2023 Annual Benefit Journal / Annual Report

Angelina, a student at PS/MS 278 in Manhattan and this year’s cover artist

BUILDING A BRIGHTER FUTURE

Meet Angelina , a student in the CAW after-school mixed media program at PS/MS 278 in Manhattan and the cover artist for our benefit journal. In addition to building an impressive portfolio, Angelina developed new skills, connected with her community, and gained confidence you can see in her eyes. She is just one of thousands of NYC young people CAW served this year. We invite you to join us in our mission. Together, we are building a brighter future.

CAW Youth Apprentice Izzy Brinks in front of the 2022 summer mural “Monte de Flores.”

Photo by Mike Fernandez/Audubon

OUR STORY

Elementary students at CAW’s after-school Visual Storytelling and Puppetry Program at The William Lynch School in Hamilton Heights.

Photo by Frances Flood

A MESSAGE FROM KAREN

Welcome to our 2023 Annual Benefit for Kids, “Building a Brighter Future.” We hope that you, too, are experiencing a blossoming energy and a renewed sense of optimism this spring! After three solid years of needing to react to constantly evolving circumstances and challenges, we at CAW can finally, genuinely say that our eyes are focused—firmly and full of hope—on the days ahead. And we don’t think we’re alone! In recent weeks, the pulse of our beloved city seems to have picked up pace in ways that feel both familiar and fresh. (Have you felt it, too?)

In direct alignment with our mission, we have consistently drawn on our creativity in order to persevere, designing new modes of reaching and serving our youth and communities. Of course, this ability is at the very heart of what we aim to impart through our creative youth development programs! Having sustained robust opportunities for creative self-expression throughout the past three years has empowered our CAW kids to raise their voices, develop greater agency in the face of a turbulent world, and realize their strength. The resilience of our young people and our city—which is exceptional in its ability to rebuild and regenerate— is reflected in our event’s key image and in the explosion of youth-created art you see around you tonight.

While there is much to celebrate, it is tempered by the weight of responsibility to our young people. Though they have long since returned to their classrooms, NYC youth are still rebounding from the disrupted development, disconnection, and challenges to growth and wellbeing that these years have entailed. CAW’s commitment to youth development, connection, and communication through the arts is ongoing, and is, in many ways, more urgent than ever.

Your commitment and contributions make our work possible, and you have shown up for Creative Art Works and the young people we serve in a big way! As this journal goes to print, we are looking forward to our most successful event in history; we are gratified by, and grateful for, your support.

Thank you. Building together, the future is surely bright.

Karen Jolicoeur Executive Director

Digital self-portrait by Tenin Savane, a student in a social justice youth employment program at Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers

OUR MISSION

Creative Art Works empowers young people through the visual and multimedia arts. Our programs equip NYC children, teens and young adults with essential tools and skills; connect them with community, academic success and career opportunities; and inspire them to reach for new possibilities.

Working in underserved neighborhoods of NYC, we provide in-school and out-of-school-time classes, public art youth employment programs, and community art-making events, in partnership with public schools, recreation centers, parks, foster care facilities, and in juvenile justice settings. Our programs build confidence, unlock a love of learning, and teach valuable technical and social-emotional skills while creating profound connections between our young constituents, their art, and their communities. Students are never charged for participation, and Youth Apprentices earn wages.

OUR STORY...

FY 2022 sources of funds

Contributed

Government = 17%

In-kind = 10%

Individual = 4%

Corporate = 6%

Foundation = 7%

$ 1.885MM Total

FY 2022 use of funds

Earned Event

Program income = 12%

Cause Marketing = 1%

Annual Benefit for Kids = 43%

Expense Allocation

Program services 71%

Administration 14%

Fundraising 15%

$ 1.743MM Total

Expense by Program

Public Art Youth Employment 46%

Out of School Time 26%

In-School 25%

Community Art-making 3%

OUR IMPACT, BY THE NUMBERS

In fiscal year 2022, we provided...

265 Youth Apprenticeships in the digital arts and through the creation of large-scale public art

Creative Art Works returned to in-person implementation of all of its Public Art Youth Employment programs in FY22. This past year, we provided 265 full-time and part-time jobs to young NYC residents, through the creation of five works of large-scale public art; digital photography, graphic design, and branding; and character design.

