Annual Report 2022

ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 1, 2021 — SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Shannon Mykins Director of Development T: 203.498.3760 E: smykins@artidea.org (Cover) ARTIST: LIRAZ, TIVON PENNICOTT, PATRICIA REYES, DOLORES HUERTA | PHOTO: JOEL CALLAWAY

TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome Letters Page: 2

Our Mission, Land Acknowledgment, and Cultural Equity Commitment

Festival 2022: CONNECT Page: 4

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A Conversation with Malakhi Eason & Denise Santisteban Page: 8

Ideas Series Continues to Expand and Diversify

High School Fellowship Program Grows during 13th Year Page: 11

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One City, One Read, Many Partners Page: 12

2022 Photo Gallery Page: 15

Financial Report Page: 21

2022 Festival Impact Report

Celebrating Together Page: 14

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Thank you to our 2022 Sponsors

Thank you to our 2022 Supporters Page: 18

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Save the Dates Arts & Ideas Staff and Board Page: 22

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WELCOME LETTERS Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

In our 27th year, the International Festival of Arts & Idea stretched back into its fullness – indoors and outdoors, eating, singing, dancing, and telling stories. Together.

Time flies—it is already time to reflect on another extraordinary year of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. I am once again astounded by everything we were able to do this year. Not only did the organization continue its return to robust and exciting in-person programming, but it expanded to offer more programs yearround and deepened its genuine connections with the powerful strength of diversity and inclusiveness. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am so proud to share this Annual Report with you all.

I know that it takes more than unforgettable artistry and big ideas to come back together after a long time away. It takes the hard work of a dedicated staff and the leadership of a strong and diverse Board of Directors – an amazing team that I am so proud to work beside. Beyond that, it takes the belief from our community of supporters that being together matters.

Time also flies in another way: this year marks my retirement from the Board of Directors after more than two decades of service and support. It has been the privilege of a lifetime to work with so many people— including all of you reading this report—to make the Festival dream come true. I’m honored and grateful to welcome Rev. Kevin Ewing as our new Board Chair as of October 1, 2022. I can’t wait to see and experience what the Festival has in store under his leadership and with the phenomenal team.

As we move into our 28th season, we are excited to continue expanding into a year-round vision of Arts & Ideas that includes programming around our state. We are eager to return to international travel and to bring Connecticut artists with us. And we can’t wait to be with you in the community, on the Green, and on stages around our city in the summer of 2023.

Thank you for believing in the power of the arts and humanities.

Gordon Geballe Board Chair FY2022

Shelley Quiala Executive Director

Dear Friend, The International Festival of Arts & Ideas holds a special place in all of our hearts. We all have our favorite aspect, whether it’s enjoying live music on the Green, attending an incredible theatrical performance, expanding your mind at an Ideas lecture or tour, or something else.

I hope you’ll take the time to read through this report and learn something new about this special organization, which I am proud to lead as Board Chair beginning in 2023 after serving on the Board of Directors for many years.

I’m excited to carry the torch that Gordon and others have kept alive for so many years, working alongside Shelley Quiala and other staff, my colleagues on the Board, and all of you to steward the International Festival of Arts & Ideas through its next generation of great art, big ideas, and serious fun.

Rev. Kevin Ewing Chair Elect FY2022 (Left Page) HEADSHOTS: GORDON GEBALLE, SHELLEY QUIALA, REV. KEVIN EWING

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

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT We respectfully acknowledge that we live, work and play on the unceded lands of the Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Niantic, and the Quinnipiac. While we honor the culture and history of these nations, we also acknowledge that Native people are contemporary artists, writers, scholars, neighbors, and relatives with whom we must be in relationship to live our values fully.

Visit native-land.ca to learn more.

CULTURAL EQUITY COMMITMENT We acknowledge that the work of racial and cultural equity in the arts is active work.

We commit to acknowledging missteps, to reviewing and changing policies, to actively diversifying our board and staff, and to empowering and supporting the leadership of Black and Brown colleagues. We will partner with artists in the global majority to create spaces of truth, joy, and connection.

Learn more at ARTIDEA.ORG/AccountabilityProcess

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(Right Page) ARTIST: LAS CAFETERAS | PHOTO: LANCE LONG IMAGE: LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT | PHOTO: JUDY SIROTA ROSENTHAL IMAGE: ANTI-RACISM COMMITMENT | PHOTO: FATCAMERA

2022 FESTIVAL: CONNECT In 2022, we returned to a full array of in-person programming after two years without indoor events. Audiences came together again on the New Haven Green, in venues throughout the city, in neighborhoods, restaurants, and museums, on rivers and lakes, along bike paths, around local historic sites, and beyond, fully realizing our season theme: CONNECT. Rethink community. Honor the Earth. Embrace your roots. Meet new neighbors. Baila en la calle.

Break the fourth wall. Learn something new. Read the future.

Connect with the Festival and connect it all.

Here are highlights from our vibrant 2022 season.

NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVALS Arts & Ideas celebrated communities across New Haven through the annual oneday Neighborhood Festivals.

We collaborated with artists, residents, and businesses in five neighborhoods: Dixwell, Fair Haven, The Hill, Newhallville, and West Rock/West Hills.

Presentations featured everything from Zumba dancing and Bomba to a fashion show and—of course—live music!

“The Neighborhood Festivals are a vital part of our city’s cultural life, reflecting the depth of and brilliance of the rich culture and community that exists in all our neighborhoods in New Haven.”

— Adriane Jefferson, Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of New Haven (Left Page) IMAGE: ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN JENNINGS ARTIST: REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS | PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

RETURN TO INDOOR THEATERS 2022 saw our return to indoor theaters with Festival audiences filling seats at the University of New Haven, the Iseman Theater, College Street Music Hall, University Theatre, the Shubert Theater, and Garner Recital Hall.

The Festival came early this year with a two-night Global Jazz Sampler in May. The series hosted singer-songwriter Thabisa as she showcased a range of African genres in jubilant performances, while pianist Guy Mintus drew inspiration from his Iraqi, Moroccan, and Polish-Jewish heritage to perform an eclectic jazz set.

MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Reginald Dwayne Betts explored the experience of incarceration and the lingering consequences of having a criminal record in his solo theater show, Felon: An American Washi Tale. Comedian Michelle Buteau lit up the College Street Music Hall with her sharp, honest humor, and Dallas Black Dance Theatre gave us engaging movement storytelling in an evening of solos, duets, and ensemble pieces.

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The triumphant congregational opera Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower by Toshi Reagon & Bernice Johnson Reagon, presented in partnership with the Yale Schwarzman Center, mesmerized audiences with a dazzling array of original anthems rooted in 200 years of Black music brilliance. Read more about how we explored Parable of the Sower and Octavia Butler’s visionary work all year long as part of our One City, One Read series on page 12.

the Green all throughout the month of June, with 13 nights of live music on the Arts & Ideas main stage. The Festival hosted artists across genres, including the New Haven Symphony Orchestra with featured vocalists Harolyn Blackwell and Brian Stokes Mitchell, Connecticut native and local favorite Carrie Ashton, dynamic Cuban jazz star Nachito Herrera, Israeli-Persian electropop singer Liraz, two-time Grammy winner Gregory Porter, genre-melding Latin music from Alex Cuba, and returning Festivalfavorite Las Cafeteras.

