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Art + Summer = Fun!

Greetings Friends!

Summer is nearly upon us and marks the start of a period of

great angst for many parents. What do I do with my kids for

three months to keep them learning but still having fun?

With this issue of Happenings, we encourage you to make the

arts a significant component of your kids’ summer schedule. The

St. Louis region offers a broad and diverse range of art camps

(child and adult!) and classes designed to spark creativity and

delight people of all ages. And don’t worry – research continues to show that par-

ticipation in arts activities builds and improves overall academic performance, par-

ticularly in math and science. So the arts can actually help prevent that summer

“brain drain” in a fun and engaging way. You can find our complete Summer Art

Camp guide on pages 6-7.

We’ve also highlighted some of the best performances, exhibits and outings

that you can share with your whole family – bring the grandparents, cousins, aunts

and uncles along, too! Opportunities range from STAGES St. Louis’ adaptation of

the Disney’s classic The Aristocats to the MUNY’s production of the Wizard of Oz

to the Contemporary Arts Museum’s campy Internet Cat Film Festival. Take a

moment to review the summer’s offerings starting on page 4.

This issue also introduces readers to some extraordinary stories of arts educa-

tion impacting lives throughout our community. Pianos for People is a new organi-

zation that has wasted no time in making a huge difference in many young lives by

providing actual pianos to deserving homes while also offering classes in their

Cherokee Street location. Other organizations, like A&E grantees Bach Society of

Saint Louis, Metro Theater and Springboard, continue to inspire young people with

innovative programming.

Lastly, A&E – along with thousands of others throughout our community – is

mourning the loss of an iconic educator, philanthropist and community volunteer.

Ida Woolfolk Goodwin dedicated her life to making St. Louis a better place to live,

work and play. For 35 of her more than 40 years as an educator, counselor, and

administrator, Ida served as a Workplace Giving Coordinator for the Arts and

Education Council raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to support arts educa-

tion. Many of the programs you read about in today’s issue are beneficiaries of

Ida’s generosity. You can read more about her accomplished life on page 20.

Thank you for your own personal support for A&E and the arts in our commu-

nity. You, too, can take pride in the fantastic stories and impact highlighted here.

Have a wonderful summer and I look forward to seeing you at many of these sum-

mer arts outings!

Sincerely,

Cynthia A. Prost

President and CEO

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Letter from the President

4 Art + Summer: Summer Family Arts Guide

14 Art + Summer: Spring to Dance

18 Art + Education: Metro Theater

12 Access the Arts: Know & Go Calendar

6 Art + Summer: Summer Camps

ON THE COVER: Enjoy a summer

night out with your family at

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis’

Shakespeare in the Park. Find more

family-fun activities in our Summer

Family Arts Guide starting on p4.

Photo by © J. David Levy.

A&E’s new “Education Challenge” trophy (above) will be awarded to the school district whose 2016 Workplace Giving Campaign has the greatest percentage increase over last year. For information on how your school or district can participate, contact Dorothy Powell, Development Manager, at 314-289-4000 or Dorothy-P@KeepArtHappening.org.

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Walking down Cherokee

Street, the storefront for

Pianos for People fits in well

among the South City neighborhood

with its hand-painted signage and brick

façade. The baby grand piano in the

window is one of a dozen available for

the community to use for free. On most

days of the week the front room is full

of students - sometimes elementary

-school aged and other times adults -

learning piano basics.

The nonprofit operates a piano-

matching program in addition to free

classes and community events. Since

moving to its Cherokee location 18

months ago, the school size has almost

doubled, and the organization is con-

sidering expanding to a North County

satellite location.

Kayia Smith, head teacher and gen-

eral manager, has been with Pianos for

People since its move to Cherokee.

“Piano lessons are pretty expensive,

and many people wish they could do

that for their kids but just can’t,” Smith

explains. “This is allowing us to reach

out to a whole new demographic of

talented young people that have some-

thing to give the world, and we’re

helping them develop and grow.”

Smith’s background fully prepared

her for Pianos for People. She grew up

playing music and continued to play

piano for churches after college. She

STARTUP SPOTLIGHT: Pianos for People

owned her own school, New Horizons

School of Music, from 2001 to 2009,

and taught music in the Riverview

Gardens schools. Her mother met one

of the founders of Pianos for People

who was looking for someone to teach

classes and help manage the programs,

and encouraged Smith to reach out.

“I really didn’t think it would pan out

to be anything,” she says. “I came to

find out that what they needed was a

perfect fit for all of the experience I had

gained running my own business.”

Pianos for People was founded by

Tom and Jeanne Townsend; Joe

Jackson, the owner of Jackson Pianos;

and Pat Eastman, a music professor at

Webster University; in honor of the

Townsends’ son and Eastman’s long-

time student, Alex, who was killed in a

car accident in 2010. Alex Townsend

was passionate about music, and

according to Kayia Smith, “[Pianos for

People] wouldn’t have happened with-

out him. Because he lived, Pianos for

People was created and is touching

people every day.”

Pianos for People began by deliver-

ing unwanted pianos to underserved

households. Pianos are first inspected

to make sure they are in good condi-

tion. Any repairs, tuning or refurbishing

needed is done by Jackson Pianos at

reduced cost. Recipients are selected

on a case-by-case basis considering a

variety of factors, including need and

the ages of the children.

Since Pianos for People began in

2012, it has delivered over 140 pianos to

individuals and community organiza-

tions in the St. Louis area. At one point,

Pianos for People was delivering an

average of one piano per week, but

more recently that number has dropped

by half due to the increased interest in

their free lessons.

The innovative model of Pianos for

People is spreading. Smith frequently

receives calls asking how the process

works and how to establish similar pro-

grams elsewhere. “I wouldn’t be sur-

prised to see Pianos for People spread

and branch out to different states,” says

Smith.

Smith is excited about what’s ahead

for the organization and its students.

“I’m looking forward to a few more

years down the road when some of the

kids have gone on into the world and

they’re able to say ‘My roots started

with Pianos for People.’ That will be

awesome.”

For more information, visit

pianosforpeople.orgKayia Smith playing a student piano.

Pianos for People on Cherokee Street.

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Summer is almost here, and

there’s no better way to enjoy

the beautiful weather and time

together with your family than to expe-

rience the St. Louis arts scene!

Following is just a selection of many

family-friendly events coming up in the

next few months:

LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK

On the first Sunday of each month,

Laumeier Sculpture Park offers Walking

Tours designed to engage participants

in the relationship between art and

nature. Visitors get a firsthand look at

Laumeier’s permanent exhibits during

the roughly one-hour tour guided by a

trained Laumeier Docent. Exploring the

beautiful park grounds and learning

about the magnificent sculptures are

great ways for your family to get out

and enjoy the weather and the arts all

at once. And the best part is, tours are

completely free! For those with infant

to toddler-aged children, Laumeier also

offers a free Stroller Tour of a similar

nature the third Thursday of each

month.

Laumeier will also offer its new

ArtSparks program on June 23, 11 am -

noon. ArtSparks is designed for parents

and children, and is structured to pro-

mote the development of cognition,

language, motor and social/emotional

skills through art projects and play.

For information about Laumeier’s

summer camp, see page 7.

For more information, visit

laumeiersculpturepark.org.

CAM (CONTEMPORARY ART

MUSEUM)

CAM’s family programming offers a

playful introduction to the Museum and

contemporary art for every age range.

Moms, dads, caregivers and grandpar-

ents can bring infants and toddlers to

the free 45-minute Stroller Tours from

9-10 am on the first Wednesday of

every month (except May) to enjoy the

museum’s exhibitions. For those with

children ages 2-5, CAM offers free

Morning Play Dates that include

hands-on art activities and perfor-

mances, 10-11 am on the first

Wednesday of each month (except

May).

Active families can hop on their bikes

for the Tour de Museum, June 24. Enjoy

the outdoors between stops at CAM,

the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum,

Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Saint Louis

Art Museum, and World Chess Hall of

Fame, featuring a scavenger hunt at

each location.

Don’t miss the fifth year of the tour-

ing Internet Cat Video Festival, July

13-16. Tickets are $10-$25 for the wildly

popular showcase of purrs and laughs

with family-friendly “paws-on” activities.

For information about CAM’s sum-

mer camp, see page 7.

For tickets, reservations and more infor-

mation, visit camstl.org.

GRAND CENTER

Explore everything that Grand

Center has to offer this summer during

First Fridays! Every first Friday of the

month, museums and galleries in Grand

Center are free and open to the public

until 9 pm. Discover the remarkable

array of visual arts in St. Louis’ premier

neighborhood for culture and entertain-

ment.

Participating A&E grantees include

CAM, Craft Alliance, the International

Photography Hall of Fame, Sheldon Art

Galleries and many more.

For more information, visit

firstfridaysgrandcenter.com.

SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS

Treat your family to free, professional

theatre while enjoying a beautiful sum-

mer evening at Shakespeare Festival St.

Louis’ “Shakespeare in the Park.” For its

16th season, the company will put on a

stunning production of A Midsummer

Night’s Dream featuring renowned

New York actress Nancy Anderson as

Titiana. Free performances will be held

nightly (excluding Tuesdays) at 8 pm,

June 3-26 at Shakespeare Glen in

Forest Park. Be sure to catch the

ART + SUMMER: Summer Family Arts Guide

Laumeier Sculpture Park monthly walking tours lead visitors through park grounds.

CAM’s Internet Cat Video Festival.

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Summer Family Arts Guide (cont.)

