Together, we are ARTS WESTCHESTER.
2023 JazzFest White Plains concert series (photo credit: Lou Vaccaro)
ArtsMobile in action at our annual JazzFest White Plains (photo credit: Lou Vaccaro)
FROM CEO THE
Dear Friends of ArtsWestchester,
It has been my privilege to serve as ArtsWestchester’s CEO for the past 33 years. Since February 1991, I have appreciated the fellowship and dynamic leadership of the board and staff as we have worked hand in hand to make ArtsWestchester a model arts agency in the state of New York.
We have made enormous strides in 2023, which positions us to be a strategic partner to the reimagining of White Plains in the coming years with the tremendous development and capital investment going on in the downtown. With more than 3,833 dwelling units currently in the pipeline over the next few years, there will be new opportunities to touch more residents, to create more arts consumers and to partner with more businesses and restaurants.
We have raised considerable dollars for capital improvements in our historic building in order to ensure the integrity of the building for the next 30 or 50 years, to improve its accessibility, making it handicap accessible and to create more spaces for education and art programs for the public. This investment will allow ArtsWestchester to keep up with the growth of White Plains and Westchester County, provide more avenues for sponsorships and boost income for the increased services the population will require.
In 2023, we produced many important programs throughout the county like JazzFest White Plains and our Westchester Roots cultural programs. We also continued to advocate for public art. Studies show that more and more artists are migrating to the Hudson Valley and other New York State locations, both for cheaper rents and increased opportunity. We have always made it a point to feature a broad range of Hudson Valley artists in our programs and we look forward to expanding our relationship there, helping Westchester to shine as brightly as our counterpart of New York City.
Thank you for your partnership,
Janet T. Langsam CEO, ArtsWestchester
FROM PRESIDENT THE
Dear Friends of ArtsWestchester,
There are so many world-class arts events and cultural happenings to discover in Westchester County. In fact, more residents and visitors are taking advantage of our cultural destinations and signature arts events than ever before. In total, Westchester’s arts and cultural sector generates more than $182 million in economic activity throughout the County annually.
According to Americans for the Arts, arts attendees spend an average of $27.08 per person, per event, beyond the cost of admission on items such as meals, parking and lodging—vital income for local businesses. Cultural tourism and local arts attendance strengthen the economy and improve the image of downtowns throughout New York State, boosting arts and business partnerships in cities and towns. Cafes, restaurants, retailers and more benefit from arts attendance at theaters, arts centers, film houses and museums.
Thank you for your ongoing support of ArtsWestchester and our entire cultural community. Together, we are ArtsWestchester — inspired by the artists and arts groups working to keep the arts vibrant in Westchester and Rockland Counties.
Marie Smith President, ArtsWestchester
ARTSWESTCHESTER
ArtsWestchester’s mission is to create an equitable, vibrant and sustainable Westchester County in which the arts are integral to, and integrated into, every facet of life.
OUR CORE VALUES
The arts are for everyone, amplifying the multi-ethnic and culturally diverse voices within our community. The arts offer opportunities for advancement and personal growth. The arts are a catalyst for systemic change, economic development and community empowerment. The arts create life-affirming experiences, celebrating differences and finding shared values.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE
As ArtsWestchester looks to the future, and in recognition of the current needs of the communities we serve, we reaffirm and further commit to advancing social justice through our policies and practices. We acknowledge that this work is ongoing and commit to enacting a strategic vision that is proactive and responsive in shaping a just, fair and equitable Westchester.
OUR PROGRAMS
ArtsWestchester supports a cultural community that generates more than $182 million in economic impact for Westchester County. Among our services, we:
• award more than $2.3 million in grants annually to artists and arts groups.
• support more than 150 arts organizations
• bring artists into Westchester schools and community centers.
• build arts audiences and market the arts throughout Westchester and beyond.
• showcase artists through exhibitions and performances.
• transform communities through public art.
Misha Tyutyunik painting
ArtsWestchester’s
ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH
ARTSWESTCHESTER’S PROGRAMS
As a leading funder and advocate for arts and culture, ArtsWestchester works to keep the arts accessible, to support artistic work, and to foster cultural partnerships throughout the Hudson Valley. Our programs include services to support the field, public information efforts and public programming.
GRANTMAKING
provides funding for cultural programming and events for residents throughout Westchester & Rockland Counties.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
provides artists and arts organizations with professional development resources.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES send artists into schools, community centers and human service organizations.
PUBLIC INFORMATION
builds audiences for the arts through the promotion of cultural events in print and digital formats.
