BUILDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE ARTS 2019 ANNUAL REPORT
A PARTNERSHIP WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Arts lovers in Westchester advocated for arts funding at Westchester County’s annual budget hearings.
CONTENTS
ArtsWestchester 2019 Annual Report 4 From the CEO 7 Our Programs 8 Building and Restoration 11 Public Programs 12 Education 14 Gallery and Public Art
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Grants Marketing and Development Grantees Financials Board of Trustees Thank You to Our Supporters
The arts are fundamental to our humanity, our economy and the wellbeing of our society.
“Community is about doing something together that makes belonging matter.� - Brian Solis, businessman & author
FROM THE CEO
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Dear Friends of ArtsWestchester:
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If there is an underlying theme in our work in 2019, it is one of enlivening communities. Working together with artists and arts groups, we supported creative and compassionate arts activities throughout Westchester. With support from county and state government, our $1.3M grants program supported hundreds of community arts groups in both Westchester and Rockland Counties. With vital support from White Plains Hospital and Con Edison, ArtsWestchester launched the ArtsMobile, a groundbreaking program to bring hands-on arts activities to diverse communities throughout the County. Site visits to senior communities, family centers and housing projects served more than 2,200 children and adults in 2019. Through our public art and folk arts programs, we celebrated the vibrancy that both contemporary and traditional arts lend to our varied communities. ArtsWestchester brought art
activities to schools, mental health communities and neighborhoods all over Westchester. We thank all of you for your support and participation in ArtsWestchester’s growing community and encourage you to find new ways of getting involved next year! We need your help now more than ever. Cordially,
Janet T. Langsam CEO, ArtsWestchester
Street art by artist Wane One.
FROM THE PRESIDENT To the Many Friends, Supporters, Patrons and Lovers of the Arts:
Now at the end of 2019, our Young Adult Leadership Council, supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is designed to be a career and college readiness program for youth aged 16-21. I am proud to lead a diverse, creative and proactive group of individuals who take great pride in this organization and the incredible growth that it continues to foster in our community. Thank you all for your support throughout 2019,
Michael Minihan President, ArtsWestchester
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When ArtsWestchester first rolled out its Gotta Love the Arts campaign, it was with the intent of expanding people’s notions about what art is and what it can be. We wanted people to know that the arts include dancing in the streets, painting murals on construction barricades, drumming circles, Instagram Stories, poetry, folk arts and more! We wanted to help people to embrace their creativity. When it came to inspiring neighborhoods with activities led by professional artists, ArtsWestchester’s new ArtsMobile was there with hands-on activities designed for entire families to enjoy. Sometimes it was through painting, other times it was through clay projects, music or dance. Our pairing of professional artists with the new arts van brought free ArtsMobile activities to underserved communities throughout Westchester. Additionally, our Teen Tuesdays & Thursdays program continued to expand, providing a safe and inspiring place for teens to create and socialize in a free after-school arts program held in ArtsWestchester’s gallery.
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ENRICHING LIVES
THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS Chances are, if you or your children have gone to a local exhibition or performance, or have participated in an arts class or workshop in Westchester, your lives have been touched by ArtsWestchester’s programs and services.
GRANTS
support cultural programming and events for residents throughout Westchester and Rockland Counties.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
send artists into schools, community centers and human service organizations.
STEAM EDUCATION
prepares young people for the future by integrating arts into local school curriculums.
CULTURAL DIRECTORIES
provide direct access to information about the artists and cultural organizations that serve Westchester.
SCHOLARSHIPS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
provide support for students from low-income families.
helps artists and arts organizations with creative advancement and best practices.
SPECIAL NEEDS INITIATIVES
PUBLIC INFORMATION
FOLK ARTS
TRANSPORTATION
ARTS PARTNERSHIPS
CULTURAL TOURISM
expand arts opportunities for people with special needs.
foster collaborations with local municipalities, contributing to economic development and community vitality.
EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
showcase the arts at ArtsWestchester’s building in the heart of downtown White Plains.
brings seniors and students to Westchester cultural sites. positions Westchester County as a prime cultural destination, bringing visitors into the County.
