sff event sponsorship application

Field Name ValueName of Organization Arts & Education Council of Greater St. Louis

Organization Address 3547 Olive Street

City St. Louis

State MO

Zip Code 63103

Chief Professional First Name Cynthia

Chief Professional Last Name Prost

Title President & CEO

Email [email protected]

Phone 3142894000

Is the contact person the same as the Chief Professional?

No

Contact First Name Scott

Contact Last Name Giffen

Contact Title Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships

Email [email protected]

Phone Number 3142894009

Amount of Request $3,000.00

Event Name 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards

Event Date 1/22/2018

Date of sponsorship deadline 11/1/2017

Location of Event Chase Park Plaza Hotel

SFF Event Sponsorship Application

Purpose of event For 27 years, the St. Louis Arts Awards has honored the people, organizations and corporate citizens that craft, create and nurture the arts in the St. Louis region. This year, the Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis’ (A&E) signature, sell-out event will once again shine the spotlight on St. Louis' best and brightest on Monday, January 22, 2018 at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel. Attended by nearly 700 arts patrons, and with a goal of raising over $460,000 in gross revenue, the Arts Awards recognize and celebrate the honorees' impressive impact on their communities.

A&E requests that the Staenberg Family Foundation renew its support for this important and prestigious event with a commitment of $3,000 - for which Staenberg Family Foundation will be recognized as a Table Sponsor in all earned and paid media, paid advertisements, Arts Awards publications, stage video scroll, etc. A&E welcomes the Staenberg Family Foundation to this group of distinguished community patrons of A&E's single, largest fundraising event. The 2017 St. Louis Arts Awards was a resounding success - and the A&E board, staff and event volunteers are dedicated to ensuring the 2018 event exceeds all expectations.

A&E is proud to announce the 2018 Honorees for the event: Johnetta Haley, Music Educator, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts; Dennis M. Reagan, The Muny, Lifetime Achievement in the Arts; Gene Dobbs Bradford, Jazz St. Louis, Excellence in the Arts; Keith Tyrone Williams, Grand Center Arts Academy, Art Educator of the Year; Saint Louis Fashion Fund, Arts Startup of the Year; Art on the Square, Arts Collaboration; World Wide Technology, Inc., Corporate Support of the Arts. Most notably, the Staenberg Family’s support of Gene and Jazz St. Louis as their founding sponsor of JazzU.

The 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards proceeds augment A&E's core mission program which provides critical financial, professional development, collaboration and accelerator services to nearly 70 arts and arts education organizations each year - especially during this tenuous time of government funding. Proceeds from the event will be granted out by the end of the 2nd quarter of 2018. To date, A&E has provided over $105 million in grants to organizations of all sizes throughout the 16-county bi-state region - including Illinois - since 1963. Those organizations, in turn, keep the St. Louis region vibrant and provide access to a wide and diverse variety of performances, workshops and exhibits for over 1.7 million children and adults.


Who is your targeted audience? The true targeted audience is the 1.7 million children and adults for whom the event proceeds benefit. A&E was founded in 1963 to acknowledge a disparity in the way arts organizations were being financially supported in comparison to social service, education, health and environmental sectors.A&E supports organizations that provide arts and arts education access to diverse audiences. With a long-term objective of ensuring an enriching and vibrant arts community for all, A&E has committed to funding organizations whose performances, exhibits and educational programs affect every demographic, reaching people of all ages and ethnicity, including those in economically under-served areas. For A&E, arts education and outreach are especially important aspects of any arts organization and are prerequisites for funding.

In 2016, A&E awarded grants that enabled over 1.7 million children and adults to attend an exhibit or performance. Grant funded outreach programs, such as art classes and workshops, reached nearly 300,000 individuals while 80% of programs offered by A&E funding organizations reaching and impacting at-risk and special needs audiences. A&E funds organizations throughout a 16-county, bi-state service area which covers urban, suburban, and rural communities, including St. Louis city; the Missouri counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, Warren and Washington; and the Illinois counties of Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair.

