2024 Annual Benefit Journal

THE C O U R C A IT Y N VA S A N N UA L B E N E F IT

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THE CITY OUR CANVAS

Youth Apprentice Prisye Johnson working on “Kaleidoscope” for BDO North America’s new midtown headquarters 3

CONTENTS

Making Our Mark A Message from Karen Our Mission & Who We Are Our Impact by the Numbers Featured Programs Integrated Art Social Justice Art Community Events Oral History Our Evening Our Honorees Past Honorees Heather Kahn John Drew John O’Hare Tom Hill Our Thanks A Message from Andy & Brian Our Host Committee Our Friends & Collaborators Our Sponsors Sponsor Messages Special Thanks Summer Mural Programs

“Harlem Heat” (detail) mural for Trader Joe’s 125th Street, Summer 2023 4

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MAKING OUR

CAW Teaching Artist Kibrom Araya guides 6th-grade students at IS 254 in the Bronx in an art project inspired by Paleolithic cave paintings (cave not included).

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A MESSAGE FROM KAREN “My favorite class is art, and one of the lessons I’ve learned is to believe in myself.” So said a Bronx middle school student in one of our after-school programs last week. Her powerful statement perfectly captures what Creative Art Works is all about, and why we are here tonight.

Welcome to our 2024 Annual Benefit for Kids, “The City, Our Canvas.” Our theme is, at first glance, a reference to our public art and visual arts programming across town, to our vibrant urban landscape, and to the work of tonight’s honorees. It is also an allusion to the people that form the fabric of our communities and the foundation of our work. These include, most especially, the young people we serve, but also the countless individuals who show up for CAW in myriad ways to make our work possible.

Last summer represented the biggest season of our Public Art Youth Employment program to date, with our marvelous program management team, teaching artists, and youth apprentices collaborating with numerous worksite venues, partner organizations, city and state agencies, and commissioning clients. This academic year, we are executing more than 25 school-based programs at 20 schools across four boroughs, with the partnership of school administrators, teachers, work-based learning coordinators, and visiting industry professionals. Our community art-making events are a minor marvel of choreography and communication with dozens of stakeholders.

The common thread among all is a belief in the creative process as a catalyst for young people to flourish. We are undeterred by those who would paint a bleak picture of our fair city, witnessing daily the resilience of our NYC kids and all those dedicated to their growth!

We as an organization also now have a greater opportunity to thrive. Thanks to generous contributors of materials, services, and space, our growing staff relocated to a new home office in January, with the capacity to accommodate a plethora of art supplies, room for quiet focus, and areas for collaboration. This, in turn, equips us to better connect with our young people and inspire them to see our city as a blank canvas that awaits their contributions.

Our innumerable collaborators include all of you here tonight. The vital funds raised at this event sustain our services throughout the year. Your contributions are a testament to your belief in our mission; we are gratified–and grateful–to count you as partners in the work.

With much appreciation

Karen Jolicoeur Executive Director 8

Student with diorama in a literacy-based art program at PS 153 in Hamilton Heights 9

OUR MISSION Creative Art Works empowers young people through the visual and multimedia arts. Our programs equip NYC children, teens and young adults with essential tools and skills; connect them with community, academic success and career opportunities; and inspire them to reach for new possibilities.

Working in underserved neighborhoods of NYC, we provide in-school and out-of-school-time classes, public art youth employment programs, and community art-making events, in partnership with public schools, recreation centers, parks, foster care facilities, and in juvenile justice settings. Our programs build confidence, unlock a love of learning, and teach valuable technical and social-emotional skills while creating profound connections between our young constituents, their art, and their communities. Students are never charged for participation, and Youth Apprentices earn wages.

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WHO WE ARE Karen Jolicoeur Executive Director Ian Newton Director of Finance & Administration Donna Manganello Program Manager Ivory Nunez-Medrano Program Manager – Teaching & Learning Riki Sabel Program Manager Madeline De Léon Program Associate Jill Goldstein Human Resources & Office Manager John Scott Lucas Marketing & Communications Manager Clair Vogel Development Manager Andrés Piedrahita Development & Marketing Associate 11

OUR FUNDING...

