Total Audience: 113,850
Concerts: 139
Exhibitions: 18
Mini Golfers: 4,757
Kids Participating in Education Programs: 70,000+
SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION DONORS 2021–2022
$50,000 +
Steward Family Foundation
Engelhardt Family Foundation
Suzanne and Irl Engelhardt
Bellwether Foundation
Centene Corporation
Edward Jones
Emerson
Noémi and Michael Neidorff
Regional Arts Commission
Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield
Whitaker Foundation
$25,000–$49,999
Arts and Education Council
Dana Brown Charitable Trust
Margaret Blanke Grigg Foundation
Jordan Charitable Foundation
Richard H. and Patricia Marriott
Missouri Arts Council
Paradowski Creative
$10,000–$24,999
Kevin and Tami Jo Alm
Caleres
Cardinals Care
Christopher and Molly Danforth
James Eugene Florczak
Nancy Friedland
Barbara and David Gifford
Sandy Blasingame and Gary Hall
Julie and David Hohman
William T. Kemper Foundation
William A. Kerr Foundation
Carol and Ward Klein
Barbara Konneker Webster
Nancy and Ken Kranzberg
Lucille Papendick Fund of the St. Louis Community Foundation
RubinBrown
The Saigh Foundation
Lori and Ted Samuels
Richard and Mary Ann Shaw
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Siler
Taylor Family Foundation
UMB Bank
Washington University
Jim and Mindy Watson
Michael and Christina Williams
$5,000–$9,999
Advertisers Printing Company, Inc.
Ascension Health
The Fabulous Fox Theatre
Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation
Marcy and Edna Mae Graham
Sally Johnston
Myles and Elaine Kelly
Kennelwood Pet Resorts
Les Paul Foundation
Madt and P.J. Mallinckrodt
Mitchell and Joan Markow
Nina N. Needleman
Northern Trust Bank
Mary and Ward Patterson III
Dennis Petersen
Judy and Jerry Potthoff
Space Architecture + Design
Michael and Carol Staenberg
Stifel Financial Corp.
Craig and Mary Unnerstall
Mary Pillsbury Wainwright and Donald Wainwright
$2,500–$4,999
Ameren
Arcturis
Anne Bannister
Christy Beckmann and Jim Vykopal
BSI Constructors
Gail and Joel Childs
Creative Planning
Daniel and Henry Co.
Kathie Davis
Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative
Ryan C. Easley
Robert J. Endicott
Jerry Grant
Dr. Christopher J. Hagedorn
Andrew and Janet Hoyne
Doug Koch
Karen and Mont Levy
Lewis Rice LLC
Michael and Corinne Manchisi
Midwest BankCentre
Jack and Susan Musgrave
Laura Slay
Mary Strauss
Mrs. Peggy Walter Symes
Thomas Vandiver and Carolyn Haimann
Ted Wight
Robert and Stephanie Will
$1,000–$2,499
Anonymous
Nina and Don Ardolino
Bank of America
Anthony J. Bardol Jr.
Ashley Casey and Brian Swartzbaugh
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Commerce Bank
Jodi and Mike Edwards
Laura and Michael Ellenhorn
Fischer-Bauer-Knirps Foundation
Sam and Marilyn Fox
Frederick Pitzman Fund
Edward R. and Carolyn Goedeke
Carol and Erik Goldman
Barbara B. Goodman
Kathleen Goodman
Keith Grady
Cathy and Jim Guyol
Mark Halton and Toni Kutchan
Robert and Sally Harrison
Ms. Melanie Harvey
Mary Beth and James Havel
Abagale and Richard Hearn III
Margaret and Mark Holly
Mike Isaacson and Joe Ortmeyer
Robert and Susan Jones
Jean Kennedy and Darrel Miller
Julie and Jeff Lazaroff
David Mason & Associates
Marsha Mathews
John McClelland
Barbara and Arthur McDonnell
Constance McPheeters
Mickes O’Toole
Jerry and Marietta Miller
Doug and Carmen Mueller
Tom and Shelley Niemeier
Peter Noonan
Adrienne W. Patton
Kristen Peterson and Edward Bakewell
Lois and Jack Quinn
Maurice E. Quiroga
David and Heather Rath
Janet Brown and Paul Reuter
Jerry and Peggy Ritter
Jim and Mary Roberts
Tom and Melissa Ruwitch
Michael and Chris Scavotto
Phil and Suzanne Skelly
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Smith Jr.