PUBLIC ART
enriches the local environment, building community pride and establishing a sense of place.
LEFT PAGE: ArtsMobile in action at Refuge of Hope Church. RIGHT PAGE: Gallery visitors interact with artist Deborah Kirkun’s new media artwork “Lost and Found Items on the MTA, 2017-19” at the opening reception for ArtsWestchester’s Dataism exhibition. (photo credit: Leslye Smith)
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celebrate the cultural traditions of Westchester’s diverse communities.
builds audiences for the arts through the promotion of cultural events in print and digital formats.
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Building & Restoration
RESTORING OUR HISTORIC BUILDING
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IS A LABOR OF LOVE
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ArtsWestchester continued its renovations and improvements to its historic home at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue. With the objective of beautifying and branding its exterior façade, the building’s original first floor windows were enlivened with the addition of custom-designed brise soleils that feature ArtsWestchester’s logo. The custom-built window decor adds vibrancy to the uniform windows of the former bank, better aligning its exterior façade with the building’s present function as a home for the arts. Additionally, on the Martine Avenue side of the building, ArtsWestchester installed ground-level poster cases that allow the organization to better promote its arts events and programming to pedestrians and vehicle traffic in the City of White Plains. With climate change an ongoing concern, ArtsWestchester has successfully converted every light fixture in the building to energy-efficient LED lighting fixtures. This overhaul has allowed ArtsWestchester to reduce its overall electricity consumption while bringing a modern feel to its artist spaces and creative offices. Two new energyefficient air conditioners are also on the way. In addition to new lighting, ArtsWestchester converted several individual offices into a shared co-working entrepreneurial hub introduced by the White Plains-based company Koi Creative Spaces.
Located on the 5th floor, this newly designed space offers a creative office environment for local start-ups to establish and grow their businesses. ArtsWestchester now offers cutting-edge business space as an alternative to Manhattan.
LEFT PAGE: Installation artist Amanda Browder working with BOCES student Leslie Valdovinos for Browder’s upcoming public art installation (photo credit: Aaron Paige) RIGHT PAGE: Street mural by artist Wane One in front of ArtsWestchester’s historic building (photo credit: Debbie Scates)
LOVE WHERE THEY LIVE 69% of the population believe the arts “lift me up beyond everyday experiences.” 1
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ARTS MAKE PEOPLE
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ARTS & CULTURE
UNIFY COMMUNITIES 73% agree that the arts “help me understand other cultures better.”2
Public Programs
GIVING VOICE TO
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
alternative and chosen families through analysis of film, photography and performance. Participants included children’s book illustrator Todd Parr, director Stephen Winter, Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee and Dr. Drew Sawyer. In September, ArtsWestchester collaborated with the City of White Plains and the White Plains BID to present its annual JazzFest White Plains, featuring 24 performances at 13 diverse venues. The five-day festival reached its largest audience to date, with 4,200+ jazz enthusiasts.
LEFT PAGE: Dancers from Nalini Rau’s Natya Anubhava Academy during Performing Families event in ArtsWestchester’s gallery (photo credit: Tim Grajek) RIGHT PAGE: Camille Thurman performs at JazzFest White Plains 2019 (photo credit: Tim Grajek)
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ArtsWestchester’s Folk Arts program presented a total of nine programs in 2019, including a Lunar New Year Festival with traditional Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese performances and workshops. In April and May, ArtsWestchester presented Performing Families, a program series that coupled performance with moderated discussions about traditional arts and kinship. Participants represented traditions from Mexico, India, Benin and Korea, as well as New York’s LGBTQ ball scene and a local step dance team. In conjunction with Paraguayan Independence Day, ArtsWestchester presented Westchester County’s first-ever exhibition of Paraguayan arts and crafts, and a festival of Paraguayan dance and music, both developed in partnership with the General Consulate of Paraguay, the White Plains Public Library and Emelin Theatre. In June, in conjunction with Westchester Pride, ArtsWestchester presented The Art of Runway Walking in partnership with the LOFT: LGBT Center. Folk Arts programs reached a total audience of 2,500+ individuals. ArtsWestchester’s 2019 Modern Families exhibition was complemented by a six-program series funded, in part, by a Humanities NY Action Grant, that examined the social history of
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Education Programs
INSPIRING YOUTH
THROUGH THE ARTS
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With funding from White Plains Hospital and Con Edison, ArtsWestchester launched its ArtsMobile program, which provides arts activities to those who have little or no access to the arts. The program served 2,200 individuals, including seniors, children and families throughout 2019, providing free visual arts experiences at diverse community locations.
