Summer 2020 Happenings

SUMMER 2020

Antionette Carroll

James McKay Jr.

Arts Innovator

Art Educator of the Year

Arts Collaboration

Meet the 2021 St. Louis Arts Awards Meet the 2021 honorees

Jim and Lynne Turley

St. Louis Arts Awards Honorees

Brian Owens

Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd

Amy Kaiser

Excellence in the Arts

Excellence in the Arts

Lifetime Achievement in the Arts

John Nickel

30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award

Excellence in Philanthropy

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. We are living through a time of considerable uncertainty and grief that has left no one untouched.

For as long as anyone can remember, St. Louis has been an arts town. We are known as a community of innovators, inventors, dreamers, builders and doers. Our resilience and success stems from our ability to think creatively, solve problems and work together.

There is no doubt that our recovery and rebuilding will be hard in the coming months and years.

We know that a successful reopening of our performing arts venues is essential to alleviating the anxiety and uncertainty of living with COVID-19. The complexities involved are being addressed by arts leaders (page 8) who are working collaboratively to keep artists and audiences safe when the curtain rises again.

When we emerge from this difficult time – and we will - it will be the arts that will help to bring us together again thanks to you and your support for the Arts and Education Council.

This issue of Happenings shines the spotlight on our 2021 St. Louis Arts Awards honorees (page 3) who will be honored at our 30th annual event in January.

THE COVER: ONON THE COVER: Brian Owens, Excellence in the Arts Arts; Awards “Such 2021 St. Louis Sweet Thunder”honorees. presented by Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Nine Network of Public Media, Jazz St. Louis and The Big Muddy Dance Company, Arts Collaboration; John Nickel, 30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award; Jim and Lynne 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.

Grantees: 3 Radio on the Rise

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You will meet John Clare, the new president and CEO of Classic 107.3 and learn about the exciting collaboration with the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis’ new radio plays (page 2).

Plus, we are shifting our employee engagement campaigns to a virtual environment that connects remote workers to the arts with performances, games, contests and art competitions (page 9). If you would like to host a workplace campaign for the arts please let me know!

As always, thank you for your support,

SAVE THE DATE! Cynthia A Prost President and CEO

Events: 4 2021 St. Louis HONORARY CHAIR PAT RICH INVITES YOU

TO THE 30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

JANUARY 25, 2021

Arts Awards honorees

BENEFITING THE ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL

Programs: 7 Arts and Healing

Initiative Advisory Council

GRANTEE:

Meet John Clare of Classic 107.3 Photo by Hillary Levin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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lassical music leader and radio broadcaster John Nasukaluk Clare began his tenure as Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Classic 107.3, an Arts and Education Council grantee, in October 2019.

We sat down with him to learn more about his career in radio and how he likes St. Louis.

What started your passion for music and radio?

I grew up playing violin, but listened to pop music, jazz and classical.

I remember working on our house that we were building one day and heard a symphony on the radio. It stopped me in my tracks. The music was by Aaron Copland, and he used Fanfare for the Common Man in the finale. Years later, I would remember that trance and the power of radio. So one summer I didn’t go to a music camp to study, and wound up working at the radio station as a student in college. I was hooked, and what was a summer gig turned into a profession - the sort of creativity I found in music was in broadcasting, as well.

What has been most surprising or exciting about living in St. Louis?

I am completely blown away by the talented music community, as well as the generosity of the area. I am surprised at how Southern St . Louis feels and how many fabulous BBQ places there are!

Listeners can hear you on Sirius XM Symphony Hall. What is it like hosting?

Hosting weekday mornings on Symphony Hall is a real joy. I hear from listeners around the world (just got a note from Portugal today!) and pinch myself being able to share classical music to such a broad audience. I’ve been fortunate to meet legends like Anne-Sophie Mutter, Hilary Hahn and Shai Wosner through my work there. It is a nice blend to keep in touch with my broadcast ‘chops’ announcing daily, with my duties at Classic 107.3 as a manager.

Radio listeners are increasing during our current health crisis. Why do you think that is?

Music is so powerful, and it has that ability to inspire, relax and educate you.

I really believe it has a healing quality, as well. It is easy to lose yourself for 15 minutes, an hour, or a whole day. Classic 107.3 has seen folks increase their

John Clare, Classic 107.3 CEO and general manager

listening, and we hope, increase their giving as they rely on it more.