FY 2023 sources of funds

Contributed Government = 13% In-kind = 10% Individual = 4% Corporate = 4% Foundation = 8% Earned Program income = 12% Event Annual Benefit for Kids = 49% $ 1.947MM Total

FY 2023 use of funds Expense Allocation New Initiatives 3% General and Administrative 14% Fundraising 18% In-kind 10%

Expense by Program In-School 16% Out-of-School Time 15% Public Art Youth Employment 23% Community Art-making 2% $ 1.907MM Total

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OUR IMPACT, BY THE NUMBERS In fiscal year 2023, we provided...

263 Youth Apprenticeships in the

digital arts and through the creation of large-scale public art Creative Art Works provided full-time summer jobs and part-time after-school jobs to NYC teens and young adults through the creation of six works of large-scale public art, a multimedia oral histories project, and our character design program with FunPlus.

Painting at Queens Family Court.

Photo by David Handschuh.

Used with permission

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participants and 11 partners with 7 out-of-school time programs Semester-long after-school and Saturday art programs offer K-12 students the opportunity to develop their artistic, technical, and social skills, with a positive impact on academic behaviors. Programs included mixed media, narrative storytelling and puppetry, and social justice art.

Puppets from the Puppetry and Storytelling program at PS 192

1,119 students with 9 in-school arts integration programs

Arts-based, integrated units of study help to meet mandated arts education requirements and mitigate the lack of ample arts education in public schools. Integrated curricula, including anatomy and physiology, social studies, and the language arts, were designed in keeping with the NY State Learning Standards for the Arts and the NY City Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts as well as the guidelines of Creative Youth Development.

Making collages at PS 153 in Hamilton Heights

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...and served participants through 6 community art-making events These projects engage youth with their families as part of larger public events with community partners. Art-making aligns with and enhances our partners’ goals for youth and community engagement.

Making kinetic art at New York Restoration Project’s Fall Fest

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SPONTANEOUS, INTUITIVE, AND EXCITING!

“I think approaching the subject matter from a different point of view, from a different angle, is an amazing experience for students. As the weeks go by, I’m seeing the students engaging with the subject matter more. They are excited when they get to class.”

— CAW Teaching Artist Kibrom Araya At IS 254 in The Bronx, sixth-grade students are learning about world cultures in a direct and tactile way by creating their own works of art inspired by objects they are learning about in their social studies class. It’s a great way to get students excited about the curriculum, and it engages different modalities of learning at the same time.

So far, students have recreated Paleolithic cave paintings, crafted mandalas on coffee filters, and made foam plate prints that emulate patterns found in Islamic art and architecture.

Most recently, they made pinch pots in the style of classical Greek amphora.

CAW Teaching Artist Kibrom Araya said this particular project really captivated his students. “This was a very engaging medium. The students really enjoyed touching, pinching and reshaping the clay. To some extent, painting and drawing requires a certain skill level, but with clay, you can just go for it. It has that spontaneity. It’s very intuitive. Starting tomorrow, they’re going to be painting their vases, and that’s when the magic will happen.”

Pinch pots inspired by Greek red and blackware pottery This program was made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. This program is also made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

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INTEGRATED LEARNING

CAW also offers art-making programs that integrate with language arts, civics, anatomy & physiology, and earth sciences. And our own Art Around the World program incorporates social studies and artmaking for primary-school students. These hands-on programs offer authentic experiences that engage students while also fostering imagination, creativity and personal connections to ideas and topics.

Read more on our blog.

Foam plate prints based on Islamic art

Hand prints and animals inspired by Paleolithic cave art 15

ART AROUND THE WORLD

WHAT MAKES YOU, YOU?

Art is a powerful medium for shaping and defining identity, and identity plays a crucial role in shaping how we see the world and what matters to us. The Creative Art Works program at IS 232 in The Bronx challenges students to think about their own identity and values by making self-portraits in a variety of media.

According to CAW’s Program Manager of Teaching & Learning, Ivory Nunez-Medrano, “The curriculum for this program combines two concepts under the umbrella of social justice: one is identity, and the other community. By crafting their own visual narratives, students can explore possibilities to recreate themselves and their realities.”

