North Bennet Street School

Annual Report

Fiscal Year 2016 Our challenge is to make an outstanding crafts-based education widely available.

Welcome to This past year, we are proud to have made North Bennet Street School. significant progress on this goal by:

Expanding our public presence with new exhibitions and events

Engaging the community through Last year at this time we had just completed including doubling the size of the full-time low- and no-cost service projects a year-long look toward the future of the program and broadening our School, and the result, the Strategic audience with an expanded Continuing Broadening our audience via new Plan FY 2016 –FY 2020, was published in Education program. There are profiles of Continuing Education classes our FY 2015 Annual Report. The plan set generous donors who have funded program out two overarching goals: to fully realize the enhancements, and stories of talented students Connecting with alumni through job programmatic potential of our new building and who have practiced their craft in myriad ways. fairs and trade shows to secure the long term financial sustainability of the School. This year’s report also describes a few of the Enhancing our programs with support ways that we have increased our visibility in from individuals, businesses, and non- At the end of the Plan’s first year, I am pleased the community, with our ongoing internship profit partners to report progress toward both goals. On the programs, public exhibitions, and the financial front, we have added nearly $3.6 Preservation Carpentry program’s partnership million to our endowment and we are in the with the National Building Museum in initial stages of a capital campaign to raise funds Washington, D.C. for our general and scholarship endowments that will be essential to the future of the School. In short, the new building continues to strengthen our sense of community, both In terms of fully capitalizing on the new facility, internal and external, especially on PB&J we have increased our enrollment, enhanced Thursdays, when students gather for free lunch our programs and increased our visibility in and conversation. the community; all recommendations of the Strategic Plan. This year’s Annual Report Thanks once again to all of you who have documents a number of those achievements, helped to make it possible.

Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez President For over 135 years, North Bennet Street School has provided vocational training as a path to 2 3 self-sufficiency and a meaningful, productive life.

Introducing stories from our year. INSTRUCTORS Nine years after he passed Joe entered the profession in the mid- structures. Joe believed in learning and Jeff Altepeter BB ’99 (Dept. Head) away, master bookbinder 1970s, apprenticing at Boston’s Harcourt I think he’d be very happy to see his Martha Kearsley BB ’95 Bindery where he went on to become name connected to efforts that expand Joseph Newman is still vividly bindery foreman before opening his knowledge.” ADVISORY COMMITTEE remembered not only by his own bindery in Beverly, Massachusetts. Mary Patrick Bogan In the mid-1980s, Newman became a Todd Pattison, Senior Book Conservator Samuel Ellenport many friends and colleagues, book conservator at NEDCC, where he at NEDCC, remembers his friend by Babette Gehnrich but also because of the Joseph conserved titles including an early copy of two of his nicknames. “Joe was always Paul Parisi Newman Bookbinding the Magna Carta. called either ‘Dr. Binder’ or ‘The River,’ James Reid-Cunningham BB ’90 Scholarship at North Bennet the latter because a river brings water, Deborah Wender Street School, which honors his “Joe was a tremendously skilled binder sediment, and fish and, like that, Joe ANNUAL TUITION and conservator and he was also very brought a wealth of information forward legacy by supporting aspiring $23,157 hard working. His fine bindings were which he always shared with other people. bookbinders. creatively executed and exquisite,” He taught me so much over the 20 years GRADUATION RATE says Mary Patrick Bogan, NEDCC’s 88% we worked together. He changed my life,” “Joe loved to teach people who were current Director of Book Conservation. says Todd, who believes Newman’s legacy EMPLOYMENT RATE newer to the field,” recalls Deb Wender, “He believed in the bigger picture— will live on. 100% retired Director of Book Conservation at understanding where the books you were

STUDENTS the Northeast Document Conservation working on came from. We all benefitted “We still call it ‘Joe’s Bench’ even now 15 Center (NEDCC), where Newman from his connoisseurship. He was very 10 years after he last used it,” explained served as senior book conservator. “He funny, too, and a joy to be around.” Todd of Joe’s former NEDCC work really loved to see new people come along, station. “Another conservator, Jessica which makes the scholarship in his name Mary Patrick believes Newman Henze BB ’06, has used the bench for

4 so perfect.” would have been pleased by both the years, but it will always be his. Jessica 5 scholarship and the exhibit.“The exhibit didn’t know Joe, but I think she benefits Over $13,000 was raised for the was beautifully done and provided a not only from the library on the history Scholarship through the Joseph Newman wonderful look at how he approached of bookbinding that he left us, but also Bookbinding Exhibit, organized by fine bookbinding and models of book from working at his bench.” Bookbinding Department Head and Instructor Jeff Altepeter BB ’99 with help from Joe’s brother, Walter Newman, and Bookbinding held at the School in November 2015. “This and our other exhibits help our students make

“The exhibit brought out a fantastic connections in the community. We encourage that, gathering of bookbinding professionals too, because our field by nature is very collaborative from as far away as Texas. We welcomed Joe’s family and friends, as well as and social.” collectors and potential clients,” explains Jeff. “Every scholarship dollar raised is important, of course, and these funds are dedicated to Bookbinding students. This and our other exhibits help our students make connections in the community. We encourage that, too, because our field by nature is very collaborative and social.” Over three decades after it was Cabinet & first offered, the “Thursday Lecture” is as popular as ever Furniture Making with Cabinet & Furniture Making (CF) students at North Bennet Street School—as is the lecturer, longtime faculty member Lance Patterson CF ’79.

INSTRUCTORS “We call it the ‘Lance Lecture,’ where “Lance was one whose answers to Daniel C. Faia CF ’94 (Dept. Head) all full-time students gather to hear Steven Brown CF ’90 Lance talk about everything from my questions I most valued. He is Alexander Krutsky CF ’81 curved veneering and columns to the Lance Patterson CF ’79 different shapes and styles of cabriole a true polymath, with encyclopedic legs,” explains Grant Burger CF ’17. “The ADVISORY COMMITTEE lectures are insights into Lance, who is Mark Del Guidice knowledge.” ‘The Godfather’ of period furniture, and William Doub CF ’74 are his way of inspiring us.” 6 Sean Fisher CF ’94 7 Brian Kelly CF ’84 A student of the late George Fullerton, Recognized as a “Mentor in Design” by “What’s great about working with Lance John F. LaGattuta CF ’88 who created the current CF curriculum, Design New England earlier this year, is that he is always excited even when William Locke CF ’95 Lance became a part-time CF instructor after being nominated by Grant and he’s working on something he’s done Gregory Porfido CF ’89 at NBSS in 1979. He went full-time two others from NBSS, Lance has a long many times,” says Dan. “As our senior ANNUAL TUITION years later, and served as Department history in that role. instructor, Lance is Master of the Shop. $24,804 Head from 1985 to 2001. Lance is also a Most everything goes through him before

GRADUATION RATE founding member of Boston’s Fort Point “Lance was one whose answers to my it gets done. We were all his students, and 80% Cabinetmakers, which has welcomed questions I most valued. He is a true while we’re now his peers, we still learn many NBSS graduates including, for a polymath, with encyclopedic knowledge,” from him every day,” says Dan. EMPLOYMENT RATE time, Provost Claire Fruitman CF ’96. explained NBSS President Miguel 84% Gómez-Ibáñez CF ’99, who also once Lance—whose professional-quality