Taste of COCA: Family Style presents samples of the classes COCA offers for kids and adults.

pre-performance Green Show at 6:30

pm for family fun and an introduction

to the characters and plot.

For information about Shakespeare

Festival St. Louis’s summer camp, see

page 7.

For more information, visit sfstl.com.

CIRCUS FLORA

Circus Flora celebrates its 30th anni-

versary with its Big Top Production:

Pastime. The magic of baseball is told

through the story of the hometown

Zephyrs and their struggle to get out of

last place. Pastime is a show full of runs

and hits, flips and flights, and most

importantly lots of laughs. Running

June 2 - July 3, Pastime is the perfect

opportunity for you and your family to

experience one of the most exciting

and engaging circuses of our time.

For tickets and more information, visit

circusflora.org.

OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ (OTSL)

2016 Season is full of exciting and vivid

operas, but Ariadne on Naxos, June

5-24, will be sure to entertain the whole

family. The wealthiest man in Vienna

has hired both divas and clowns to per-

form two separate shows at the end of

a lavish dinner party. When dinner runs

long, the artists are stunned to find

they must all take the stage together.

What results is a mashup of slapstick

comedy and profound musical drama –

mixing coloratura fireworks with spec-

tacular arias.

For information about Opera

Theatre’s summer camp see page 7.

For tickets and more information, visit

opera-stl.org.

THE MUNY

One of the Muny’s most popular

shows, The Wizard of Oz, is back for

the first time in 10 years from June

12-23. Join Dorothy and her friends as

they travel the yellow brick road to the

Land of Oz for an evening of enchant-

ment and wonder. This lavish musical is

sure to delight the whole family and

remind viewers that there really is no

place like home - or the Muny!

The following month, Professor

Harold Hill, the slickest, slyest con man

in the Iowa circuit is headed to St. Louis

in The Muny’s production of The Music

Man, July 5-11. Come enjoy Meredith

Wilson’s iconic score in a show sure to

steal you and your family’s hearts.

For tickets and more information, visit

muny.org

STAGES ST. LOUIS

Beginning June 15 and running

through July 3, STAGES will perform

the family classic, Disney’s Alice in

Wonderland. Follow Alice down the

rabbit hole and into the whimsical world

of Wonderland, where she meets a

wide array of extraordinary and unusual

characters like the Mad Hatter, the

Queen of Hearts and the White Rabbit.

Based on Lewis Carol’s classics

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and

Through the Looking Glass and the

Disney film, STAGES’ interpretation of

Alice in Wonderland is a performance

the whole family will enjoy. Complete

your experience by joining STAGES at

Dave and Buster’s an hour before each

performance for a variety of pre-show

activities and games.

For tickets and more information, visit

stagesstlouis.org.

COCA (CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS)

COCA invites you and your family to

a Taste of COCA: Family Style on

August 27. At the event, you will learn

about COCA’s full range of offerings,

and COCA will also offer sampler

dance, theatre, circus and visual art

classes for kids and adults and a chance

to get in behind the scenes with

COCA’s family theatre. Taste of COCA

will be hosted by the COCA associate

board and is free of charge.

For information about COCA’s sum-

mer camps see page 7.

For more information, visit cocastl.org

Opera Theatre’s Ariadne on Naxos.

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Summer is almost here, and St.

Louis’s local arts organizations

have put together a number of

exciting summer camps to keep your

child active and engaged in the arts!

OPERA THEATREST. LOUIS

OPERA CAMP FOR KIDS

AGES: GRADES 4-7

DATES: May 31 - June 3, June 13-17

TIMES: 8:30 am-3 pm

COST: $140 - $175

Campers spend a week singing,

dancing, writing words and music, mak-

ing instruments, and learning about

costumes and makeup, lighting, and set

design – all the things that go into

Opera Theatre’s internationally

acclaimed productions! They’ll tour

backstage, work with OTSL profession-

als and leading music educators and

see a performance of Puccini’s La

bohème. For more information visit opera-stl.org

STAGES ST. LOUIS PEFORMING ARTS ACADEMY

SUMMER DAY CAMPS

AGES: 3-5, kindergarten-1st grade,

2nd-4th grades, 5th-8th grades, teens

DATES: one-week and two-week

sessions, June 6 - August 5

TIMES: 9 am-noon, 1-4 pm, 9 am-3 pm

COST: $155-$295 per session

STAGES offers fun and active acting

and musical theatre camps to keep

your student active and engaged

during the summer. Half-day sessions

for children up to first grade include

topics like Jedi Masters and Princess

Power. Half- and full-day sessions for

children 2nd through 8th grades feature

acting, dance and singing activities. The

two-week teen workshops offer inten-

sive focus on acting, dancing and musi-

cal theatre skills.

ACCESS THE ARTS WORKSHOP

AGES: 8+

DATES: June 13 - July1

TIMES: 1-4 pm

COST: $250 per session

This unique program is designed to

make the beauty of the musical theatre

arts accessible to all and has been spe-

cially created for campers with physical,

cognitive, or developmental delays. Join

STAGES Performing Arts Academy for

a theatre program designed for youths

with special needs which will culminate

in a full-scale production!

For more information visit

stagesstlouis.org.

CRAFT ALLIANCE CENTER OF ART + DESIGN

STAENBERG SUMMER

KIDS’ CAMP

AGES: 4-6, 7-9, 10-14

DATES: one-week sessions,

June 6 - August 12

TIMES: 9 am-noon, 12:45-3:45 pm

COST: $180 per half-day session, $259

per full-day session

Campers will have the opportunity to

explore techniques in clay, glass, graph-

ics, metals, textiles, wearable arts and

more. Just a few of the camps being

offered are Prints Charming, Spinning

Mud, City-Scapes and The Thrifty

Stitch. Campers can enroll in two

camps at once, allowing them to stay at

Craft Alliance all day with lunch super-

vision, with aftercare available if neces-

sary.

Scholarships are available and dis-

counts are offered to Craft Alliance

members.

STAENBERG SUMMER TEEN CAMP

AGES: 14-18

DATES: one-week sessions,

June 6 - August 12

TIME: 4-5:45 pm

COST: $123 per one-week session

Craft Alliance’s late afternoon Teen

Camp will focus on techniques in metal,

glass and clay. Included in this program

are On the Wheel, Glass Mosaics and

Torch Flamed Glass. Teens have the

opportunity to earn tuition credits by

working as an intern at Craft Alliance’s

Kids’ Camp.

Scholarships are available and dis-

counts are offered to Craft Alliance

members.

For more information visit craftalliance.org.

SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS

CAMP SHAKESPEARE

AGES: 11-14, 15-18

DATES: June 6-24, July 11-29

Children learning silkscreen printing at CAM’s 2015 summer art program.

ART + EDUCATION: Summer Art Camps

Craft Alliance campers making glass beads.

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instruction in animation collages, live

action filming and claymation.

Young artists enrolled in the Crazy

Comics Class will invent characters, cre-

ate illustrations and learn to tell a visual

story as they craft a comic book from

start to finish.

For more information visit camstl.org.

METRO THEATER COMPANY

CREATIVE ARTS CAMP

AGES: 4-11

DATES: August 1-5, August 8-12

TIMES: 9 am-3 pm

COST: $250 per session

Metro Theater Company invites chil-

dren ages 4-11 to enjoy fun-filled days

exploring drama, visual art, creative

movement and music with professional

teaching artists. Each Friday afternoon,

young artists delight friends and family

by sharing highlights of their experience

with no performance pressure.

SUMMER AT SLU: GRAND THEATER

CAMP

AGES: high school students

DATES: June 20 - July 1

TIMES: 9 am-5 pm

COST: $575 per session

Metro Theater Company partners

with Saint Louis University for the

Summer at SLU: Grand Theater Camp.

High school students are invited to

explore advanced acting, auditioning

and movement techniques as well as

playwriting, stage combat and makeup

with professional theater artists in

Grand Center. Also included are tours

of The Fabulous Fox Theatre and Metro

Theater Company. Family and friends

can enjoy a performance by the stu-

dents at the conclusion of the program.

For more information visit metroplays.org.

TIMES: 9 am-3 pm

COST: $510 per session, $970 for both

Led by experienced Shakespeare

Festival Teaching Artists, Camp

Shakespeare includes training in voice,

movement, stage combat and physical

comedy. Students interested in what

goes on behind-the-scenes also have

the opportunity to enroll in a technical

track focusing on the techniques of

production and design. Session 1 fea-

tures Love’s Labour’s Lost and Henry

VI. Session 2 features The Tempest and

Coriolanus. Family and friends are

invited to attend a final performance in

the last week of the camp.

A 10% discount is offered to

Shakespeare Festival Members.

For more information visit sfstl.com.

COCA (CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS)

SUMMER ARTS CAMPS

AGES: 3-5, 4-5, 6-7, 8-10, 11-13,

12-18, 14-18

DATES: one-week sessions,

June 6 - August 19

TIMES: 9-11:45 am, 12:15-3 pm, full-day

COST: $112-$250 per session

COCA offers a variety of camps for

ages 3-18 that provide young artists

with the opportunity to express them-

selves in various disciplines including

dance, drama, poetry, sculpture, song-

writing, videography and much more!

The University City sessions run June

6-August 19, and the Whitfield School

sessions run June 13-August 5.