Students spent the first half of the program exploring how their identities shape their perspectives before beginning hands-on activities that reflect how we, as individuals, fit into a larger community. In early projects, students explored various ways of representing themselves in two dimensions, including tattoo designs and self-portraits inspired by the works of Frida Kahlo, Kehinde Wiley, and Amy Sherald, among others.

The culminating project will include creating a miniature self-portrait in clay and then placing it in a diorama that represents the world of the artist. These dioramas will reflect scenes of community. Based on the work produced so far, it seems likely that food, and its cultural significance, will feature prominently into these scenes.

For students who spend so much of their free-time looking at screens, working with clay is yet another means to self-discovery. CAW Teaching Artist Amrita Singh says, “Working with clay and paint requires a lot This Creative Art Works program is made possible, in part, by funds from New York State Assembly District 77 and State Assemblywoman Latoya Joyner, and, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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SOCIAL JUSTICE ART

of patience and an openness to trial and error. For example, weight and connectivity need to be considered in the design of standing structures. It has been rewarding to see how the class has demonstrated their willingness to tackle these challenges.”

Amrita says it’s been gratifying to see her students improve their technical skills by working across media and embrace their own personal styles with more confidence. She has also noticed that their creativity has evolved over the course of the program.

Read more on our blog.

“What has surprised me the most is noticing how their creativity has evolved as they moved from 2D to 3D work. For instance, some students have developed more abstract concepts of self when creating their clay counterparts and paired these characters with narratives that connect back to them as the artist. From fruit people to humananimal hybrids, students have reflected on how to best express themselves with the materials available.”

— CAW Teaching Artist Amrita Singh

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CURIOSIT Y AND COURAGE

Creative Art Works offers young people something they can’t get from looking at a smartphone, tablet, or whiteboard: hands-on experience. We’re really seeing the need for hands-on activities at community artmaking events, where our Teaching Artists encounter a lot of grade-school students who are lagging in the development of their basic motor skills, accompanied by parents who sometimes feel compelled to jump in to help with kiddie scissors, glue sticks, and the like.

When our TAs skillfully instruct the kids how to use these themselves (and encourage parents to let their kids take the reins), both are empowered to see what the kids are capable of.

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COMMUNIT Y EVENTS

“Community events, give kids a chance to be curious and discover new things. We see kids who have never seen tissue paper before and they are excited and intrigued. They wonder, ‘What will happen if I fold this?

Or what if I crumple it up?’ And that free exploration of materials is so important. Kids need to be allowed to try things without judgement.”

– Program Associate & Teaching Artist Madeline De León

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EAST HARLEM: EL BARRIO DIASPORICO

The exhibition “East Harlem: El Barrio Diasporico,” was inspired by the people of El Barrio, also known as Spanish Harlem. Over the course of six weeks, our team at Galeria del Barrio (an initiative of longtime CAW partner Hope Community, Inc.) recorded video interviews with members of the community, combed through archival photographs, created portraits of residents, and explored the vibrant street art of the neighborhood.

The goal for these YAs was “to display the love and culture of the community.”

We believe they surpassed that goal, as they packed the little gallery on East 104th Street with features, including a photo wall, a tribute to the music of Spanish Harlem, and two recreated spaces—a fire escape and “Titi’s Corner,” the living room of a typical auntie—both of which feature whimsical handmade items.

Each section tells a compelling aspect of the history of this vital but changing neighborhood. Read more on our blog.

Former Hope Community, Inc. Deputy Executive Director and former Board Chair Carmen Vasquez and CAW Teaching Artist Jaimie Warren at the gallery opening

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Hope Community, Inc., Residents Kia and Shamika Thompson

A tribute the music of Spanish Harlem

ORAL HISTORY

Interviewing El Barrio Resident Richard Cruz

Oral Histories: The crew recorded video interviews with local business owners, community leaders, artists, activists, and residents of Hope Community, Inc. housing. When taken together, these oral histories create a profound sense of place. The collected videos played on a loop at Galeria del Barrio and were presented at a special screening on August 18th attended by all the CAW summer Youth Apprentices as well as CAW staff and special guests. Watch the compilation video on Vimeo.