The Social Affair LLC
George and Carol Sullivan
Kelvin and Tamila Taylor
Michael and Marianne Valley
John and Cindy Wallach
Denise Webb
World Chess Hall of Fame
$500–$999
Yemi Akande-Bartsch and Bill Bartsch
Kenneth and Lori Aston
Mitchell and Kathryn Botney
Donna Boxx
Barb Brennecke
Liz and Russell Brightman
Butler’s Pantry
Kwofe Coleman
Elly Commings
Peter Czajkowski and Juliet Chayat
Robert and Janice Dawson
Nancy and Joseph deBettencourt
John D. and Barbara Doyle
Edward and Maggie Eisenhart
Kevin and Ellen Glassberg
Robert and Susan Goldstein
P. Wayne and Jane B. Goode Foundation
Joan and Thomas Gregory
Troy Guzman and Benjamin Thomas
Michael Harper
Scott and Michelle Harris
Prof. Sophia Hayes
Michael Herron
Shelia Hudson
Barry Kessler
Gene Kornblum
Lion’s Choice
Paul and Connie Lombard
David and Barbara Lotsoff
Dr. Joseph Marcus
Ms. Diane McCullough
John McHugh and Becky Brown
Renee and Bruce Michelson
Jonathan L. Miller
Michael and Anna Mullins Charitable Fund
Mike and Brigid Murphy
Jeannette and Alan Nissenbaum
The Oefelein Family
Kathy O’Neill
Peter and Sarah Palermo
Farnell Parsons
Dr. Irina and Michael Podolsky
Jeffrey and Sara Purple
Jane and Bruce Robert
Arlene Ross
Maria Sakellariou and Scott Thompson
Steve and Janice Seele
David Sivcovich
Dr. James and Elizabeth Spadaro
Elizabeth Spaunhorst
Joseph Thomas
James P. Tobin and Virginia E. Heagney
Neil and Julie Tzinberg
Tara N. Raeber Vail
Jim and Anne von der Heydt
Franklin F. Wallis
Dale Wilson
In Memory of Michael S. Zanger
Clint Zweifel
$250–$499
William Acree
David and Melanie Alpers
David and Lynne Anderson
Anonymous
Mary Ellen Benson
Richard Blaha
Sara Bosco
Laurie Brickey
Kevin and Rachel Brown
Elsbeth Brugger and Gretchen Vander Meulen
Raymond Burger
Tom and Tabor Burke
Paul Cambridge and Amanda Trudell
Martin and Marianne Cavanaugh
Eileen and Clark Cole
John Collins
Ann M. Corrigan
Patricia Dietz
Blake Duncan
Jean Emling
Robert and Rosemary Emnett
Joann Eng-Hellinger and Daniel Hellinger
Joel Ferber
Aaron and Christine Ferber
Justin Frazer
Spencer and Elizabeth Garland
Cindy Geiss
Prue and Jeffrey Gershman
Brandon Gibbons
David and Lorie Gierada
Darcy and Dan Glidewell
Mark and Ellen Gordon
Hon. Darlene Green
Cory and Evelyn Hammerstone
Charlie and Chris Hanford
Cyndie and Tim Hardy
Adele Heagney and Michael Woolard
Philip Heagney and Barbara Prosser
Susan Herman
Alexis and Neil Hershey
Tamara Hershey
Anne Hetlage
Milton Hieken and Barbara Barenholtz
James Holtzman
Larry and Crissy Hopp
Dan and Sheri Hubbard
Laure and Jim Hullverson
Amy A. Hunter
Kevin Jacobsen
Katy Jochum
Craig Johnson
Renee Johnson
Mayor Tishaura Jones
Anne Jump and Ed Rossier
Marian Kammerer
Lee Kern
Bill Kessler
Suzanne and Marshall Kiel
Cheryl and Randy Kilper
David and Stefanie Kirkland
Turn Restaurant
Susan and Brad Klindworth
Lawrence and Karen Kotner
Stephen Kraft
Matthew Krieg
Che Lance
David Landau and Marybeth Pereira
Tom Lang
Mitzi and Joe Laws
Kim Lawyer
Juanita Logan
Carolyn Losos
Robert and Michelle MacDonald
Leslie Mansfield
Amy Maus
Trevor McDonagh
Mary Lou Mellish
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Meyer, Jr.