600 participants and 10 partners with 15 out-of-school time programs

Semester-long after-school and Saturday art programs offer K-12 students the opportunity to develop their artistic, technical, and social skills, with a positive impact on academic behaviors. All programs returned to in-person instruction in FY22.

278

1,650 students with 9 in-school arts integration programs

Arts-based, integrated units of study help to meet mandated arts education requirements and mitigate the lack of ample arts education in public schools. Curricula, including anatomy and physiology, digital design, social justice, and the humanities, were designed in keeping with the NY State Learning Standards for the Arts and the NY City Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts as well as the guidelines of Creative Youth Development.

...and served 275 participants through community art-making events

These projects engage youth with their families as part of larger public events with community partners. Art-making aligns with and enhances our partners’ goals for youth and community engagement. In FY22, CAW saw the return of four in-person community art-making events.

Youth Apprentices painting the mural “Monte de Flores” at Montefiore Square

Student in the CASA mixed media program at PS/MS

School District 4 Back To School Street Fair

Teaching Artist Abby Walsh with student in the A. Philip Randolph HS Foundations program

“Storytelling, without fail, is something that intrigues and excites everyone. It’s how we learn to communicate, process our emotions, imagine, and create. Learning to express these stories, and being given access to the space to do so, is so important, especially for students. It’s a way to show them that they are seen and heard, that their words matter, and that their stories matter.”

Creative Art Works’ Visual Storytelling and Puppetry program at The William Lynch School in Hamilton Heights has got a lot of people talking. This program, which is part of the New York City Council’s Cultural AfterSchool Adventures (CASA) initiative, introduces primary-school students to the surprisingly sophisticated art of puppetry. Young creators try their hands at making increasingly complex forms of puppets, including stick puppets, paper plate puppets, paper bag puppets, sock puppets, and marionettes. Along the way they learn the basic building blocks of stories, such as character, conflict, setting, plot, and, of course, dialogue. The program will culminate with a grand puppet show with performances by all students on stages built by each grade expressly for the final event.

Students naturally enjoy talking to their own puppets, or staging conversation between their puppets and those of their classmates. It’s fun, but it’s also a vehicle for tremendous growth. To find out more, we talked to CAW Teaching Artist Maham Khwaja about this program and the enduring appeal of telling stories with puppets.

CAW Teaching Artist Maham Khwaja showing students a sock puppet

Students cut felt shapes for their puppets

— CAW Teaching Artist Maham Khwaja

What skills or competencies are your students learning by making puppets to tell their own stories? The students have been learning so much! They’re learning to physically create puppets, as well as learning to think about their characters, in terms of personality, likes and dislikes. From there, they’ll be learning to give their characters words, scenarios and stories. We’re building stories from the ground up and the students, beyond being able to express themselves artistically, are learning to imagine and create using characters that they’ve made themselves.

Tell us about the process of creating characters and putting them into narratives? We begin by naming our puppet characters. Then, we give them personalities and think about how they respond to things in their world. At this point, we’re beginning to give our characters scenarios in which they can express themselves and engage with one another. Soon, the dialogue and conversations will be part of greater stories created by the students themselves. Dialogue and conversation can, often times, be an extension of what a particular student may be feeling or thinking at any given moment.

Why do young kids respond so strongly to puppets? I think it’s because puppets are so tactile, interactive, and expressive – young kids are instantly drawn to them. Not only can they watch puppets tell engaging stories, but they can also be a part of those stories, and even create their own stories using their own puppets.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs through the Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, in partnership with the City Council and Council Member Shaun Abreu.

School’s out and sixth-grade students are arriving at Creative Art Works’ after-school Bookmaking program at IS 254 in The Bronx. As they finish their afternoon snacks, CAW Teaching Artist Ryan Davis starts a warm-up by asking his students to make blind contour drawings in their sketchbook. The three rules include no looking at your paper, no lifting your pencil off the paper, and no stopping until time is up.

They then create several quick drawings of their classmates and share a laugh at the results. This exercise teaches the students to develop observation techniques, eye-hand coordination, and to focus on the process rather than the final results. These skills are then used when the students create accordion books with panels of drawings that depict a story.