The arts are our region's greatest assets. By providing essential funding for organizations that host programs, workshops, and performances, A&E improves the quality of life for people in the region.

What is your expected attendance? The St. Louis Arts Awards is the only event that brings together arts lovers and community leaders from across all disciplines, organizations, and corporations under one roof. The entire bi-state region of the St. Louis Area is welcome. The target of invitations are on past supporters, those connected to honorees with little exposure/access to the arts and their many walks of life, civic leaders, and constituents of A&E grantee organizations.

A&E expects another sell-out crowd approaching 700 this January. Co-chairs for the event are Susan Block and John Russell; presenting sponsor is Centene Corporation; Principal Sponsor is Edward Jones; Gift Sponsor is Ameren; Honoree Sponsors are PNC and Monsanto; and Host Committee members are Dr. Tim and Mrs. Kim Eberlein, etc. Anticipated renewal sponsorships are from World Wide Technology and Steward Family Foundation (Entertainment Sponsor); Emerson (Principal Sponsor); Ken and Nancy Kranzberg (Honoree Sponsor) and many more.

The invitation for the 2018 event will be designed this fall and sent this November. Attached is last year’s invitation for reference.

Please attach your invitation 2017 AA Invitation FINAL.pdf

Please attach sponsorship opportunities 2018 Arts Awards eBrochure 8.23.17.pdf


Please attach any other additional documents you feel is necessary

2016 St. Louis Arts Awards Program FINAL.pdf


be inspired.EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS

Mike Isaacson

The Muny and Fox Theatricals

ART EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR

Harvey Lockhart

Riverview Gardens School District

EXCELLENCE IN

PHILANTHROPY

Jim and Cathy Berges

The Berges Family Foundation

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

IN THE ARTS

Steven Woolf

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

CORPORATE SUPPORT

OF THE ARTS

EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS

ARTS INNOVATOR

2017 St. Louis Arts Awards Honorees

2017 St. Louis Arts Awards

Board of Directors

Chair Leonard T. Eschbach

Secretary Peter Sargent

Treasurer Ruth Saphian

Development Janet W. Newcomb

Facilities Shawn Schukar

Governance C. Brendan Johnson

Grants Nicole Hudson

Marketing & Events Caren Vredenburgh

Centene Center for the Arts

3547 Olive Street

St. Louis, MO 63103-1014

Strategic Planning Cary Hobbs

Members at Large

Terrance J. Good

Barbara B. Goodman

Kenneth Kranzberg

Members

Nora Akerberg

Dorte Bjerregaard

Susan Block

Sheila Burkett

Chris Cedergreen

Diane R. Drollinger

John Gianoulakis

Kristin J. Guehlstorf

Jason Hall

Eric Koestner

Linda Lee

Rachelle Rowe

Donald M. Senti

Mary Ann Srenco

Susan A. Stith

Andrew Trivers

Carol J. Voss

Ex-Officio

Cynthia A. Prost President and CEO

Noah Vasquez President, Young Friends of the Arts

Invest. Impact. Accelerate. Celebrate.

The Arts and Education Council is a multi-faceted united arts

fund supported solely by private contributions from individuals,

corporations, and foundations. A&E provides financial support,

professional development services, incubation, acceleration and

promotion services to nearly 70 arts and arts organizations each

year. Your support for A&E grows into millions of arts experiences

for people of all ages and backgrounds across the St. Louis

metropolitan region. When the Arts Thrive, Our City Thrives!

Give today at KeepArtHappening.org!

