CVPA Annual Report 2019-20

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ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 cvpa.gmu.edu

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College of Visual and Performing Arts

ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020

In the College of Visual and Performing Arts, we have grown used to the phrase “… like no other” – it always elicits a wry smile or a knowing nod – thanks to its adoption many years ago as the motto for Arts by George, our gala fundraiser and certified “evening like no other.”

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Well now. The phrase has taken on new scale and urgency this year with the waves of change that have swept over us since March. This annual report, covering the academic year and season 2019-2020, truly depicts a year like no other, for the arts, for higher education, for the social fabric of American life.

In the second week of March, we began planning and executing two huge shifts of energy. The faculty and staff retooled an entire curriculum in a matter of weeks to convert 100% of our instruction to online formats – and as you imagine the scope of this task, keep in mind the intensely personal and experiential character of so much artistic work. Meanwhile, the arts centers and galleries worked feverishly to cancel, postpone, reschedule, convert, or otherwise transmogrify the robust performance and exhibition schedules of the Center for the Arts, the Hylton Performing Arts Center, the Gillespie Gallery of Art, and a number of smaller venues on all three of Mason’s Northern Virginia campuses. All around CVPA – indeed all around the whole of Mason – it was an effort like no other.

And then came the reckonings around social and racial justice as protests mounted and the long overdue conversation about systemic racism and the principles of antiracist practices took shape. CVPA, a collection of artists and scholars, students and teachers, people of good will and generous heart all dedicated to the idea that the arts create community, is by no means immune from some of the previously unexamined assumptions of the world we live in. We have taken our responsibility to question, to engage, and to respond very seriously, and change is happening all around us.

In this annual report you’ll read about innovative responses to both of these crises, as we invent new ways to offer artistic and intellectual content to a world hungry for community and connection. And you’ll catch sight of how that content is growing and changing as the artist-scholar-teacher-students of CVPA (and yes, it’s possible to be all four things at once) look with fresh eyes, new tools, and renewed energy at the human condition, which is finally the source and subject of our work. It is an obligation and an opportunity like, you guessed it, no other.

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R I C K DAV I S

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Executive Director, Hylton Performing Arts Center Professor of Theater

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INTRODUCING THE

REVA AND SID DEWBERRY FAMILY SCHOOL OF MUSIC In March, George Mason University’s Board of Visitors announced that the School of Music would officially become the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music. This renaming honors the Dewberry family and their lifetime legacy of giving to the school and makes it the first donor-named school within the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The exciting change was honored at the Grand Piano Celebration online concert.

In previous years, the Dewberrys have made contributions of nearly $1.4 million to create the Linda Apple Monson Scholars Fund and have helped lead the Steinway Initiative that allowed the school to achieve even higher status as an All-Steinway School in 2007. Recent and pledged support of $1.8 million will fund the creation of a scholarship endowment.

“ My dream is to put Mason on the top of the heap.

I think we’re well on our way to doing that.”

Sid Dewberry, Philanthropist, who began piano lessons with Linda Monson at age 75 to fulfill a lifelong goal

During the virtual event, it was also revealed that recent additional gifts from the Dewberrys would increase the total commitment to $5 million for the Monson Scholars Endowed Fund. The Dewberrys are joined by generous donors Nina Toups, the Claude Moore Foundation, and Anne and Ronald Abramson in this effort to further support scholarships for Mason music students.

The Dewberry family has a long-standing commitment to Mason, reflected in the naming of Dewberry Hall within the Johnson Center and the Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering within the Volgenau School of Engineering.

THE NAMING OF THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC WA S H O N O R E D AT T H E G R A N D P I A N O C E L E B R AT I O N O N L I N E C O N C E R T

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MASON HOSTS D C N AT I O N A L P O R T F O L I O DAY H E L D I N MASON’S ART AND DESIGN BUILDING

NATIONAL PORTFOLIO DAY The School of Art proudly hosted the DC National Portfolio Day on November 2, 2019. The 2019-2020 academic year marked the first time the event was held at George Mason University, and it was a great success. Each year, this event, designed to give future art students access to many schools, is hosted by a prominent university art program in the region.

Held in the Art and Design Building, this collaborative recruiting event, welcomed 52 art institutions from around the country for an opportunity to meet more than 550 promising students. Under one roof, the high school art students were able to have their portfolios reviewed by multiple colleges and universities they may be interested in attending and learn about their programs. The event is competitive, with the most sought after students even receiving preliminary acceptance into art programs on the spot.

The beautiful studios, galleries, and all that Mason’s School of Art has to offer greeted these visitors from near and far. In fact, the demand for portfolio review by our own art faculty was so high that it kept ten reviewers busy all day. Prospective students also had the opportunity to explore what it would be like to attend Mason by participating in the school’s open house happening in its state-of-the-art facilities on the same day. According to Bobby Yi, Assistant Director, School of Art, “With over 1,000 visitors, students, and representatives from across the nation, this event placed Mason and the School of Art’s worldclass resources on center stage. The impact of the event’s success is reflected in the 20% increase in enrollment for 2020-2021.”

“ With over 1,000 visitors, students, and representatives from across the nation, this event placed Mason and the School of Art’s world-class resources on center stage. The impact of the event’s success is reflected in the 20% increase in enrollment for 2020-2021.”