EXHIBITIONS
showcase the arts at ArtsWestchester’s building in the heart of downtown White Plains.
PERFORMANCES & FOLK ARTS
celebrate the cultural expressions of Westchester’s diverse community.
ARTS PARTNERSHIPS
foster collaborations across sectors, contributing to economic development and community vitality.
ADVOCACY
promotes public support of the arts in Westchester & Rockland Counties.
CULTURAL DIRECTORIES
provide direct access to information about the artists and cultural organizations that serve Westchester.
CULTURAL TOURISM
positions Westchester County as a prime cultural destination, bringing visitors into the County.
ARTSMOBILE
provides interactive arts workshops to residents.
PUBLIC ART
enriches the local environment, building community pride and establishing a sense of place.
Westchester Roots, 2023 Day of Ecuadorian Culture (photo credit: Scott Meaney)
OUR BUILDING
ArtsWestchester’s nine-story historic landmark building plays a central role for the organization and the greater arts community by providing arts programming for the general public and affordable work spaces for artists and small creative businesses. In 2023, we welcomed a new group of tenants to our growing artist community, and recovered to a 90% occupancy rate for the first time since the pandemic.
With the building’s centennial only five years away, this was a year for planning head for the property’s next century. ArtsWestchester undertook a full audit of its building and developed a comprehensive capital plan to address infrastructure, accessibility and resiliency. Core projects include: refurbishment of the building’s boiler plant, electrical distribution modernization, elevator modernization, and the replacement of the building’s 200+ non-monumental windows.
ArtsWestchester was proud to receive a major capital equipment grant of $342,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts to invest in a new lighting system and acoustic system enhancements for the gallery. These new systems will improve the environment of the gallery for artists, artworks and audience members alike. In addition, ArtsWestchester received major support from the NYS Senate and Assembly delegation. Special thanks to NY Assembly Members Chris Burdick, Dana Levenberg, Amy Paulin and Steve Otis for their leadership on the window restoration project. These grants from our legislators will help ArtsWestchester address its antiquated infrastructure and move forward with its improvement plan.
In spring of 2023, work began in earnest to address our building needs and to relocate and upgrade the boilers to a new energy efficient system. Funding for this upgrade was made possible through a major Dormitory Authority grant, sponsored by New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
30 Artists
ArtsWestchester provides more than 30 artists with affordable work space.
$1M
A $1 million New York State Dormitory Authority grant funded heating system upgrades in the building.
$600K NYS Senate and Assembly invested in our historic window renovation project.
GRANTMAKING
ArtsWestchester’s Grants Program awarded significant support to the field in 2023, with the continuation of landmark funding from the New York State Legislature to support grassroots organizations and artists in Westchester and Rockland Counties, as well as continued funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to support artist-driven initiatives. Following the success of the 2021-22 “ReStart the Arts” funding program, ArtsWestchester secured a renewed allocation of $1 million in 2023, which included over $500,000 earmarked specifically for regrants through our Arts Alive regrant program. Through the 2023 Arts Alive grant cycle, ArtsWestchester awarded funding to 104 community-based programs, 15 education residencies, and 45 individual artist commissions.
In total in 2023, ArtsWestchester awarded more than $2 million in funding to organizations and individual artists, including Arts Alive, five county-supported programs, and two equity-focused initiatives—Advancing Equity and Voices for Change. Grants are designed to increase organizational capacity, enhance cultural and educational programming, support individual artists in the creation of new work, and make arts and culture programming accessible to all communities. Also included in the 2023 awards was a renewed initiative that funded Juneteenth Heritage celebrations across Westchester and Rockland, elevating the federal holiday to a countywide community event.
In fall 2023, 150 arts organizations were eligible to participate in the Art$WChallenge matching grant program, which leveraged County funding to raise a record-breaking $819,759 in new, private donations that were matched by $463,325 in County support.
$2M 240 Grantees NYS
ArtsWestchester awarded more than $2 million in funding to organizations and individual artists.
In total, 193 organizations & 47 individual artists were supported through competitive grants in 2023.
The NYS Legislature continued to support grassroots organizations and artists in Westchester & Rockland Counties.
EXHIBITIONS
The ArtsWestchester Gallery Program includes community-based exhibitions as well as thematic ones. In 2023, we provided space for group exhibitions to both Puerto Rican Cultural Committee and Westchester photography collective The Ground Glass. With support from the Office of Mental Health, the annual Visions exhibition showcased artists who receive services from off-site programs. ArtsWestchester continues to support photography in the county by providing the Larry Salley Photography Award, which highlights both emerging and established artists with a cash prize and exhibition opportunities.