Opening Reception: Over 100 people attended the opening reception, including family of the YAs, staff from Hope Community, Inc. and CAW, the general public, and a few interested staff members from local museums. Notable VIPs included Hope Community, Inc. Executive Director Walter M. Roberts, author and Director of Tours at the Apollo Theater Billy Mitchell, Former Hope Community, Inc. Deputy Executive Director and former Board Chair Carmen Vasquez, and Director of Program Management at Hope Community, Inc. Maryhelen Rosales, to name a few.

A fire escape with flags representing some of the many nations of origin in El Barrio

Portrait of Angelica Suárez, photo by CAW Youth Apprentice Alison Andrea Martinez 21

OUR EVENING WHERE: 360 Park Avenue South New York, NY

WHEN: April 11th, 2024 6:00 - 8:00 PM

HONORING: Heather Kahn Senior Vice President BXP John Drew President District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades John O’Hare Managing Director Building Contractors Association Tom Hill (Lifetime Achievement Award) Senior Vice President BXP 22

THE FESTIVITIES: •

Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a chance to mingle with fellow guests, CAW Teaching Artists, and Youth Apprentices.

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Experience Brazilian and Latin jazz by Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans.

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View dozens of selected works in our gallery of youth-created art.

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It’s Tote-ally your bag! Grab some paint markers and decorate a canvas tote bag.

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Paint the town in our community art project.

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Take in a short film of oral histories (or make one of your own)!

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Test drive our new mural map program on the CANVS Street Art app.

Pastels inspired by Paleolithic cave paintings from an art-making program integrated with the social studies curriculum at IS 254 in The Bronx

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“Kaleidoscope” for BDO North America 24

OUR HONOREES

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OUR PAST HONOREES 2023

Peter Brindley, Executive Vice President & Head of Real Estate, Paramount Group Scott Corneby, Executive Vice President, Structure Tone Gary LaBarbera, President, The Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York

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Robert Scheinman, Principal, J.T. Magen Brian Goldman, Vice Chairman, Newmark Division

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Whitney Arcaro, Head of Marketing & Retail Leasing, RXR New York State Family Court, Accepted by the Hon. Karen Lupuloff

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Jerome Montrone, Managing Director, Beacon Capital Partners NYC Department of Health, Active Design in Schools, Accepted by Teddy Swenson, MPH, Program Manager

2019

John P. Maher, Executive Vice President, CBRE Donald Notice, Executive Director, West Harlem Group Assistance

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Dave Cheikin Brookfield Properties, Represented by Jerry Larkin, Exec. Vice President Felipe Franco, Deputy Commissioner, NYC Administration for Children’s Service

2017

Glen Weiss, Executive Vice President, Vornado David Fanning, Principal, A. Philip Randolph Campus HS

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2016

Neil Goldmacher, Vice Chairman, Newmark Ben Lev, Principal, Hamilton Grange Middle School Marcia Sells, Dean of Students, Harvard Law School, & former Associate Dean, Columbia University School of the Arts, a community partner Brookie Maxwell, Founder, Creative Art Works (in memoriam)

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Scott Panzer, Vice Chairman, JLL Rick Wise, CEO, Lippincott Olga Quiles, Principal, MS 328 Jim Cole, Assistant Principal, MS 328

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John Cephaly, Executive Vice Chair Cushman and Wakef ield Judge Edwina Richardson-Mendelson, NY Family Court Glenn Palmer-Smith, Artist and Author, Murals of New York City Robert Selsam, Executive Chairman, Boston Properties (Lifetime Achievement Award)

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Michael Laginestra, Vice Chairman, CBRE Debbie Schaefer, Principal, PS 192 Colin Thompson, Artist

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Paul Amrich, Vice Chairman, CBRE Peter Passidomo, Chief Clerk, NY Family Court Tom Lunke, Planning Director, Harlem Community Development Corp.

