Annual Report 2022

ANNUAL REPORT

Shannon Mykins

Director of Development

T: 203.498.3760

E: smykins@artidea.org

WELCOME LETTERS

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.

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.

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.

Shelley Quiala Executive Director

Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

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.

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.

Gordon Geballe Board Chair FY2022

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.

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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PHOTO: LANCE LONG IMAGE: LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

PHOTO: JUDY SIROTA ROSENTHAL IMAGE: ANTI-RACISM COMMITMENT

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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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

— Hanan Hameen, founder of the Artsucation Academy Network and Official Juneteenth Coalition of Greater New Haven

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

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL

ARTIST: HAROLYN BLACKWELL

Gabriel Abdul-Karim, Bambara Drum Dance Ensemble, and New Haven-based African drummer Brian Jarawa Gray

“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.”

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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

IMAGE: JAZZ ORBIT BY WAILLIS LEE, PAUL PROULX

PHOTO: JOEL CALLAWAY IMAGE: FRIDA PUPPET

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.

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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.

CELEBRATING TOGETHER

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

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

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.

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

IMAGE: FESTIVAL ATTENDEES | PHOTO: ASHLEIGH HUCKABEY

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

ARTIST: PAXX HEADROOM | PHOTO: LANCE LONG

ARTISTS: FUNNY ASIAN WOMEN KOLLECTIVE (FAWK)

PHOTO: MAHER MAHMOOD

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

ARTIST: OKAIDJA | PHOTO: JOEL CALLAWAY

IMAGE: PROYECTO CIMMARON | PHOTO: LANCE LONG

IMAGE: HOUSE OF NAAN | PHOTO: MAHER MAHMOOD

HOSPITALITY PARTNERS

elizabethan club Maynard Mack Fund

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

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

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*

*** Donated consecutively for the past 25 years

** Donated consecutively for the past 10 years

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°

* Donated consecutively for the past 5 years

° New Donor

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°

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

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*

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARTS & IDEAS STAFF AND BOARD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We are grateful to the staff who contributed to the 2022 International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

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

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS & IDEAS