JUL-AUG 2018
meet the 2018 stARTup Competition winners
Letter from the President Greetings, Friends! 2018 is flying by, but what a time to be out enjoying the arts in St. Louis. From the landmark institutions to the emerging startups, the vibrancy of our artistic community never ceases to amaze me. So, it comes as no surprise that the arts are a huge economic driver for the region. This issue of Happenings is dedicated to the ways the arts foster our economy. From creating and supporting jobs to attracting audiences to sparking innovative thinking in us all, the arts matter for St. Louis. The Arts and Education Council (A&E) is committed to building creativity and innovation so that St. Louis’s expansive arts scene continues to attract talent, visitors and businesses to the region.
On the following pages, you will find stories about the attractive power of the
arts (p. 3). Plus, we introduce you to the dynamic women who won A&E’s 2018 stARTup Competition (p. 4). You’ll also find announcements of grants awarded to 30 different arts organizations across the bi-state region that represent the breadth and depth of our region’s creativity (p. 5-7) and a new partnership with EducationPlus (p. 8).
And, finally, I am thrilled to share that after a two-year process, A&E has com-
pleted the installation of a new exterior sign on our arts incubator, the Centene Center for the Arts (p. 9). The next time you visit us in the Grand Center Arts District, I invite you to get a closer look at this beautiful work of art.
Thank you for your support for the Arts and Education Council. Together, we
are fostering a community that sparks creativity and innovation across our region. Sincerely,
Cynthia A. Prost President and CEO
ABOVE: A new exterior sign lights up the Arts and Education Council’s arts incubator (p. 9) ON THE COVER: L to R: Treasure Shields Redmond and Karen (Jia Lian) Yang, founders of the Who Raised You? Listening Collective, and Shayba Muhammad, founder of The Makers Program. Photos provided.
P.S. Join A&E’s Young Friends of the Arts for a celebration of our thriving arts community at A Midsummer Night’s Drink on July 20! It’s a rooftop party you won’t want to miss. Tickets and information at KeepArtHappening.org/YFA.
Grantees: Region: ARTS Card: 5 4 8 2018 stARTup 2018-2019 St. Lou Fringe Competition winners 2
grants announced
Festival Aug. 15-25
News: 9 Scholarship awarded
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Thriving arts community fosters St. Louis growth
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ability of the arts to attract young professionals is only natural. “What any artist or arts organization is trying to do is to capture something true about right now in a way that’s new and different and that hopefully strikes a deep chord with anyone who encounters it. And what young people — especially talented, smart, ambitious young people — want is something very similar, an experience that’s fresh and exciting and feels in some way theirs,” he explained. Recognizing the economic power of artists and arts organizations, A&E and the Kranzberg Arts Foundation are addressing economic barriers to growing the St. Louis arts community. A&E owns and operates the Centene Center for the Arts, an arts incubator in the heart of the Grand Center Arts District. The 20 tenant organizations receive rehearsal and performance space, offices and community spaces and infrastructure all at affordable, below-market prices so they can focus on growing
their impact. A&E’s neighbors in the Grand Center Arts District, the Kranzberg Arts Foundation, has developed and operated a variety of spaces, including the Kranzberg Arts Center, .ZACK, The Marcelle, the Grandel Theater and The Dark Room at The Grandel, that create much needed infrastructure for arts organizations and audiences. Last spring, they added the Big Top to their portfolio of artistic spaces. In short, the arts are critical to growing a more vibrant St. Louis. When you support the arts with a gift to A&E, you create a ripple effect that extends into the entire arts ecosystem and reaches nearly 100 organizations of all sizes and disciplines across the bi-state region, ultimately making St. Louis a more attractive and vibrant place to live, learn, work and play. For more information about how the arts improve St. Louis, visit KeepArtHappening.org. To create your ripple effect, make a gift to A&E at KeepArtHappening.org/Give.
Photo courtesy Saint Louis Fashion Fund.