ArtsWestchester received a federal grant from the National Endowment for The Arts to produce Crossing Borders: Revisited, featuring artists who create works that explore ideas of migration, memory and placemaking. The gallery also serves as a venue for performances and events.
164 Artists
In 2023, 164 artists exhibited in our gallery across six exhibitions.
3K Visitors
In 2023, over 3,000 guests visited our gallery.
ArtsWestchester received support from the National Endowment for The Arts to present an exhibition.
EDUCATION & ARTSMOBILE
With major multi-year support from the Westchester County Board of Legislators and White Plains Hospital, ArtsWestchester’s ArtsMobile program offered 110 free in-person art workshops in 2023, serving 4,218 Westchester residents. Through creative activities, ArtsWestchester’s community education program served more than 250 individuals who receive mental health services, and also presented an annual art exhibition by the same population. These programs are made possible with the support of the Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health.
Twice monthly, ArtsWestchester’s Teen Tuesdays & Thursdays after-school program offered 24 free artmaking workshops to more than 200 youth aged 11-16. Chief support for Teen Tuesdays & Thursdays includes the following: Con Edison, M&T Bank, Citizens Bank, Carvel, Sills Family Foundation, and NYS Parks & Recreation.
ArtsWestchester provided artist residency programs to 500 school-age students across two school districts in Westchester: Greenburgh Central School District and the Yonkers City School District, along with other public and private schools. It also served 540 youth and adults through artist residency programs at 36 community and social service agencies based in Westchester. Additionally, over 100 families and adults participated in Creative University and The Learning Lab, programs that offered beginner art workshops and free drop-in activities, allowing guests to explore a variety of artistic mediums.
110 Trips
Provided 110 ArtsMobile trips to schools, community centers and social service agencies.
1,040
Served 1,040 youth and adults through ongoing arts education programs.
4,218
Served 4,218 residents with ArtsMobile visits in Westchester.
PUBLIC ART
ArtsWestchester has been committed to advocating for public art since our founding in 1965. We believe the arts should be accessible to all people and that artwork enriches any environment, be it a classroom, conference room, public park, downtown or private development. Since completing ten major public art commissions in partnership with the New York Thruway Authority for the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in 2020, ArtsWestchester has become the region’s leader in advocating for and managing significant works of public art.
Public art presents art outside of museum walls, helping to build community pride, enlivening the landscape and establishing a sense of place. In the hands of artists, dull building exteriors become vibrant destinations, sidewalks become inviting places and ordinary streetscapes become extraordinary.
In 2023, ArtsWestchester partnered with the development team behind Mount Vernon’s 42 Broad property – a joint venture of Alexander Development Group, The Bluestone Organization and institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives – to unveil a monumental sculpture by Brooklyn-based artist Eto Otitigbe entitled "Peaceful Journey." The sculpture was inspired by rapper Heavy D. The artist explained: “I wanted to pay homage to the Mount Vernon community that had such an important place in hip-hop with this work of art."
Otitigbe worked with the architect Michael DiCarlo to design "Peaceful Journey." The archway offers an invitation for people to pass through its portal, which serves as a waymarker for a peaceful journey — whether for those leaving the building or community, or for those returning home.
Eto Otitigbe's public art installation, "Peaceful Journey," at 42 Broad St. in Mount Vernon (photo credit: Mary Alice Franklin) 19
PERFORMANCES & FOLK ARTS
ArtsWestchester’s Performance & Folk Arts Program presents, promotes and preserves the artistic expressions of Westchester’s cultural communities through collaborative community programming, education, research and documentation. In 2023, with major support from Montefiore Einstein, our programs supported a wide range of tradition-bearers that represented the cultural heritage of our region’s Black/African American, Ecuadorian, LGBTQIA+, Dominican, Irish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese communities, among others. Additionally, JazzFest White Plains presented 15+ music events over the course of five days and featured jazz greats John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Helen Sung and more.
During the summer and fall, ArtsWestchester presented Westchester Roots, a series of ten outdoor music and dance programs held in parks and city streets across the County. Highlights from the 2023 series included included a pan-Asian Mid-Autumn Mooncake festival, Dia De La Cultura Ecuatoriana (Day of Ecuadorian Culture) and the Countywide Juneteenth Kick-Off celebration.
