2019 Benefit for Kids Journal

ANNUAL BENEFIT FOR KIDS APRIL 2019

LET’S GET REAL For 33 years, Creative Art Works has been inviting NYC’s young people to engage in authentic experiences. As the world has evolved towards touch screens, virtual interactions, and instantaneous info around the clock, we’ve continued to invite our kids to dig deeply – into art materials and the artistic process, complex questions and conversations – and to become the authors of their own experience.

Join us as we help develop the next generation of makers, doers and creators. Let’s build a world where all kids have the opportunity to share:

REAL ART & TRUE STORIES

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CONTENTS

Our story

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A message from Brian

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What we do

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Who we are

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Our impact

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Future surgeons learn to sew

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Breathing life into imaginary worlds

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Our evening

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Our honorees

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Our host committee

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A thread connects them

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Our thanks

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A message from Andy

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Our sponsors

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Our friends and collaborators

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Thank you, sponsors

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Shining a light on some special people

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OUR STORY 6

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Brian Ricklin Executive Director and CEO

REAL ART...

Welcome to our 2019 Annual Benefit for Kids, “Real Art, True Stories.” Creative Art Works has been steadfast about sticking to our mission of empowering youth through the visual and multimedia arts. As a 33-year-old creative youth development organization, all of our programs provide access to art to young people ages 4 to 24, who might not otherwise be served. We equip them with essential skills and tools, help them build connections with their communities, school studies, career ambitions or their own creativity, and inspire them to reach for new possibilities.

Working in underserved neighborhoods of New York City, in public schools, community centers, and parks, CAW provides dynamic programming throughout the year to youth at no charge to its participants. Inside this journal and throughout tonight’s exhibition of youth-created art, we invite you to learn more about our in-school programs, out-ofschool-time programs, and public art youth employment programs.

“Real Art,” for all our participants, starts with a rigorous curriculum designed around genuine artistic inquiry, using high-quality materials. Guided by our professional teaching artists, students and youth apprentices alike develop technical skills that are aligned with local, state and national standards. Projects invite them to create unique works and develop a personal sense of ownership. Material explorations ensure that their art-making is tactile, not only cerebral, engaging the whole person—body, mind and spirit.

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...TRUE STORIES

We celebrate the social and emotional skills gained in art-making: increased selfconfidence and the ability to appreciate new perspectives and collaborate with others.

A vital piece for our programming is the way it allows participants to see and feel the impact of their art on others – our culminating events and public unveilings allow participants to realize they can, and do, make a difference in the world.

“Real Art” paves the way for “True Stories.” In the brave spaces of our workshops, classes and worksites, young artists make connections between their lives and the expressive possibility of the arts. In these moments, truths are revealed, sometimes small and sometimes life-changing and transformative. These moments of truth propel our youth to deeper insights into themselves and the world around them, inviting them to be the authors of their own stories.

Thank you for supporting CAW and helping us bring the joy of art-making and essential creative youth development to so many young New Yorkers.

With much gratitude,

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WHAT WE DO Creative Art Works is a youth development organization that empowers young people through the visual and multimedia arts. Our programs...

...Equip

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.

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OUR STAFF Brian Ricklin, Executive Director and CEO “Volunteering on my first mural installation at an inner-city playground as a suburban teen in 1979 and bonding with the local kids helped me break some racial barriers I don’t think I fully understood at the time.

I loved every sense of that summer, the smell of the paint, even the taste of my own sweat on the hot days.

Most importantly, I loved the sight of glowing smiles and the warm feeling of trusting new friendships.”

Karen Jolicoeur, Deputy Director | Director of Development “In addition to leading me to New York, to my husband, and to some of my dearest friends, the performing arts have taught me to dig deep, confront fear, strive for perfection, accept imperfection, communicate, give and take, and to literally and figuratively step into another person’s shoes to see through her eyes.”

Scott Lucas, Marketing & Communications Manager “I was once asked to teach sixth-grade art in L.A. The expectations were low, but I knew middle schoolers are capable of making real art, so I started teaching studio drawing. In time, my students were creating beautiful drawings and their self-confidence soared. Looking at their portfolios became the best part of my day.”

