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The Arts and Education Council's 2015 Annual Report to The J U LY-AUG 201 6 INVEST IMPACT ACCELERATE CELEBRATE The Arts and Education Council’s 2015 Annual Report to the Community ON THE COVER: Read about A&E’s accomplishments of Letter from the President 2015 made possible by Greetings Friends! you, our donor, in our Summer is upon us and for St. Louisans that means three Annual Report on things: heat, humidity and fantastic art opportunities! page 11. The Arts and Education Council (A&E) supports many wonder - ful arts organizations that offer outstanding summer programs that either embrace the summer weather or offer an escape from it. We highlighted many of those in our last issue; but I’ll remind you to grab your hat, water and check out artist Gigi Scaria’s ground-breaking (literally) exhibit at Laumeier Sculpture Park (running through August 14) or tap your feet and sing along to exciting new musical productions by STAGES St. Louis in their (air conditioned!) theaters. Performance venues like Jazz at the Bistro and the Sheldon Concert Hall have full schedules through July and August. And even though Shakespeare Festival St. Louis performances in Forest Park have come to a close, the Festival actors read “Coriolanus” and “The War of the Roses” at Left Bank Books in July and August. I encourage you to visit A&E’s Know & Go Calendar (KeepArtHappening.org/ calendar) often for the latest in arts activities that you and your family can enjoy this summer. And remember to use your ARTS Card for added discounts and spe- cial opportunities! Don’t have an ARTS Card?! You can change that by making a contribution of $50 - or more - by clicking the “Give Today” button on A&E’s KeepArtHappening.com home page. Your charitable support helps keep our region’s arts and culture organizations thriving and continuing to make our city a wonderful place in which to live. To see all the ways in which your support has made a positive difference in our community, we have included our 2015 Report to the Community beginning on page 11. This report demonstrates how your precious and personal contributions make a difference in the lives of millions of children and adults impacted by the hundreds of amazing performances, educational activities, outreach programs and exhibits presented by A&E grantees and partners. As a contributor to A&E, you can take pride in knowing that your generosity has played a role in our community’s continued artistic and cultural growth. For that, we thank and applaud you! Sincerely, Cynthia A. Prost President and CEO 3 A&E News: 4 A&E News: 6 Access 10 Why I Give: 11 2015 A&E Noah Summer the Arts: DeWayne Annual Vasquez Grant Know & Trainer Report to the Recipients Go ARTS Community Calendar 2 YOUNG FRIENDS OF THE ARTS: Noah Vasquez, Young Friends of the Arts President couple decades ago, the future looked pretty bleak for Noah A Vasquez. As a teenager he had dropped out of high school, gotten involved with gangs and was intermit- tently homeless. “Those were hell years. I don’t think I even understood how poor I was,” says Vasquez. At 15, life began to change. At his brother’s urging, Vasquez went to live at a youth home in Chicago’s Humboldt Park, where an inner-city ministry helped him begin to make changes. Eventually, he got his GED and went on to serve in the Air Force for six years, then spent three years as a Department of Defense contracting officer. He found his way to college, and, in time, received his MBA. Helping to inspire him along the way, he says, were the arts. Noah Vasquez (left) with A&E President and CEO Cynthia Prost. “At the youth home, the church put on street-corner plays, and these was how I got rid of my negative successful, ambitious young people [to pop-up dramas were a way of commu- energy,” he says. “It really got me on a the St. Louis community].” nicating the outcome of gang violence positive track.” “The arts are so important to our city and how faith was a way to positively He regularly speaks at St. Louis because they provide an enriching life- express oneself,” said “They helped me at a schools and tell his story style,” he continues. “I certainly think a Vasquez. We would help time when I was hurting about growing up home- vibrant, diverse arts scene is one of the these young people make and had nothing. Today less and as a gang mem- reasons people choose to live in St. the connection that a per- the arts are some of the ber; and how he turned Louis. A fully formed life isn’t all about son being shot by a gang most beautiful moments his life around. He notes work. There have to be other outlets, member could be their I share with my wife, that in some of the young and the arts are a real joy.” father or brother or whether it’s when we people he meets he sees To learn more about Young Friends of the grandfather.” Arts, visit KeepArtHappening.org/YFA. For