In 2023, ArtsWestchester was the recipient of a prestigious $195K grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to support our Westchester Heritage Ambassador Program, a new community-driven, collaborative initiative designed for and by emerging leaders from three Westchester immigrant communities – Paraguayan, Ecuadorian and Ghanaian. Through this program, selected Heritage Ambassadors will develop and expand their skills in ethnographic fieldwork, audio/visual documentation and community archiving, as well as program planning and production.
10,300 155 $195K $50K
10,300 people attended our 2023 Performance & Folk Arts programs.
155 artists were presented in our Performance & Folk Arts programs.
We received $195K in support of our new Westchester Heritage Ambassador Program. We were awarded $50K from NYSCA in support of folk arts apprenticeships and individual artist grants.
supported more than 25 community events serving 9,000 people throughout Westchester County.
PUBLIC INFORMATION
2023 was a memorable year for ArtsWestchester as we stepped up our countywide public information programs and marketing campaigns for ArtsWestchester’s cultural programs post-COVID in order to inspire people to return to the arts.
With a goal of bringing audiences back to the arts as well as attracting new arts consumers, the Communications team worked to grow our community of social media followers and newsletter subscribers by more than 20% and increased web traffic by more than 47% over 2022. We published more than 100 articles on our news site, ArtsNews, featuring the latest news on major cultural events, arts organizations and fun things to do in the arts throughout Westchester and Rockland Counties. Weekly arts e-newsletters kept arts-interested subscribers up-to-date on events happening each month and helped build arts audiences for events by affiliate arts groups throughout the County.
Major sponsor support by Montefiore Einstein enabled ArtsWestchester to expand promotions of our Westchester Roots series of 10 community arts events, our five-day JazzFest and our Juneteenth Kick-Off event throughout the greater Westchester market area.
The staff made improvements to the organization’s website and continued to build ArtsWestchester’s brand while successfully marketing ArtsWestchester’s annual fundraising events, including the Arts Award Luncheon, the 2023 Golf Outing and The Arts Rock Gala event at The Capitol Theatre.
275K
More than 275,000 web visits to artsw.org.
16,000+ 35%
More than 16,000 Arts(e)News subscribers.
Newsletter open rate of 35+% .
30,000+
More than 30,000 social media followers.
DEVELOPMENT & SPECIAL EVENTS
With fundraising as our focus, the development department concentrates on engaging supporters through events, membership and outreach. Every year is a challenge, and 2023 was no different.
The development team took a leap of faith and shifted our traditional annual gala to a benefit concert at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester featuring a lively review of music and songs from the '60s and '70s. Guests at the Arts Rock Gala enjoyed a pre-concert reception and sumptuous buffet. By the time the evening ended, guests were dancing in the aisles and ArtsWestchester had raised $193K to benefit our work in the communities we serve.
Our popular annual golf outing, made possible with major support from Wells Fargo, moved to Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase. To accommodate the demand for more foursomes, we offered both morning and afternoon sessions. The early morning tee-off attracted 10 foursomes before 21 more foursomes came for the afternoon, with most players coming together for cocktails, dinner and awards in the evening.
We are also pleased to report that our membership has increased by 74% from 2022 due to more focus on renewals and larger gifts. In addition, our artist membership has grown exponentially because of exhibition opportunities available only to artist members. Growing ArtsWestchester’s membership continues to be a priority for the organization.
74%
Membership increased by 74%.
$193K
A first-ever benefit concert raised $193,000. $338K
Overall event fundraising raised $338,000.
ArtsWestchester’s 2023 Arts Rock Gala at the iconic Capitol Theatre
(photo credit: Doug Abdelnour) 25
We Support The Arts in Your Community!
In 2023, ArtsWestchester supported more than 180 grantees.
*map as of December 2023
Northern Westchester
BEDFORD
Bedford Playhouse
BEDFORD HILLS
Antioch Baptist Church
CHAPPAQUA
Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival
Limelight Theatre Company
Orchestra 914
Westchester Youth Alliance
Friends of Chappaqua Performing Arts Center
KATONAH
Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts
Creative Alliance Project
Destination 39.3 Inc
Katonah Museum of Art
Katonah Village Library
LEWISBORO
Equity For All Lewisboro
Lewisboro Celebrates Pride
MILLWOOD
Actors Conservatory Theatre
MOUNT KISCO
CLC Foundation
Mount Kisco Juneteenth
Urbanite Arts & Film Festival, Inc.
NORTH SALEM
Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden
PLEASANTVILLE
Arc Stages
Axial Theatre
Jacob Burns Film Center
POCANTICO HILLS
Historic Hudson Valley
SOMERS
Northern Star Quilters’ Guild
Katonah Classic Stage
SOUTH SALEM
Westchester Oratorio Society
YORKTOWN
SPARC, Inc.
