SFF Event Sponsorship Application
Field Name Value Name of Organization Arts & Education Council of Greater St. Louis Organization Address 3547 Olive Street City St. Louis State MO Zip Code 63103 Chief Professional First Name Cynthia Chief Professional Last Name Prost Title President & CEO Email [email protected] Phone 3142894000 Is the contact person the same as the Chief No Professional? Contact First Name Scott Contact Last Name Giffen Contact Title Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships Email [email protected] Phone Number 3142894009 Amount of Request $3,000.00 Event Name 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards Event Date 1/22/2018 Date of sponsorship deadline 11/1/2017 Location of Event Chase Park Plaza Hotel
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Purpose of event For 27 years, the St. Louis Arts Awards has honored the people, organizations and corporate citizens that craft, create and nurture the arts in the St. Louis region. This year, the Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis’ (A&E) signature, sell-out event will once again shine the spotlight on St. Louis' best and brightest on Monday, January 22, 2018 at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel. Attended by nearly 700 arts patrons, and with a goal of raising over $460,000 in gross revenue, the Arts Awards recognize and celebrate the honorees' impressive impact on their communities.
A&E requests that the Staenberg Family Foundation renew its support for this important and prestigious event with a commitment of $3,000 - for which Staenberg Family Foundation will be recognized as a Table Sponsor in all earned and paid media, paid advertisements, Arts Awards publications, stage video scroll, etc. A&E welcomes the Staenberg Family Foundation to this group of distinguished community patrons of A&E's single, largest fundraising event. The 2017 St. Louis Arts Awards was a resounding success - and the A&E board, staff and event volunteers are dedicated to ensuring the 2018 event exceeds all expectations.
A&E is proud to announce the 2018 Honorees for the event: Johnetta Haley, Music Educator, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts; Dennis M. Reagan, The Muny, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts; Gene Dobbs Bradford, Jazz St. Louis, Excellence in the Arts; Keith Tyrone Williams, Grand Center Arts Academy, Art Educator of the Year; Saint Louis Fashion Fund, Arts Startup of the Year; Art on the Square, Arts Collaboration; World Wide Technology, Inc., Corporate Support of the Arts. Most notably, the Staenberg Family’s support of Gene and Jazz St. Louis as their founding sponsor of JazzU.
The 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards proceeds augment A&E's core mission program which provides critical financial, professional development, collaboration and accelerator services to nearly 70 arts and arts education organizations each year - especially during this tenuous time of government funding. Proceeds from the event will be granted out by the end of the 2nd quarter of 2018. To date, A&E has provided over $105 million in grants to organizations of all sizes throughout the 16-county bi- state region - including Illinois - since 1963. Those organizations, in turn, keep the St. Louis region vibrant and provide access to a wide and diverse variety of performances, workshops and exhibits for over 1.7 million children and adults.
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Who is your targeted audience? The true targeted audience is the 1.7 million children and adults for whom the event proceeds benefit. A&E was founded in 1963 to acknowledge a disparity in the way arts organizations were being financially supported in comparison to social service, education, health and environmental sectors. A&E supports organizations that provide arts and arts education access to diverse audiences. With a long-term objective of ensuring an enriching and vibrant arts community for all, A&E has committed to funding organizations whose performances, exhibits and educational programs affect every demographic, reaching people of all ages and ethnicity, including those in economically under-served areas. For A&E, arts education and outreach are especially important aspects of any arts organization and are prerequisites for funding.
In 2016, A&E awarded grants that enabled over 1.7 million children and adults to attend an exhibit or performance. Grant funded outreach programs, such as art classes and workshops, reached nearly 300,000 individuals while 80% of programs offered by A&E funding organizations reaching and impacting at-risk and special needs audiences. A&E funds organizations throughout a 16-county, bi-state service area which covers urban, suburban, and rural communities, including St. Louis city; the Missouri counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, Warren and Washington; and the Illinois counties of Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair.
The arts are our region's greatest assets. By providing essential funding for organizations that host programs, workshops, and performances, A&E improves the quality of life for people in the region. What is your expected attendance? The St. Louis Arts Awards is the only event that brings together arts lovers and community leaders from across all disciplines, organizations, and corporations under one roof. The entire bi-state region of the St. Louis Area is welcome. The target of invitations are on past supporters, those connected to honorees with little exposure/access to the arts and their many walks of life, civic leaders, and constituents of A&E grantee organizations.
A&E expects another sell-out crowd approaching 700 this January. Co- chairs for the event are Susan Block and John Russell; presenting sponsor is Centene Corporation; Principal Sponsor is Edward Jones; Gift Sponsor is Ameren; Honoree Sponsors are PNC and Monsanto; and Host Committee members are Dr. Tim and Mrs. Kim Eberlein, etc. Anticipated renewal sponsorships are from World Wide Technology and Steward Family Foundation (Entertainment Sponsor); Emerson (Principal Sponsor); Ken and Nancy Kranzberg (Honoree Sponsor) and many more.
The invitation for the 2018 event will be designed this fall and sent this November. Attached is last year’s invitation for reference. Please attach your invitation 2017 AA Invitation FINAL.pdf Please attach sponsorship opportunities 2018 Arts Awards eBrochure 8.23.17.pdf
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Please attach any other additional documents 2016 St. Louis Arts Awards Program FINAL.pdf you feel is necessary
Page 4 2017 St. Louis Arts Awards Honorees Centene Center for the Arts 3547 Olive Street LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT EXCELLENCE IN St. Louis, MO 63103-1014 IN THE ARTS PHILANTHROPY
Board of Directors Strategic Planning Jason Hall Chair Cary Hobbs Eric Koestner Leonard T. Eschbach Members at Large Linda Lee Secretary Terrance J. Good Rachelle Rowe Peter Sargent Steven Woolf Jim and Cathy Berges Barbara B. Goodman Donald M. Senti The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis The Berges Family Foundation Treasurer Kenneth Kranzberg Mary Ann Srenco Ruth Saphian Susan A. Stith Development Members Andrew Trivers ART EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS Janet W. Newcomb Nora Akerberg Carol J. Voss Facilities Dorte Bjerregaard Shawn Schukar Susan Block Ex-Officio Governance Sheila Burkett Cynthia A. Prost President and CEO C. Brendan Johnson Chris Cedergreen Noah Vasquez Grants Diane R. Drollinger be inspired. Nicole Hudson President, Young John Gianoulakis Friends of the Arts Marketing & Events Kristin J. Guehlstorf Harvey Lockhart Mike Isaacson Caren Vredenburgh *as of December 1, 2016 Riverview Gardens School District The Muny and Fox Theatricals 2017 St. Louis Arts Awards
EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS CORPORATE SUPPORT Invest. Impact. Accelerate. Celebrate. OF THE ARTS The Arts and Education Council is a multi-faceted united arts fund supported solely by private contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations. A&E provides financial support, professional development services, incubation, acceleration and promotion services to nearly 70 arts and arts organizations each ARTS INNOVATOR year. Your support for A&E grows into millions of arts experiences for people of all ages and backgrounds across the St. Louis metropolitan region. When the Arts Thrive, Our City Thrives!