STUDENTS “When I was getting ready to graduate, a had a bench at Fort Point. “Lance has a photographs of CF pieces have appeared 40 classmate and I were looking for bench hugely appealing personality, but one of in Fine —enjoys sharing space. When Lance told me there was a the charming things about him is that he lessons learned from his mentor. bench available in his shop, I was thrilled. is not a public speaker. He is self-effacing I couldn’t believe that I was going to be and very low-key. You have to really focus “George had worked in the trade all his working in the same place as him,” recalls on what he’s saying.” life and was a most inspiring teacher. He Claire. “He is a genius woodworker. taught Phil Lowe [CF ’74], too. He There is never a question he can’t puzzle Among those listening closely are three changed a lot of people’s lives. The through or a problem he can’t figure out. of his former students and now his CF tradition in the trade is to pass on what As a student, you can tell him what you’re colleagues—Department Head Dan Faia you know to the next generation. It is part planning to do and he knows just what CF ’94, and instructors Steve Brown CF of the continuum,” says Lance, adding books to refer you to in the CF Library, ’90 and Alex Krutsky CF ’81. with a laugh, “So when my students do which he maintains.” something wrong, I tell them ‘George wouldn’t like that.’” INSTRUCTORS Brian Vogt PC ’94 (Dept. Head) Aaron Butt Growth has become the “When they finished up ahead of time for Women and Children in Dorchester, ADVISORY COMMITTEE on the windows, the students asked for which offers transitional space for Kurt Fieldhouse CA ’93 watchword for Carpentry additional work. So we had them patch women and children on their way to Stephen Gould PC ’01 (CA), which last year doubled drywall and do some other small jobs as self-sufficiency. Edward Howland its class size and added a second well. I was very happy with their work Barry A. Mann PC ’97 and they were also well supervised,” says “We re-plastered and repainted an old Arthur Massaro full-time faculty member, while Steve. “Replacement-window jobs are kitchen that was turned into a library, and Patrick O’Shaughnessy CA ’06 taking on its first ever community very common these days, too, so that was built bookcases for it, too. We also built a Finley H. Perry, Jr. service projects. a good task for the students.” bank of 18 food lockers to help the moms ANNUAL TUITION and their children keep their food secure. $25,335 “There are a lot of people who want to In May, the students participated in We fabricated the cabinets at NBSS learn carpentry so our enrollment has the Association of General Contractors’ and then installed them on Community GRADUATION RATE doubled, and Aaron Butt has joined us National Service Day, working Service Day,” says Brian. “Everything 86% as an instructor. Adding another teacher alongside representatives from Suffolk went very smoothly. And I think there EMPLOYMENT RATE adds another set of ideas and another Construction, Turner Construction, was an overall feeling of teamwork and 82% way to solve problems,” explained Brian and other major companies on a project accomplishment in finishing the project

STUDENTS Vogt PC ’94, the Department Head and for the non-profit St. Mary’s Center and knowing it was for a good cause.” 25 an instructor in the CA program. “We believe we have the ability to make a tangible difference, too, so we’ve incorporated community service into what we do.” “We believe we have the ability to 8 9 In February, Brian, Aaron, and 23 Carpentry students joined forces with make a tangible difference, too, so Harborlight Community Partners, a Beverly-based non-profit providing we’ve incorporated community housing for low- and moderate-income people. “We were subcontracted service into what we do.” to help renovate a historic home in Beverly,” recalls Aaron of the two-week project. “We removed all the old windows, Carpentry installed new windows, repaired rot, and replaced interior and exterior trim.” And when those tasks were complete, North Bennet Street School students didn’t look to clock out, according to Harborlight construction foreman Steve Albanese. When a personal friendship Jewelry Making brought Starr Moore to North Bennet Street School & Repair 16 years ago, another enduring relationship was launched between Starr, an Atlanta-based jeweler and graduate gemologist, and the School itself.

INSTRUCTORS “One of my good friends, Rosemary Starr —honored last year at NBSS with a welder and other . It’s the support Rosemary Trainor JM ’91 Trainor JM ’91 (the recently retired plaque that reads, in part, “with gratitude and generosity of friends like Starr that (Dept. Head) Jewelry Making & Repair [JM] for her vision and support”—has also make sure our students are working in the Ann Cahoon JM ’02 Department Head), was teaching a shared the benefit of her own industry true analog of a modern shop,” says Ann. two-week course in jewelry making, and background and experience.“You can’t “Starr loves to share her passion for jewelry ADVISORY COMMITTEE I came to Boston to take it to get a sense be a metalsmith without knowing how by bringing examples from her own Ilah Cibis JM ’05 of the metalsmith part of jewelry-making. to handle gemstones, so I and other collection when she visits NBSS, which is John F. Gifford JM ’97 & CF ’01 I found that I do not have the hand skills gemstone dealers made sure that they had very inspirational for our students.” Barbara L. Lawrence to be a metalsmith, and the key there is gemstones. I also provided a ‘gemstone 10 Alan Leavitt 11 definitely hand skills,” recalls Starr. library’ in a display case of many types of Starr, an NBSS Overseer, believes that Geraldine Kish Perry JM ’00 “The day I started was the same day stones,” says Starr. the Department is in good shape and Emily Scott JM ’07 Rosemary became Department Head good hands. Daniel R. Spirer of the JM program at NBSS. I’d known New Department Head (as of June 2016) ANNUAL TUITION Rosemary for years and we were already Ann Cahoon JM ’02 values Starr’s input. “Rosemary had the insight to develop the $22,329 good friends.” program into what it is today. She was

GRADUATION RATE “One of the really unique challenges we comfortable handing the program to Ann, 40% Good friends, of course, tell us what they face is that we’re incredibly traditional too, because she knows Ann will take really think. as a trade, but the marketplace is it where it next needs to go. And I will EMPLOYMENT RATE ever-changing. A lot of the changes are always make time for NBSS. Anything I 33% “When I walked in, the Jewelry Making technology based, and so two years ago can do to help is my way of giving back to

STUDENTS & Repair program was not as good as Starr funded the replacement of our laser an industry that means so much to me.” 7 it could be. The rooms were filthy and unkempt. I like to leave places better than I find them, so in the afternoons I got soap, water, and rags. I cleaned and I also organized. I could see the need for “One of the really unique challenges additional equipment to teach students additional significant skills. NBSS had never taught casting, so with Rosemary’s we face is that we’re incredibly blessing, I bought the necessary equipment for the Department. Just traditional as a trade, but the cleaning and suggesting they add casting equipment were important first steps.” marketplace is ever-changing.” INSTRUCTORS Sometimes the best way to Barbara Baker LK ’04 help students find employment (Dept. Head) is to bring the employers ADVISORY COMMITTEE directly to them, which is what Lew Alessandrini John (Jack) Hobin the Locksmithing & Security Stephen McKinney Technology program (LK) Virginia M. Newbury did last year in an unusual type Michael Samra LK ’87 of job fair. Jeffrey G. Schwartz

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ANNUAL TUITION $20,835 Lock shops and other prospective The job fair was ideal for students to “It’s just exploding,” according to Barbara.

GRADUATION RATE employers in the industry came into the network and learn about the current state 83% program space to see first-hand what of the industry they expect to join. You never know where jobs might pop students were learning. Several company up. For example, combination safes are EMPLOYMENT RATE representatives were given a brief “We’re moving beyond an old-time actively used in banks and elsewhere. 100% overview of the program and a tour of the locksmith who could hand-file a key and LK students learn how to maintain

STUDENTS space by LK Department Head Barbara repair something by making a part for those locks just as they do other types of 11 Baker LK ’04, followed by an opportunity it. Now we’re working with robust, very security technologies. The home market

12 to mingle with the students. high-end equipment that integrates also increased after the 2008 financial 13 electricity and software control,” explains crisis. “Sales of safes for homes went “It was really terrific. Students could ask Barbara. “Some locksets for houses can through the roof because people started about lock shops and service vans, and a now ‘talk’ to the owner’s smartphone hanging onto their money,” Barbara notes. distributor’s representative explained that so the home industry is expanding portion of the industry to them. Students incredibly.” It’s a continuing education for students asked all kinds of great questions,” says and also for Barbara, who graduated from Barbara, adding that several students In the commercial sector, locksmiths the LK program in 2004 and immediately were invited to submit their resumes to may do the mechanical installation while went to work for Michael Samra LK ’87, prospective employers. others handle the electrical component owner and president of Action Lock & of the work, so there’s more integration Key, Inc., in Burlington, Massachusetts. Job opportunities in the security between locksmiths and electrical technology industry are expanding as companies—or locksmiths may simply get “You’ll never, ever have learned everything,” the technology itself continues to evolve. additional training to do it all themselves. says Barbara.