Bobby Yi, Assistant Director, School of Art

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Black Lives Matter Rally • Old Town, Fairfax

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ARTS STUDENTS BECOME

COMMUNITY LEADERS Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, our country has been experiencing a reckoning with crucial matters that affect our society as a whole. From an unexpected health crisis to issues of racism and social injustice, the Mason community has been deeply impacted by these events.

Many of our students have stepped up to the plate by utilizing their art to create awareness of these problems, as well as galvanizing their peers into action to provide solutions.

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“ From an unexpected health crisis to issues of racism and social injustice, the Mason community has been deeply impacted by these events.”

Art student Sisc Johnson created “Lost in Pandemic, Collaborative Isolation,” a collaborative project for which she solicited images from more than 60 artists and photographers around the world—a group that includes Mason faculty and fellow students. The result is a gripping, single collection that depicts each individual’s personal experience during quarantine, while inspiring a sense of connectedness through this global reality.

Theater and film student Jordyn Caldwell rose to the occasion as an activist when she—along with Sandy Shafik, a Government and International Politics major—organized a Black Lives Matter rally in Old Town Fairfax. The peaceful event had over 1,000 people in attendance. The rally featured an impressive cohort of speakers, including her father Robert (a friend of the late George Floyd), her mother Felicia, a member of the local NAACP, and a motivational speaker.

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SARA WOFLEY raised $700 for Justice for Breonna Taylor with her illustrations.

Film student Sara Wofley became a fundraiser for worthy causes during the lockdown. She was inspired by illustrations circulating on social media and decided to learn the art form. After noticing a compellingly positive response to her own illustrations, Sara moved to use her new skill to garner support for causes in which she believes. Within a few days, she received dozens of commissions and raised hundreds of dollars for Justice for Breonna Taylor.

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#MasonArtsAtHome

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MASON ARTS AT HOME

OFFERS ONLINE PROGRAMMING In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the goal of continuing to create community through the arts, the College of Visual and Performing Arts launched Mason Arts at Home on April 2, 2020. This digital programming initiative offered both streamed performances and “backstage” opportunities to hear from professional artists as well as Mason artists, faculty, students, and alumni about their work. During the spring 2020 semester, more than 80 digital programs were viewed over 200,000 times by audiences around the world, expanding CVPA’s footprint and reaching new audiences.

Both student artists and professional artists who would have appeared as part of the Center for the Arts or Hylton Performing Arts Center seasons were featured in Mason Arts at Home digital events, offering performances, conversations, and interactive Q&As. Highlights of the first iteration of Mason Arts at Home included a discussion between Dean Rick Davis and Grammy® Award-winning jazz artist Maria Schneider (one of Mason’s Artists-In-Residence for 2019-2020), a livestream concert by D.C.-based Americana band Bumper Jacksons (who were scheduled to perform last season at the Hylton Center), and Music in the Time of Quarantine, the final performance by the Dewberry School of Music during the 2019-2020 academic year.

“ We see ourselves as a community resource, a creative classroom, and that remains true even when we can’t be together in person.”

Adrienne Bryant Godwin, Director of Programming, CVPA

Mason Arts at Home also served as a platform through which the College encouraged, supported, and disseminated the work of alumni to a broader audience. CVPA launched the Alumni Artist Support Initiative to support alumni artists during this time by awarding micro-grants for the creation of digital content and new works. The awardees were presented as part of Mason Arts at Home or in-person programming. The first alumni featured as part of this initiative included theater alumna Rebecca Wahls in Rebecca and Becca in Space and music alumnus Brandon Showell and theater alumna Caroline Weinroth in A Celebration of Alumni Singer-Songwriters.

Though the initiative was designed to give back to our supporters, students, families, faculty, and community of arts enthusiasts, it has unlocked a new way to share the mission of CVPA far beyond our campuses.

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VA L E R I E M C K E N N A Art

A N D R E W J O R G E N S E N Film and Video Studies

FOSTERING THE

CREATION OF NEW WORK In 2019, the College of Visual and Performing Arts proudly launched the Young Alumni Commissioning Project—a new initiative through which CVPA provides grants to alumni for the creation of original work. The project offers crucial support to recent alumni so they can continue their artistic development.

It is made possible by a generous bequest from Linda E. Gramlich and by donors to Mason’s Giving Day, including Shugoll Research.

Recipients of the Young Alumni Commissioning Project are selected through an application process that evaluates criteria such as artistic excellence, career impact, and feasibility. The chosen alumni are awarded up to $5,000 in commissioning funds, which can be used at their discretion to cover projectrelated expenses such as artist and licensing fees, equipment rental/purchase, and travel expenses. In addition, recipients receive venue, production, and marketing support for the public showing of the work at one of Mason’s venues.

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“ Emerging artists always have more ideas than resources; they need the precious gifts of time, materials, and space to explore their work.”

Rick Davis, CVPA Dean

The inaugural cohort of Young Alumni Commissioning Project awardees included Zachary Wilcox from the School of Theater, who received support for the new play, Tangier Island is Sinking. A staged reading of Zachary’s work took place in April 2020 as part of the Mason Arts at Home digital series. School of Art’s Valerie McKenna was the recipient of a grant to develop and mount a photography exhibition in August 2019 at Mason’s Buchanan Hall Atrium Gallery.

The third grantee was Andrew Jorgensen from Film and Video Studies, who created and produced the film, The Sun and the Medicine Man.