Give today at KeepArtHappening.org! Presenting Sponsors 2017 St. Louis Arts Awards Major Benefactors Susan Block and John H. Russell, Co-Chairs
Monday, January 23, 2017 Alison and Chase Park Plaza John Ferring 5:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception Principal Sponsors Lindell Room 7:00 p.m. Dinner, Awards and Entertainment Khorassan Ballroom Susan and RSVP by January 13, 2017 Terry Block to Melissa Howe at Stage & Entertainment Gift Sponsor [email protected] or 314.289.4009 Sponsor Entertainment Table Sponsors Patrons Arthur & Helen Baer Mr. and Mrs. Barry H. Lisa Melandri Charitable Beracha Donna Moog and Art Educator of the Year Excellence in the Arts Foundation Gretta Forrester Leonard Landsbaum Award Sponsor Award Sponsor – Mike Jim and Cathy Berges Nancy and Walter Galvin Jim and Merry Mosbacher Isaacson BKD, LLP David and Barbara Gifford John Nickel Clarkson Eyecare Barbara B. Goodman Penny Pennington and Nancy and Ken Kranzberg Express Scripts Carol and Tom Voss Michael Fidler Friends of Pianos for Kelly Pollock People and the Alex Event Hosts Paul Reuter Gift Bag Sponsor Production Sponsor Ken Page, Emcee Taylor Louderman Townsend Memorial Nora Akerberg Stephanie Riven Award-winning Broadway Broadway Actress Foundation Marie-Hélène Bernard Ruth Saphian and A c t o r a n d S i n g e r and Singer HOK Dorte Bjerregaard Omer Kinran Mike Isaacson and Sandy Blasingame and Alice and Peter Sargent Joe Ortmeyer Gary Hall Elizabeth Gentry Sayad Leigh Gerdine College Sara Burke Pat and Ken Schutte Principal Benefactors Media Sponsors of Fine Arts Mary and Robert Ciapciak Ann and Hugh Scott Clark and Jeanie Davis Lynne and Jim Turley Jim and Merry Don Senti Mosbacher Kim and Tim Eberlein Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Opera Theatre of Len Eschbach Siler Saint Louis Terrance J. Good Mary Ann Srenco PwC Sheila Greenbaum and Caren Vredenburgh
PHOTO BY JON GITCHOFF/STLTODAY.COM BY PHOTO Repertory Theatre Gary M. Wasserman Franklin Wallis North County Big Band Royce Martin of St. Louis Kelly Hummert Frank Whitman Led by Harvey Lockhart, Pianist and Winner, 2016 Riverview Gardens Kim and Brendan Kick Off Reception Hosts Honoree Luncheon Sponsor School District Johnson Tributes & A r t E d u c a t o r o f t h e Ye a r St. Louis Teen Talent Competition John H. Russell Sally C. Johnston Contributions Susan and Terry Block Saint Louis Art Museum Mary and Eric Koestner Dr. William Danforth John H. Russell St. Louis Arts Awards proceeds benefit A&E’s annual campaign Thompson Coburn LLP Joanne and Alan Kohn Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Drury Washington University Linda and Paul Lee Mrs. Bettie S. Johnson to support nearly 70 arts and arts education organizations. in St. Louis Susan and Danny Linda Stark Business or cocktail attire encouraged. Parking is cash only. Ludeman Peter Mackie *as of December 9, 2016 Valet parking on Lindell Blvd. – $13. Garage parking on Maryland Ave. – $7 *as of December 9, 2016 PRESENTING SPONSOR 2016 Tony Award nominee Beth Malone performing at the 2017 event. Royce Martin performing during the 2017 event. About the 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards Every January, more than 600 St. Louisans escape the dark, dreary slush of winter and pack the Khorassan Ballroom at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel to celebrate the people and organizations that make our community so vibrant. Whether it’s their first time at the St. Louis Arts Awards or they’ve been going every year since its start in 1992, the audiences leave with chills down their spines – not from the winter temperatures, but from the talent and artistry of their fellow St. Louisans. The Arts and Education Council’s St. Louis Arts Awards is the only event that brings together arts lovers from across all disciplines, organizations and corporations under one roof. It is an elegant evening of cocktails and dinner, an awards presentation and awe-inspiring performances – all packed into just four hours. (Hollywood awards shows could learn a thing or two from us.) Proceeds from the evening benefit the Arts and Education Council’s annual campaign, which provides support to more than 70 arts and arts education organizations throughout 16 counties in the bi-state region. The 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards Honorees Each year, the St. Louis Arts Awards recognizes seven artists, educators, philanthropists, corporate citizens and arts organizations for their contributions to St. Louis’s ever-growing artistic community. In 2018, join us in honoring the following extraordinary people and organizations.