*as of December 1, 2016

Table Sponsors

Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation

Jim and Cathy BergesBKD, LLPClarkson EyecareExpress ScriptsFriends of Pianos for

People and the Alex Townsend Memorial Foundation

HOKMike Isaacson and

Joe OrtmeyerLeigh Gerdine College

of Fine ArtsJim and Merry

MosbacherOpera Theatre of

Saint LouisPwCRepertory Theatre

of St. LouisRiverview Gardens

School DistrictJohn H. RussellSaint Louis Art MuseumThompson Coburn LLPWashington University

in St. Louis

Principal Sponsors

Stage & Entertainment Sponsor

Excellence in the Arts Award Sponsor – Mike Isaacson

Nancy and Ken Kranzberg

Art Educator of the Year Award Sponsor

Gift Sponsor

Gift Bag Sponsor

Presenting Sponsors

Kick Off Reception Hosts

Susan and Terry Block

John H. Russell

Production Sponsor

Honoree Luncheon Sponsor

2017 St. Louis Arts Awards Susan Block and John H. Russell, Co-Chairs

Monday, January 23, 2017 Chase Park Plaza

5:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception Lindell Room

7:00 p.m. Dinner, Awards and Entertainment Khorassan Ballroom

RSVP by January 13, 2017 to Melissa Howe at

[email protected] or 314.289.4009

Ken Page, Emcee Award-winning Broadway Actor and Singer

North County Big Band Led by Harvey Lockhart, Art Educator of the Year

Taylor Louderman Broadway Actress and Singer

Patrons

Mr. and Mrs. Barry H. Beracha

Gretta ForresterNancy and Walter GalvinDavid and Barbara GiffordBarbara B. GoodmanCarol and Tom Voss

Event Hosts

Nora AkerbergMarie-Hélène BernardDorte BjerregaardSandy Blasingame and

Gary HallSara BurkeMary and Robert CiapciakClark and Jeanie DavisKim and Tim EberleinLen EschbachTerrance J. GoodSheila Greenbaum and

Gary M. WassermanKelly HummertKim and Brendan

JohnsonSally C. JohnstonMary and Eric KoestnerJoanne and Alan KohnLinda and Paul LeeSusan and Danny

LudemanPeter Mackie

Lisa MelandriDonna Moog and

Leonard LandsbaumJim and Merry MosbacherJohn NickelPenny Pennington and

Michael FidlerKelly PollockPaul ReuterStephanie RivenRuth Saphian and

Omer KinranAlice and Peter SargentElizabeth Gentry SayadPat and Ken SchutteAnn and Hugh ScottDon SentiDr. and Mrs. Thomas M.

SilerMary Ann SrencoCaren VredenburghFranklin WallisFrank Whitman

Tributes & Contributions

Dr. William DanforthMr. and Mrs. Hubert DruryMrs. Bettie S. JohnsonLinda Stark

Principal Benefactors

Lynne and Jim Turley

Major Benefactors

Media Sponsors

St. Louis Arts Awards proceeds benefit A&E’s annual campaign to support nearly 70 arts and arts education organizations.

Business or cocktail attire encouraged. Parking is cash only. Valet parking on Lindell Blvd. – $13. Garage parking on Maryland Ave. – $7

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Entertainment

PRESENTING SPONSOR

Every January, more than 600 St. Louisans escape the dark, dreary slush of winter and pack the Khorassan Ballroom at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel to celebrate the people and organizations that make our community so vibrant. Whether it’s their first time at the St. Louis Arts Awards or they’ve been going every year since its start in 1992, the audiences leave with chills down their spines – not from the winter temperatures, but from the talent and artistry of their fellow St. Louisans.

The Arts and Education Council’s St. Louis Arts Awards is the only event that brings together arts lovers from across all disciplines, organizations and corporations under one roof. It is an elegant evening of cocktails and dinner, an awards presentation and awe-inspiring performances – all packed into just four hours. (Hollywood awards shows could learn a thing or two from us.)

Proceeds from the evening benefit the Arts and Education Council’s annual campaign, which provides support to more than 70 arts and arts education organizations throughout 16 counties in the bi-state region.