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Frank Doyle, Vice Chairman, JLL

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Andy Levin, Senior Vice President, Boston Properties Pam Haller, Program Manager Health Education and Outreach, NY Presby terian Hospital 27

OUR 2024 HONOREE Heather Kahn Senior Vice President BXP Heather is a Senior Vice President at BXP where she partners with Andy Levin to run the BXP leasing team.

Heather is a seasoned and widely respected real estate professional with nearly 20 years of asset management and leasing experience in New York City. As a valued member of the real estate community, she is known for her strong skill set, integrity, and assiduous approach. Within BXP, Heather is a valued member of the leasing team, completing over 200 transactions in excess of 5 million square feet, and has played an instrumental role in developing the junior members of the team.

A student in the Creative Art Works mixed media program at PS/MSin278 Manhattan acts as docent Heatherprogram Kahn at the William Lynch School Student the in CASA Visual Storytelling andfor Puppetry during a gallery walk in Hamilton Heights 28

Heather has demonstrated success in doing deals with law firm partners, billionaire business owners, CFOs of international companies, and universities, as well as interacting with the brokerage community, senior leadership, building management, engineers, and construction team members. She enjoys working with people from a wide range of backgrounds.

Heather was a member of the 2022 class of David Rockefeller Fellows with the Partnership for New York City. As a resident of Manhattan, she demonstrates a strong commitment to NYC and all it has to offer.

Outside of work, Heather has found great joy in dedicating her time to multiple nonprofit organizations. Most notably, she has been an active member of Achilles International and served weekly as a guide for visually impaired athletes for 15 years; has served on the Host Committee of Create Art Works’ Annual Benefit for Kids; is a contributing member to Impact NYC 100, and is on the grant review committee there; and recently engaged with All Stars in performing mock job interviews. The most rewarding opportunity for Heather and her husband has been to serve as host family for the Right To Dream girls, Patience, Fati, Ella, Marion, Yapi, Abigail, and Ruth, over the last eight years. For fun, Heather enjoys running, active vacations, and traveling off the beaten path with her husband.

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OUR 2024 HONOREE John Drew President District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades In 2015, John Drew became President of District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), overseeing the organization’s day-to-day operations, including organizing and servicing. John serves as Trustee on the Painting Industry Insurance and Annuity Fund, the Drywall Tapers Fund, and Local 8a-28a Metal Polishers Fund, which collectively oversees the health and welfare plans for over 30,000 lives for District Council 9 members and their families. John is committed to providing sound leadership to District Council 9, and his years of experience in the field and as a union leader in this great industry have prepared him to do just that.

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Born and raised in the South Bronx on Ogden Avenue, John first joined District Council 9 in 1985 as a member of Local Union 19 in the Bronx. He worked for Hudson Shatz for 10 years, gaining experience as a Journeyman, Foreman, Field Supervisor, and Estimator.

John began his long involvement in Local Union 19, initially serving as Council Delegate, then Vice President, and President.

In 2004, District Council 9 brought John in as an Organizer. By 2005, he had risen to the role of Director of Organizing. During that time John implemented District Council 9’s Steward Training Program and founded the Voluntary Organizing Committee.

John previously served as the Chair of the IUPAT Eastern Region Servicing Committee for over 10 years and is the current Chair of the IUPAT Rules Committee. John works hand-inhand with the Business Manager/Secretary Treasurer, Joseph Azzopardi. He has always maintained an open-door policy, regularly engaging with all staff and the members of District Council 9, as well as its signatory contractors.

Through all his hard work and dedication to his Union, John made time to raise a family of three beautiful children who now have children of their own; his daughter Amanda and two grandchildren Juliana and Jeremy; his son Joshua and granddaughter Elizabeth; and his son Brandon, who is a proud member of Glaziers Architectural Metal & Glass Workers Local Union 1087 and a fourth generation IUPAT member.

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OUR 2024 HONOREE John O’Hare Managing Director Building Contractors Association John O’Hare was elected Managing Director of the Building Contractors Association in February 2017.

He assumed this position after eighteen years as the Assistant Managing Director of the organization, where he was involved in all aspects of the BCA’s operations. In his role as Managing Director of the BCA, Mr. O’Hare’s responsibilities include management of the experienced staff of the organization and addressing issues of concern to the more than 200 construction businesses that are members of the BCA, which range from some of the world’s largest construction managers and contractors to specialty subcontractors.

