Spring 2021 Happenings

SPRING 2021 Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd

James McKay, Jr.

Excellence in the Arts

Art Educator of the Year

Arts Collaboration

May 24, 2021 Lynne and Jim Turley

John Nickel

Excellence in Philanthropy

30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award

Brian Owens

Antionette Carroll

Amy Kaiser

Excellence in the Arts

Arts Innovator

Lifetime Achievement in the Arts

Letter from the President and CEO Dear Friends, This issue of Happenings is full of hope and excitement for our arts community. The challenges of COVID-19 have been extremely difficult for the arts and culture community, so I’m especially excited to share how our local arts organizations are planning for safe, in-person arts activities this spring and summer.

Many of our beloved summer arts traditions like gathering in Shakespeare Glen, seeing a bold new opera from Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and evenings at The Muny were canceled or postponed last year, but they’re back this summer (p. 3).

We’re also looking forward to celebrating the resiliency and creativity of our arts

community at the 2021 St. Louis Arts Awards on May 24th in a fun and safe venue, The Big Top, owned and operated by our friends and neighbors at the Kranzberg Arts Foundation. (p. 4). We’re grateful to all of our sponsors and ticket buyers for supporting this event and look forward to gathering together.

Because of your commitment to our mission, we have kept art happening with

operating support grants (p. 7) and through the Bayer Creative Impact Fund Recovery Microgrant Program, underwritten by Bayer (p. 8). Eleven organizations have also been awarded PNC Program Grants, for arts and arts education programs that address community needs (p. 9).

In this issue, we also congratulate Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, our 2020 Law Firm

Challenge winner (p. 10), for their successful 2020 workplace giving campaign and welcome two new members to our board of directors.

Thank you for all you do to support the Arts and Education Council and our goal

to keep art happening — art that connects us, inspires us and shapes a more vibrant St. Louis region for all.

ON THE COVER: Brian Owens, Excellence in the Arts; “Such Sweet Thunder” presented

by St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Nine Network of Public Media, Jazz St. Louis and The Big Muddy Dance Company, Arts Collaboration; John Nickel, 30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award; Lynne and Jim Turley, Excellence in Philanthropy; James McKay Jr., Jennings School District, Art Educator of the Year; Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Excellence in the Arts; Antionette Carroll, Arts Innovator; and Amy Kaiser, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts.

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Warmly,

Cynthia A Prost President and CEO

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Catalyst

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Arts activities on the horizon this summer

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rts organizations across the region have been preparing for their seasons, with safety and audience comfort in mind. These exciting, live arts experiences are among the many activities we can look forward to this summer.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL), an Arts and Education Council grantee, will present a live, in-person 2021 Festival Season on an outdoor stage adjacent to the Webster University’s Loretto-Hilton Center. Their 46th Festival Season will offer four new productions of intimate works, all of which are 90 minutes or less, and will be presented with no intermissions.

Arts and Education Council grantee St. Louis Shakespeare Festival will present “King Lear” starring Tony,

Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ outdoor festival

Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

stage

André De Shields

Emmy and Grammy award-winner André De Shields. The June production marks the theater’s return to live outdoor performance, one of the first scheduled in the country.

After COVID-19 postponed the 2020 lineup for the first time in the theatre’s 102-year history, The Muny plans to present five of the originally announced seven shows in the upcoming 103rd season. The season includes “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”, “Smokey Joe’s Café”, “The Sound of Music”, “On Your Feet!” and “Chicago”.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep), another Arts and Education Council grantee, will present the only production of their 2020-2021 season, “Mlima’s Tale” at Center for Creative

America Ballet Theatre to perform for free this summer

The Arts and Education Council’s Arts Calendar is your go-to resource for arts activities this summer. View virtual and in-person arts events at KeepArtHappening.org/Calendar.