CELEBRATING NEW ART

“Our new art [this year] is fashion, so it’s how we’re connecting fashion to art to culture...It’s really about all the aspects of connecting— connecting to our community, connecting to ourselves, connecting to the lands.”

— Juanita Austin, Producer The Festival continued to push the boundaries of traditional performance programs with the debut of the ICONIC Connections Fashion Expo. Hosted by model and creative Kayon Kiss, with beats by DJ JD Presents, this fashion showcase presented high fashion and ready-to-wear looks from local and international designers including New Haven’s Neville Wisdom and Project Runway’s Prajjé Oscar. Almost 50 local models were featured throughout the show, and attendees could celebrate their own sense of style by walking and being photographed on our red carpet.

Cool Breeze brought an evening of soul, pop, and R&B performances to the Green, creating an old school party that kept audiences dancing all night long. Performers included singer Evelyn “Champagne” King, artist Manny James, and Connecticut’s own DJ Juan Coon and DJ Diamond D. Artsucation Academy Network and the Official Juneteenth Coalition of Greater New Haven provided a special series of Juneteenth festivities, including Juneteenth: Full Circle on the Festival’s main stage with performances by Jesse “Cheese” Kilpatrick Hameen II and his jazz band Elevation, gospel singers Pam Brooks-Campbell and

“We appreciate [Arts & Ideas] for all that you do and have done to support Artsucation, Juneteenth, the New Haven Cultural Arts Community, and myself as an artist, educator, and curator.”

— Hanan Hameen, founder of the Artsucation Academy Network and Official Juneteenth Coalition of Greater New Haven Gabriel Abdul-Karim, Bambara Drum Dance Ensemble, and New Haven-based African drummer Brian Jarawa Gray.

To close the Festival, we partnered with the New Haven Pride Center on DRAGtastic Journey, a celebration of pride month and New Haven drag royalty. Using the colors of the pride flag as inspiration, 10 entertainers danced, worked, and slayed across the stage, weaving an uplifting tale of hope, love, and queer liberation. The night ended with an electrifying performance by the world’s #1 Beyoncé impersonator, Miss Shalae.

FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES The Festival featured interactive presentations for our youngest

ON THE NEW HAVEN GREEN An outstanding lineup of 31 performances took place on 5

(Right Page) IMAGE: ICONIC CONNECTIONS FASHION EXPO, MODEL WEARING NG2 STUDIOS | PHOTO: LANCE LONG ARTIST: BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL | PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST ARTIST: HAROLYN BLACKWELL | PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

attendees, such as Mario the Maker Magician, who dazzled with his playful sense of humor and homemade robotic creations.

Our partnership with Arts for Learning offered opportunities for kids to tap into their creativity: Nigerian contemporary sculptor Faustin Adeniran led a workshop on collage, Egyptian musician Karim Nagi taught Arab music and folk dance, and designer Cristina Ruales presented a hands-on fashion design workshop.

“Our family programming explored themes, cultures, and genres similar to those highlighted in other Festival programming with the goal of being engaging for “Kids” of all ages and in which family members could participate together.”

— Melissa Huber, Director of Artistic Planning & Operations STORIES, TOURS, AND IDEAS Our Storytelling series showcased engaging story artists from around the world. The Festival presented WordFest Poetry Slams for youth and adults;

a Historias de Imigrantes presentation and a storytelling workshop led by Nestor “The Boss” Gomez; and an evening of Pecha Kucha, a presentational style of storytelling that originated in Japan.

Arts & Ideas’ walking, boat, and bike tours gave participants multiple entry points into New Haven’s culture, nature, and history. We co-hosted 37 tours with community partners across the city, including The Palestine Museum, New Haven Preservation Trust, Yale Quantum Institute and the New Haven Museum, CT Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven Crypt, NXTHVN, the New Haven Youth and Recreation Department, Friends of Outer Island, Elm City Cycling, and many more.

Through our Ideas series, we hosted a thrilling lineup of interactive events and conversations on the most pressing topics in New Haven’s community and beyond.

Read more about our Ideas programming on page 10.

FOOD & BEER Beer was front-and-center among our food offerings this year.

We partnered with Black Hog Brewing Company on &BEER, a

(Left Page) ARTIST: NESTOR “THE BOSS” GOMEZ | PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST IMAGE: LONG TABLE DINNER STORIES | PHOTO: JOEL CALLAWAY IMAGE: LIMITED EDITION &BEER CANS

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custom pilsner created just for the Festival. Cans were designed by local artists Raheem Nelson, Martin Wickstrom, and Candyce “Marsh” John. We launched these collaborations at a kick-off party at Black Hog Brewery. To further celebrate local Connecticut brewers, we hosted BeerFest on the Green, where patrons could indulge in samplings from 10 breweries.

CT Food Launchpad Expo highlighted the depth of the local food scene, showcasing emerging food brands from across the state like Ghanaian sauce makers Oh Shito!, plantbased food purveyors Fire Ox Foods, and Asian superfood extraordinaire Bo-yi Food.

Artists presented lunchtime entertainment spanning Indian classical dance, hula and storytelling, jazz, and neo soul; New Orleans Second Lines paraded through the Green with musicians from New Haven Public Schools and Yale Bands; and in the fall, we welcomed a Day of the Dead gathering hosted by Unidad Latina en Acción. These events also featured local food truck vendors, games for kids of all ages, and accessible seating.

Other partnerships with local restaurants and organizations yielded a unique array of food experiences, such as Recipes from the Oldest Cookbooks in the World—a collaboration between the Peabody Museum, Sanctuary Kitchen, and RAWA— or our Cocktail and Oyster Tour of the Quinnipiac River in partnership with the New Haven Department of Youth & Recreation and Fair Haven Oyster Company. Attendees of Long Table Dinner Stories enjoyed a multi-course meal with food from five different restaurants, stories from three tellers, and live music from Lara Herscovitch.

YALE-CHINA FELLOWSHIP Over the course of six-month residencies, Yale-China Fellows create unique projects that are showcased at the Arts & Ideas Festival each year.

Ethnomusicologist Noah Fang presented a lecture-recital with mezzo soprano Ying Li that illustrated the rich cultural history of Chinese Art Song. Hollis Ngai offered a fresh take on cultural identities, the American dream, hopes, and race in New Haven through a podcast blending interviews, stories, and personal memories. Waillis Lee created Jazz Orbit—a brightly painted platform towed by a bicycle that acted as a mobile stage for jazz

musicians to play to delighted listeners.

ARTS & IDEAS ALL YEAR LONG In an effort to share great art and big ideas with our community year-round, the Arts & Ideas team continues to expand its programmatic offerings beyond the month of June. Off-season programming this year included virtual holiday storytelling presentations and a series of lunchtime performances on the New Haven Green.

“With the support of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, you gave all the students from Cooperative Arts High School, The Amistad Academy, and Wilbur Cross High School a living glimpse into an important cultural heritage that for most would otherwise be inaccessible.”

— Patrick Smith, Lead Teacher – Music Department at Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet High School

The After Dinner Stories Series was broadcast to our online audience at the end of 2021. The first event featured stories from Indigenous Knowledge Keepers: Schaghticoke educator Darlene Kascak, Navajo poet Kinsale Hueston, and Abenaki storyteller Anne Jennison. The second was an evening of festive tales from four different holidays— Hannukah, Kwanzaa, La Posada, and Christmas—by storytellers Larry Castleberry, Denise Keyes Page, Jezrie Marcano-Courtney, and Andrea Kamens.