What are you looking forward to at Classic 107.3?

There is so much! We just added the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts on Saturday afternoons, and coming up in July, we are partnering with Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis for a series of radio plays. Podcasts about The MUNY, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis are in the works and a redesigned website for even easier browsing are coming up. Carol Commerford is joining us as our first ever Education Director and stations around the U.S. are talking our signature production, The Slatkin Shuffle!

Learn more about Classic 107.3 at classic1073.org. Listen to Clare weekday mornings on Sirius XM Symphony Hall.

Radio on the Rise: Radio plays debut July 11 The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, an Arts and Education Council grantee, will increase its reach this summer with a new radio show.

“Something Spoken: Tennessee Williams On the Air” is set to launch on July 11.

The program will air every other Saturday at 5:00 p.m. on Classic 107.3, another Arts and Education Council grantee.

Each episode of “Something Spoken” will include fully produced Williams’ one-act plays along with interviews with scholars, directors and actors.

Broadway legend and St. Louisan Ken Page will narrate and noted

Williams scholar Tom Mitchell will offer commentary on each episode.

Performers will include: Nisi Sturgis, Rayme Cornell, J. Samuel Davis, Bob Harvey, Anita Jackson, Tony Merritt II, Elizabeth Teete, Bradley Tejeda, Rachel Tibbits, Donathan Walters,

time he signed his name as ‘Tennessee’ rather than ‘Tom’.”

Stay tuned to for “Something Spoken: Tennessee Williams On the Air” on Classic 107.3 FM starting July 11.

Broadcast details are available at twstl. org and classic1073.org.

Kelley Weber, Donna Weinsting and Maggie Wininger.

“Williams felt that one-acts were his strongest format,” Carrie Houk, TWSTL Executive Artistic Director shared. “He started out in St. Louis writing one-act plays, and one of his biggest breaks was winning a competition sponsored by the Group Theater in New York—the first

Ken Page, narrator

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EVENT:

2021 St. Louis Arts Awards honorees

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he Arts and Education Council has announced eight honorees for the 2021 St. Louis Arts Awards. Now in its 30th year, the event honors individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to the St. Louis region’s arts community.

“The 30th annual St. Louis Arts Awards will be an opportunity to celebrate our region’s resiliency and creativity just as we’ve done for the past 29 years. We are thrilled to be celebrating these honorees who keep art happening, bringing us together and uplifting us,” said Cynthia A. Prost, Arts and Education Council president and CEO. The 2021 St. Louis Arts Awards will be held Monday, January 25 at the Chase Park Plaza, Royal Sonesta Hotel.

Actor and arts administrator Andréa Purnell will emcee the fundraiser. Pat Rich, founder of the St. Louis Arts Awards, serves as honorary chair. The Centene Charitable Foundation serves as the presenting sponsor.

The 2021 honorees are: Amy Kaiser, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts; Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Excellence in the Arts; Brian Owens, Excellence in the Arts; Lynne and Jim Turley, Excellence in Philanthropy;

Antonio Douthit-Boyd

Kirven Douthit-Boyd

Antionette Carroll, Arts Innovator; “Such Sweet Thunder” presented by Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, 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.

Amy Kaiser, director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus since 1995, is one of the country’s leading choral directors.

She has conducted the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Handel’s “Messiah”, Schubert’s “Mass in E flat”, Vivaldi’s “Gloria” and sacred works by Haydn and Mozart. Guest conductor for the Berkshire Choral Festival in Massachusetts, Santa Fe and

at Canterbury Cathedral and Music Director of the Dessoff Choirs in New York for 12 seasons, she led many performances of major works at Lincoln Center. Kaiser is a regular pre-concert speaker for the St. Louis Symphony and has presented the Symphony Lecture Series, promoting SLSO concerts, for the past fifteen years.

Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd were named Co-Artistic Directors of Dance at COCA in 2015, where Antonio began his dance training at age 16 under the direction of Lee Nolting.

Antonio returned to COCA after 12 years with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He also trained at the Alexandra School of Ballet, the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Joffrey

Amy Kaiser

Brian Owens

Lynne and Jim Turley

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Antionette Carroll

James McKay

John Nickel

Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet and the Dance Theatre of Harlem School.

