ANNUAL REPORT 2023
FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Friends of Contemporary Craft—
As you know, we believe that art has the power to change lives, and over the past year at Contemporary Craft our work has continued to embody that statement. We have experienced remarkable growth, while stabilizing our organizational programs post-move and post-pandemic. In the following pages, we would like to take this opportunity to make note of some of the highlights, including new initiatives that are both public-facing and behind-thescenes. We launched a new workshop series that offers multi-week sessions, we began planning to add an additional exhibition to our annual calendars, and we launched several new engagement initiatives such as a national artist in residence program and Community Days; as well as we created a craftfocused podcast.
We acknowledge that none of these programs would be possible without our community—your attendance, interest in, and support of Contemporary Craft is central to all that we do. I hope that this report will give you a deeper understanding of the myriad of ways that we are engaging the community in creative experiences and growing the impact of the craft field in Pittsburgh, and beyond. We hope to see you at Contemporary Craft soon.
With gratitude,
Rachel Saul Rearick Executive Director, Contemporary Craft
Hello Friends of CC
FY23 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lisa Krieg, Chair
Alexander Neal, Vice Chair
Lisa Belloli, Secretary
Kimberly Griffith, Treasurer
Nina Marie Barbuto
Peg McCormick Barron
Melanie Claxton
Alexander Co
Lauren Connelly
Cappy Counard
Darly Cravotta
Derek Dauphin
Domenic Dozzi
Leslie Fleisher
Gretchen Givens Generett, Ph.D.
Susan Gromis Kaplan
Anthony Lucarelli
Michele O’Leary
Clyde Wilson Pickett, Ed.D.
Patricia Sheahan, Ph.D.
Hilary Tyson
Lorene Vinski
David Zeve
June 3August 20, 2022
Main Gallery
WE HOSTED THREE EXHIBITIONS!
4,593Attended andincluding1201peopleinworkshops 613ingroupprograms
Transformation 11: Contemporary Works in Glass, September 9, 2022March 18, 2023, Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize Winner: Lauren Kalman
April 14August 19, 2023
Self, featuring matt lambert and Erika Diamond,
BNY Mellon Satellite Gallery
Follow the Thread by Tina Williams Brewer, Barbara Weissberger, and Alisha B. Wormsley, June 17November 20, 2022
C3: Cloth, Culture, Community: Exploring 1000 Years of Black Pittsburgh through Clothing by Tereneh Idia, December 16, 2022 - April 16, 2023
James Simon: A Life of Making, May 5 - October 22, 2023
Writer and designer Tereneh Idia completed a nine-month residency at CC, culminating with the C3: Cloth, Culture, Community – Exploring 1000 Years of Black Pittsburgh through Clothing exhibition.
Gerri Kay Exhibition Cases
Artists-inResidence
POP! Perspectives on Polymer, June 17 - August 27, 2022
Bend before you Break by N.E. Brown, September 2December 23, 2022
Everything But the Kitchen Sink by Jessica Calderwood, January 13 - March 11, 2023
Inflorescence by Brian Fleetwood, March 31 - June 24, 2023
Jamie Boyle, Fibers
January - September 2022
Jennie DiBeneditto, Metals
July - September 2022
Tressa Jones, Wood
July - September 2022
Adeline Kubicsek, Metals
July - September 2022
Dan Brockett, Basketry
October 2022 - April 2023
Amanda Stumpf, Metals & Fibers
October 2022 - April 2023
Stefanie Zito, Fibers
January - April 2023
Sarah Sindler, Metals
April - June 2023
Dara Etienne, Mixed Media
April - September 2023
DONOR PROFILE
ALEX NEAL
How did you first get connected to Contemporary Craft? How long have you been involved?
It’s hard to believe, but I’ve been on the Contemporary Craft board since 2018! I was first connected to CC through my graduate program at the University of Pittsburgh, and I’m so glad I was paired with such a missiondriven organization.
What parts of Contemporary Craft do you find most exciting, interesting, or rewarding?
I love the artist talks at the opening of exhibitions. There is no better way to understand all that has gone into a piece—or an entire show—than speaking with those that have put in endless hours to make it happen.
If you were talking to someone thinking about supporting Contemporary Craft, what would you tell them?
There are so many ways to make a meaningful impact at Contemporary Craft. Between attending events, volunteering, purchasing amazing works in the store, or making a meaningful gift, it is easy to find the right path for you to support CC. I give on a recurring monthly basis, which works well for me. I know how important it is for the organization to have an idea of projected revenue and (selfishly) I don’t have to remember to enter my information—all that is done automatically!
CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
ARCHIVES PROJECT
Over the past year, Contemporary Craft has begun a project to archive materials from the organization’s 50+ year history. CC has amassed exhibition catalogs, postcards, newspaper clippings, artist files, and documents relevant to the organization and furthermore, the field of contemporary craft since the 1970s.