“We’re moving beyond an old-time locksmith... Locksmithing & now we’re working with robust, very high- Security Technology end equipment that integrates electricity and software control.” INSTRUCTORS Educating Basic (PT) During the school year, PA students go “It gives the students a little bit of pocket David Betts PA ’72 (Dept. Head) and Advanced (PA) out on tuning calls for local customers money and some business experience, Debbie Cyr PA ’93 in private homes and other venues, and and of course the BPS teachers are over Technology students for Mario Igrec then share their experiences with fellow the moon,” Debbie says.”It’s been a Emily Townsend PA ’08 employment may begin in the students and staff. “It gives them practice winning situation for everybody.” out in the field and some experience ADVISORY COMMITTEE School’s practice rooms and with all kinds of and customers,” The abundance of opportunities like George Crawford program spaces, but the work Debbie says. these reflects the robust job market for Lawrence Fine PA ’76 doesn’t end there. piano technicians, who are now retiring Sean Mallari PA ’06 Another opportunity for students to faster than new ones can be trained. Don Mannino Newly learned skills are tested in the real apply their tuning chops comes from the “There’s a humongous black hole for piano Lewis J. Surdam PA ’80 world, via a wide variety of internship Boston Public Schools (BPS), which technicians all over the world,” Debbie ANNUAL BASIC TUITION opportunities. From tuning grand pianos has used NBSS students to maintain says. “We get a lot of requests from $23,814 at summer music festivals to servicing the school system’s pianos for the past universities or guys who are retiring.“

ANNUAL ADVANCED TUITION upright models in the Boston Public four years. The program is funded by the $22,329 Schools, NBSS piano students have the BPS Arts Expansion Fund at EdVestors, “We’re the place that has stood the test of chance to work with head technicians a Boston-based education non-profit time,” Emily says. “It’s the caliber of grads GRADUATION RATE and celebrated musicians in pursuit of focused on improving educational we put out there.” 94/100% their craft. outcomes for students. Students tune

EMPLOYMENT RATE the pianos and then create invoices and a 100/100% For those who have completed the PT report on each piano they work on. program, there are more internship STUDENTS opportunities than there are available 14 27 15 students to fill them. The School has long-standing relationships with nationally renowned organizations that include the Tanglewood Music Center PianoTechnology in Massachusetts, the Music “We’re the place that has stood the Festival and School in Colorado, and the Interlochen Center for the Arts in test of time. It’s the caliber of grads Michigan. Many of those internships lead to high-profile jobs at places like Steinway we put out there.” & Sons and the Juilliard School.

“If you stand out, you’re going to get a really good recommendation from these head technicians, who are well known throughout the industry,” says Instructor Debbie Cyr PA ’93. Proof positive, the head piano technicians at the Curtis Institute of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Juilliard are all NBSS graduates.

“It’s normally unheard of for someone with one year of experience to get a job at a place like an Ivy League university or music conservatory,” notes PT instructor Emily Townsend PA ’08. Last year’s Preservation In the spring of 2015, PC students Although the project didn’t employ any Carpentry (PC) project was a identified, photographed, and labeled ground-breaking techniques, “it was all pieces of the house section before it was absolutely a new experience for the students. first in many ways. It was the disassembled, crated, and moved to NBSS. And I haven’t gotten involved in a window of Preservation first time students had worked The subsequent restoration work included these proportions in the 15 years I’ve been on a building that no longer repairs when possible, or replacing missing teaching here,” says PC Department Head exists, but it will also be the first pieces with identical pieces made of the Steven O’Shaughnessy PC ’99. same materials and techniques. Since the Carpentry time their work will appear in a house had stood for over a century with “It was a unique situation, because it sort national museum. various cosmetic changes, the students had of goes against why we’re here,” he adds. to choose a specific point in time they would “We’re here to protect, preserve, and restore, Several prominent New Englanders had a try to restore it to. They picked 1906. so it’s sort of a melancholy experience to INSTRUCTORS hand in creating the Loring House in the work on a house that no longer exists. I’m Steven O’Shaughnessy PC ’99 (Dept. Head) Prides Crossing neighborhood of Beverly, The project eventually took 11 students very proud of my students that they kept Michael Burrey Massachusetts. The summer cottage built and one instructor more than 3,000 hours their heads down and really brought their on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in to complete, even though they deliberately game to the task at hand and didn’t let their ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1884 was designed in the Shingle Style by worked on only half of the piece to maintain emotions rule.” Robert A. Adam architect William Ralph Emerson (a cousin a “before and after” look. The half-restored William Lewis Barlow, IV of Ralph Waldo Emerson) for Charles wall is now on display in the School’s Sara B. Chase G. Loring, the first director of Boston’s Windgate Gallery, but it will be moved soon William Finch Museum of Fine Arts. Also involved was to the National Building Museum. Anne Grady Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of Denis Semprebon American landscape architecture whose ANNUAL TUITION 16 portfolio includes the “Emerald Necklace” 17 $25,065 series of parks in Boston and Brookline. “I’m very proud of my students GRADUATION RATE 92% By the time Loring descendant Samuel Codman died in 2008, the house had lived that they kept their heads down EMPLOYMENT RATE through more than a century of oceanside 82% wind, rain, and sun, and needed a major and really brought their game to

STUDENTS restoration. Each year, PC students practice 24 their skills by doing restoration work on a the task at hand and didn’t let historic building, so normally this would be a great opportunity to help bring it back to its their emotions rule.” former glory.

However, it turned out that restoration would have been too expensive, so the house was slated to be torn down after museums had a chance to salvage components for their collections. The National Building Museum invited the School’s PC program to help by removing and then restoring a divided window with a fanlight and raised panels as well as a curved door with brownstone threshold. North Bennet Street School has had a cutting-edge program in Violin Making & Repair Violin Making (VM) for 32 years, but the room’s new -sharpening station—made possible by a & Repair gift from the Cricket Foundation—has brought new meaning to that phrase.