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Ukulele Workshop

VETERANS AND THE ARTS INITIATIVE LEADS

THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION s N I YAT I D H O K A I Program Manager, Veterans and the Arts Initiative

Since its inception in 2014, the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Veterans and the Arts Initiative has quickly grown to become an arts and community hub for local Veterans, Servicemembers, their families, military caregivers, and community members. Based at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, this program consistently brings together the military-connected community members to engage with the arts through performances, workshops, exhibitions, and special events in music, visual art, and poetry. Led by Mason faculty member Niyati Dhokai, the Initiative has also become an important research contributor on topics around the impact of the arts engagement for Veterans and their families.

The Initiative consistently provides innovative and inclusive applied arts programming created for diverse groups of Veterans. These programs include the popular Dominion Energy Veterans Guitar Workshops led by Mason faculty member, Glen McCarthy. This series provides guitar workshops for beginning guitar players for all ages and has engaged hundreds of members of the Veterans community since 2017. Other programming includes a Songwriting Series for Military Kids in collaboration with Mason Community Arts Academy, an annual Celebrating Veterans and the Arts event around Veterans Day, and a visual arts workshop series. In response to the pandemic, Veterans and the Arts programming quickly and successfully pivoted to virtual workshops and also supported the Virginia Women Veterans Summit in May through a virtual exhibition of women Veterans photography.

Recently, the Veterans and the Arts Initiative has become an increasingly important influencer in the field through its partnerships and research. Through contracts in support of Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network, ukulele workshops have been provided for military families, and the impact of these workshops has been measured using rigorous research standards and methods. The program, in collaboration with Mason’s College of Education and Human Development and the College of Health and Human Services, was also important in completing research about the effects of arts engagement in older adults which was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Initiative also publishes the findings of its program research in international, peerreviewed journals.

“ One might think that moving {workshops} to the online forum is less effective or de-personalized.

But for me, a senior veteran who lives alone, the classes have become more important than ever.”

D.G., Veteran, U.S. Army

The program is honored to have been awarded a new contract from Creative Forces: National Endowment for the Arts Military Healing Arts Network to work in support of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. This work will support the development of its Arts in Health Program Vetting Process. The Veterans and the Arts Initiative continues to be at the forefront of the national conversation about the arts, health, and the military.

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FA C U L T Y/ S TA F F P U B L I S H E D W O R K S & R E S E A R C H

PHOTO BY RONALD VILLASANTE, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

SMITH SO N IAN FO LKLIFE FESTIVAL

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PUBLISHED WORKS

RESEARCH GRANTS

David Chentian, Mason Community Arts Academy

Shawn Purcell, Music

James Robert Casey, Computer Game Design

Mason Artists-in-Residence Program

Released four albums Cello Spirit, Charming Cello, Melodious Cellotune, and Magnificent Cello

Released album on Dallas-based Armored Records Symmetricity

Innovative Methodologies in Gaming Technology for Outreach, Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate at FEMA Dewberry Engineers, Inc.

Swing 2020 National Endowment for the Arts

Rob Farr, Film and Video Studies

Published in International Journal of Cultural Policy Cultural Policy Archetypes: The Bathwater and the Baby

Niyati S. Dhokai, Veterans and the Arts Initiative

Principal Investigator on A National Census of History Organizations American Association for State and Local History

Contributed book chapter Chase! A Tribute to the Keystone Cops from BearManor

Claire Huschle, Arts Management Chapter published in Field to Palette: Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene Correlation Drawing/Drawing Correlations

Carole Rosenstein, Arts Management

Ruth Yamamoto, Theater Published in Taylor & Francis Online Improv as Creative Aging: The Perceived Influences of Theatrical Improvisation on Older Adults

Jonathan Katz, Arts Management Four-part blog series published by Americans for the Arts Leadership Success in a Crisis Environment

Community Connections Project: Ukelele Workshops for Military Families Creative Forces: National Endowment for the Arts Military Healing Arts Network Community Connections Project: Effects of Ukulele Workshops on Sense of Community and Social Engagement for Veterans and Servicemembers Creative Forces: National Endowment for the Arts Military Healing Arts Network

Megan Lavengood, Music

Co-author and interviewee for Arts Education Partnership feature Reflecting Back and Projecting Forward: 25 Years of the Arts Education Partnership

A New Vision for Open Music Theory State Council of Higher Education CLAIRE HUSCHLE

CAROLE ROSENSTEIN

Mason Artists-in-Residence Program LADAMA and Bill T. Jones/Arnie LADAMA and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company ARTSFAIRFAX

Carole Rosenstein, Arts Management

Carole Rosenstein, Karalee Dawn MacKay, and Lisa Gilman, Arts Management & Folklore Co-designed curriculum in Folklore and Festival Management with Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage IMPACT Curriculum Development Grant

Justin Peter Sutters, Art Research: How is Art Education Looking?

National Art Education Foundation

Gail Scott White, Art Impacts of White-tailed Deer Herbivory on Vegetation in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park National Park Service Multimedia Products National Park Service White-tailed Deer Herbivory National Park Service

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FA C U L T Y/ S TA F F A W A R D S

Claire Allen, Mason Community Arts Academy Named 2019 Outstanding String Teacher Virginia Chapter of the American String Teachers Association

M O H A M M E D S A F F O U R I ’ S D O C U M E N TA R Y The First

Cody Clarke, Development Outstanding Achievement Award: Exceptional Support Award George Mason University Cynthia Fuchs, Film and Video Studies 2 020 Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion George Mason University Ahmad Maaty, Mason Community Arts Academy/AFYP WINNER Best Actor in a Community Theater Production Broadway World’s Regional 2019 Award CLAIRE ALLEN

AHMAD MAATY

ROBERT K. PURKS FACULTY ENRICHMENT ENDOWMENT Established in 2018 by Robert Purks, a longtime Arts at Mason Board member and arts supporter, The Robert K. Purks Faculty Enrichment Endowment provides perpetual support to further the research and creative activity of CVPA faculty.