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merica’s National Ballet Company® will take to the road this summer, traveling by bus and truck to eight U.S. cities and arriving in St. Louis on Wednesday, July 14. A group of St. Louis arts leaders including Susan Sherman, former America Ballet Theatre (ABT) board member, Center of Creative Arts (COCA) and St. Louis Shakespeare Festival will present “ABT Across America” for two performances at 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on July 14 outdoors at Shakespeare Glen, Forest Park. “ABT Across America” builds on ABT’s history of cross-country tours in the 1940s and 1950s. 20 ABT dancers and 28 support crew will travel across 14 states, for a total of 3,100 miles, performing outdoors for socially distanced audiences in public parks and parking lots.

There will also be two ballet masterclasses, taught by two ABT dancers, which will take place for intermediate and advanced dancers on July 14 at COCA.

America Ballet Theatre dancers

Arts (COCA)’s state-of-the-art Berges Theatre.

Art museums are providing a safe experience for museum-goers.

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, an Arts and Education Council grantee, is open for museum guests to enjoy their current exhibition “Stories of Resistance” through August 15. The exhibition explores artistic forms of resistance from across the world.

Additionally, Radio Resistance, an integral component of the exhibition, will broadcast conversations between exhibiting artists and artists, activists, scholars and others with a deep knowledge and experience of St. Louis.

With school years nearing an end, arts organizations are preparing to safely offer summer camps. From Summer Arts Camp with COCA (an Arts and Education Council grantee) to Artscope’s Camp Create and so many more even the youngest art lovers can find their creative niche.

Tickets for the St. Louis performances are available at no charge

and may be reserved now at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s website, stlshakes.org/abt.

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2021 St. Louis Arts Awards CELEBRATE:

Celebrate the resiliency of the arts community at

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n incredible cohort of honorees will be celebrated at the Arts and Education Council’s

2021 St. Louis Arts Awards, presented

by Centene Charitable Foundation, on Monday, May 24, 2021, at The Big Top in the Grand Center Arts District. Now in its 30th year, the event honors individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to the St. Louis region’s arts community.

Additionally, the event will provide an opportunity to celebrate the resiliency and creativity of our arts community.

Pat Rich, who founded the St. Louis Arts Awards in 1992 when she was the Arts and Education Council’s president, serves as Honorary Chair. Arts and Education Council board member and 2018 Art Educator of the Year Keith Tyrone Williams will host the event.

Pat Rich, Honorary Co-Chair

Keith Tyrone Williams, Host

Honorees Honorees (left to right, top to bottom): Brian Owens, Excellence in the Arts; “Such Sweet Thunder” presented

by St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Nine Network of Public Media, Jazz St. Louis and The Big Muddy Dance Company, Arts Collaboration; John Nickel, 30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award; Lynne and Jim Turley, Excellence in Philanthropy; James McKay Jr., Jennings School District, Art Educator of the Year; Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Excellence in the Arts; Antionette Carroll, Arts Innovator; and Amy Kaiser, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts.

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the 30th St. Louis Arts Awards The 2021 honorees are: Amy Kaiser, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts; Kirven

Entertainment

and Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Excellence in the Arts; Brian Owens, Excellence in the Arts; Lynne and Jim Turley, Excellence in Philanthropy; Antionette Carroll, Arts Innovator; “Such Sweet Thunder” presented by St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Nine Network of Public Media, Jazz St. Louis and The Big Muddy Dance Company, Arts Collaboration; James McKay Jr., Jennings School District, Art Educator of the Year; and John Nickel, 30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award.

Live performances will include the Red and Black Brass Band, who paraded through St. Louis neighborhoods bringing joy amid COVID-19; vocalist Denise Thimes, 2015 Excellence in the Arts recipient, and the Denise Thimes Ensemble; and Brian Owens, 2021 Excellence in the Arts honoree, with young artists of the Life Creative Group.

Kranzberg Arts Foundation (KAF), owner and operator of The Big Top, has delighted St. Louis audiences with safe, in-person events since August 2020.

KAF works directly with the City of St. Louis Health Department to exceed health and safety recommendations that will ensure the comfort and confidence of our St. Louis Arts Awards honorees, guests and staff.