INSTRUCTORS Working with violins requires meticulous Roman Barnas (Dept. Head) handiwork to shape the instrument’s distinctive scroll and hourglass body. ADVISORY COMMITTEE One mistake with a or finger Kevin Kelly VM ’92 can undo weeks of work. And the best David Polstein VM ’89 way to make sure those tools do exactly Christopher Reuning what their users intend is to make them Andrew Ryan as sharp as possible. VM students thus ANNUAL TUITION spend quite a bit of time at the sharpening $24,860 station working on their tools with stones,

18 GRADUATION RATE diamond plates, and water. 19 60% “There’s no other sharpening station Ten years ago, in the School’s original EMPLOYMENT RATE building, the sharpening station could 67% accommodate only one student. It like this anywhere in the world.” STUDENTS didn’t have a water source either, so 12 students had to lug water to and from a nearby bathroom. The station in the new NBSS. Thanks to a grant from the electronic equipment, and to the Violin building eventually had a Formica top Cricket Foundation, the station became program in 2008 for new benches and and a closer sink, and could accommodate a reality last year and is now in its second tool shelving. A plaque commemorating two students, but then the Formica began full year of use. The new station can be the Foundation’s generosity notes that its delaminating from repeated wettings. used by six students at a time. It was built original Trustee, A. Joshua Sherman, was “It was barely usable after a year,” says with extremely durable, easy-to-clean also a violinist. VM Department Head Roman Barnas. laboratory-grade bench material and equipped with three small sinks as well as Melissa gave a tour of the renovated “It was open and dusty and just looked individual lights and drawers for storage. station to Cricket Trustee Michael cluttered, and it didn’t have a smooth Mikowski. “When we took him through, surface—you need that if you’re “Now it’s a very pleasant experience,” he was quite moved by it,” she says. sharpening to a fraction of a millimeter,” says Roman. “It’s a nice social kind of “Between his response and that of the says Melissa Gallin, Director of place. Everyone congregates around and appreciative VM students, I’ve never Institutional Support at NBSS. talks about their work, exchanging ideas seen so much excitement over a and opinions.” sharpening station.” Roman came up with an idea for a custom sharpening station that was eventually This is not the first NBSS improvement “There’s no other sharpening station designed by none other than President funded by Cricket, which previously like this anywhere in the world,” says a Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez CF ’99, who was awarded grants to the Piano Technology proud Roman. an architect for 26 years before attending program in 2013 for computer and also showcases the work of our full-time “The most important things that are Anyone confused by people Continuing students to people who come in to take keeping us on track are responding to the who seem welded to their classes or attend a program. A number of needs of students, keeping large amounts electronic gadgets might our full-time students took CE classes to of information organized, and staying Education want to pay attention to what get a feel for the School before applying,” current with outside competition research. explains Katie. “Our youth programs have There are also a number of external factors Katie Theodoros, Director of also become an important part of the culture. that help. For example, most people have Continuing Education (CE), For example, eight of our current full-time now recovered from the recession and the has to say about keeping pace students take an hour out of their schedules region’s population continues to grow.” to volunteer as assistants with our middle- with technology. school classes. This not only provides “This year, we the CE revenue grow, full-time students with another learning and I joked that the first year that we make “How people choose to spend their free time opportunity, but also gives our middle- $1 million in gross revenue, I’m going to and money has changed drastically in the school students a chance to work alongside throw a puppy party for everyone. And past decade, mostly because of the use of people in the trades.” nobody would object, because we would smartphones and the boom of the sharing have brought in $1 million,” laughs the economy. Places like NBSS that engage Katie worked in printmaking after earning animal lover. “I was not prepared for how the general public must constantly work to her BFA and later in museum education. quickly everyone jumped on board. I soon create responses to the ongoing progress in After joining NBSS in the summer of realized that a Million Dollar Puppy Party technology and its effect on human behavior. 2015, she quickly brought about CE’s best is a great way to keep us all working toward It’s essential for audience development to year ever. a shared goal.” stay in the forefront of our minds as we do

20 future planning on the content of our classes 21 and programs,” says Katie, who sees CE as a community of interacting organisms. “Places like NBSS that engage the “A healthy ecosystem is balanced and general public must constantly consists of many different species and levels. The absence of any of these species affects the entire ecosystem. Thinking of CE as an work to create responses to the ecosystem helps ensure that we are offering classes and programs that are appealing to ongoing progress in technology the broadest community of learners.” and its effect on human behavior.” ENROLLMENT* In CE, that includes middle- and high- 664 (51% increase over FY 2015) school students, prospective School enrollees, empty nesters, and more. Katie STUDENTS* —whose interests include knitting, sewing, 531 woodworking, and bicycle repair—believes INSTRUCTORS CE is important to the NBSS culture. 41 “It keeps some of our alumni connected *does not include Youth Programs to the School and it also brings in new or private lessons people and ideas on a continual basis. It Continuing Education

Courses offered during FY 2016

BOOKBINDING CARPENTRY WOODWORKING

A New Binding for a Favorite Old Book Introduction to Blind and Gold Tooling Drywall for Beginners Bretstuhl or Two-Board Chair and a Box to Put It In on Leather Historic Timber Carving Shells, Fans, and Flowers Beyond the Rectangle: Introduction to Paper Conservation Window Sash Workshop Chair Intensive Exploring Books Through Geometry Italian Paper Bindings Continuous Arm Book in a Box: Workshop for High School Medieval Long- and Link-Stitch Bindings FAMILY WORKSHOPS Fine Finishing Workshop Students Miniature Painting and Vellum Fundamentals of Box It Up! Making Protective Enclosures More Historical Bindings in Paper Make a Birdhouse Fundamentals of Fine Wookworking for Books Paper “Leather” Bindings Make a Book Fundamentals of Machine Woodworking Brass Clasps Paper Covered Journals Writing Letters: Embracing a Fundamentals of Carving Conservation of Leather Bindings Paper Marbling with Chena River Marblers Lovely Tradition Furniture Design Basics Copperplate Script Paste Paper Hand Cut Dovetails Embroidered Leather Sampler Picture Inset Case Binding JEWELRY MAKING Heart Back Chair

22 Exploring Paper Pierced Vellum Bindings Intermediate Bowl Turning 23 Exploring the Book Secret Belgian Binding Chasing and Repoussé Intro to Letter Carving Family and Friends Bookbinding Workshop Single Signature Binding Forging and Forming Metal Bracelets Introduction to Bowl Turning Focus on Case Bindings Springback Revisited Workshop Introduction to Sharpening Fundamentals of Bookbinding The Folded Book Free-form Casting Introduction to Turning Fundamentals of Calligraphic Arts I The Miniature Book Gem Identification and Stone Treatments Machine Woodworking: Shaker Table Fundamentals of Calligraphic Arts II The Sculptural Book: Using Woodworking for Bench Jewelers Make a Spoon German Paper Bindings to Create a Shaped Book Introduction to Hand Engraving Make a Windsor Chair Workshop Italic Lettering Traditional Ethiopian Binding Jewelry I: Essential Skills Museum Tour: NBSS Presents the Museum Youth Travel Journals Jewelry II: Soldering Intensive of Fine Arts, Boston Jewelry III: Stone Setting Exploration to Picture Frame Workshop Keum-boo Plus Make a Jewelry Gift Rolling Cart Programs Setting Stones: Techniques and Exploration Secrets of Shellac Tubesetting Workshop Shaker Oval Box Wax Carving and Model Building Three-Month Furniture Making Intensive Last year, NBSS continued our partnerships with the Turning for Furniture John Eliot School and Saint John School, providing MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Walking Tour: Boston’s Historic Center: weekly Book Arts and Woodworking classes for students Building Practices & Architectural Styles grades 5–8. Advanced Bow Making Window Sash Workshop Bow Making Woodworking 101 In a new partnership this year, Madison Park Technical Introduction to Piano Technology Vocational High School students took part in a program at NBSS to expand their skill set in Carpentry and Locksmithing & Security Technology. All of our Youth Programs contribute to students’ academic, personal, and professional growth. 24 25

65% of all NBSS students require financial aid to attend.