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ArtsWestchester continued to provide communities throughout Westchester with shortand long-term artist residencies. These programs brought art into schools as a way of enhancing existing curriculum with hands-on performing, literary and visual art activities. Throughout the year, ArtsWestchester’s community education program also served individuals who struggle with mental challenges by providing creative activities for clients of mental health services. ArtsWestchester’s Teen Tuesdays & Thursdays drop-in program for 11-17 year-olds was expanded. The free weekly after-school program provided teens with arts activities and discussions about contemporary issues. The program provides a safe and inspiring space for youth to collaborate and socialize with each other. It is supported by major grants from the Wiener Family Philanthropy, Wells Fargo and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Community Partners: Coachman Homeless Shelter; White Plains Youth Bureau; White Plains Housing Authority Sites; Slater Center; Step-Up Program; Boys and Girls Club of Mt. Kisco; Boys and Girls Club of Mt. Vernon; Boys and Girls Club of New Rochelle; Children’s Village, Dobbs Ferry; North American Family Institute; White Plains School District; Greenburgh School District; Carver Center, Port Chester; St. Christopher’s Inc., Dobbs Ferry; Family Services of Westchester, White Plains.
LEFT PAGE: The ArtsMobile visits the Peekskill Senior Center. RIGHT PAGE: Prestige Step Team performs at ArtsWestchester’s “Performing Families II: The Art of Runway and Step” event (photo credit: Tim Grajek)
72% of business leaders say creativity is of high importance when hiring.3
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ARTS SPARK CREATIVITY
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ARTS IMPROVE WELLBEING 81% of the population say the arts are a “positive experience in a troubled world.”4
Gallery & Public Art
EXPANDING PERSPECTIVES
THROUGH THE ARTS
Companies (GDC) in White Plains. In addition to the sculpture commission, ArtsWestchester worked with GDC to acquire interior sculptures, paintings and prints by Hudson Valley regional artists for its 50 Main Street property. Rounding out the organization’s public art efforts for 2019 was a mural project with LMC, a Lennar company, which brought six colorful murals to the temporary construction walls of 60 South Broadway in White Plains.
LEFT PAGE: Gallery visitor Sheila McArdle observes Derek Lerner’s “Asvirus 111,” which was on view in ArtsWestchester’s Dataism exhibition (photo credit: Leslye Smith) RIGHT PAGE: Artist Wane One working on his South Broadway White Plains street mural (photo credit: Will Bermingham)
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2019 was a year of memorable arts programming that engaged diverse audiences and expanded ArtsWestchester’s capacity to serve the greater Westchester community through exhibitions, performances and public art. Opening the exhibition season was Modern Families, a photography exhibition that focused the camera lens on the “families we’re given and the families we choose.” Rarely-exhibited group portraits by Harlem Renaissance photographer James Van Der Zee were presented alongside contemporary photographers who illuminate the diverse definitions of family in our communities. The exhibition was supported with a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Also supported by the NEA with a $30,000 grant, DATAISM featured artists who use data and data collecting in their artistic practices to probe present realities and reimagine the future. In addition to our in-gallery activities, ArtsWestchester’s curatorial staff worked with the private and public sectors to expand public art in Westchester. They worked with the New York State Thruway Authority to identify artists for 10 commissioned works of art for the shared use path of the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. Winners were also selected for large-scale public sculpture commissions at 42 Broad Street with Alexander Development Group in Mount Vernon, and at 50 Main Street with Ginsburg Development
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Grants
INVESTING IN
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LOCAL COMMUNITIES In 2019, ArtsWestchester distributed over $1.3 million in funding to organizations and individual artists across Westchester and Rockland. ArtsWestchester’s grants programs are supported by funding from Westchester County Government and New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and are designed to increase organizational capacity, enhance cultural and educational programming, and support individual artists in the creation of new work. In total, 228 grants were awarded in 2019. Education programs that were funded with these grants in 2019 include art workshops for youth and adults at the Pelham Art Center (Pelham), a summer conservancy program for aspiring opera singers led by Taconic Opera (Yorktown Heights), and performing arts training for youth and teens at the Tarrytown Music Hall (Tarrytown). In Fall 2019, 51 arts organizations participated in the Art$WChallenge matching grant program, which leveraged County funding to raise $353,189 in new, private donations. ArtsWestchester also provided in-depth technical assistance and professional development opportunities to the cultural community, including programs on legal and
copyright law for artists, strategy and planning for small organizations, and funding opportunities presented by A.R.T. NY and New York Foundation for the Arts. *See page 20 for the full list of 2019 grantees.