Paul and Laura Miller
Kat Miller
Susan Mills
Tom and Cindy Mitchell
Sheryl Montford
William and Barbara Morgenthaler
June C. Mueller
Ann and Richard Neimann
John and Christy Nickel
Terry Nickolotsky
Burton Noll
Leonardo Ochoa
Edward and Pamela O’Rourke
David Piston
Mark Pitlyk
Boyd Polkinghorn
Tim Prosser
Mike and Barb Quinn
Dr. Joseph Rater
Andrew and Lisa Remack
Nancy Roberts
Thomas Rothery
Alan Ruby
Tom and Kathy Ryan
Donna Schlemmer
Robert Schmidt
Julie Schuster
Hugh and Catherine Scott
Kevin and Sara Sexton
Marlene and David Sherman
Ms. Angela Spencer
Susan H. Stang
Robert Stuckey
Nancy Symeonoglou
Carol Thompson
Elaine Tripolitis
Dara and Bill Voss
Waite Family
Stephen Walsh
Richard and Sally Ward
Byron Webb
Gerelyn and Jerry Weil
Jason Welker
Loretta Welker
Chris and Elizabeth Will
Jan Winter
George Yeh
Don and Janet Zachritz
Victor and Karen Zarrilli
$125–$249
Aly Abrams
Joseph and Dianna Adorjan
Alastair Anderson
C. Kent Argenta
Stephen Arnstein
Ann Barron
Joshua Baumgartner
John R. Berkery
Rob and Jane Bielenberg
Richard Boggeman
Harry and Anne Borchardt
Sarah and Jason Brauer
Christopher Brenner
Hannah Brenner
Stephanie Brown
Stephen Brown
Buff Buffkin and Donn Kleinschmidt
Marie A. Casey and Kenn Entringer
Peter Catalano
Robert Ciralsky
Joseph Cobetto
Gary and Grace Corbin
Joseph E. Corrigan
Carter Dunkin
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Eckert
Susan and David Everson
Thomas and Deborah Fishwick
Gary and Christy Fox
The Gallardo Family
Donald and Mary Gasch
Robert and Nancy Gellman
James Gentemann
Mel Goldberg, M.D.
Mark and Kim Goldman
Stacey Goltermann
Robert and Catherine Gresick
Jill Gross
Hal and Mary Harris
Blake Hoel and Berit Nelson
Terry and Linda Hoffman
Jane Kaiser
Drs. David and Marsha Kerr
Steve P. Kotsines
Jennifer Kramer
Ann and Ron Krone
Joan Krumrey
Linda LaFerriere
Luke Lamb
Linda Locke
John E. Martin and Kristin E. S. Zapalac
Dr. and Mrs. Art McCoy
Lisa Melandri and Jordan Gaunce
Penny and Howard Miller
Jackie Mollet
Michael Naccarato
Suzanne Newsham
Maurice and Marie Noellsch
Brian Nolan
Carol and Robert Ogrodnik
Ken Ohlemeyer
Stuart Presson
Brian Abel Ragen
Carl Safe
Rick and Francie Schmitz
Judith Shaw
Charles Shoup
Hugh and Linda Smith
Meg and Bart Solon
Roy and Tana Spiekermann
Ms. Laura J Stuetzer
Madeleine Sutherland
Ted and Sissy Thomas
John C. Thompson and Ruby Poznik
Ms. Marta Tilney
Malcolm Tobias and Krista Moulder
Ben and Suze Uchitelle
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Vallina
Patrick and Anne-Marie Vaughan
Bonnie Wade
Ms. Jennifer Warren
Anthony S. Waskiewicz, Jr.