Taconic Opera
HEIGHTS
The Capa Space
Rivertowns
CORTLANDT MANOR
Copland House
Hudson Ballet Theatre, Inc.
PEEKSKILL
Antonia Arts
Arts 10566
Retake/Remake Incorporated
DOBBS FERRY
The LAB
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON
River’s Edge Theatre Company
Rivertowns Art Council
The Westchester Chordsmen
IRVINGTON
Clocktower Players Commemorate
Hudson Valley Singers
Irvington Juneteenth Committee
OSSINING
Bethany Arts Community
Fashion Arts Xchange
Ossining Juneteenth Council
Ossining Public Library
Pleasantville Music Theatre
Sing Sing Prison Museum
Sleepy Hollow Performing Artists/Westchester
Dance Artists
Teatown Lake Reservation
The Juneteenth Council
Westchester Collaborative Theater
Cross Cultural Connection
Daisy Jopling Foundation
Fun Bunch Line Dance
Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art
Just the Place, Inc.
New Era Creative Space
Peekskill Youth Bureau
SLEEPY HOLLOW
Friends of Music Concerts
Hudson Valley Writers Center
TARRYTOWN
Foundation for the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns
Jazz Forum Arts
Lyndhurst, A National Trust for Historic Preservation
Rivertown Dance Academy
Shames JCC on the Hudson
Tarrytown Music Hall
The Historical Society Serving Sleepy Hollow & Tarrytown
Southern Westchester
ARDSLEY
Ardsley Multicultural Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Village of Ardsley
Parenting Children of Color
BRONXVILLE
Concordia Conservatory
EASTCHESTER
The Life Mosaic
The Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation
ELMSFORD
India Center of Westchester
Lagond Music School
GREENBURGH
Arts and Culture Committee, Town of Greenburgh
Greenburgh Eleven Educational Foundation
Greenburgh Evergreen Club, Inc.
Greenburgh Juneteenth Committee
Greenburgh Public Library
MOUNT VERNON
Association of Community-Based Artists of Westchester
FMVARYP (Friends of Mount Vernon Arts, Recreation & Youth Programs)
Harrigan Educational & Cultural Center
Luangisa African Museum and Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
Mount Vernon Friends of Parks & Recreation
PJS Jazz Society
The Revelators, Inc.
The African Healing Circle, Inc.
Wakanda Celebration
Wartburg
Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services
Youth Shelter Program of Westchester
PELHAM
Accent Dance NYC
Pelham Art Center
The Picture House Regional Film Center
Village of Pelham Council of the Arts
PURCHASE
Neuberger Museum of Art
Performing Arts Center at Purchase College
Rehabilitation Through the Arts
SCARSDALE
Hoff-Barthelson Music School
JCC Mid-Westchester
New Choral Society of Central Westchester
Young Musicians of Westchester Inc.
TUCKAHOE
Asbury Crestwood United Methodist Church
Tuckahoe Juneteenth Committee
WHITE PLAINS
Ballet des Amériques School & Company
Downtown Music at Grace Hindu Temple of the Tri-State Music Conservatory of Westchester New Westchester Symphony Orchestra
OCA: Asian Pacific American Advocates - Westchester/Hudson Valley Chapter
Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation
The Play Group Theatre
Thomas H. Slater Center
Westchester Philharmonic
White Plains Juneteenth Heritage, White Plains Performing Arts Center
Inc.
YONKERS
ArtFire
Blue Door Art Center
Bokandeye African American Dance Theater, Inc.
Enslaved Africans Rain Garden
Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra
Gooseberry Studio
Groundwork Hudson Valley, Inc.
Hamm & Clov Stage Company
Library Jazz Band
Nowodworski Foundation
RISEUP—Research Initiatives for the Strategic Empowerment of Urban Populace
The Mulford Corporation
Untermyer Gardens Conservancy
Untermyer Performing Arts Council
Urban Studio Unbound
We Art One Artist Collective, Inc.
YoFi Fest
Yonkers African American Heritage Committee
Yonkers Arts
Yonkers Downtown Waterfront BID
Yonkers Public Library/Riverfront Art Gallery
Sound Shore
LARCHMONT
Mamaroneck Artists Guild
Recognizing Enslaved Africans of Larchmont
Mamaroneck (REALM)
Westchester Chorale
MAMARONECK
LMC Media
Mamaroneck Community Chorus
OneMamaroneck
St. Thomas Orchestra
The Emelin Theatre for the Performing Arts
NEW ROCHELLE
InVision U
New Rochelle Council on the Arts
New Rochelle Opera
New Rochelle Public Library
Songcatchers
The Lincoln Park Conservancy
The Symphony of Westchester
Tutti Bravi Productions
United Community Center of Westchester, Inc.