LEFT PAGE: Off Center Dance Theatre (photo courtesy of Off Center Dance Theatre) RIGHT PAGE: Conductor Rachael Worby, concertmaster Robert
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THE ARTS BOOST THE ECONOMY
The nonprofit arts industry alone generates $166.3 billion in economic activity annually in the U.S.5
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THE ARTS DRIVE TOURISM 68% of tourism in the U.S. is driven by art. Research shows that cultural tourists spend nearly twice as much as other tourists do. 6
Marketing & Development
SPREADING THE WORD
ABOUT ALL THINGS ARTS & CULTURE ArtsWestchester’s marketing and development teams worked together to create marketing materials for signature events and programs such as the Arts Award Luncheon, ArtsBash, JazzFest, Public Art, Community Education programs, the Golf Outing and Gala. In fact, ArtsWestchester’s 2019 Golf Outing broke its fundraising record by raising more than $100K in proceeds for the organization.
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Throughout 2019, ArtsWestchester focused much of its marketing and public relations efforts on building the ArtsWestchester brand and growing arts audiences through digital media platforms and in-person events. Throughout the year, much effort was focused on producing compelling online, video and social media content that highlighted the artists, arts programs and cultural events presented by ArtsWestchester and its affiliate arts organizations. The arts council also launched a ”Gotta Love the Arts” social media and print ad campaign that aims to broaden the ways in which people think about arts and culture. ArtsWestchester connected people to the arts community through its artsw.org website, its comprehensive calendar, monthly ArtsNews publication, weekly e-newsletter and social media. Through its weekly Arts(e)News email, which features a “Top 5 Arts Picks,” ArtsWestchester delivered more than 250 cultural happenings directly to people’s inboxes throughout the year. Through strategic partnerships with Westchester Business Journal and Examiner Media newspapers, ten issues of ArtsNews, were published and distributed throughout Westchester as a means of promoting the arts events, exhibitions and classes of affiliate arts organizations. ArtsNews was also redesigned to give it a more contemporary look.
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2019 ARTSWESTCHESTER GRANTEES
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ORGANIZATIONS Actors Conservatory Theatre Arc Stages ArchForKids Axial Theatre Ballet des Amériques School & Company Bedford Playhouse Bethany Arts Community Black Marble Duo Blue Door Art Center Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts CareerVisions Chappaqua Orchestra Chiku Awali African Dance, Arts & Culture Clay Art Center CLC Foundation Clocktower Players Copland House Cross Cultural Connection Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library Downtown Music at Grace The Emelin Theatre for the Performing Arts Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers Friends of Music Concerts GoJo Clan Productions Gooseberry-Studio/Night Multimedia Art Greenburgh Public Library Hamm & Clov Stage Company Hammond Museum Harrigan Educational & Cultural Center Inc. Harrison Public Library Foundation Haverstraw RiverArts Fund Historic Hudson Valley Hoff-Barthelson Music School Hudson Stage Company Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art Hudson Valley Writers Center India Center of Westchester Jacob Burns Film Center Jazz Forum Arts
Katonah Museum of Art Lagond Music School Little Radical Theatrics Lyndhurst, A National Trust for Historic Preservation Mamaroneck Artists Guild Mount Kisco Arts Council Mount Vernon Friends of Recreation Mount Vernon Public Library Music Conservatory of Westchester Mustafa Music Foundation Neuberger Museum of Art New Rochelle Council on the Arts New Rochelle Opera New Westchester Symphony Orchestra Northern Star Quilters’ Guild Nowodworski Foundation Nyack Library OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates Ossining Documentary & Discussion Series Ossining Public Library Paramount Hudson Valley Arts Peekskill Arts Alliance Pelham Art Center The Picture House Regional Film Center Piermont Straus Foundation PJS Jazz Society The Play Group Theater Purchase College Foundation Rehabilitation Through the Arts The Revelators River River Writers Circle Rivertowns Art Council Rivertowns Village Green Rockland Camerata Rockland County Pride Center The Rye Arts Center The Schoolhouse Theater & Art Center Sidra Bell Dance New York Songcatchers Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation Symphony of Westchester Taconic Opera