Proceeds benefit the Arts and Education Council, supporting programs and services that reach more than 70

Entertanment to include (clockwise from top): Red and Black Brass Band, vocalist Denise Thimes and the Denise Thimes Ensemble; and Brian Owens (center), with young artists of the Life Creative Group.

arts and arts education organizations impacting 1.6 million people throughout the 16-county, bi-state region.

PRESENTING SPONSOR

To learn more about the 2021 St. Louis Arts Awards and to make a tribute gift in honor of one of the honorees visit KeepArtHappening.org/2021ArtsAwards.

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2021 St. Louis Arts Awards Sponsors PRESENTING SPONSOR

PRINCIPAL SPONSORS

JAMES MCKAY JR. ART EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD SPONSOR

AWARD SPONSOR

Nancy and Ken Kranzberg

ANTIONETTE CARROLL ARTS INNOVATOR AWARD SPONSOR

GIFT SPONSOR PRODUCTION SPONSOR STAGE AND ENTERTAINMENT SPONSOR

Barbara Bushman-Goodman

PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS

Lynne and Jim Turley EVENT HOSTS

MAJOR BENEFACTORS

TRIBUTES

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Lewis The Muny Christy and John Nickel Sheldon Arts Foundation Switch Webster University David P. Weiss, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, P.C.

In honor of Amy Kaiser Mary A. Balmer Spencer Burke Nancy Galvin Mont Levy Brenda Melson Susan Slaughter Sissy and Ted Thomas

TABLE SPONSORS

In honor of Lynne and Jim Turley Terry Schnuck

Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation Jeffrey Carter, M.D. Curtis Cassel Confluence Academy HOK Mike Isaacson and Joe Ortmeyer Kristin Johnson Saint Louis Art Museum St. Louis Shakespeare Festival

PATRONS Kim and Tim Eberlein Sharonica Hardin-Bartley, PhD. Pam and Jim Krekeler Ken Page Pat and Ken Schutte Kathryn and Richard Winter Franklin F. Wallis Emily Rauh Pulitzer

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In honor of Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd Mary Steenberge Janelle Velten In honor of Brian Owens Janice Seele Wendy Williams Russell Jackson In honor of “Such Sweet Thunder” Mont Levy Terry Schnuck Russell Jackson In honor of John Nickel Gregory Diekemper Jim and Pam Krekeler Mont Levy James Lyle Katelin Nickel Terry Schnuck Mary Steenberge

Kim and Tim Eberlein Cheri and Ron Fromm Barb and Dave Gifford Terrance Good Gary Hall and Sandy Blasingame Ken Haller, M.D. Sharonica Hardin-Bartley, PhD. Nancy and Ken Kranzberg Pam and Jim Krekeler Linda and Paul Lee Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Lewis Lisa Melandri Christy and John Nickel Vanessa Okwuraiwe Penny Pennington and Mike Fidler Emily Rauh Pulitzer Paul Reuter and Janet Brown Stephanie Riven Terry Schnuck Pat and Ken Schutte Caren A. Vredenburgh Franklin F. Wallis Marian Nunn and Thomas Wendel Kathryn and Richard Winter

PRODUCTION COMMITTEE Amanda Aschinger Curtis Cassel Naretha Hopson Linda Lee Debbie Marshall John Nickel Andréa Purnell Paul Reuter Paul Steger Caren A. Vredenburgh Chris Weddle

GRANTS:

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hanks to the generous support

tributed, generated by the organiza-

of our donors the Arts and

tion. Funding for this grant opportunity

Education Council was able to

is made possible through the Arts and

award $247,000 in Operating Support

Education Council’s annual campaign,

Grants for 14 arts organizations across

which pools together resources from

our bi-state region. The arts are inte-

individual, corporate and foundation

gral to the social, civic and economic

contributions across our region. The

well-being and vitality of our region.

2020-2021 Operating Support Grant

As we work through the immediate and

recipients are (in alphabetical order):

severe impact on the financial health

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The Black Rep

of our arts sector that the COVID-19

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Cinema St. Louis

pandemic has caused, the Arts and

n

Classic 107.3 (Radio Arts Foundation)

Education Council is pleased to con-

n COCA

tinue this funding to organizations that

Photo courtesy Craft Alliance.