RYE
Friends of the African American Cemetery
pRYEde Community Group, Inc.
Rye Poetry Path
The Rye Arts Center
Westchester Children’s Museum
PORT CHESTER
Clay Art Center
Port Chester Historical Society
Rockland County
HAVERSTRAW
Haverstraw African American Connection
United Latin Festival of Haverstraw
NANUET
Nanuet Public Library
NEW CITY
Rockland Farm Alliance
West Third Street Dance Corp. dba Debra
Weiss Dance Company
NYACK
ArtsRock
Nyack Center
Rockland County Pride Center
Truth 2 Power
PIERMONT
Dennis P. McHugh
Piermont Public Library
Piermont Civic Association
SLOATSBURG
Friends of Harmony Hall
Jacob Sloat House
STONY POINT
InnaVillage Productions
SUFFERN
Chiku Awali African Dance, Arts & Culture
Emotions Physical Theatre
RHYTHM OF LIFE
TAPPAN
BridgeMusik
WEST NYACK BRIDGES
Rockland Independent Living Center
Rockland Arts Festival
A performance at Caramoor's 2023 American Roots Festival. Caramoor is one of many cultural organizations supported by ArtsWestchester’s Grants Program. (photo
credit: Mary Alice Franklin)
FINANCIALS
ArtsWestchester has an excellent reputation as a fiscally sound organization. Over time, it has increased the county and state regrant pool through tremendous advocacy efforts.
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
2023
John Peckham, Co-Chair
President & CEO Peckham Industries, Inc.
John J. Barnes
Senior Vice President Reckson
Yaniv Blumenfeld Founder Glacier Global Partners
Natasha Caputo – ex-officio Director
Westchester County Office of Tourism & Film
Catherine Cioffi – ex-officio Director of Communications Office of the County Executive
Terry Clements – ex-officio County Legislator
Margaret Cunzio – ex-officio County Legislator
Thomas DeCaro President Benchmark Title Agency
Troy DeVries General Manager, Electric Operations Con Edison
Taryn Duffy Vice Pres. Corp. Communications & Public Affairs Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts
Barbara Elliot Arts Patron
Mark Ettenger President Emelin Theatre
Dawn French Senior Vice President Marketing & Community Outreach White Plains Hospital
Louis P. Gallo Senior Vice President Wells Fargo Commercial Banking
Emily Grant Arts Patron
ARTSWESTCHESTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Froma B. Benerofe, Co-Chair
Arts Patron
*LaRuth Gray Arts Patron
*A. Maren Hexter Arts Patron
*Betty Himmel Arts Patron
Cristle Collins Judd President
Sarah Lawrence College
Andrew Katell Arts Patron
Farooq Kathwari Chairman and CEO Ethan Allan Global, Inc
Marvin Krislov President Pace University
Edward J. Lewis, III President & CEO Caramoor
Michael Madonia Senior Vice President Amalgamated Bank
Thomas Manisero PKF O’Connor Davies
Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe Partner Katonah Museum of Art
Richard Martinelli Secretary & Treasurer Today Media
Joseph McCoy Division Head Commercial Loans Valley National Bank
*Michael Minihan Managing Partner, BX3
Barbara Z. Monohan Arts Patron
Nick Moore Creative Director The Idea Network
Marie A. Smith, President Arts Patron
Wilfredo Morel Executive Director Arts 10566
Eon S. Nichols Partner
Cuddy & Feder LLP
Nataly Ritter Arts Patron
Tyre Robinson Regional President M&T Bank
Martin Rogowsky Rogowsky Management
Sondra Craine Salley Arts Patron
Judith S. Schwartz Arts Patron
Hannah Shmerler Arts Patron
Barry Shenkman President & Treasurer Jacob Burns Foundation
Leah Sills Arts Patron
Deborah Simon Arts Patron
Janet Langsam, Chief Executive Officer ArtsWestchester
Marie Smith Arts Patron
Dave Steck Executive Director YoFi Fest, Inc.