Tarrytown Music Hall Thomas H. Slater Center Threefold Educational Foundation & School Untermyer Performing Arts Council Urban Studios Unbound Warner Library Wartburg Home of the Evangelical Lutheran Church West Third Street Dance/Debra Weiss Dance Company Westchester Children’s Chorus Westchester Children’s Museum The Westchester Chordsmen Westchester Collaborative Theater Westchester Italian Cultural Center Westchester Philharmonic Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services White Plains Performing Arts Center White Plains Public Library Foundation YoFi Digital Media Art Center YoFi Fest Yonkers Arts Youth Theatre Interactions ARTISTS Haifa Bint-Kadi Andrea Elam Lindsey Francis Jeffrey Friedberg Sandra Wong Geroux Janet Grice Niara Flax Jordan Gina Kingsley Dawn Leone Conor MacCallan-Finkelman Pablo Mayor John Morton Fereshta Ramsey Dene Ross Tessa Rossi Pamela Sklar
Craig Smith Arlene Sorensen Eve Soto Peter Strasser MJ Territo Rebecca Thomas Pamela Tucker James Williams
*list as of December 31, 2019
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ARTIST RESIDENCIES & SERVICES Arc of Westchester Battle Hill Houses Clear View Cluster, Inc. Grace Plaza Senior Housing Greenburgh Central School District Hope House Institute of Applied Human Dynamics Jawonio Ludlow Commons Mamaroneck Towers Murray Avenue School Phelps Addiction Treatment Services Rockland Psychiatric Center Mt. Vernon Rockland Psychiatric Center- Yonkers Rockland Psychiatric CenterPeekskill Rockland Psychiatric Center White Plains Sandford Terrace Shiloh Senior Housing Saint Vincent’s Hospital PROS Program Sterling Community Center (Mental Health Assoc. of Westchester) The Learning Experience Westchester County Dept of Correction - CORE program Westchester Jewish Community Services - Mary J. Blige Center Westhab - Coachman Westhab - Dayspring Westhab - Vernon Plaza Family Center Youth Shelter Program of Westchester YWCA of White Plains & Central Westchester
Artist Ann Ladd painting her South Broadway White Plains 21 street mural (photo credit: Will Bermingham)
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2019 FINANCIALS ArtsWestchester has an excellent reputation as a fiscally sound organization. Over time, it has increased the County regrant pool and, with tremendous advocacy efforts, maintained level County support for the past nine years. ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents Accounts receivable Rent receivable
2019
2018
$769,388
$453,980
343,638
460,997
8,568
124,931
Campaign pledges receivable, net
335,039
411,256
Grants receivable, capital
271,610
172,041
Grants receivable, operating
649,642
611,124
1,573,555
1,601,516
Funds held in trust, rental security deposits
91,585
86,860
Prepaid expenses
74,189
94,035
527,866
529,403
74,543
67,850
6,891,435
6,865,313
$11,611,058
$11,479,306
2019
2018
$25,653 255,848 926,717
$13,300 286,583 636,523
931,266 0 91,585 1,896,893
1,080,751 8,575 86,860 1,981,418
Marketable securities
Cash designated for long-term use, campaign Restricted cash, IDA financing Building and equipment, net Total assets
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
2019 SOURCES OF INCOME
Westchester County 32% $1,578,500
Program Income 5% $248,404
Corporate & Foundation 21% $1,056,362
Board Giving 4% $171,633
Building Income 11% $541,491
Int/Div/Misc 4% $199,740
Special Events – Net 11% $523,797
Media/Advertising 3% $161,560
NEA/NYSCA/NYS 7% $357,075
Mem/Indiv Giving 2% $109,828
2019 USE OF FUNDS