hear music or experi- his younger self. Vasquez, now 35, is more information about Noah Vasquez and ence a play. It’s an “The things that president and CEO of Competitive Range Solutions, LLC, visit accent to our lives.” plagued me back then Competitive Range getcrs.com. - Noah Vasquez nearly destroyed me,” he Solutions LLC, a multi-mil- says. “Many of those same lion dollar St. Louis com- things are still facing young people Young Friends of the Arts pany that provides technical and today. I believe that many young people non-technical mission support and ser- are ill-equipped to deal with disappoint- (YFA) is an auxiliary group of vices to customers including the Air ment. They don’t feel any worth. the Arts and Education Force, Army, Navy, U.S. Transportation “The arts are a way to provide an Council, launched in the Command, Federal Aviation Admin- outlet to allow them to express their Spring of 2016. YFA is made istration and the Federal creativity, be it through rap, or writing up of young professionals Communications Commission. poetry, or performing. It’s a way to help who believe in the importance Vasquez is also president of A&E’s them validate themselves and see they of the arts in our community new Young Friends of the Arts (YFA) have something meaningful to contrib- and work to create awareness auxiliary group. He was drawn to lead ute.” YFA because of his experiences at the Vasquez also believes that St. Louis and raise funds for the arts youth home. needs young professionals like himself and arts education through- “As a young person, being involved to “step up and drive change and create out the bi-state region. in those plays was a huge release. It an environment where we can attract 3 90295_Happenings_600dpi.indd 3 6/22/16 10:08 AM GRANTS AND COMMUNITY IMPACT: A&E Announces 2016 Rural Arts Grants he Monsanto Fund Rural Company and many more diverse pro- LOOKING GLASS PLAYHOUSE Community Arts Education ductions. The Hett also hosts a film Looking Glass Playhouse is a com- TProgram is a partnership series, a “Distinguished Speaker Series” munity theatre in Lebanon, Illinois, between the Monsanto Fund and the and McKendree student performances. offering a full season of plays and musi- Arts and Education Council providing For more information, visit thehett.com. cals from September to May. In addition financial support to arts and arts edu- to stage performances, Looking Glass cation organizations based in rural HIGHLAND ARTS COUNCIL Playhouse performs in nursing homes communities in the bi-state region. The Highland Arts Council (HAC) and offers classes for aspiring young These organizations bring life-enriching promotes the arts through artist show- actors. The 2016-17 Season includes arts experiences and opportunities to cases and education opportunities in the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic, rural classrooms and performance Highland, Illinois, and the surrounding Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor venues: areas. Its major annual event, Art in the Dreamcoat; Musical Comedy Murders Park, takes place October 7-9, show- of 1940; Ruthless! The Musical; and GATEWAY EDUCATION AND casing national artists in a variety of Tony Award-winning Vanya and Sonia THERAPY media. HAC also sponsors the Street and Masha and Spike. Gateway Education and Therapy is a Art Festival each fall, as artists cover For more information, visit Franklin County nonprofit serving indi- the streets around Highland’s Square lookingglassplayhouse.com. viduals diagnosed with autism spectrum with chalk murals. disorder and other developmental dis- For more information, visit RAINTREE ARTS COUNCIL abilities. Programs focus on language highlandartscouncil.org. Raintree Arts Council in Clarkesville, development through movement and Missouri, brings music, theatre, visual music, writing improvement, sensory JACOBY ARTS CENTER arts and educational events to area needs through art classes and educa- The Jacoby Arts Center in Alton, venues in Pike and Lincoln Counties tion for family, schools and the commu- Illinois, offers the largest gallery space including the famous Apple Shed. nity. in the Metro East area, including a stage For more information, visit For more information, visit often used for performances, films and raintreeartscouncil.org. gatewayeducationandtherapy.org. lectures. The venue also offers artist studio spaces, kids’ summer camps, SULLIVAN AREA ARTS COUNCIL THE HETTENHAUSEN CENTER FOR adult classes and workshops. Upcoming The Sullivan Area Arts Council THE ARTS exhibitions include Social Justice: Both (SAAC) supports and promotes visual, Also known as “The Hett,” this per- Sides of the River, July 1 - Aug 6, and fine and performing arts in Sullivan, forming arts venue on McKendree The Art of the Motorcycle, Aug 13 - Missouri, and surrounding areas.
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