Emma Balázs, Arts Management To conduct research in Minneapolis to create a People’s History of Prince for museum exhibition Heather Green, Art Tristan Tzara, The Power of Images: Symposium Presentation in Glasgow and Archival Research in Paris Mimsi Janis, Theater To train in new role of intimacy director/choreographer to safely choreograph the movements of intimate moments on stage John Kilkenny, Music To participate as a performer and guest lecturer with the Women Awake Project including four premiere performances of original works about female spiritual leaders from several world traditions

MIMSI JANIS

MAURA UGARTE

Victor Provost, Music To create multi-movement piece for Percussion and Steel Pan Ensemble commemorating the late honorable Dr. Elliot Mannette, known as “the father of the modern steel drum” Maura Ugarte, Film and Video Studies To film one interview and record location footage in San Francisco, California for feature-length documentary film, Death on Pier 14, which focuses on the arrest and trial of José Inez García Zárate

Abbesi Akhamie

Nikyatu Jusu (pictured below)

Alicia Rodriguez

Selected for feature residency program For Film’s Sake’s Attagurl

2020 Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs Fellow

(FILM ALUM) A Diasporic Boricua Princess Grace Foundation Scholarship

Sara Barger Little but Fierce Advanced to the finals Student Academy Awards

Hans Charles 1 Angry Black Man Digital and DVD distribution Freestyle Digital Media

Suicide by Sunlight WINNER Audience Award Black Femme Supremacy Film Festival

Mohammed Saffouri (STUDENT, WINTER ’20) The First (pictured above) Capital Emmy in the Long Form Non-Fiction category

Russell Santos

Rob Farr

Good as Hell, Lizzo music video Nominated for Best Editor MTV Video Music Award

Recorded commentary track Eureka Video’s new Blu-ray edition of Buster Keaton’s Our Hospitality

Lisa Thrasher & Erblin Nushi (FILM ALUM) I Love You More Second round Sundance Development Track

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C V PA S T O R I E S

G R A D U AT I O N / E N R O L L M E N T D O C N I X Director, Green Machine Ensembles

M A S O N M U S I C AT W O R L D S E R I E S Approximately 100 members of the nationally acclaimed Green Machine ensembles performed before Game 5 of the 2019 World Series between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros.

The Mason Flute Choir, directed by Julianna Nickel, performed on Fox 5 DC in support of the Washington Nationals for the World Series.

W O M E N ’ S H I S T O R Y F U N D R A I S E R P L AY

Mason Flute Choir

The inaugural Women’s History Month Showcase, directed and conceived by Mason theater student Kayla Schultz, debuted March 5, 2020, in TheaterSpace. Proceeds went toward theater scholarships.

M A S O N A L U M N I C R E AT E S M U S I C F O R S TA R WA R S V I D E O G A M E Music alum, Vincent Oppido (2008, BA in Music, 2010, MM in Conducting), was asked by composer Gordy Haab to write and arrange music for the video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

B I L L T. J O N E S PA R T I C I PAT E S I N M A S O N A R T I S T- I N - R E S I D E N C E P R O G R A M World-renowned dance company Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company conducted a week-long residency in January 2020 in advance of the world premiere of What Problem? featuring nearly 25 community members.

Bill T. Jones/Arine Zane Company

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ENROLLMENT FA L L ’ 1 8 & ’ 1 9

FA L L 2 0 1 8

FA L L 2 0 1 9

Art

401

Arts Management

123

Dance

74

417 4% 95

-23%

76 3%

Film

187

185 -1%

Game Design

332

368

Music

377

384 2%

Theater

149

160

Other

11% 7%

52 81

Total Enrollment 1,695 1,766 4.2%

M O S T R E C E N T 6 -Y E A R G R A D U AT I O N R AT E = 7 4 . 3 %

FINANCIALS

GIVING

College of Visual and Performing Arts

100

TOTAL DONORS OF $100+

CVPA OPERATING REVENUE

BY AREA FY19-20:

TOTAL $49.3M

Academic Programs

68%

Center for the Arts

12%

Hylton Perf. Arts Center

12%

Mason Comm. Arts Acad.

4%

Green Machine

2%

Virginia Serious Game Inst.

1%

Mason Game & Tech. Acad.

1%

CVPA OPERATING REVENUE

BY SOURCE FY19-20:

Tuition

48%

State Appropriation

19%

Student Fees

17%

Tickets/Venue Rental

10%

Gifts and Grants

6%

1,271

OF THESE

$2,670,773.42 TOTAL GIVING

368

ARE GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI DONORS

NEW FUNDS CREATED IN TOTAL $49.3M

ARE CVPA ALUMNI DONORS

2019-20

FUNDS RAISED BY TYPE

Brower “BC” Spransy Memorial Endowed Scholarship (Theater) CVPA Alumni Career Advancement Award Performing Arts for Kids (Hylton Center)

$1,459,100 ENDOWMENT FUNDS RAISED

Scholarships 64.6% Facilities 14.1% Community Outreach

14.8%

Programs 6.1% Research 0.4%

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DONORS

ENDOWMENTS

L EGACY G I F TS

NEW ENDOWMENT

The College of Visual and Performing Arts acknowledges the generosity of the following individuals who have established legacy gifts to support the future of the Arts at Mason.