Summer Art Camps (cont.)SUMMER TEEN ARTS INTENSIVES

AGES: 14-18

DATES: one-week sessions, June 6-17

TIMES: 9 am-3 pm

COST: $310 per session, $550 for 2

COCA is offering five Summer Teen

Arts Intensives where teens will have

the chance to work with COCA’s profes-

sional teaching artists, collaborate with

peers and refine their skills. Offerings

include: Ballet and Contemporary

Dance Intensive with Hedwig Dances;

Acting Audition Intensive; Musical

Theatre Audition Intensive; Voice

Intensive I; and Voice Intensive II.

For more information visit cocastl.org.

LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK

SUMMER ART CAMP

AGES: 4-6 (half-day), 6-15 (full-day)

DATES: one-week sessions,

June 13 - July 29

TIMES: 9 am-12 pm, 9 am-3 pm

COST: $120 per half-day session, $200

per full-day session

Laumeier’s Summer Art Camp

enables students to learn about artists

through history, explore Laumeier’s

woodland trails and find inspiration in

the artworks on view in the park. Each

camp also features a unique theme.

Among the classes being offered are:

Flashback to the Future; Art Comes

Naturally!; Fantasy Factory; and Whirled

Around the World.

For more information visit

laumeiersculpturepark.org.

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM

SUMMER ART PROGRAM

AGES: 9-13

DATES: July 25-28

TIMES: 9-11:30 am, 12:30-3 pm

COST: $125 per half-day session, $230

per full-day session

The Contemporary Art Museum’s

(CAM) summer art program is com-

prised of two exciting half-day camps:

Stop Motion Madness (morning session)

and Crazy Comics (afternoon session).

Stop-Motion Madness guides students

through the production of a stop-

motion animation video short including

COCA campers on stage.

Metro Theater campers.

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On March 16, the fifth grade stu-

dents of Arrowpoint

Elementary School lined up in

the school gymnasium behind long

tables displaying their pottery, each

piece engraved with two lines of

poetry. The event was the final exhibi-

tion of a project called “Couplets and

Clay,” funded by the Maritz Arts and

Education Fund for Teachers, adminis-

tered by the Arts and Education

Council.

The project was inspired by Dave the

Potter, one of the most talented 19th

century American potters and a South

Carolina slave. Dave spent most of his

life in the pottery factories and studios

of the area. His vessels were large,

some able to hold more than 40 gal-

lons, with finely crafted handles and lip

details. His most notable vessels,

though, were those with his poems

written into the sides. At that time it

was illegal for slaves to write, so each

piece inscribed with a poem and his

signature was a

record of his defiance

in the face of oppres-

sion.

The Arrowpoint

students learned

about Dave by read-

ing Laban Carrick

Hill’s book, Dave the

Potter. Nichol

Skolowski, Arrow-

point’s librarian, and

Patti Hornberger, the

school’s art teacher,

led students through research and dis-

cussion of Dave’s life, followed by creat-

ing small pots inscribed with the stu-

dents’ own poetry.

During the exhibition, students took

the stage to read each of their couplets

to the crowd of family and friends.

Hornberger was thrilled to see the stu-

dents, some of whom started the proj-

ect unsure of their skills, proudly read

their poetry.

“We’re trying to reach students that

learn on different levels,” she explains.

“We have a wide range of students

here, and a lot of them have challenges

in their lives. Coming to school some-

times isn’t the biggest part of the day.

“Having the opportunity to have

their own art exhibit and create pottery,

which most of them haven’t done, and

connect all of that

with a person who

had struggles in his

life was a connection

we thought would be

so important,” she

continues. “And in

doing this, a lot of

the students you

would never have

pictured writing a

poem brought words

from their heart and

put a lot of effort into

their poetry and their art.”

The students’ excitement was infec-

tious as they stood behind their art-

work talking to members of the crowd.

Many said they hadn’t had the chance

to work with clay or write much poetry

before, but were excited about continu-

ing.

One of the young artists, Mareiona

Goodlow, was a poet and singer before

the project, but thought the clay was a

challenge. “Working with clay was hard

to do,” she explains. “If it was too thin, it

won’t work, but if you used too much

then it would harden up. It was a fun

MARITZ FUND FOR TEACHERS SPOTLIGHT:

Arrowpoint Elementary School “Couplets and Clay”

experience.”

Another student, Markel Taylor, says

she enjoyed the whole process and

would keep working on her poetry. “It

was so awesome. I hadn’t done any-

thing like this before, and I thank the

people who let us do it and participated

with us.”

Arrowpoint Elementary School is a grant

recipient of A&E’s Maritz Arts and Education

Fund for Teachers. For information about

the school visit hazelwoodschools.org. For

more information about A&E’s Maritz Arts

and Education Fund for Teachers visit

KeepArtHappening.org.

Students share their poetry and pottery with family and friends at the pottery exhibition.

“The kids learned so much. Their

poetry was very telling. Some of

them connected so much with

Dave and his life as a slave, and

what we really wanted them to

understand was his persever-

ance through it all, and that they

will have obstacles through their

life, but that they too can perse-

vere.”

-Nichol Skolowski,

Arrowpoint Elementary librarian Selection ofStudents’ Couplets

I made this jar from my soul;but you can use it as a bowl.

-Ja’Lynn Evans

I made this pot with a smile,Hope you leave with one for a while.

-Layla Pace

I made this jar full of love;so Dave can see it from up above.

-Jalynn Hayes

I made this pot with my bare hands,to share this with my family and friends.

-Bryce Evans

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Danielle Boulanger and Elizabeth Grossman are the very first stu-dents to participate in the Bach

Society of Saint Louis’ “Giving BACH to Saint Louis Youth” Program. The program, supported by a 2015

A&E PNC Project Grant, is a mentorship

and scholarship program for high

school students who have a desire to

pursue a career in music. In addition to

a $500 college scholarship, Boulanger

and Grossman will be given behind-the-

scenes access to private dress rehears-

als; free tickets to Bach Society con-

certs; and will be able to meet and

shadow Bach Society orchestra mem-

bers, out-of-town soloists, Young

Artists and the conductor.

“Giving BACH to Saint Louis Youth

gives high school students unique

opportunities and direct access to

some of the finest musicians and the

most established choral organization in

the St. Louis area,” comments Melissa

Payton, executive director of the Bach

Society. “By observing and shadowing

an array of musicians (singers, instru-

mentalists, conductors and composers)

students gain valuable insight into the

joys and realistic challenges of a career

in the field.”

Boulanger and Grossman are both

singers and as part of the program they

PNC PROJECT GRANT SPOTLIGHT: Bach Society’s “Giving Bach” Program

are receiving private voice lessons. It is

this individual attention that makes the

program so special for

them. “My favorite part

of the Giving BACH

scholarship program is

the one-on-one mento-

ring I get from the

members of the Bach

Society,” comments

Boulanger. “I’ve had

voice lessons and have

received helpful tech-

nique pointers from experienced musi-

cians. I’m especially excited for my first

conducting lesson, because I haven’t

had an opportunity like that yet.”

Grossman agrees, “As a high school

student, I’m so excited by the opportu-

nity to learn about music and voice at

such a detailed, individualized level.”

Seeing the details that go into every

performance is another benefit of the

program. “This program has given me a

deeper understanding of how a profes-

sional ensemble such as the Bach

Society functions,” explains Grossman.

“There’s so much that goes into a per-

formance that’s unseen by the audi-

ence, especially for such a high-level

chorus, and I am so grateful to witness

that and experience a rarely seen part

of a professional ensemble.”

Both students also

say that the program

has strengthened their

interest in continuing in

music. “My involvement

in the program has defi-

nitely influenced and

reinforced my decision

to study music in col-

lege. I feel that my par-

ticipation has contrib-

uted to a solid foundation that I hope to

build upon while at university,” states

Grossman.

It is exactly this enthusiasm for music

that is the purpose of the program,

according to Payton. “While it is the

Bach Society’s dream to inspire bud-

ding young musicians and ignite a pas-

sion within them through this program,

it is quite possible that some will

choose a different career path after its

completion,” she says. “Either way, it is

the desire of the Bach Society to mold

students into life-long lovers of classical

music.”

The Bach Society of Saint Louis is a 2015

A&E PNC Grant recipient. To learn more visit

bachsociety.org.

Youth Scholars Danielle Boulanger (left) and Elizabeth Grossman (right) at the January

Young Artists Recital.

Grossman during a voice lesson.

“Seeing how real people

have made a career of

music has really given me

more enthusiasm, and I

look forward to pursuing

this area of study next

year.”

-Elizabeth Grossman,

Giving BACH Youth Scholar

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Teaching Shakespeare can be a

daunting challenge for even the

most experienced educator, but

it is a challenge that Shakespeare

Festival St. Louis (an A&E grant recipi-

ent) takes up with enthusiasm.

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis’

award-winning Education Tour visits

more than 100 schools throughout

Missouri each year, performing 50-min-

ute versions of Shakespeare’s most

famous plays and has reached a total of

288,000 students in the 16 years since

the organization was founded.

“What’s great about theater for kids

is that we create an experience through

our actors. Young people can watch the

shows and they get to understand what

they are reading,” says Rick Dildine,

Artistic and Executive Director of

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis on the

Educational Tour. “Shakespeare didn’t

write plays to be read; he wrote them to

be performed. We get to take what

they are reading in English [class] and

bring it to life.”

In 2016, the Education Tour per-

formed Hamlet and A Midsummer

Night’s Dream for approximately

10,000 students at various schools. In

addition to the performances,

Shakespeare Festival provides teachers

with workshop and study materials that

support Missouri’s Common Core stan-

dards.