Liabilities: Notes payable Accounts payable and accrued expenses Grants payable Grant funds and contracts for services not yet expended Deferred rent revenue Security deposits payable Long-term debt (note 3) Total liabilities
4,127,962
4,094,010
Net assets:
Total net assets Total liabilities and net assets
6,815,507 667,589
6,622,423 762,873
7,483,096 7,385,296 $11,611,058 $11,479,306
Public Information Services 14% $757,952 Building Expenses 14% $720,583 Administration 12% $657,955 Services to Education & Community 11% $549,783
LEFT PAGE: Bernard Snyder performing at Family ArtsBash (photo credit: John Vecchiolla) Footnotes: 1. Americans for the Arts. 10 Reasons to Support the Arts 2020. Retrieved Aug 2020 from https://www.americansforthearts.org/2020/03/23/10-reasons-tosupport-the-arts-in-2020 2. Americans for the Arts. 10 Reasons to Support the Arts 2020. Retrieved Aug 2020 from https://www.americansforthearts.org/2020/03/23/10reasons-to-support-the-arts-in-2020 3. Americans for the Arts. 10 Reasons to Support the Arts 2020. Retrieved Aug 2020 from https://www.americansforthearts. org/2020/03/23/10-reasons-to-support-the-arts-in-2020 4. Americans for the Arts. Americans Speak Out About the Arts in 2018. Retrieved Aug. 2020 from https://www. americansforthearts.org/by-program/reports-and-data/research-studies-publications/public-opinion-poll 5. Americans for the Arts. Arts and Economic Prosperity 5 Report. Retrieved Aug. 2020 from www.americansforthearts.org/by-program/reports-and-data/research-studies-publications/arts-economic-prosperity-5 6. Americans for the Arts. Arts + Social Impact Explorer Fact Sheet. Arts + Tourism. Retrieved Aug. 2020 form www.americansforthearts.org/socialimpact
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Without donor restrictions With donor restrictions (note 14)
Services & Grants to Arts Organizations & Artists 49% $2,549,195
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2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEES John R. Peckham Chairman
Michael Minihan President
Glenn Bianco Co-Treasurer
Joseph P. Oates Vice Chairman
Deborah Simon Secretary
Joseph McCoy Co-Treasurer
John Barnes Senior Vice President Reckson, a Division of SL Green Realty
Taryn Duffy Director of Public Affairs Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts
Michael Madonia Vice President M&T Bank
Froma Benerofe Arts Patron
Barbara Elliot Arts Patron
Thomas Manisero Partner Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
Bruce Berg CEO Cappelli Organization Yaniv Blumenfeld Founder Glacier Global Partners Catherine Borgia – ex-officio Legislator John Brathwaite President PJS Jazz Society Natasha Caputo – ex-officio Director Westchester County Office of Tourism & Film Mack Carter Executive Director White Plains Housing Authority
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Catherine Cioffi – ex-officio Director of Communications Office of the County Executive
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Mark Ettenger President Emelin Theatre Genia Flammia Board President Youth Theatre Interactions Helen Gates Strategic Planning & Marketing Emily Grant Arts Patron LaRuth Gray Scholar-in-Residence NYU Steinhardt
Janet T. Langsam, Chief Executive Officer
Sondra Craine Salley Arts Patron
Richard J. Martinelli COO/Group Publisher Westchester Magazine Robert McGuinness Asset Manager Kite Realty Group
Frank A. Schettino Managing Partner Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP Judith S. Schwartz Professor of Arts and Profession New York University Hannah Shmerler Arts Patron Leah Sills Arts Patron
Barbara Z. Monohan Arts Patron Nick Moore Creative Director The Idea Network
Karen Greenspan Arts Patron
Jean Newton Executive Director Music Conservatory of Westchester
A. Maren Hexter Arts Patron
Nataly Ritter Arts Patron
Betty Himmel Arts Patron
Martin Rogowsky Rogowsky Management
Marie Smith Clienteling Manager Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Crista Tucker Wealth Advisor Wells Fargo Jacqueline A. Walker Arts Patron Robert Wiener Chairman MAXX Properties
Margaret Cunzio – ex-officio Legislator
Andrew Katell Arts Patron
Gerard Curran President BellCurr LLC
Farooq Kathwari Chairman and CEO Ethan Allan Global, Inc.