Waddell Stillman Executive Director Historic Hudson Valley
Bernard Thombs President Bernard Raymond Incorporated
Crista Tucker Managing Partner J.P. Morgan Chase Wealth Management
Brian Van Riper Director of Construction Robert Martin Company
*Jacqueline A. Walker Arts Patron
Robert Wiener Chairman MAXX Properties
Randolph Williams Professor of Studio Art Manhattanville College *Past President
EMERITI BOARD
Glenn Bianco
Gerard Curran
Burt Fealing
Kenneth J. Gould
Donald H. McCree III
William M. Mooney, Jr.
Joseph P. Oates
Martin Oppenheimer
Kevin J. Plunkett
Stephen V. Reitano
Armando Rodriguez
Linda Sanford
Jamie L. Shenkman
Michael J. Smith
Robert Weisz
Peter W. Wilcox
THANK YOU
TO ARTSWESTCHESTER’S 2023 SUPPORTERS
Support from government partners, individual donors, advertising and ticket sales, and the participation in and sponsorship of activities such as the Annual Golf Outing, Gala, and JazzFest make our work possible. Consider a gift at artsw.org/donate.
OUR 2023 SUPPORTERS MAKE IT
ALL POSSIBLE
FOUNDERS ($100,000+)
Montefiore Einstein
Joseph & Sophia Abeles Foundation, Inc.
Cappelli Organization
Froma & Andrew Benerofe
Con Edison
Ethan Allen Interiors
Ginsburg Development LLC
Apple Bank
AvPORTS
The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation
Barbara & Paul Elliot
Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts
Mark Ettenger
Judith Evnin
First Republic Private Wealth
Amalgamated Bank
American Petroleum
Belway Electrical Contracting Corp.
Benerofe Properties Corp.
C&S Companies
Michael Cappelli
Caramoor Ctr. for Music & Arts
CBIZ Marks Paneth LLP
Leslie Cecil & Creighton Michael
Citizens Bank
Clean Path NY
Const. Ind. Council of West. & Hudson Valley
Cuddy & Feder LLP
NYS Council on the Arts
PACESETTERS ($25,000+)
M&T Bank
Peckham Family Foundation
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
PARTNERS ($10,000+)
Jacob Burns Foundation
Yvonne Pollack
Nataly G. Ritter
Martin L. Rogowsky
SUSTAINERS ($5,000+)
Management
A. Maren Hexter
Betty Himmel
Marvin Krislov
Richard Martinelli
Michael Minihan
Barbara Z. Monohan
Pace University
PKF O’Connor Davies
FOUNDING FRIENDS ($2,500+)
Patrick Dwyer
Dynamite Contracting Co., Inc.
Ference-Gray Insurance Brokerage, LLC
LaRuth H. Gray
Hudson Valley MOCA
IDS
Katonah Museum of Art
Lothrop Associates LLP Architects
Anthony Minervini
Pacific Retail Capital Partners
PCI Industries Corp.
PCSB Bank
Peckham Industries, Inc.
Westchester County
Sills Family Foundation
Wells Fargo
White Plains Hospital
Hannah Shmerler
Marie Smith
Westchester Medical Center
Elizabeth Sander
Sullivan Architecture PC
Verde Electric Corp.
Jacqueline A. Walker
Lucille Werlinich
Westchester Magazine
Robert Wiener
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
Purchase College SUNY
Reckson
Sarah Lawrence College
Seasafe Aero Services, Inc.
Deborah Simon
Simone Development Company
Strategies for Wealth
Thermodynamics Corp.
Thompson & Bender
Titan Aviation Fuels
Valley National Bank
Yonkers Contracting Company, Inc
African American Men of Westchester
Ballet des Ameriques School & Co
James Barker
Glenn Bianco
Wendy Blum
Cambria Hotel & Suites
Marx Realty Cross County Center
Crystal Window & Door Systems, LTD
Laura deBuys
Thomas DeCaro
Mark C. Dickson
ELQ Industries
The Emelin Theatre
Lauren M. Fales
Steven Fendrich
AARP
Abigail Kirsch Culinary Productions
The ARC Westchester
Bedford Playhouse
Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson
Bright Energy Services
Carmel Car & Limo
Clay Art Center
Coach USA
Bonnie & Gerard Curran
Rachel Diamond
Empire BlueCross BlueShield
Lougenia Flammia
SUPPORTERS ($1,000+)
Historic Hudson Valley
Insuregy Agency, Inc.
Iona University
Karen & Paul Isaac
Jacob Burns Film Center, Inc.
Lynn & Jules Kroll
Michael Madonia
Michael Martinelli
Joseph B. McCoy
Mercy University
Brendan Meyer
Music Conservatory of Westchester
OLA Consulting Engineers
Paraco Gas Corp.
Douglas Perry
PATRONS ($500+)
Friends of Music Concerts, Inc.