Programs utilizing the archive will begin in 2025, and the archive—both online and in a physical space—will be available as a resource for researchers, artists, and members of the public who wish to learn more about the craft field or specific artists who have shown their work at CC in the past 50 years.
Archival Specialist
Sydney
Leslie digs into the storage boxes
Photo: Reagan West-Whitman
Studio Life
NOTES FROM OUR STUDIO & WORKSHOPS
94 Classes / 186 Sessions
$5,478 Provided for 32 Scholarships
We offer a range of 4-week,8-week,and singleclasses!day
RESIDENT ARTIST
ALISHA WORMSLEY
Do you have a favorite memory, experience, or class from your time with Contemporary Craft?
I love the constant excitement and general community support there is in learning new skills. During the series of weaving classes I have taken there has been so much fun and humor and excitement around learning this craft by the whole group. I love learning why everyone is attracted to this and what they want to make and why. The jokes that carry us through the learning process.
What classes have you taken, and how have they impacted your artistic practice?
“ Everyone and every skill is supported and encouraged there.
All of the multi week weaving classes. Basket weaving, needle felting, natural dyeing and woodblock printing, hand ceramics, sculptural basket weaving, bobbin lace weaving. I hope to start metal classes in the winter. Most of my work is shifting into this space. I’m excited to bring these forms together with video and sound. I’m planning a whole body of work and a film around what skills I am learning and inspired by the communities connected to this. I am so grateful for the openness and ease CC showed me and made this time possible for me. I can’t begin to tell you how much it means to me, my emotional well being and my artistic practice.
If you were talking to someone thinking about taking a class at Contemporary Craft, what would you tell them?
Members of the sold-out Weaving 1 series from Spring 2023 (Alisha pictured front right). They created multiple woven samplers and developed strong bonds with each other throughout the series. Here they are on the last day of class, posing with The Edna (big floor loom) and some of their finished pieces.
It’s my happy place for sure. The one thing I despise about “ART” is how alienating it is. How it makes expression something you have to go to art school for, how competitive it becomes, based on capitalism. CC makes things accessible. Everyone and every skill is supported and encouraged there.
THREE WONDERFUL DAYS A YEAR
CC hosts three Community Days each year with hands-on activities, demonstrations, and exhibition tours for visitors of all ages and abilities.
Thank you!
EVERY PERSON AND ORGANIZATION ON THIS LIST MADE AN IMPACT IN FY23
Jessica Acrie
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery of Pittsburgh
Allegheny Coffee and Tea Exchange
Allegheny County Airport Authority
Allegheny Regional Asset District
Allegro Hearth Bakery
Dean Allison
Sue Amendolara
Anonymous
Anonymous Foundation
Tadao Arimoto
Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass
Ayers Foundation
Talya Baharal
Tom Baker
Marina Balko
Boris Bally
Nina Marie Barbuto
Judy Barie
Stewart Barmen and Laurie Moser
Peg McCormick Barron
Mark Baskinger
Jacqueline Bauer
Michael Bauermeister
Sybil Baumwell
Andy and Catherine Baxter
Robert Beckman
Sandi Behrens
Bellevue Beer
Lisa and Rick Belloli
Vivian and Bill Benter
Pam Berry
Henry and Charlotte Beukema
Alexander P. and Susan Mosites Bicket
Jill Birschbach
Jeffry and Nicolette Blahusch
Mark Blaustein
BNY Mellon Community Partnership
Marianne Bokan-Blair and David Blair
Birdie Boone
Suzanne Booth
Carole and Albert Borek
Joy Borelli-Edwards
Alicia Jane Boswell
Jim Bove
Jeremy Boyle
Jill M. Brethauer
Daniel and Betsy Brockett
John Brockett
Carol R. Brown
Jessica Alpern Brown
Michelle L. Browne
Susan and David Brownlee
Ashley Buchanan
Tiffany and Michael Budzisz
Dr. and Mrs. John A. Burkholder
Tina Calabro
Jessica Calderwood
Annette Calgaro and Terry Lewis
Melissa Cameron
Eleanor Cheetham
Anne Chen
Yu-San Cheng
Steve and Jody Choder
Sara Chodkowski
Jiyeon Chun
Paul Cicozi
Vicky A. Clark
Concept Art Gallery
Lauren Byrne Connelly
Chris and Amy Connors
René S. Conrad
Cynthia Cooley
Attracta and Bryan Coopey
Amy Copeland
Ron Copeland
CorCom, Inc.
The Cottage Bridge Foundation
Cappy Counard and Greg Gehner
Darla Cravotta and David Weber
Miranda Crotsley
We are grateful to these individuals, artists, organizations, businesses, and foundations who made gifts to Contemporary Craft this year in a myriad of ways.
