Women Supporting The Arts

SINCE 2003

This year, Women Supporting the Arts reached new heights by increasing its membership to 34, enhancing investments into the organization and, ultimately, issuing more grants to artists and arts programming for 2023. To accomplish this, RCK Gallery and the MartinArts Guild headed by Linda Prange, hosted monthly events to stimulate membership growth, educate its members about past grant recipients and to provide a fun, social outlet. Grant requests were due in September, giving WSA members time to review and announce their selections in December. Projects funded cover an array of activities including scholarships, public art installations, educational programming, and artistic programs in all disciplines including visual, performing, and literary arts. Founded in 2003, WSA is a women’s giving circle which has supported hundreds of programs and distributed more than $400,000 into our arts community, which in turn, makes Martin County a better place to live. Across the nation, giving circles inspire private philanthropic investments in their local communities.

If you have questions or would like to join the WSA, please call Linda Prange 772-225-1961 ext 110 or 772-485-8325. Also, feel free to reach out to MartinArts executive director Nancy Turrell at 772-287-6676 ext 4.

Join these women and become a Member of Women Supporting the Arts

$1000/year or a 50% discount for women under 40

Nancy E. Balow Mallo Bisset Betty Brain Polly Campenni Ethel F. Christin Sarah Coleman Mary Laub Cowan Diana R Dean Sherry Dunn Sharon Dvir Katie Gianni Barbara Grimmer Jane Helsing Sharon Holt Paula Hundt Sheila Kurtz Whitney Lima Mary Ann Loomis Andrea Lutz Debra Melillo Jeanette Mueller Vianne H. Nichols Nina E. Nicolosi Patricia A. Pendergast Kimberly Perron Renee Piccitto Linda Prange Aviana Coletta Shapiro Dianne Spina Sandi Steensma Eileen Todd Nicki van Vonno Jackie Vitale Phyl Weaver

Whitney Lima, Aviana Shapiro, Katie Gianni