Johnetta Haley Art on the Square Music Educator Arts Collaboration Lifetime Achievement in the Arts
Dennis M. Reagan Saint Louis Fashion Fund The Muny Arts Startup of the Year Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Sponsored by
Gene Dobbs Bradford World Wide Technology, Inc. Jazz St. Louis Corporate Support of the Arts Excellence in the Arts
ON THE COVER: Keith Tyrone Williams, Top: Lawrence K. Otto (center), market president of U.S. Grand Center Arts Academy Bank, accepts the 2017 Corporate Support of the Arts Art Educator of the Year award on behalf of U.S. Bank. Bottom: Broadway star Ken Page, accompanied by pianist Sponsored by Michael Horsley, opens the 2017 St. Louis Arts Awards with a performance. Page also served as emcee for the evening. 2017 event co-chairs, Susan Block and John Russell, welcome guests. Sponsorship Benefits
SPONSOR Honoree Principal Commemorative Cocktail Principal Premier Major Table CATEGORY & LEVEL Award (7) Gift Bag Sponsor Gift Reception Benefactor Table Benefactor Sponsor $15,000 $15,000 $90 per ticket non-tax deductible, $30,000 $15,000 $10,000 $10,000 $7,500 $5,000 $3,000 remaining 100% tax-deductible each
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Sponsorship Deadlines to be Included in Event Materials: Event Invitation: November 1, 2017 Gift and Gift Bag: November 1, 2017 Event Program, Signage and Video Scroll: January 8, 2018 The 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards Co-Chairs
Susan Block, founder of The Designing Block in Clayton, is a native St. Louisan celebrated for Join us on her creativity and dedication to January 22, 2018 our community. Chase Park Plaza Hotel John Russell, senior vice president at Stifel Financial 5:30-9:30pm Corporation, is a passionate supporter of theater locally and nationally.
2017 Art Educator of the Year, Harvey Lockhart, with the North County Big Band.
Principal Sponsor
For more information, contact: Scott Giffen, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships Arts and Education Council 314.289.4009 or [email protected] All photos by Suzy Gorman unless otherwise noted. 2016 St. Louis Arts Awards
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Welcome to the 2016 Arts Awards! Since 1992, the St. Louis Arts Awards has been our region’s preeminent event honoring individuals and organizations who achieve a legacy of artistic excellence and businesses that enrich St. Louis’ arts and cultural community. Tonight, we’re pleased to come together to celebrate these outstanding individuals and organizations.
Honorees Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Agnes Wilcox, Prison Performing Arts Excellence in Philanthropy Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation Art Educator of the Year Doug Erwin, Ferguson-Florissant School District Excellence in the Arts Bach Society of Saint Louis Arts Collaborator Dr. Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris, University of Missouri-St. Louis Champions of the Arts Dr. Tim and Kim Eberlein Excellence in the Arts The Bosman Twins
Entertainment COCA’s Hip Hop Crew under the direction of Redd Williams Ferguson-Florissant School Choirs led by Doug Erwin The Bosman Twins, jazz saxophonists, with vocalist Morgan Bosman
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Invocation Reverend Terri Swan Senior Pastor, Salem United Methodist Church
Welcome Jim and Stacey Weddle, Co-Chairs Leonard T. Eschbach, Board Chair Cynthia A. Prost, President & CEO
Dinner Vine Ripe Red Tomatoes and Fresh Mozzarella with Cucumber Bundled Greens Seared Atlantic Salmon with Red Wine Reduction Vegetarian Entrée: Risotto Cakes on Lemon Herb Emulsion Chocolate Pot de Creme
Entertainment COCA’s Hip Hop crew under the direction of Redd Williams Performing: Redd Riddin’ Thru the Hood Choreographed by Redd Williams to Big Bad Wolf by Duck Sauce and Burn it Up by Janet Jackson
Awards Presentation Agnes Wilcox, Prison Performing Arts Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation Excellence in Philanthropy Doug Erwin, Ferguson-Florissant School District Art Educator of the Year
Entertainment Doug Erwin, Art Educator of the Year, and the combined choirs of the Ferguson-Florissant School District Performing: “The Color Purple” from the musical The Color Purple
Awards Presentation Bach Society of Saint Louis Excellence in the Arts Dr. Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris, University of Missouri-St. Louis Arts Collaborator Dr. Tim and Kim Eberlein Champions of the Arts The Bosman Twins Excellence in the Arts
Entertainment The Bosman Twins, jazz saxophonists, featuring vocalist Morgan Bosman; Jeff Anderson, bass; Montez Coleman, drums; Eric Slaughter, guitar; and Ptah Williams, piano. Performing: Dear James, Written by Morgan Bosman DB Blues Remix, Written by Dwayne and Dwight Bosman
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87681_Arts Awards Program.indd 4 1/22/16 10:39 AM SPONSORS Presenting Sponsors
Silver Anniversary Sponsor
Principal Sponsor Stage & Entertainment Sponsor
Excellence in the Arts Award Art Educator of the Year Sponsor - The Bosman Twins Award Sponsor Nancy and Ken Kranzberg
Gift Bag Sponsor
Gift Sponsor Principal Benefactor Sponsor Lynne and Jim Turley
Premier Table Sponsor Production Sponsor
Media Sponsors Wine Sponsor
Honoree Luncheon Sponsor
Kick Off Reception Hosts Jim and Stacey Weddle As of January 21, 2016
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Major Benefactors
Alison and John Ferring
Fox Family Foundation
Table Sponsors
Arthur & Helen Baer Maritz Charitable Foundation Maryville University AT&T Jim and Merry Mosbacher The Big Muddy Dance Company Opera Theatre of Saint Louis BKD, LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP BMO Private Bank Saint Louis Art Museum Bryan Cave, LLP St. Louis College of Pharmacy Dr. Tim and Kim Eberlein St. Louis Public Radio Express Scripts Staenberg Family Foundation Friends of the Bach Society Thompson Coburn LLP of Saint Louis Webster University Leigh Gerdine HOK College of Fine Arts Lashly & Baer, PC Whitfield School Mr. and Mrs. Chris and Kris Lewis As of January 21, 2016
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87681_Arts Awards Program.indd 6 1/21/16 3:14 PM SPONSORS (cont.) Event Hosts Nora Akerberg Sally S. Levy Hendrick B. Barner Trisha Lollo Marie-Hélène Bernard Peter F. Mackie Barbara Bridgewater John Nickel Sara and Jack Burke Penny Pennington and Michael Fidler Elissa and Paul Cahn Kelly Pollock Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Ciapciak Mabel L. Purkerson, MD Leonard T. Eschbach Paul Reuter Joan Goodson Ruth Saphian and Lisa Greening and Omer Kinran Sam Blumoff Alice and Peter Sargent Karin Hagaman and David and Jamie Mark Gorman Sauerburger Patricia Hecker Elizabeth Gentry Sayad Mary Ann Hogan Mrs. Edward Schnuck Marilu Knode Jessie L. Ternberg, MD Maritz Mary and Eric Koestner Marc Thayer Joanne and Alan Kohn Carol Voss Maryville University Jim and Pam Krekeler Caren Vredenburgh Jim and Merry Mosbacher Leonard Landsbaum and Cheryl Walker Donna Moog Frank Whitman Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Linda and Paul Lee PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Tributes and Contributions Saint Louis Art Museum Patrons Mr. James and Mrs. Catherine Berges Mr. and Mrs. Barry Beracha Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer St. Louis College of Pharmacy David Charak David C. Farrell St. Louis Public Radio Dr. William H. Danforth Bettie Gershman Staenberg Family Foundation The Fromm Family Elizabeth Herring Nancy and Walter Galvin Joanne Knight Thompson Coburn LLP David and Barbara Ann Lee and Will Konneker Webster University Leigh Gerdine Gifford Charles MacKay Barbara Bushman Carol North and Nicholas Kryah College of Fine Arts Goodman Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D. Whitfield School Mr. and Mrs. James H. Howe, IV Ruth and Alvin Siteman Gordon and Susie Philpott Dr. Steven and Yona Strasberg Mary Ann and Andrew Srenco Jessie L. Ternberg, M.D.