Starting with sketchbook drawings, students come up with character, plot, and setting ideas for their book. Once they create a story, they experiment with pencils, pens, and paints on their final project.

Ryan says his students are responding well to the projects in the class. They like the hands-on nature and are comfortable with tools and materials they’ve been using all their lives – paper and pencils, paint and brushes. But each project is designed with a thought-provoking question at its core.

Ryan explains, “I challenged my students to make a book in which they express to the reader who and what they are. Once they made their books, I told them, ‘I’m going to hold you to your own words. You are responsible for being true to yourself.’”

Student sketchbook drawings

Teaching Artist Ryan Davis and student

This Creative Art Works program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs through the Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, in partnership with the City Council and Council Member Oswald Feliz.

“You are responsible for being true to yourself.”

— Teaching Artist Ryan Davis

THE CLASSROOM OF YOUR DREAMS

ART AROUND THE WORLD

On a brisk autumn Saturday in East Harlem, East 160th Street was closed to traffic and turned into a neighborhood block party as part of the School District 4 Back-to-School Homecoming at PS/MS 7. As families mingled and a DJ played hip-hop classics, nearly 40 students, some with parents in tow, joined Creative Art Works Teaching Artists for a fun and free community artmaking project. Students were invited to build a mini diorama of “the classroom of their dreams.”

Ivory Nunez-Medrano, CAW Program Manager - Teaching & Learning, said this project was a lot of fun, but it also utilized real academic skills.

“The goal of the project was to imagine and build a model of a unique space for learning, using accessible materials. Participants employed creative, problem-solving, and spatial and motor skills by selecting paper in different colors and patterns, cutting shapes with scissors, and gluing and placing them to develop an original idea. The creative challenge was to turn a cardboard box into a unique three-dimensional space.”

It all depends on the dreamer… For some students, the classroom of their dreams included night skies, wild patterns, or a dense forest

This Creative Art Works program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural After-School Adventures (CASA) Initiative in partnership with the City Council.

Coffee Filter Watercolor Paintings Inspired by Tibetan Mandalas

Student art ranged from winter themed with footprints in the snow to the great outdoors with soaring, lush trees

CAW Program Associate Maddie De Leon reported that many young people connected over the project. “There was a moment where we had two participants who didn’t know each other, but one boy was intrigued by the other’s drawing of Sonic the Hedgehog. The first boy then showed the other boy how to draw the character, and it was so heartwarming.”

These projects are designed to engage youth with their community and to allow them to experience and celebrate the power of art with others .

OUR EVENING

WHEN:

Thursday, April 27, 2023 6:00 — 8:00 PM

WHERE: 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor New York, NY

THE FESTIVITIES:

• Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and have a chance to mingle with guests, CAW Teaching Artists, and Youth Apprentices.

• Experience live jazz by the Juan Rodriguez Trio

• View dozens of selected works in our gallery of youth-created art.

• Light up our cityscape with your colorful vision for the future.

• Join our youth apprentices and teaching artists in building a 3D neighborhood of the future.

HONORING:

Peter Brindley

Executive Vice President & Head of Real Estate,

Paramount Group

Scott Corneby

Executive

Vice President,

Structure Tone

Gary LaBarbera

President, The Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York

Youth Apprentices at work on the mural, “ Mirroring Dreams of Justice,” at Bronx County Family Courthouse.

OUR HONOREES

OUR PAST HONOREES

Robert Scheinman , Principal, J.T. Magen

Brian Goldman , Vice Chairman, Newmark Division

Whitney Arcaro , Head of Marketing & Retail Leasing, RXR

NY Family Court ,

Accepted by the Hon. Karen Lupuloff

Jerome Montrone , Managing Director Beacon Capital Partners

NYC Department of Health , Active Design in Schools

Accepted by Teddy Swenson, MPH, Program Manager

John P. Maher, Executive Vice President, CBRE

Donald Notice , Executive Director West Harlem Group Assistance

Dave Cheikin

Brookfield Properties

(Represented by Jerry Larkin, Exec. Vice President)