Jill Goldstein, Office Manager “Those who can, do. But I can’t. I’ve always been drawn to creative things, but I can’t draw. Music? My voice is flat. Theatre? I can’t act. I don’t want to be a teacher (been there, done that). So what’s a girl to do, other than be miserable? Finding a way to connect my skill set to the field I love has given me incredible joy.”

Wendy Realmuto, Development Associate “As a performer, I have sung operas and oratorios in some intimidating venues; however, I was always afraid to draw. Then, I took an art class at Columbia, and I discovered that drawing with charcoal was fun and especially forgiving. It gave me courage to tackle other new things in my life. Whenever possible, everyone should try something new.”

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Daniel Bergman, Program Director “The final project in my twelfth-grade drawing class was to make a series of drawings from a live model. I made contour drawings of close-up views of her limbs. I went over the pencil marks with pen and ink, and then added color in soft pastel. I was proud of my drawings. Later that summer, I saw Ellsworth Kelly’s plant drawings and fell in love with them and realized, ‘Hey, maybe I can really do this and be an artist too!’”

Lance Paladino, Program Manager “I was working with a first-grader who exclaimed, ‘Look Mr. Lance, a tornado!!!’ He swept up some gray-black watercolor with a moppy brush, slammed it onto the paper, and spun the brush, creating a wildly perfect circle onto his painting. ‘See?! A tornado!!!’

This moment has stayed with me. It reminds me to strive for art-making that contains this level of energy, excitement, and fun – with an element of mystery in the finished work.”

Tocarra Davenport, Program Manager - Operations “When I was around five years old, my mom was enrolled in a fashion design class at Parsons School of Design. One day I attended a class with her. I remember her drawing a figure, and I became interested in what she was creating. At that moment, she gave me paper and colored pencils and I began drawing. That was the first time I can recall being excited about art. That experience opened my mind to endless creative possibilities.”

Yun-Hee Proffit, Program Coordinator “A creative moment of re-examining how I relate to the world was when I began to understand the importance of negative space between lines and shapes, and how this ‘hollow’ magnified the line or tempered it, and how this altered my own emotional and learned responses.

It is something that continuously changes, challenges and surprises me, allowing me to see the space between as equally important to the line/construct itself. It offers me an expansive view, assisting me in re-imagining my work, my music, my art.”

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OUR STORY...

...of sustained growth during uncertain times Sources

$2.0MM $1.8MM

$1.645MM

$1.6MM $1.4MM $1.2MM $1.129MM $1.0MM $0.8MM $0.6MM $0.4MM $0.2MM FY12

FY13

FY14

Annual Benefit for Kids

FY15*

FY16

Contributions

FY17

FY18**

Grants

Earned revenue (art commisions & program revenue)

In-kind

Uses $1.8MM

$1.641MM

$1.6MM $1.4MM $1.2MM $1.0MM

$947K

$0.8MM $0.6MM $0.4MM $0.2MM FY12

FY13

FY14

FY16

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FY18**

Admin

General Programs

Out-of-school time

Community

Development

Youth Employment

In-school

In-kind

*Annualized basis-change in fiscal year 14

FY15*

**Preliminary financials, not yet audited

OUR IMPACT, BY THE NUMBERS In fiscal year 2018, we provided...

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Youth Apprenticeships through our Public Art Youth Employment program Employment for teens and young adults, creating large-scale art works and multimedia projects and teaching technical, life, and job skills.

in line with FY17, and a

22% increase over FY16

> 1,000 participants with out-ofschool-time programs

Semester-long after-school and Saturday art programs where youth can exercise their artistic, technical, and developmental skills in safe, creative, and engaging environments.

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19% increase over FY17

500 students with in-school arts integration programs

Arts-based and integrated curricula that help to meet mandated arts education requirements and mitigate the removal of arts education from public schools.

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43% increase over FY17 16 Community art-making events

Interactive art-making projects in the context of larger public events that empower youth to connect with their community and explore unique perspectives.