From August through November 2022, we hosted Rhythm Exchange, a series of free programs that reflected the cultural richness of New Haven, in partnership with the Proprietors of the New Haven Green.

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(Right Page) IMAGE: JAZZ ORBIT BY WAILLIS LEE, PAUL PROULX ON BIKE | PHOTO: JOEL CALLAWAY IMAGE: FRIDA PUPPET | PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIDAD LATINA EN ACCIÓN (ULA)

A CONVERSATION WITH....

MALAKHI EASON & DENISE SANTISTEBAN Malakhi Eason Director of Programming & Community Impact Malakhi RL Eason II joined the Arts & Ideas staff in 2020 with more than 15 years of arts administration experience. Originally from Boston, Eason 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 featuring artists like Ladama, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Kim Waters, Sammy Miller and the Congregation, and Marcos y Sabor. Eason was formerly a background singer for touring artists while living in Los Angeles, CA. A graduate of University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, CT, Eason earned a Master of Arts in Leadership from Grace University and is working on a Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Leadership from Creighton University, Eason has also served in many positions that convey his passion for service and youth mentorship; he encourages young people to find their passions. Eason 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, Eason loves to travel, write songs, eat at great restaurants, and spend time with family and friends.

Denise Santisteban Curator of Tours, Ideas & Storytelling Denise Santisteban has been working in the performing arts her entire life, and she is committed to what arts and culture bring to our communities and how it enriches them. She started working seasonally at the Festival in 1997 when she and her family moved from California to Connecticut. Somehow, she never left, and over the past 25 years she has worked in almost every department of the Festival. As the Curator of the Tours and Storytelling Programs, she loves helping people discover what a great city New Haven is by finding them new eats, interesting places to see, and great stories to hear. Before moving here, she was a stage and production manager in the San Francisco Bay Area.

She received her BA in Theatre from San Francisco State University and her MA in Journalism from Quinnipiac University.

Denise has always loved how stories on the stage could touch and enhance people’s lives, which led her to become a member of the Institute Library Story Sharing Group and Ubuntu Storytellers. She has told at Tellabrations, The Mouth Off, Songs and Stories, New Haven Storytellers, New England and Story City Troupe. When not telling stories or organizing tours, you can find her in the studio creating costumes for various comic conventions, or out taking pictures of the world.

(Left Page) HEADSHOTS: MALAKHI EASON, DENISE SANTISTEBAN | PHOTO: SHALEAH WILLIAMS (EIGHTY7PIXELS)

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Denise started working at the Arts & Ideas Festival in 1997—25 years ago. How has the Festival changed over the past 25 years?

What has stayed the same?

one of those places that people drive by and go, “What do they do there?” And it’s not something that you would normally just be able to walk into and have a tour.

DS: For me, the change has been that we’re exploring new definitions of what “art” is, and that’s super exciting. We’re looking at hair and fashion and automobiles, and I think the exploration into these different places is expanding the Festival. It expands how we look at art.

For the Ideas series, I think the big highlight for me was doing two Ideas programs in Spanish. I think that was a big push forward in diversifying ourselves even more and reaching more into the community. Of course, Dolores Huerta was my big icon, and she turned out to be the coolest lady in the world.

ME: I think our values have stayed the same. I think that overall, what connects 1997 to 2022, soon to be 2023, is that fact that three wonderful women put together a festival to help benefit our community and expose our community to new art from across the world.

DS: You just took my words because that’s what I had—that we’ve been able to stay true to our mission in creating an internationally renowned Festival, and that we bring the world to New Haven and we show the world the best that New Haven has to offer…It connects us and it connects our communities.

ME: What is also great is redefining the word “International.” Does that mean somebody that we fly out from Europe? Does that mean somebody who’s from Europe who lives in New Haven? Is that what’s considered International?

Absolutely! So now we’re redefining what that means and actually showing that through the programming so people don’t have to hear us say it—they can see us doing it.

What do you consider highlights from your 2022 programs?

DS: A highlight from the 2022 Tours program was the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station because it’s

And then the storytelling workshop in Spanish! We had Nestor Gomez who’s a SLAM winner, and Stir the Style with all the different genres of speakers, and also SheSpeak because it was a different kind of storytelling experience that I had never heard before.

ME: Outside of the wonderful Tours and Ideas that Denise did, and the Storytelling that I thought was amazing, I was very proud of some of the things that hit before the Festival. Like the Global Jazz Sampler in May. I think that was something completely different than what we’ve done here at the Festival before. It was a great way for us to read our audience and to see that jazz is still alive and people absolutely love to hear jazz from around the world.

What’s something new and different coming in 2023 that our audience should look forward to?

ME: This year we are having a local artist headline one of our major nights. This will be the first time that a local artist will have openers for them as they take on their own night on our stage.

Also, we are partnering with more community organizations to make our Festival bigger and expand. Then you can look forward to seeing our usual things like theater, circus, puppetry and some other big acts that I do not 9

want to give out yet…But, it’s going to be amazing.

DS: I’m looking forward to a reorganization of how the Ideas Series is presented. They will be like little mini-Festivals. Several days of Ideas with different sessions, workshops, speakers, break-out discussions, author signings, and the like.

What do you hope people take away from the Festival programs you curate?

ME: The goal is that when you come, you feel like family, not a patron…My biggest thing is making sure our community on the outside feels like they’re represented in everything that’s happening on the inside. That we’re not untouchable. That we’re not elite. We’re not the best of the best, but we’re part of their family and they’re part of ours.

DS: I like that. “They’re family, not patrons.” For me, it’s just about people going with thinking new things, examining subjects differently, and discovering new places in New Haven. I feel that’s my job—to give our audiences new places to see, new places to go and eat, new subjects to think about, so maybe they’re thinking about something differently...It’s like family having a conversation around the table and exchanging ideas and saying, “Oh, so that’s your point of view. That’s what you mean. Okay!” You do that with stories, with music, theater, dance, ideas…It expands our community, and it also creates understanding.

IDEAS SERIES CONTINUES TO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY The 2022 Ideas series, presented in partnership with Connecticut Humanities, focused on the theme of CONNECT. Talks were streamed virtually across the globe and presented locally in New Haven with in-person audiences for the first time since 2019. We explored the ways we connect to ourselves and each other through art and activism, with 20 conversations celebrating diverse art forms and subjects significant to our New Haven community.

Minneapolis city council president Andrea Jenkins, the nation’s first out Black trans person elected to office, spoke on love, social justice, and activism; acclaimed author, chef, and food justice advocate Bryant Terry was in conversation with New Havenbased podcast host Tagan Engel on Black culinary ingenuity, plant-based cooking, and food traditions across the Diaspora; and environmentalist and writer Paul Greenberg discussed the

(Left Page) ARTIST: BRYANT TERRY | PHOTO: LANCE LONG ARTIST: DOLORES HUERTA | PHOTO: JOEL CALLAWAY

choices we can make to improve the health of our oceans.

The Festival launched the inaugural Spanish-language Ideas talks with two presentations.

Accomplished civil rights activist and community organizer Dolores Huerta led El Pueblo Unido: Voces en Activismo Latino, uplifting Latiné activism alongside Camila Güiza-Chavez and Maricarmen Godoy. A seminar on home and immigration was hosted by Kica Matos, Vice President of Initiatives at the Vera Institute of Justice, and Hector Flores, a member of featured band Las Cafeteras.