Founded in 1933, the BCA and its members are actively involved in the full range of major public and private building projects throughout the New York City metropolitan area. The affiliated members include general contractors, construction managers, and subcontractors that represent a major percentage of the commercial construction market in the metropolitan area.

John represents the BCA as management’s collective bargaining agent with over a dozen major building trades unions including: NYC District Council of Carpenters, Mason Tenders District Council of Greater New York (Laborers), Operating Engineers, Bricklayers, Painters, and Teamsters.

Additionally, Mr. O’Hare serves as a management trustee on five joint trustee welfare and pension plans, with assets of over $14 billion. As such, his role extends far beyond the construction industry into the general economy and financial community.

Mr. O’Hare was born and raised in New Jersey, where he lives today with his wife, Maureen, and their two daughters. While attending school, he was a member of Laborers Local Union 23, where he worked on various construction projects as a superintendent, estimator and project manager. Mr. O’Hare studied construction management at New York University, attended the Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations, and holds a degree in electronics engineering.

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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Tom Hill Senior Vice President BXP Tom Hill has supported Creative Art Works for nearly 25 years. In 2005, Tom and other volunteers from the commercial real estate industry and construction trades donated their time, materials, expertise, and passion to renovate a vacant lot on 124th Street in Harlem to serve as a new home for CAW programs. Dream Street Park (officially renamed to Detective Omar Edwards Park) features a five-story mural celebrating NYC’s diverse history and envisioning an inclusive and harmonious city. The mural was painted by 80 young people, mostly from city shelters and welfare hotels, under the guidance of CAW Teaching Artists.

Since then, Tom has facilitated countless in-kind donations from suppliers and contractors in support of CAW’s Public Art Youth Employment program. He continues to be instrumental in making BXP space available for CAW programming and events.

Tonight, Creative Art Works is proud to present Tom Hill with our first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award for his extraordinary and long-standing support.

The mural, “Peace Place” was painted in 2005 by 80 young people, mostly from city shelters and welfare hotels, under the guidance of CAW Teaching Artists. Tom Hill was instumental in renovating the vanant lot on 124th Street with supplies and labor donated by volunteers from the commercial real estate 34 industry and construction trades.

“We’re all here tonight in the name of humanity and decency and kindness. And in being that way, we create abundance that goes on repeating itself time after time.”

–Tom Hill

Heather Kahn of BXP presented her collegue Tom Hill with the CAW Lifetime Peace Place Park, 2005 Achiecvement Award 35

OUR THANKS

Youth Apprentices at the unveiling of “Girl Wonder,” at the Louis D. Brandeis High School Campus 36

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A MESSAGE FROM ANDY & BRIAN Our theme tonight, “The City, Our Canvas,” invites you and our young people to appreciate our sprawling metropolis, not as something static and immutable, but as a dynamic platform for creativity, innovation, and positive change. We want to empower our young people to envision the city they want to see in the future, and we truly hope that through education and mentorship, we will encourage them to develop into leaders, visionaries, and stewards of our community.

This theme is indeed aspirational, but we know it is achievable, because we have seen it happen with our CAW kids who have graduated from college, started careers, or became parents. Of course, it takes many hands to realize such a vision, so we would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge some of the people who have worked to further our mission.

Our talented Teaching Artist staff continues to grow and includes some outstanding youth employment alumni as Teaching Artist Assistants-in-Training. Tonight, we are pleased to celebrate Stephanie Diaz, Jonathan Hyman, and Yotzin Reyes as our Youth Honorees.

We are so proud of everyone in the growing CAW family. We have enhanced capacity by adding Ian Newton as our Director of Finance & Administration and Andrés Piedrahita as Development & Marketing Associate.

We are pleased to welcome Lauren Cascio, Scott Corneby, Charmaine Davis-Murray, and Cary Levy to our Board of Directors. While new to the board, each of them are long-standing friends of CAW. Charmaine and Cary joined us after attending our 2023 Benefit as guests.