“One of things that we do is look at

what different grades

are studying and we

try to match up plays

to what they are doing

in class,” explains

Dildine. “We made a

commitment to focus

on five big

Shakespeare plays that

teachers use in their

classroom – Julius

Caesar, Romeo and

Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,

’the Scottish play’ Macbeth and Hamlet.

We’re listening to teachers, principals

and superintendents and making sure

that we’re providing programs that

match what they are actually teaching.“

ART + EDUCATION: Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Education Tour

To celebrate the 400th anniversary

of the Bard’s death, this year

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis teamed

up with the St. Louis Symphony (an

A&E Grant recipient) to put on a unique

performance of an original play.

“The St. Louis Symphony was

impressed with how we have been able

to do a lot of different things with a

subject matter that can often come

across as very predictable and staid.

They challenged us to try something

different—they

wanted to put the

orchestra on stage

with a live [theater]

performance,”

explains Dildine.

“Our playwright in

residence set out to

do that with them,

and what came out of

that was an original

play called Found at

Sea, an adaption of Shakespeare’s

Pericles told through the eyes of a

father and a daughter late one night

during a storm.”

Performed as part of the St. Louis

Symphony’s Family Concert Series this

past February and as a special preview

in the 2016 Education Tour, Found at

Sea tells the story of a young girl deal-

ing with her parents’ divorce, demon-

strating to young audiences how the

themes found in Shakespeare’s plays

still resonate today.

Studies have shown that theater par-

ticipation encourages social tolerance,

and this is one of the things that Dildine

believes is one of the biggest benefits

of Shakespeare Festival’s Educational

Tour. “We have a very diverse cast –

racially and gender wise. We have a

young woman playing Hamlet.”

Dildine continues, “I think a lot of

people think Shakespeare is academic

or unapproachable. They think ‘I can’t

understand it,’ ‘It’s a different language,’

or ‘It’s not for me;’ and one of things

that we try to do with our arts pro-

gramming is to reflect the community

that we are performing for – we want

people to see themselves in our work. I

hope what young people take away

[from our plays] is that the arts are for

them.”

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis is an A&E

grant recipient. For more information visit

sfstl.com.

Shakespeare Festival and St. Louis Symphony performing Found at Sea.

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“The thing that I’m most proud

of when I see this is that we’re

showing an example to young

people that they can try differ-

ent things. They can see things

from a different lens. They can

try new ideas; and they can

see that there are opportuni-

ties for everyone in the arts.”

-Rick Dildine,

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis

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Teaching artist Ellie Balk’s work

centers on mathematics and data

visualization. As a leader in the

field of arts education, she focuses her

work on curriculum-integrated school

beautification projects. She has worked

with more than 3,500 students in 40

schools and institutions across the

nation, and pursues independent proj-

ects through numerous grants and

partnerships with community organiza-

tions.

When Balk moved back to her home-

town of St. Louis from New York in

2014, she knew she wanted to continue

creating public art through core curric-

ulum with a focus on mathematics.

When she learned that Springboard (an

A&E grant recipient) offers partnerships

to artists who specialize in creative

ways to teach the arts, sciences and/or

humanities, she quickly got involved.

Currently, Balk is working with stu-

dents at two St. Louis Public Schools in

partnership with Springboard. At Ford

Elementary School in North St. Louis,

she is working with sixth graders on a

legacy project for Springboard to use in

its upcoming 50th anniversary celebra-

tion. The project is based on influential

African-Americans with St. Louis con-

nections.

“We’re doing a reverse glass painting

ART + EDUCATION: Ellie Balk, Springboard

technique that I learned from a West

African artist,” explains Balk. “In reverse

glass painting you have to think back-

wards.

“I taught them a

little about light and

shadow and color

theory - how to

make [the color]

brown. It’s not easy.

I challenged them to

make different

shades of brown, to

essentially make

their own skin color,

which is very diffi-

cult and they really

got it. They knew if

it was too red,

they’d have to add a

little bit of green, or

too blue, to add a

little orange. It was really cool.”

At the city’s Carnahan High School,

she is working with math classes in

algebra and geometry, focusing on per-

spective.

“They are creating compositions

using two-point perspective,” she says.

“We’re at the stage now where we’ve

drawn compositions on the board and

we will cut the boards out and then

paint them.”

Balk explains that this project com-

plements the students’ learning about

geometry and properties of angles.

“We’re using the

drawings to help

teach the math,”

she adds.

Balk is continu-

ing her work as a

community orga-

nizer here through a

partnership with the

Cherokee Street

Development

League. She

believes getting

young people

involved with public

art and beautifica-

tion projects in their

communities is key

to empowering them.

Balk’s mural and public artwork can

be seen on her website: elliebalk.com.

Most projects on the site have been

created with high school students

through partnerships with a school.

Springboard is an A&E grant recipient.

For more information, visit

springboardstl.org.

Balk reviewing color theory with students.

Ellie Balk teaching at Ford Elementary School.

“I’m really passionate about bring-

ing students outside school and

into the community to do public

art,” said Balk. “I work a lot on

Cherokee Street and it is a tricky

neighborhood. I think one way the

problems could be addressed is

with the kids’ voices. If we could

help them create a public mural

and be part of the process, then we

could have a starting point. Right

now these kids might not feel like

they have a voice in this growing

community.”

-Ellie Balk,

Springboard

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ONGOING DISCOUNTS WITH THE ARTS CARD

JAZZ AT THE BISTRO

Offers 2-for-1 admission to most 9:30 pm shows

Wed-Thur. For details call 314.571.6000 or go

to jazzstl.org

MAY EVENTS

ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY

Schubert “Great”

WHEN: May 1; Sun, 3 pm

WHERE: Powell Hall, 718 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis

COST: $25-$111

DISCOUNT: 2-for-1 admission with ARTS Card

for Sun, Mar 1 performance only (excludes box

seats)

St. Louis Symphony timpanist Shannon Wood

steps forward to perform William Kraft’s unique

Timpani Concerto No. 2, The Grand Encounter, a

distinctive piece rarely heard in concert. Named

for its length at the time of composition and

overwhelming beauty, Schubert’s triumphant and

innovative Symphony No. 9 is sure to captivate

you through the last jubilant note. 314.534.1700 or

stlsymphony.org

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM

Great Rivers Biennial

WHEN: May 6 - Aug 14; Wed, 10 am-5 pm,

Thur-Fri, 10 am-8 pm, Sat-Sun, 10 am-5 pm

WHERE: Contemporary Art Museum

3750 Washington Blvd., St. Louis

COST: free

St. Louis-based artists Lyndon Barrois Jr., Nanette

Boileau and Tate Foley were selected by a panel

of judges from more than 80 submissions for The

Great Rivers Biennial Arts Award Program. This

initiative between CAM and Gateway Foundation

identifies talented emerging and mid-career artists

working in the greater metropolitan area, providing

them with an honorarium and exhibition at CAM.

314.535.4660 or camstl.org

ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY

The Planets

WHEN: May 6 & 8; Fri, 8 pm; Sun, 3 pm

WHERE: Powell Hall, 718 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis

COST: $25-$111

DISCOUNT: 2-for-1 admission with ARTS Card for

Fri, May 6 and Sun, May 8 performances only

(excludes box seats)

David Robertson concludes the season with Holst’s

most iconic work, The Planets. Composed to tell the

story of the solar system, Holst’s imaginative piece

is used throughout pop culture and is widely recog-

nized. 314.534.1700 or stlsymphony.org

NEW JEWISH THEATRE

Yentl

WHEN: May 12 - Jun 5; Wed-Thur, 7:30 pm; Sat, 8

pm; Sun, 2 & (May 15 & 22) 7:30 pm

WHERE: Wool Studio Theatre,

2 Millstone Campus Dr., Creve Coeur

COST: $39.50-$43.50

DISCOUNT: 2-for-1 admission with ARTS Card

(discount not available online)

Based on the Isaac Singer short story, a young

girl in 19th-century Eastern Europe forbidden to

pursue her dream of studying Talmud disguises

herself as a man. But when she falls in love, Yentl

must decide how far she’ll go to protect her

identity. 314.442.3283 or newjewishtheatre.org

ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL CONCERTS

Cathedra

WHEN: May 13; Fri, 8 pm

WHERE: Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis,

4431 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis

COST: $19-24

DISCOUNT: 2-for-1 admission with ARTS Card

Specializing in music of both the Renaissance

and Baroque and a champion of the modern-day

composer, Cathedra is a skilled ensemble of profes-

sional singers and instrumentalists dedicated to the

highest form of musical expression from across the

ages. 314.533.7662 or cathedralconcerts.org

OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS

La bohème

WHEN: May 21 - Jun 25; varying times

WHERE: Loretto-Hilton Theatre

130 Edgar Rd., Webster Groves

COST: $25-$129

DISCOUNT: 2-for-1 admission with ARTS Card for

performances on May 25, 27, June 2, 4 (1pm),

and 8. Offer valid in Sections II and III only,

subject to availability, limited to two tickets per

ARTS Card holder and two operas per season.

Set to irresistible music, Puccini’s La bohème has

gripped audiences for over a century. Rodolfo

and his friends scrape by as bohemian artists,

using their wit and charm to escape life’s harsher

consequences. Rodolfo is changed by love when

he encounters a beautiful dressmaker, Mimì.

314.961.0644 or opera-stl.org

SHELDON CONCERT HALL

Alarm Will Sound

WHEN: May 26; Thur, 8 pm

WHERE: Sheldon Concert Hall,

3648 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis

COST: $20

DISCOUNT: 2-for-1 admission with ARTS Card

on full price tickets only. Present the card in

advance at the Fox Theatre Box Office at 531

N. Grand or night of show at The Sheldon Box

Office between 7-8 pm.