The 2022 Ideas series also featured a strong roster of local speakers from various backgrounds and sectors.

Talks by local speakers Jason Sobocinski, Alisha CrutchfieldMcLean, Erik Clemons, and Babz Rawls Ivy ranged in subject from entrepreneurship to prison reentry.

“CT Humanities is proud to partner with the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. In a time so rife with division and distraction, the Ideas Series is exactly what we need to recenter what matters – listening to and connecting with one another, appreciating our strength in diversity, and inspiring civic love. We look forward to continuing to work with IFAI to make their Ideas Series content even more accessible to the residents of Connecticut and beyond.” — Jason R. Mancini, Executive Director at CT Humanities

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As we look forward to 2023, we know expanding, diversifying, and broadening the content reach of the Ideas series is the best way to serve our local communities.

We look forward to reaching more K-12 students and Spanishlanguage speaking communities across the state in the coming year.

HIGH SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM GROWS DURING 13TH YEAR The Festival engaged 18 New Haven high school students, the 13th cohort of the Arts & Ideas Fellowship Program, in a semester-long course at Gateway Community College during the spring of 2022. In both 2020 and 2021, the program hosted 10 Fellows virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our return to in-person sessions also saw growth in cohort size.

In partnership with Gateway Community College, students attended weekly seminars to deepen their understanding of how non-profit art is made and presented. Sessions covered everything from budgeting and grant writing to curating and community building.

Over the course of the semester, the Fellows attended performances and talkbacks with writers and directors, including Octavia E. Bulter’s Parable of the Sower by Toshi Reagon & Bernice Johnson Reagon, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy at the Yale Repertory Theatre, and Madhuri

Shekar’s Queen at Long Wharf Theatre.

In addition to completing individual arts projects in the medium of their choice, students worked together to create a capstone presentation inspired

by Parable of the Sower. The cohort wrote, filmed, edited, and scored an original short film on gentrification in New Haven.

Fellows graduated from the program in a public ceremony on the Festival’s main stage on June 11—our opening night on the New Haven Green—after presenting their projects to friends, family, and community members in an exhibition at Gateway Community College earlier that same day.

Learn more about the High School Program at ARTIDEA.ORG/fellowship

“I have been able to meet so many incredible artists this past year, and each and every one has helped my passion for the arts grow. We connected to the community and to each other, which was an amazing feat after a global pandemic. Arts & Ideas truly inspired me to seek out more opportunities that allow me to connect and learn from other artists in New Haven.”

— Lauriann Burt, Arts & Ideas Fellow 2022

(Right Page) IMAGE: LAURIANN BURT, SHAMAIN MCALLISTER, ADRIAN HUQ | PHOTO: JUDY SIROTA ROSENTHAL

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ONE CITY, ONE READ, MANY PARTNERS The Festival was honored to host One City, One Read, inspiring meaningful connections through a shared reading experience. In 2022, Octavia E. Bulter’s Parable of the Sower was the center of a citywide celebration. This science fiction masterwork tells the story of Lauren Olamina, a 15-year-old Black girl in a not-too-distant future of climate catastrophe and economic devastation. First published in 1993, Parable is reaching new audiences due to its relatable themes of social inequality, climate change, infrastructure collapse, and migration.

We explored these themes through collaborations with partners across the city, including the Yale Schwarzman Center and New Haven Free Public Library, co-presenting 20 events including film screenings, live performances, panel discussions, and visual art offerings. We also worked with over 20 community partners to give out more than 500 copies of Parable to schools, non-profit organizations, and individuals across the city.

The centerpiece of our programming was Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower: An Opera by Toshi Reagan and

“Parable of the Sower is a monumental book that remains timely. All of the programming, the book, the opera, the films, helped to provide a deeper understanding of Octavia’s work. It’s a call to action.

It touched folks in New Haven in a way that they won’t forget.”

— Shamain McAllister, Community Programs Manager Bernice Johnson Reagon. This unique opera brought together more than 30 original anthems drawn from 200 years of black music to recreate Butler’s sci-fi, Afrofuturist masterpiece.

“I have had the honor of seeing International Festival of Arts & Ideas performances since 1998 when I first moved to New Haven.

The night I attended Parable of the Sower, the audience looked like New Haven – multigenerational, diverse, and engaged. The performance was one of the most powerful I have seen in Festival’s history. It was dark but inspirational, speaking to

the power of music and theater to our present and future growth.” — Barbara Rockenbach, Stephen F. Gates ‘68 University Librarian at Yale University The Festival was named one of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read grantees for 2023. Next year, along with our community partners, we’ll showcase Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig. Through expansive multidisciplinary arts and humanities programming, we’ll engage our community in dialogue around disability justice and access.

DONORS TO THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER CHAMPION CIRCLE Generously supported Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower: An Opera by Toshi Reagan and Bernice Johnson Reagan

Candace Barrington & Michael Shea Bob & Priscilla Dannies Andrew Forsyth & Josh Goodbaum Gordon & Shelley Geballe Penn & Diane Holsenbeck Annie Lin & Brendan Woo Michael Morand & William Frank Mitchell Jennifer Harrison Newman Barbara Rockenbach & Dan Wilderman Betsy & William Sledge Leonardo H. Suzio & John Hansen Interested in supporting a special project in 2023?

Contact Shannon Mykins at smykins@artidea.org to learn more.

(Left Page) IMAGE: OCTAVIA E. BUTLER’S PARABLE OF THE SOWER: AN OPERA BY TOSHI REAGAN AND BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON | PHOTO: JOEL CALLAWAY

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2022 FESTIVAL IMPACT REPORT REACH (JANUARY 1 – JULY 1) PRESS • 100+ Articles

ECONOMIC IMPACT

$2.45M

WEBSITE • 331,339 Pageviews

SOCIAL Facebook Reach 99,912

Twitter Reach 88,378

Instagram Reach 43,681

Vimeo Reach 52,500

Downtown New Haven (June 10-26)

• $60.49 average spend per-person—nearly 2x the national average • 40+ Events in Partnership with local restaurants, food entrepreneurs, and breweries • 171 Arts & Ideas Employees in 2022

AUDIENCE

100,000+ Welcomed In-Person and Virtually in May and June

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

• Visitors from 60+ CT Towns • Visitors from 24+ US States • Online viewers from 18+ Countries

• 18 students participated in the Arts & Ideas High School Fellowship Program • 500+ copies of Parable of the Sower distributed for FREE during One City, One Read • 5 Neighborhood Festivals were celebrated this year: Dixwell, Fair Haven, The Hill, Newhallville, and West Rock/West Hills

830 ARTISTS & SPEAKERS

• 32 Internationally based • 149 Nationally based • 174 Connecticut-based • 475 New Haven-based

YEAR-ROUND EXPANSION • 3 Virtual Holiday Events broadcasted November 2021 – January 2022 reaching an audience of 1,500+ • 7 Lunchtime Events on the New Haven Green presented August – November 2022 reaching 400+ community members

“Glad to have been in the diverse audience, taking it all in!”

— Festival Attendee (2022)

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CELEBRATING TOGETHER 1 2

VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AWARD The Visionary Leadership Award honors those in our community whose trailblazing work impacts the world. In 2022, we recognized Sahraa Karimi, a university lector, independent film director and screenwriter from Kabul, Afghanistan.