Felipe Franco , Deputy Commissioner NYC Administration for Children’s Service

Glen Weiss , Executive Vice President, Vornado

David Fanning , Principal, A. Philip Randolph Campus HS

Neil Goldmacher, Vice Chairman, Newmark

Ben Lev , Principal, Hamilton Grange Middle School

Marcia Sells , Dean of Students, Harvard Law School, & former Associate Dean, Columbia University School of the Arts, a community partner

Brookie Maxwell , Founder, Creative Art Works (in memoriam)

2014

Scott Panzer, Vice Chairman, JLL Rick Wise , CEO, Lippincott

Olga Quiles , Principal, MS 328

Jim Cole , Assistant Principal, MS 328

John Cephaly , Executive Vice Chair Cushman and Wakefield

Judge Edwina Richardson-Mendelson , NY Family Court

Glenn Palmer-Smith, Artist and Author Murals of New York City

Robert Selsam , Executive Chairman, Boston Properties (Lifetime Achievement Award)

2013

Michael Laginestra , Vice Chairman, CBRE

Debbie Schaefer, Principal, PS 192

Colin Thompson , Artist

2012

Paul Amrich , Vice Chairman, CBRE

Peter Passidomo , Chief Clerk, NY Family Court

Tom Lunke , Planning Director, Harlem Community Development Corp.

2011

2015 2010

Frank Doyle , Vice Chairman, JLL

Andy Levin , Senior Vice President, Boston Properties

Pam Haller, Program Manager Health Education and Outreach, NY Presbyterian Hospital

Elementary students at CAW’s after-school Visual Storytelling and Puppetry Program at The William Lynch School in Hamilton Heights

OUR 2023 HONOREE

Peter Brindley Executive Vice President, Head of Real Estate Paramount Group

Peter Brindley has been Executive Vice President, Head of Real Estate, at Paramount Group since February 2021. Peter joined Paramount Group in December 2010 as Vice President of Leasing and was appointed Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President of Leasing in 2015 and 2017, respectively. Prior to joining Paramount Group, he served as a Senior Director at Tishman Speyer in their New York office. Prior to joining Tishman Speyer in 2004, Peter worked at CBRE in the brokerage services group.

Peter is a member of the Board of Directors of the Avenue of the Americas Association, where he serves as Treasurer. He is also a member of the Real Estate Board of New York. Peter graduated from Ithaca College with a Bachelor of Science in Business and received his Master of Science degree in Real Estate Finance & Investment from New York University.

Peter would like to thank his colleagues at Paramount Group for their support and his cochairs for their significant contributions toward making this year’s CAW benefit a success. He is grateful to be a co-honoree this evening and appreciates the support of CAW and its past honorees, many of whom have remained actively involved in the organization, as well as the generosity of this year’s sponsors.

Peter resides in Darien, Connecticut, with his wife, Blair, and their son, Alex.

Youth Apprentice working on “A Ripple of Change” at PS/MS 4 in The Bronx.

OUR 2023 HONOREE

Scott Corneby Executive Vice President

Structure Tone

Scott Corneby is an Executive Vice President with Structure Tone New York. Scott began his career at Structure Tone in 1985, a 37-year exemplary tenure. He started in operations as a Superintendent successfully completing a series of increasingly challenging assignments. He was promoted to Project Manager with responsibility for concurrent assignments, again with progressive accountability for projects of greater size and scope. Scott was then appointed Assistant Director of Operations, and further on to Director of Operations, where he managed a staff of over 300 project managers, superintendents, assistant superintendents and other field operations staff for 15 years.

His career thus far at Structure Tone has culminated in his current position as Executive Vice President for the single largest business unit in the Structure Tone organization where his primary focus revolves around Structure Tone’s larger key accounts and projects.

Scott served as President of the Board of Directors for the Building Contractors Association; and is a Board Member for the Outreach Project. He has also spent 25 years supporting the Creative Art Works and 35 years raising funds and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis. Scott earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration/Marketing from Ramapo College of New Jersey.

Scott and his wife Robin have three grown children, Brittany, Sean and Brendan, and two grandsons, Connor and Owen.

Scott Corneby (far left) with Youth Apprentices working on the mural “Peace of our Time” at Jacob Schiff School Campus

Youth-created art from the CASA mixed-media program at PS/MS 278 in Manhattan. Photo by Frances Flood.

