WINTER 2021
PaintedBlack STL empowers local artists
Letter from the President and CEO Dear Friends, From the Arts and Education Council family to you, we hope you and your loved ones remain healthy and well. Even though we have entered a new year, many of the challenges that existed in 2020 continue. We’re grateful for the role that art continues to play in connecting, uplifting and healing our community. We are thankful for the unwavering support you’ve shown the Arts and Education Council. Because of your commitment to our mission we kept art happening even during these challenging times. COVID-19 continues to impact the cultural sector in many ways. We’re helping arts organizations, artists and Centene Center for the Arts resident organizations navigate during the pandemic by building a plan for thoughtful investments in those who rely on us to serve the arts and culture sector.
That’s why I’m especially excited to share that the Arts and Education Council
received an IDEA Award from the Arts and Culture Accessibility Cooperative (ACAC), a program of MindsEye, in January. The awards recognize institutions and individuals who made outstanding contributions to the inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility of the Greater St. Louis cultural landscape in 2020. MindsEye’s work makes our community a better place, and we’re honored to be recognized for our commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.
We invite you to learn more about the ACAC and get involved at MindsEye.org/Programs.
PNC Program Grant and Bayer Creative Impact Fund Recovery Microgrant Program
applications are now open and in the coming months we will open funding opportunities with the Arts and Healing Initiative, Arts and Education Fund for Teachers and more. Visit KeepArtHappening.org/Grants.
Please enjoy this issue of Happenings with stories about people and organizations
that keep art happening and make our community a wonderful place to live, work and play! Grateful for your support,
Painted Black STL Artist Destini L. Clark (@destinilclark) in front of the window display she created as part of St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s “A Walking Xmas Carol” in the Central West End. Phillip Hamer Photography
Cynthia A Prost President and CEO
IDEA Award that features the text “ACAC IDEA Awards 2020” in braille.
Impact: Grantees: 6 4 Arts and Healing Soul Shed Initiative 2
University
8 Programs: ELEVATE Capacity Building
REGION:
PaintedBlack STL emerges during the pandemic Photo by Phillip Hamer Photography.
Keeping local artists employed
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“A Late Summer Night’s Stroll” in Forest Park. Arch # 2 designed by artist Eugenia Alexander.
Phillip Hamer Photography.
n the summer of 2020, Jayvn Solomon and Tyson Baker started an initiative to support St. Louis Black artists through the pandemic and beyond. Amid unrest surrounding calls for social justice, artists were paid to paint boarded up businesses. Baker turned the boarded-up windows into an opportunity to showcase art created by Black artists. The idea gathered momentum quickly, raising $15,000 in just a matter of weeks to pay for the supplies and to pay the artists. The artists ended up painting eight murals. Since then, the excitement for the collective has not slowed down – partnerships and opportunities to support Black artists continued throughout the year. Most notably, PaintedBlack STL collaborated on two public experiences in 2020 with St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, an Arts and Education Council operating grant recipient. Like many other arts organizations, the Festival’s plans for large gatherings and performances were put on pause. Instead, they shifted to experiences that people could enjoy in safe, social-distanced environments. In August and September, the Festival offered a walking experience in Forest Park, “A Late Summer Night’s Stroll”, loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The stroll combined music, dance and visual art offering a new way of experiencing both the story and the park. Fourteen Black artists from the St. Louis area were selected by PaintedBlack STL to create a series of arches along the trail through Forest Park. Each of the 12-foot-tall arches depicted the artists’ interpretation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Their collaboration continued in December with “A Walking Xmas Carol,” an outdoor, self-guided immersive walking experience of Charles
“A Walking Xmas Carol” in the Central West End. Window #9 designed by artist S3an Alexander.