Martha Engle and Samantha W. Engle

Mr. Ronald A. Boykin • Thomas Michael Brawley Mr. & Mrs. Sidney O. Dewberry • Ruth A. Eaves Stevie and Gardner Gillespie • Linda E. Gramlich Lee-Ann Heflin • Charles and Shirley Joyce Jerry Long, in Memory of Pat Long Mark D. Monson (’74) in honor of Nancy G. Monson M ary Ballard Postma and Hans Postma Jeffrey and Shawn Robertson Dr. Victoria N. Salmon and Mr. John J. Salmon Darlene M. Scott • Leo and Linda Stoltz Mildred E. Tasker • Violette Thouvenin Daniel Tucciarone and Thomas Sabal C aptain Robert Warakomsky, USCG (Ret.) and Patricia Warakomsky James L. and Barbara W. White

SCHOLARSHIPS The College of Visual and Performing Arts acknowledges the generosity of the following individuals and organizations that have established scholarship endowments in the college.

The Beck Foundation Scholarship for Computer Game Design The Beck Foundation, 2018 Dr. Barry and Velma Berkey Music Scholarship Endowment Dr. Barry Berkey and Mrs. Velma Berkey, 2004 John S. and Judith T. Bland Memorial Scholarship Endowment (Vocal Studies) Mrs. Robyn David and multiple donors, 1989 Dr. Sam di Bonaventura Memorial Scholarship Endowment (Strings) Ms. Darlene M. Scott, 1999 Jean Carrington Cook Piano Scholarship Endowment (Piano) C. Barrie Cook, M.D., 1995 Lucy C. Church Scholarship Endowment (Vocal Studies) Mr. and Mrs. Randolph W. Church, 2003 de Laski Scholarship Endowment (Music, Dance, Theater) de Laski Family Foundation, 2001 The Paul and Jenny Ebert Horn Studies Scholarship Endowment Paul and Jenny Ebert, 2019 Emerging Artists Scholarship Endowment Linda E. Gramlich, 2019 Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts – Spotlight Scholarship for the Arts, 2005 Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts—Ruth Haycock Endowed Scholarship in Piano The Honorable Jane Woods and Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts and multiple donors, 2006 Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Scholarship in Music for the Mason Community Arts Academy, 2004

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The College of Visual and

Ronald Abramson F. H. Furr Buck and Julie Waters

David E. Feldman, Esq. John H. Foote and Rosamond Tompkins Steve and Donna Gladis Joyce and Gary Grimes Insight Wealth Management, Inc. Gerald and Paula McNichols Mack and Paulette Miller Diane and Tim Naughton Novant UVA Health System Dexter S. Odin Rick and Phoebe Peterson Robert and Ida Portland OmniRide Dr. Glenn E. Smith Stanley Martin Companies, Inc. The Mather in Tysons Katie and Phil Turcotte United Bank Kathryn J. Van Der Kamp Wall Foundation Walsh Colucci Lubeley Walsh PC John and Ann Wheeler

$25,000-$99,999

$2,500-$4,999

Performing Arts expresses its sincerest gratitude to the

Price (BIS ’15) honored their late father

following donors who made

and grandfather by creating the Brower “BC” Spransy Memorial Scholarship

generous gifts in support of our

Endowment for the School of Theater in

programs and students from

his memory. Mr. Spransy had a long career

July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020.

as an engineer, and he was also an amateur magician. To carry out his legacy, this

$1,000,000+

scholarship gives preference to students

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney O. Dewberry

with active participation in improvisation, such as magic, illusion, and comedy.

CLAIRE GARDNER (right) First Brower “BC” Spransy Memorial Scholarship Recipient

Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts—The Thomas Galen Scott Memorial in Music Education, 2015 Gillespie Scholarship Endowment Gardner and Stevie Gillespie, 2019 Heritage Chair in Arts and Cultural Criticism Endowment Multiple Arts Gala Committee Donors, 1986 Heritage Chair in Music Endowment Multiple Arts Gala Committee Donors, 1992 Hylton Performing Arts Center Endowment Multiple donors, 2006 George W. Johnson Endowment and Joanne Ferris Johnson Scholarship Dr. and Mrs. George W. Johnson, 1996 Joanne Johnson Dance Scholarship Endowment Dr. and Mrs. George W. Johnson, 2005 Joseph M. Kanyan Music Scholarship Endowment Multiple Donors, 2002 Kidd/Stearns Dance Talent Scholarship Endowment Ms. Donna L. Kidd and Dr. Peter N. Stearns, 2018 Howard Vincent Kurtz Theater Scholarship Endowment Professor Howard Vincent Kurtz and friends, 2008 Kathleen A. Lieder and Lloyd C. Fell Student Scholarship Endowment in Music Performance/ Vocal Studies Dr. and Mrs. Alan G. Merten, 2006 The Patricia A. Long Scholarship Endowment (Jazz Studies) Jerry Long, in Memory of Pat Long, 2018 Anthony J. Maiello Music Endowed Scholarship Fund (Music) Anthony J. Maiello and multiple donors, 2016 Linda Garner Miller Scholarship Endowment (Dance) Ms. Elizabeth Price and Mr. J. Michael Brown, 2002 Mack and Paulette Miller Theater Scholarship Endowment Mack and Paulette Miller, 2019 Dr. Linda Apple Monson Music Endowment Fund Multiple Donors, 2011