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87681_Arts Awards Program.indd 7 1/21/16 3:14 PM Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Agnes Wilcox, Prison Performing Arts
gnes Wilcox, former artistic director of Prison Performing Arts, directed plays and taught poetry in Missouri prisons for more than 25 years. A Wilcox explains that as a teenager, her mother once took her to a women’s prison. “Everybody looked like me,” she recalls. “I can’t tell you what it means at age 17 to have privilege illustrated in that way. I knew I would never be in prison because of my family and my circumstances. That seemed very unfair.” In discussing her work with inmates over the years at four Missouri prisons, Wilcox says what stands out “is the joy that seeing and participating in theater gives to a human being, whether he or she is an equity actor or a prison inmate. We all need outlets for the creativity that is part of every human being.” “I find that theater is a very powerful motivator, whether you’re getting your GED or learning how to read,” she adds. “Theater can enchant you into doing things you might not necessarily plan to do.” Wilcox says she is thrilled to be receiving tonight’s Lifetime Achievement Award, though her first thought was, “Oh my goodness, I must be old.” She refused to tell her age, half-heartedly joking, “I’m an actor. Actors never tell their age.” Wilcox taught at Webster University and Washington University in St. Louis in the early 1980s, and by the 1990s she was artistic director of The New Theatre (TNT) in St. Louis. At TNT she directed 21 new and contemporary plays and produced for 13 seasons. Prison Performing Arts began as a project within TNT, and grew to become an independent organization in 1999. In 2010 and 2012, Wilcox developed and directed two museum-theater performances with former inmates and homeless veterans for the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, “Staging Old Masters” and “Staging Reflections of the Buddha.” Her production of “Hamlet” with high-security inmates was featured on NPR’s “This American Life” with Ira Glass. Wilcox retired in March of 2015 after 22 years at Prison Performing Arts. In retirement, she will travel and spend time with her husband of 45 years, Bob Wilcox, a theater critic and college professor, though trips might have to come in between her projects. She is currently working on a young adult novel and has hopes of producing another museum project with former prisoners Prison inmates performing The Tempest with and homeless veterans in 2017. Prison Performing Arts
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elen Baer would say that the arts define a culture,” explains Pat Stark, trustee of “ the Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation. “She’d tell you that if you can get children at an early age interested in the arts – be it visual arts, performing arts,H music, dance – it can set a course for positive development for the rest of their life.” Although the Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation was officially established by Helen Baer in the early 1980s, its roots go further back. Her husband, Arthur Baer, was the CEO of Stix Baer & Fuller retail department store (originally called the Grand Leader) before it was sold in the late 1960s. Arthur was a brilliant businessman, a futurist and a generous benefactor to the St. Louis community. He wrote a $250,000 check in 1954, which funded the original Nine Network building on the Washington University campus as he saw the possibilities of using television for education. Arthur also purchased the Campbell House and made it available to the St. Louis community when it was on the verge of being demolished. Arthur passed away in 1969 and left Helen with the task of continuing his charitable activities. Her passion was to deliver arts education to children. When Helen died in 1993, she left $2.5 million to the charitable foundation to be used for St. Louis community betterment projects and arts education programs to help underserved children. Since then, the Foundation has disbursed $8.5 million to various nonprofits, including the Saint Louis Art Museum, Nine Network, COCA, Arts and Education Council, St. Louis University Art Museum, Jazz St. Louis’ JazzU Program, Craft Alliance Center of Art & Design, Art St. Louis and Friends of Kids with Cancer art therapy programs at St. John’s Mercy Kids Cancer Center and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. “Both Helen and Arthur would be very proud of being named a recipient of this award, and the fact the charitable foundation has made an imprint on so many St. Louis arts organizations,” says Stark. “Our goal has always been to find an organization where our funding is going to make a difference to that organization or our funding will allow an organization to say, ‘the Baer Foundation is behind us,’ which in turn will encourage other foundations and donors to offer their support.”