Dickens’ classic tale “A Christmas Carol” in the Central West End. Elaborate window displays were created by 16 PaintedBlack STL artists along with music from the “Q Brothers Christmas Carol,” a witty, hip-hop update of the holiday favorite. St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s Producing Artistic Director Tom Ridgely shared his perspective on their collaboration, “PaintedBlack STL is the most important new arts group in the region. A dazzling collective of visionaries showing us not just who we are, but who we ought to be. The installations they created in Forest Park for “A Late Summer Night’s Stroll” and the Central West End for “A Walking Xmas
Carol” were unforgettable gifts of joy and beauty to St. Louis. It’s been an incredible honor to get to know and work with them, and I can’t wait to see what they do next. It’s bound to blow us all away.” Now, less than a year later, PaintedBlack STL has paid over 30 local artists more than $65,000 for their work that includes eight murals, 14 arches and 16 holiday window displays. In the coming months, PaintedBlack STL is looking to grow their team and continue to empower local Black artists.
Learn more about PaintedBlack STL
on Instagram at @PaintedBlackSTL.
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GRANTEES:
Arts and Healing Initiative launches during COVID-19
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ast fall in the midst of a global
challenges and Saint Louis University’s
in-person art classes customized for
pandemic, 13 organizations were
Justice Fleet, a mobile, social justice,
two organizations in the St. Louis area:
awarded a total of $115,000 in
pop up museum that fosters communal
Pink Ribbon Girls, working with breast
funding through the Arts and
healing will increase the quality of life
and gynecologic cancer patients, and
Education Council’s Arts and Healing
for people living in our community.
the City of Ferguson, focusing on com-
Initiative, a program aimed at increas-
Arts and Education Council Director
munity residents with chronic illnesses.
ing the capacity to heal through the
of Grants and Programs Cynthia Davis
arts. This new initiative, in partnership
shared, “The Arts and Healing Initiative
of Survival Project uses the arts,
with Missouri Foundation for Health,
grantees are showing incredible cre-
including theater, visual art and narra-
with additional support from Crawford
ativity and commitment to the healing
tive storytelling, to provide info,
Taylor Foundation, Missouri Arts
of our community. Through virtual,
resources, opportunity and access to
Council, Marillac Mission Fund, Graybar
hybrid and distanced programs they’re
restorative health.
and Church on the Rock aims to
using the arts to increase healing in
improve the quality of life for people
new and inspiring ways.”
throughout St. Louis City and County in
The organizations and programs
A Call to Conscience Celebration
Fathers and Families Support Center Youth Leadership and Development Program provides integrated services
its first year, and other Missouri coun-
that have been awarded 2020-2021
and activities that reduce high-risk
ties in subsequent years.
Arts and Healing Initiative grants are,
behaviors and increased self-suffi-
in alphabetical order:
ciency of youth, specifically between
The Arts and Education Council believes that healing is a transformative
The Angel Band Project Telehealth
the ages of 14-24 with assistance and
process of meaning, well-being or
Music Therapy for Survivors: Board-
wholeness that reduces suffering or
certified music therapists with experi-
other factors that contribute to a low
ence in trauma conduct music therapy
uses girl-generated photography
quality of life. Programs such as Saint
programs with survivors of sexual
inspired by what they “see” as relevant
Louis Crisis Nursery’s Healing Hearts
assault and intimate partner violence.
and healing about their homes, families
which provides art and play interventions
Girls Inc. Girls and Images of Healing
Arts as Healing Foundation Creative
and community. Girls in grades 8-12 will
Outreach Program provides virtual and
receive disposable cameras, learn pho-
Photo courtesy Jazz St. Louis.
Photo courtesy Angel Band Project.
for children whose families are facing
guidance from mentors.
Angel Band Project Songs of Survival Recording Project.
Washington University Neurofibromatosis (NF) Center in partnership with Jazz St. Louis developed a one-of-a-kind jazz music motor therapy program for young children with NF1.
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Photo courtesy Prison Performing Arts.
Photo by Stephen Dolan.
Dr. Amber Johnson stands in front of the Justice Fleet Mobile Museum.