Burt Fealing
Armando Rodriguez
Kenneth J. Gould
Linda Sanford
Donald H. McCree
Jamie L. Shenkman
Marvin Krislov President Pace University
William Mooney
Michael Smith
Martin Oppenheimer
Robert Weisz
Kevin Plunkett
Peter W. Wilcox
Kenneth Dell Orto Director of Market Affairs Entergy Services, LLC
EMERITI BOARD
Stephen V. Reitano
RIGHT PAGE: ArtsBash 2019 (photo credit: Leslye Smith)
THANK YOU TO ARTSWESTCHESTER’S 2019 SUPPORTERS
Individual donations, advertising and ticket sales as well as participation in, and sponsorship of, activities such as the Annual Golf Outing, Gala and ArtsBash make this work possible. artsw.org/donate
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LEADERS ($500,000+) County of Westchester
FOUNDERS ($100,000+) Alexander Development Group
NYS Dormitory Authority
Ginsburg Development Companies LLC
White Plains Hospital
New NY Bridge Community Benefits Program
Robert R. Wiener Philanthropy
PACESET TERS ($ 25,000+) Joseph & Sophia Abeles Foundation, Inc. Bank of America Froma & Andrew Benerofe Con Edison Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts Entergy Betty Himmel Farooq Kathwari, Ethan Allen Interiors
LMC - A Lennar Company New York State Council on the Arts Yvonne Pollack Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Nataly & Toby Ritter National Endowment for the Arts Leah Sills, Sills Family Foundation Smart Family Foundation of New York
The Westchester Jacqueline & Arthur Walker Wells Fargo Lucille Werlinich, Joseph & Sophia Abeles Foundation Westchester Magazine Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP Yonkers Contracting
PARTNERS ($10,000+) Galleria White Plains Emily Grant A. Maren Hexter David C. Hochberg
Jacob Burns Foundation M&T Bank Memorial Sloan Kettering John Peckham, Peckham Industries, Inc.
Reckson, A Division of SL Green Realty Venu Magazine Westchester County Business Journal
SUSTAINERS ($5,000+) AARP New York Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP Apple Bank Atlantic Westchester Glenn & Mary Ellen Bianco BX3 Capital The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation Macerich Co. Cross County Shopping Center Curtis Instruments, Inc. Barbara & Paul Elliot Ference-Gray Insurance Brokerage, LLC First American Title Insurance Company Helen Gates Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein, LLP
Karen & Andrew Greenspan, GHP Office Realty LLC Donald Herdrich Patricia & James Houlihan, Houlihan-Parnes Realtors, LLC The Journal News Katonah Museum of Art Key Bank The Liman Foundation Richard Martinelli Neiman Marcus Barbara Z. Monohan Nordstrom Northern Westchester Hospital
NYS Parks, Rec. & Hist. Preservation Joseph Oates Pace University PKF O’Connor Davies Ridge Hill Martin L. Rogowsky Peter Scherrer, AvPORTS Hannah & Walter Shmerler Deborah & Alan Simon Marie & Michael Smith TD Bank Thompson & Bender Westchester Medical Center
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FOUNDING FRIENDS ($2,500+ )
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Benchmark Title Agency Berkeley College Blank Rome Attorneys Brown & Weinraub, PLLC Cappelli Organization ConnectOne Bank Const. Ind. Council of West. & Hudson Valley Culbertson Company of New York Bonnie Bell-Curran & Gerard Curran D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP DY Consultants John Fareri Gianfia Corp. (As of November 1, 2019)
Greenwich Hospital HSBC Bank USA, N.A. IDS Jacob White Construction Kite Realty Group Janet T. Langsam Lothrop Associates LLP Architects MasterCard International, Inc. Karin & Burt Meyers Million Air Victoria Morris New York Council for the Humanities PCSB Bank
People’s United Bank Premiere Business Innovations Purchase College SUNY R. Pugni & Sons, Inc. River Spring Health Sondra C. Salley Sara L. Schupf Seasafe Aero Services, Inc. TC Electric LLC Jill Sandford & Rocco Totino, Grassi & Co. Turtle & Hughes, Inc. Verde Electric Corp. The Westchester Bank
SUPPORTERS, FRIENDS ($1,000+ ) Mary Aavar Barbara A. Abeles James R. Alperin American Panel Tec Ascent Aviation Group Bruce Berg Rick Birdoff Bloomingdale’s Yaniv Blumenfeld Bright Energy Services C&S Companies Leslie Cecil Chatham Management Company, Inc. Cohn Reznick LLP Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses Cuddy & Feder LLP David Wilkes Law Group ECCO III Enterprises, Inc.
