostrom

Jennifer Carlson

Samuel Dellert

Shannon Esslinger

Paul Frydrychowski

Ryan Gardner

Olivia Harry

Dante Haughton

Anthony Holiday

Ally Lenihan

Chelsea Marquis

Patrick McMillan

Graham McNeil

Shawn Murray

David Romero

Samuel Silva

LiTommy Skriver

Alonzo Talley

Jacob Zonderman

SECURITY

Jonathan Cruz

Dorinda Flores

Jennifer Jahn

Peter Lucibelli

Michael Riccitelli

Robert Ritchie

Roger Robinson

Dylan Rubino

Jacob Rubino

Michael Rubino

Nicholas Rubino

Matthew Sorensen Brandon Stewart

Markus Thomas

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2020 – 2021 Executive Officers

Gordon Geballe, Board Chair

Elsie B. Chapman, Vice Chair***

Alinor Sterling, Vice Chair

G. Penn Holsenbeck, Treasurer Elizabeth R. Sledge, Secretary

Anne Tyler Calabresi, Founding Director Dr. Roslyn Milstein Meyer, Founding Director

2020 - 2021 Board Members

Jenna Allegretto Candace Barrington

Joe. Bertolino, E.D., D. Dr. Pat Brett, E.D., D. Diane Brown

William T. Brown**

Lorenzo Boyd* Elsie B. Chapman***

Donna Curran Dr. Deborah Dyett Desir Jody P. Ellant***

Rev. Kevin Ewing Stephen Glick

Kimberly M. Goff-Crews Clifton Graves

Kiki Kennedy, M.D.*** Annie Lin Ruby H. Melton Charles O’Connell

Annie Lin*

Barbara Rockenbach*** Lisa Stanger

Richard Taft Micheal Twitty* Charles Warner, Jr.*

*Elected October 19, 2021

**Elected December, 2020

***Completed term October 19, 2021