Saint Louis Fashion Fund (an A&E grantee) hosts the quarterly Creative Process series to attract local creatives and young professionals to downtown’s historic Washington Avenue garment district.
n a March 2018 editorial for City Lab, urban studies theorist Richard Florida noted talented, educated millennials gravitate toward cities with vibrant arts ecosystems — something St. Louis has in spades. “Arts are a big part of the attraction. We have one of the best symphonies in the world. We have one of the best jazz centers in the world. These things going on in our community foster an environment for us to be that much more competitive,” said David L. Steward, chairman and co-founder of World Wide Technology, upon receiving the 2018 Corporate Support for the Arts Award from the Arts and Education Council (A&E). The region’s arts industry generates $590 million annually, according to Americans for the Arts, and draws 11 million people in audiences — nearly three times the number attending professional sporting events. In 2017, St. Louis ranked 23rd on the National Center for Arts Research Vibrancy Index and 7th on Homes.com’s list of Most Creative Cities. The arts community is ripe with programs designed to nurture artists and attract top talent to our region. Take the Saint Louis Fashion Fund (SLFF), an A&E grantee, for example. SLFF’s Incubator supports emerging designers in advancing their businesses and the Creative Process series, which celebrates the work of local creatives, is attracting more people downtown. SLFF Executive Director Kathleen Bibbins notes that the effort to drive the economy requires cross-sector partnerships. “We are also working with local government agencies to redevelop the Garment District, where the Fashion Fund is located, into a place where young creatives and professionals will work, play and live,” Bibbins said. Tom Ridgely, newly appointed executive producer of Shakespeare Festival St. Louis (an A&E grantee), says the
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REGION:
Meet the 2018 stARTup Competition Winners
What inspired you to apply for the stARTup competition? Muhammad: I had an idea for an arts program that had — up until that point — only been an idea. I experimented
Photo courtesy Who Raised You? Listening Collective.
Redmond (left) and Yang, founders of the Who Raised You? Listening Collective.
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Photo courtesy Shayba Muhammad.
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n May, The Makers Program, founded by Shayba Muhammad, and the Who Raised You? Listening Collective, founded by Karen (Jia Lian) Yang and Treasure Shields Redmond, were named winners of the Arts and Education Council’s (A&E) stARTup Competition. The program — a partnership with the PNC Foundation — challenges local entrepreneurs to find innovative ways to improve St. Louis through the arts. The Who Raised You? Listening Collective is a podcast exploring culture, family and intersecting identities. The Makers Program, born out of Muhammad’s own struggle as an artist, aims to create a pathway for local, handmade product artists and makers of color to market and sell their products. Each startup receives $10,000 in prize money, one year of incubation support and space in A&E’s Centene Center for the Arts, professional development and mentorship opportunities. Ultimately, the resources and exposure they receive as competition winners will help build their network and opportunity for long-term sustainability. A&E sat down with the winners to learn more about their startups.
The Makers Mart, a test version of The Makers Program, was held last September.
with a test version of the program several months prior to applying, but I knew that I needed support. I was amazed to see that they were willing to support these community driven programs, even if they were still in the idea stage. Redmond: If [this project] comes to fruition past the yearlong support, it will become a digital archive for the city. It will be a way for the city and the region to catalog the stories that have been omitted by history. I’m really excited to move forward with teaching digital audio collection, working and empowering people in various communities to collect the stories that they find important. How do you see your startup growing in the next year? Muhammad: I see The Makers Program really sitting in the position of a student. So, introducing this programming and learning, adapting and growing in understanding to meet the needs of the first cohort [of participating makers]. Yang: We started out as a kitchen table conversation right in my one-bedroom apartment and I think we’ve gotten to a point where we are excited to go where people are when they’re creating. We really see ourselves expanding the team and collecting stories in a different way. What change would you like to make with your startup? Muhammad: I would like to see The Makers Program provide artists and
creatives with the resources and guidance they need to build scalable businesses. I would like to see those businesses grow, create jobs and produce a positive socio-economic impact. Most importantly, I would like creatives, particularly those underserved in the Black and Latino communities, to know that there are options in creating pathways to success. Redmond: First, for us to be a model for collaboration. Jia and I are 20 years apart. I’m biologically old enough to be her mother. So it’s an intergenerational collaboration. It is also a cultural collaboration. We provide a physical model for what happens when you just look for connection instead of looking for a difference. The second thing I’m hoping, I would like to see the city to embrace the idea of its own digital audio archive. The final thing, I would like to see the Who Raised You? Listening Collective be able to empower those citizen sound agents to collect history and to have the city recognize the sound agents when they enter the scene. Hear more from the 2018 stARTup Competition winners at A Midsummer Night’s Drink, hosted by Young Friends of the Arts on July 20. Tickets on sale now at KeepArtHappening.org/YFA. See where the 2017 winners are now at KeepArtHappening.org/blog.