Karimi was honored at the annual Visionary Leadership Award Luncheon, where she shared her knowledge and experience in conversation with Mercy A. Quaye, Founder and President of The Narrative Project. This important fundraiser raises money for the Jean Handley Fund, which supports programs that represent the values and passions of the late Jean Handley, one of the Festival’s three founders and a visionary leader herself. The Jean Handley Fund supported the Connecticut premiere of Dallas Black Dance Theatre in 2022.

CONNECT GALA HONORING GORDON GEBALLE The 2022 Annual Gala celebrated the legacy of Gordon Geballe upon his retirement as Board Chair of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas after well over a decade of service. Attendees enjoyed a musical performance by classical guitarist Annalisa Ewald, an interactive photobooth experience by New Haven-based artist Liah Sinq, and a program that highlighted the impact of Gordon Geballe’s work on the Festival and our community. The night ended with a sparkling toast, decadent desserts, and dancing to music by DJ JD Presents.

TOM & LIZ SERIOUS FUN(D) The Tom & Liz Serious Fun(d) was created in 2020 in honor of Tom Griggs and Liz Fisher upon their retirement as co-directors 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. In 2022, the Tom & Liz Serious Fun(d) supported the return of children’s programming on the New Haven Green.

Together, we surpassed our goal by raising over $155,000!

Learn more about these special ways to give at ARTIDEA.ORG/support (Left Page) ARTIST: SAHARAA KARIMI | PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST HEADSHOT: GORDON GEBALLE | PHOTO: JUDY SIROTA ROSENTHAL HEADHSOT: THOMAS S. GRIGGS JR, LIZ FISHER | PHOTO: JUDY SIROTA ROSENTHAL

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2022 PHOTO GALLERY

ARTISTS: JONATHAN MOORE, NEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (NHSO) | PHOTO: ASHLEIGH HUCKABEY

IMAGE: FESTIVAL ATTENDEES | PHOTO: ASHLEIGH HUCKABEY

ARTIST: OKAIDJA | PHOTO: JOEL CALLAWAY

IMAGE: MEMBER OF NEW HAVEN YOUTH AND RECREATION | PHOTO: JOEL CALLAWAY

IMAGE: PROYECTO CIMMARON | PHOTO: LANCE LONG

ARTIST: PAXX HEADROOM | PHOTO: LANCE LONG

IMAGE: HOUSE OF NAAN | PHOTO: MAHER MAHMOOD

ARTISTS: FUNNY ASIAN WOMEN KOLLECTIVE (FAWK) | PHOTO: MAHER MAHMOOD

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 SPONSORS MARQUEE SPONSORS

SERIES SPONSORS

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PROGRAM SPONSORS

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HOSPITALITY PARTNERS

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT Aldo DeDominicis Foundation Brenner, Saltzman, & Wallman Connecticut Sun Cornell Scott Hill-Health Ethnic Online Ethel and Abe Lapides Foundation, Inc.

Hotel Marcel Huneebee Project International Association of New Haven Jana Foundation, Inc. Joseph Merritt & Company Koskoff, Koskoff, & Bieder 17

New England Donor Services New Haven Free Public Library New York Life Insurance Company Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale Quinnipiac University TYCO Printing

THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 SUPPORTERS Gifts Given OCT. 1, 2021 – SEPT. 30, 2022 Presented Alphabetically

*** Donated consecutively for the past 25 years ** Donated consecutively for the past 10 years

* Donated consecutively for the past 5 years ° New Donor

Nina Adams and Moreson Kaplan** Petisia M. Adger Rachel and Ian Alderman** Nancy Alexander and Phillip Bernstein* Jenna M. Allegretto Jamie Almodovar° Sarah Almodovar° Laura & Victor Altshul** John and Mary-Jo Amatruda Lauren Anderson° Andie° John Angel° Anonymous The Anonymous Fund Breanna Arce° Walter and Diane Ariker** Moe Armstrong and Haydee Petemli Hon. Janet Arterton and Christopher Arterton Atlantic Capital Investments° Jan & Harry Attridge Michael and Robin Texeira Atwater° Judy and Steve August** Aum mani padme hum° Meari Avery° Karen Baar** Paul and Joanne Bailey** Ray Baldelli and Wojtek Borwoski, Edgehill Realtors Drs. Rosemary Balsam and Paul Schwaber Christine Barker° Allison Barkley° Betsy Barnston** Candace Barrington and Michael Shea** Melissa Barton and Chris Gackenheimer° Marie Baskerville° Mark Bauer° Scott E. Baylow° Bruce Becker° Madeline Becker° Jason Beckman° Maya and Larry Bee Dr. Robert Beech° Maureen Belden° Andrew Benner° Eric and Ethel Berger** Cheryl Bergman° Sarah Berry BLOOM° Jerry Boryca and Tucker Sweitzer Jim and Mollie Bouldin Lorenzo M. Boyd° Kathleen and Robert Bradley* Lisa Brandes & Scott McLean** Brianne Brathwaite° Dorothea Brennan Patricia F. Brett, Ed.D. and Mr. Hiram Brett Linda Briggs** Grace and Jay Bright Janet Brodie and Don Wunderlee** James and Martha Brogan Heidi Brooks° Diane Brown William T Brown Susan J. Bryson and Laurence P. Nadel Latoya Burke° Linda Burt** Nicholas Bussett° Emily Byrne Guido and Anne Tyler Calabresi*** Linda and Vince Calarco*

Lucy Calcott° Ed Cantor and Rise Siegel** Florian Carle° John Anderson & Elaine Carroll* Lisa Anne Cerbone Monalto Teresa Chahine Elaine Chapman° Elsie B. Chapman** Barbara Chesler and Karen Dahl Bill Christmas° Bitsie Clark Stocky and Judy Clark** Tracey Cleary° Anne Coffey Gloria Cohen Mark Cohen° Matthew and Michele Cohen Family Fund Sue Cohen Norman Cole° Charles Collier° Tammy Conley and Roselinde Torres* John Connell Audrey B. Conrad Kathleen Conway Claudia Coronel° Samuel Cotto° Vicki & David Crompton** The Cubilette Sisters° Deidre Cuffee-Gray° Linda Cummings° Lindsay Cummings° Christopher and Phyllis Texeira Donna Curran and Patrick McCaughey* G J Curran° The Jane and William Curran Foundation Inc. Susan Czark° Sangeeta Dadlani° Bob & Priscilla Dannies*** Jennifer Davies Emily H Davison Paul and Judy DeCoster Pat DeMaio Susan Denis Susan DeSilver Donna Diamassa° Kim DiBenedetto° Tacey Dietlmeier° Melinda Divicino* Joel Dodson° Deirdre Dolan° John Doody John Gaddis and Toni Dorfman John and Pat Zandy Jackie Downing Andrew Drabkin and Brian Hughes Louise DuBois° Amy Duda° Doris Dumas° Patrick J. Dunn* Alexander Duran° Evonne Duzant° Gary Desir & Deborah Dyett Desir* The Honorable William R. Dyson Eileen and Andrew Eder** Cathy Edwards and Mike Wishnie** Virginia Eicher Deborah Elkin Rachel Elkind° Jody P. Ellant, Esq** Elena Emanuel°