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33% increase over FY17

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APRCHS QUILT FUTUREBLOOD SURGEONS

NEED TO PRACTICE SEWING

Blood Sculpture Creative Art Works offers a Medical Illustration Lab for students in the senior Honors Anatomy and Physiology Class at A. Philip Randolph Campus High School. Hands-on projects in this integrated program help students better understand medical concepts such as cell structure, major organs, and symptoms of mental illness, to name just a few.

As part of their curriculum, students have been studying various features of blood and the interactions of antigens with red blood cells that create blood types. Noting several studies showing a decline in fine motor skills among medical students, CAW Teaching Artist Ashli Sisk designed a project that invited students to create hand-sewn models of blood cells out of felt, fabrics, cotton, polyester filler, beads, paper, and thread. Each student sewed their own set of red and white cells, then all the cells were sewn into a single, massive collective sculpture.

Special thanks to FABSCRAP fabric reclamation, who donated several boxes of fabric to this project.

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BREATHING LIFE INTO IMAGINARY WORLDS

Creating a short animated video is a whole lot of fun. It’s also a whole lot of work.

Bringing a few seconds of animated video to life requires hours of planning, patience, and persistence.

In our after-school stop-motion animation program at MS 254 in The Bronx, students learned the many skills needed to bring their creative vision to life.

Beginning with lessons in basic anatomy, they designed their own characters, first drawing skeletons in charcoal, then adding muscles in oil pastel, and finally giving their characters distinctive faces and costumes. The next step was to replicate this drawing process in 3-D, building armatures of wire and then adding colored plasticine to build posable figures. The characters produced in this program included ordinary people, animals, space aliens, robots, and a break-dancing tomato.

Going Old-School: Once their characters were modeled, students built shoebox sets for their characters to inhabit. Only after these sets were completed could the painstaking task of animation begin. Unlike CGI where computers take care of placing the characters in a virtual environment and generate all the “in-betweens,” claymation is completely hands on. The plasticine figures are moved in tiny increments, using rulers and cardboard guides to keep track of relative positions.

Check out these videos on our Vimeo page: www.vimeo.com/user31892379.

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OUR EVENING

When April 11, 2019 6:00-8:30 PM

Where 1271 Avenue of the Americas The Festivities Cocktails, passed hors d’oeuvres, and a chance to swap stories with over 400 of our guests

Music by The Juan Rodriguez Latin Jazz Project Catering by Great Performances 20

HONORING John P. Maher Executive Vice President CBRE Donald C. Notice Executive Director West Harlem Group Assistance Denisha Wright Youth Honoree

Activities View selected works in our youth-created art gallery Leave your mark on a community print-making project Make a one-of-a-kind book for your true stories Get some ideas down on paper with ImageThink 21

OUR PAST HONOREES 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

Dave Cheikin Brookfield Properties (Represented by Jerry Larkin) Felipe Franco, NY Adminstration for Children’s Services Glen Weiss, Vornado Principal David Fanning, A. Philip Randolph Campus HS Neil Goldmacher, Newmark Knight Frank Principal Ben Lev, Hamilton Grange Middle School Marcia Sells, Columbia University Brookie Maxwell, Creative Art Works (in memoriam) Scott Panzer, JLL Rick Wise, Lippincott Principal Olga Quiles, MS 328 Vice Principal Jim Cole, MS 328 John Cefaly, Cushman & Wakefield Hon. Edwina Richardson-Mendelson, NY Family Court Glenn Palmer-Smith, Author, Murals of New York City Robert Selsam, Boston Properties (Lifetime Achievement) Michael Laginestra, CBRE Principal Debbie Schaefer, PS 192 Colin Thompson, Artist Paul Amrich, CBRE Hon. Peter Passidomo, NY Family Court Tom Lunke, Harlem Community Development Corp.