The ensemble performs the newest music being

composed today with energetic virtuosity and a

sense of adventure, creating programs that span a

range of styles. 314.533.9900 or thesheldon.org

OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS

Macbeth

WHEN: May 28 - Jun 26, varying times

WHERE: Loretto-Hilton Theatre

130 Edgar Rd., Webster Groves

COST: $25-$129

DISCOUNT: 2-for-1 admission with ARTS Card

for performances on May 28, June 1, 10 and 16.

Offer valid in Sections II and III only, subject

Events Key Cinema Classical Dance Jazz Music Speaker Theater Visual Arts

MAY-JUN 2016

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to availability, limited to two tickets per ARTS

Card holder and two operas per season.

A thriller from start to finish: from the eerie

prophecies of witches, to Lady Macbeth’s arrest-

ing sleepwalking scene, to the chilling and bloody

finale. Experience Shakespeare’s tale of ruthless

ambition and murder as a classic Verdi master-

work, set to some of the most magnificent music

in all of opera. 314.961.0644 or opera-stl.org

JUNE EVENTS

CIRCUS FLORA

Pastime

WHEN: Jun 2 - Jul 3; Fri & Sat, 1 & 7 pm; Sun 1 &

5:30 pm; Tues & Thurs 7 pm; Wed, 10:30 am (1

hour performances) & 7 pm

WHERE: Big Tent in Grand Center, in the parking

lot adjacent to Powell Hall, St. Louis

COST: $10-$48

DISCOUNT: $5 off admission Sat-Sun with ARTS

Card

St. Louis’s own Circus Flora will bring the nos-

talgia of baseball to life under the Big Top.

314.289.4040 or circusflora.org

STAGES ST. LOUIS

It Shoulda Been You

WHEN: Jun 3 - Jul 3; Tues-Sun, matinée and

evening performances

WHERE: The Robert G. Reim Theatre

111 S. Geyer Rd., Kirkwood

COST: $20-$62

DISCOUNT: 2-for-1 admissions with ARTS Card

for Tues-Thur evening performances ($62 level)

Who doesn’t love a wedding? Especially one that

includes a beautiful blushing bride, her uninvited

boyfriend, a groom with a secret and a sister

with a hidden agenda. This modern romantic

comedy has surprising twists in an unforgettable

wedding. 314.821.2407 or stagesstlouis.org

SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

WHEN: Jun 3-26; Wed-Mon, 8 pm,

pre-performances at 6:30 pm

WHERE: Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park

COST: Free

Last seen at the Festival in 2002, “Midsummer”

will feature a diverse cast of actors portraying

some of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters.

Directed by Artistic and Executive Director Rick

Dildine. 314.531.9800 or sfstl.com

WEBSTER ARTS

Webster Arts Fair

WHEN: Jun 3-5; Fri 6-10 pm, Sat, 11 am-9 pm,

Sun, 11 am-5 pm

WHERE: 475 Lockwood Ave., Webster Groves

COST: free

The 13th annual Webster Arts Fair showcases art-

ists from more than 20 states while offering food,

performances and unique creative activities for the

whole family. 314.968.6500 or webster-arts.org

OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS

Ariadne on Naxos

WHEN: Jun 5-24, varying times

WHERE: Loretto-Hilton Theatre

130 Edgar Rd., Webster Groves

COST: $25-$129

DISCOUNT: 2-for-1 admission with ARTS Card for

performances on June 9, 11 (1pm), and 22. Offer

valid in Sections II and III only, subject to avail-

ability, limited to two tickets per ARTS Card

holder and two operas per season.

The wealthiest man in Vienna has hired divas and

clowns to perform two separate shows at the

end of a lavish dinner party. When dinner runs

long, the artists are stunned to find they must all

take the stage together. A mashup of slapstick

comedy and profound musical drama results,

mixing coloratura fireworks with spectacular

arias. 314.961.0644 or opera-stl.org

INNSBROOK INSTITUTE

Summer Music Festival

WHEN: Jun 10-18; Tues-Sun, 7:30 pm

WHERE: Innsbrook Institute,

1 Aspen Lake Circle Dr., Innsbrook, Mo

COST: $30 reserved, $25 general admission

DISCOUNT: 2-for 1 admission with ARTS Card,

Call for discount at 636.928.3366, ext. 9218

Artists include Director and Concertmaster David

Halen; violinists Blake Pouliot and Liz Lee; Calidore

String Quartet; Bach Society Chorus; celloists

Chee Yun, Nathan Cha, Zlatomir Fung and Sarina

Zhang, and pianists Peter Martin and Hsin-I Huang.

636.928.3366 ext. 218 or innsbrookinstitute.org

OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS

Shalimar the Clown

WHEN: Jun 11-25, varying times

WHERE: Loretto-Hilton Theatre

130 Edgar Rd., Webster Groves

COST: $25-$129

DISCOUNT: 2-for-1 admission with ARTS Card for

June 15, 17 and 25 (1 pm) performances only,

valid in Sections II and III only, limited to two

tickets per ARTS Card holder and two operas

per season .

Shalimar and Boonyi grow up in a pastoral

Kashmiri village as acrobats and dancers in a tra-

ditional folk theater, and their youthful romance

culminates in a joyful wedding. But when the new

American ambassador meets Boonyi he seduc-

es her with the promise of a new life, sending

Shalimar down a dangerous path of revenge.

314.961.0644 or opera-stl.org

GATEWAY MEN’S CHORUS

Big Gay Sing!

WHEN: June 17-18; Fri-Sat, 8 pm

WHERE: Edison Theatre, Washington University

6465 Forsyth Blvd.

COST: $25, $15 for students and seniors

DISCOUNT: $5 off ticket price

This raucous musical revue gives homage to the

divas that shaped our love of music and gave

us the courage to be a proud men’s chorus. The

show features comrades in song, CHARIS, the St.

Louis Women’s Chorus, as well as special Master of

Ceremonies, Amy Armstrong, for a two-night party

that will have you singing along from your seat.

314-287-5669 or gmcstl.org

OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS

Center Stage Showcase

WHEN: Jun 21; Tues, 8 pm

WHERE: Loretto-Hilton Theatre

130 Edgar Rd., Webster Groves

COST: $25-$129

DISCOUNT: 2-for-1 admission with ARTS Card

valid in Sections II and III only, limited to two

tickets per ARTS Card holder and two operas

per season.

Center Stage is back to showcase our talented

2016 Gerdine Young Artists and Richard Gaddes

Festival Artists. Over 1,000 young artists applied

from across the nation, but only 38 of the finest

singers were chosen to be a part of this season.

Usually seen in ensemble roles during mainstage

productions, these talented singers take center

stage in a one-night-only concert, accompa-

nied by members of the St. Louis Symphony.

314.961.0644 or opera-stl.org

Circus Flora’s Nino the Clown.

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The ninth annual Spring to Dance

festival, taking place May 27-29

at the Touhill Performing Arts

Center, will showcase 30 nationally-

touring dance companies. The perfor-

mances will range from ballet to hip-

hop, offering something for every inter-

est and giving audiences a chance to

see some of the country’s top dancers

in myriad styles.

Dance St. Louis (an A&E grant recipi-

ent and former tenant in A&E’s Centene

Center for the Arts) is the presenter of

the festival. When first established,

Spring to Dance featured dancers, cho-

reographers and companies from the

Midwest. Since then, Spring to Dance

has featured 240 professional perfor-

mances by more than 125 dance com-

panies, representing over 2,500 danc-

ers from 21 states and 4 countries.

The Spring to Dance Festival has

become a fixture of Dance St. Louis.

The Festival gives opportunities for

local dance companies to grow tremen-

dously and also features new choreog-

raphers and new companies on the

verge of becoming known.

One growing aspect of this year’s

festival is the “Young Choreographer’s

Project,” a program now in its second

ART + SUMMER: Dance St. Louis’ Spring to Dance Festival

year that pairs choreography students

from Webster University with profes-

sional dance companies. This year’s

program includes pieces by Lindsay

Hawkins, performed by Common

Thread Contemporary Dance Company;

Audrey Simes, performed by Big Muddy

Dance Company; and Hanna Bricston,

performed by MADCO. A new ballet

also combines three original solo pieces

by Tayia Deria, Tyra Kopf and Cheyenne

Pillips.

Erin Warner Prange, executive direc-

tor and dancer at the Big Muddy Dance

Company, is excited about their Young

Choreographer performance. “Because

Dance St. Louis is the one to choose

which choreographer goes with which

company, the matches don’t necessarily

look like what they otherwise would,”

she explains. “They’re trying to get

everybody to think outside the box in

terms of style and what they’re used to

and push the envelope, so it expands all

of us.”

In addition to their Young

Choreographer piece, the Big Muddy

Dance Company will be

performing Diphthongs,

choreographed by

Artistic Director Brian

Enos.

Prange sees the fes-

tival as a great first

experience for those

unfamiliar with different

genres of dance.

“Giving the general

audience a menu of all

the different types of

dance and the companies that are out

there, and enabling them to see such a

variety of work for such a low price, is a

great way to broaden the [dance] audi-

ence in St. Louis and get some people

who might not otherwise come,” she

says.

Big Muddy is one of five local com-

panies involved in the festival. MADCO

(an A&E grant recipient), St. Louis

Ballet, Afriky Lolo and Common Thread

Contemporary Dance Company will

also perform.