Your gifts support arts organizations across our region

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

n

Craft Alliance

n

Jazz St. Louis

n

Laumeier Sculpture Park

n

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

n

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

and programs of eligible organizations.

n

Sheldon Arts Foundation

whose generosity through this difficult

These grants are intended to supplement

n

St. Louis Shakespeare Festival

time has made it possible for us to pro-

other revenue, both earned and con-

n

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

vide needed unrestricted operating

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STAGES St. Louis

funds to these organizations. Making

demonstrably advance the mission of ensuring access to an excellent, diverse and sustainable cultural community.

The Operating Support Grant program provides unrestricted funding in the general operations, administration

Malaika Tolford creating art for Craft Alliance’s exhibition Treasure & Tarnish Heinrich Schliemann & the Age of Heroes.

“We are grateful for our donors,

unrestricted investments in our arts organizations is about ensuring access Photo courtesy Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

to an excellent, diverse and sustainable arts and cultural community,” said Cynthia P. Davis, Arts and Education Council director of grants and programs.

Grant applications were reviewed by

a volunteer panel from the Arts and Education Council board of directors and evaluated based on community impact, particularly how the organization supports the goals of the Elements of a Vibrant Community, and organizational capacity to drive sustained impact in the community. These organizations demonstrate how the arts can foster innovation, inspire youth, build bridges between cultures, energize communities, forge connections and enrich lives.

These organizations are among

more than 70 organizations across the bi-state region that benefit from Arts and Education Council grants and programs.

Two of Opera Theatre’s Gerdine Young Artists perform in the annual Center Stage concert.

To read more grantee stories visit our blog at KeepArtHappening.org/Blog.

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GRANTS:

Ten organizations awarded operating support microgrants

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he Arts and Education Council

The following organizations have been

awarded 10 organizations a

awarded Bayer Creative Impact Fund

total of $20,000 in unrestricted

Recovery Microgrants (in alpha-betical

Company to continue offering arts

order):

education programs so that members in

operating support through the Bayer Creative Impact Fund Recovery

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Art Saint Louis to ensure their

Greening in the St. Louis region. n

Consuming Kinetics Dance

our region can continue to enjoy dance.

Equally Represented Arts (ERA)

Microgrant Program. These grants,

gallery remains open, while creating

underwritten by Bayer, support arts

and presenting original exhibitions,

to support artists’ stipends as they

organizations in the bi-state area that

providing educational programming

work to finish a radio play and remount

demonstrate immediate need due to

and supporting services aimed at

a livestreamed production of a previ-

the ongoing challenges presented by

cultivating and celebrating the art of

ous hit “Never Let Go”.

the COVID-19 pandemic.

our region.

Many small arts nonprof-its in the bi-

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Chamber Project St. Louis to

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Goshen Theatre Project to utilize

the funding for show licensing and roy-

state region are struggling due to the

partner with Gateway Greening, a

alties and to forge new creative solutions for safe performances.

COVID-19 pandemic. Pro-gramming and

nearly 40-year-old nonprofit that

revenue streams of these organizations

educates and empowers individuals

have been drastically reduced in

through gardening and urban agricul-

duction of “The Wizard of Oz” was

response to regulations limiting

ture, to bring music to some of the

scheduled to open on March 18, 2020

attendance and other factors.

200+ gardens created by Gateway

when they had to press pause. With a

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Ignite Theatre Company’s pro-

streaming-production underway, Ignite will honor the tickets that were purPhoto provided.

chased for the 2020 live performance with complimentary streaming tickets for the production. n

La Voûte, a color guard presenter,

to access facilities large enough for rehearsal space and to pro-vide necessary color guard equipment for performers. n

R-S Theatrics to return to live

performance with a one-person production in October 2021. n

St. Louis Osuwa Taiko, a commu-

nity driven ensemble that celebrates the Japanese art of taiko drumming through education and performance, to support rent and other payments so they can gather and practice. n

The Macoupin Art Collective will

continue community outreach, offering a free summer arts program to our community, while employing a local art instructor for 8 weeks of instruction offered outside in our outdoor space.