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Frank Doyle, JLL

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Andy Levin, Boston Properties Pam Haller, NY Presby terian Hospital

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OUR 2019 HONOREE John P. Maher Executive Vice President CBRE

John P. Maher is an exceptionally dedicated member of the organization, having begun his career with the firm as the inaugural participant in CBRE’s highly regarded “Wheel” program. His strong tenant-side focus has led to the leasing of more than five million square feet of space with an aggregate value of close to $4 billion. John also has a successful landlord leasing agency practice. His clients include Boston Properties’ world-renowned GM Building. Most relevant is his work on 1271 Avenue of the Americas, the former Time Life Building, owned by Rockefeller Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Estate; this two-million-square-foot asset is currently undergoing an extensive $300 million renovation and repositioning led by celebrated architecture firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. It has been one of the most successful repositionings in New York’s recent history. It is expected to be fully leased prior to re-opening in June of this year. In addition, John has been the leasing agent for Class A properties owned by Hines Interests, Jaymont Properties and CBRE Investors.

One of CBRE’s leading leasing consultants, John is valued for his consistency, broad range of skills, creative problem-solving abilities and client focus. A member of the Colbert Coldwell Circle (the top 3% of all producers nationwide) and the Chairman’s Club (the top 100 professionals worldwide) numerous times.

John’s clients have taken him all over the world—besides most major U.S. cities, he has negotiated transactions for clients in London; Paris; Tokyo; Beijing; Buenos Aires; Geneva; San Juan; Munich; Brussels; and San José, Costa Rica.

John has been published in the New York Law Journal and other major publications, appeared as a guest on various television news programs, and lectured for the New York State Bar Association. John is a member of the Commercial Board of Governors, Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the REBNY Arbitration Committee, The Touchdown Club of New York, and the CBRE Law Firm Practice Group. He is a CBRE NYC Group Leader and a Mentor for the NYC Board of Education. John holds a BS in Economics and Finance from the New York University Stern School of Business.

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OUR 2019 HONOREE Donald C. Notice Executive Director West Harlem Group Assistance

Donald C. Notice, as Executive Director of West Harlem Group Assistance, Inc. (WHGA), oversees the implementation and compliance of all programs in WHGA’s comprehensive housing and social service portfolio. With 120 staff members and a $9 million budget, WHGA is one of NYC’s oldest and largest Community Development Corporations (CDCs). Donald joined WHGA in 1992 as Deputy Director and in 1998 succeeded to Executive Director.

In his role as Executive Director of WHGA, Donald has leveraged public and private support to redevelop over 900 units of affordable housing, including over $450 million in development costs. This diverse affordable housing portfolio, which includes homeownership opportunities, provides safe, quality housing to seniors, low- and moderate-income families, adults with special needs and the formerly homeless. In 2012, Donald and his team secured WHGA’s role as a major partner in one of the country’s largest public housing redevelopment projects, Randolph Houses, totaling 36 buildings and 283 units of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents.

From 2008-2014, Donald was instrumental in successfully advocating for a Community Benefits Agreement on the Columbia University Expansion project, where he led a team of Harlem stakeholders in securing a multi-million-dollar fund to build out West Harlem’s education and housing infrastructure over the next several years. He subsequently became founding chair of the Local Development Corp’s board charged with managing Columbia’s investment, and staffed the now thriving organization with a new public school.

Donald first joined the affordable housing sector in 1985 as a Project Manager of Washington Heights Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) for the NYC Department of Housing and Preservation Development. In 1988, he succeeded to Deputy Director of the Hamilton Heights NPP where he successfully structured the financing of over $60 million in renovations for over 70 buildings.

Donald holds a BS in Business Administration from Lincoln University and graduated from the Leadership Academy at the Development Training Institute in January 1999. He serves on numerous boards including Community Impact at Columbia University, NY Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce and the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, Inc. He is also a Trustee of Lincoln University.

OUR PROGRAM PARTNER West Harlem Group Assistance, Inc.

West Harlem Group Assistance, Inc. is an award-winning community development corporation leading NYC in building and preserving smarter, safer and more inclusive communities. Founded in 1971 by community activists concerned about the lack of decent affordable housing and social services in West Harlem and Hamilton Heights, WHGA’s mission is to strengthen the economic viability of Harlem and empower its clients to lead in the new frontier of social change.

Since 2014, CAW has partnered with WHGA to invest in the young people of Upper Manhattan through six Public Art Youth Employment Programs. WHGA’s Executive Director Donald C. Notice and his dedicated staff have inspired and challenged our Youth Apprentices to choose themes for each project that reflect the rich culture and deep roots of the greater Harlem community.

