Gala 2020 Journal

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In times like these, we need the arts more than ever.


HERO BENEFAC TOR

WE SALUTE THIS YEAR’S ARTSWESTCHESTER AWARD WINNERS Kenneth Jenkins Kevin Plunkett Jeffrey Haydon

Thank you for your outstanding leadership in the cultural community.


FROM THE CEO

Janet T. Langsam (photo credit: Leslye Smith)

One of the most cherished aspects of living in Westchester is the exceptional and boundless cultural opportunities we enjoy as residents of every age and income. Whether through literature, music, dance or through artwork viewed in museums or galleries, the arts have always sustained us, and they always will. The power of the arts helps transcend the fear of this current COVID crisis. Facing devastating financial losses and an uncertain future however, the arts are suffering like never before and it is our job to save them. That’s why we’re here tonight. We applaud Entergy as our 2020 corporate honoree which, in its 20 plus years in Westchester, has been the ultimate corporate citizen. Entergy even made it possible for the legendary jazz great Wynton Marsalis to be with us tonight. With gratitude, we also celebrate three arts champions who have stuck by us in good times and bad with their extraordinary arts leadership: Deputy County Executive Kenneth Jenkins; Kevin J. Plunkett, former Deputy County Executive, now Director of Strategic Initiatives, Simone Development Companies and Jeffrey P. Haydon, President & CEO of the prestigious Ravinia Festival and former CEO of Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. Thank you one and all for joining us tonight. With your vital help, ArtsWestchester will be able to continue to keep the arts in all their forms alive and well in Westchester…And we will be able to say we did it together.

– Janet T. Langsam

CEO, ArtsWestchester

FROM THE PRESIDENT

Michael Minihan (photo credit: Leslye Smith)

Today, the survival of many Westchester County arts organizations is at stake – shuttered theatres, empty museums, and cancelled performances have resulted in staggering losses of revenue. Many will never open their doors again. As the county’s largest funder of the arts, ArtsWestchester is committed to keeping the arts alive during and after COVID. With your help, when this pandemic ends, our wonderful, beautiful and inspiring arts world of Westchester will emerge to renew our spirits as only the arts can. Please keep believing that the arts really do matter…they reflect our humanity, our culture and our diversity. They help us recover from grief, express our joy, and understand the world. They are an indispensable tool for healing and a mirror of our society. Please join us as never before to safeguard the cultural life of this county with your continued support of ArtsWestchester. Thank you for sharing this virtual celebration with us because the arts really do matter.

– Michael Minihan President, ArtsWestchester

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ARTSWESTCHESTER BOA R D O F DI R EC T O R S Michael Minihan, President

John Peckham, Chairman

Janet Langsam, Chief Executive Officer ArtsWestchester

President & CEO Peckham Industries, Inc.

John Barnes Senior Vice President Reckson

Taryn E. Duffy Director of Public Affairs Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts

*Froma B. Benerofe Arts Patron

Barbara Elliot Arts Patron

Bruce Berg CEO Cappelli Organization

Mark Ettenger President Emelin Theatre

Yaniv Blumenfeld Founder Glacier Global Partners

Genia Flammia Board Presideant Youth Theatre Interactions

Catherine Borgia – ex-officio Legislator

Dawn French Senior Vice President Marketing & Community Outreach White Plains Hospital

Natasha Caputo – ex-officio Director Westchester County Office of Tourism & Film

Emily Grant Arts Patron

Mack Carter Executive Director White Plains Housing Authority

*LaRuth Gray Scholar-in-Residence NYU Steinhardt

Catherine Cioffi – ex-officio Director of Communications Office of the County Executive

Karen Greenspan Arts Patron

Margaret Cunzio – ex-officio Legislator Gerard Curran President BellCurr LLC Laura deBuys President & Executive Director The Picture House Kenneth Dell Orto Director of Market Affairs Entergy Services, LLC Troy DeVries General Manager, Electric Operations Con Edison

*A. Maren Hexter Arts Patron *Betty Himmel Arts Patron Andrew Katell Arts Patron

Richard Martinelli Secretary & Treasurer Today Media

Leah Sills Arts Patron Deborah Simon Arts Patron Marie Smith Arts Patron

Joseph McCoy Region Manager, SVP People’s United Bank

Dave Steck Executive Director YoFi Fest, Inc.

Robert McGuinness Asset Manager Kite Realty Group

Waddell Stillman Executive Director Historic Hudson Valley

Barbara Z. Monohan Arts Patron

Bernard Thombs President Bernard Raymond Incorporated

Nick Moore Creative Director The Idea Network

Rocco Totino Partner Grassi & Co.

Nataly Ritter Arts Patron Martin Rogowsky Rogowsky Management

Crista Tucker Wealth Advisor Wells Fargo

Sondra Craine Salley Arts Patron

*Jacqueline A. Walker Arts Patron

Judith S. Schwartz Arts Patron

Robert Wiener Chairman MAXX Properties

Hannah Shmerler Arts Patron

Farooq Kathwari Chairman and CEO Ethan Allan Global, Inc.

*Past President

Marvin Krislov President Pace University Michael Madonia Vice President M&T Bank

Opposite page: ArtsWestchester board members and public art partners help to unveil a street mural by artist Wane One in front of ArtsWestchester’s building in White Plains (photo credit: Mary Alice Franklin) PAGE 4

Thomas Manisero Partner Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

EMERITI BOARD Glenn Bianco

Kevin J. Plunkett

**Richard B. Dannenberg

Stephen V. Reitano

Burt Fealing

Armando Rodriguez

Kenneth J. Gould

Linda Sanford

Donald H. McCree

Jamie L. Shenkman

William Mooney

Michael Smith

**George C. Newlin

Robert Weisz

Joseph P. Oates

Peter W. Wilcox

Martin Oppenheimer

**Deceased


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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. PAGE 6 IMG_9738


AR TS WESTCHESTER

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Maskquerade Gala

A WORD FROM OUR 2020 GALA CHAIRS As the 2020 ArtsWestchester Maskquerade Gala Co-Chairs, we are honored and humbled to champion an organization that exemplifies and amplifies the sustaining power of the arts. The arts can touch and heal the soul, inspire and unite a community, afford opportunities to express one’s ideals and serve as a call to action. We salute ArtsWestchester and ask all to join us in realizing the full power of the arts for everyone in our community.�

Marie and Michael Smith, Gala Co-Chairs

-Marie and Michael Smith

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Entergy Co rporate Award The Corporate Award celebrates a company that has enriched Westchester through innovative arts and business partnerships, significantly contributing to the cultural community in meaningful and measurable ways. Entergy came into our lives in 2000 when they purchased Indian Point Energy Center. As a New Orleans company, they knew how to win the hearts of us New Yorkers. Jazz and Art was the magic formula. Thus, began the powerful partnership with two primary arts organizations—Jazz at Lincoln Center and ArtsWestchester. And, yes-- with its generous embrace and corporate citizenship, Entergy support became transformational to both organizations. And that’s not all. With more than $30 million in contributions, their generosity has touched more than 100 organizations, large and small in Westchester and beyond, such as the Daisy Jopling Foundation, Music Conservatory of Westchester, Hudson River Museum, White Plains Performing Arts Center and Historic Hudson Valley’s The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze. Entergy also gave major support for the restoration of the 1930s historic Paramount Hudson Valley to its former glory. All this, in addition to major support of the Westchester Library System and the Hendrick Hudson Free Library. Entergy’s 20 years of significant investment in the cultural and the nonprofit sectors has been a powerful example for other corporations. As Entergy phases out their business interests in Westchester, its legacy is assured by their deep, meaningful commitment to our community. Their efforts helped to make Westchester better by fostering equity, social justice, community-building, education and accessibility of the arts in under-resourced areas in the county. ArtsWestchester is proud to salute this extraordinary corporation and the many Entergy colleagues and friends we have worked with over the years, especially the formidable Kenneth Theobalds, Vice President of Government & Regulatory Affairs. Thank you for recognizing that art and culture defines a community. Thank you for understanding that the arts are an economic driver that boost cultural tourism and… Thank you for understanding that the arts feed the soul of a country and can help us all heal in this challenging time. PAGE 8

Kenneth Theobalds at ArtsWestchester’s annual golf outing (photo credit: Leslye Smith)

ARTSWESTCHESTER SALUTES


After 20 years and $30 million in contributions to more than 100 organizations, we hope that our legacy is one of a more equitable and inclusive Westchester community that is enlivened by a strong arts infrastructure and arts opportunities for all.

-Kenneth Theobalds

TOP: White Plains Performing Arts Center’s youth theater production of The Lion King Jr (photo credit Kathleen Davisson) BOTTOM (l to r): Former ArtsWestchester board member Marc Potkin, Vice President of Power Marketing at Entergy at ArtsWestchester’s gala (photo source: ArtsWestchester); Former ArtsWestchester board member Terry Weir, Director of Materials, Purchasing and Contracts at Entergy (photo courtesy of Terry Weir); Debbie Fay, Senior Specialist Governmental Affairs at Entergy, with Joe Brown (photo by spontaneousbeauty.com, courtesy of Daisy Jopling Foundation)

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Kenneth Jenkins at ArtsWestchester’s Arts Award 2018 lunccheon (photo credit: Margaret Fox)

ARTSWESTCHESTER SALUTES

Kenneth Jenkins Westchester Deputy County Executive

L e a d e rsh ip Award The Leadership Award recognizes those who have made extraordinary contributions to the quality of life in Westchester through support of the arts. As Deputy County Executive, former Chairman, and member of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, Kenneth Jenkins has put forth a great deal of time and effort to expand the County’s vision of the arts to include many forms of creative expression that organically spring forth from the grassroots community. Jenkins has strengthened the public-private partnership between the arts and government by supporting innovative programs, particularly those for our underserved communities, recognizing the arts as a critical economic engine. Jenkins was instrumental in launching the very successful “Yonkers Arts Initiative,” an innovative approach to promoting arts in the City. Jenkins has been a leader in Democratic politics for over 25 years. During that time he has been actively engaged in serving the public and the community through his work on key committees, and as a leader in cultural and ethnic diversity issues. Jenkins is a people-person, and nowhere is that more evident than in his hometown of Yonkers where he was President, for over five years, of the Yonkers Branch of the NAACP, and as host of a public access cable show discussing issues relevant to the African-American community. Jenkins has served on numerous prestigious boards of community groups and organizations that improve the lives of Westchester residents, including Greyston Foundation; the United Way; Westchester County Crimestoppers; among others. PAGE 10Ken and his wife Deborah have three children and are longtime Yonkers residents.


The arts have long been a part of the unique mosaic that makes Westchester County a beautiful place for us all to call home. I am humbled and honored to be receiving the ArtsWestchester Leadership Award for 2020, and to carry on the terrific partnership that exists between Westchester County Government and our friends at ArtsWestchester.

-Kenneth Jenkins Kenneth and Deborah Jenkins at ArtsWestchester’s 2012 gala (photo credit: Leslye Smith)

(l to r): Artist Evan Bishop, Robert Antonik (representing grantee Blue Door Art Center), ArtsWestchester board member Genia Flammia (representing grantee Youth Theatre Interactions), Dave Steck (representing grantee YoFiFest), Arlene Wendt (representing grantee Actors Conservatory Theatre) and Deputy County Executive Executive Kenneth Jenkins at ArtsWestchester’s 2019 Art$WChallenge Grant & Legislator Reception (photo credit: Margaret Fox)

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Kevin J. Plunkett at ArtsWestchester 2017 gala (photo credit: Leslye Smith)

ARTSWESTCHESTER SALUTES

Kevin J. Plunkett Director of Strategic Initiatives, Simone Development Companies

L e a dersh ip Award The Leadership Award recognizes those who have made extraordinary contributions to the quality of life in Westchester through support of the arts. As former Deputy County Executive, now Director of Strategic Initiatives, Simone Development Companies, Kevin J. Plunkett came to ArtsWestchester as a Board member in 2005 and blessed us with his sage lawyerly advice and strategic wisdom. As Deputy County Executive, he recognized the arts not only for its intrinsic value, but for its economic impact which, pre-COVID, was $172 million, supporting 5,200 jobs. Now, the arts are in trouble with many cultural organizations and artists facing an uncertain future. Plunkett, bless his heart, returned to the ArtsWestchester Board as an Emeritus Member to say, “What can I do to help.” Plunkett, who has practiced law for more than three decades, is currently a member of the American, the New York State, Florida, Westchester and Westchester Women’s Bar Associations. He served on four Governor Judicial Screening committees from 1997 to 2017. He is currently on the board of Tompkins Mahopac Bank and has served on the boards of numerous other not-for-profit and educational institutions including Westchester ARC Foundation and Iona College. He is a lifetime resident of Tarrytown and he and his wife Rosemary have five children and seven grandchildren. PAGE 12


TOP LEFT: Kevin J. Plunkett with his grandson, who donned an ArtsWestchester winter hat at the Tarrytown Halloween Parade in 2016 TOP RIGHT: (left to right): New York State Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti, Diana Lennon of Greenburgh Public Library, Kevin J. Plunkett of Simone Development Companies and New York State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins at ArtsWestchester’s 2015 Arts Alive breakfast (photo credit: Margaret Fox) BOTTOM LEFT: Joe Simone and Kevin Plunkett (photo courtesy of Simone Development Companies)

In my current role as Director of Strategic Initiatives for Simone Development and as Former Deputy County Executive and long-time Board Member of ArtsWestchester, I witnessed firsthand the important contribution that the arts make in Westchester to both the people who participate in creative cultural programs and to the economic and cultural well-being of our communities. The arts matter, that’s why they deserve our support.