Dr. Linda Apple Monson Scholars Endowed Fund Mr. and Mrs. Sidney O. Dewberry, and multiple donors, 2018 Nancy G. Monson Scholarship Endowment for the Visual Arts Mr. Mark D. Monson, 2013 Joey Noufal Endowed Scholarship (Art) Vicky Noufal, Martha Engle and Reid Herlihy, and friends and family, 2017 Mildred Elaine Tetsell Parker Scholarship Endowment (Vocal Studies), 2004 Peterson Family Foundation Scholarship Endowment (Music) Carolyn and Milt Peterson, 2000 Peterson Excellence Endowed Fund for the Arts Peterson Family Foundation, 2015 Peterson Family Endowed Scholarship in the Vocal Arts Peterson Family Foundation, 2015 Robert K. Purks Faculty Enrichment Endowment Robert K. Purks, 2017 Carol M. Robinson and Peter R. Barcher, Ph.D. Scholarship Endowment (Vocal Studies) Peter R. Barcher, Ph.D. and multiple donors, 2015 Pamela A. Roe Music Scholarship Endowment (Athletic Bands) David and Pamela Roe, 2008 Noah J. Seidenberg Scholarship Endowment (Art) Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Seidenberg, 2006 Joseph D. Shirk Memorial Music Scholarship Endowment Mrs. Jean E. Shirk and multiple donors, 2000 Brower “BC” Spransy Memorial Scholarship Endowment (Theater) Martha Engle and Samantha W. Engle Price, 2019 Shirley Udelson Memorial Scholarship Endowment (Music Composition) Mr. Michael E. Udelson, 1997 The Captain Robert Warakomsky, USCG (Ret.) and Patricia Warakomsky Music Scholarship Fund Robert and Patricia Warakomsky, 2018 Wells Fargo Arts Endowment Wachovia Foundation, 1993

$100,000-$999,999

Compton and Duling, L.C. Dr. Paul Ebert Anna and Randall Edwards NOVEC Martha S. Engle and Samantha Engle Price Dr. Peter N. Stearns and Ms. Donna L. Kidd TIAA Charitable

$10,000-$24,999

The Albertsons Companies Foundation Alliant Wealth Advisors Amazon Web Services Anonymous (x3) Azalea Charities, Inc. Mrs. Lillian B. Ballard Baltimore Community Foundation Dr. Rick Davis and Ms. Julie Thompson The Dow Chemical Foundation John A. Frisch Mark and Sharon Gottlieb Bill Karlson Jerry Long Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Miller Toyota National Endowment for the Arts Performing Arts for Kids (PAK) Peterson Family Foundation Carolyn and Milt Peterson Mary Ballard Postma Robert K. Purks PWC Associates Rea Charitable Trust Shirley B. Rice Sandy Spring Bank Judith and Donald Smith Mikki Van Wyk Vanguard Charitable Barbara and Jim White

$5,000-$9,999

Helen and Bill Ackerman A RTSFAIRFAX Dr. and Mrs. Barry Berkey Carney Foundation CMA Foundation The Dominion Foundation Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts, Inc.

Anonymous Mr. James A. Aram Mr. Jerry Archer and Mrs. Kim T. Archer Debbie Atkinson The Beck Foundation Dianne and Gerard Blais Bill and Leah Brogdon Burke Centre/Hardy Insurance Agency Edward and Lina Cameron Anne Caputo City of Manassas Debi and Fabrice Corbatto Didlake, Inc. Dominion Resources Inc. Mary A. Duckett Charles and Eileen Duggan Dr. Kimberly K. Eby and Dr. José M. Cortina Evergreen Janitorial Services Harry and Barbara Ghadban, NVP, Inc. George Gianaris Linda E. Gramlich Art and Linda Hamerschlag Mark Hardy and Sojung Lim-Hardy Anne and Til Hazel Eileen E. Kennedy Dr. Joy Hughes and Mr. Kenneth Lee Barbara Jacksier and Everett Chasen James G. Davis Construction Corporation Clara and John Kelly D r. Dennis Layendecker and Mrs. Myriam Layendecker Linda and Buford Lewis Patricia and Evans Mandes Thomas and Pamela Maskey Mr. Val S. McWhorter Alice K. Mergler Julia G. Morelli and Daniel Rainey Matthew Morris and Shelby Olson MVBank Inc. New England Foundation for the Arts NVP, Inc. Paula Olejarz Don and Sonja Palomaki William and Sandra Pate The Perch Associates LP The Hon. J. Chapman Petersen and Mrs. Sharon K. Petersen The Presser Foundation

Richard W. Averill Foundation Jack and Arlene Rinker Dr. Victoria N. Salmon and Mr. John J. Salmon Scott and Regina Shaffer Miller Toyota Scion Kathleen and George Shultz Mark and Andrea Silverman Smith, Pachter, McWhorter PLC Annabelle and David Stone Daniel Tucciarone and Thomas Sabal The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Verizon Foundation Sherry Watkins Douglas and Gabriella Whipple Joan R. White Lisa and Alan Zuccari