Margaret A. Wayne and Thomas Sehr
Randy and Sondra Weber
Cara Webster
Mel and Jerrie Weith
Barbara Wilkinson
Nick Williamson
Stephen Willman and Colleen Peters
Douglas Wolfe
Michael Wolff
Michael Wotka
Megan Zanger
$60–$124
Amanda Adame
Tali Allen
Mary Lou Anderson
Don Baden
Pat Ballard
Mary Bannister
The Bergfeld Family
Kevin Berwin
Leslie Birenbaum
John Boedeker
Cynthia and Tom Bottini
Ross and Christine Brewer
Nathaniel Briner
David Brinker
Joseph Brown
Sujata Buck
Tom Burke
Kathy and Ron Canby
Patty Carleton
Dr. Dorothy Carpenter
Jodi and Mark Caticchio
Julie Charles
Richard and Margaret Christenson
Patrick Cleary
Don and Anne Collier
Mary Jo Conley
Laura and Edward Crites
Carol Crooks
Cynthia Curley
Marty Daly
Roger and Deborah Dennert
Ted Ehrmann
Betty and Allen Eise
Liz Engel
Early Boyd Epps
Corinne and Roger Esneault
Karen Everhart
Leonard and Jenny Fagan
Steve and Kathryn Falk
Marsha Fickenscher
Laura Flanagan
Susan Flanigan
Duane Martin Foster
Eric Friedman and Miriam Wilhelm
Kent and Sandy Funkhouser
Agnes and Dave Garino
Devy and Jerry Goldenberg
Paul Goldkamp
Cate Griesedieck
Carol and Robert Grotha
David R. Hanlon
Jen and Erik Hansell
Jay Harrison
Mrs. Melissa Hayes
Rosalind Hicks
Barbara Hinson
Jeff and Susie Hochman
Marilyn and Alfred Holtzer
Suzanne D. Hooker
Carrie Houk and David Wilson
Dennis B. and Denise M. Hunter
Mary Irlbeck
Katie Johnson
Cheri Jones
Jim Jordan
Karen Klaus
Kevin Knight
Carolyn Knopf
Dr. Ron Kohlmeier
Nancy Kroc
Colleen Kuhn
June Lang
Hannah and Lawrence Langsam
Martin and Susan Lenihan
Leslee and Lewis Levey
Roy C. Lewis Jr.
Lawrence Linkon
William and Jerri Livingston
Charles and Rosalyn Lowenhaupt
Silvia and Laurence Madeo
Doris A. Malacarne
Ray Marklin Photography
Frank Matta
Teresa Mayhew Hess
Sarapage McCorkle
John P. McGuire
Frederick McKenna
Judy Medoff
Kathleen Mego
Forrest Miller
Lisa Miller
Anna Moll
Timothy Moore and Michael Whisenhunt
Mark and Gail Muccigrosso
Judy and Gerry Murphy
Barbara Murphy
Carole Mushkin
Janell Nunn
Betty J. Okenfuss
Jane and Frank Ollendorff
Linda Palmer
John and Chrissy Paterson
Marianne and Maury Pepper
Zoe A. Perkins
Aaron E. Phillips
Kelly Pollock
Philip Powell and Betty Bowersox
Anne and Daniel Prebish
Christopher Pulliam and Teresa Militello
Dr. Bernard C. Randolph Jr.