GRANTEES:
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he Arts and Education Council
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
(A&E) has awarded 2018-2019
Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design
Operating Support Grants to
Jazz St. Louis
20 organizations. Made possible by
Laumeier Sculpture Park
contributions from thousands of donors
Metro Theater Company
to A&E’s annual fund, these grants provide unrestricted funding to help strengthen infrastructure, build sustainability and grow outreach programs. Organizations awarded funding align
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Radio Arts Foundation The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Saint Louis Ballet Company
with A&E’s goal to support the ele-
Saint Louis Fashion Fund
ments of a vibrant community by
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
sparking innovation, energizing communi-
Sheldon Arts Foundation
ties, inspiring children, building bridges
Springboard to Learning
between cultures and enriching lives.
St. Louis ArtWorks
The following arts organizations (in
The St. Louis Children’s Choirs
alphabetical order) have been awarded
St. Louis Symphony
2018-2019 Operating Support Grants:
STAGES St. Louis
Cinema St. Louis
For more information about these
COCA
organizations and A&E’s Operating Support
Community Music School of
Grants, visit KeepArtHappening.org/
Webster University
Photo courtesy St. Louis ArtWorks.
2018-2019 Operating Support Grants announced
St. Louis ArtWorks
grant-programs.
St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus 5
GRANTEES:
PNC Program Grants awarded to 11 organizations
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Rise Community Development The
he Arts and Education Council
featuring LGBTQIA composers (Mar.
(A&E) has awarded $40,000 in
2019); and a late spring concert looking
Rise Up Festival is a one-day (Aug. 18),
PNC Program Grants to 11 orga-
back at the Stonewall Riots (June 2019).
free street festival in downtown St.
nizations (listed below in alphabetical
International Photography Hall of
Louis celebrating revitalization in the
order). PNC Program Grants, under-
Fame and Museum Lecture and
city, featuring music, performances, an
written by the PNC Foundation, pro-
Workshop Series shares the world of
art show and competition and local
vide merit-based grants for arts and
photography with art lovers and pho-
artisan vendors.
education programs that address com-
tographers of all ages and abilities.
munity needs and promote the elements of a vibrant community. ArtScope Camp Create Mural Program is a one-week program in which campers work with established
MindsEye Radio Audio Description
Show-Me Sound Organization ‘Beating’ Challenges is an after-school
provides live description of visual elements
percussive arts education project at
to individuals with visual disabilities at
the Normandy Schools Collaborative
artistic and cultural events.
7th and 8th Grade Center.
Pianos For People Turn Up Your
Tennessee Williams Festival St.
artists to create public art in the Tower
Talent-From Passion to Performance
Louis’s May 2019 festival will highlight
Grove community.
Summer Music Camp provides students
a major work of Williams as well as lesser known works.
Bach Society of Saint Louis St.
an opportunity to conceive, write and
Louis Bach Festival 2019 will include
produce a live musical production fea-
concerts, collaborations and several
turing original music, dance, spoken
Playback Now! St. Louis Family Series
education and outreach opportunities
word and more.
will offer playback performances
celebrating the breadth of Bach’s work across the St. Louis area. Gateway Men’s Chorus 2018-2019
Prison Performing Arts Learning Through the Arts offers year-round performing arts classes to young peo-
That Uppity Theatre Company The
geared toward families of all ages throughout the metro area. For more information about these
Concert Season includes a multi-faith
ple, ages 12-24, who are currently in
programs, visit KeepArtHappening.org/
holiday concert (Dec. 2018); a concert
prison or detention facilities.
PNC-recipients.
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The Rise Up Festival comes to downtown St. Louis on August 18.
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hrough a partnership between
communities they serve in and around
the Monsanto Fund and the Arts
Bond County.
and Education Council (A&E), the
Raintree Arts Council (Clarksville,
Monsanto Rural Community Arts
Mo.) provides programming in music,
Education Fund grants provide access to
theatre, visual arts and literature to Pike
the arts for people living in rural commu-
and Lincoln Counties in Northeast
nities in the bi-state region.
Missouri, as well as educational opportu-
In 2018, the following organizations (in alphabetical order) will receive a total
nities to schools in the area. Sullivan Area Arts Council (Sullivan,
of $25,000 to bring performers and art-
Mo.) brings awareness and appreciation
ists into classrooms and venues in their
for the arts in Sullivan, Missouri through
communities:
providing performances and educational
Looking Glass Playhouse (Lebanon, Ill.) creates arts appreciation and oppor-
programming for the community. Warren County Fine Arts Council
tunities for theatrical involvement in
(Warren County, Mo.) helps support arts
Southern Illinois by involving its home
education programs in Warren County
community of Lebanon, Illinois.
schools and funds community perfor-
Our Common Ground (Greenville, Ill.) brings fine art and performance to the
Photo courtesy Looking Glass Playhouse.