Arthur & Helen Baer Visual Arts Galleries at A&E’s Centene Center for Arts and Education
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oug Erwin has been a fine arts educator for the past 25 years. Currently, Erwin teaches acting at McCluer High School, where he has served as the Director of Theater for Dthe past 14 years, building the largest high school African-American theater program in Missouri. Alumni from McCluer’s theater program have earned over $1 million in theater scholarships since Erwin has led the program. Erwin also performs in professional musical theater, including Stray Dog Theatre, Insight Theatre Company, Center Stage Theatre, The Alpha Players and Midwest Lyric Opera. For the past five years, Erwin also has served as the K-12 Fine Arts Content Leader for the Ferguson-Florissant School District, supervising 23 schools. He is currently completing a doctorate in fine arts education at Lindenwood University, holds an educational specialist degree in educational administration from Lindenwood, and has a master of arts in theater education and a bachelor’s in speech and theater from Truman State University. For his dissertation research, Erwin has looked at the importance of arts education for young students, “which shows a huge correlation between high performance on standardized test and participation in fine arts.” “That’s one of the big things people don’t realize,” he says. “It’s not just the kids who are amazingly gifted. It’s the participation in the arts, and it doesn’t matter what the arts discipline is.” Erwin was one of 20 educators and two fine arts educators selected to represent Missouri over the 11-year duration of the Japan Memorial Fulbright Program. As a result, Erwin is the only American to have studied Karuda (a form of Japanese Theatre). He is also co-founder and chair of the Fine Arts Regional Consortium; directed the first Ferguson-Florissant “All District Musical” featuring over 300 students from 23 schools; and directed “Ferguson’s Children: Our Voice,” a production featuring over 400 children in grades K-12 featuring vocal and instrumental music, theater, dance and visual art in response to the community unrest in Ferguson. Recently, Erwin has partnered with Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Missouri-St Louis to create student theater works based on Theatre of the Oppressed. Erwin is currently the district representative and sponsor to the Student Summit on Race sponsored by Education Plus. As Art Educator of the Year, Erwin said the honor was “humbling,” and added: “I feel like now I have to increase the quality and caliber of everything I am doing. It raises the stakes. Not that I was coasting before but I feel like I have to represent all of the arts teachers in the St. Louis region by being a role model as well as an ambassador for the arts.”
The Art Educator of the Year Award Students from McCluer and McCluer South is sponsored by Berkely High Schools perform in Legally Blonde, directed by Doug Erwin
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he Bach Society of Saint Louis’s Arts Award comes in the same year the organization is celebrating its 75th anniversary as the oldest continuous chorus in the St. Louis area. T“Receiving this award is a huge honor for us and especially poignant given that it is our 75th season,” says Melissa Payton, executive director of the Bach Society and principal singer in the Bach Society Chorus. Founded in 1941, its mission is to “provide stimulating and enriching musical and educational experiences for audiences and performers in the tradition of Johann Sebastian Bach.” The Bach Society Chorus includes many of the finest voices in the St. Louis region, supported by a core of paid professional singers. The Bach Society Orchestra consists of all professional instrumentalists, including members of the St. Louis Symphony. Soloists are engaged from across the country and are recognized for their artistry in the performance of 18th Century music. Payton explains that the Bach Society not only performs music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, regarded by some as perhaps the world’s greatest composer of all time, but also features music inspired by Bach. She maintains that with the plethora of singing and a cappella shows on television, choral music is undergoing a resurgence, with more young people auditioning for the Bach Society and attending performances. “Our chorus is becoming younger and younger,” Payton says. “We recently had a big reunion concert where 65 singers joined us for our fall concert. The alumni said they were excited about how much youth we have in the organization [now].” On the subject of youth, the Bach Society is committed to educating young people through its music education programs. These include: Giving Bach to St. Louis Youth – a mentorship and scholarship program for high school students; Young Artists Awards, a scholarship program for students under the age of 30; and Encore, side-by-side rehearsals with a local college or university choir. In addition, the Bach Society organizes benefit concerts to contribute to groups such as the American Red Cross and Assistance League of St. Louis; provides free concert tickets to children in the underserved community; gives free lectures and presentations to students and other community groups all over the St. Louis region; spearheads an online choral calendar at STLSings.org; and collaborates with local arts groups including Dance St. Louis, Cathedral Concerts and the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra at College Church
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lorida A&M University music scholars, Dwayne and Dwight Bosman are composers, arrangers, jazz artists and music educators. F St. Louis natives, the twins’ passion for jazz started at an early age when their father, Lloyd Smith, exposed them to jazz greats such Earl “Fatha” Hines, The Bosman Twins Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Smith, a well-known businessman, performed as a side man in Basie’s and Ellington’s orchestras. Paula V. Smith, the twin’s mother and the first African-American administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor under the Reagan Administration, was also an avid jazz lover. Influenced by famous musicians, like family friend Louis Armstrong, as well as John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, the twins began performing professionally as The Bosman Twins by age 14. The two play virtually every woodwind instrument available, including a range of clarinets, saxophones and flutes. Over the years, the Bosman Twins have shared their love of music and the stage with entertainment legends Freddie Cole, Branford Marsalis, Fontella Bass, Roy Ayers, David Peaston and the late trumpeter, Lester Bowie. Recipients of the Harmon How to Listen and the Missouri Folk Art grants, in addition to numerous other awards, they are particularly proud of being presented with a St. Louis Arts Award. “This award means a lot to us because, in a sense, we are being honored by the people who are our peers,” says Dwight. “The Arts and Education Council has given this award to so many prestigious and notable people who have done so much good for the arts in St. Louis. We are honored and humbled to be included.” The twins have traveled across the country in their roles as music directors and champions of youth music education. Dwayne is the former Music Director at Crossroads College Preparatory School in St. Louis. Dwight, band director and music educator for more than 30 years, is now retired from the St. Louis Public School District. “Educating youth about music is of the utmost importance to us,” says Dwight. “These youngsters are the musicians of tomorrow. Whether they are amateur or semi-pro or become professional musicians, having a love and appreciation for music opens up their world. Even if they do not become professional musicians, the exposure may help them to become patrons of the arts.” In April 2015, The Bosman Twins released their first album of original music, entitled “When Lions Roar.” The twins have two more original albums planned in the near future. Photo by Dr. Pamela Jackson Pamela Photo by Dr.