Bjorn Ranheim
Erin and Matt Reid
Debbie Restoff
Andrew Richards
Carol Ricketts
Nancy Robb
Gary Roever
Steven and Avigail Rosenzweig
Frank and Bette Ruffino
Davena and Greg Ryan
Mark Sackett
Leila Sadat and Andrew Ruben
Janet V. Sappington
Lynn Scherer
Barbara Schieler
Audrey and Donald Schindler
Laura Schindler
Theresa Schlafly and Matt Russell
Mary Schlepp
Paul and Suzanne Schoomer
Chris Schulte
Nancy Schwartz
Richard Scott
William Seibert
Chad Seitter
Jim and Diane Seiz
Lori Setton
Mildred Shelton
Henry Silver and Mary Ellen Zerr
Rev. Susan C. Skinner
Brian Smith
Kelly and Duane Sonntag
Sorbet Family Fund
Donna Spence
Peggy A. and Roger J Steinbecker
Douglas Stevick
Maxine Stone
Streib Company
Kevin Sullivan
Mildred Todd
Candice Voegtli
Richard and Patricia Walters
Josephine and Richard Weil
The Wendt Family
Kathy and Joe Weyhrich
Carl White
Susan Winter
Jack and Cindy Winter
Steven Wozniak
2022 GALA PATRONS
UNDERWRITER
The Steward Family Foundation
Michael and Noémi Neidorff
PRODUCER
Engelhardt Family Foundation
Paradowski Creative
BENEFACTOR
Caleres
Edward Jones
Lori and Ted Samuels
SUPPORTER
Ascension Health
Advertisers Printing
The Fabulous Fox Theatre
David and Barbara Gifford
Carol and Ward Klein
Northern Trust
SPACE Architecture + Design
Stifel Financial Corp.
PLATINUM
Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg
DIAMOND
Commerce Bank
Dick and Patti Marriott
James and Mindy Watson
GOLD
Sandy Blasingame and Gary Hall
SILVER
Arcturis
Don and Nina Ardolino
Christy Beckmann
Ryan Easley
Jeffrey Hall and Blair Miller
Mark Halton and Toni Kutchan
Abagale and Richard Hearn III
Jean Kennedy and Darrel Miller
John McClelland
Mickes O’Toole
Midwest BankCentre
Jerry and Marietta Miller
Nina Needleman
Sarah and Peter Palermo
Maurice Quiroga
Dr. Thomas and Cynthia Siler
Phil and Suzanne Skelly
Laura Slay
Ashley and Brian Swartzbaugh
Peggy Symes
Ted Wight
DONORS
Anne Bannister
John Berkery
Creative Planning
David Mason Associates
Rob Endicott
Larry and Crissy Hopp
Myles and Elaine Kelly
Lion’s Choice
Lewis Rice
Michael and Corinne Manchisi
Tom and Melissa Ruwitch
Barbara Konneker Webster
Bob and Stephanie Will
Michael and Christina Williams
SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2022–2023
Yemi S. Akande-Bartsch
Kevin Alm
Anne E. Bannister
Christy B. Beckmann
Marion Black*
Kimmy Brauer*
Ashley R. Casey
Christopher B. Danforth
Ryan C. Easley
Rob J. Endicott
Suzanne C. Engelhardt
Lotta Fox
David O. Gifford
Jerry L. Grant
Christopher J. Hagedorn
Mark R. Halton
David M. Hohman
Robert E. Jones
Jean M. Kennedy
Ward M. Klein
Nancy S. Kranzberg
Madt Mallinckrodt
Richard H. Marriott
Neva Moskowvitz*
John R. Musgrave
Nina A. Needleman
Peter T. Noonan
Mary Patterson
Maurice E. Quiroga
Peggy Ritter*
Tara N. Raeber Vail
Thomas E. Ruwitch
Richard C. Shaw
Nuviah F. Shirazi
Thomas M. Siler
Laura M. Slay
Kenneth R. Smith
Thelma Steward
Mark P. Stuart-Smith
Peggy W. Symes
Thomas K. Vandiver
Mary Pillsbury Wainwright
Cheryl D. Walker
John S. Wallach
James A. Watson
Robert J. Will
Michael R. Williams
*honorary
FRIENDS OF THE SHELDON BOARD 2022–2023
Kenneth P. Aston
Amisha Bhatt
Ashley R. Casey
Justin Frazer
Keith J. Grady
Robert M. Harrison
Clinton D. Hasse
Richard Hearn