To learn more about the Arts and Education Council’s grant programs visit KeepArtHappening.org/Grants.

In 2019, ERA presented “Never Let Go A One-Woman Titanic Parody” with Rachel Tibbetts.

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GRANTS:

$40,000 awarded to 11 organizations for programs impacting our community

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also building a sense of community and

he Arts and Education Council has awarded $40,000 in PNC

belonging.

Program Grants to 15 organiza-

Prison Performing Arts’ Learning

tions (listed below in alphabetical

Through the Arts offers year-round

order). PNC Program Grants, under-

performing arts classes to youth and

written by the PNC Foundation, pro-

young adults, ages 12-24, who are cur-

vide merit-based grants for arts and

rently in prison or detention facilities

education programs that address com-

with the goal of creating opportunities

munity needs.

Bach Society of Saint Louis’ Finding

for them to reveal their talents, intelli-

Your Voice Educational Video Series

their families and the wider community.

will expand their educational reach

through providing free content in an

Development Corporation’s

engaging series of videos that intro-

Imagination Creates Expression sup-

duce children and youth to different

ports youth in the North Corridor of St.

gence and humanity to themselves, Riverview West Florissant

singers’ stories and musical materials

Louis City using their voices in the com-

they might not otherwise be able to

munity in which they live through verbal

experience in an in-person classroom.

Bread and Roses Missouri’s Workers’

Theater Project strives to make theater

ent It Was All Very Queer, a national

more accessible to work-ers and their

juried exhibition examining contempo-

families, broaden who partakes in artistic expression and wel-come working-class St Louis into artis-tic spaces by using theater to examine and

and written expression.

“¡Vota Aqui!” was created by Erika Valenzuela, a St. Louis artist through Creative Reaction Lab’s Artwork for Equity program in 2020.

discuss the political and economic

The St. Louis Artists Guild will pres-

rary queer artists residing within the United States. The show will examine contemporary queer artists’ work which investigates identity, social norms, inclusivity and the celebration

landscape of the region, getting to

tering and uplifting these youth voices

the roots of the poverty and inequity

and promoting their artwork as a

in St. Louis.

Circus Harmony’s Architecture and

means of enacting social justice.

Literary Magazine empowers high

Acrobats teaches young people to be

ARTrepreneur and Midtown Radio

entrepreneurs and leaders through

creative artists as they choreograph

Production Programs leverage the arts

online and print publishing. Through

and perform site specific shows that

to teach our students entrepreneurship,

the publication process, students build

bring the arts to neighborhoods.

brand development and media produc-

literacy, web and graphic design, mar-

Throughout the process they’ll work

tion. Students learn how to write, pro-

keting, printmaking, event planning and

with neighborhood organizations and

duce and perform their own music, ulti-

leadership skills.

those interested in the history of the

mately learning how to create valuable

region to ensure accurate storytelling

media projects that can be used to

Louis’ 2021 Tennessee Williams

and community engagement.

Creative Reaction Lab’s Artwork for

inspire the community and serve as a

Festival highlights the works of the St.

tool to promote social justice in St.

Louis native and Pulitzer Prize-winning

Equity Advocacy Campaign, which was

Louis.

playwright through multidisciplinary arts

launched in 2017 in recognition of the

United Nation’s International Day of

Music Camps cater to a broad range of

Elimination of Racial Discrimination, will

skill levels, including age-specific

programs and for other arts activities and

address the decline in arts education

camps that provide students with edu-

performances, visit our Arts Calendar at

among Black and Latinx youth by cen-

cationally appropriate material while

KeepArtHappening.org/Calendar.

Midtown Community Services

Pianos for People’s Free Summer

of being queer.

St. Louis Poetry Center’s Outside

school students as writers, artists,

Tennessee Williams Festival St.

events including “The Glass Menagerie”.