The 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards Honorees Each year, the St. Louis Arts Awards recognizes seven artists, educators, philanthropists, corporate

citizens and arts organizations for their contributions to St. Louis’s ever-growing artistic community. In 2018, join us in honoring the following extraordinary people and organizations.

About the 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards

Royce Martin performing during the 2017 event.2016 Tony Award nominee Beth Malone performing at the 2017 event.

Johnetta HaleyMusic EducatorLifetime Achievement in the Arts

Dennis M. ReaganThe MunyLifetime Achievement in the Arts

Gene Dobbs BradfordJazz St. LouisExcellence in the Arts

Keith Tyrone Williams, Grand Center Arts AcademyArt Educator of the Year

Saint Louis Fashion FundArts Startup of the Year

Art on the SquareArts Collaboration

World Wide Technology, Inc.Corporate Support of the Arts

ON THE COVER:Top: Lawrence K. Otto (center), market president of U.S. Bank, accepts the 2017 Corporate Support of the Arts award on behalf of U.S. Bank. Bottom: Broadway star Ken Page, accompanied by pianist Michael Horsley, opens the 2017 St. Louis Arts Awards with a performance. Page also served as emcee for the evening.

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SPONSOR CATEGORY & LEVEL

$90 per ticket non-tax deductible, remaining 100% tax-deductible

Principal Sponsor $30,000

Honoree Award (7)$15,000

each

Commemorative Gift

$15,000

Gift Bag$15,000

Cocktail Reception$10,000

Principal Benefactor

$10,000

Premier Table

$7,500

Major Benefactor

$5,000

Table Sponsor $3,000

Exclusivity Per honoree • • •

Client & Employee Engagement

Table(s) of 101 with

Priority Seating

1 with Priority Seating





1 with Premier Seating

1 with Preferred Seating

1 with Preferred seating

Invitations to the VIP After Party 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2

Invitations to the Honoree Luncheon • • • •

Brand Recognition, Day of Event

Program (600+ attendees) Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Name

Program ad Full page

Signage Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Name

Video scroll Exclusive logo slide

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Exclusive logo slide Logo Name Name Name

Verbally acknowledged from Stage • • • • • •

Stage Presence Opportunities •

Other Logo Placements On gift On gift bag

Brand Recognition, Ongoing

Print

Event invitation (2,000 households) Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Name Name

A&E’s Happenings publication (distribution 8,000)

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Online

Social media (3,000 Facebook followers) Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Name Name

Website (7,300 monthly visits) Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Name Name

e-Newsletter (11,000 subscribers) Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Name Name

e-Happenings (distribution 7,700) Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Name Name

Sponsorship Deadlines to be Included in Event Materials: Event Invitation: November 1, 2017 Gift and Gift Bag: November 1, 2017 Event Program, Signage and Video Scroll: January 8, 2018

Sponsorship Benefits

2017 event co-chairs, Susan Block and John Russell, welcome guests.

Susan Block, founder of The Designing Block in Clayton, is a native St. Louisan celebrated for her creativity and dedication to our community. John Russell, senior vice president at Stifel Financial Corporation, is a passionate supporter of theater locally and nationally.

The 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards Co-Chairs

For more information, contact:Scott Giffen, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships

Arts and Education Council314.289.4009 or [email protected]

All photos by Suzy Gorman unless otherwise noted.

Join us onJanuary 22, 2018

Chase Park Plaza Hotel5:30-9:30pm

2017 Art Educator of the Year, Harvey Lockhart, with the North County Big Band.

Principal Sponsor

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Welcome to the 2016 Arts Awards!Since 1992, the St. Louis Arts Awards has been our region’s preeminent event

honoring individuals and organizations who achieve a legacy of artistic excellence and businesses that enrich St. Louis’ arts and cultural community.

Tonight, we’re pleased to come together to celebrate these outstanding individuals and organizations.

