Art After Dark: Garden of Wonder

Message from the Executive Director

Dear Friends,

I am delighted that you can join us for our fourth annual Art After Dark gala. Tonight is an excit ing night in our arts community, as we celebrate three fantastic honorees — G. Angela Henry, Shakur Peterson, and the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce. Your generous support this evening provides essential resources for The Art Effect’s education and youth devel opment programs, empowering young people in the Hudson Valley. Thank you!

Tonight we invite you to step into a Garden of Wonder inspired by our recent inaugural PKX Arts Festival, Wonderland, in which students, artists, and the community came together making our mark on the City of Poughkeepsie and taking steps towards the creation of a Youth Arts Empow erment Zone in and around the Trolley Barn.

For nearly 40 years, The Art Effect has empowered Hudson Valley youth to discover their pas sion and forge a path of success. We offer programs that range from introductory art classes for young children and adults; college readiness programs for aspiring artists and filmmakers, and workforce development programs for local youth who engage their community through public art, film, curating international exhibitions and even the recent PKX Festival!

We are so grateful to be able to celebrate our honorees with you tonight. Your generosity sup ports The Art Effect’s ability to transform young lives and our community through the arts. Thank you, and we hope you enjoy Art After Dark: Garden of Wonder!

Sincerely, Nicole Fenichel-Hewitt Executive Director

EXPERIENCE WONDER

Wonderland International Juried Exhibition —

Immerse yourself in paintings, media, photography, and sculptures from artists around the world

Garden of Creativity — Enjoy the garden room featuring body painting, photo booth and sculpture created by students with mentorship by artists BoogieRez

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gaye Mallet, Board Chair

Dean Temple, President

Shailee Johnson, Vice-Chair

Richard DuVall, Esq., Treasurer

Lorenzo L. Angelino, Esq., Secretary

David Bloom

Diane Cicatello, MD

Sybil DelGaudio

Michael DeCiutiis

Dwayne Douglas

Judy Elkin

Gwen Greene

Paul Hesse

Christopher Kroner

Kit Laybourne

Sharley McIver

Karen Michel

Teresa Quinn

Loretta Spence

Robert C. Watson Jr

Aleria Gonzalez, Youth Board Member

Harrison Brisbon-McKinnon, Youth Board Member

ART AFTER DARK COMMITTEE

Alex Tuller

Breanna Nussbickel

Dave Eppley

David Bloom

Lorenzo Angelino

Patrick Laffin

Roger Connor

Sheba Abrahaim

Tessa “Tiggy” Friedman

Wes Dixon

STAFF

Nicole Fenichel-Hewitt, Executive Director Nicole Baker, Deputy Director

Mary Ellen Iatropoulos, Director of Programs

Destiny Kearney, Trolley Barn Fellow Pamela Perry, Director of Marketing

Jaime Ransome, Trolley Barn Gallery Manager

Cory Spraker, Operations Manager Morgan Suter, Studio Manager & Teaching Artist

Paul Thompson, Media Workforce Associate Director

Sarah Timberlake Taylor, Systems Administrator

Jet To, Programs Assistant Phoenix Trent, Director of External Affairs

Mirabai Trent, Trolley Barn Gallery Communications Assistant

Daniel Weintraub, Director of Forge

David Wong, Community Art & Design Programs Manager

Shakur Peterson

Born and raised in the City of Poughkeepsie, Shakur Peterson graduated from Poughkeepsie High School before going on to serve our nation in Iraq as an Army Specialist. After five years in service/tours of duty, Shakur received an Honorable discharge and returned home to serve the community he called home.

Shakur is committed to uplifting City of Poughkeepsie youth. A former participant in the Children’s Media Project, which later became known as Spark Media and is now The Art Effect, Shakur earned his BA from Marist College and a Master’s in Social Work from Adelphi University. Shakur currently runs the Poughkeepsie office of Assembly member Jonathan Jacobson.

Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce

The Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce means business. Founded in 1907, the Chamber is a tireless advocate for its members, a business catalyst for the region, and an authoritative resource for its community.

The Chamber’s collaborative process helps grow our local economy and support area businesses and organizations. The Chamber is also a model member of the community, leading fundraising efforts through its Chamber Foundation, and executing Workforce Development and Youth mentoring programs in the community and area schools.

The Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce and The Chamber Foundation are best known for creative large scale events attracting tens of thousands of visitors to our region –bolstering our economy through attraction and further reinvesting in our communities through continuing education.

G. Angela Henry

As the child of social activist parents, G. Angela Henry has engaged in community-building all her life. She is known locally as a tireless volunteer, including in the arts community as former board chair of Arts Mid-Hudson.

Her recent appointment as Executive Director of the Poughkeepsie Public Schools Foundation will further her commitment to the arts and underserved communities alongside her own artistic pursuits. Under the stage name of Grace Angela Henry, Angela’s voice can be heard on audio tours for Berkshire Botanical Garden, Dutch World Heritage Tours, and Historic Huguenot Street and on audio-books for authors such as Cornelia E. Davis, K. Heidi Fishman, Condoleezza Rice, and Linda R. Spitzfaden.

Angela narrated films for the FDR National Historic Site, voiced Toni Morrison in the awardwinning “Shokran, Toni,” and narrates “A Sculpted Life”, which will air on PBS. She has appeared in movies and on the stage, and is especially known locally for historic graveyard tours, her portrayal of Sojourner Truth, and as a popular MC for nonprofit galas.

Angela’s training in the performing arts includes the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Harlem School of the Arts, The Juilliard School, Tufts University, and Harvard University. She is an amateur watercolorist, has taught silversmithing, and is pretty handy at needlework.

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Detail of Eva Peron by Daniel Baxter

- Tiggy Freedman

The Poughkeepsie Public Schools Foundation Board of Trustees salutes Executive Director, and G. Angela Henry The Art Effect

Shakur Peterson

AN AMAZING THING HAPPENS WHEN YOU PLANT A SEED.

What grows is self-esteem, inner peace and a sense of accomplishment and joy.

So come and visit us at Adams for the largest selection of plants and garden supplies in the Hudson Valley and see what you can grow.

ANGELA HENRY & THE DUTCHESS

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2022 Art After Dark Sponsors: Mount Saint Mary College

PLATINUM SPONSOR GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

Ulster

and Nevill Smythe

Thank you to Adams Fairacre Farms, Green Cottage, Flowers by Angel, Rosticceria Rossi & Sons, CopperSea Distilling, Robibero Winery & Vineyard, Eric Kennett Photography, James Ransome, Zeus Brewing Company, My Wine & Spirits, Stone Ridge Wine & Spirits, Walkway Over The Hudson, Harney & Sons, Dutchess Beer Distributors, FallKill Creative Works, The Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, Tessa Friedman, Lorenzo Angelino, The Astro, Lauren’s Crafting Corner, and Jadeen Sampson for your generous contributions that made tonight such a success.

For sale at Art After Dark, 2022

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Rick Price, Morgan Suter, Lauren Ricci and Emma Schmidt