To participate in some of these

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PROGRAMS:

Join us for Catalyst Conversations on June 15

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ou’re invited to Catalyst Conversations: The Business of Art with Soul Shed University Founder JerMarco Britton as he highlights his experience of making a living and creating business in the arts. This conversation will be hosted by Arts and Education Council Manager of Grants and Programs Jessireé Jenkins. Following the conversation, join us for a virtual Soul Shed University Jam Session!

Catalyst Conversations is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Catalyst Conversations: The Business of Art is June 15 at 6:30 p.m. Register at KeepArtHappening.org/Conversations.

JerMarco Britton

2020 Law Firm Campaign Challenge trophy awarded

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he Arts and Education Council awarded the sixth annual Law Firm Campaign Challenge Trophy to Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Each year, law firms across the region compete for the trophy designed by Jes Koopitske of Third Degree Glass Factory. The award is given to the campaign that had the largest percentage increase in contributions compared to the previous year.

For more information about hosting a workplace giving campaign, visit KeepArtHappening.org/Workplace-Giving.

Bryan Cave Leighton Pasiner Partners Eric Martin and Brendan Johnson, who is also an Arts and Education Council board member, with Arts and Education Council Director of Development Jessie Youngblood.

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Melanie Brasier

Susan Coatar

Arts and Education Council welcomes two new board members This April, the Arts and Education Council welcomed Melanie Brazier of U.S. Bank and Susan Coatar of Centene Corporation to the board of directors.

Melanie Brasier, SVP Relationship Manager in Commercial Banking at U.S. Bank has 37 years of experience in the financial service industry with the past 20 years serving Commercial Banking clients. In her role as Relationship Manager, she serves as a trusted advisor to a large portfolio of business enterprises. She is currently involved with the St. Louis Treasury Management Association, Association for Financial Professionals, United Way Women’s Leadership Society and has served on the Women’s Foundation St. Louis — Grant Allocation Committee and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Mo — Development Committee.

Susan Coatar, Vice President and Chief of Staff of Centene Corporation works with leaders across Centene to accelerate strategic enterprise initiatives and manages key external relationships, including the World Economic Forum and Business Roundtable. Susan joined Centene in 2016, through the Enterprise Internship Program. During her tenure, she has worked in Ethics and Compliance for Home State Health and the Centene Corporate office. Prior to Centene, she worked at the St. Louis Regional Health Commission and served as a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs. Susan holds a J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law and bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Spanish from the University of California, Los Angeles.

To learn more about the Arts and Education Council’s board of directors, visit KeepArtHappening.org/Board.

Circle of Giving

Centene Center for the Arts 3547 Olive Street St. Louis, MO 63103-1014 p 314.289.4000

February 2021 – April 15, 2021 $10,000 - $24,999 Ameren Corporation Louis D. Beaumont Fund Emerson PNC Foundation U.S. Bank $5,000 - $9,999 Lynne and Jim Turley $2,500 - $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Burkett Mr. Curtis W. Cassel and Dr. Robert Lehman Mrs. Janet W. Newcomb Spry Digital LLC $1,000 - $2,499 City of St. Louis Clayton School District Mrs. Cassandra Y. Conner Mr. Kendall D. Coyne Mrs. Kay K. Drey Edward Jones Mr. Terrance J. Good Mr. and Mrs. David M. Hohman Linda and Paul Lee Ms. Deborah Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Charles Okwuraiwe Ms. Emily Rauh Pulitzer

Rockwood School District Mrs. Alice Sargent St. Louis Development United Way of Greater St. Louis Caren Vredenburgh Webster University Mr. David P. Weiss Mr. Keith T. Williams $500 - $999 Ms. Marina Allen Dr. Janet P. Brown Mrs. Kathleen T. Brown Dr. Jeffrey R. Carter COCA–Center of Creative Arts Mr. Keith E. Goerss Ms. Kathleen Goodman Kenneth A. Haller, Jr., M.D. Mr. Russell Jackson, Esq. Ms. Amy L. Kaiser Ms. Mary C. McHugh Dr. Julia K. Muller and Mr. Earl K. Shreckengast David Obedin and Clare Davis Mr. Paul K. Reuter and Dr. Janet P. Brown Ms. Susan J. Slaughter Mr. Nick Smegner St. Louis County Government Mr. and Mrs. James M. Willock Mr. Launders Wince II