Prison Performing Arts’ Antigone at Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (Vandalia, MO).
tography techniques and be supported
these programs into in-home access
between the ages of 3-12 years whose
by experienced photographers.
to ensure that patrons with a visual dis-
families are facing challenges such as
ability have access to the power of the
homelessness/transiency, domestic
arts, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
violence, extreme poverty, parental
Good Journey Development Foundation Xpress U Thru Art allows young people to explore trauma,
Saint Louis University Radical
substance abuse, and significant paren-
oppression, emotions, resiliency, the
Forgiveness and Radical Imagination
tal health issues. Each participating
ability to develop self-care, to develop
with the Justice Fleet, a mobile, social
child will receive their own art supply
community care, and ability to posi-
justice, pop up museum that fosters
kit, delivered to their home or shelter
tively project internally and externally
communal healing through art, dialogue,
and will be led through art and expres-
through the creation of art.
and play, expanding safe access to the
sive play activities virtually.
Jazz St. Louis Beat NF: A Jazz Music Motor Therapy Program for Toddlers with Special Needs:
arts and healing through interactive exhibits. SSM Health Cardinal Glennon
Prison Performing Arts The Healing Power of Telling Your Story allows individuals completing their sentences at
Washington University Neurofibromatosis
Children’s Foundation Dance Therapy
the Transition Center of St. Louis, a
(NF) Center has developed a one-of-a-
helps patients improve self-esteem and
community reentry facility in North City
kind jazz music motor therapy program
body image, develop effective commu-
operated by the Missouri Department
that specifically focuses on frequently
nication skills and relationships, expand
of Corrections, opportunities for self-
delayed skills in young children with
their movement, gain insights into pat-
paced, hands-on learning in their pur-
NF1, in partnership with Jazz St. Louis
terns of behavior and create new
suit of self-awareness and healing.
educational staff and St. Louis Children’s
options for coping with problems.
Hospital Therapy Services practitioners. MindsEye Pandemic Long-Distance
St. Louis ArtWorks Art Therapy is
“We’re grateful for the opportunity to work alongside the 13 organizations
provided to participants in individual
in the first cohort of this initiative.
Audio Description Network (PLAN):
art therapy sessions at St. Louis Art
We’re hopeful that other communities
Ensuring Arts Access for Patrons with
Works. Their art therapist will meet
across the country will look to this ini-
Visual Disability will build on the suc-
with each participant at the start of
tiative as an example for how the arts
cess of the Audio Description Program
every program to identify and address
can increase healing in diverse commu-
and the Arts and Culture Accessibility
barriers and to engage with participants
nities” said Davis.
Cooperative in improving quality of life
throughout the program to address
and community connection of people in our region with a visual disability. This initiative will translate aspects of
issues identified by apprentices. Saint Louis Crisis Nursery Healing Hearts provides critical art and expres-
Applications for the second year of the Arts and Healing Initiative will open in May 2021. Learn more at KeepArtHappening.org/ ArtsandHealing.
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IMPACT:
Introducing stARTup Creative Competition winner Soul Shed University
J
Photo by Dreya Denise of Captivating Momentz
erMarco Britton started Soul Shed STL in 2018 as a bi-weekly jam session that grew into an
opportunity to empower local musicians to begin and sustain music careers. Like so many artists, 2020 threw him a challenge he wasn’t sure he could overcome. The financial burden of running an arts organization during the pandemic often felt insur-
Soul Shed University began their
mountable. Then the Arts and
startup tenure in October using the
Education Council named Soul Shed
competition prize which includes
University as the winner of the fourth
$20,000; one year of space and
annual stARTup Creative Competition.
incubation support in the Centene
The competition, supported by the Arts
Center for the Arts, the Arts and
and Education Council and PNC
Education Council’s arts incubator;
Foundation, encourages the develop-
free performance and meeting space;
ment of great artistic ideas that
access to technology and Wi-Fi; and
strengthen and enhance the St. Louis
mentoring, idea-sharing and profes-
arts community.
sional development opportunities.