Lauren worked for our pro-bono branding partner Lippincott when Creative Art Works rebranded in 2014. And Scott was honored at last year’s Benefit for what is now over a quarter century of support for our Public Art Youth Employment program.

We are grateful for the selfless contributions of tonight’s Benefit Co-Chairs, and we offer our particular thanks to this year’s honorees, Heather Kahn, John Drew, and John O’Hare, for their dedication, drive, and determination. We set an audacious fund-raising goal this year, and the whole team really stepped up and reached wider to help us actually exceed our goal, which was the highest ever.

Finally, we wish to thank all of you who came out tonight to celebrate with us: our students and Youth Apprentices, our dedicated office staff and inspiring Teaching Artist staff, our wonderful program partners, and all the sponsors and donors who make our work possible.

With heartfelt appreciation,

Andy Levin Chair

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Brian Ricklin President

OUR HOST COMMITTEE BOARD MEMBERS Andrew D. Levin Chair

Lauren Cascio

Brian Ricklin President

Scott Corneby

Steven Soutendijk Treasurer

Neil Goldmacher

Julia Sanabria Secretary

Cary Levy

Mosely Chaszar Charmaine Davis-Murray Gail Holcomb Angela Pennyfeather Andrew Stern Tiffany Theriault Janet Woods

BENEFIT CO-CHAIRS Whitney Arcaro

Charlie Laginestra

Joseph Azzopardi

Robert Lowe

Peter Brindley

John Maher

Keith Cody

Greg Marron

David Cheikin

Jerome Montrone

Frank Doyle

Bruce Mosler

Robert Finger

Doug Neye

Mark Furman

Joe Scarinci

Brian Goldman

Peter Turchin

David A. Green

Lorenzo Vascotto

Michael Kleinberg

Cynthia Wasserberger

David Kleiner

Glen Weiss

Gary LaBarbera

Richard Weiss

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OUR FRIENDS AND COLLABORATORS CAW would like to acknowledge the invaluable relationships we have with our collaborators, who include:

Community Partners Arts in Education Roundtable Audubon Mural Project Bronx Family Court CASES Catholic Charities Community Services - Alianza Division Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine Materials for the Arts National Guild for Community Arts Education New York Family Court NYC Council NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

Center for Court Innovation

NYC Department of Education

Children’s Aid Society

NYC Department of Parks & Recreation

Children’s Arts & Sciences Workshop Commonpoint Queens El Barrio Operation Fightback FunPlus Harlem Community Development Corporation Harlem Week Hike the Heights HOPE Community Inc. Inwood Community Services Jacob Schiff Neighborhood Association

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NYC Department of Transportation NYC Department of Youth & Community Development New York Restoration Project NYS Council on the Arts Queens Community Justice Center Queens Family Court Right to Dream West Harlem Development Corporation West Harlem Group Assistance

Academic Partners A. Philip Randolph Campus High School

Manhattan Early College for Advertising (MECA)

Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School

Marie Curie High School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions

Community Math and Science Prep Community School District 4 Hudson High School of Learning Technologies

PS 192 Manhattan PS/IS 121 Brooklyn PS/MS 4 Bronx

Information Technology High School

PS/MS 278 Manhattan

Innovation Diploma Plus High School

PS 153 Manhattan

IS 232 Bronx

PS 155 Manhattan

IS 254 Bronx

PS 368 The William Lynch School

Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers

The River School Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology

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OUR SPONSORS PREMIER SPONSORS Building Contractors Association BXP CBRE Cushman & Wakefield JLL Newmark Savills Structure Tone DIAMOND SPONSORS Quality Building Services Corp.