Kirven relocated to St Louis after performing with Battleworks Dance Company, Ailey II and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Kirven and Antonio are both ABT® Certified Teachers and are on faculty at Washington University in St. Louis, in the collaborative MFA program between the University and COCA. Brian Owens is a singer, songwriter and dedicated community activist. His work includes a duet with five time Grammy-winning vocalist Michael McDonald. Owens is the founder and Executive Director of L.I.F.E. Arts Inc. (Leadership, Innovation, Faith and Entrepreneurship), a nonprofit providing artistic resources, opportunities, mentoring and positive experiences to help students in underserved communities throughout Ferguson and the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Antionette Carroll is the Founder, President and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab, a nonprofit educating and deploying youth to challenge racial and health inequities impacting Black and Latinx populations. Within this role, Antionette has pioneered an awardwinning form of creative problem

solving called Equity-Centered Community Design (named a Fast Company World Changing Idea Finalist).

Carroll is also is an international speaker and facilitator, previously speaking at Google, TED, Capital One, Harvard, Stanford University, Microsoft, NASA, TEDxHerndon and TEDxGatewayArch, AIGA National Conference, The Ohio State University and more. Additionally, she’s the co-founder of the Design + Diversity Conference and Fellowship and an active member of Adobe’s Design Circle.

Jim and Lynne Turley have been long-time supporters of a wide variety of arts organizations both with their time and with financial resources. For the last 30 years, Jim and Lynne have been enthusiastic supporters of STAGES St. Louis, doing everything from housing visiting actors in their home in the early days to co-chairing its annual fundraiser Applause. Jim has supported many arts organizations including with board service at The Muny where he leads the board’s $100 million Second Century Campaign and is the Vice Chair.

In October 2019, four major St. Louis cultural institutions came together for three nights to present an unprecedented outdoor stage production of Duke Ellington’s jazz suite, “Such Sweet Thunder”. The collaboration between Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, The Big Muddy Dance Company, Jazz St. Louis and the Nine Network of Public Media brought to life the twelve-part composition in a multidisciplinary performance charting a tempestuous love story set in the 1950s.

Free performances took place in the Public Media Commons in Grand Center attracting 1,000 audience members in total.

James McKay Jr. is the Director of Orchestras for the Jennings School District. McKay has dedicated his life to creating doors of opportunity for youth through the founding of Gateway Music Outreach and his occupation as a certified K-12 Instrumental Music Educator for over two decades in various school districts in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Additionally, he is a classical and gospel music composer and arranger.

John Nickel is Co-President and Co-Owner of Switch (formerly Busch Creative Services), a brand engagement and events agency. Nickel oversees business development, project management and production services at Switch.

Nickel and Switch have been working with the Arts and Education Council for 20 years to produce the St. Louis Arts Awards. Nickel has served on the boards of several arts organizations including Springboard for Learning, The Sheldon and St. Louis Shakespeare Festival.

Switch has made significant in-kind contributions to the arts organizations in St. Louis such as St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Webster University’s Peter E. Sargent Conservatory of Theater Arts, St. Louis High School Musical Awards and numerous others.

Nominations for the awards were submitted by the public in April and honorees were selected by a volunteer committee of previous honorees, arts patrons, artists, arts administrators and community volunteers.

Proceeds from the St. Louis Arts Awards benefit the Arts and Education Council.

For more information about the 2021 St. Louis Arts Awards, visit KeepArtHappening.org/2021ArtsAwards.

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Reopening the performing arts

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any of our favorite summer traditions have pressed pause on their performing arts

offerings. Visual arts organizations like the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Sheldon Art Galleries and the Contemporary Art Museum – St. Louis (CAM) are reopening, with careful rules and regulations put in place to keep everyone safe. But, for the performing arts organizations there are many more considerations that need to be made before reopening.

As arts lovers who might be willing to don a mask and sit six feet apart, we might be wondering what challenges these performing arts organizations are facing? While keeping the audience safe is certainly a top priority, that is just the beginning of a long list performing arts venues must consider. Our local performing arts leaders are diligently working to develop conscientious plans to protect the safety of audience members, performers and all other staff that help bring art to the stages.