Diadie Bathily, artistic director of

Afriky Lolo, looks forward to the oppor-

tunities and connections created for the

dancers by bringing such a variety of

companies from across the country

together for one weekend.

“The audience mem-

bers see the diversity

on stage, and back

stage we see that too

and ask each other

questions about tech-

nique and costume,”

says Bathily.

The wide range of

genres creates a week-

end of dance unlike any

other in St. Louis.

Audience members

who prefer traditional dance forms will

enjoy performances from Ballet

Memphis, named a “national treasure”

by the Ford Foundation; Chicago Tap

Theatre; Giordano Dance Chicago, one

of the country’s first jazz companies;

among many others.

Those drawn to contemporary and

modern dance also have plenty of per-

formances to choose from. MADCO, the

Big Muddy Dance Company and

Common Thread Contemporary Dance

Afriky Lolo.

Aerial Dance Chicago.

Facing page: Big Muddy Dance Company.

“The diversity of the perfor-

mances, and not just the

types of dance but the tech-

nique and different people

who come together, bringing

their culture - it’s just amaz-

ing. Even backstage when

we’re together, it isn’t just

artists, it’s more like family.”

-Diadie Bathily

Afriky Lolo Artistic Director

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Spring to Dance (cont.) Spring to Dance Lineup

Aerial Dance Chicago Chicago, ILAfriky Lolo St. Louis, MOBallet Memphis Memphis, TNBarkin/Selissen Project New York, NYThe Big Muddy Dance Company

St. Louis, MOBODYART New York, NYChicago Tap Theatre Chicago, ILCommon Thread Contemporary Dance

Company St. Louis, MOThe Dancing Wheels Company

Cleveland, OHDayton Contemporary Dance Company

Dayton, OHEisenhower Dance Southfield, MIGiordano Dance Chicago Chicago, ILGrand Rapids Ballet Grand Rapids, MIHelen Simoneau Danse Winston-Salem, NCJennifer Muller/The Works New York, NYJoel Hall Dancers Chicago, ILJoffrey Ballet Duet Chicago, ILLaura Careless/Alchemy for Nomads

Brooklyn, NYMADCO St. Louis, MOMETdance Company Houston, TXOwen/Cox Dance Group Kansas City, MOPeridance Contemporary Dance Company

New York, NYProject 44 Astoria, NYPush Dance Company San Francisco, CASaint Louis Ballet St. Louis, MOThodos Dance Chicago Chicago, IL

Company represent the St. Louis selec-

tion, each with their own unique style

and repertoire. Notable out-of-town

performances include the Dayton

Contemporary Dance Company,

Eisenhower Dance (Southfield, MI),

METdance (Houston, TX) and Peridance

Contemporary Dance Company (New

York, NY).

Some performances during the

weekend are more unique. The Dancing

Wheels Company (Cleveland, OH), per-

forming Saturday, was founded by Mary

Verdi-Fletcher, the first professional

wheelchair dancer in the U.S. The com-

pany includes dancers both with and

without disabilities, and is considered

one of the premier arts and disabilities

organizations in the country.

The 2016 Spring to Dance is an

amazing opportunity to see a wide

range of nationally touring professional

dance companies in one place. The fes-

tival creates a welcoming and exciting

weekend of performances for seasoned

dance fans, first-time attendees and

professional dancers alike.

Tickets are available for the Lee

Theater performances, the main stage

performances, or as a package through

the Touhill Performing Arts Center box

office at touhill.org.

Dance St. Louis is an A&E grant recipient.

For more information about Dance St. Louis

or the Spring to Dance Festival and partici-

pating dance companies, visit dancestl.org.

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Who knows, jokes Paul Varley,

Wydown Middle School

band director and Clayton

School District fine arts coordinator.

Had he not lost his brand new winter

hat in third grade, he may have grown

up to play the trumpet.

As it turned out, he felt so bad about

losing the hat that he told his parents to

hold off buying him a trumpet.

“My parents didn’t have a lot of

money, so losing that hat was a pretty

big deal,” says Varley. “By the time I

was in fifth grade, they said, ‘Enough

with worrying about losing the hat’ and

encouraged me to start [playing] an

instrument. I decided on

the clarinet because my

mom had these records

with Big Band clarinet

players like Benny

Goodman, Artie Shaw

and Woody Herman.

They sounded so cool.”

Regardless of instru-

ment, what has

remained constant throughout Varley’s

life is a love and appreciation for music.

Growing up in Pittsburgh, Varley played

in the school band and everyone in his

family sang.

“At family gatherings, my Aunt Ruth

would sit at the organ in the dining

room and we would gather around and

all sing,” he says. “I never had private

[music] lessons until I got to college.

There was always a musical atmosphere

at home but it wasn’t a hard-working

musical atmosphere. We weren’t sitting

around practicing all the time, we just

did it for fun.”

At Penn State University, Varley was

a music education major and played

clarinet in the marching band, concert

band and wind ensemble.

After earning his master’s in music

education from Southern Illinois

University-Edwardsville and doctorate

in teaching and learning processes from

University of Missouri-St. Louis, Varley

taught for 14 years in North Dakota

before coming to Clayton’s Wydown

Middle School in 1992. He is one of five

band directors and serves as the dis-

ART + EDUCATION: Paul Varley, Clayton School District

trict’s fine arts coordinator.

Varley believes arts education is a

measure of the success of any civiliza-

tion. “When you look at history and

what’s left behind from a certain period,

it is the arts that stand out,” he says.

“Take the Renaissance period. The first

thing that pops into your mind is the

artwork, sculpture, architecture and

music. If you say what was going on in

the world of science during that time,

right off the top of my head, I can’t tell

you.

“The arts increase the creativity of

students. Any type of art takes a lot of

self-discipline, which then carries over

to other parts of your

life. In music or drama,

you have to work with

other people, which also

transfers to other parts

of your life because col-

laboration is so import-

ant.

“And then there’s the

personal enjoyment the

arts bring. When you think about the

major events in your life, they all incor-

porate music or some kind of artwork.

You take art out of your everyday life

and you’ve got nothing left. You’ve got

everyone living in a box, and it’s going

to be real quiet.”

Varley, who is married and has two

adult daughters, both of whom majored

in theater in college, currently sings in

the choir at his church and performs

with a small doo-wop group that sings

at retirement homes. He also plays clari-

net occasionally with the Starlighters

Swinging Big Band, based in

Washington, Missouri.

He says that as an arts educator,

making a long-term impact on his stu-

dents’ lives is what matters most to him.

“You can say success is your bands

doing well at competitions or you have

a lot of kids taking private music les-

sons; but I measure it long-term.

“If you’re drawing a lot of kids into

your arts programs - and we do at

Clayton - something must be going

right,” he continues. “But I think my

strength has been getting kids excited

about music and the arts so that it

stays with them for the long haul.”

For information about Wydown Middle

School and the Clayton School District, visit

claytonschools.net

Paul Varley with a student.

Paul Varley believes arts

education is a measure of

the success of any civiliza-

tion. “When you look at

history and what’s left

behind from a certain

period, it is the arts that

stand out.”

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William A. “Bill” Donius, former

Chairman and CEO of

Pulaski Bank, has spent the

past eight years doing research in an

area that greatly interests him: creative

thinking. He conducted 200 interviews

that resulted in a book, Thought

Revolution: How to Unlock Your Inner

Genius, recently updated by Simon &

Schuster in August 2014.

Currently, Donius is working with a

number of large global companies,

including Kawasaki, Walt Disney Studios

and Maui Jim Sunglasses, helping them

tackle problems and find innovative,

creative solutions using the unique

approach to Ideation described in his

book. The methodology is based on a

Nobel Prize-winning discovery in neuro-

science.

Ideation integrates all the advan-

tages of brainstorming and leverages

advances in science and psychology

over the past 80 years. “Teams around

the world are benefiting from applying

this revolutionary way of thinking to

their problems,” says Donius, “resulting

in faster and mostly better solutions to

those intractable problems they face.”

Donius is also an avid art collector

and recently loaned several major

pieces from his collection to the Arts

and Education Council. Happenings

caught up with him to talk about his

passion for art, how it began and advice

he would give to someone getting

started.

DONOR SPOTLIGHT: William Donius

When did you begin collecting art?

In 1984 at age 26, when living in Los

Angeles.

What inspires you to collect?

I’ve had a lifelong appreciation for art.

My interest may have started in the

sixth grade when I took a watercolor

painting class. I don’t remember exactly

how I discovered it. But I was grateful

to my mother, as she had to drive me to

this class once a week. I gained a great

appreciation for making art: the finesse,

difficulty, perspective and requisite

skills. I continued to take classes here

and there including drawing classes at

Otis Parsons while living in Los Angeles.

I experimented, created some work and

even sold some work through a dealer

that represented me. I learned a great

deal more while serving on committees

at the St. Louis Art Museum and cur-

rently as a Trustee.

What role does art play in your life –

personally and professionally?

I appreciate art and artists. I developed

a personal collection over the past few

decades and am fortunate to be able to

live amongst the art everyday. I do

some rotating. My previous residence

even felt a bit like an art gallery.

As far as the role it plays, it’s two-

fold. Art brings me joy on a simple,

basic level. It also plays an aspirational

role in my life as it causes me to reflect,

be more intentional and thoughtful in

my actions. I am reminded by the tre-

mendous amount of talent and skill that

goes into making a piece of art. So, it’s

a reminder to strive, to put forth one’s

personal best in all things, to reach for a

higher level of expression. This applies

on both a personal and professional

level.

What suggestions do you have for

someone who is a novice and wants to

get started collecting art?