PLATINUM SPONSORS CCA Metro Colliers Greater New York LECET Fund MagnaCare Neil & Bari Goldmacher New York City District Council of Carpenters Relief & Charity Fund New York State LECET Paul & Sandra Montrone Family Foundation Starr Insurance Companies GOLD SPONSORS Andy & Julie Levin Association of Master Painters and Decorators, Inc Brian Ricklin Brookside Painting CBRE Consulting Group Clune Construction Company Dentons District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Fried Frank Gibson Dunn International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Jay Goldman Kirkland & Ellis Lauren Cascio Lowenstein Sandler MKDA M.Y. Safra Bank Outfront Media Paramount Group Related Companies Robert Derector Associates 42

GOLD SPONSORS (continued) RXR Silverstein Properties Soloviev Group Vanessa and Henry Cornell Vornado VVA Project & Cost Managers SILVER SPONSORS Alexander Wolf & Son Anthony LoPresti Atlas Acon BerlinRosen Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York CANVS Concept Construction Services Construction Resources Corporation Control Solutions Group Eisner Advisory Group Fisher Brothers Fogarty Finger Forest Electric Gensler Harvard Maintenance Heather Kahn & Kim van Holsbeke JCC Maintenance Supply Company John Maher J.T. Magen & Company Julia & Michael Sanabria Laborers’ International Union of North America - Eastern Region Local Union 1974 Drywall Tapers Moelis Morgan Stanley Mosely Chaszar Nouveau Elevator Penguin an EMCOR Company Pierpont Mechanical Platinum, Inc Principal Building Services Pritchard Industries Proskauer Pryor Cashman Resilience Insurance Analytics RFR Realty Robert B. Samuels Rockefeller Group Rudin Management Company Schindler Elevator The Scott M Panzer Foundation

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BRONZE SPONOSORS (continued) Holland & Knight Icon Interiors International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local Unions 18, 19, 20, 24, 490, 1486, and LU 8a28a International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local Unions 113, 155, and 201 J&S Precision & Balancing JB&B Jerome Aluminum Products John Gallin & Son Kel-Tech Construction L&K Partners LIC Empire Corp Malatesta Paladino Mason Tenders District Council Matthew & Alison Barlow Morrison & Foerster Foundation Nead Electric Newport Painting & Decorating OC Construction Management Otis Elevator Painters Local Union 1456 Parallel Risk Advisors Ponte Project Management Premier Labor Benefits Richard L. Hoffman Associates Scott Corneby SEGAL Shawmut Design & Construction Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Stream Realty Partners - Chicago The Switzer Group Sym Real Estate Law Ted Moudis Associates Tiffany and Rene Theriault Total Fire Protection Trident Contracting Tri-Star Trivedi Associates Turner Construction Company United Air Conditioning VTS Waldorf Demolition Zonca Terrazzo

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Congratulations to this year’s honorees: Heather Kahn Senior Vice President BXP

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To “Our City, Our Canvas,” Thank you to all our 2024 Supporters and especially our Benefit Honorees John O’Hare, John Drew & Heather Kahn.

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FROM THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF LOCAL UNION 806

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Congratulations to the 2024 Honorees: John O’Hare, Heather Kahn, & John Drew

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THE CITY, OUR CANVAS... ...LITERALLY. Detail of “Harlem Heat” for the new Trader Joe’s at 125th Street in Harlem

Summer 2023 was an incredible season for our Public Art Youth Employment program. More than 115 Creative Art Works Youth Apprentices were guided by 16 of our stellar Teaching Artists who were, in turn, supported by our phenomenal program management team, which collaborated with dozens of partner organizations, worksite venues, clients, and members of the community.

Soft opening of “East Harlem: El Barrio Diasporico” at Hope Community, Inc.

Youth Apprentices working on “The Colors of Queens” for Queens Family Court

A screening of oral histories at the opening of “East Harlem: El Barrio Diasporico”

Detail from one of four panels in “The Colors of Queens” for Queens Family Court

“The Day Comes to an End, Justice Does Not,” Bronx County Family Court 82

In two short months, they designed, pitched, and executed four interior murals, two exterior murals, and a multimedia oral history project, and unveiled them all in public presentations attended by family and friends, judges, NY City Council members, school leaders, and corporate executives. New skills were learned, friendships forged, and public spaces transformed! Read more on our blog at www.creativeartworks.org.

YAs at work on the blacktop mural for The Liberty Collective Learning Garden

Aerial photo of “No Matter Where You Come From...”

YAs at work on the cafeteria mural for BDO North America

“Kaleidoscope” at BDO North America

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Youth apprentice Anastasia Aikens at work on “Girl Wonder” at Louis D. Brandeis High School Campus

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