OUR 2023 HONOREE

Gary LaBarbera President

The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York

Gary LaBarbera has served since 2009 as President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTCGNY), an organization representing 100,000 trade workers in NYC. In 2021, Gary was elected President of the New York State Building and Construction Trades Council (NYSBCTC), which comprises 15 local building trades councils, 12 district councils and state associations, and 135 local unions and represents 200,000 tradespeople across the state.

Gary has embarked on ambitious negotiations for project labor agreements (PLAs) to provide labor cost savings to advance major public and private projects. These efforts have resulted in excess of $100 billion in public sector PLAs with the City of New York and the NYC School Construction Authority, saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. This includes a landmark PLA with the NYC Housing Authority that is providing NYC workers with a path to middle-class careers in the building trades through their pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, as well as a monumental PLA with the city that connects individuals from low-income neighborhoods to union preapprenticeship and direct-entry programs, leading to an estimated $1 billion in wages and benefits for target communities during the first full year of the program.

Under Gary’s leadership, the building trades have become a model of inclusivity with the majority of New York City’s union construction workers now being minorities. Gary launched the Apprenticeship Readiness Collective to enhance access to union apprenticeship programs in historically marginalized communities and forge alliances with community groups.

Gary has served organized labor as President of the New York City Central Labor Council, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council 16, and President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 282. Gary was one of the first members of Local 282 to graduate from the Labor Studies Program at Cornell University’s School of Industrial Labor Relations in 1994.

Gary is currently a Vice President of the New York City Central Labor Council, a Vice President of the New York State AFL-CIO, and a Vice Chairman of the New York Building Congress.

Gary is founder and Chairman of the Board of the New York City chapter of Helmets to Hardhats. He is President and CEO of the Edward J. Malloy Initiative for Construction Skills. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Ronald McDonald House and the Metropolitan Outreach Project.

OUR THANKS

Cut Paper Illustration by Massiah Mason, a student at A. Phillip Randolph Campus High School. Photo by Frances Flood.

A MESSAGE FROM ANDY & BRIAN

Our theme tonight is Building a Brighter Future, and building has always been a theme for CAW, along with creativity and forward-thinking. During what has been a challenging time, we’ve experienced great productivity, strategic growth, and deliberate reinvestment toward capacity building. As a result, this has been a year of transition and positive momentum! We are truly proud that you are each a meaningful part of the CAW family at this exciting and hopeful time.

We saw our in-school programs grow to serve 1,650 NYC students, and our out-of-school-time programs served nearly 600, with offerings in an array of disciplines. We provided 265 youth apprenticeships in the creation of large-scale public art and digital art. This spring, our character design program with FunPlus, now in its third year, is offering internships to 100 students in NYC CTE high schools. Finally, we’ve returned to community art-making events, serving hundreds of children and their families.

Our work is only as good as our people, and we have a great team. As of January 1, as part of a planned succession, Karen Jolicoeur was promoted to Executive Director; Brian transitioned to the role of Board President; and Andy continues to serve faithfully as Board Chair. We are excited about this fresh, energized era even as we remain dedicated to the stability and ongoing success of the organization.

We’re proud that we have managed to buck staffing trends, promoting from within and enhancing retention. CAW Teaching Artist Erika Sabel has joined our program management team along with new addition Donna Manganello. Madeline De Leon, who started with CAW as a summer Youth Apprentice in 2016, and worked her way up to Teaching Artist Assistant in 2019, is now our full-time Program Associate. We have enhanced capacity with Ellen Seltzer as our Director of Finance & Administration, and with Clair Vogel in the newly created role of Development Manager. We hosted Frances Flood as a Marketing & Communications Intern this spring, and much of her work is reflected in this journal. Our talented team of Teaching Artists continues to grow, and also features some outstanding youth employment alumni as Teaching Artist Assistants-in-Training.

We are celebrating more women in leadership as we welcome, Gail Holcomb and Tiffany Theriault to our Board of Directors. And we thank Steve Soutendijk for joining the Executive Committee as Treasurer.

We are grateful for the selfless contributions of tonight’s Honorees and Benefit Co-Chairs. We offer our thanks to longstanding supporters Peter Brindley and Scott Corneby, as well as the newest member of our Honoree Circle, Gary LaBarbera.