$1,000-$2,499

Susan J. Aitel and Jonathan Goldman Bob Allen Jan and Peter Alten American Endowment Foundation Mr. Robert Anderson III Anonymous Associated Chamber Music Players, Inc. Dee and Kathy Bailey C ouncilwoman Sheryl L. Bass and Dr. Robert L. Bass Jim and Sally Bennett Dr. Lisa A. Billingham and Mr. James Schober Arthur and Nadine Bishop Booz Allen Hamilton Alberta S. Boyd Brightline Interactive LLC Mr. and Mrs. Barry J. Broadway Michael Brown and Elizabeth Price Kristin and Brian Burr Zofia Burr and Alok Yadav Cameron McEvoy PLLC Dr. Mark Camphouse and Ms. Elizabeth Curtis Judy Canyock Dorothy H. Chiarantona City of Fairfax Foundation for the Arts Paula B. Compton Donald and Joyce Connery Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Conwell Daniel and Donna Courain Dr. Deborah Crawford Mr. Steve O. Dixon and Ms. Vandy S. Dixon AJ and Joan Driscoll Brian and Bebe Drummond Sandra and Duke Dugan Peter and Lenore Farrell Robert and Elizabeth Fini Andrew and Jennifer Flagel Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Fleming Wendy Frieman and David E. Johnson Gene and Ellen Frogale Suzanne and Edward Gaffney Amelia Garcia Glory Days Grill Mr. Steven Golsch and Mr. Jim Nedohon William and Jacqueline A. Gravell John and Tammy Hanks Mr. Ronald A. Harris Alan and Mary Beth Hemer Ingrid and Donald Hester William Hollaway and Phyllis Lovett Mike and Kathleen Holupka Joan Lisante Hood and James Hood Dawn and Christian Hunt CVPA 2019-2020 ANNUAL REPORT 24

DONORS

LEADERSHIP 2019-2020

$1,000-$2,499 (continued)

Johnson and Johnson Companies Mr. Edward Jones Mrs. Julie L. Jones Joseph and Virginia Kanyan Maryam and Hamid Kasmai Kathleen and John Kehoe Edward T. and Kathleen G. Kelly Bryan and Rochelle Kidd Carol Merchant Kirby and Peter Kirby Carol and Bruce Kissal Ronald Knecht Ashlyn Lambert and Ian Keith John and Laura Lewis Sandra and John Long Claire Machosky-Ullman and Albert Ullman Dr. Carol C. Mattusch and Dr. Richard S. Mason John and Margaret McMichael Linda and Phillip Miller Sherman and Caroline Mills Amy and Robert Moore Vafa Mostaghim Susan and Michael Murphy Naylor Court Design The Norton Foundation William and Margaret O’Grady Cass and Lisa Panciocco Sharon Pandak and Robert Ross Bernard Parker and Cynthia Giles-Parker Mr. and Mrs. Rexford G. Parr Mr. William F. Parsons Robert and Carol Perry J.P. Phaup and Paula Martino Edward and Marilyn Pratt Douglas and Sharon Pugh Norma Jean Reck Mr. and Mrs. William Reeder Renaissance Charitable Foundation Charles and Eileen Ricks Eileen and Kara Roberts Pamela and David Roe Steven T. Rolander and Dru Ann Vlisside Kay Rongley Norman and Lorraine Rosenberg Roberta Roumel Diane and Gary Schnurrpusch Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Seidenberg Sheron and Richard Seraydarian Shugoll Research Mark and Merrill Shugoll Mindy K. Sims Susan Eddy Soza Eloise C. Stinger Leo and Linda Stoltz David and Kate Strand Anita and Patrick Sullivan Martha R. Sullivan Tenant Agency Jeanette and Mike Timmons Charlie and Mary Tompkey Richard and Wenda Travers Ednamae and John Trevey Uptown Alley Van Metre Companies Foundation, Inc. Vanderpool, Frostick and Nishanian, PC Ernie and Diane Wakeham Sally and Ken Wall Bob and Pat Warakomsky Wegmans Dr. and Mrs. George Whipple

Maiju and Dick Wilson Mr. Peter B. Winant Adam J. Winsler, Ph.D. and Kathy Preisinger Thomas and Nancy Zacharczyk

$500-$999

John and Toni Acton Aerojet Rocketdyne Cares Aetna Foundation, Inc. ART + Specialists, LC Dr. Sylvia Auton and Forrest Hanvey Debbie and Thomas Bacigalupo Mr. and Mrs. Baron John and Penny Barrows Marty and Sheryl Bell Bennett, Atkinson and Associates, P.C. Jonathan Bernstein Doris Bloch and Bill Hunt D r. Reinhardt Bodenbender and Sharon Wagnitz, RN Lynn and John Bozalis Judith T. Bridges Broadway Gallery Dee Brown and Glen Macdonald Hans Bruland Cheryl and Robert Brunner C & H Associates, Inc. Susan Carbo Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Catalano Robert G. and Roberta H. Clark Peter Cook Sandra Cummins-Haid and Allen Haid Deborah Davis Patti DeBuck Michael and Joanne DeMarco Mr. William J. Dieterich Mr. Kevin S. DiLallo Jennifer Disano Megan DuBois and Ryan Kasprowicz Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Dunn Ms. Gesele Durham Dan and Jackie Ehrman Sheryl and John Fiegel Travis and Andi Floyd Mr. Jim Folliard The Foundation for Music Education Barbara Fried Ms. Virginia McGehee Friend Jonathan Gann Gearshift Productions Linda and Shelly Gersten Stevie and Gardner Gillespie Susan Graziano George and K. Lenore Hart Dean Head Mitchell and Patti Herman Cynthia and Willis Hicks David Hill Sara Hoffman Amy and David Houser Ronald and Cheryl Hubbard Mark Hyson and Rebecca Graham Nancy Hersch Ingram Mel and Carla Jaranson Jule Jewell Brian and Amy Jones R. Christian Jones Ms. Joan Kasprowicz Ms. Alice Katz Robert Kelberg and Gertrude Sherman