Thank you to all our contributors on the pages that follow for their commitment to our students. Annual Celebration of Craft

Presenting Sponsor ($10,000) Patron ($1,000)

Bruce & Lynn Dayton Natalie Q. Albers Linda H. Kaufman Carl & Judy Ferenbach Albert, Righter & Tittmann Architects Michael & Claire King Anne & Marc Margulies Jeannie & Henry Becton, Jr. Kochman Reidt + Haigh Cabinetmakers Katharine Colt Boden MaryJane Kubler & Carl Wirka Cambridge Trust Company David W. Lewis, Jr. Underwriter ($5,000) Richard & Betsy Cheek Michael & Cynthia Malm H. Nichols B. Clark James M. Marsh BOND Columbia Construction Co. Walter McDonald & Carol O’Hare The Bresler Foundation, Inc. Columbia Contracting, Corp. Nick Offerman William T. & Louise Burgin Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez CF ’99 Lynn C. Osborn Bob & Bobo Devens Devens H. & Sandy Hamlen Patrick & Caitlin O’Shaughnessy Sponsor ($500) Annual Celebration Donor Janet & Chris English Jeri Hamlen & Joe Hammer Pella Windows & Doors, LLC

26 Brigid & Jock Gifford Julie E. & Bayard Henry Adrienne & Mitchell Rabkin Felix D. Arroyo Sylvia & Dwayne Bertrand The McConnell Family 27 Hemenway & Barnes LLP William CF ’07 & Corinna Hettinger Sholley Foundation, Inc. Geir Boger David C. Betts PA ’72 Walter McDonald & Carol O’Hare Charles CF ’05 & Charlotte Kline Edward & Marianna Howland Lewis PA ’80 & Toni Surdam William & Nannette Braucher Ellen C. Burbank Tish & Steve Mead Mrs. Walter Hunnewell Peter H. Talbot Fenton J. Burke CF ’95 William T. & Louise Burgin Julie & Bruce Mirbach in memory of Lisa von Clemm Elizabeth Thomson Burns Tools Edward S. Cooke, Jr. & Carol Warner Christine Murphy Benefactor ($2,500) Inland Underwriters Insurance Agency, Inc. Mary & Tim Williams Paul Combe Emily Cure Mr. & Mrs. William A. Oates, Jr. Nicholas Iselin John Zurick William G. Creelman Forbes & Carolyn Dewey Nick Offerman Anchor Capital Advisors, LLC James J. Jovenich, MD CF ’15 Anonymous Jeremiah CF ’84 & Amy de Rham Brett Donham Patrick & Caitlin O’Shaughnessy McKey BB ’11 & James Berkman Denise M. Fenoglio JM ’06 Melissa Gallin & Alessandro Vianello Adrienne & Mitchell Rabkin Firestone and Parson, Inc. Grayson Family Foundation Michael & Susan Goldman Paul Reidt Vin CF ’13 & Becky Kennedy Deborah M. Hauser Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez CF ’99 Sholley Foundation, Inc. Lynch & Lynch, Attorneys Nancy J. Hoffman Barbara Halporn BB ’06 Lewis PA ’80 & Toni Surdam The McConnell Family Walter & Lila Hunnewell Jeri Hamlen & Joe Hammer Peter H. Talbot Tish & Steven Mead Tim & Joanie Ingraham Barbara & Amos Hostetter Ronald CF ‘69 & Joyce Trapasso Pasek Corporation Barbara R. Kapp & Paul J. Mitarachi Inland Underwriters Insurance Agency, Inc. Mary & Tim Williams Pomeroy & Co., Inc. Catherine C. Lastavica Charles CF ’05 & Charlotte Kline Anonymous (2) Steven B. Soppe Marvin Lummis PC ’00 Kochman Reidt + Haigh Cabinetmakers Mark Richey Woodworking Alexander Krutsky CF ’81 & Maggie McNally Paul & Carla McDonough Modern Pastry Caroline Mortimer & Richard Grubman Elizabeth & David Powell Chris Rifkin Jim & Sandy Righter J. Arthur CF ’00 & Jeannette Taylor Edmund C. Toomey Timothy S. Allen $10,000+ $1,000–$9,999 continued

Bruce & Lynn Dayton Jock Gifford JM ’97, CF ’01 & Brigid Sullivan William CF ’07 & Corinna Hettinger Susan Cable & Benjamin Gomez High Meadows Foundation Kirk S. Hachigian Barbara & Amos Hostetter Deborah & Arthur Hall Charles CF ’05 & Charlotte Kline Devens H. & Sandy Hamlen Starr Moore Burton CF ’97 & Shirley Harris Morgan Palmer Julie E. & Bayard Henry Lewis PA ’80 & Toni Surdam Marilyn L. BB ’88 & James L. Heskett Michael & Louisa von Clemm Foundation Hicks Family Charitable Foundation Annual Fund A Friend Nancy J. Hoffman Thomas Jarvis Peder C. Johnson Donors $1,000–$9,999 Vin CF ’13 & Becky Kennedy Kochman Reidt + Haigh Cabinetmakers Norm Abram & Elise Hauenstein Joseph L. & Peggy R. Kociubes Felix D. Arroyo Timothy & Susan Larkin Hanna & James Bartlett Lindsay Foundation Enid L. Beal Marvin Lummis PC ’00 $500–$999 Jeannie & Henry Becton, Jr. Michael & Cynthia Malm Dorothy Bell PT ’99 Anne & Marc Margulies David CF ’11 & Holly Ambler Barbara & Wallace Kemp

28 Kate CF ’00 & Diane Benison Walter McDonald Kevin Kelly VM ’92 & Patricia Belden Edward P. Lawrence 29 McKey BB ’11 & James Berkman Peter McGhee CF ’04 Dorothea Black & Stephen Logowitz George & Emmy Lewis David C. Betts PA ’72 Caroline Mortimer & Richard Grubman William & Nannette Braucher Lynch & Lynch, Attorneys Andrew Birsh Patrick CF ’97 & Danielle Muecke Rick & Nonnie Burnes Philip G. Maddock Phyllis & David Bloom Carol O’Hare H. Nichols B. Clark Paul & Carla McDonough The Bresler Foundation, Inc. Herbert & Virginia Oedel Eli CF ’09 & Kaitlyn Cleveland Donald Morris & Suzanne Pender Brian C. Broderick Robert & Elizabeth Owens Debra Cyr PA ’93 Jane & Robert Morse Ellen C. Burbank Lance Patterson CF ’79 Davlin Philanthropic Fund Matthew & Catherine Nash William T. & Louise Burgin The Pennyghael Foundation Ashish Desai and Gandhali Bhole Richard CF ’05 & Marie BB ’02 Oedel Fenton J. Burke CF ’95 Finley H. Perry, Jr. Dr. Thomas Divilio Lynn C. Osborn J. Otis Carroll, Jr. PC ’97 Pomeroy & Co., Inc. Charles & Carol Fayerweather Geraldine Kish Perry JM ’00 Ruth O. Carroll Neil & Anna Rasmussen Denise M. Fenoglio JM ’06 Sally Phillips PT ’76 Richard & Betsy Cheek Schooner Foundation G. Keith Funston, Jr. David Polstein VM ’89 & Emily Stavis Nicholas & Elizabeth Deane Steven B. Soppe Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez CF ’99 Lia G. & William J. Poorvu Tia Dennis CF ’03 & Charles Morris Thomas M. Stoker James Stewart Greto Adrienne & Mitchell Rabkin Bob & Bobo Devens Manson & Anne Surdam Barbara Halporn BB ’06 Chris Rifkin John M. Driggers CF ’87 Peter H. Talbot Donald & Ann Hare Charles Sawyer Eastman Charitable Foundation Elizabeth Thomson Bryan PT ’00 & Marlene Hartzler David & Marie Louise Scudder Janet & Chris English Keith Ward PA ’13 Deborah M. Hauser, in memory of Harry Jeffrey G. Schwartz Firestone & Parson, Inc. Mary & Tim Williams Hauser, president of the Board 1997–2000 Security Lock Distributors David & Karen Firestone Jane & James Wilson John & Caron Hobin Andy Silverman CF ’14 & Molly Paul Mindy Fox-Pritchard JM ’92 John Zurick Rex & Gay Holsapple Richard & Lisa Tucker Claire Fruitman CF ’96 & Brian & Griffin Bram Anonymous (3) Edward & Marianna Howland Lisa von Clemm Donald & Kaia Fye Luisa Hunnewell & Larry Newman, William & Madolyn Wilson Rebekah Lord Gardiner BB ’93 in memory of Lisa Von Clemm Rodney PT ’09, PA ’10 & Kate Yeh & Matthew Gardiner James & Susan Hunnewell, Jr. Anonymous (2) Walter & Lila Hunnewell