Honorees Lifetime Achievement in the Arts

Agnes Wilcox, Prison Performing Arts

Excellence in Philanthropy Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation

Art Educator of the Year Doug Erwin, Ferguson-Florissant School District

Excellence in the Arts Bach Society of Saint Louis

Arts Collaborator Dr. Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Champions of the Arts Dr. Tim and Kim Eberlein

Excellence in the Arts The Bosman Twins

Entertainment COCA’s Hip Hop Crew under the direction of Redd Williams

Ferguson-Florissant School Choirs led by Doug Erwin The Bosman Twins, jazz saxophonists, with vocalist Morgan Bosman

Presenting Sponsors


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Invocation Reverend Terri Swan Senior Pastor, Salem United Methodist Church

Welcome Jim and Stacey Weddle, Co-Chairs Leonard T. Eschbach, Board Chair Cynthia A. Prost, President & CEO

Dinner Vine Ripe Red Tomatoes and Fresh Mozzarella with Cucumber Bundled Greens Seared Atlantic Salmon with Red Wine Reduction Vegetarian Entrée: Risotto Cakes on Lemon Herb Emulsion Chocolate Pot de Creme

Entertainment COCA’s Hip Hop crew under the direction of Redd Williams

Performing: Redd Riddin’ Thru the Hood Choreographed by Redd Williams to Big Bad Wolf by Duck Sauce and Burn it Up by Janet Jackson

Awards Presentation Agnes Wilcox, Prison Performing Arts Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation Excellence in Philanthropy Doug Erwin, Ferguson-Florissant School District Art Educator of the Year

Entertainment Doug Erwin, Art Educator of the Year, and the combined choirs of the Ferguson-Florissant School District

Performing: “The Color Purple” from the musical The Color Purple

Awards Presentation Bach Society of Saint Louis Excellence in the Arts Dr. Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris, University of Missouri-St. Louis Arts Collaborator Dr. Tim and Kim Eberlein Champions of the Arts The Bosman Twins Excellence in the Arts

Entertainment The Bosman Twins, jazz saxophonists, featuring vocalist Morgan Bosman; Jeff Anderson, bass; Montez Coleman, drums; Eric Slaughter, guitar; and Ptah Williams, piano.

Performing:Dear James, Written by Morgan BosmanDB Blues Remix, Written by Dwayne and Dwight Bosman

PROGRAM

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SPONSORSPresenting Sponsors

Silver Anniversary Sponsor

Principal Sponsor

Excellence in the Arts Award Sponsor - The Bosman TwinsNancy and Ken Kranzberg

Gift Sponsor

Stage & Entertainment Sponsor

Art Educator of the Year Award Sponsor

Principal Benefactor SponsorLynne and Jim Turley

Premier Table Sponsor

Gift Bag Sponsor

Production Sponsor

Wine Sponsor

Honoree Luncheon Sponsor

Media Sponsors

As of January 21, 2016

Kick Off Reception HostsJim and Stacey Weddle


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SPONSORS (cont.)Major Benefactors

Table Sponsors

Arthur & Helen Baer

Charitable Foundation

AT&T

The Big Muddy Dance Company

BKD, LLP

BMO Private Bank

Bryan Cave, LLP

Dr. Tim and Kim Eberlein

Express Scripts

Friends of the Bach Society

of Saint Louis

HOK

Lashly & Baer, PC

Mr. and Mrs. Chris and Kris Lewis

Maritz

Maryville University

Jim and Merry Mosbacher

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Saint Louis Art Museum

St. Louis College of Pharmacy

St. Louis Public Radio

Staenberg Family Foundation

Thompson Coburn LLP

Webster University Leigh Gerdine

College of Fine Arts

Whitfield School

Alison and John Ferring

Fox Family Foundation


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Maritz

Maryville University

Jim and Merry Mosbacher

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Saint Louis Art Museum

St. Louis College of Pharmacy

St. Louis Public Radio

Staenberg Family Foundation

Thompson Coburn LLP

Webster University Leigh Gerdine

College of Fine Arts

Whitfield School

SPONSORS (cont.)