-Kevin j. Plunkett PAGE 13


ARTSWESTCHESTER SALUTES

photo credit: John Vecchiolla

Jeffrey P. Haydon at the 2019 American Roots Music Festival (photo credit: Gabe Palacio)

Jeffrey P. Haydon President & CEO, Ravinia Festival; Former CEO, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

L e a dersh ip Award The Leadership Award recognizes those who have made extraordinary contributions to the quality of life in Westchester through support of the arts. With 25 years of arts management experience and a lifelong love of music, former CEO of Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Jeffrey P. Haydon has played a significant role in partnering with ArtsWestchester annually on countywide arts advocacy efforts. With his leadership, he has worked with ArtsWestchester successfully communicating the vital role that the arts play in people’s lives and as part of Westchester’s economy. Haydon has spent the past eight years leading a renaissance at Caramoor, including raising more than $40 million to quadruple the endowment and to invest over $15 million into the Center’s historic Rosen House, as well as the grounds and gardens on the 90-acre estate. During his tenure, Haydon has also launched several new initiatives, including a collaboration of more than six years with Jazz at Lincoln Center, an expansion of Caramoor’s American Roots series, and its acclaimed In the Garden of Sonic Delights sound art exhibition. He also led Caramoor to expand its yearly programming by over 80 percent and initiated numerous community collaborations, all while improving Caramoor’s financial performance by more than 20 percent. We wish Jeff further success at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois, where he now serves as President and CEO of the nation’s oldest music festival.

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As we are in challenging times that try to claim our emotions, let’s just remember that the arts are essential to the healing of our economy, to our communities and, most importantly, to ourselves.

-Jeffrey P. Haydon

TOP: Performer Kelli O’Hara meets with Jeffrey P. Haydon, Jim Attwood and Judy Evnin (photo credit: Gabe Palacio) BOTTOM: Jeffrey P. Haydon, ArtsWestchester’s CEO Janet Langsam, ArtsWestchester Board Chairman John Peckham and Caramoor Board Chairman Jim Attwood at Caramoor’s 2017 gala honoring ArtsWestchester (photo credit: Gabe Palacio)

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GALA 2020 SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCES BY LEGENDARY JAZZ MUSICIAN

WYNTON MARSALIS Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center

Wynton Marsalis (Trumpet) is the managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and a world-renowned trumpeter and composer. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1961, Marsalis began his classical training on trumpet at age 12, entered The Juilliard School at age 17, and then joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. He made his recording debut as a leader in 1982, and has since recorded more than 60 jazz and classical recordings, which have won him nine Grammy Awards. In 1983 he became the first and only artist to win both classical and jazz Grammys in the same year and repeated this feat in 1984. Marsalis is also an internationally respected teacher and spokesman for music education, and has received honorary doctorates from dozens of U.S. universities and colleges. He has written six books; his most recent are Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!, illustrated by Paul Rogers and published by Candlewick Press in 2012, and Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life with Geoffrey C. Ward, published by Random House in 2008. In 1997 Marsalis became the first jazz artist to be awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in music for his oratorio Blood on the Fields, which was commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 2001 he was appointed Messenger of Peace by Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and he has also been designated cultural ambassador to the United States of America by the U.S. State Department through their CultureConnect program. Marsalis was instrumental in the Higher Ground Hurricane Relief concert, produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center. The event raised more than $3 million for the Higher Ground Relief Fund to benefit the musicians, music industry-related enterprises, and other individuals and entities from the areas in Greater New Orleans who were affected by Hurricane Katrina. Marsalis helped lead the effort to construct Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home—Frederick P. Rose Hall—the first education, performance, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz, which opened in October

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This moment of crisis has put the life-affirming value of the arts into sharper focus. Art has always been an indispensable tool of survival, teaching us about our history, helping us to process turmoil and grief, and delivering serious meaning with joy. Let’s face this challenge by challenging ourselves and choosing to rise to the occasion.� -Wynton Marsalis

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Wynton Marsalis (photo credit: Frank Stewart)


ARTSWESTCHESTER: WHO WE ARE

ArtsWestchester is your connection to the arts Through the years, ArtsWestchester has become one of the most important funders in Westchester County for cultural institutions, as well as for emerging arts organizations, community-based arts groups and artists. It is the County’s designated agency, responsible for the distribution of funds that are allocated for the arts. ArtsWestchester’s mission is to provide leadership, vision and support in order to ensure the availability, accessibility and diversity of the arts. ArtsWestchester provides programs and services that enrich the lives of everyone in Westchester County. ArtsWestchester helps fund concerts, exhibitions and plays through grants; brings artists into schools and community centers; advocates PAGE 18

for the arts; and builds audiences through diverse marketing initiatives. In 1998, ArtsWestchester acquired and renovated a nine-story neoclassical bank building at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains, NY. The historic building in the heart of the downtown not only serves as ArtsWestchester’s headquarters, but also as a cultural resource for artists, cultural organizations and the entire Westchester community. Today, the arts are thriving in Westchester largely because ArtsWestchester, in partnership with Westchester County Government, has put the arts on the public agenda, investing more than $40 million over the years in arts and culture in the county.

Photos by ArtsWestchester


Our vision is for a Westchester in which every person can explore their creative impulses; where the arts are accessible to every sector of society and are an educational priority in our schools; where opportunities for artists are plentiful; where public art is fundamental to the landscape and cityscape; and where a new generation can use the arts as a window to the world.

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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

provide support for students from low-income families.

SPECIAL NEEDS INITIATIVES

expand arts opportunities for people with special needs.

FOLK ARTS

celebrate the cultural traditions of Westchester’s diverse communities.

ARTS PARTNERSHIPS

foster collaborations with local municipalities, contributing to economic development and community vitality.

EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

helps artists and arts organizations with creative advancement and best practices.

PUBLIC INFORMATION

builds audiences for the arts through the promotion of cultural events in print and digital formats.

TRANSPORTATION

brings seniors and students to Westchester cultural sites.