Annual Fund Donors continued

$250–$499 $100–$249

Jacob D. Albert Dave B. Manley Charles & Kathleen Ames Carter & Peggy Bacon Loy Martin Joseph Axelrod Richard Beaty Peter & Barbara Miller Francis & Carla Baird Erin Boucher Susan & Robert Montgomery III Susi Barbarossa BB ’96 Steve Boucher Jane Callahan Moore CA ’88 Lisa Bielefeld Juliet R. Davenport PT ’94 Fred & Christine Parson Bindery Tool, LLC Thomas PC ’88 & Rhoda Decatur Sheila D. Perry Judith M. Bixler-Collier Corragio Fund Rockler Woodworking & Hardware Michael R. Blackwell PT ’79 Forbes & Carolyn Dewey James & Dorothy Rogers The Boston Foundation Matching Gifts Fund $100–$249 continued Larry Fine PT ’76 Rita Roppolo CF ’87 Howard A. Bouvé, Jr. LK ’90 David E. Franz CF ’99 Christopher W. Shanahan Gorham Brigham Jonathan Bailey Holland John J. Mohr Thomas C. Schwartzburg Doris C. Freitag & Barbara A. Dworetzky Richard G. Brouillard & Sarah C. Long Holland Brittany Molloy-Kenney Zoe A. Sherman PT ’00 Ralph & Caroline Gakenheimer Toni Strassler Ira Carp Francis W. Hunnewell Christine Murphy & Christopher Kendig PA ’00 Robert Gallagher PA ’00 James Tiernan PA ’99 Sara B. Chase Margaret K. Ikeda PA ’80 John & Marianne Nelson Christopher Skocay CA ’00 Paula J. Garbarino CA ’80, CF ’88 & Amy Banovich-Tiernan PA ’99 Daniel S. Cheever, Jr. & Sue Stasiowski Kenneth & Robin Isaacs Scott Ness PA ’12 Normand Smith

30 José Gómez-Ibáñez & Nanette Wilson Joseph CF ’79 & Annie Twichell Laurel & Tobey Clark Jonathan Issa LK ’14 Network for Good Mary Smoyer 31 Gary W. Green CF ’97 Thomas & Alice Walsh Patrick & Rosanna Coyne Jack & Libby Jacobs D. Chris Notarangelo PC ’98 Rosanne Somerson John & Brooke Heraty David H. Wellington CF ’99 Ray Davies PT ’87 Marjorie Jeffries John Nove BB ’07 John E. Stebbins PA ’83 Brent Hull PC ’93 Deborah Wender A. David & Katharine B. Davis Thomas & Doreen Johnson Edward O’Neil Molly Sturges PA ’00 Hutker Architects David & Susan Williams Jeremiah CF ’84 & Amy de Rham Gretchen G. Keyworth Patricia Ostrander Joseph S. Tanen VM ’87 & Nancy Phillips J. T. Delaney Construction LLC Anonymous (2) John J. Donahue, Jr. Kevin F. Kirane Howard Ostroff & Heidi Fieldston J. Arthur CF ’00 & Jeannette Taylor Daniel Levitan PT ’75 Deborah Drosnin Lee S. Klein PA ’96 Shaun B. Padgett BB ’97 Thieneman Family Donor Advised Fund James Dunn Jay & Cynthia Knox Richard Greener Pascoe Joan & Nicholas Thorndike Robert Ecke Gregg & Ann Kulichik Mary Beth Pearlberg & Edward E. Harlow, Jr. Edmund C. Toomey Mark Elenko Carolyn E. Kunin Samuel D. Perry Derek Trelstad PC ’88 Lucy Ellis Theodore C. Landsmark John Pratt Kenneth P. Tucker PA ’82 Paul H. Farris Catherine C. Lastavica Mary M. Pughe Larry Tuttle Richard Friberg Henry & Joan Lee Mary & John Richards Robin Tuttle Melissa Gallin & Alessandro Vianello Thomas Lee CF ’88 James & Claudia Richter Colin Urbina BB ’11 Ken Gilbert BB ’10 M. Brooks Lobkowicz Cornelia C. Roberts Ruth Van Dine PA ’00 Daniel A. Gómez-Ibáñez & Virginia Swisher Jeffrey Long CF ’97 Edward P. Roberts, Jr. & Susan U. McIntosh, Philip Wales PC ’93 Robert Goodman Nancy A. Maloney CF ’10 in honor of Bobby Devens Victoria E. Waller Nathanael B. Greene, Jr. James M. Marsh John & June Robinson Ray K. Warburton Stuart Grigg McGinley Kalsow & Associates Gerald G. Roraback Michele M. Waters BB ’93 Erin Hanley CF ’07 Andrew McInnes CF ’95 Jeffrey Rosenbaum William D. Webster Leslie Hartwell JM ’06 & David Jameson William J. McMullin CF ’97 Thomas Roy RPT PA ’85 Paula & Harry A. Wheeler, III Tony Hayden CF ’93 James McNeely Rose & Dennis Rush Jerry Wheelock Barbara Adams Hebard BB ’90 Jonathan & Jane Metcalf Ilya Rutman VM ’92 Tatiana Wilcke CF ’89 Jessica Henze BB ’06 Consuela G. Metzger BB ’93 Catherine & Phil Saines & Gregory Porfido CF ’89 John Herbert CF ’06 Ned Miller PC ’98 Scott Schoenberger Stephanie Wolff & Steven Mann Cary Hewitt Modern Pastry Nancy & Richard Schrock Valerie A. Wyckoff BB ’89 Kenneth Zoller

Annual Fund Donors continued

$1–$99

David E. Bader Kathleen & John K. George, Jr. Peter & Patricia Parks, in honor of Mary Baldwin Phyllis Glazerman PA ’92 David PC ’09 & Jessica Parks Roman Barnas Glen Grant CF ’90 Cynthia Rallis

32 Bella Vista Restaurant Russell T. Greve Sonja Piilgaard Reid BB ’98 33 Gary Bosse Mary Jo Hamilton Valerie A. Rogers CF ’97 Anthony Bravo Joyce Hanna CF ’96 Paul Romary Susan Farber Bretz PT ’74 Irene Hanslin David Rosen PC ’13 Desmond Brown Paul Hardy CF ’78 Mario Rubio-Ospina CF ’95 Greg Brown CF ’10 BA Harrington CF ’95 William J. Salisbury Rashelle Butts Marsha S. Hassett VM ’98 Cy Shuster PT ’06, in honor of Jack Stebbins Drew Carter Mark A. Hoffman & Christine Lovegren Cate Carulli PT ’87 Karen S. Hohler Diana Sorensen Judith A. Cohen BB ’98 Chris Hubbard Shari Sprong Christopher & Sandra Van Curan H. Hollis Hunnewell Martin Stabler Emily Cure David & Ann Ingram Elizabeth Straughn Tony Davies Bruce Johnson Sharon Scully Stetson Kevin Derrick Catherine L. Johnson CF ’85 Michelle Stranges PA ’94, Jamie Dergay Kristen N. Johnson in honor of Patty Murphy Cabot Lillian DiGiorgio Ria D. Kittay PA ’94 Bradford & Diane Straus Daniel Dover PA ’90 Michele L’Heureux CA ’03 Jane A. Swanson CF ’93 Elizabeth Dowd Pablo Lattes Katie Theodoros Catharine Ellis Dennis W. Lawton CF ’99 Douglas Turnbull CA ’13 Karen English JM ’04 Ben Leclerc Salvatore Ursino Jonathan Fairbanks Dr. Michael J. Lyon Stuart Walker Rose Fanger PT ’75 Kathleen A. Markees BB ’92 Leslie Wills CF ’04 John Favaloro Judith B. McDonough Joseph W. Worthen II Fabio Fernandez & Christine Dunn William & Judith McMillen Ben Zorfas Lori Foley BB ’95 John F. O’Regan BB ’97 Anonymous, in honor of Julia & Max Gallin Carlton Frank Nancy Osgood Anonymous (6) Marc Gaertner Endowment