Chris Hansen, executive director of the Kranzberg Arts Foundation (KAF), created the Reopening the Arts workgroup, a cohort of performing arts organizations, to ensure all venues in our region and across the state are unified in a approach to safely reopening. They’ve been meeting weekly since late March sharing best practices and research while creating safe reopening procedures.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO), a member of the workgroup, has also been working with a group of infectious diseases and prevention

specialists led by Dr. Abigail Carlson, an expert in epidemiology at Washington University in St Louis’ Division of Infectious Diseases.

SLSO Director of Hospitality & Audience Experience Kelsey Templeton shared, “Dr. Carlson and the team are thoroughly reviewing Powell Hall’s reopening procedures, from guest experience protocols to musician and stagehand safety. She has the added expertise of being a musician and patron of the arts herself, which is a unique and valuable perspective for which we are incredibly grateful.”

There are many nuances specific to performing arts venues that need to be addressed in reopening procedures.

Templeton shared that one change that might be surprising to patrons is how arranging brass and wind musicians differently on stage will mitigate risk.

The Missouri Arts Council is launching Missouri ArtSafe which includes training in COVID-19 safe practices. Arts organizations across the state will be able to receive a certification from the ArtSafe program ensuring they will follow recommended guidelines to create safely, present safely and attend safely. Learn more at MissouriArtSafe.org.

For organizations that work with unions to bring plays to the stage like The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, The Muny, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and STAGES St. Louis there are even further considerations. While adhering to regional and local guidance it’s also imperative that they collaborate closely with the unions whose members are

We are Missouri ArtSafe.

Facial Coverings.

Social Distancing.

Limited Occupancy.

Continuous Deep Cleaning.

Temperature and Health Checks.

Training in COVID-19 safe practices.

Find out more at www.MissouriArtSafe.org

Image: Ian Burt, 2020. Creative Commons License, Limited rights release.

To ensure that we Create Safely, Present Safely, and Attend Safely we pledge to:

Photo courtesy St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

CREATE SAFELY, PRESENT SAFELY, ATTEND SAFELY

While Powell Hall isn’t open yet, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra musicians continue to bring music to the community through collaborations like Songs of America, SLSO’s celebration of American voices in music filmed at significant locations throughout St. Louis.

Learn more at slsostories.org/read.

essential to the performing arts such as Actor’s Equity, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society among others.

The comfort of audience members is also being be considered as venues reopen. Kranzberg Arts Foundation has been surveying audience members to understand what they would need to feel safe returning to spaces operated by the foundation*. They learned that 74% of guests anticipate returning to in-person arts events within the next three months or later, compared to 26% who plan to return within the next month. While masks have become a polarizing issue for some, 72% of their respondents said they would feel more comfortable returning to their venues if everyone was required to wear a mask.

86% of their guests say they always wear a mask while in public with an additional 11.3% saying they wear one if required.

Once guidelines have been finalized organizations will need to train all staff on safety precautions. Rest assured that when the curtain rises again procedures will be in place that will keep audience and artists safe. *source: kranzbergartsfoundation. org/covid-19

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PROGRAMS:

Arts and Healing Initiative Advisory Panel

Arts and Healing Initiative Advisory Panel members (top row) Briana Belfiore, Rebeccah Bennett, Jeffrey Carter, M.D.; Marty Casey, Aaron Chamberlain, M.D.; Debbie Depew, D.O.; (middle row) Vicki Friedman, Deidre Griffith, David Gutmann, M.D., Ph.D.; Ken Haller, M.D.; Terry Harris, Ph.D.; (bottom row) Shawn Hayden; Lisa Higgins; Kisha Lee; Melinda Novik, Ph.D.; Rev. Aaron Rogers and Sheila Suderwalla.

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he Arts and Healing Initiative is the first program of its kind in the Arts and Education Council’s history. While many grantees have lead programs that have impacted health and healing in our community, this program is specifically created to increase the capacity to heal through the arts.

The Arts and Healing Initiative originated from Ken Haller, MD (an A&E board member) who suggested that the Arts and Education Council should apply for the Missouri Foundation for Health’s special opportunity grant program. This was the first instance of support from the St. Louis health and medical community for arts and healing.

Dr. Haller is one of 17 advisory panel members that have provided critical guidance and support in the implementation of this new program.

While their disciplines and areas of expertise vary within the arts, healthcare and research fields, they share an excitement and passion for the arts serving as a tool for healing in the St. Louis community and beyond in subsequent years.