Creative Art Works offers free Saturday art-making workshops for young residents of WHGA’s Randolph Houses. In this mixed-media class, children in primary grades explore drawing, painting, print-making, sculpture, and collage. In the process, our young artists improve their academic and social skills, including, creativity, communication, critical thinking, collaboration, and cultural awareness. These workshops have been a huge hit with children and their parents.

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OUR HOST COMMITTEE OUR BOARD Andrew D. Levin Chair & President Brian F. Ricklin CEO & Executive Director Richard M. Morris Treasurer Eric Withrow Secretary

Andrew Stern Deborah Papson Jamie Watson Kelly Downing Mark Evans Mosely Chaszar Neil Goldmacher Rebecca Fine Richard E. Morris Rick Wise Steven Soutendijk

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OUR BENEFIT CO-CHAIRS Adam Frazier

Lou Milo

Andrew McCaughan

Mark Foresi

Bill Rose

Mark Furman

Brian Goldman

Matt Frank

Cynthia Wasserberger

Michael Kleinberg

David Cheikin

Paul Myers

David Green

Peter Turchin

Frank Doyle

Rob Lowe

Glen Weiss

Scott Corneby

Heather Kahn

Tom Hill

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THE THREAD THAT CONNECTS THEM

Where would our culture be without the written word?

From hand-bound monographs, through the invention of movable type, to the digital age, books have been the reservoirs of our culture. Last fall, Creative Art Works offered two after-school programs at PS/MS 278 in Upper Manhattan that appealed to both bibliophiles and techies. Students in our Book Arts programs learned traditional and modern book-binding techniques that focused on the book as a work of art.

Students in our Digital Arts class got a different sort of hands-on experience; they used Adobe Photoshop to combine words and pictures to create virtual art. While these programs seem to be as different as black and white, there is a thread that connects them.

Students in the Book Arts class learned to marble paper — each end paper is a unique piece of art.

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“Design is design,” said CAW Teaching Artist Brandi Martin Yu, who taught both programs.

“There are basic rules of visual communication that apply whether you are working with print or pixels.”

The book as art. You can hold this in your hand.

Virtual art as a book. This collage of images only exists on a computer.

“Design is design, whether you are cutting and pasting with paper and scissors or ‘cutting and pasting’ on a computer. Kids who have a chance to do both make those connections.”

— Teaching Artist Brandi Martin Yu

Using a shin bone to make sharp creases in the Book Arts program.

Using Adobe Photoshop to create virtual images in the Digital Arts program.

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OUR THANKS

Thank you to our generous donors for making not only today’s benefit possible, but also for making it possible for our students to continue to create real art and true stories.

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THANK YOU FOR HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE CREATE REAL ART AND TRUE STORIES Andrew Levin Chair & President

This year, we’ve been staking out a bold position at Creative Art Works: We believe that making art is not a privilege, but a right. If we agree that every child in our society deserves a well-rounded education, then it follows that each deserves an opportunity to create art.

With this in mind, we’ve expanded partnerships this past year, reaching young people in more NYC neighborhoods. We’ve added Saturday programs at the East Harlem Health Action Center and Highbridge Recreation Center. We have a new Cultural After-school Adventures program at IS 254 in the Bronx. We extended our Active Arts in Schools programs with the NYC Department of Health to two more schools in Brooklyn. We recruited teens from Long Island City to paint a community mural in Queensbridge Baby Park. We’ve employed Apprentices on several high-profile public art projects, including commissions for Shake Shack 125th Street, Bronx Family Court, and Dock 72 in The Brooklyn Navy Yard. Finally, we’ve extended our reach with the launch of a series of family engagement workshops, teaching parents how to make art with their school-age children at home.

Much admiration and gratitude go to our nine-person full-time staff and outstanding teaching artists for their continued commitment and vision under the leadership of Brian Ricklin, CAW’s Executive Director & CEO, Karen Jolicoeur, Deputy Director | Director of Development, and Daniel Bergman, Program Director. Two much-loved CAW alumnae have returned to our Programs Department. Former staffer Yun-Hee Proffit is now Program Coordinator and prior Teaching Artist Toccara Davenport is now Program Manager of Operations. We’ve been pleased to welcome the energy of five new board members: Rebecca Fine, Deborah Papson, Mark Evans, Kelly Downing, and Andrew Stern. Finally, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the passion and commitment of our board members, as well as the generosity of our donors, sponsors, grantors and volunteers, without whom our work could not happen.