GENERAL ENDOWMENT

William G. Creelman The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Lewis PA ’80 & Toni Surdam Manson & Anne Surdam Grants

WALTER MCDONALD SCHOLARSHIP FUND Associates of the Boston Public Library

Frank M. Barnard Foundation, Inc. Martha Kearsley BNY Mellon/Peter E. Strauss Trust Barbara & Wallace Kemp BNY Mellon/Eugene F. Fay Trust Carol O’Hare Boston Cultural Council Committee of Charity of the Lodge of St. Andrew Commonwealth of Massachusetts Consigli Foundation Copeland Family Foundation, Inc. In-Kind Ddora Foundation Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation

34 BPS Arts Expansion Fund at EdVestors Allegion Barbara Adams Hebard BB ’90 Richard Piper 35 Elisha-Bolton Foundation Mark Andersson Tracy Herren LK ’10 Jeffrey Refinati LK ’02 The Felicia Fund, Inc. Architectural Glazing Systems, Inc. David Hibino CF ’16 Render Coffee Elizabeth Taylor Fessenden Foundation Battery Wharf Hotel I AM Books Reyburn Piano Tech Orville W. Forté Charitable Foundation BESSEY Tools North America Mario Igrec Rio Grande Ellen Abbott Gilman Trust Boston Center for the Arts Dave Johnson Paul Romary David Greenewalt Charitable Trust Boston Common Coffee Lee S. Klein PA ’96 Diane Runion Roy A. Hunt Foundation Brooks Ltd. Piano Products LLC Darcy Kuronen Michael Samra LK ’87 Knapp Family Foundation Commonwealth Lock Co. Paul Larrabee LK ’10 & Rebecca Albrecht Heidi Schultz Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Dewalt Tools Mario Lituri Security Lock Distributors Massachusetts Cultural Council Madeleine Durham Estate of Justine M. Luken Shake The Tree James C. Melvin Trust Ensemble Ed Malouf Sjobergs of Sweden Neighborhood Jobs Trust of City of Boston Exhale - Battery Wharf Don Mannino Steinway & Sons New Hampshire Charitable Foundation/ Dana Farmer CF ’17 Jamie Marks Michael Suddes Harold J. Greenwood and Marie Borneman Faulk Tuning Hammers Colleen E. Matthews JM ’12 Gary Arvid Sund Greenwood Memorial Fund Claire Fruitman CF ’96 & John McAlister Timberland, Inc. Oneida Air Systems Inc. Brian & Griffin Bram Walter McDonald Ronald CF ’69 & Joyce Trapasso The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust Gesswein Kelly McKenna David Troiano/Aborn Lock Adelard A. & Valeda Lea Roy Foundation Christopher M. Gottscho, Jonathan A. Joyce Meekins Rick Weisse William E. Schrafft & Bertha E. Schrafft Gottscho, Mathilde W. Gottscho, Sara O’Reilly/Nantucket Inns Anne E. Werner Charitable Trust Nicholas R. Gottscho, in memory of Selma Ordewer William & Madolyn Wilson F. Roscoe & Vila B. Webber 1974 Charitable Trust Oscar A. Gottscho Lance Patterson CF ’79 The Wine Bottega Yankee Scholarship Foundation/ Granite Lock Nick & Martha Perakis Woodcraft Supply Yankee Security Convention Helen Greiner Pergamena Anonymous John Hayes Perlman Associates Restricted Gifts Scholarship Funds

Includes current use scholarships funded or awarded in FY 2016

BOOKBINDING Departmental Contributions Jeffrey Altepeter BB ’99

CABINET & FURNITURE MAKING James Rosner CF ’03 BOOKBINDING VIOLIN MAKING & REPAIR CONTINUING EDUCATION Karen Hanmer Rosemary Clancy VM ’10 Joseph Cain GREG COMLY PIANO TECHNOLOGY Anne Van Nostrand Mark Elenko SCHOLARSHIP Jean Wallick MIDDLE SCHOOL WOODWORKING William & Anne Giudice Mike & Leslie Comly Daniel Cheek CF ’10 Donald Halsted Sean Mallari PA ’06 CABINET & FURNITURE MAKING Richard D. Huhn CF ’13 Bruce Johnson VETERANS PROGRAM Jack & Libby Jacobs PATTY MURPHY PIANO TECHNOLOGY State Street Matching Gift Program Mary Jo Barrett Thomas & Doreen Johnson SCHOLARSHIP Lisa Lewis Lawrence Lapson CARPENTRY Steve Snider JOSEPH NEWMAN BOOKBINDING Caroline Brown WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Ete Z. Szuts SCHOLARSHIP

36 Patrick O’Shaughnessy CA ’06, Lana Jackson Anonymous (2) Susi Barbarossa BB ’96 37 Sequoia Custom Builders, Inc. McKey BB ’11 & James Berkman Brian Vogt PC ’94 Mary Patrick Bogan William & Beverly Corbett JEWELRY MAKING & REPAIR Samuel & Avril Ellenport Bruce & Judith Marble Valerie Fendt BB ’10 James L. Therrien JM ’98 Lori Foley BB ’95 Megan Gibes BB ’15 PIANO TECHNOLOGY Barbara Halporn BB ’06 Brooks Ltd. Piano Products LLC Walter McDonald Bruce Dillon PT ’76 Amanda Nelsen BB ’07 Wesley & Mary Harper Mike & Tina Newman William McGuffin PT ’79 Walter Newman & Marleen Nienhuis Don McKechnie, in honor of Jack Stebbins John F. O’Regan BB ’97 PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP FUND Paul Panek PA ’03 Sherelyn Ogden Nina Barszcz Rebecca W. King Piano Technicians Guild Sharon & Todd Pattison Victor Bélanger PT ’94 Sally Bradford LaRhette Jeremy Russo Lori & Roland Pease & Cynthia Fields-Bélanger BB ’97 Rob & Kay O’Dwyer Lewis PA ’80 & Toni Surdam Deborah Wender Mike Bingham PT ’92 The Prudential Foundation Doug Tybor Anthony & Bertie Woeltz Jackie Blombach PC ’02 & Michael Duca James Rosner CF ’03 Anonymous (2) Anonymous (2) Paul Combe Mario Rubio-Ospina CF ’95 Tony Davies Charles Sawyer PRESERVATION CARPENTRY PRESERVATION CARPENTRY Cynthia H. Fields-Belanger BB ’97 Wintsch Violins, LLC Dell Giving SCHOLARSHIP & Victor Belanger Clark Wright & Lisa Goldthwaite Wright Johnathan Ericson PC ’11 Philip Snyder Foundation Mark Gonzales Anonymous Bill Rainford PC ’11 Administration

Board Staff

Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez CF ’99 Marc Margulies Melissa Gallin President Chair Director of Institutional Support Rebecca W. King Bruce Dayton Lana Jackson (through March) Executive Vice President Vice-Chair Director of Student Life & Career Services Claire Fruitman CF ’96 Peder Johnson Nancy Jenner (through September) Provost Treasurer Director of Communications & Strategic Partnerships Frank Baird Brian C. Broderick Building Manager Jay Knox Clerk Director of Facilities Levi Barrett Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez CF ’99 Controller Brittany Molloy-Kenney (through July) President Associate Director of Development Dr. A. Sheree Brown (from March)