Thank you to all who came out tonight to celebrate with us: our students and Youth Apprentices, our dedicated staff and inspiring Teaching Artists, our wonderful program partners, and all the sponsors and donors who make our work possible.

Cheers to you and to our youth, tomorrow and for years to come,

Andy Levin Chair

Brian Ricklin President

OUR HOST COMMITTEE

BOARD MEMBERS

Andrew D. Levin Chair

Brian Ricklin President

Steven Soutendijk Treasurer

Julia Sanabria Secretary

BENEFIT CO-CHAIRS

Andrew Ackerman

Paul Amrich

Whitney Arcaro

David Cheikin

Frank Doyle

Howard Fiddle

Robert Finger

Mark Furman

Brian Goldman

David Green

Tom Hill

Mosely Chaszar

Mark Evans

Neil Goldmacher

Gail Holcomb

Angela Pennyfeather

Andrew Stern

Tiffany Theriault

Janet Woods

Heather Kahn

Michael Kleinberg

David Kleiner

Lesley Lisser

Robert Lowe

John Maher

Jerome Montrone

Dennis Murray

Doug Neye

Robert Scheinman

Peter Turchin

Glen Weiss

OUR FRIENDS AND COLLABORATORS

CAW would like to acknowledge the invaluable relationships we have with our collaborators, who include:

Community Partners

Arts in Education Roundtable

Audubon Mural Project

Boys & Girls Club of Harlem

Bronx Family Court

BronxWorks

CASES

Catholic Charities Community Services - Alianza Division

Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services

Center for Active Design

Center for Court Innovation

Children’s Aid Society

City College of New York

CultureNOW

East Harlem Health Action Center

FunPlus

Harlem Community Development Corporation

Harlem Week

Henry Street Settlement

Hike the Heights

HOPE Community Inc.

Inwood Community Services

Jacob Schiff Neighborhood Association

Madison Square Boys and Girls Club

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine

Materials for the Arts

National Guild for Community Arts Education

New East Harlem Merchants Association

New York Family Court

New York Mission Society

NYC Council

NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

NYC Department of Education

NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

NYC Department of Parks & Recreation

NYC Department of Transportation

NYC Department of Youth & Community Development

NYS Council on the Arts

Police Athletic League

PUMP Harlem

Queens Community Justice Center

Queens Family Court

Right to Dream

West Harlem Development Corporation

West Harlem Group Assistance

Academic Partners

A. Philip Randolph Campus High School

Bayside High School

Chelsea Career and Technical High School

Community Math and Science Prep

Community School District 4

High School for Law and Public Service

Information Technology High School

Innovation Diploma Plus High School

IS 254 Bronx

Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers

Manhattan Early College for Advertising (MECA)

Marie Curie High School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions

MS 45 Bronx

PS 192 Manhattan

PS 88 Queens

PS/MS 4 Bronx

PS/MS 278 Manhattan

PS 153 Manhattan

PS 155 Manhattan

Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology

William Lynch School

Student at The WIlliam Lynch School in Hamilton Heights

Photo by Frances Flood

OUR SPONSORS

PREMIER SPONSORS

Building Contractors Association

CBRE

Cushman & Wakefield

JLL

Newmark

Paramount Group

Structure Tone

DIAMOND SPONSORS

Quality Building Services Corp.

PLATINUM SPONSORS

Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York

Fried Frank

Neil & Bari Goldmacher

Greenberg Traurig

The Paul & Sandra Montrone Family

GOLD SPONSORS

Alexander Wolf & Son

Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management

BXP

Clune Construction

Colliers International

Ed Conard & Jill Davis

Leon & Toby Cooperman

Dentons

Gibson Dunn

Jay Goldman

HedgeServ

Andy & Julie Levin

MKDA

M. Y. Safra Bank

Nead Electric

Jane & Daniel Och

PAL Environmental Services

Related Companies, Hudson Yards

Brian Ricklin

RXR

Savills

Vinson & Elkins

Willkie Farr & Gallagher

SILVER SPONSORS

Ambassador Construction Company

Mosely Chaszar

Coleman Foundation

Deloitte

Durst Organization

Egg Electric

Empire Architectural Metal & Glass

Empire State Realty Trust

Fisher Brothers

Fogarty Finger Architecture

Forest Electric Corp

Gallagher Bassett Technical Services

Gensler

GFP Real Estate

Gil-Bar Industries

Glenview Capital Management

Goldman Sachs

Harbor Group Consulting

Gail Holcomb

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 15, 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15G AND 15H