On behalf of the Board, we are grateful for the selfless contributions of tonight’s Honorees and Benefit Co-chairs. I wish to thank John Maher for leading our fund-raising effort. I am pleased to recognize Donald Notice of our valued program partner, WHGA. Thank you for joining us as we celebrate all the things that make Creative Art Works special — our kids, our Youth Apprentices, our staff and teaching artists, our program partners, and all the supporters who make our work possible.

Yours truly,

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OUR SPONSORS We are deeply grateful to the sponsors of CAW’s Benefit for Kids.

Their support is fundamental to our success.

Premier

Silver

CBRE

Acker Since 1820

CBRE’s 1271 AoA Leasing Team

Andrew Levin

Cushman & Wakefield

Anonymous Family Foundation

JLL

The Coleman Foundation

Newmark Knight Frank

Connie Birdsall

Rockefeller Group

The Donaldson Organization

Tishman Speyer

The Durst Organization Empellon

Platinum

Equity Office

Colliers International

Fisher Brothers

Vinson & Elkins

Fried Frank GFP

Gold

Glenview Capital

Ambassador Construction

Henegan Construction

Boston Properties

Holland & Knight

Brian Ricklin

Hudson Yards

Building Contractors Association

I Chera & Sons Foundation / Crown Acquisitions

CBRE’s Consulting and Agency Groups Columbia Property Trust The Cornell Family Foundation Daniel & Jane Och Eric Withrow & Christine Chang Gardiner & Theobald Gensler HedgeServ Jay Goldman John Maher M.Y. Safra Bank Moinian Neil & Bari Goldmacher Paramount Group Robert & Ruth Rosania Savills Vornado Realty Trust 34

J.T. Magen James & Marjorie Kuhn JRM Construction Leon & Toby Cooperman Lippincott MKDA Morgan Stanley O’Connor Capital Partners Oxford Properties Group Principal Building Services Pritchard Industries RFR Richard E. Morris Rob Lowe Rudin Management Company RXR Realty

Shearman & Sterling

Ted Moudis Associates

Structure Tone

TEI Group

Unity Construction Group

Thompson Hine

VVA Project Managers & Consultants

TPG Architecture

Weil

WeWork

W. P. Carey

Wesbuilt Construction West Harlem Group Assistance

Bronze

Zachy’s Wine Auctions

ADCO Electrical AFD Contract Furniture

Special Thanks

Anonymous

BlackWalnut

Archetype Consultants

Digital Touch Printers

Brigade Capital

EJtheDJ

Building Maintenance Service

Gensler

Caesar and Napoli

Great Performances

Empire State Realty Trust

ImageThink

Ess & Vee Acoustical

Juan Rodriguez Latin Jazz Project

FMA

L&M Architectural Signs

Fogarty Finger Architecture

Lippincott

Goldfarb & Fleece

Rockefeller Group

John Gallin & Son

Springworks

Josh Kuriloff

Starbright Florists

Miller Blaker Milrose Consultants Mosely Chaszar Peter Turchin PwC Rick Wise Scott Gamber Silverstein Properties SL Green Sound Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Steven Klein Sym Real Estate Law Tarek Meguid 35

OUR FRIENDS AND COLLABORATORS CAW would like to acknowledge the invaluable relationships we have with our collaborators, who include: Community Partners Audubon Mural Project Avery Denison Bronx County Family Court Catholic Charities – Alianza Division Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services Center for Arts Education Children’s Aid Society Choosing Healthy and Active Lifestyles for Kids (CHALK) Citizen Schools City Life is Moving Bodies (CLIMB) Claremont Neighborhood Center Community Board 11 CultureNOW East Harlem Health Action Center Gitler & Gallery