2018 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Fund grants announced
mances and a summer camp for kids. For more information about A&E’s grants, visit KeepArtHappening.org/grant-programs.
Looking Glass Playhouse’s production of “Peter Pan Jr.” in June 2017.
Monsanto Creative Impact Fund grants awarded
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his spring, the Arts and
Association will present the Soweto
For more information about or to apply
Education Council awarded
Gospel Choir, from Soweto (Johannesburg),
to the Monsanto Creative Impact Fund, visit
Continuity STL, HEAL Center
South Africa, in concert at the Touhill
KeepArtHappening.org/grant-programs.
for the Arts and the African Heritage
Performing Arts Center.
Association of St. Louis nearly $15,000 in grant support from the Monsanto Creative Impact Fund. The program,
Continuity STL (an A&E grantee) offers a media training program to St. Louis youth. Photo courtesy Continuity STL
generously supported by the Monsanto Fund, provides grants year-round to arts organizations needing support for new programs or projects exploring creative new directions. Continuity STL is providing a media training program that teaches media production skills and increases industry experience for minority or disadvantaged individuals. HEAL Center for the Arts will offer three intensive mini-camps this summer to artistically developing middle and high school urban students focusing on instrumental music, vocal music and dance. The African Heritage 7
WORKPLACE GIVING:
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his spring, Ameren and Edward
drawing and lunchtime performances
Jones engaged their employees
from A&E grantees. The campaign at
around the arts through work-
Edward Jones’s home office was led by
place giving campaigns for the Arts and
Partner Chair Brian Donaldson and
Education Council (A&E). Workplace
Associate Chair Denise Ruebsam,
giving campaigns raise over one-third
accompanied by a 300-person com-
of A&E’s annual funding, but they also
mittee. Campaign kickoff events
help company culture. According to a
included a Lip Sync Battle and perfor-
2016 Cone Communications Employee
mances from Shakespeare Festival St.
Engagement Study, 78% of employees
Louis (an A&E grantee) and opera
want to be active in helping their com-
singer and Edward Jones associate,
pany improve its corporate responsibility.
Martina Bishopp.
Ameren’s two-week campaign,
Photo by Jim Wolfe.
Ameren and Edward Jones engage employees through the arts
To start your own workplace giving cam-
steered by Campaign Coordinator
paign, contact Heather Edwards at
Roxanne Adams and assisted by Randi
Heather-E@KeepArtHappening.org. Ken Blanchard (pictured), along with Kyle Crump, Jaime Pina and Leonard Pritchett, performed as The Bee Gees in Edward Jones’s Lip Sync Battle in May to raise funds for the Arts and Education Council.
Jacquin, included a bake sale, raffle
St. Lou Fringe Festival returns August 15-25
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Photo by Bob Crowe.
he St. Lou Fringe Festival returns for its seventh season August 15-25, featuring 28 local,
regional and national new works for the stage, including “Pollock: A Frequency Parable” by Unconventional Empire, “Race Cars & Romance” and “The Gringo” by local composer Colin Healy. ARTS Card members get a 10% discount on tickets. Check out the three at KeepArtHappening.org/blog . For all the latest ARTS Card discounts, visit KeepArtHappening.org/calendar.
Matthew Marcum’s “Pollack: A Frequency Parable” will be featured in the 2018 St. Lou Fringe Festival.
New partnership with EducationPlus The Arts and Education Council (A&E) in partnership with EducationPlus, announces an affiliation with the St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association. In this role, A&E will assume administrative management of the association. The SLSMEA manages the honors bands and music festival competitions in St. Louis County school districts and some school districts in St. Charles County. Retired music educators and clinicians run the honors bands and music festival competitions for middle and high school students each year. A&E, EducationPlus and the St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association are committed to offering exciting and meaningful performance and learning opportunities for young musicians. 8
things not to miss at this year’s festival
Matching funds for crowdfunding campaigns Organizations looking to fund arts education projects need look no further than the Arts and Education Council’s (A&E) stARTup-STL Crowdfunding platform. The Arthur and Helen Baer Charitable Foundation is matching up to $5,000 per eligible project of contributions made to campaigns posted on the platform. To qualify for the match, campaigns must focus on arts education and last no more than 30 days. Campaigns for capital projects are not eligible for matching funds. Additional criteria can be found at KeepArtHappening.org/ stARTup-StL. Organizations keep all funds raised on A&E’s crowdfunding platform except for a 3% credit card processing fee. For more information about stARTup-StL Crowdfunding or to start a campaign, visit KeepArtHappening.org/stARTup-StL.