Invesco

Ironworkers Local 580

JDP Mechanical

J.T. Magen

JRM Construction Management

L&K Partners

Lendlease

Loffredo Brooks Architects

John Maher

Morgan Stanley

O’Connor Capital Partners

Orange County Ironworks

Plumbers Local No. 1

Principal Building Services

Pritchard Industries

Rael Automatic Sprinkler

Rizzo Brookbridge

Rockefeller Group

Rudin

Scott M Panzer Foundation & DBS

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan

Ted Moudis Associates

Tener Consulting Services

Tishman Speyer

Vornado Realty Trust

VVA Project & Cost Managers

Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Wesbuilt

Zonca Terrazzo & Mosaic

BRONZE SPONSORS

ABCO Peerless Sprinkler

Ainsworth Inc

Allison & Ben Friedland

American Pipe & Tank

Apollo Global Management

ATS Security

Avenue of the Americas Association

Benhar Office Interiors

BerlinRosen

C&D Restoration

Design Republic

District Council 9 of the International

Union of Painters and Allied Trades

Eden Productions

Eurotech Construction

Evergreen Mechanical

Fascitelli Family Foundation

Galaxy Glass and Stone

Gannon Vitolo Contracting

Gray Dawg Construction Services

Hyder+Krasnoff

Icon Interiors

Int’l Union of Operating Engineers

Local 14-14B

JB&B

John Gallin & Son

Johnson Controls

Kleinecht Electric

Knight Electrical Services

LSM Studio

Manhattan Painting & Decorating

Mason Tenders District Council

MG Engineering

Milrose Consultants

Nalco Water

NYC and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters

NYS Iron Workers District Council

Painters and Allied Trades

Penguin, an EMCOR Company

PJ Mechanical

Robert B. Samuels, Inc.

Robert Derector Associates

Rosenberg & Estis

Shawmut Design & Construction

Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union 28

Soozan Baxter Consulting

Steven & Shelly Soutendijk

Studio Office Solutions

Sym Real Estate Law

The Von Der Heyden Family Foundation

Tiffany & Rene Theriault

TPG Architecture

Tri-Star Construction

Trident Contracting

Unity Construction Group

Waldorf Demolition

Warren & Panzer Engineers

Janet Woods

Express Yourself

CBRE is proud to support Creative Art Works for their commitment to empowering our young people through art and applauds tonight’s honoree Peter Brindley for helping to shape futures for the better.

cbre.com

Cushman & Wakefield is proud to support

Creative Art Works’ Annual Benefit for Kids

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees:

Peter Brindley Executive

Vice

President—Head of Real Estate, Paramount Group

Scott Corneby Executive Vice President,

Structure Tone

Gary LaBarbera President, Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York

MAKE AN IMPACT

JLL joins Creative Art Works in honoring Peter Brindley, Scott Corneby, and Gary LaBarbera for your passion and dedication to our communities.

As a business, we strive to make a difference for our clients—every day. As a culture, we commit to making a difference for our communities—every day. We know that a strong corporate culture goes hand in hand with a commitment to giving

Committed to making a difference in our communities.

Newmark Proudly Supports

Creative Art Works as they host their Annual Benefit for Kids and honor Pete Brindley, Scott Corneby and Gary LaBarbera for making a difference in the lives of the city’s underserved children

DIAMOND SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

BXP is proud to support Creative Art Works

Congratulations to this year’s honorees:

A foundation for innovation

GOLD SPONSOR

Peter Brindley

Scott Corneby

Gary LaBarbera

GOLD SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

ED CONARD AND JILL DAVIS PROUDLY SUPPORT

CREATIVE ART WORKS AND THE 2023 BENEFIT FOR KIDS

GOLD SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

is proud to support Creative Art Works and congratulates this year’s honorees Peter Brindley

GOLD SPONSOR

WE SUPPORT CREATIVE ART WORKS IN ITS MISSION TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE ARTS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S HONOREES!