Justine and Richard Kingham Raelene Knieriem Edward and Alice Kondis Dr. Michael and Mrs. Linda Kostrzewa Connie and Paul Kyle James and Traute Langmesser Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Leet J oseph Magalski, Leanna Giancarlo, and Nadia John Maney Alex Manguikian, Ph.D. Mr. David McCormack and Lisa McLeod Kathleen McKay Willy Meaux Leah Miller Deborah G. Milligan Dr. and Mrs. Kent Minichiello Vince and Carolyn Modugno Mark D. Monson L t. Gen (USAF, Ret) Michael A. and Barbara W. Nelson Gerardo and Jim Nepomuceno John and Lori Niehoff Mary and Christopher Nugent Jay and Sally O’Brien Jim Perry and Ann Mason Frank and Claire Pettrone Jim and Nancy Pickens Elizabeth Portland and Thomas Toce Ed and Susan Powell Elizabeth I. Ransom Judith P. Ratcliffe Joan and Patrick Reilly Edward and Nancy Rice Curtis and Lynn Robb Mark and Dawn Roddy Mary and D’Arcy Roper Ron Rosner Jayshree A. Sarma Ken and Joanne Schoonover P at and Christine Shaner D r. Carol S. Shapiro and Lt. Col. Donald E. Morgan Wayne and Linda Sharp Eileen Sheridan Ms. Marilyn T. Smith Walter and Janice Smith Heidi and Alan Snyder Soltesz LLC Specialized Personnel Locators, LLC Soil Consultants Inc. Joyce Stephansky John Stirrup Stoneman Douglas Marching Eagles Strategic Affairs LLC Patricia Swart Michael and Clare Synge Sally Turner Brian J. Vella Joseph Walsh Susan Walton and Desmond Walton Ed and Maria Ward Ed and Maura Weiner John and Laurene Wilkin Suzanne and Dick Willett Williams Mullen Foundation Diane C. Wilson Edwyna M. Wingo Rachel and Jon Wist Tom and Joan Wotring Baba Zipkin and Ernest Carrozza

ARTS AT MASON BOARD V ictoria Salmon, Chair M ark Shugoll, Vice Chair Sharon Gottlieb, Treasurer

Lavern Chatman Don Conwell Steven Golsch Ronald J. Hubbard Jolanda N. Janczewski So Lim John Mason Tim McEvoy Val McWhorter

Willy Meaux Paulette Miller John Paul Phaup Ida Portland Bob Purks Jay Speer Matt Tait Mikki Van Wyk Edward Weiner

R . Pat Carroll, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

J onathan Goldman, Faculty Arts Club

J enna Day, Mason Community Arts Academy Advisory Board

B arbara Jacksier, President, Friends of Music

P aulette Miller, President, Friends of Theater

G ardner Gillespie, Chair, School of Art Advisory Council

T racy J. Krulik, CVPA Alumni Chapter

Annie Bolger Mike Brown Paul Burke Anne Caputo Joe Catalano

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

M erle Mulvaney, President, Friends of the Center for the Arts

CVPA BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE DEAN G iovanna Chesler, Director, Film at Mason

S usan Graziano, Director, Development

E lizabeth (Libby) Curtis, Director, Mason Community Arts Academy

K ristin Johnsen-Neshati, Assistant Dean for Critical Studies and International Programs

R ick Davis, Dean; Executive Director, Hylton Performing Arts Center

L isa Kahn, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies

N iyati Dhokai, Program Manager, Veterans and the Arts Initiative

D ennis Layendecker, Heritage Chair and Professor of Music

H asan Elahi, Director, School of Art A imee Fullman, Co-Director, Arts Management Program A drienne Bryant Godwin, Director of Programming

M ary Lechter, Assoc Director Mason Community Arts H yla London, Director of Marketing L inda Monson, Director, School of Music K evin Murray, Interim Director, School of Theater

S ang Nam, Director, Computer Game Design Program W illiam Reeder, Director, Arts Management Program, Heritage Chair for Arts & Cultural Criticism K aren Reedy, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies S usan Shields, Director, School of Dance D on Starr, Associate Director, School of Art J ulie Thompson, Executive Director, Center for the Arts J ohn Wilkin, Chief Financial Officer, CVPA

HYLTON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER EXECUTIVE BOARD John Stirrup, Chair Jason Hickman, Vice Chair Rene Stewart O’Neal, Secretary Heather Aram Oscar Barton, Jr. Sheryl Bass Phillip Bongiorno

Sheyna Burt, Esq. Ron Carmichael Joyce Connery Rae Darlington Rick Davis, Ex-officio Randall Edwards, Emeritus Debbie Jewell Carol Merchant Kirby, Emeritus

Christopher Martino Denise McPhail Kristina Nohe Pat Pate Amy Tanner Ann Wheeler D’Andrea Wooten

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