CULTURAL TOURISM

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.

showcase the arts at ArtsWestchester’s building in the heart of downtown White Plains. LEFT PAGE: ArtsMobile in action at Refuge of Hope Church (photo by ArtsWestchester) RIGHT PAGE: Gallery visitors interact with artist Deborah Kirkun’s 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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GOTTA LOVE CREATIVITY

TOP: White Plains youth and Lakeview Resident Council President Ikiyan Chestnut worked with ArtsWestchester teaching artist Miguel Cassio on a mural for the construction barriers at Winbrook Housing/Brookfield Common BOTTOM: ArtsWestchester worked with Ridge Hill Shopping Center to commission artwork by muralist Danielle Mastrion (photos by ArtsWestchester) PAGE 22


Prestige Step Team performs at ArtsWestchester’s 2019 “Performing Families II: The Art of Runway and Step” event (photo credit: Tim Grajek)

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5 WAYS

TO KEEP THE ARTS ALIVE DURING COVID

If you enjoy the boundless cultural opportunities of living in Westchester, you can help keep the life-affirming role of the arts alive for all Westchester residents by supporting ArtsWestchester. Pre-COVID, our robust cultural sector produced a $172 Million economic impact with 5,200 jobs in Westchester. But now, the survival of the arts is at stake with many of our cultural organizations facing an uncertain future. The arts need your help now, more than ever. PAGE 24


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• $2,500. Sponsor an issue of ArtsNews (month of choice) delivering cultural information, arts news and arts events to more than 65,000 readers virtually every month OR underwrite an artist residency in the Westchester community in 2021. • $1,000. Provide a scholarship for a teen in the ArtsWestchester Youth Leadership Council in 2021, offering a group of mature teens career guidance and training to enter the workforce as productive citizens. • $500. Advertise in ArtsNews with a Quarter Page ad (issue of choice). Published digitally and reaching an audience of more than 65,000 arts enthusiasts, business and cultural leaders. • $250. Become a BENEFACTOR Member of ArtsWestchester and be enrolled in the NARM (North American Reciprocal Museum) Program. Free admission and discounts at NARM’s approximately 1,000 participating locations including five sites in Westchester and 20 in NYC. Benefactors are listed in ArtsWestchester’s Gala Journal and Annual Report. • $100. Become a GOLD Member of ArtsWestchester which includes NARM enrollment and receive two membership cards for family members.

LEFT: Covers of ArtsWestchester’s monthly publication, ArtsNews ABOVE: ArtsMobile participants (photo by ArtsWestchester)

Make your gift online at artsw.org/ donate or contact Ann Fabrizio at afabrizio@artswestchester.org to make your pledge today. A donation in any amount will help ArtsWestchester continue to support the county’s hundreds of arts groups and thousands of artists during this unprecedented crisis. Thank you in advance for your generosity. LEFT PAGE: Artist Amanda Browder works with community participants on her upcoming public artwork, Metropolis Sunrise, which will transform the facade of ArtsWestchester’s building in 2021(photo by ArtsWestchester)

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AR TS WESTCHESTER

VI RTUAL

Maskquerade Gala

2020 GALA COMMITTEE MAJOR GALA SPONSORS Special thanks to the Board Members, Volunteers, and Staff who put together this spectacular event: Liz Bracken Rita Capek Maggie Castro Michelle Coletti Jean Marie Connolly Lisa Dente Barbara Elliot Ann Fabrizio Deborah Fay Logan Hanley Maren Hexter Betty Himmel Kristen Micco

Sarah Misiano Lauren Morris Aaron Paige Kathleen Reckling Halina Sabath Sondra Salley Deborah Scates Deborah Simon Marie Smith Megan Thomson Connor Stephanie Weston Jason Wilson

CO-CHAIRS: Halina Sabath, Marie Smith, Jason Wilson Auction Coordinator: Michele Rella

Special Thanks to the Westchester Board of Legislators Jose Alvarado Nancy Barr Catherine Borgia Benjamin Boykin Terry Clements Kitley Covill Margaret Cunzio Vedat Gashi Christopher Johnson

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Damon Maher Catherine Parker MaryJane Shimsky Colin Smith David Tubiolo Ruth Walter Alfreda Williams Lyndon Williams

White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach, ArtsWestchester board member Andy Katell, ArtsWestchester CEO Janet Langsam and jazz musician Kenny Lee kick-off Jazzfest White Plains (photo credit: Leslye Smith)

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Entergy

PACESETTERS Bank of America Peckham Industries, Inc. Regeneron Wells Fargo

TORCHBEARERS Froma & Andrew Benerofe Cappelli Organization Ginsburg Development Companies David Hochberg Jacob Burns Foundation M & T Bank Maxx Properties Karin & Burt Meyers Yvonne Pollack Reckson Simone Development Companies

MEDIA PARTNER Westchester Magazine


PAGE 27 Mural, The Flux of Being, by Chris Soria at the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge (photo credit: Margaret Fox)


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AR T SWES T CHES T ER

The Staff That Makes It Happen EXECUTIVE

DE VELOPMENT

Janet T. Langsam

Ann Fabrizio

Chief Executive Officer

Deputy Director, Development & Communications

Megan Thomson Connor

Christy Barattino Business Development Manager

Executive Assistant

C OM M UNIC AT ION S & M A R K E T ING Debbie Scates Lasicki

Mary Alice Franklin

Director, Communications & Marketing

Communications Manager & ArtsNews Editor

Eric S. Siegel

Sydney Mitchell

IT & Website Manager

Graphic Designer

RocĂ­o De La Roca Communications Associate

Kathleen Reckling

Katelynn DiBiccari Graphic Designer

PROGR AMS Jessica Cioffoletti

Deputy Director, Public Programs

Director, Arts in Education

Susan Abbott

Jessy Mendez

Director, Grant Programs

Lauren Brady Programs Associate

Programs Manager, Arts in Education

Logan Hanley Gallery Coordinator

Aaron Paige Director, Folk Arts

BU SINE S S A DMINIS T R AT ION Jennifer Soloway

Cameron Bock

Asafo Adjei

Director, Administration

General Manager

Building Maintenance

Public art sculpture, Approach, by Fitzhugh Karol at the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge (photo credit: Margaret Fox) LEFT PAGE: Tap dancer Michela Marino Lerman performs with Mwenso and the Shakes at the 2019 JazzFest White Plains (photo credit: Mary Alice Franklin)

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2020 Grantees WHO WE SUPPORT

CATEGORY

ORGANIZATION GRANTS

ORGANIZ ATION

(As of November 1, 2020)

MUNICIPALIT Y

Accent Dance NYC

Mount Vernon

Actors Conservatory Theatre

Yonkers

Afrikan Healing Circle Inc.