The Excellence in the Arts Award is sponsored by The Bosman Twins
Nancy and Ken Kranzberg
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87681_Arts Awards Program.indd 12 1/21/16 3:14 PM Arts Collaborator Dr. Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris
r. Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris grew up loving the arts. As a small child, she accompanied her father, a self-taught artist, to the Saint Louis Art Museum, where he would set upD an easel and paint reproductions of the great masterpieces. “I was an only child for seven years and I remember spending a lot of my weekends as a small girl there with him,” she says. As it turns out, not only did the art museum make an indelible impression on Lewis- Harris, but she also became a trailblazer there as its first African-American college intern, art educator and curator. “I get a lot of joy from art,” says Lewis-Harris, whose work in visual arts has been as a printmaker and photographer as well as an arts administrator, curator and teacher. “Art is about expression, especially nowadays,” she says. “There is so much bad news out there people don’t know how to react. The arts are there, I believe, to see the best part of human beings and humanity. They bring out the best in us.” Today, Lewis-Harris is the Director of the Connecting Human Origin and Cultural Diversity program at University of Missouri-St. Louis. She currently holds the title of associate professor in both Anthropology and at the College of Education. Lewis-Harris has her master’s and doctorate degrees in anthropology from Washington University. In her former position as assistant curator at the Saint Louis Art Museum, she curated several exhibits, including: Art of Papua New Guinea; Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series; Masterpieces of Central Africa; and the reinstallation of the museum’s Pacific galleries. Lewis-Harris has advised and curated exhibits with many regional art institutions and groups including the Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis Artist Guild, Gallery Visio, Venus Envy, The Schmidt Gallery, Altart, Belas Artes Gallery, The St. Louis Outsider Art Fair and the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She currently consults for national and international museums and galleries as an independent curator. She has also published numerous articles and catalogs on Pacific and African-American art and culture in relation to identity, art and contemporary society. In her position at the Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity at UMSL, she has integrated her past roles of educator, writer, artist, anthropologist and curator to address the important issues of cultural diversity, social segregation and the exhibit and presentation of minority cultures. She has given workshops and lectures to diverse audiences, from Pacific museum directors to rural agricultural advisors from Missouri and Illinois. Lewis-Harris is also on the board of the Ferguson Youth Initiative, which serves young people between the ages of 13 and 19, offering various programs to help enrich their lives as well as getting them involved in the future of Ferguson and the greater St. Louis community.
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87681_Arts Awards Program.indd 13 1/21/16 3:14 PM Champions of the Arts Dr. Tim and Kim Eberlein
n 1998, Dr. Tim Eberlein and his wife Kim relocated to St. Louis from Boston, when Tim joined the faculty at Washington University in St.I Louis. He is currently Bixby Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and Director of the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center. Until the move, Kim had been involved in healthcare administration. While she has done some consulting work in St. Louis in the field of public health, she has put much of her energy into the arts. She first joined the board of the Community Music School of Webster University, followed by the boards of the St. Louis Symphony, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, St. Louis University Library Associates, and the Friends Board of the Saint Louis Art Museum. Together, she and her husband support many arts organizations financially, and have chaired fundraising events for the St. Louis Symphony, the Black Rep, the Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Kim was instrumental in re-launching the St. Louis Visionary Awards in 2015 and has served as a panelist for the Regional Arts Commission. In both cases, her purpose in getting involved was to recognize and support the variety of individual artists and arts organizations that are thriving here. “I think we have a very robust arts scene in St. Louis,” says Kim. “It is truly exceptional for a city this size. That was really a wonderful discovery once we got here. And there is no doubt that in the 18 or so years that we have lived here, the arts have just become stronger.” The Eberleins are enthusiastic fans of the arts and love to invite others to performances. In particular, they enjoy introducing young professionals to opera and symphony, and have used the strong arts culture of St. Louis as a recruiting tool to bring literally hundreds of faculty here. “We feel if you live in a community, giving to the arts is important because they add so much meaning and enjoyment and enhance the quality of life,” says Kim. “We also like how they bring people together who might not otherwise be in the same room. [The arts] are a community connector.” One unique opportunity the Eberleins have had to work together on is Sing for Siteman, now in its seventh year. This concert features singers in town performing in the Opera Theatre season sharing their talents for one evening to raise funds for cancer research. “Our patients at Siteman depend on the arts for hope and healing,” said Tim. “There is no more uplifting sensation than to hear music, of all genres, throughout the atrium and lobby at Siteman, thanks to our many volunteer musicians.” Symphony musicians perform at Siteman Cancer Center as part of the Siteman Cares program
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87681_Arts Awards Program.indd 14 1/21/16 3:14 PM Co-chairs Jim and Stacey Weddle
im and Stacey Weddle are enthusiastic supporters of the arts in St. Louis and the work of the Arts and Education Council. JStacey’s musical interests date back to learning to play the violin at an early age and continuing to play in her university’s orchestra. Their children have inherited her musical abilities. Their two sons are both accomplished Irish musicians and have competed multiple times in the
All Ireland international musical competition. Stacey and Jim Weddle Through Jim’s role as Managing Partner, Edward Jones and its Associates continue to be an important driver supporting the arts and arts education in the region. Jim and Stacey are proud to be members of the St. Louis region that so loyally and generously supports the Arts and Education Council.
Entertainment
Ben Nordstrom, Emcee
Ben Nordstrom is a multi-talented performer and actor who has starred in both dramatic productions and musical comedies on the national stage. Nordstrom has won numerous awards for his performances, including two Kevin Kline Awards for Best Actor in a Musical for his work at STAGES St. Louis, an Arts and Photo by Lance Tilford Photo by Lance Education Council grantee.
COCA Hip Hop Crew
The COCA Hip Hop Crew, under the direction of Anthony “Redd” Williams (left), will be performing Redd Riddin’ Thru the Hood. Choreographed by Redd Williams to Big Bad Wolf by Duck Sauce and Burn it Up by Janet Jackson. Redd Williams, a St. Louis native, has performed on tours, in music videos and commercials
Photo courtesy ofPhoto courtesy COCA for some of hip-hop’s biggest recording artists. He is Artistic Director of COCA’s Hip Hop Crew, a year-round dance company made up of students elementary through high school, selected through an open audition process.
The stage and entertainment is sponsored by
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87681_Arts Awards Program.indd 15 1/21/16 3:14 PM Entertainment (cont.)
Doug Erwin
Doug Erwin will lead the combined choirs of the Ferguson- Florissant School District in a performance of “The Color Purple” from the musical The Color Purple, music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray. Erwin is the Director of Theatre at McCluer High School, the K-12 Fine Arts Content Leader for the Ferguson-Florissant School District and is active performing in professional musical theatre. Erwin is also on faculty for Theatre and Speech through at Lindenwood University and UMSL.