PETER BRINDLEY

SCOTT CORNEBY

GARY LABARBERA

JAY GOLDMAN

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We congratulate Peter, Scott, and Gary and join them in supporting Creative Art Works. Thank you!

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We are proud to support Creative Art Works and their mission to empower young people through the visual and multimedia arts.

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Congratulations to the 2022 honorees:

Congratulations to the 2023 honorees:

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Thank you to our good friends Bari & Neil Goldmacher for their dedication to Creative Art Works.

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Brian Ricklin & Family are proud to celebrate Creative Art Works and our 2023 honorees: Peter Brindley, Scott Corneby, & Gary LaBarbera.

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Artwork by student in the CASA mixed media program at PS/MS 278.

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I salute tonight’s honorees and join them in supporting Creative Art Works with enthusiasm and commitment for our creative youth.

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Gail & Peter Holcomb are proud to support Creative Art Works in its mission to improve the lives of under-resourced New York City youth through the arts.

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… is proud to support “Creative Art Works” in honoring Peter Brindley

Congratulations to Creative Art Works and this year’s honorees

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Scott Corneby

Gary LaBarbera

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The Scott M. Panzer Foundation & Digital Building Solutions join Creative Art Works in honoring Peter Brindley in his tireless efforts to empower young people in underserved communities through academic enrichment and creative expression. We salute you!

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Special Thanks

We are grateful to for the generous discounted & contributed goods and services from:

BlackWalnut

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Digital Touch Printing

Great Performances

James Ransom Photography

National Event Connection

Paramount Group

Superior Florist

(Below) Youth Apprentices working on mural “Mirroring Dreams of Justice” for Bronx County Family Court.

CAW Staff and Teaching Artists (TAs). Standing left to right: TA Clive Jacobson, President Brian Ricklin, Office Manager Jill Goldstein, Manager of Marketing & Communications Scott Lucas, Program Associate & TA Maddie De Leon, Development Manager Clair Vogel, Executive Director Karen Jolicoeur, Program Manager Donna Manganello, TA Amrita Singh, TA Will Watson. Seated left to right: TA Ignacio Marino Larrique, Program Manager | Teaching and Learning Ivory Nunez-Medrano, TA Farah Mohammed, TA Ryan Davis, Program Manager Riki Sabel, TA Abby Walsh, TA Johanna Aenderl Ryan, TA Alejandra Mandelblum, TA Maham Khwaja, TA Rae Stokes.

2023 Honorees. Left to right: Brian Ricklin, President, Creative Art Works; Andy Levin, Chair, Creative Art Works; Peter Brindley, Executive Vice President & Head of Real Estate, Paramount Group & 2023 Honoree; Karen Jolicoeur, Executive Director, Creative Art Works; Scott Corneby, Executive Vice President, Structure Tone & 2023 Honoree; Gary LaBarbera, President, The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York & 2023 Honoree.

PAINTING A BRIGHTER FUTURE!

Every year, Creative Art Works’ Public Art Youth Employment programs give NYC teens and young adults full-time summer jobs and part-time jobs after school creating large-scale public art. Youth Apprentices are guided by professional teaching artists from the initial concept development, through the client presentation, to the final unveiling. Along the way, they gain tangible employment and life skills such as leadership, teamwork, responsibility and the power of taking initiative.

“Mirroring Dreams of Justice,”

2022, Bronx County Family Courthouse

2022 Summer Youth Apprentices in front of “Monte de Flores” at Montefiore Square

Detail of the mural “Monte de Flores” at Montefiore Square in Hamilton Heights

Photo by Mike Fernandez/Audubon

The work is demanding but rewarding. Youth Apprentices are empowered by the enduring accomplishment of their work and its positive impact on the community.

For 25 years, Structure Tone has supplied paint and painting equipment for scores of murals in Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. We are grateful for their continued support.

“A Ripple of Change” 2022, PS/MS 4 Crotona Park West, The Bronx

2022 Youth Apprentice working on “Connections Through Time and Space” at River Crossing, East Harlem.

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