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer Mike Perry Studio National Guild for Community Arts Education New East Harlem Merchants Association NYC Administration for Children’s Services Children’s Center Division of Family Permanency Division of Youth & Family Justice NYC Council NYC Department of Cultural Affairs NYC Department of Education NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Greater Ridgewood Youth Council

NYC Department of Parks & Recreation

Harlem Week

NYC Department of Transportation

Harlem Grown

NYC Department of Youth & Community Development

Highbridge Recreation Center Hike the Heights HOPE Community Services

NYC Family Court Police Athletic League

Inwood Community Services

West Harlem Development Corporation

Jacob Riis Neighborhood Settlement

West Harlem Group Assistance

Jacob Schiff Neighborhood Association

Woodycrest Center for Human Development

Long Island City Partnership

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Academic Partners A. Philip Randolph Campus High School Franklin Roosevelt High School Hamilton Grange Middle School Isaac Newton Middle School Innovations Diploma Preparatory School Liberty High School IS 254 MS 45 MS 328 PS 86 PS 123 PS 192 PS 297 PS/IS 128Q PS/MS 278

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THANK YOU, SPONSORS

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PREMIER SPONSOR

Rockefeller Group and CBRE are proud to support Creative Art Works.

1271 Avenue of the Americas Leasing Team Ayumi Asami Dave Caperna Bill Edwards

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John Maher Howard Fiddle Edward Guiltinan Yoshi Nakamura Jennifer Stein Evan Haskell

Mary Ann Tighe Yoko Yamada

PREMIER SPONSOR

UNLOCKING CREATIVITY

CBRE is proud to support Creative Art Works in empowering New York’s underserved children through the arts. We join in honoring Donald Notice and our colleague John Maher for their commitment to the organization.

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PREMIER SPONSOR

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD IS A PROUD PREMIER SPONSOR OF CREATIVE ART WORKS Cushman & Wakefield is proud to support Creative Art Works for its commitment to empowering youth and inspiring possibility through arts programming for over 30 years.

Congratulations to this year’s honorees, John Maher and Donald C. Notice.

cushmanwakefield.com

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PREMIER SPONSOR

jll.com

JLL joins Creative Art Works in honoring John P. Maher and Donald C. Notice.

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 back. It’s that commitment that goes a long way in helping our local organizations achieve ambitions.

Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. Jones Lang LaSalle Brokerage, Inc. © 2019 Jones Lang LaSalle IP, Inc. All rights reserved.

330 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017

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PREMIER SPONSOR

TRUE EXCELLENCE. We proudly support

Creative Art Works in its 2019 Benefit for Kids and are pleased to congratulate all of tonight’s honorees

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PREMIER SPONSOR

CONGRATULATIONS TO HONOREE JOHN P. MAHER

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PLATINUM SPONSOR

PLATINUM SPONSOR

BRIGHT FUTURES Vinson & Elkins is proud to sponsor Creative Art Works Annual Benefit for Kids. We applaud your tireless commitment to improving the lives of New York City youths through teaching value of the arts. Special congratulations to the event honorees.

Vinson & Elkins LLP Attorneys at Law Austin Beijing Dallas Dubai Hong Kong Houston London New York Richmond Riyadh San Francisco Tokyo Washington

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velaw.com

GOLD SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

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GOLD SPONSOR

With your help we are helping NYC kids dream, discover, & soar.

Brian Ricklin & Family congratulate this year’s 2019 nominees: John Maher Donald Notice Thanks to our Host Comittee & amazing staff for making it all possible!

GOLD SPONSOR

Congratulates John Maher Donald Notice 451 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016 - (212) 683-8080 48

GOLD SPONSOR

LIVE ARTFULLY CBRE's Consulting and Agency Groups are proud to support Creative Art Works in its mission to empower New York City's youth through art. We wish to congratulate tonight’s honorees, including our colleague John Maher for his commitment to the organization.

cbre.us GOLD SPONSOR

Columbia Property Trust is pleased to support Creative Art Works and join them in honoring John Maher, CBRE and Donald C. Notice.

www.columbia.reit

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GOLD SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

We are proud to support Creative Art Works Annual Benefit for Kids

INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY CONSULTANCY

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONOREE JOHN MAHER

GOLD SPONSOR

We believe in building strong communities through the power of design Gensler is proud to support Creative Art Works’ commitment to strengthening the visual arts for children, teens, and their community.