Bosman Twins
The Bosman Twins will perform Dear James, written by Morgan Bosman, daughter of Dwight Bosman, who will accompany them as a vocalist. The Bosman Twins will also perform their original song, DB Blues Remix. The Bosman Twins have shared their love of music and the stage with entertainment legends Freddie Cole, Branford Marsalis, Fontella Bass, Roy Ayers, David Peaston and the late trumpeter, Lester Bowie. Whether performing with their own band or accompanying other notable jazz professionals, their unique style and renditions of jazz, rhythm and blues, funk and gospel have earned them national and international acclaim. Their studio band will also be joining them on stage tonight: Jeff Anderson, bass; Montez Coleman, drums; Eric Slaughter, guitar; and Ptah Williams, piano.
Morgan Bosman
Morgan Bosman, daughter of Dwight Bosman, will perform her original piece, Dear James, on stage with her father and uncle. Morgan is the “soul-drenched songstress” making her way in the music world. Hailing from St. Louis and currently based in Nashville, Morgan’s inspirations stem from the likes of Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Ella Fitzgerald just to name a few. Her influences are what give her a memorable voice exuding deep, soulful melodies complimented by sweet jazz, R&B and gospel roots.
The stage and entertainment is sponsored by
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87681_Arts Awards Program.indd 16 1/21/16 5:40 PM 2015 Grantees Dance Performance Bayless Elementary Dance St. Louis Circus Flora School Modern American Dance Gitana Productions Brown Elementary School Company Metro Theater Company Jana Elementary School Robert L. Reed Tap New Jewish Theatre Normandy Elementary Heritage Institute Prison Performing Arts School Repertory Theatre of Soldan International Literary St. Louis Studies High School The 7th Grade Poetry Shakespeare Festival Walnut Grove School Foundation St. Louis Willow Brook Elementary River Styx Slightly Askew Theatre School Ensemble Multi-Disciplinary STAGES St. Louis Monsanto Rural Cinema St. Louis That Uppity Theatre Community Arts Circus Harmony Company Education Program COCA (Center of Gateway Center for the Creative Arts) Visual Arts Sheldon Arts Foundation Contemporary Art The Hettenhausen Center Springboard Museum St. Louis for the Arts St. Louis ArtWorks Craft Alliance Center Highland Arts Council St. Louis Public Radio / of Art & Design Jacoby Arts Center 90.7 KWMU Greater East St. Louis Looking Glass Playhouse Community Fund O’Fallon Arts Commission Music International Raintree Arts Council Bach Society of Saint Louis Photography Hall of Sullivan Patrons of the Community Music School Fame and Museum Arts of Webster University Laumeier Sculpture Warren County Fine Arts Gateway Men’s Chorus Park Council Jazz St. Louis The Luminary Opera Theatre of Saint Missouri Immigrant & Fox Performing Louis Refugee Advocates Arts Charitable Saint Louis Classical Guitar Foundation Society Maritz Arts and Keep Art Happening St. Louis Cathedral Concerts Education Fund Scholarship St. Louis Children’s Choirs for Teachers St. Louis Symphony African Musical Arts Regional Business Union Avenue Opera Arrowpoint Elementary Council School Social Venture Partners
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87681_Arts Awards Program.indd 17 1/21/16 3:14 PM Past Arts Awards Recipients
Lifetime Achievement in the Arts 1992 Evelyn Newman 2004 Peter Bunce, 1993 Joseph Pulitzer Nancy and Ken Kranzberg 1994 Katherine G. Wells & 2005 Priscilla McDonnell Ben H. Wells 2006 Joneal Joplin, 1995 Margaret Grigg Douglas Turpin 1996 Dr. Leigh Gerdine 2007 Mary Strauss 1997 Margie Wolcott May 2008 Gyo Obata 1998 Adam Aronson and 2009 Jeanne Trevor Judith Aronson, Ph.D. 2010 Stephanie Riven 1999 Norman Goldberg 2011 Mae Wheeler 2000 Joanne Kohn 2012 Linda Kennedy 2001 Charles Guenther, Ruth 2013 Chuck Berry Slenczynska, Ron Himes 2014 Carol North and 2002 Emily Rauh Pulitzer Nicholas Kryah 2003 Alice Gerdine 2015 Jill McGuire
Corporate Support for the Arts 1992 Southwestern Bell Corporation 2003 The Boeing Company 1993 Union Electric Company 2004 Anheuser-Busch 1994 The May Department Stores Co. Companies 1995 Emerson Electric Co. 2005 Centene Corporation 1996 Mark Twain Banks 2006 Sachs Properties 1997 Monsanto Fund 2007 Brown Shoe 1998 Edward Jones 2008 Thompson Coburn LLP 1999 Commerce Bank and the 2010 Ameren William T. Kemper Foundation 2011 Wells Fargo Advisors 2000 UMB Bank, N.A. 2012 Novus International, Inc. 2001 Maritz Inc. 2013 PNC Bank 2002 Bank of America
Corporate Champions of the Arts Corporate Leadership in the Arts 2014 Edward Jones Partners 2015 Warner Baxter and Tom Voss, and Associates Ameren Corporation
Champion of the Arts Young Artist of the Year 2010 Regional Arts 2002 Melanie Hadley, National Commission Society of Arts & Letters– 2011 Karen Duffy St. Louis Chapter, piano 2013 St. Louis Public competition winner Radio/90.7 KWMU
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Excellence in Philanthropy 1997 E. Desmond Lee 2010 Dr. Wilfred R. and 2002 Lucy and Stanley Lopata Ann Lee Konneker 2003 The Whitaker Foundation 2011 Christian B. Peper 2004 Marilyn and Sam Fox 2012 Mabel Dorn Reeder 2005 Alison and John Ferring Foundation 2006 Anabeth and John Weil 2013 Judy and Jerry Kent 2007 Sally S. Levy 2014 Thelma and David Steward 2008 Mary Ann Lee 2015 Ken and Nancy Kranzberg 2009 Laurance L. and Virginia Browning, Jr.