ENT and Allergy Associates LLP Mark Ettenger Judith Evnin First Flight LaRuth H. Gray H.J.Kalikow & Co., LLC Historic Hudson Valley Houlihan & O’Malley Real Estate Services, Inc. The Hudson Valley Writers Center Insuregy Agency, Inc. Leona Kern George M. Klett Teresa Kump Leghorn Levitt-Fuirst Associates Macy’s O. Anthony Maddalena William Mooney National Realty & Development Corp.
New York AREA OLA Consulting Engineers PJS Jazz Society Power Resources International, Inc. Professional Group Marketing Gerry Ritterman Robert Martin Company Lori Rotskoff RPW Group Saber Real Estate Advisors David Sachs Judith S. Schwartz Scully Construction Silverman Realty Group Titan Aviation Fuels Wesport Arts Center Win Properties Inc.
PATRONS ($500 + ) Abigail Kirsch Culinary Productions African American Men of Westchester Wendy Blum Renee Brown David Buchwald Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Capital One The Care of Trees Carmel Car & Limo Central Industries, Inc. Champion Combustion Corp. Chicago Title Insurance Company Betty Cotton Country Bank D & B Engineers and Architects, P.C Kenneth Dell Orto The Emelin Theatre ENBRIDGE Framings Event Design Joan Gilbert
Marilyn Glass Glenmede Janet Harckham John Greco, BVGK Law Susan Hock Hudson Valley MOCA Imperial Floors JMC Site Development Consultants The Kensico Cemetery Jules Kroll Laura Li Industries, LLC Lippolis Electric, Inc. T.P.U. Local One IATSE Magna Dry Cleaning & Restoration Myron Meadow Minskoff Grant Realty & Management Corp. Katherine Moore Nexgen Municipal, Inc. Linda Nisselson Oak and Oil
Paraco Gas Corp. The Parkside Group LLC PE Control Services, Ltd. PerBar Companies Pollan Mauner & Wess Romanoff Equities Signature Bank Roy Stillman Strategic Services, Inc. Switch Inc. Tectonic Engineering & Surveying Consultants, PC Three-D Industrial Maintenance Corp Katherine Vockins Joyce Wenglowski White Plains Housing Authority Debbie Wolf David Yawman
BENEFACTORS ($250 + ) Joseph B. McCoy Alan L. Model Edward Morgan Richela Morgan Neuberger Museum of Art Our Ideaworks LLC Benjamin J. Palancia PASI Petro Real Estate Development Corp. Patricia Pickering Paul Plaine Harriet Rader Dyan Rosenberg
Laurie Saylak Joel Seligman Richard Spitz Robert Sterling Warshauer Mellusi Warshauer Architects p.c Wartburg Westex Pest Management Westmore Fuel Elizabeth K. Whitney Cyril Wyse Youth Theatre Interactions, Inc Zeiss Group
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Artist Daniel Carello works on his mural in downtown White Plains, a public art partnership between ArtsWestchester and LMC, a Lennar Company (photo credit: Will Bermingham)
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