Garrett Jackson
Robert E. Jones
David Kirkland
David C. Rath
Ted Wight
Victor Zarrilli
THE SHELDON STAFF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Peter Palermo
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Julie Plowman
SHELDON ART GALLERIES
Paula Lincoln, Gallery Manager
Silas Coggeshall, Gallery Coordinator
PROGRAMMING
Stefanie Kirkland, Director of Programming
Allyson Ditchey, Assistant Director of Programming
ADVANCEMENT
Chris Peimann, Director of Advancement
Jane Koster, Director of Development
Christina Cacciatore, Assistant Director of Development
Sarah Samples, Marketing Manager
Connor Pearson, Annual Fund & Database Manager
Bridget Biundo, Guest Services Manager
FINANCE
Julie Plowman, Director of Finance
Ann McMahon, Administrative Assistant
EVENTS
Rachel Bolland, Director of Events
Jason Felders, Event Operations Manager
Jennifer Butler, Events Assistant
EDUCATION
Laurel Wacyk, Director of Education
Katelyn Galenski, SOLID Program Coordinator
OPERATIONS
Tim Albert, Technical Director & Notes From Home Coordinator
Mike Murphy, Building Operations Manager
Jedidiah Moody, Operations Assistant
REVENUE
PHOTO CAPTIONS
1. Drummer and bandleader Herlin Riley kicked off The Sheldon Rhythm & Jazz series in November 2021. The series was sponsored by the Steward Family Foundation.
2. The Sheldon’s 5th Annual “Golf the Galleries” course welcomed thousands of golfers of all ages in summer 2022. “Golf the Galleries” was sponsored by UMB Bank.
3. The Sheldon’s All-Star Chorus, led by Maria A. Ellis, is made up some of the most talented high school singers in the metro area, thanks to the support of the Centene Charitable Foundation, Arthur and Helen Baer Foundation, and many other generous donors.
4. Sheldon events are powered by volunteers who serve as ushers, ticket takers and greeters.
5. The Salvation Army hosted their Reimagine 75 fashion show fundraiser in the newly-renovated Konneker Room.
6. Students from throughout the St. Louis region participate in The Sheldon’s SOLID Music program, a STEAM-based project that teaches the engineering cycle through instrument creation. SOLID is made possible by grants from Edward Jones, The Lucille Papendick Fund of the St. Louis Community Foundation, and the Les Paul Foundation, and presented in collaboration with the Saint Louis Science Center.
7. The Sheldon’s Gala made a radiant return in 2022 with Broadway star Heather Headley. The Gala was underwritten by the Steward Family Foundation and Michael and Noemi Neidorff.
8. Students learn about the art of dance through Ballet 314’s Sleeping Beauty
9. Ben Bradshaw’s INNERWHRLD installation transcended the walls of the art galleries.
10. Femi Kuti closed out the Whitaker World Music Concerts series in June 2022. The series was made possible by the Whitaker Foundation.
11. Fall 2021 gallery opening, featuring “Rat Race” by Carly Slade.
12. Kendrick Smith performed under the stars for the return of Picnics on the Plaza. The series was sponsored by Nancy and Ken Kranzberg.
THE SHELDON MISSION: Through the power of music and art, The Sheldon ensures that all have access to unique, relevant and inventive experiences that change lives and strengthen our community.