Dive in. Have fun. Purchase what speaks

to you. Don’t worry about thinking

about it as a financial investment; con-

sider it an emotional investment that

will inspire you everyday. Go to gallery

openings, lectures, talk to artists to

learn more about how art is made.

For more information about Donius and

his books, visit williamalandonius.com

Cynthia Prost (left) and Bill Donius (right) with Untitled #90-1 by Mark Schwartz.

Bill Donius (center) placing Movement #3 by Maxwell Stephens at the A&E offices.

Works from Bill Donius’ Collection, Generously Loaned to A&E:

Maxwell Stephens, Movement #3, 1997, charcoal and beeswax on canvas

Robert Ramirez, Study for Urn Series, 1986, oil on paper

William Burroughs, The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth, Avarice, Lust, Envy, 1991, woodblock and screenprints

Mark Schwartz, Untitled #90-1, 1990, mixed media on canvas

Ross Bleckner, Throbbing Hearts, 2005, silkscreen

Belinda Lee, Heroes See Beyond Themselves, Subcommandante, Marcos and Supporters, 1993, oil on canvas

Kathryn Henneman, Primavera, oil on canvas

Piet Mondrian, Composition C, 1935, print

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Arts in schools can take on many

different forms. First to mind is

often art as curriculum: visual

art classes, drama class or choirs. Art is

also frequently used as a tool to

enhance other subjects, like singing the

ABCs or building a volcano for a chem-

istry experiment. Metro Theatre

Company (an A&E grant recipient)

takes art and education one step fur-

ther: Art Integration.

Arts integration has dual learning

objectives, so students gain greater

understanding of the arts and another

subject through the course of a project,

rather than simply using art as a teach-

ing tool. Arts integration encourages

active learning and combines different

learning styles (visual, kinesthetic and

auditory) to reach a wider range of stu-

ART + EDUCATION: Metro Theater Company Arts Integration Program

dents. The arts have been shown to

stimulate critical thinking and connect

students to what can otherwise be

abstract or complex concepts, ulti-

mately resulting in a range of positive

academic outcomes including increased

language development, problem solv-

ing, self-confidence and cross-cultural

understanding.

“Arts integration is an exciting

approach to teaching and learning,”

says Karen Weberman, MTC’s director

of education. “It’s all about inviting stu-

dents to co-construct their learning

experience and to create personal con-

nections to core academics because

they are learning through a variety of

art forms.”

The best way to explain how arts

integration works is by example. MTC

has had a longtime partnership with the

Webster Groves School District, facili-

tating a program for fifth and sixth

graders called Building Community

through Drama. “By integrating theater

arts, creative movement, music, visual

art and other art forms, we not only

tackle community building and social/

emotional development but also con-

nect to history and social studies.

“We use these techniques to get to

historical instances of oppression, spe-

cifically the Holocaust, and as we

explore historical instances of oppres-

sion we are also exploring modern-day

instances such as bullying.”

Ultimately, says Weberman, students

will come to better understand toler-

ance, respect, individuality and personal

expression. Employing a technique

Teaching artist Renita James (center) setting up a tableau with students at Pierremont Elementary.

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Metro Theater Arts Integration (cont.)called “tableau,” desks are pushed aside

to make plenty of room for students to

create frozen snapshots with their bod-

ies that illustrate abstract or literal

thoughts about oppression.

“We work on creating individual and

small group frozen pictures that might

represent an instance of oppression

during the Holocaust,” says Weberman.

“Students often get caught up in narra-

tives. Using frozen pictures is a great

way to get them to be precise and col-

laborate together.”

In taking lessons from the Holocaust

and applying them to instances of bul-

lying, students also use a tool called a

thought bubble, explains Weberman.

“We might create a series of tableau

images that represent welcoming and

unwelcoming behavior. With a situation

of bullying, how can someone step in to

help?

“We hold a thought bubble over a

student’s head and call on other stu-

dents to fill in the bubble. They say out

loud what the student might be think-

ing. We talk about body language and

messages sent by the way we hold our-

selves,” she explains.

“Through this process, we imagine

and reimagine what stu-

dents can do to advo-

cate for themselves if

they are bullied, or if

they are a bystander.

Through problem solv-

ing and collaboration,

which is what the arts

are all about, students

develop their own voice

by using their bodies

and imagination.”

MTC’s arts integra-

tion programs work with students from

early childhood through 12th grade in

school districts throughout St. Louis

city and county. Specific programs

often depend on the children’s ages or

grade levels as well as the length of the

arts integrated residency. The shortest

number of sessions is five, with each

lasting an hour. Others can go for as

long as a semester or an entire aca-

demic year.

The School District of Clayton Family

Center has engaged MTC in a nine-

week residency for the past eight years.

“They work with our classroom teachers

and children 3 to 5 years old,” explains

Debbie Reilly, director of The Family

Center. “The arts integration program

for us is all about music and movement.

MTC works with our teachers to find

out what the needs of each class are.

“Is it a class that really likes to be

moving, are they working on social/

emotional issues like

personal space? They

do great things with

space bubbles, which is

really getting children to

be mindful of others’

personal space.”

Reilly says one of the

many great aspects of

the program is that it

adapts to the particular

needs of each class-

room. A few years ago,

she recalls, one class had read a book

about the ocean, which fascinated the

children. “They wound up doing all

these movement activities that got the

children to imagine finding treasure in

the ocean, mimicking how fish swim in

the ocean,” says Reilly. “There were all

kinds of wonderful learning and move-

ment around this. The children ended

up creating a poster that talked about

the different colors of the ocean, the

many shades of blues and greens. It

ended up being a whole experience for

Pierremont Elementary students creating a tableau.

“By integrating theater

arts, creative movement,

music, visual art and other

art forms – we not only

tackle community building

and social/emotional

development but also con-

nect to history and social

studies.”

- Karen Weberman

Metro Theater Company

them.”

Reilly says that for her preschoolers,

a lot of the work MTC does is teaching

them to control their bodies. “Can you

move your body very fast and then

stop? Do you have that ability?” she

says. “Do you know the difference

between skipping and galloping? Can

you move your body through a tunnel?

Can you join hands and make a sculp-

ture?

“A lot of the activities are about

them figuring out their bodies and

space. That’s a big thing for preschool-

ers – figuring out personal space and

when they are too close and have to be

respectful of others around them.”

Reilly adds that MTC’s residencies

also include working with music and

using it to move in different ways.

Theater is also mixed in, encouraging

the children to use their faces and bod-

ies to show various emotions and

expressions.

“One of the aspects I like so much

about MTC’s arts integration program is

that they include the classroom teacher

as part of the experience,” says Reilly.

“That way the teacher can further the

experience once MTC is finished.

“It’s really been a great partnership and

one we plan to continue.”

Metro Theater Company is an A&E grant

recipient. To learn more, visit metroplays.org.

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IN MEMORIAM: Ida Goodwin Woolfolk

Ida (left) with personal friends and honor-

ees, Thelma and David Steward at the 2014

St. Louis Arts Awards.

On March 23, 2016, the St. Louis

community lost an icon and

pillar of community service.

Ida Goodwin Woolfolk was a dear

and true friend of the Arts and

Education Council, having served as the

A&E Workplace Giving Campaign coor-

dinator for the St. Louis Public School

District for 35 of her 40+ years of ser-

vice in public education. After her

“retirement,” Ida continued to support

A&E by attending and contributing to

A&E’s annual St. Louis Arts Awards.

A&E was only one of hundreds of

organizations that benefited from Ms.

Ida’s immense generosity and heartfelt

commitment to the positive advance-

ment of St. Louis through education,

health and human services, and the arts.

She served on boards of the Hopewell

Mental Health Center, Urban League

Guild, Griot Museum of Black History

and the Charles F. and Joanne Knight

Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.

She volunteered with the Urban League

of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Mathews-

Dickey Boys’ and Girls’ Club, among

others. Ida was especially known as a

formidable “Mistress of Ceremonies” in

which her infectious passion for com-

munity improvement and charitable

giving would move others to give freely

their time, talents and treasures to the

organizations she supported.

Ida began her lifelong passion for

and commitment to her community as

a school teacher and counselor. She

retired in 2004 from the St. Louis Public

School District as special assistant to

the superintendent and director of

community engagement and partner-

ship.

And it was “partnership” for which

Ida will likely be most remembered; for

bringing people and organizations from

seemingly disparate sides together for a

common cause and to pursue and

achieve audacious goals. The board,

staff, volunteers and grantees of A&E

feel very fortunate and thankful for the

support and commitment that Ida gave

- freely - to strengthen access to and

appreciation for the arts in St. Louis.

Our hearts go out to her daughter,

family, friends and colleagues during

this time of loss. Ida was in many

respects our community’s glue and we

are, for this moment, broken without

her.

Ida (left) and fellow community volunteer

and philanthropist, Carol Voss.

Ida (center) with guests of World Wide Technology and the Steward Family Foundation at

the 2016 St. Louis Arts Awards.

Ida (right) at A&E’s 2015 Chairman’s Circle event at Opera Theatre with A&E president and

CEO, Cynthia Prost (center right), Vanessa Halim (center left) and Charles Okwuraiwe (left).

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Five years ago, Andrew Goodin’s

chemistry class needed new

computers. Mastercard donated

old laptops and Goodin, the chemistry

teacher, recruited some tech-savvy stu-

dents to fix them – he expected them

to be ready in about six months. Within

weeks, the students had repaired hard-

ware and updated the operating sys-

tems, and the computers were ready to

go. So, Goodin found more projects.