Dwight-Englewood School Hajjar STEM Center Gensler New York

www.gensler.com

GOLD SPONSOR

CHEERS TO YOU. We proudly support CREATIVE ART WORKS in its 2019 Benefit for Kids and are pleased to congratulate all of tonight’s honorees

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GOLD SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

We are proud to support CREATIVE ART WORKS and their mission to empower young people through the visual and multimedia arts.

Congratulations to the 2019 honorees:

JOHN MAHER DONALD NOTICE

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GOLD SPONSOR Congratulations to the honorees

John P. Maher Executive Vice President CBRE

Donald C. Notice Executive Director West Harlem Group Assistance

moinian.com

GOLD SPONSOR

We are happy to support Creative Art Works in honor of our dear friend Neil Goldmacher.

Congratulations on celebrating the organization’s Annual Benefit for Kids.

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GOLD SPONSOR

PARAMOUNT GROUP CONGRATULATES THE HONOREES John P. Maher Executive Vice President CBRE

and

Donald C. Notice Executive Director West Harlem Group Assistance

As they are honored by Creative Art Works

NEW YORK • WASHINGTON, D.C. • SAN FRANCISCO

GOLD SPONSOR

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212.237.3100

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JOHN P. MAHER & DONALD C. NOTICE W E P R O U D LY S U P P O R T

SILVER SPONSOR + SPECIAL THANKS

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Vanessa and Henry Cornell proudly support

Creative Art Works in its

2019 Benefit for Kids and are pleased to congratulate all of tonight’s honorees

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The Durst Organization is pleased to join Creative Art Works in honoring John Maher Donald C. Notice

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FISHER BROTHERS IS PROUD TO SUPPORT

The Creative Art Works 2019 Benefit For Kids

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WE SUPPORT THE 2019 BENEFIT FOR KIDS

CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS | GENERAL CONTRACTORS

in honoring JOHN P. MAHER & DONALD C. NOTICE

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Holland & Knight thanks

Creative Art Works for providing thousands of New York City children with the skills and confidence to achieve their dreams.

We are proud to support their inspirational work and the 2019 Benefit for Kids.

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Congratulations John Maher and Donald Notice Thanks to you, Creative Art Works is building Momentum.

MKDA Proudly Supports

Creative Art Works

Andy Levin & Family

We offer our congratulations to

John P. Maher & Donald C. Notice for this year’s honor

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SILVER SPONSOR R ic h ar d E . M o r r i s a n d Fa m i ly are pro u d to s u p p o r t Creat i ve A r t Wo r k s ’ m i s s i o n to em p o we r yo u n g p e o p le t h ro u g h th e ar ts.

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is proud to support Creative Art Works’ Annual Benefit for Kids and congratulates tonight’s honorees: John P. Maher CBRE Donald C. Notice West Harlem Group Assistance

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OXFORD PROPERTIES

Oxford Properties is proud to support Creative Art Works and congratulates this year’s Honorees. www.oxfordproperties.com

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RFR

is proud to support

Creative Art Works

and their 2019 Honorees John P. Maher & Donald C. Notice

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We are proud to support CREATIVE ART WORKS. Congratulations to this year’s honorees John P. Maher, Executive Vice President CBRE Donald C. Notice, Executive Director West Harlem Group Assistance

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SPECIAL THANKS

Donald C. Notice, Executive Director Is Proud to Partner With Creative Art Works in Serving New York City’s Youth

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Shining a light on some special people This benefit event, and the programs it provides for, would not be possible without the generous discounted and contibuted goods and services provided by the fine organizations below:

BlackWalnut Digital Touch Printers EJtheDJ Gensler Great Performances ImageThink Juan Rodriguez Latin Jazz Project L&M Architectural Signs Lippincott Rockefeller Group Springworks Starbright Florists

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We’re proud to support

Creative Art Works and their mission to empower young people through arts programming. Tonight we congratulate

John Maher for his continued commitment to the success of this outstanding organization.

PREMIER SPONSOR AND SPECIAL THANKS

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