SPRING RE-CAP:
Spring Young Friends of the Arts events
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n May 10, Young Friends of the Arts (YFA) and Yoga Buzz partnered for the third annual Yoga + Art Show. On the rooftop of the Centene Center for the Arts, guests came together to practice yoga, support local artists and enjoy local food and drink. A&E grantees Prison Performing Arts, Creative Reaction Lab, Craft Alliance and St. Louis ArtWorks participated in the art show. Food and drinks were provided by Urban Chestnut Brewing Company, Pi Pizzeria and Britt’s Bakehouse. Event proceeds supported A&E’s annual fund. On June 9, YFA hosted a Member Meet-Up at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Members enjoyed a special tour of the Sunken Cities exhibition followed by brunch. For more information about upcoming
events, visit KeepArtHappening.org/YFA.
The Arts and Education Council (A&E) installed a new exterior sign on its arts incubator, the Centene Center for the Arts, on June 14 in the heart of the Grand Center Arts District. Plans for the sign began in early 2016 and required completion of a lengthy approval process due to the historical significance of the 1891 building. A&E renovated the space, which is home to 20 arts organizations, in 2005. A&E received a $10,000 matching grant from the City of St. Louis’s Neighborhood Commercial District Improvement Program for the sign, which was designed by Switch and fabricated by Summit Signs.
A&E’s Young Friends of the Arts hosted the 2018 Yoga + Art Show on May 10 and a Member Meet-up at the Saint Louis Art Museum on June 9.
Keep Art Happening Scholarship
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n April 28, the Fox Performing
Photo by ProPhotoSTL.
New sign lights up A&E arts incubator
Arts Charitable Foundation presented the 8th annual St.
Louis Teen Talent Competition. Fifteen acts from the bi-state region performed in the final round. Hillary Zgonina, a junior at Nashville Community High School (Nashville, Ill.), performed a dance to “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran and was awarded the Keep Art Happening Scholarship, underwritten by the Arts and Education Council. After high school, she plans to attend Fordham University to study law or criminal justice. She dreams of joining a professional dance company or the cast of a Broadway show. 2018 Keep Art Happening scholarship recipient, Hillary Zgonina, with A&E Board Member Terry Good. 9
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2018 Board of Directors CHAIR C. Brendan Johnson VICE CHAIRS Sheila Burkett Janet Newcomb SECRETARY Susan A. Stith TREASURER Ruth Saphian IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Leonard T. Eschbach
MEMBERS Mark C. Anderson Susan Block Sara Burke Chris Cedergreen Kendall Coyne Chris Dornfeld Diane R. Drollinger Terrance J. Good Barbara B. Goodman Kristin J. Guehlstorf Jason Hall Kenneth Haller, M.D. Marcela Manjarrez Hawn
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2018 Young Friends of the Arts Board of Directors PRESIDENT Adam Stanley
SECRETARY Anita Hansen
VICE PRESIDENT Kate Maxson
TREASURER Jay Willibrand
MEMBERS Tara Campbell Kathryn Newcomb Alexandra Schenk Kayla Thompson Jason Vasser Julia Zasso
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Emily Hellmuth
MANAGER OF PROGRAMS AND GRANTS Matthew R. Kerns
WORKPLACE GIVING CAMPAIGN MANAGER Heather Edwards
DEVELOPMENT AND DATABASE ASSOCIATE Rhiannon Chavez
OFFICE MANAGER/ EXECUTIVE SUPPORT Annie Devereux Oliverio
OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATOR Tonya Hahne
Staff PRESIDENT & CEO Cynthia A. Prost VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT Kate Francis FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT Laura Washburn SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Scott D. Giffen
*Boards and staff as of June 15, 2018
COMMUNICATIONS AND EVENTS COORDINATOR Andie Murphy
Tenants of the Centene Center for the Arts Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis African Heritage Association of St. Louis, Inc. African Musical Arts American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Association of American Voices Bach Society of Saint Louis Cinema St. Louis Creative Reaction Lab Equally Represented Arts (ERA)
FLOW Gateway Men’s Chorus Make Music St. Louis, Inc. Open Studio Network Prison Performing Arts Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble (SATE) The St. Louis Classical Guitar Society Upstream Theater YoungLiars
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