The Arts and Healing Initiative Advisory Panel includes: Briana Belfiore, Sense Corp; Rebeccah Bennett, InPower Institute; Jeffrey Carter, M.D., Arts and Education Council board member and Missouri Baptist Medical Center; Marty Casey, Show Me Arts Academy; Aaron Chamberlain, M.D., Washington University; Debbie Depew, D.O., St. Luke’s Medical Group; Vicki Friedman, Arts as Healing Foundation; Deidre Griffith, SSM Health; David Gutmann, M.D., Ph.D., Washington University Neurofibromatosis Center; Ken Haller, M.D., Saint Louis University; Terry Harris, Ph.D., Rockwood School District; Shawn Hayden, MO Southwest Initiative to Change Health; Lisa Higgins, MO Folk Arts; Kisha Lee, CareSTL; Melinda Novik, Ph.D., Missouri State University; Rev. Aaron Rogers, health equity consultant and Sheila Suderwalla, Artists First.

Beginning in February 2020, the Advisory Panel members have met monthly with Arts and Education Council staff and external evaluators from the Community Innovation and Action Center at University of Missouri

St. Louis. Together, they’ve worked to provide their expert input developing criteria and the grant application. They will also review applications and make recommendations for funding.

Now more than ever people will look for ways to heal, emotionally and physically, from a global pandemic and continued social unrest. This five-year initiative will provide data as to how the arts impact healing and serve those in highest need. This program will also serve as a model for other arts organizations when creating or funding arts and healing programs throughout the country.

The initiative will provide grants up to $10,000 to 501(c)(3) organizations who have a primary mission that is directly concerned with arts, arts education, healing and well-being.

Applications will be accepted through July 31. Learn more and apply at KeepArtHappening.org/ArtsandHealing.

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ANNUAL CAMPAIGN:

Employee engagement during COVID-19

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orkplace Giving Campaigns are the foundation of fundraising for the Arts and Education Council.

A typical Arts and Education Council workplace

EVENT:

Clothesline Art Show submissions close July 31

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he Arts and Education Council is seeking submissions for the inaugural Clothesline Art Show from St. Louis regional artists through July 31. Capturing a long-time

giving campaign is highly interactive with performances,

tradition where artists would gather and hang their work on

friendly competitions and gatherings. To address social

clotheslines to exhibit and sell, we hope to create a beloved

distancing and remote working environments, we have

and affordable art tradition putting “art within reach.”

created a new model for workplace giving campaigns that is designed for employee engagement specifically while many employees are working remotely.

Rhiannon Chavez, Arts and Education Council campaign

The Clothesline Art Show is a new, free community event that will feature a diverse collection of work by St. Louis artists at a range of price points to satisfy the seasoned collector as well as those who have never purchased local art before.

and events manager, created comprehensive arts content

Artists will receive 50% of their sales with the remaining 50%

available online to engage employees.

benefitting the many arts and arts education programs of the Arts and Education Council.

“The arts keep us connected and provide opportunities to have fun,” commented Chavez. “Whether you’re enjoying a

Open to artists 18+ in the St. Louis bi-state region. Galleries

short Arts Moment Video, or you are competing with your

may not participate. Artwork submission are open through

co-workers in arts trivia, we hope you’ll be reminded of how

July 31. For complete information about the Clothesline Art

much value the arts bring to our lives especially during

Show and to submit artwork visit KeepArtHappening.org/

difficult times.”

Clothesline.

Workplace giving campaigns raise over a third of the Arts and Education Council’s annual funding. Each year nearly 70 organizations receive Arts and Education Council support from workplace giving campaigns from employees who recognize that the arts are among our greatest assets, making our community a great place to live, work, learn and raise our families. Ameren Corporation, a long-time supporter of the Arts and Education Council will host their annual campaign with this new model in July.

Mark Lindgren, Ameren Corporation senior vice president of corporate communications and chief human resources

“St. Louis Honey Bears” This time last year, St. Louis native and street artist fnnch was painting the 50-foot mural “St. Louis Honey Bears” on the Centene Center for the Arts. The mural is an original artwork commissioned by the Gateway Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri.

Visit the mural at the Centene Center for the Arts at 3547 Olive Street. Tag the Arts and Education Council on social media we’d love to see your photos!