Felix D. Arroyo Director of Student Life & Career Services Christine Murphy Director of Development Enid L. Beal* Wendy Connolly 38 McKey Berkman BB ’11 Store/Gallery Manager Robert O’Dwyer 39 Louise Burgin Director of Admissions & Student Success James Dergay H. Nichols B. Clark Edward S. Cooke, Jr. Director of Financial Aid Ronald Santos Building Maintenance Overseers William G. Creelman* Kevin Derrick (from January) Robert S. Devens* Director of Marketing & Communications Sharon Scully Stetson Barbara Adams Hebard Judy Ferenbach BB ’97* Francis Jay Lynch, III Janet English, Ph.D. Associate Director of Admissions Lillian DiGiorgio John F. Gifford JM ’97, CF ’01 Natalie Q. Albers David Firestone C. Michael Malm Devens Hamlen Receptionist Katie Theodoros Enid L. Beal Richard Fitzgerald* Walter H. McDonald Director of Continuing Education Henry Becton Stephen Friedlaender Karen McLaughlin William Hettinger CF ’07 Elizabeth Dowd Jacqueline D. Blombach PC ’02 Ken Gilbert BB ’10 James McNeely* Nancy J. Hoffman School Administrator Charles L. Kline CF ’05* David L. Bloom Benjamin Gomez Starr Moore Joseph L. Kociubes* Ellen Coolidge Burbank Gordon Hanlon Lynn C. Osborn* James M. Marsh Richard W. Cheek Burton M. Harris CF ’97 Finley H. Perry, Jr. Paul F. McDonough, Jr. Daniel Cheever Charles J. Hess Geraldine Kish Perry JM ’00 Caroline Mortimer Paul Combe Jonathan Bailey Holland* Adrienne N. Rabkin Nick Offerman William G. Creelman Brian D. Holt CA ’05 Steven Soppe Adrienne N. Rabkin* Elliot Davis Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. J. Arthur Taylor CF ’00* Lewis J. Surdam PA ’80 Robert S. Devens Edward Howland Richard Tucker Peter H. Talbot C. Forbes Dewey, Jr. Charles L. Kline CF ’05 Colin Urbina BB ’11 Edmund C. Toomey John M. Driggers CF ’97 Linda Kochman Lisa von Clemm Lisa von Clemm* Elyse Etling* Joseph L. Kociubes Keith Ward PA ’13 Stefanie von Clemm Charles Fayerweather Theodore C. Landsmark Jane Wilson Thomas Williams, Jr. Denise Fenoglio JM ’06 Catherine C. Lastavica John Zurick * Through December 2015 * Through December 2015

Our Students

162 5 TOTAL NBSS STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTS Japan | Thailand | Singapore | Taiwan | Canada 65 MASSACHUSETTS Letter from the RESIDENTS Treasurer

55 For the year ending July 31, 2016 BOSTON METRO AREA RESIDENTS

In Fiscal Year 2016, North Bennet Street Education in August of 2015, Katie Theodoros has improved School advanced and accelerated its course offerings and the overall program by striving for endowment campaign. Endowment funds excellence in key metrics. Revenues for this department are broken out separately in the Statement of Activities so that 37 increased by $3,634,459 as fundraising OUT-OF-STATE you may see the remarkable progress. RESIDENTS efforts gathered steam. 40 (29 STATES TOTAL) 41 As noted in the in the Strategic Action Plan FY 2016–FY The Scholarship Endowment increased by $1,738,625 to a 2020, the total cost of education is a significant barrier for year-end balance of $3,676,131, the General Endowment prospective students. NBSS redoubled its commitment to increased by $304,199 to a year-end balance of $608,177 scholarship programs for low income residents of Boston and Board Designated Funds increased by $1,591,635 to and veterans, as tuition scholarship funding increased from a year-end balance of $1,639,346. Total assets in these $298,799 in FY 2015 to $495,456 in FY 2016. The School accounts were $5,923,654 as of July 31, 2016. also awarded $23,475 in scholarships to assist students with the cost of tools and materials. The administration’s focus on NBSS once again demonstrated its operational excellence scholarship programs will continue to relieve financial stress in FY 2016. Total revenues of $6,397,998 exceeded total and allow students to focus on their training. expenses of $6,189,695. Revenues and expenses increased in tandem as the School welcomed a new Executive Vice On behalf of the Board, I applaud and praise the efforts of all 18–63 President and essential staff to support growth in our full- faculty and staff who made FY 2016 a resounding success. AGES REPRESENTED time programs. For example, the Carpentry program doubled Their responsible financial stewardship and operational in size and added a new full-time faculty member. excellence are significant reasons why many judge the IN FULL-TIME PROGRAMS North Bennet Street School to be the best of its kind. The expansion of the Carpentry program in response to student demand demonstrates our new facility’s ability to serve the educational mission of North Bennet Street School. 29 The success of Continuing Education further demonstrates VETERANS ENROLLED the possibilities of our new location. Even though it struggled for years, we maintained our faith that Continuing Education would become an important part of the School’s educational Peder Johnson ecosystem. Since she began as Director of Continuing Treasurer Financials Expenses 6% FUNDRAISING & DEVELOPMENT Revenue 29% GENERAL & 54% ADMINISTRATIVE TUITION & FEES (NET) 65% PROGRAM 1% Interest and dividend income 1% Investment income used in operations 2% Project and instrument revenue 8% 29% 2% Other revenue CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS, 3% Gain (loss) on investments EDUCATION GIFTS & GRANTS 0% Store sales, net of cost of sales Total Expenses: $6,189,695 0% Rental revenue

42 43 Total Revenue: $6,397,998

Expenses 7/31/2016* 7/31/2015** % CHANGE % EXPENSE Program $4,052,470 $3,843,718 5% 65% General and administrative $1,781,059 $1,636,104 9% 29% Fundraising and development $356,166 $342,321 4% 6%

7/31/2016* 7/31/2015** % CHANGE % REVENUE Revenues Total Expenses $6,189,695 $5,822,143 6% 100% Tuition and fees, net $3,444,789 $3,184,118 8% 54% Contributions, gifts and grants $1,825,549 $4,128,235 -56% 29% Continuing Education $498,260 $338,112 47% 8% Project and instrument revenue $127,127 $258,097 -51% 2% Non-Operating 7/31/2016* 7/31/2015** % CHANGE Interest and dividend income $67,701 $35,670 90% 1% Investment income used in operations ($67,789) – -100% Gain (loss) on investments $169,630 ($5,761) 3045% 3% Activity Non-controlling interest – $759,596 -100% Investment income used in operations $67,789 – 100% 1% Other revenue $108,639 $110,055 -1% 2% Rental revenue $34,569 $30,000 15% 0% Store sales, net of cost of sales $53,945 $53,693 0% 0%

7/31/2016* 7/31/2015** % CHANGE Total Revenues $6,397,998 $8,132,219 -21% 100% Net Assets Change in net assets $140,514 $3,069,672 -95% Net assets (beginning of year) $34,734,709 $31,665,037 10% * Results reported are unaudited as of the publish date of this report. ** Reflect results from the audited financial statements of North Bennet Street School and its affiliates. Net Assets (end of year) $34,875,223 $34,734,709 0% North Bennet Street School’s mission is to train students for careers in traditional trades that use hand skills in concert with evolving technology, to preserve and advance craft traditions, and to promote a greater appreciation of craftsmanship.

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