Mount Vernon

Antonia Arts

Peekskill

Arc Stages

Pleasantville

ArchForKids

Dobbs Ferry

Arts and Culture Committee

Peekskill

Asbury-Crestwood United Methodist Church

Tuckahoe

Axial Theatre

Pleasantville

Ballet des AmĂŠriques School & Company

Port Chester

Bedford Playhouse

Bedford

Bethany Arts Community

Chappaqua

Blue Door Art Center

Yonkers

Bridgemusik

Tappan

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

Katonah

Chappaqua Orchestra

Chappaqua

Chiku Awali African Dance, Arts & Culture

Suffern

Clay Art Center

Port Chester

CLC Foundation

Mount Kisco

Clocktower Players

Irvington

Concordia Conservatory

Mount Vernon

Copland House

Cortlandt Manor

Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library

Piermont

Downtown Music at Grace

White Plains

The Emelin Theatre for the Performing Arts

Mamaroneck

Emotions Physical Theatre

Suffern

Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers

Yonkers

Friends of Music Concerts

Sleepy Hollow

The Friends of the North Castle Public Library

North Castle

Hamm & Clov Stage Company

Yonkers

Hammond Museum

North Salem

Harrigan Educational & Cultural Center

Mount Vernon

Haverstraw African American Connection

Haverstraw

Haverstraw RiverArts Fund

Haverstraw

Historic Hudson Valley

Tarrytown

Hoff-Barthelson Music School

Scarsdale (List continued)

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PAGE 31 Choreographer Sidra Bell (photo credit: David Flores Productions)


CATEGORY

ORGANIZATION GRANTS CONTINUED

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ORGANIZ ATION

MUNICIPALIT Y

Hudson Chorale

Ossining

Hudson Stage Company

Croton

Hudson Valley MOCA

Peekskill

Hudson Valley Writers Center

Sleepy Hollow

India Center of Westchester

Hawthorne

Jacob Burns Film Center

Pleasantville

Jazz Forum Arts

Tarrytown

Katonah Museum of Art

Katonah

Lagond Music School

Elmsford

Little Radical Theatrics

Yonkers

Lyndhurst, A National Trust for Historic Preservation

Tarrytown

Mamaroneck Artists Guild

Larchmont

Manhattan Tap

Valley Cottage

Mount Vernon Friends of Parks and Recreation

Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Public Library

Mount Vernon

Music Conservatory of Westchester

White Plains

Neuberger Museum of Art

Purchase

New Era Creative Space

Peekskill

New Rochelle Council on the Arts

New Rochelle

New Rochelle Opera

New Rochelle

New Westchester Symphony Orchestra

White Plains

Northern Star Quilters' Guild

Somers

Nowodworski Foundation

Yonkers

Nyack Library

Nyack

Ossining Documentary & Discussion Series

Ossining

Ossining Public Library

Ossining

Paramount Hudson Valley Arts

Peekskill

Pelham Art Center

Pelham


CATEGORY

ORGANIZATION GRANTS CONTINUED

ORGANIZ ATION

MUNICIPALIT Y

The Picture House Regional Film Center

Pelham

PJS Jazz Society

Mount Vernon

The Play Group Theater

White Plains

Pleasantville Music Theatre

Pleasantville

Peforming Arts Center at Purchase College

Purchase

Rehabilitation Through The Arts

Purchase

The Revelators

Mount Vernon

River River Writers Circle

Nyack

Rivertowns Art Council

Hastings on Hudson

Rockland Arts Festival Committee

Piermont

Rockland County Choral Society

Valley Cottage

Rockland Independent Living Center dba BRIDGES

New City

Rockso Ekkquinox Steelband

New City

Ruth Keeler Memorial Library

North Salem

The Rye Arts Center

Rye

The Scarsdale Arts Council

Scarsdale

The Schoolhouse Theater & Arts Center

Croton Falls

Songcatchers

New Rochelle

Sound Shore Chorale of New Rochelle

New Rochelle

Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation

White Plains

Symphony of Westchester

New Rochelle

Taconic Opera

Yorktown Heights

Tarrytown Music Hall

Tarrytown

Rebecca Thomas - A Palo Seco Flamenco Company

Tarrytown

Tutti Bravi Productions

New Rochelle

Untermyer Performing Arts Council

Yonkers

Urban Studio Unbound

Yonkers

Wartburg

Mount Vernon

Westchester Children's Chorus

Larchmont

Westchester Children's Museum

Rye

The Westchester Chordsmen

Rye

Westchester Collaborative Theater

Ossining

The Westchester Italian Cultural Center

Tuckahoe

Westchester Philharmonic

White Plains

Westchester Public Private Partnership for Aging Services

Yonkers

White Plains Performing Arts Center

White Plains

YoFi Fest

Yonkers

Yonkers Riverfront Library

Yonkers

Youth Theatre Interactions

Yonkers (List continued)

LEFT PAGE: Groove Family Music offered socially distanced outdoor music classes in Addison Park in Larchmont in the summer of 2020 (photo source: indgroove.com)

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CATEGORY

ARTIST GRANTS

ARTIST RESIDENCIES AND SERVICES

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ORGANIZ ATION

MUNICIPALIT Y

Zafiro Acevedo

Yonkers

Haifa Bint-Kadi

Yonkers

Shirley Crabbe

Orangeburg

Ni'ma Ford

White Plains

Ariel Harper

Peekskill

Judith Heineman

Crompond

Lance Johnson

Mount Vernon

Jamie Kimak

Orangeburg

Gina Kingsley

New Rochelle

Edward Morales

Mount Vernon

Milton Sherrill

Mount Vernon

David Simons

Chesnut Ridge

Arlene Sorenson

Valley Cottage

Katherine Valentine

Sparkill

Dacia Washington

Mount Vernon

Battle Hill Houses

White Plains

Clear View

Briarcliff Manor

Family Services of Westchester - Respite Program

White Plains

Grace Plaza Senior Housing

Mount Vernon

Greenburgh Central School District

Greenburgh

Hope House

Port Chester

Jawonio at Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon

Ludlow Commons

Yonkers

Mamaroneck Towers

Mamarneck

Murray Avenue School

Larchmont

North American Family Institute

Elmsford

Phelps Continuing Day Treatment

Briarcliff Manor

Rockland Psychiatric Center - Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon

Rockland Psychiatric Center- Yonkers

Yonkers

Rockland Psychiatric Center- Peekskill

Peekskill

Rockland Psychiatric Center - White Plains

White Plains

Sandford Terrace

New Rochelle

Shiloh Senior Housing

New Rochelle

Saint Vincent's Hospital PROS Program

Harrison

Sterling Community Center (Mental Health Assoc. of Westchester)