@Arts_Education_Council @ArtsAndEducation

@ArtEdStl #KeepArtHappening

officer, shared, “The arts bring us together and it’s through our workplace campaign that we remind ourselves every year

“St. Louis Honey Bears” include (clockwise from top left): Violin Bear, Fancy Bear, Artist Bear and Blues Bear. Violin Bear references Powell Hall, the Fox Theatre, and The Sheldon Concert Hall, all of which are nearby; Fancy Bear references St. Louis’s Gilded Age history and the 1904 World’s Fair; Artist Bear honors the Arts and Education Council’s Centene Center for the Arts on which the mural is painted; and Blues Bear commemorates the St. Louis Blues’ 2019 Stanley Cup victory.

of the important work of the Arts and Education Council. This is a different year, we’re not together like we normally are, but we need to support the arts now more than ever.”

Workplace Giving Campaigns provide an easy and efficient way to donate to the arts ensuring that the arts are supported and ready for our community when it is safe to gather again.

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.

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Circle of Giving

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

April 1, 2020 – June 31, 2020 $50,000+

$500 - $999

Centene Charitable Foundation Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. David H. Alpers $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. James A. Bast Ameren Corporation Ms. Ann M. Corrigan Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Epstein $10,000 - $24,999 John E. & Phyllis L. Evans Marillac Mission Fund Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Finerty Mary Ranken Jordan and Dr. Aurelia W. Hartenberger and Ettie A. Jordan Charitable Mr. Jeffrey L. Hartenberger Foundation Sally S. Levy Ms. Lisa Melandri and Mr. Jordan $5,000 - $9,999 Gaunce Commerce Bancshares Mrs. Marian Nunn and Foundation Mr. Thomas Wendel Ms. Jodi L. Foltz Gay Walsh & Associates, Inc. Eric P. & Evelyn E. Newman Foundation

2020 Board of Directors CHAIR Caren Vredenburgh VICE CHAIRS Curtis Cassel Kenneth Haller, M.D. SECRETARY Nicole Hudson TREASURER Deanna Hohman MEMBERS Mark C. Anderson Susan Block Sara B. Burke Sheila Burkett

Jeffrey Carter, M.D. Chris Cedergreen Kendall Coyne Chris Dornfeld Terrance J. Good Jason Hall Marcela Manjarrez Hawn Naretha Hopson C. Brendan Johnson Kenneth Kranzberg Linda Lee Brad Liebman Debbie Marshall Neuka B. Mitchell Gordon Myers Janet Newcomb

Kit Sundararaman Solomon Thurman, Jr. David Weiss Keith Tyrone Williams LIFETIME BOARD MEMBERS Len Eschbach Barbara B. Goodman EX-OFFICIO Cynthia A. Prost, President and CEO Alexandra Schenk, Young Friends of the Arts President

Young Friends of the Arts Board $2,500 - $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard T. Eschbach

$1,000 - $2,499 Mr. Mark C. Anderson and Ms. Cary D. Hobbs Mrs. Carol E. Carlson Mr. Jeffrey D. Carter, M.D. Gretta Forrester Mr. Terrance J. Good Mrs. Bettie S. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Mont S. Levy Drs. Dan & Susan Luedke Mr. R. Gordon Myers & Dr. Thiago Moulin Mrs. Janet W. Newcomb Mr. David P. Weiss

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 *deceased

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PRESIDENT Alexandra Schenk

SECRETARY Rebecca Punselie

VICE PRESIDENT Tara Campbell

TREASURER Carla Johnson

MEMBERS Natalie Calandro Anita Hansen Anthony Omosule Andrew Pandji Adam Stanley Jason Vasser-Elong Allison Zuck

Staff 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 AND DATABASE MANAGER Tonya Hahne

GRANTS AND PROGRAMS COORDINATOR Jessireé Jenkins DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Jessica Caldwell

BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER Debbie Akins

*Boards and staff as of July 1, 2020

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Supporting the Arts and Education Council ensures that the arts remain thriving, open and welcoming in the months and years to come. To make your gift, visit KeepArtHappening.org or contact Jessie Youngblood, Director of Development, at 314.289.4009 or Jessie-Y@KeepArtHappening.org.

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Gateway Men’s Chorus Intercultural Music Initiative Make Music St. Louis, Inc. Open Studio Network Prison Performing Arts SATE Sharon Hunter Productions St. Louis Classical Guitar Upstream Theater YoungLiars

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