Soul Shed University is a 12-month
“The office and performance spaces
introductory program designed to
have increased our productivity to new
empower the independent musicians of
heights just by having dedicated
today with all the necessary tools to
spaces to work out of. Beyond that,
begin and sustain a music career.
working closely with the staff at the
Partnering with St. Louis-based profes-
Arts and Education Council on the pro-
sionals within the music business and a
gression of our organization and having
with Britton since October to provide
few specialized areas of focus, Soul
coaching along the way has given us
support and resources as Soul Shed
Shed University takes the concept of a
that extra push to continue in our mis-
grows and evolves. She shared how she
master class and expands it into a full
sion while feeling supported and nec-
has seen the Soul Shed events and jam
curriculum. Students receive instruction
essary,” Britton shared.
sessions expand musicians’ networks
outside the realm of academia and can
and build their careers.
build and engage in the community
tory program, Soul Shed also hosts
with their contemporaries.
Jam Sessions and karaoke at the
other musicians is so evident every
“In just the short few months we’ve
In addition to the 12-month introduc-
Soul Shed University founder JerMarco Britton.
“JerMarco’s passion for helping
Centene Center for the Arts. These
time I talk with him. He has been using
been working with the Arts and
social distanced events are open to the
all of the resources possible to provide
Education Council as a part of their
public. This January, they also launched
support for musicians in our commu-
stARTup Creative Competition pro-
the Soul Shed STL Podcast, where the
nity. All of us at the Arts and Education
gram. We have been able to put our
Soul Shed team discusses all things
Council have been extremely fortunate
organization back in order amidst
music related.
to work with JerMarco and learn from
COVID-19 and on the path to even
greater success,” said Soul Shed
Education Council grants and programs
him, too,” said Jenkins. To learn more about Soul Shed
Founder and CEO JerMarco Britton.
coordinator, has been working closely
University visit soulsheduniversity.org.
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Jessireé Jenkins, the Arts and
PROGRAM:
A
maya Wallace, the Arts and
other public opportunities to share
Education Council’s 2021
their work with the community locally
Katherine Dunham Fellow, has
and nationally.
always had an interest in the arts, but
her interest reached new importance in
minds. We had people come up to us
high school following the events of
after it was over saying ‘Wow, I didn’t
August 12 in Charlottesville, Virginia
understand this. I was really defensive
where a white supremacist rally ulti-
about this, but this play has given me
mately resulted in the deaths of three
a different perspective’ so that was
people. Shortly after those events,
rewarding,” Wallace said.
Wallace directed “A King’s Story,” an
award-winning one-act play written by
realized she was passionate about the
fellow student Joshua St. Hill. The play
content of the play and the important
covers topics including police brutality,
social environment that she was part
racism and the events of Charlottesville,
of at that time. That lead her to study
Virginia where they lived.
sociology and African & African
American studies at Washington
“Art is a good way to make it per-
“We also did change a lot of people’s
Thinking back on her experience she
sonal. When you read something on
University in St. Louis. She’s excited
the news, and you hear about people
to take the importance of the arts and
especially black people experiencing
the learning opportunities from the
life threatening things, you still feel dis-
Katherine Dunham Fellowship to her
sociated from it because it’s not you.
career following her studies.
It’s something that happened around
you, but when you’re seeing a play, or
of activism and curiosity align with the
hearing a piece of music or looking at
Arts and Education Council’s vision to
something from the artist’s or author’s
shape a vibrant arts community for all.
point of view it feels more real.”
We are excited to spend the semester
with her as she develops skills in the
Monticello High School theater
Photo by ProPhotoSTL.
Meet Katherine Dunham Fellow Amaya Wallace
“Amaya’s passion for the arts, spirit
teacher Madeline Michel shared with
field of arts administration, gains valu-
The Daily Progress, Charlottesville,
able mentorship and provides fresh
Virginia’s daily newspaper that she and
perspectives with the Arts and
social media accounts for the drama
Education Council,” said Cynthia Davis,
department received negative feed-
Arts and Education Council director of
back surrounding “A King’s Story”.
grants and programs.