White Plains

Westchester County Department of Corrections

Valhalla

Westhab - Coachman

White Plains

Westhab - Dayspring

Yonkers

Westhab - Vernon Plaza Family Center

Mount Vernon

RIGHT PAGE; TOP: A pumpkin sculpture installation at The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze, organized by Historic Hudson Valley and supported by Entergy (photo courtesy of Historic Hudson Valley) BOTTOM: A socially distanced art class taking place at Pelham Art Center (photo credit: Alex Hernandez)


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OUR 2020 SUPPORTERS MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE

(As of November 1, 2020)

LEADERS ($500,000+) County of Westchester PACESET TERS ($ 25,000+) Joseph & Sophia Abeles

Ginsburg Development

Foundation, Inc. Alexander Development Group

PARTNERS ($10,000+) Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Benerofe

Mrs. Yvonne Pollack

Ms. A. Maren Hexter

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Sills Family Foundation

Mrs. Betty Himmel

Mr. & Mrs. Toby Ritter

Companies LLC The Westchester

Mr. David Hochberg

Mrs. Hannah Shmerler

Bank of America

Wells Fargo Foundation

Jacob Burns Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Smith

Con Edison

Ms. Lucille Werlinich

M&T Bank

TD Bank

Empire City Casino by

Westchester Magazine

MAXX Properties

Venu Magazine

White Plains Hospital

NYS New York State Council on the Arts

Westchester Medical Center

Mr. & Mrs. John Peckham, Peckham Industries, Inc.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz,

MGM Resorts Entergy

Edelman & Dicker LLP

SUSTAINERS ($5,000+) AARP

Ms. Helen Yuu Gates

PKF O’Connor Davies

Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP

Mr. Farooq Kathwari

Reckson

Atlantic Westchester

Key Bank

Mr. & Mrs. Martin L. Rogowsky

AvPORTS

Kite Realty Group

Mr. Michael N. Romita

Benerofe Properties Corp.

The Liman Foundation

Dr. & Mrs. Alan Simon

Mr. Glenn Bianco

Mr. Richard Martinelli

Simone Development Companies

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Dr. & Mrs. Bert Myers

Mr. Bernie Thombs

Cappelli Organization

Mr. Michael Minihan

Mr. Rocco Totino

The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation

Ms. Barbara Z. Monohan

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Walker

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Elliot

Nordstrom

The Westchester Bank

Mr. Mark Ettenger

Northern Westchester Hospital

The Westchester Center for Jazz and

Ference-Gray Insurance Brokerage, LLC

Pace University

Galleria White Plains

People’s United Bank

Contemporary Music

FOUNDING FRIEND ($2,500 + )

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American Petroleum

Jacob White Construction

Apple Bank

Lendlease Americas Inc.

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

LMC, A Lennar Company

Benchmark Title Agency

Lothrop Associates LLP Architects

Bruce Museum

MasterCard International, Inc.

CertaPro Painters

Merrill Lynch

Culbertson Company of New York

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Oates

Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Curran

Purchase College SUNY

ECCO III Enterprises, Inc.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Evnin

Judith S. Schwartz

Grassi & Co.

Seasafe Aero Services, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Greenspan

Tully Construction Group

Historic Hudson Valley

Verde Electric Corp.

Kenneth Jenkins and ArtsWestchester board member Taryn Duffy at ArtsWestchester’s 2019 gala (photo credit: Leslye Smith)


Art installation in progress at Blue Door Art Center’s gallery (photo courtesy of Blue Door Art Center)

SUPPORTERS, FRIENDS ($1,000 + ) Abigail Kirsch Culinary Productions

Mr. Rick Kuci

Ms. Crista Tucker

Mr. James Alperin

L&M Development Partners Inc,

Mr. & Mrs. Nick Wargo

Ms. Carrie Belk

Douglaston Development

Mr. Bruce Berg

Ms. Janet T. Langsam

Berkeley College

Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Levine

Brae Burn Country Club

Marks Paneth LLP

Brown & Weinraub, PLLC

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Mayer

Mr. Michael Cappelli

Mr. Thomas Middleton

Ms. Leslie Cecil

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

City of New Rochelle

Mrs. Victoria Morris

Clarfeld Financial Advisors

OLA Consulting Engineers

Construction Industry Council

The Parkside Group LLC

Marx Realty Cross County

PJS Jazz Society

Shopping Center

Mr. Kevin J. Plunkett

Mr. Mark C. Dickson

Professional Group Marketing

Dr. LaRuth H Gray

Ms. Celeste Rojas

Ground Glass Inc.

Mrs. Gail H Roman

Mr. Michael Hart

RPW Group

Hudson Valley MOCA

Mrs. Sondra C. Salley

The Hudson Valley Writers Center

Ms. Leah Sills

Insuregy Agency, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Stever

Mr. Paul Isaac

Strategic Services, Inc.

Ms. Liza Joseph

Thompson & Bender

White Plains Housing Authority White Plains Public Library

TOP: Legislator and Challenge Grants Reception (photo credit: Leslye Smith) Deputy County Executive Kenneth Jenkins, ArtsWestchester board member Jacqueline Walker BOTTOM: ArtsWestchester board member Betty Himmel (photo credit: Leslye Smith)

(List continued)

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ArtsWestchester board member LaRuth Gray, Joe Morgan, artist Amanda Browder, Barry Shenkman and ArtsWestchester Board Chairman John R. Peckham at ArtsWestchester’s 2019 gala (photo credit: Leslye Smith)

PATRONS ($500 + ) African American Men of Westchester

The Kensico Cemetery

Ridge Hill

Better Building Concepts

Mr. Marvin Krislov

River Spring Health

Mrs. Wendy Blum

Mr. & Mrs. Jules Kroll

Rose & Kiernan, Inc.

Mrs. Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson

Mr. & Mrs. Martin Lager

Saber Real Estate Advisors

C&S Companies

Liberty Lines

Mr. Aurelio Said

Carmel Car & Limo

Marcum LLP

Mr. Peter Scherrer

Mr. & Mrs. George B. Citron

Hon. Michael Martinelli

Scully Construction

City & Regional Magazine Association

Ms. Joanne McGunnigle

Mr. Peter Spagnuolo

Cohn Reznick LLP

Mr. & Ms. Liam McLaughlin

St. Johns Riverside Hospital

ConnectOne Bank

Minskoff Grant Realty &

The Hon. Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Ms. Betty Cotton

Management Corp.

Strategic Services, Inc.

Crystal Window & Door Systems, LTD

New York AREA

Mr. Nick Studds

Cuddy & Feder LLP

Dr. Jean Newton

Mr. Vincent Toomey

Mr. David Dembitzer

Ms. Erica O’Neill

Mrs. Mildred Weissman

Emelin Theatre

PASI

Westchester County Association

Mrs. Lauren M. Fales

Phelps Hospital

Win Properties, Inc.