Todd Gordon
Hoff-Barthelson Music School
The Hudson Valley Writers Center
Jazz Forum Arts
The Kensico Cemetery
Lagond Music School
The LOFT: The Lesbian & Gay Community
Services Center
Lyndhurst
Thomas Middleton
Neuberger Museum of Art
Orange Bank & Trust Company
Picture House Regional Film Center, Inc.
Professional Group Marketing
The Rye Arts Center, Inc.
The Schoolhouse Theater
Scully Construction
Leah Sills
Charles Slivinski
Donald Stever
Crista Tucker
Brian Van Riper
Westchester Children’s Chorus
Westfair Communications, Inc.
Win Properties Inc.
Pelham Art Center
Valerie Pollner
Daniel Rodriguez
Songcatchers, Inc
Switch Inc. Electrical
Town of Greenburgh
Westchester County Association
Erik Wolf
Yankwitt LLP
Yonkers Public Library
Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP
Art XO Studio
Axial Theatre Co.
Wayne Bass
Bethany Arts Community
BridgeMusik
Broadway Training Center of Westchester
Bronxville Women’s Club
Chakarr Jewelry, Inc.
Clocktower Players
Conlon Engineering
Copland House
Katy Coppinger
Susan Cox
Actors Conservatory Theatre
Inez Andrucyk
Arts Council of Rockland
Kathryn Biehl
Noam Bramson
John E. Brathwaite
David Buchwald
Zachary Carter
Bob Clark
Co-Communications, Inc.
Renee Cohen
Color Camera Club of Westchester
Patrick Conlon
Barbara Dannenberg
Susan H. Eisman
Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers, Inc.
Dana Forster Navins
Margaret Fox
Eric Freed
Friends of the North Castle Public Library
Sandra Galef
Kathleen Gallagher
Bridget Gibbons
Elizabeth Glynn
Carol Greenberg
Michelle Grieco-Varnit
Ground Glass Inc.
Hamm & Clov Stage Company
Kersten Harries
Harrison Public Library
Nicole M. Herschkorn
Hudson Valley Singers
BENEFACTOR ($250+)
Cormac F. Daly
Friends of Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Robbins Gottlock
Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden
Irvington Public Library
Steve Koller
Craig S. Levine
Magic Box Productions
Mamaroneck Artists Guild
Shelley Mayer
Robert McGuinness
Wilfredo Morel
Chance Mullen
New Rochelle Council on the Arts
Catherine Parker
GOLD ($100+)
LaVerne Johnson
Peggy A. Kahn
Gerard Kiernan
KinoSaito
Melissa Lam
Emily Leighton
Jacolyn Levin
David Long
Pam Loscher
M&M Performing Arts Company, Inc.
Sheldon Manspeizer
Marie S. Marich
Mike McCoy
Fannie Miller-Beard
Lynn Moffat
Donald D. Moskovitz
Linda Negrin
Kenneth Nelson
New Castle Historical Society Museum
New Rochelle Opera, Inc.
New Rochelle Public Library Foundation, Inc.
Nowodworski Foundation
Laurence O’Connell
Jennifer Pariser
Peekskill Arts Alliance
PepsiCo, Inc.
Robert Pesce
Michael Pilla
PJS Jazz Society
Pound Ridge Library
Marilyn Price
Harriet Rader
Stuart Reid
Robert Martin Company
Shirley Roberts-Brereton
James Schmitz
Francine T. Shorts
Sing Sing Prison Museum
Steffi Nossen School of Dance
Jamey Teitell
Telematic Studios, Inc.
Matt Thomas
Alex A. Torres
White Plains Housing Authority
Yonkers Arts
Ellen Reinheimer
Rudolph Rinaldi
RiverArts
David Rocco
Jennifer M. Rutledge
Linda Salamon
Susan F. Scharf
Kate Scorza Ingram
Lynn Sobel
Bernard Stachel
Daniel Suozzo
Thomas H. Slater Center
Jane Turley
Barbara B. Turvey
Upstream Gallery
Alexis C. Ventre
Wakanda Celebration
Howard Waldman
Walkabout Clearwater Sloop
Gerald Weinstein
Colleen Westbrook
Westchester Chamber Music Society, Inc.
Westchester Chordsmen
Westchester Collaborative Theatre
Westchester Oratorio Society
Westchester Photographic Society
White Plains Juneteenth Heritage, Inc.
William White
YCP Theaterworks
Yellow Finch Project
Terry Zuckerman-Feldman
(photo credit: Leslye Smith)