Kelly and Jeff Crudele
Virginia Culbreath
Palmer D’Orazio
Erin S Daily
Sharon Dantzler
Madeline Darnell
Randall Darwall
Derek and Sheena Dauphin
Ann and Marty Davis
Sarah Chenoweth Davis
Ellen and Gilbert DeBenedetti
Kathleen A. and Daniel Deis
Rachel Delphia
Katy DeMent
Amber Derek
Richard Dieterle
Gerry Dinnen
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Melanie Claxton
Alyson Cluck and Colin Prensky
Alexander Co
Ann Coddington
Kat Cole
Drs. Albert and Vera Donnenberg
Patrick Doust
Sharon and W. Cleland Dowler, Jr.
Domenic Dozzi
Casey Droege
James Ebbert
Elizabeth R. Raphael Fund No. 1 of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Eleanor B. Emmons
Eleven Stanley Productions
Kirsten Ervin
Kaitlyn L Evans
Taylor Fentz
Brian Ferrell
The Fine Foundation
Roslynn Fitzgerald
The Fleischner Family Charitable Foundation
Leslie H. Fleisher
Stephanie Flom
Gerry Florida
Lucine Folgueras
Fragasso Financial Advisors
Mark Franchino
Frederick Frank
Mark Freeman
Jeanne Friedrichs
Glen Gardner
Stephanie Lynn Garrison
Lindsay Gates
GBBN
Gretchen Givens Generett and William Generett, Jr.
Madeline Gent
The George G Fund
The Giant Eagle Foundation
Giant Eagle - Market District Waterworks
Linda Gilmore
Justin Gilmore
Caren E. Glotfelty
Jessie Godina
Sandra Golbert
Rae Gold
Susan Golomb
Leslie Golomb and Ronald Hartman
Jake Goodman and Sean Shepherd
The Grable Foundation
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council through its Allegheny Arts Revival Grant. This project is supported in part by the National
Kenneth Greep and Jaime Wilson
Lee Grice
Kimberly and Michael Griffith
Monica Griffith
Meredith Re Grimsley
Amanda K Gross
Bianka Groves
Arlene and Al Grubbs
Joan R Guerin
Norah and Chris Guignon
Tim Hadfield
Ann and Leon Haley
Donna Hansen
Adrienne Heinrich
The Heinz Endowments
Ryder Henry
Rachael M. Hicks
Maureen Mahoney Hill and Chris Hill
Serena Hirn
Ben Hitmar and Kate Wagle Hitmar
Christopher Hofmann
Cheryl Hopper
Dennis Howsare
Judith Hoyt
Dennis J. Huber and Faye Sampson
Dale and Betsy Huffman
Paige and Kamyar Ilkhanipour
The Jack Buncher Foundation
Jennifer Kasi Jackson
Desha Pavlovic Jaramaz
Becky Jarold
JENDOCO Construction and Real Estate Corporation
The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh
Mary Ellen Johnson
Allison and Kevin Jones
Harris and Patty Jones
Tressa Jones
Audrey Jung
Alyssa and Drew Kail
Maggie Kanaan
Mary Kanda
Susan and David Kaplan
Leah Kaplan
Mounir Kashkoush
Alex Keddie
Judy Kelly
Ana Kelly
Joseph Kelly and Cynthia Ference-Kelly
Patty Kennedy-Zafred
Adam Kenney
Key Bank Foundation
Diane and Paul Kiproff
Peggy Kisslinger
Paula Garrick Klein
Sallyann Kluz and Dan Allen
Robert Kmetz
Carol Kolling
Scott and Anne Koontz
Bill Korenich
Akiko Kotani and Bernard D. Freydberg
Akiko Kotani
Jasper Krarup
Kreepy Doll Factory
Lisa Krieg
Karen Krieger and David Montgomery
Karl F. Krieger
Daniel Kuhn
Carol Kumata
Dr. Joseph F. and Lynn Lagana
Ryan Lammie
Jim Lampl
Susan Oberg Lane
Meryl Lazar
Liz Lenthe
Alice Lenthe
Keith Loughrey
Teresa Lourie
Cindy Luna
Kate Lydon
Duncan MacDiarmid
Giulio Magrini
Yvonne Maher
MAK Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Virginia Manns
Craig and Lu Marcus
Wendy and Peter Mars
Sharon Massey
The Mastilak Wealth Management Group at Stifel
Penny Mateer and John Randy Pearson
Maxine and William Block Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Janet McCall
Robert C. McCartney
Maggie McDonald and Russ Schuh
Mary A. McDonough
Heather McElwee and Chris Clarke
Barbara McFadyen
Mary Lyn McGinn
Laura Jean McLaughlin
James McNeel and Shannon Musgrave
Rebecca McNeil