Art Educator of the Year 1998 Celeste Banta, McKelvey Elementary, Parkway School District 1999 Kemara Skinner, Soldan International Studies High School, St. Louis Public Schools 2000 Suzanne Bushey, Ames Visual & Performing Arts Elementary, St. Louis Public Schools 2001 Gary Lang, Seckman High School, Fox School District 2002 Fredrick J. Nelson, Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School 2003 Sr. Gail Buckman, SSND, St. Gabriel the Archangel School 2004 Mary Eichenberger, Ferguson-Florissant School District 2005 Jan Davis, Ferguson-Florissant School District 2006 Joseph Schulte, Saint Louis University High School 2007 Sr. Gabriel Mary Hoare, S.L., Nerinx Hall 2008 Linda Packard, Reed Elementary, Ladue School District 2009 Sr. Patricia Giljum, CSJ 2010 Beverly Whittington, Ames Visual & Performing Arts Elementary, St. Louis Public Schools 2011 Wayne Salomon, John Burroughs School 2012 Jason Brown, Riverview Gardens School District 2013 Duane Martin Foster, Normandy School District 2014 Heidi Morgan, University City High School 2015 Winifred Crock, Parkway Central High School
Arts Innovator Arts Collaboration 2009 Jessica Hentoff 2010 Citygarden 2011 Paul K. Reuter 2014 E. Desmond Lee Fine Arts 2012 Joan Lipkin Education Collaborative 2015 Jim McKelvey and Doug Auer
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Excellence in the Arts 2003 Johnnie Johnson 1992 Peter Sargent Leonard Slatkin Agnes Wilcox/Prison Performing Arts Robert McFerrin Webster University 2004 Willie Akins 1993 Young Audiences of St. Louis Colin Graham Steven Woolf 2005 Katherine Dunham Community Music School of Webster University 1994 Craft Alliance Arthur Osver Reggie Thomas Henry Townsend Mona Van Duyn 2006 Jarvis Thurston Christine Brewer Herb Drury 1995 Jazz St. Louis John Kendall Laumeier Sculpture Park 2007 Robert Orchard Susan Slaughter Saint Louis Art Museum 1996 Carolbeth True Heikki Seppa William Gass 2008 Josephine Throdahl Ivor David Balding Gerald Early 1997 STAGES St. Louis Ethelyn Sparfeld Jane Sauer 2009 Cinema St. Louis 1998 Robert Powell Marita Woodruff Annelise Mertz 2010 Metro Theater Company David Robertson 1999 2011 Alexandra Zaharias Repertory Theatre of St. Louis The Sheldon Arts Foundation Patricia and Fredrick McKissack 2012 Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis 2000 Peter Martin COCA (Center of Creative Arts) Charles MacKay 2013 Ernest Trova Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Michael Uthoff 2001 Dance St. Louis 2014 Lee Nolting 2002 St. Louis Symphony David Halen The Muny (The Municipal Theatre 2015 Association of St. Louis ) Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Patrick Schuchard Denise Thimes
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87681_Arts Awards Program.indd 20 1/21/16 3:14 PM Past Arts Awards Chairs and Co-Chairs
Chairs Co-chairs 1992 Phoebe Scott Burke Judy Champ 1993 Jo-Ann Digman Lisa McMullin 1994 Marylen Mann Pixie Messey 1995 Joanne Kohn Amy Whitelaw 1996 Pat Whitaker 1997 Sue Engelhardt Mary Ann Hogan 1998 Linda Fabel Mary Ann Hogan 1999 Mary Ann Hogan Debbie Sears 2000 Debbie Sears Cheryl Holman 2001 Cheryl Holman Becky Kueker 2002 Peggy Ritter Connie Kahn 2003 Peggy Ritter/Connie Kahn Marsha Rusnack 2004 Marsha Rusnack/Cheri Fromm 2005 Cheri Fromm/Cynthia J. Brinkley Judy Harris and Donald Suggs 2006 Cynthia J. Brinkley/Nancy Galvin/ Judy Harris 2007 Nancy Galvin/Cary Hobbs 2008 Cary Hobbs/Bill Donius 2009 Bill Donius/ James and Karen Castellano 2010 James and Karen Castellano/ Dick Fleming and Sarah Smith 2011 Dick Fleming and Sarah Smith/ Tom and Carol Voss 2012 Tom and Carol Voss 2013 Ken and Nancy Kranzberg 2014 Lynne and Jim Turley 2015 Lynne and Jim Turley
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87681_Arts Awards Program.indd 21 1/21/16 3:14 PM About the Arts and Education Council
he Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis (A&E) is a unique asset in our community. A&E is our region’s only united arts fund supported by private contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations and institutions committedT to the value and benefit of the arts to our community. The Arts and Education Council serves as the base—the root, if you will—through which funding, training, and collaboration happens for nearly 70 arts organizations that enrich the cultural landscape of St. Louis each year.
2016 Board of Directors and Members* Board of Directors Diane R. Drollinger Rachelle Rowe Chair John Gianoulakis Shawn Schukar Leonard T. Eschbach Barbara B. Goodman Donald M. Senti Secretary Kristin J. Guehlstorf Mary Ann Srenco Peter Sargent Jason Hall Susan A. Stith Cary D. Hobbs Andrew Trivers Treasurer Nicole Hudson Carol J. Voss Ruth Saphian Kenneth Kranzberg Caren Vredenburgh Members C. Brendan Johnson Immediate Past Chair Nora Akerberg Eric Koestner Terrance J. Good Susan Block Linda Lee Sheila Burkett Janet W. Newcomb Ex-Officio Chris Cedergreen Dorte Probstein Cynthia A. Prost
*As of January 21, 2016
About the Award am Stang was born in Northfield, Minnesota in 1959. He attended Washington University in St. Louis from 1980 – 84 and was a student of Fritz DreisbachS at Penland School of Crafts in 1983 and of Lino Tagliapietra at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. Sam was a founding partner of Ibex Glass Studio (1985 through 1991) and started Augusta Glass Studio in Augusta, Mo., in 1992, which he still operates as a sole proprietorship. “All of my pieces are made by using traditional European glassblowing techniques. With the murrini pieces, I begin by making glass rods which are patterned in cross section. The rods are cooled and cut into thin pieces and arranged on an iron plate which is then heated to fuse the murrini. This is then rolled into a tube on the end of a blowpipe and shaped into the final form. Every piece I make is entirely produced hot at the furnace. The banded bowls are blown as separate sections and fused together. This technique, known as incalmo, requires a great deal of skill and cooperation. I work with at least one assistant and often with a team of three experienced glassblowers.”
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