Ultimately there had to be security
guard outside the front doors during
through the spring semester. She will
the performances but the opening
receive a $3,000 stipend, experience in
night of the performance drew a stand-
all the critical skills needed to manage
ing ovation and started a conversation
an arts organization — including
about complex issues. The play’s run
fundraising, corporate relations, data-
was extended, and Wallace and St. Hill
base management, fiscal and board
went on to attend conferences and
management — and mentorship from
Wallace’s fellowship continues
2021 Katherine Dunham Fellow Amaya Wallace
Of the fellowship, Wallace said,
“What I’m really enjoying is that I’m learning and I’m able to put my passions and my skill sets in conjunction with each other.”
The Katherine Dunham Fellowship,
named in honor of the dancer, choreographer and activist, was created and is funded by Sara and Jack Burke and managed by the Arts and Education Council. Wallace is the 11th individual to be named a Katherine Dunham Fellow. The inaugural recipient in 2011 was Antionette D. Carroll, a TED Fellow and founder and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab. To learn more about the Katherine Dunham Fellowship, visit KeepArtHappening.org/KatherineDunham.
current arts administrators and leaders.
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LEADERSHIP:
Arts and Education Council welcomes new board members and officers
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e kicked off the new year welcoming new board members to the Arts and Education Council. Margaret McDonald and Mary McHugh were each elected to a three-year term beginning January 1 on the Arts and Education Council’s board of directors. Newly-elected Young Friends of the Arts President Anita Hansen, Commercial Relationship Team Administrator at Regions Bank, also joined the board as an ex officio member. Caren Vredenburgh, former senior director creative services at Caleres, will serve as board chair for the second year of her term. Officers have also been elected to the following positions: Jeffrey Carter, M.D., Vice Chair; Terrance Good, Vice Chair; Nicole Hudson, Secretary; Deanna Hohman, Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair; Naretha Hopson, Philanthropy Committee Chair; Ken Haller, M.D., Grants and Program Committee Chair; Curtis Cassel, Governance Committee Chair; and Debbie Marshall, Planning and Evaluation Committee Chair. Margaret McDonald is the marketing principal for HOK’s St. Louis studio. She is responsible for developing new business, aligning the studio’s people with opportunities for them to create and succeed and collaborating with HOK’s leaders to serve clients across markets. In addition to her more than 20 years of experience as an interior designer, McDonald has served on numerous St. Louis nonprofit boards. Mary McHugh, a public relations and strategic communications consultant, helps clients build awareness, consideration and content for their brands. She has developed, coordinated and executed media relations programs at the national, regional and local levels. Additionally, she has supported the community through volunteer and board service with organizations like MindsEye, the Regional Arts Commission and the Professional Theatre Awards Council. “On behalf of the Arts and Education Council, I’m pleased to welcome Margaret and Mary to the Arts and Education Council’s board of directors. I’m thrilled that they have chosen to lend their leadership, experience and enthusiasm for the arts to help us keep art happening. Together, we’ll continue our work to create and sustain vibrant communities through the arts across the St. Louis region,” said Board Chair Caren Vredenburgh. To learn more about the Arts and Education Council’s board of directors at KeepArtHappening.org/Board.
(Left to right, top to bottom): Margaret McDonald, Mary McHugh, Anita Hansen, Caren Vredenburgh, Jeffrey Carter, M.D., Terrance Good, Nicole Hudson, Deanna Hohman, Naretha Hopson, Ken Haller, M.D., Curtis Cassel and Debbie Marshall.
ELEVATE — Capacity building for small and emerging organizations
A
nnouncing ELEVATE, a capacity-building program designed to serve small and emerging arts organizations by matching their needs with skilled consultants in the community. Participating organizations will select a primary need they would like to address, like fundraising, strategic planning, board management, or marketing, and be paired with consultants specializing in those fields. Applications will be available in Spring 2021. ELEVATE is in partnership with the PNC Foundation and the Arts and Education Council.