Joan and Michael Emmet Karyn M. Gilvarg and Eric W. Epstein Sally Esposito Helena Estes Rev. Kevin Ewing* Kathryn Feidelson Michael and Ann Feinberg Rebecca Feldman° Richard and Barbara Feldman Molly Felth° Ficklin Media° Loren Fields° Liza Fiol-Matta° Stephanie Fitzgerald° Lo Fitzgibbons° Terry S. Flagg E. Puanani Ford ForGood Fund Andrew Forsyth and Josh Goodbaum° Jennifer Frank Barbara and Richard Franke* Deborah Freedman & Ben Ledbetter Diallo Freeman° Kalman L. Watsky and Deborah Fried** Karen Friedman° Michael Friedmann and Deborah Davis Trevor Fuller° Barbara & Gerald Gaab** Maria Garcia Bulkley° Jeannette Garcia Coppersmith° Daryl “Tony” Gardner° Nathan and Patricia Garland** Judy Handley Garvey** Gordon and Shelley Geballe** Josh & Allison Geballe° Tamar Gendler and Zoltan Szabo Chris and Toddie Getman Andrew Giering* Linda Gillam and Jack Buckman Sally and Steve Glick** R. Glodo° Kimberly Goff-Crews* Lindy Lee Gold Robin Goldberg° Laura Goldblum Eladio Gonzalez° Rebecca Goodheart Joseph Gordon and Mark Bauer Thelma Grant° William Graustein*** Alexis Greene° The Stewart and Constance Greenfield Foundation Linda Greenhouse Thomas S. Griggs, Jr. and Ed Bottomley** Jessy Griswold° The Reverend Bonita Grubbs John and Mary Beth Gustavsen° William H. and Irene K. Charitable Trust* Victoria Hackman** Alice and Jim Hadler Judi Hahn Steve and Lisa Hamm Karsten Harries Kathreen Harrison° Angelica Harter° Douglas Hausladen° Kim A. Healey and John A. McCreight Dan Heaton** James Moseley and Cheryl Henderson°

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Rosalind Hinman AJ Hipius** Susan Holahan Penn and Diane Holsenbeck** Nina Horowitz and Richard Sussman Jim Horwitz and Sandy Allison** Simone Howe° Ms. Bernadette Huang* Jeanne Hughes Mary & Art Hunt Marcia Hunt° Kate Hunter and Rich Jacob** Carol Hwang° Kit Ingui Roberta Issler° Robert and Marcia Jacoby** Pat Hall & Gerald Jaynes Eric and Tracy Jenkins Leroy Jenkins° Georgia and Stephen Jennings Gloria Jeter° Barbara Joganich° The Johnsons° Rebecca and Keith Johnson Daisy Jones° Jazmin Juarez° Steve & Natalie Judd Mary Ellen Junda° Susan and Jonathan D. Katz Steven Katzen Helen Kauder and Barry Nalebuff** Paula Kavathas* Dennis and Elizabeth Keenan** Britton Keeshan° Kerri Kelshall-Ward° Ellen and John Kemble Katrice Kemble and Mike Rebeschi° Kiki and Ted Kennedy, Jr.** Jessenia Khalyat° Diane King Charles and Gretchen Kingsley** Emily Kirchner° Lily Kitfield-Vernon° Martha Klein° Joan Klyuchenko E. O. Knight° The Knight Family** Elaine M. Kolb Diane Krause and Liz Hellwig** Wendy Evans Kravitz Karin Krochmal and Richard Hayden Bonnie Becker and John Krystal** Carol Lambiase° Jean and Nick Lamont** Marie Landry and Peter Aronson Ellen Lange° Janette and Jeffrey Lange Layla° J. Hoffman Lee Luca Leger° Nina Lentini° Nina Lesiga Molly LeVan Maria Leveton° Peter and Sheila de Bretteville Art & Betty Levy Rebecca Levy and Andrew Bedford The Liburdi Family° Annie Lin and Brendan Woo** John Lindner° Susan Brady and Mark Loeffler Donald J. Logie, Jr. Dwight and Maureen Lopes Linda K. Lorimer and Charles D. Ellis** Henry Lowendorf and Susan Klein * Aissa Lugo° The M Fund** Kate M° Anne MacClintock and Jerry Mashaw* Gina Macdonald° C.K. Mackay

Lou Mangini Cynthia F. Mann* Marc and Margaret Mann** Maria Markham and Andrew Putnam Carl and Yarel Marshall ° Judith Martignetti° Martin-Pescatore Family Fund* Jill E. Martin* Lori Martin Magalis Martinez° Therese Masotta° Ginger & Stephen May Marianne C. Mazan Anthony McDonald° Julia McFadden Thomas McGrath Dan McGurk° The McKenna-Broderick Family Julia M. McNamara and Richard J. Lolatte Robert S. McWilliam, M.D.° Lynn Meekins° Mike Melanson° Ruby Melton and Gail McAvay** April Merleaux° Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer*** Joanne Meyerowitz Judi and Dan Miglio*** Ray Miler° David B & Beth Aura Miller Ellen and Leonard Milstone Michael Morand and William Frank Mitchell** Marcella Monk Flake° Elizabeth & David Monz Julie & Bill Moore Cindy Moran° Gerald Morin and Michael Davidson Laura J. Morrison* Donna Moss Colleen Murphy-Dunning° Shannon Mykins* Carol Nardini Brian Nekoloff and Wesley Wright Jennifer Harrison Newman Peter Newman David I. Newton** Deena Nicol-Blifford Barbara Niemczyk Brenda Novak° Roy Ogren Mary O’Leary Patricia O’Leary° Susan Papa and David Schatz* David Parish° Robert Parker and David Carter* Julie Parr Garland Patton° Justice Payne° Peace & Love* Lisa Peccini° Mary L. Pepe Brian Perkins° Kacey Perkins° Nick and Sara Perkins° Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury Diane I. Perry° Sydney Perry Tracy Peters Mr. and Mrs. Guido Petra Dr. E. Anthony Petrelli Anna and Casey Pickett° Pikaart-Vaughan Family Fund* Roberta Pilette Dan Pinto° Sarah Pinto° Phillip Pivawer and Linda Hewlett* Alan Plattus and Nancy Berliner* Leslie Pollack** Nicole A. Pollard Celia Bicknell Ponvert* Stan and Carroll Possick Gillen Powers Family Fund

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Alec Purves Shelley Quiala and Tony Hanson Melanie Quigley° Josh Randall° Elizabeth Rathbun Rita Regencio° Aileen Reynolds and Robert Silverstein Rita Richards° Valerie Richardson Meejin R° Terrence R Riggins Pamela Robertson° Kerry Robinson and Michael Cappello* Susan Robinson° Barbara Rockenbach & Dan Wilderman** Debra Rohr° Jeffrey Ross° Joseph Ross° Carolyn Ross Lee° James Rossi° Patricia Rossi° Sheilah B. Rostow** Abigail Roth and R. Lee Stump** Professor K.G. Rouwenhorst* Constance L. Royster** Barbara Ruggieri Cynthia A. Russo Marion Sachdeva** Katharine B. Sacks and Joseph C. Huether Bo Sandine° Estevao Santos° Martha Savage° Leslye Schaefer John and Maureen Schaetzl Patricia Schein Anne Schenck** Cliff Schloss Rachel Scotch° Seedlings Foundation** Margot Seigle° Bruce Seymour Sandra Shaner** Thomasine Shaw Mike and Kathy Shonborn Carmen Shortt Dr. Lorraine D. Siggins Chris and Frank Silvestri Reginald and Wendy Simmons° Mark Simon and Penny Bellamy Bruce and Pam Simonds** Judy Sirota Rosenthal* Ian Skoggard and Hilary Cain Betsy and William Sledge** Elinor Slomba° Andrew Smulian° Jill Snyder° Kerala and Richard Snyder Fund Dr. Linda Waldman and Rabbi Howard Sommer Anita Soos Judy Sparer** Sydney & Christina Spiesel Kirby Stafford Lisa Stanger and Greg Colodner* Aleta Staton* Andrea Stein Alinor Sterling and Steve Mentz* Harold and Sandra Stern Pignatello Family Fund Shepard and Marlene Stone** Fred Strebeigh° Dolores Strode Laura Sundstrom Sherree D Sutton° Leonardo H. Suzio and John Hansen*** Richard Taft and Helen Barnstable* Bruce Payne and Jack Thomas Lise Thomas° Constance Thomas-Razza Mary Tinetti Deborah Toll*