2021 Board of Directors CHAIR Caren Vredenburgh CHAIR ELECT Curtis Cassel VICE CHAIRS Terrance J. Good Jeffrey Carter, M.D. SECRETARY Nicole Hudson TREASURER Deanna Hohman MEMBERS Mark C. Anderson Susan Block Melanie Brasier

Sara B. Burke Sheila Burkett Jeffrey Carter, M.D. Chris Cedergreen Susan Coatar Kendall Coyne Chris Dornfeld Terrance J. Good Jason Hall Ken Haller, M.D. Naretha Hopson C. Brendan Johnson Kenneth Kranzberg Linda Lee Debbie Marshall Margaret McDonald Mary McHugh

Neuka B. Mitchell Janet Newcomb Kit Sundararaman Solomon Thurman, Jr. David P. Weiss Keith Tyrone Williams LIFETIME BOARD MEMBERS Len Eschbach Barbara B. Goodman EX-OFFICIO Cynthia A. Prost, President and CEO Anita Hansen, Young Friends of the Arts President

Young Friends of the Arts Board PRESIDENT Anita Hansen

SECRETARY Anthony Omosule

VICE PRESIDENT Rebecca Punselie

TREASURER Carla Johnson

MEMBERS Andrew Pandji Alexandra Schenk Adam Stanley Allison Zuck

Staff

Tributes In honor of Amy Kaiser Mary A. Balmer Spencer Burke Nancy Galvin Mont Levy Brenda Melson Susan Slaughter Sissy and Ted Thomas

In honor of “Such Sweet Thunder” Mont Levy Terry Schnuck Mr. Russell Jackson, Esq. In honor of John Nickel Gregory Diekemper Pam and Jim Krekeler Mont Levy James Lyle Katelin Nickel Terry Schnuck Mary Steenberge

In honor of Lynne and Jim Turley Terry Schnuck In honor of Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd Mary Steenberge Janelle Velten In honor of Brian Owens Janice Seele Wendy Williams Mr. Russell Jackson, Esq.

In honor of Anne and Richard Witzofsky Mrs. Colleen Murray In honor of Sara Pandolfi Mr. Nicholas Pandolfi

To make your gift to the Arts and Education Council, visit KeepArtHappening.org or contact Jessie Youngblood, director of development, at 314.289.4009 or Jessie-Y@KeepArtHappening.org.

Peter H. Bunce* • Ann M. Corrigan Joseph E. Corrigan • Barbara Grace* Shirley A. Heiman • Karen J. Isbell James A. Krekeler • Glenn Sheffield* Judith Cozad Smith • Jane Stamper* Trust Michael W. Weisbrod • David P. Weiss

PRESIDENT AND CEO Cynthia A. Prost DIRECTOR OF GRANTS AND PROGRAMS Cynthia P. Davis DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Jessie Youngblood MARKETING MANAGER Andie Murphy

CAMPAIGN AND EVENTS MANAGER Rhiannon Chavez

DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Cayla Wagner

DATABASE AND ONLINE GIVING MANAGER Tonya Hahne

OPERATIONS SUPPORT Kathy Tate

MANAGER OF GRANTS AND PROGRAMS Jessireé Jenkins

KATHERINE DUNHAM FELLOW Amaya Wallace

*Boards and staff as of April 30, 2021

Tenants of the Centene Center for the Arts Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Association of American Voices Bach Society of Saint Louis Cinema St. Louis Creative Reaction Lab ERA Gateway Men’s Chorus

Intercultural Music Initiative Open Studio Network Prison Performing Arts SATE Sharon Hunter Productions Soul Shed University St. Louis Classical Guitar Upstream Theater YoungLiars

*deceased 11

Centene Center for the Arts 3547 Olive Street St. Louis, Missouri 63103-1014

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