That group turned into the pilot proj-

ect for what is now the Grand Center

Arts Academy Makerspace. It began as

an after-school club, then became a

drop-in room similar to a library, and,

after many student requests, it was

made an official class in 2014. The

Makerspace now offers five courses for

middle and high school students,

including one that works with Jefferson

National Expansion Memorial to design

a scale model of the updated Arch

MAKERS OF ST. LOUIS: Andrew Goodin, Grand Center Arts Academy

Grounds.

Students enrolled in one of Goodin’s

classes choose a problem to solve and

use design thinking to brainstorm solu-

tions and create prototypes. Projects

can be anything from planning a more

efficient way to pack a bag, to creating

a garden that is completely autono-

mous by using light and moisture sen-

sors to activate different functions.

Students have the power to choose

projects that interest them and use

tools and Goodin’s guidance to find

solutions.

The independence and design-think-

ing encourage creative solutions and

give the students the tools for success-

ful problem solving in all areas of their

lives. The impact of design thinking

goes beyond their classroom projects.

Goodin has big dreams for his students.

“If the goal of Makerspace is for stu-

dents to apply design thinking, the

vision of Makerspace is that one day

students will fill the roles of tech com-

panies here in St. Louis, or start their

own companies in St. Louis, and that

they’ll be able to naturally fit into an

environment like @4240 [a high-tech

workspace in downtown St. Louis] or

CET [Center of Emerging Technologies]

and have had this experience from 6th

grade on,” explains Goodin.

Since the GCAA Makerspace was

established three years ago, approxi-

mately 40 similar programs have been

created at area schools and organiza-

tions. Each program is unique to the

community and students it serves, but

they all have design thinking and a

STEAM (science, technology, engineer-

ing, art and math) focus in common.

To learn more about the Grand Center

Arts Academy and its Makerspace, visit

grandcenterartsacademy.org.

“It’s a very common misconception that every-

thing we do in Makerspace is focused on app

design and 3D printing or high tech tools. In real-

ity, the most powerful and most applicable

design thinking that we do is the design of

human experience. Empathy is such a huge com-

ponent of design, and empathy is also incredibly

applicable in the arts and academics. So, rede-

signing the process of going from class to class,

or what’s in my backpack and how can I position

it so I can access it more easily. Or, a student

used an empathy map in one of her other classes

to design an essay. When students are taking

design thinking to those tiny, personal problems,

that’s when it’s most effective.”Goodin in the Makerspace classroom at Grand Center Arts Academy.

With generous support from

the Arthur & Helen Baer

Foundation, the Arts and

Education Council launched a robust

new website in March, created by Spry

Digital. The visually stunning and deeply

informative KeepArtHappening.org

demonstrates the depth and breadth of

the Arts and Education Council’s work

in the community.

Stories showcasing the impact of

A&E and its grantees are featured

throughout the site. Learn how A&E

invests in, impacts, accelerates and cel-

ebrates the art in our community.

The online Know & Go calendar for

ARTS Card holders is now even easier

to use, with filters for specific genres

and dates. The calendar interacts with

Google Calendar, iCal, Outlook and

Yahoo! Calendar so events can be

immediately saved to personal devices.

Avid Happenings readers will enjoy

the expanded and behind-the-scenes

stories found throughout the site. The

A&E Blog keeps readers up to date with

A&E NEWS: New Website

stories about the arts’ impact on indi-

viduals, Makers of St. Louis, grantee

events and community features.

The clean, fresh design of the web-

site paired with enhanced and in-depth

information about A&E creates an easy

and enlightening user experience that

caters to community members, donors

and grant recipients alike.

Visit KeepArtHappening.org to expe-

rience the exciting new site and learn

even more about A&E and your contri-

butions’ impact in the St. Louis area.

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The home page of the new A&E website and the Know & Go Calendar (below).

YoungLiars are offering their first

annual Summer Training Festival

July 10-16 at A&E’s Centene

Center for the Arts. The Festival is a

one-week immersive event for adults

featuring three separate physical train-

ing styles taught by three different St.

Louis theatre artists - no acting experi-

ence required!

Chuck Harper, co-producing director

of YoungLiars and head of performance

at SIUE, leads the Suzuki Method

classes. Harper has 20 years of experi-

ence in the Suzuki method, a physical

training system that draws from tradi-

tional Japanese and Greek theatre and

martial arts to develop stage presence

and physical power.

Jef Awada, a core member of

YoungLiars and professor at Webster

Conservatory, is the instructor for the

Red Nose Clown classes. Awada will

challenge actors to be honest, present

ART + SUMMER: YoungLiars Summer Actor Training Festival

and playful while on stage, drawing

from his own training with clown master

teachers.

The Viewpoints and Expressionistic

Movement classes are lead by Lucy

Cashion, artistic director and founder of

ERA theatre, a professor at St. Louis

University, and a guest director at

Prison Performing Arts and

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis. The

classes will focus on the physical

vocabulary for creating movement on

stage and creating meaning through

movement.

Classes are offered every evening

throughout the week and each night is

preceded by a guided yoga-based

warm-up, led by Maggie Conroy. The

final night’s classes will be followed by a

closing party on the Centene Atrium

and Terrace. The registration fee is $125;

$100 for registration before June 1. All

registered participants are welcome to YoungLiars’ production of The Dispute.

attend any of the classes.

YoungLiars is a tenant in A&E’s Centene

Center for the Arts. For reservations, class

schedule and more information find

YoungLiars at on.fb.me/1PPqtLC.

Circle of Giving February 1, 2016 - March 31, 2016

$10,000 and aboveLouis D. Beaumont Fund

No.1 of the St. Louis Community Foundation

$5,000 -$9,999.99Randall’s Wine & Spirits

$2,500 -$4,999.99Mr. and Mrs. Richard N.

Priest

$1,000 - $2,499.99Mr. and Mrs. Tom A.

EpsteinMr. Terrance J. Good

The following donors have made gifts that enable the Arts and Education Council to help preserve St. Louis’ legacy of artistic excellence and enrich its cultural community. A&E appreciates the continued support from these individuals, businesses and organizations. Thank you!

To make your gift to the A&E, visit KeepArtHappening.org or contact Kate Francis, Vice President of Development, at (314) 289-4003 or Kate-F@KeepArtHappening.org.

PRESIDENT & CEO

Cynthia A. Prost

VICE PRESIDENT OF

ADMINISTRATION

& GRANTS

Susan Rowe Jennings

VICE PRESIDENT

OF DEVELOPMENT

Kate Francis

CONTROLLER

Joseph Soer

DEVELOPMENT

MANAGERS

Heather Edwards

Dorothy Powell

DEVELOPMENT

ADMINISTRATION

Tonya Hahne

Patricia Tichacek

DEVELOPMENT &

EVENTS COORDINATOR

Melissa Howe

ONLINE GIVING &

GRANTS COORDINATOR

Mandi Hanway

MARKETING

COORDINATOR

Krista B. Grant

MARKETING

CONSULTANTS

Ellen Futterman

Christine Blonn

Staff

Centene Center for the Arts

3547 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63103-1014

p 314.289.4000 f 314.289.4019

2016 Board of DirectorsCHAIR

Leonard T. Eschbach

SECRETARY

Peter Sargent

TREASURER

Ruth Saphian

MEMBERS

Nora Akerberg

Susan Block

Sheila Burkett

Chris Cedergreen

Diane Drollinger

John Gianoulakis

Barbara B. Goodman

Kristin J. Guehlstorf

Jason Hall

Cary D. Hobbs

Nicole Hudson

C. Brendan Johnson

Eric Koestner

Kenneth Kranzberg

Linda Lee

Dorte Probstein

Rachelle Rowe

Shawn Schukar

Donald M. Senti

Mary Ann Srenco

Susan A. Stith

Andrew Trivers

Carol J. Voss

Caren Vredenburgh

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

Terrance J. Good

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Ms. Cary D. HobbsKuhn FoundationDrs. Dan & Susan LuedkeMrs. Janet W. NewcombMs. Rachelle RoweDr. Vicki L. SauterSt. Louis Public RadioMr. and Mrs. Andrew J.

TriversMs. Caren A. VredenburghDr. and Mrs. Stephen

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African Heritage Association of St. Louis, Inc.

African Musical Arts

AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)

Leverage Dance Theater

Bach Society of St. Louis

Cinema St. Louis

Circus Flora

Gateway Center for Performing Arts

Gateway Men's Chorus

Peter Martin Music

Prison Performing Arts

St. Louis Symphony Volunteer Association

Tennessee Williams Festival

Upstream Theatre

Young Liars

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A&E NEWS: Young Friends of the Arts

The Young Friends of the Arts, a new affinity group of A&E, held its first board meeting on Wednesday, April 13. Left to right: (back) Noah Vasquez, Morgan Clark, Kelly Hummert, Thomas SanFilippo, Vanessa Vasquez, Erin Schrieber; (front) Adam Stanley, Jorie Jacobi, Kate Maxson, Tom Epstein. For more information about the Young Friends of the Arts, visit KeepArtHappening.org/YoungFriends.

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The Centene Center for the Artsan arts accelerator and event space in Grand Center owned and managed by the Arts and Education Council

With a beautiful gothic-style white glazed terracotta façade, corridors lined in Italian marble,

a rooftop deck, and elaborate ironworkthe Centene Center is a perfect space

for intimate weddings, rehearsal dinners,parties and corporate events.

For rental information contact Susan Rowe Jennings at 314.289.4004 or Susan-R@KeepArtHappening.org