Mr. Mike Friel

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Plaine

Zarin & Steinmetz

Katonah Museum of Art

Purchase College SUNY

BENEFACTOR ($250 + ) Ms. Deborah Beck

Dr. Margaret Peggy Herzog

Law Office of John P. Seligman

Mr. Alan Bozian

Ms. Marjorie Hone

Ms. Jamie L. Shenkman & Mr. Christopher

Ms. Shirley Brereton

Mr. Michael Kelly

Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Campofranco

Lifetime Arts

Mr. Scott Sherman

Castle Connolly Private Health Partners

T.P.U. Local One IATSE

Mr. Lon Singer

Mr. Kenneth Cole

Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon Manspeizer

Mr. Glen Smith

Mr. Martin Crozer

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Masterson

Songcatchers, Inc

Ms. Laura Dann

Mr. Joseph McCoy

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Spitz

Ms. Taryn E. Duffy

Ms. Lynn Moffat

Ms. Caryn Stern

Mr. Bob Erickson

Mr. John R. Nolon

Ms. Katy Tavares

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Flammia

Mr. Leonard Pfluger

Mr. Ken Theobalds

Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Fontana

The Picture House

Thomas H. Slater Center

Mr. Elliot Fox

Ms. Caroline Pogge

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Wenglowski

Ms. Sara Goddard

Ms. Dyan Rosenberg

Mrs. & Mr. Melinda White

V Gouveia

Mr. Doug Ruttenberg

The Hon. Lyndon Williams

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Magadini


GOLD ($100 + ) Ms. Inez Andrucyk

Mr. Andrew Katell

Chris Walsh

Ms. M. Christina Benson

Mrs. Beth Kava

Ms. Judith Weber

Thea R. Blessit

Tae Kim

Mrs. Lynne Wesolowski

The Blue Door Art Center

Mrs. Anne Krupman

Westchester Library System

Ms. Ruth Boudreau

Mrs. Ann Ladd

Mr. & Mrs. William White

Ms. Sarah Bracey White & Mr. Robert Gironda

Dr. Mary E. Lane

Ms. Anne Yudowitz

Broadview Senior Living

Mr. David Lawton & Sarah A Hill

Ms. Terry Zuckerman

Ms. Renee Brown

Mr. Alan Lax

Mr. Ronald E. Brown

Mrs. Jacqueline Lorieo

Susan Brownie

Ms. Sheri Marchi

Ms. Antoinette S. Burns

Ms. Sherry Mayo

Ms. Natasha Caputo

Mr. Chris Morin

Mrs. Ann Carney

Shawn Patterson-Howard

Mr. Mack Carter

Ms. Mary Payne

Mr. Lowell Chapnick

Emily Peck

Ms. Shirley Cheng

Ms. Concetta Perrotta

Ms. Carol Chevlowe

Mr. Harry Phillips III

Mrs. Jessica Cioffoletti

Mr. Taylor Pierce

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Mrs. Diane Reckling

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Cohen

H Remsen

Mrs. Renee Cohen

Dorothy Ruskin

Mrs. Nancy Corbin

Ms. Halina Sabath

Ms. Cheryl Couts

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Sansone

Ms. Ruth Cowan

Ms. Angelina Santangelo

Mr. Dan Cueller

Ms. Susan F. Scharf

The Hon. Margaret Cunzio

Ms. Laura D Schroeder

Ms. Lynda Curtis

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Schwarz

Ms. Lisa D’Amico

Ms. Kate Scorza Ingram

Mr. Charles Daviet

Ms. Francine T. Shorts

Ms. Laura De Buys

Ms. Margaret Shultz

Ms. Gail Ehrenberg

Ms. Pamela Sklar

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Q. Eschweiler

Ms. Helena L. Sokoloff

Friends of Music Concerts, Inc.

Ms. Laura Solomon

Mr. & Mrs. A. Corwin Frost

Mr. Joseph Squillante

The Hon. Sandra Galef

Mr. Bernard Stachel

Ms. Magdalen Gaynor

Steffi Nossen School of Dance

Mrs. Susan Geffen

Mr. Frank Stern

Mr. Alvin Goldstein

Marni Sugerman

Ms. Reva Golkar

Mariko Takagi

Dr. Marsha Gordon

Ms. Lauren Telesco

Marie Graham

Ms. Mary Jo Territo

Ms. Barbara Graves

Krishnan Thampi

Mr. & Mrs. Joel Harris

Mr. David S. Tobey

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hollahan

Transit Construction Corp.

Mr. Andrew M. Horowitz

Mr. Randy Tryon

Iona College Council on the Arts

Ms. Masha Turchinsky

Ms. Christine Irwin

Mrs. Jane Turley

Mr. & Mrs. Avery Johnson

Mr. Stephen Ucko

Ms. Jo Ann Joyner-Loyd

Ms. Alexis C. Ventre

Mr. Michael F. Julian

Ms. Penny Ventura

Ms. Peggy A. Kahn

Mr. Les Von Losberg Jr.

TOP: Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins visiting the ArtsMobile (photo credit: Barry Mason) MIDDLE: Crista Tucker at ArtsWestchester’s annual golf outing (photo credit: Aaron Paige) BOTTOM: Artist Kiyoshi Otsuka (photo credit: Leslye Smith) PAGE 39


PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE ARTS HAPPEN

TOP LEFT: Artist Amanda Browder and New York State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (photo by ArtsWestchester) TOP RIGHT: ArtsWestchester board member Hannah Shmerler with the late Walter Shmerler BOTTOM: Entergy foursome at ArtsWestchester’s annual golf outing (l to r):: Bill Mooney, Kenneth Theobalds, Max Theobalds and Michael Magnone (photo credit: Bob Seidman of PARTSHOTS) PAGE 40


PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE ARTS HAPPEN

TOP LEFT: Steven Palm and Michael Cappelli at ArtsWestchester’s annual golf outing (photo credit: Bob Seidman of PARTSHOTS) TOP RIGHT: Andrew Benerofe with Karen and Andrew Greenspan at ArtsWestchester’s annual golf outing (photo credit: Bob Seidman of PARTSHOTS) BOTTOM LEFT: Didi Nicolas of Bank of America speaking during a virtual 2020 JazzFest White Plains program BOTTOM RIGHT: 2020 Arts Patron Awardees Mauro and Camille Romita (photo courtesy of Pelham Art Center) PAGE 41


PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE ARTS HAPPEN

TOP LEFT: Martin Rogowsky and Gerard Curran at the Art$WChallenge 2019 Grant Breakfast (photo credit: Leslye Smith) TOP RIGHT: Pablo Mayor (photo credit: David Bedell) BOTTOM LEFT: Nataly Ritter at the Art$WChallenge 2019 Grant Breakfast (photo credit: Leslye Smith) BOTTOM MIDDLE: Barbara Monohan at the 2019 Art$WChallenge Grant Breakfast (photo credit: Leslye Smith) BOTTOM RIGHT: Deborah Simon at ArtsWestchester’s gala (photo credit: Barry Mason) PAGE 42


PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE ARTS HAPPEN

TOP LEFT: Arts patron David Hochberg with Benjamin Boykin, Chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators (photo credit: Barry Mason) TOP RIGHT: Artist Jerry Pinkney and ArtsWestchester board member Yvonne Pollack at the 2019 Arts Award Luncheon (photo credit: Leslye Smith) BOTTOM: White Plains Housing Authority Executive Director Mack Carter; Lakeview Resident Council President Ikiyan Chestnut; ArtsMobile youth participants; White Plains Housing Company Inc. Board Chair Nick Wolf; and former Lakeview Council President Lenny Carpenter at the ArtsMobile kick-off event at Lakeview Apartment, White Plains (photo credit: John Vecchiolla) PAGE 43


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All photos by Leslye Smith. TOP (l to r): Former Westchester County Legislator John Testa, County Legislator Nancy Barr, Westchester Board Chair Benjamin Boykin, Legislators Catherine Parker and Alfreda Williams, Tracy Kay (representing grantee Westchester Children’s Museum), Legislators MaryJane Shimsky, Catherine Borgia, Terry Clements and Kitley Kovill with County Executive George Latimer at ArtsWestchester’s 2019 grants luncheon MIDDLE LEFT: Westchester Board Chair Benjamin Boykin MIDDLE RIGHT: Michael and Marie Smith, Michael Cunzio and Westchester County Legislator Margaret Cunzio at ArtsWestchester’s gala BOTTOM LEFT: Westchester County Legislator Chris Johnson, Martin Ginsburg, Irene Ginsburg and Andrew Maniglia at ArtsWestchester’s gala BOTTOM RIGHT: Hans-Jakob Wilhelm (representing grantee Ballet des Ameriques), Westchester County Legislator Nancy Barr and Tracy Fitzpatrick (representing grantee Neuberger Museum of Art) at ArtsWestchester’s 2019 grants luncheon


OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY ArtsWestchester grants reach every part of the County and make possible an extraordinary array of cultural activities. Our grants help Westchester’s cultural organizations grow and support individual artists in the creation of new work. The 2020 Challenge Grant Program is a funding opportunity open to cultural organizations that received a Basic Program Support, Project Support, Yonkers Arts Initiative or Mount Vernon Arts Initiative grant in the past three years or an Arts Alive (Westchester County only) grant in the past five years to help boost their operating income by attracting new contributions. This grant is made possible with support from Westchester County government.

Thank you Board of Legislators for adding $250,000 to the Challenge Grant Program!

250,000

All photos by Leslye Smith. TOP LEFT: Westchester County Legislators Terry Clements and Ruth Walter TOP RIGHT: Westchester County Legislator Catherine Borgia, Michael Boriskin (representing grantee Copland House) and Westchester County Executive George Latimer at ArtsWestchester’s 2019 grants luncheon BOTTOM: New York State Assemblyman Steve Otis, ArtsWestchester CEO Janet Langsam and New York State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin at ArtsWestchester’s gala PAGE 45


PACESE T T ER SPONSOR

Thanks for putting art in the heart of the community Bank of America recognizes ArtsWestchester for its success in bringing the arts to performers and audiences throughout the community. We commend you on creating an opportunity for all to enjoy and share a cultural experience. Visit us at bankofamerica.com/nyc.

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Artists and performers can spark our imaginations and help us see the world in a different way. Wells Fargo salutes ArtsWestchester for its programs and services that help ensure the availability, accessibility, and diversity of the arts in Westchester County. Wells Fargo Commercial Banking Louis P. Gallo Market Executive, Hudson Valley/Bronx 914-286-5011 louis.p.gallo@wellsfargo.com

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Wells Fargo Wealth Management Crista Tucker Wealth Advisor (NMLSR ID 745815) 914-286-5061 crista.tucker@wellsfargo.com

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and congratulations to Kenneth Jenkins, Kevin J. Plunkett, and Jeffrey P. Haydon for your leadership and belief in the arts.

THE PECKHAM FAMILY, proud supporters of ArtsWestchester.

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Thank you Entergy for your extraordinary generosity,


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Saluting ArtsWestchester! Keep Up The Good Work! David Hochberg


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Congratulations, ArtsWestchester, for keeping the arts alive during good times and bad. Best wishes, Barbara & Paul Elliot, Deborah & Alan Simon, Jacqueline & Arthur Walker


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is proud to support the great work of ArtsWestchester and joins in honoring this year’s Honorees:

KENNETH JENKINS

Westchester Deputy County Executive

KEVIN J. PLUNKETT

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Simone Development Companies

JEFFREY P. HAYDON

President & CEO, Ravinia Festival

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Finding inspiration is important.

ArtsWestchester Virtual Maskquerade Gala WE SALUTE

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Corporate Honoree At M&T Bank, we understand how important the arts are to a vibrant community. That’s why we offer our time, energy and resources to support artists of all kinds, and encourage others to do the same. Learn more at mtb.com.

M&T Bank is proud to support ArtsWestchester.

AND HONOR TONIGHT’S LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS

Kevin J. Plunkett Kenneth Jenkins Jeffrey P. Haydon

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ARTSWESTCHESTER AND TO THE OUTSTANDING 2020 HONOREES FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND GENEROSITY.

WE CONGRATULATE

THE CORPORATE & LEADERSHIP HONOREES AS THEY ARE HONORED BY

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Thank you, ArtsWestchester, for your legacy of creativity. Froma & Andrew Benerofe “Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse

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ARTSWESTCHESTER on the occasion of your

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and congratulates your Awardees Entergy Corporate Award Kenneth Jenkins Kevin J. Plunkett Jeffrey P. Haydon Leadership Awards

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We look forward to continuing our partnership in making art a key ingredient of creating special places.


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The arts enhance our lives in so many ways. They add meaning and enjoyment to our nights and to our days. So kudos to ArtsWestchester for the arts you bring to all of us in the county, Summer, winter, fall and spring. Karin & Burt Meyers

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ArtsWestchester Congratulations To All of the Leadership Honorees

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Jeffrey P. Haydon

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For a well deserved recognition.

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Thank you, ArtsWestchester, for keeping the music playing. Hannah Shmerler


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