program and operating grants
Anne and Thomas Medsger
Anne Morgano
Maritza Mosquera
Jan Myers-Newbury
Risë and Daniel Nagin
Mary Love Nast
Mary A. Navarro
Ngani Ndimbie
Alexander Neal
Melanie Ngami
Rachel Niederberger
CJ Niehaus
Georgie Nix
Out of Hand Annual Fund
Julia Lepoer
Maia Leppo
Pam Lethbridge
Robert Levin and Kerry Bron
Michael and Kristin Lewandowski
Elsa Limbach
Tara Locklear
Terri Logan
Kate Loheyde
Stephanie Lonsinger
Marilyn Meltzer
Olga Mendenhall
Georgia Miller
Sandy Miller
Adam Milliron
Geoffrey Mills
Evan Mirapaul and Sybil Streeter
Yash Mittal
Mon Aimee Chocolat
Clark Morelia
Tracy Nolan
Howard and Claudine Nuernberger
Michele and David O’Leary
Judy and Kevin O’Toole
Janet Ocel
Alison and Paul Oehler
Office of Public Art
Staci Offutt
Michael Olijnyk
Opportunity Fund
Kathe and Demetrios Patrinos
Alix Paul
Camilla Brent Pearce
Janice Penick and Marvin Gold
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Meg Pereira
Mark Perrott and Joan Britten
Brian and Daphne Peters
Brian Peters
Robert Pfaffmann
PFLAG Pittsburgh
Clyde Wilson Pickett
Renee Piechocki
Sharon Pillar
The Pittsburgh Foundation
Lucas Pointon
Pam and Emil Quatchak
Catherine Raphael
Cassie Rausch
Doug and Carol Rearick
Rachel Saul Rearick and Katie Rearick
Bill Reid
Brittany Reilly
Lesley Richmond
Rob and Leslie Riker
Alissa Riker
Judith Robinson
Stacy and Todd Rodgers
Larry and Sandy Rosen
Bird Ross
ROY
Caryn Rubinoff and Craig Dunham
Hosanna Rubio
Sara Ryan Salesforce
Tom Sarver
Robert Saul
Kristin Saunders
Julia Sawyer
Esther Schreiber
Biba Schutz
Tammy Schweinhagen and Brett Silvius
Suzie and Michael Scott
Yoko Sekino-Bové and James Bové
David Sengel
Brian and Susan Sesack
Mark Shapiro
Kathy and Edward Sigall
Marjorie Silverman
Willi Singleton
Sitko Bruno, LLC
William Smith
Thalia Snyder
Natalie A. Sweet
Steve J. Sweet
Laura Tabakman
Sarah Tancred
Peggy Tanney
Donald W. Thomas
Ann E. Thompson
Lynn Thompson
Andrew Thornton
Charlotte Oliwa Toal and David Toal
Marisa Tobias
Tomayko Foundation
Mary Towner
General Donations matching funds
W. Henry and Mary Wynn Snyder
Andrea Solomon
Arden and Art Solomon
Adele M. Speers
Marlene Speranza
Alexander and Silvia Speyer
SSB Bank
Marguerite O. Standish
Donna Stolz
Shelia Summerlin
Stephanie Sun
Linda Swanson
Randall Sweet
James Turnbull
UPMC Health Plan
Linda Van Gehuchten
Valentina Vavasis and Benjamin Speiser
Betty Vera
Robert Villamagna
Eileen Viloria
Lorene and Denis M. Vinski
W.I. Patterson Charitable Fund
James and Rochelle Wagner
TRIBUTE GIFTS
Kathleen Mulcahy in memory of Ron Desmett
Rick Belloli in honor of Lisa Belloli
Georgia Berner in honor of Cathy Raphael
Nancy Bernstein and Rocky Schoen in honor of Cathy Raphael
Ann and Marty Davis in honor of Yu-San Cheng
Laura Horner in honor of Tina Williams Brewer
Jennifer McDowell in honor of Cathy Raphael
Alexander Raphael in honor of Cathy Raphael
Edith Raphael in honor of Cathy Raphael
Judith A. Ruszkowski and Ken Regal in honor of Cathy Raphael
Sheri Sable in honor of Cathy Raphael
This list includes donors who contributed $25 or more. Please notify Leslie Riker at donorsupport@contemporarycraft.org or 412-261-7003 regarding corrections or omissions.
Wagner Agency, Inc.
Beth Wainwright and Russ Kemerer
Nadine Wasserman
John and Shane Weinstein
Reagan West-Whitman
Bradley Wilkins and Christopher Kirsch
Susanne Wilkinson
Mandy Wilson and Tim Syciarz
Windgate Foundation
Shaoting Yan
Jeff and Joann Zeffiro
David Zeve
Robin Ziegler
Stefanie Zito
Reflecting on FY23
THROUGH THE NUMBERS
INCOME
Total Revenue: $1,089,241
Other Income: $31,461
Total Expenses: $1,066,765 Management Expenses: $230,729