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CELEBRATE:
Make a tribute gift in honor of the 2021 St. Louis Arts Awards honorees
T
he St. Louis Arts Awards honors the artists, educators, philanthropists, corporate citizens and arts
organizations that make our region so vibrant. Proceeds benefit the Arts and Education Council, which offers programs and services that benefit more than 70 arts and arts education organizations impacting 1.6 million people throughout
Amy Kaiser, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts
Jim and Lynne Turley, Excellence in Philanthropy
Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Excellence in the Arts
Antionette Carroll, Arts Innovator
Brian Owens, Excellence in the Arts
“Such Sweet Thunder,” Arts Collaboration
James McKay Jr., Jennings School District, Art Educator of the Year
John Nickel, 30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award.
the 16-county, bi-state region.
A tribute gift to the Arts and Education
Council is a great way to honor and celebrate honorees. When a tribute gift is received, we will send an acknowledgment to the honoree indicated, notifying them of your thoughtful donation, but will not reveal the amount of the donation. Every gift is tax-deductible, and you will receive an acknowledgment of your donation. Make a gift today at KeepArtHappening.org/ ArtsAwardsTributes.
The 30th annual St. Louis Arts Awards is scheduled for Monday, May 24, 2021 with a back-up date of Monday, August 30, 2021. We’re carefully monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 on our community and will make adjustments to the date as necessary. We are committed to honoring our outstanding honorees and their accomplishments in person and look forward to celebrating with everyone together.
Photo by ProPhotoSTL
Keep art happening with a workplace giving campaign
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ecent workplace giving campaigns supporting the Arts and Education Council have been some of the most creative and fun we’ve ever seen. In 2020, coordinators gave their time, energy and passion to virtual and hybrid campaigns that kept art hap-
pening and connected employees. The generosity of employees did not diminish in 2020; the average gift amount made through workplace giving campaigns nearly doubled.
Rhiannon Chavez, Arts and Education Council campaign and events manager, continues
to find new and innovative tools and resources for organizations and their employees to use during their campaigns.
Chavez commented, “Workplace Giving Campaigns provide an easy and efficient way
to create community in your organization and demonstrate your support for the arts. We’re here every step of the way to make sure your campaigns are easy, fun and impactful!”
If your organization is looking to engage your employees and demonstrate your support the arts,
please reach out to Rhiannon Chavez to learn more about starting a workplace giving campaign at Rhiannon-C@KeepArtHappening.org or at 314.289.4006. Or, learn more at KeepArtHappening.org/workplace-giving.
Rhiannon Chavez, Arts and Education Council campaign and events manager.
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Circle of Giving July 2020 – January 2021 $300,000+ Edward Jones $50,000 - $99,999 PNC Foundation $25,000 - $49,999 Bayer EducationPlus Emerson $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous Ameren Corporation Charitable Trust Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation Nancy and Ken Kranzberg Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Lewis Missouri Arts Council Jim and Merry Mosbacher Mr. and Mrs. Jim D. Weddle $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Admiral and Mrs. Kevin R. Alm Mr. Tim Burke Ms. Barbara Bushman Goodman Mr. Steve G. Carani Mrs. Adele B. Dilschneider Edison Family Foundation The Graybar Foundation Great Rivers Confluence Foundation Mr. Gary L. Hall and Ms. Sandra Blasingame Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Ney Mr. and Mrs. John K. Nickel Mr. Chuck C. Orban Penny Pennington & Mike Fidler Mr. Darryl L. Pope The Sheldon Arts Foundation Switch The Muny Theatre Mr. David P. Weiss $2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Kyle C. Andersen Mr. Andy E. Bartek Mr. and Mrs. John D. Beuerlein Randy and Jennifer Carns Mr. Jeffrey D. Carter, M.D. Church on the Rock — St. Louis Confluence Charter Schools Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Dahlstrom Dr. and Mrs. Tim Eberlein Mr. John Elser Mr. and Mrs. William E. Fiala Ms. Kimberly Gannon Mr. Rick Giardino Ms. Kim Grbac Mr. Demetrius T. Grooms Mr. and Mrs. Bryan E. Hargiss Mr. and Mrs. Randy K. Haynes Mr. Mike Isaacson and Mr. Joe Ortmeyer 10