Gifts Given OCT. 1, 2021 – SEPT. 30, 2022 Presented Alphabetically

*** Donated consecutively for the past 25 years ** Donated consecutively for the past 10 years

* Donated consecutively for the past 5 years ° New Donor

David and Lisa Totman** Sandra Trevino-Ranalli* Suzanne Tucker Sophie Tworkowski° Maryanne Ullmann° Sascha van Creveld Vaughn Associates° Anna Vdovenko° Victor Vega** Patricia Walker and Ellen Morgan Stuart G Warner** Vesla Weaver° Denise Webb° Jean K. Webb* Wednesday Friendsday Art Night° Alison Weir The Weisbarts** Lynda E. Rosenfeld and Richard M. Weiss Paul Wessel° James White° Sandra Wiens° Matthew Wilcox° Virginia and John Wilkinson** Evelyn Willett° Briana Williams° Chalyce Williams° Judith Wilson° Iris Ananse° Mary Lou Winnick* The Winokur Family Foundation* Carol Withers Marian Wittink° Stephen and Rachel Wizner** Elsa L. Stone and Steve Wolfson** Rebecca Wong° Aicha Woods° Christopher Yurkovsky and Deborah McArthur* Michelle Zacks Steven and Barbara Zalesch* Zdru Family Fund** Scott Zink° Pamela Carley and Lawrence Zukof

Albert Lehman Karyn M. Gilvarg and Eric W. Epstein Randy and Jan Morrison Laura J. Morrison Shannon Mykins Brian Nekoloff and Wesley Wright Brian Nekoloff Shannon Mykins Barbara Jean Reeves Moore Donna Diamassa Barbara Rockenbach Michael Morand and William Frank Mitchell Dee Schaeffer Susan Robinson Betsy and William Sledge Kate Hunter

Tina Lindstrom and Scott Daigle Eileen and Andrew Eder John and Liz Fisher Josh & Allison Geballe Chris and Toddie Getman Sally and Steve Glick Thomas S. Griggs, Jr. and Ed Bottomley Kim A. Healey and John A. McCreight Penn and Diane Holsenbeck Melissa Huber Roger G. Ibbotson Pat Hall & Gerald Jaynes Helen Kauder and Barry Nalebuff Britton Keeshan The Knight Family Jacqueline Koral Jean and Nick Lamont Richard and Jane Levin Annie Lin and Brendan Woo Marc and Margaret Mann Ruby Melton and Gail McAvay Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Shannon Mykins Brian P. Nekoloff David I. Newton David Parish Robert Parker and David Carter Anna and Casey Pickett Jay Pottenger and Sue Wharf Shelley Quiala and Tony Hanson Melanie Quigley Constance Royster Seedlings Foundation Betsy and William Sledge Elinor Slomba Andrew Smulian Lisa Stanger and Greg Colodner Louis and Susan Stone Dolores Strode Bruce Payne and Jack Thomas Constance Thomas-Razza John and Pat Zandy

IN MEMORY OF: Henry “Hank” Blumenthal Elaine Chapman Ralph Cerbone Lisa Anne Cerbone Monalto Louise Endel Thomas S. Griggs, Jr. and Ed Bottomley Maggie C. Free Patricia F. Brett, Ed.D. and Mr. Hiram Brett Jean Handley Bitsie Clark Judy Handley Garvey Julia M. McNamara and Richard J. Lolatte Ed Kaplan Lisa Peccini David King Diane King Joanne Saccio John and Mary-Jo Amatruda Patricia Shea McGrath Thomas McGrath

JEAN HANDLEY FUND DONORS

In honor of the 12th Visionary Leadership Award

IN HONOR OF: Kristin Aspinall Estevao Santos James Burgess Jr. Cliff Schloss Anne Calabresi Jan & Harry Attridge Linda Greenhouse Roz Meyer and Anne Calabresi Shelley Quiala and Tony Hanson Sharon Clemons and the Community Cultivator Award Helen Kauder and Barry Nalebuff The Dokko/Stein Family Andrea Stein Gordon Geballe Josh & Allison Geballe Kimberly Goff-Crews Stephen and Rachel Wizner Tom Griggs Marianne C. Mazan Judith Hackman Joseph Gordon Howard Thomas Hall Pat Hall & Gerald Jaynes Mary Hunter Wolf Martha Savage Helen Kauder Julie Parr

Guido and Anne Tyler Calabresi Donna Curran and Patrick McCaughey Jennifer Davies Gary Desir & Deborah Dyett Desir Sally and Steve Glick Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury Kerry Alys Robinson and Michael Cappello, MD Dr. Lorraine D. Siggins Betsy and William Sledge Virginia and John Wilkinson Elsa L. Stone and Steve Wolfson Zdru Family Fund

HONORING GORDON GEBALLE Donors to the CONNECT Gala

Judy and Steve August Candace Barrington and Michael Shea Bruce Becker Brianne Brathwaite Emily Byrne Guido and Anne Tyler Calabresi John Anderson & Elaine Carroll Elsie B. Chapman Linda Cummings Barbara Chesler and Karen Dahl Bob & Priscilla Dannies Pat DeMaio & Jerry Caturano Gary Dunning Gary Desir & Deborah Dyett Desir

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THANK YOU TO OUR LEGACY SOCIETY Elsie B. Chapman Robert E.W. Eisele* Louise Endel* Liz Fisher Gordon Geballe Thomas S. Griggs, Jr. Chad Herzog Brian Kolbin* Ruby Melton Brian Nekoloff Lisa Stanger Alinor Sterling Stuart G. Warner *In grateful memory Learn more at ARTIDEA.ORG/PlannedGiving

FINANCIAL REPORT: FY 2022 EXPENSE

Arts, Humanities & Education Programming......................$2,700,000.00 (71.10%) Management & General................................................................$700,000.00 (18.40%) Fundraising.......................................................................................$400,000.00 (10.50%) TOTAL: $3,800,000.00

INCOME AND RESTRICTED FUNDING RELEASE Foundation........................................................................................$550,000.00 (14.50%) Corporate............................................................................................$350,000.00 (9.20%) Government.......................................................................................$825,000.00 (21.70%) Individual...........................................................................................$875,000.00 (23.00%) Special Events...................................................................................$200,000.00 (5.30%) Special Government Funding – COVID..................................$600,000.00 (15.80%) Earned Income...................................................................................$225,000.00 (5.90%) Release from Restriction.................................................................$175,000.00 (4.60%) TOTAL: $3,800,000.00

Arts & Ideas participates in an annual audit by an independent auditor. This report was prepared prior to our 2022 audit.