Mr. and Mrs. Everett J. Johnson Mrs. Sally C. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. James A. Krekeler Ms. Rachel I. Meier Mr. Jeremy L. Michelman Ms. Samantha Muncy and Mr. Phillip Orndorff Mr. and Mrs. Charles Okwuraiwe Mr. and Mrs. Jim Olsen Derek & Emily Rapp Family Fund Mr. Ryan T. Robson Saint Louis Art Museum Mr. Lawrence E. Thomas Dr. Sheila K. Trimble $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous (11) Ms. Connie Ahrens Mr. and Mrs. Kevin D. Anders Ms. Jill Anderson Mr. Mark C. Anderson and Ms. Cary D. Hobbs Tony Bardol Mr. Anthony R. Bassett Mr. and Mrs. Warner L. Baxter Mr. and Mrs. Terence E. Block Mr. Daniel J. Bosch Mr. and Mrs. William Brougham Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Brown Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Browning Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Cahill Mr. John S. Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Brett A. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Campbell Mr. Doug L. Carroll Mr. Jim Caruso Sparkle Catchup Mrs. Heather K. Chavez Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Ciapciak Mrs. Ninoska Clarkin Mr. Matthew D. Collins Ms. Poonnasa Corn Mr. Kendall D. Coyne Kelly O’Neal Crisp Mr. James E. Crowe, III Mr. Stephen E. Cupples John & Yvette Dubinsky Ms. Brianne Edgington Mr. Jason C. Espy John E. & Phyllis L. Evans Ms. Shannon Favazza Mr. David E. Fischer Lodike Dr. Mary Francone Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Fromm Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Galvin Ms. Twilla F. Gerling Mr. Shawn L. Gibbs Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Giljum Mr. Jeffery Guebert Mrs. Kristin J. Guehlstorf Dr. Sharonica L. Hardin Bartley Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heger Mr. Jesse D. Hill Ms. Brooke A. Hoffmeister Mr. and Mrs. David M. Hohman Mr. Donald W. Hopkins, Jr. Ms. Nicole C. Hudson Robert and Andrea Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Jones
Myles and Elaine Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Kidwell Ms. Jennifer Kingston Mr. Joe L. Klocke Mr. and Mrs. James M. Klug Mr. Bill L. Koch Mr. Jeffery P. Kuhlmann Warren and Susan Lammert Linda and Paul Lee J. David & Lucy S. Levy Mr. Mark C. Lindgren Ms. Maya Lunnemann Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. Mantovani Mr. and Mrs. Brian R. Mathus Miss Linda M. McCartney John and Anne McDonnell Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. McManus Mr. and Mrs. John C. McPheeters Mrs. Melissa Mercille Charles and Janet Meyer Mr. Jonathan Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Matt Mickens Mr. and Mrs. Keith P. Mikitin Mr. Matthew J. Mikula Ms. Diane Moore Ms. Sharon L. Munden Mrs. Joelle M. Myszka Ms. Amanda Nihira Mr. and Mrs. Chad Nolan Mrs. Marian Nunn and Mr. Thomas Wendel Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Owen Pershing Place Foundation Mr. Mark J. Peters Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Peters, II Mr. James W. Plaskett, Jr. Mr. Chris Pope Mr. David F. Powers Ms. Elizabeth S. Powitzky Ms. Emily Rauh Pulitzer Mrs. Alexandra Radosh Mr. Glenn Regan Mr. and Mrs. Ben T. Regen Mr. and Mrs. James L. Regnier Ms. Kristie L. Ridgeway Mr. Ryan S. Robinson Mr. James C. Rudd Mr. Daron Scates Mr. and Mrs. Terry E. Schnuck Mr. and Mrs. Shawn E. Schukar Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Schutte Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Schwab Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Sgroi Mr. Donald J. Sher Mr. Steve Sherwood Ruth and Alvin Siteman Mr. Emery Skolfield Ms. Patricia Spence Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Srenco Ms. Tricia Stout Mary Strauss Mr. William Swanson Target Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Jarrod Taylor Ms. Irene L. Thalden Ms. Katherine Tierney Mr. Michael Valley Ms. Susan S. Venn Tony Vento
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