If you have questions about our financial processes, please contact Aaron Thompson, Managing Director, at athompson@artidea.org.

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ARTS & IDEAS STAFF AND BOARD We are grateful to the staff who contributed to the 2022 International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

LEADERSHIP Malakhi Eason Director of Programming & Community Engagement Lara Ehrlich Director of Marketing & Communications Melissa Huber Director of Artistic Planning & Operations Shannon Mykins Director of Development Shelley Quiala Executive Director Aaron Thompson Managing Director PROGRAMMING & COMMUNITY IMPACT Juanita Austin Producer Darcy Bruce-Julian Fellowship Program Co-Teacher Andre Gilford Fellowship Program Co-Teacher Tania Lentini Ideas Project Manager Shamain McAllister Community Programs Manager Denise Santisteban Curator of Tours, Storytelling & Ideas Programs Tiffany Williams Neighborhood Festival Coordinator

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Rahkiya Davis Marketing Administrator Allison Hadley Marketing & Communications Manager Yvette Hicks Creative Manager Josehua Hilarion Marketing Administrator Haja Kamara Marketing Administrator Ramon Luna Graphic Design Assistant Jenny Medina Morris OmniCulture Communications Jean-Pierre Solis-Sánchez Graphic Design Assistant EXECUTIVE, FINANCE, & ADMINISTRATION Marisette Cruz Office Manager Larry “Benito” Jackson Finance Specialist Clifford Schloss Executive Assistant

MULTIMEDIA Cliff Baird Camera Operator/Editor Devin Gallant Production Assistant Bridget Harry Associate Media Producer Tiffany Hopkins Media Producer Sebastian Nazario-Colon Production Assistant Michael Paddock Projections Supervisor

ARTIST SERVICES Samantha Bechard Hospitality Manager Maeve Cunningham Hospitality Manager Margaret Federici Artist Services Coordinator Vancardi Foster Driver Artisena Hill Company Manager Anthony Holiday Transportation & Parking Manager Marcella Monk Flake Artist Services Coordinator Erik Remec Driver Nia Vaughn Artist Services Coordinator Andrea Williams Driver

DEVELOPMENT Zino Adjroud Senior Development Writer Damani Ben-Salahuddin Hospitality Assistant Stef Caragliano Grant Consultant Bobby DellaCamera Special Events Manager Finesha Henry Donor Relations Associate Katrice Kemble Development Manager Tahj Sutherland Quinnipiac University Intern

AUDIENCE SERVICES Renee Bennett House Manager Sophia Colodner House Manager Nicole Evans House Manager Ashleigh Huckabey Box Office Assistant Hannah Joyner House Manager Shannon Miller House Manager Malyiah Mullings Box Office Assistant

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Olivia Narciso Box Office Manager Andry Pena Del Jesus Box Office Assistant Christian Ponce Box Office Assistant Manager Emily Reeder Box Office Programmer Oluwaseun Soyemi House Manager Tamera Sternberger Box Office Assistant Manager Myles Tripp House Management Captain Desiree Upchurch Box Office Assistant Luiz Zayas House Manager PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS Sherri Alfonso Production Stage Manager Jesus Bonilla Operations Crew Jose Bonilla Operations Crew Taylor Brown Lighting Technician Ro Burnett Production Electrician Michael Burruss Operations Crew Tania Bussey Stage Manager Guido Capuano Operations Crew Robert Chikar Operations Manager Belinda Conrad Production Office Manager Kevin DeChello Associate Production Manager Lucas Dellaporta Audio Technician David Difabio Assistant Technical Director Joshua Dobson Audio Engineer Christina Dragen-Dima Production Electrician Nicholas Fiorentino Intern Tyler Fitzgerald Sound Designer Daniela Flores Production Assistant Paul Frydrychowski Master Electrician/Programmer Thomas Hays Electrics Crew/Electrician Tyler Hieb Electrics Crew/Electrician Tara Iyer Production Assistant

Samuel Kasem-Beg Operations Crew Joe Krempetz Audio Technician Francesca Lewis Production Assistant Stanley Mathabane Audio Technician Patrick McMillan Operations Crew Gabriella Mercado Electrics Crew/Electrician Tyron O’Connell Operations Crew Elisa Palumbo Operations Manager John Queenan Audio Technician Marquis Reid Operations Crew Briana Rodriguez Operations Crew David Romero Operations Crew Kelsey Sapp Production Manager Bryn Scharenberg Audio Engineer Charlie Suarez Operations Crew Alonzo Talley Operations Crew Amanda Tozzi Stage Manager Nora Willson Stage Manager SECURITY Cameron Boyce Security Guard Michael Davis, Jr. Security Guard Dorinda Flores Security Guard Rachel Flores Security Guard Jennifer Gibilisco Security Guard Jennifer Jahn Security Guard Jennette Krawec Security Guard Peter Lucibelli Security Guard Robert Ritchie Security Guard Dylan Rubino Security Guard Michael Rubino Security Supervisor Nicholas Rubino Security Guard Lisa Sibley Security Guard Matthew Sibley Security Guard Mathew Sorensen Security Guard Brandon Stewart Security Guard Markus Thomas Security Guard

IATSE CREW Brian Andruskiwec Samuel Artemchuk Ariel Benichoov Michael Bishop James Braxton JanMichael Capozziello Lorenzo Cardoso Trevor Carey Stella Cerullo John Cerullo, Jr. Kelven Charles Luis Cordero Mathew Corona Kate Crescimanno-Roth Guy Crevier Patrick Czajke Harry Daniells Frank Dawid Joseph Donohue Patrick Egan Jason Epps Jack Ferreira Malik Ferrell Pedro Floran Matthew Forty James Fournelle Claire Gaudette Kyle Gliford Gregory Goto Anthony Grazioso Marshall Hannah Stephen Havrilla Stephen Henshaw Jason Hoffman Robyn Joyce Dana Kaplan Michael Kaplan Sean Kelley Kristin Kreho Luke Lamoureux Mark LeBlanc Karin Lopez David Luciani David Marsh George Matulis Thomas McLoughlin Thomas Mullin Trapper Nelson John Parenti Brian Prytko Emery Roth Heather Santor Adam Ursone Christopher Valente Russell Van Edsinga Richard Viale Todd Wormell

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2022 Executive Officers Gordon Geballe, Ph.D. Board Chair Rev. Kevin Ewing Vice Chair, Chair Elect Alinor Sterling Vice Chair Penn Holsenbeck Treasurer Betsy Sledge Secretary Anne Tyler Calabresi Founding Director Dr. Roslyn Milstein Meyer Founding Director Shelley Quiala Executive Director, ex officio 2022 Board Members Jenna M. Allegretto Candace Barrington Joe Bertolino, Ed.D. Lorenzo M. Boyd, Ph.D. Patricia F. Brett, Ed.D. Diane Brown William T. Brown, Ph.D. Donna Curran Deborah Dyett Desir, M.D. Stephen Glick Kimberly Goff-Crews Hon. Clifton Graves Jr. Pat Hall Jaynes, SPHR, SHRM-SCP* Annie Lin Ruby H. Melton Charles O’Connell Kerry Robinson Lisa Stanger Richard Taft Michael E. Twitty Charles E. Warner Jr.

*As of May 17, 2022

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