Tributes and ContributionsMr. James and Mrs. Catherine BergesMr. and Mrs. Stephen F. BrauerDavid C. FarrellBettie GershmanElizabeth HerringJoanne KnightAnn Lee and Will KonnekerCharles MacKayCarol North and Nicholas KryahMabel L. Purkerson, M.D.Ruth and Alvin SitemanDr. Steven and Yona StrasbergJessie L. Ternberg, M.D.

Event HostsNora AkerbergHendrick B. BarnerMarie-Hélène BernardBarbara BridgewaterSara and Jack BurkeElissa and Paul CahnMr. and Mrs. Robert J. CiapciakLeonard T. EschbachJoan GoodsonLisa Greening and

Sam BlumoffKarin Hagaman and

Mark GormanPatricia HeckerMary Ann HoganMarilu KnodeMary and Eric KoestnerJoanne and Alan KohnJim and Pam KrekelerLeonard Landsbaum and

Donna MoogLinda and Paul Lee

Sally S. LevyTrisha LolloPeter F. MackieJohn NickelPenny Pennington and Michael FidlerKelly PollockMabel L. Purkerson, MDPaul ReuterRuth Saphian and

Omer KinranAlice and Peter SargentDavid and Jamie

SauerburgerElizabeth Gentry SayadMrs. Edward SchnuckJessie L. Ternberg, MDMarc ThayerCarol VossCaren VredenburghCheryl WalkerFrank Whitman

PatronsMr. and Mrs. Barry BerachaDavid CharakDr. William H. DanforthThe Fromm FamilyNancy and Walter GalvinDavid and Barbara

GiffordBarbara Bushman

GoodmanMr. and Mrs. James H. Howe, IVGordon and Susie PhilpottMary Ann and Andrew Srenco



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Agnes Wilcox, former artistic director of Prison Performing Arts, directed plays and taught poetry in Missouri prisons for more than 25 years.

Wilcox explains that as a teenager, her mother once took her to a women’s prison. “Everybody looked like me,” she recalls. “I can’t tell you what it means at age 17 to have privilege illustrated in that way. I knew I would never be in prison because of my family and my circumstances. That seemed very unfair.”

In discussing her work with inmates over the years at four Missouri prisons, Wilcox says what stands out “is the joy that seeing and participating in theater gives to a human being, whether he or she is an equity actor or a prison inmate. We all need outlets for the creativity that is part of every human being.”

“I find that theater is a very powerful motivator, whether you’re getting your GED or learning how to read,” she adds. “Theater can enchant you into doing things you might not necessarily plan to do.”

Wilcox says she is thrilled to be receiving tonight’s Lifetime Achievement Award, though her first thought was, “Oh my goodness, I must be old.” She refused to tell her age, half-heartedly joking, “I’m an actor. Actors never tell their age.”

Wilcox taught at Webster University and Washington University in St. Louis in the early 1980s, and by the 1990s she was artistic director of The New Theatre (TNT) in St. Louis. At TNT she directed 21 new and contemporary plays and produced for 13 seasons.

Prison Performing Arts began as a project within TNT, and grew to become an independent organization in 1999. In 2010 and 2012, Wilcox developed and directed two museum-theater performances with former inmates and homeless veterans for the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, “Staging Old Masters” and “Staging Reflections of the Buddha.” Her production of “Hamlet” with high-security inmates was featured on NPR’s “This American Life” with Ira Glass.

Wilcox retired in March of 2015 after 22 years at Prison Performing Arts. In retirement, she will travel and spend time with her husband of 45 years, Bob Wilcox, a theater critic and college professor, though trips might have to come in between her projects. She is currently working on a young adult novel and has hopes of producing another museum project with former prisoners and homeless veterans in 2017.

Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Agnes Wilcox, Prison Performing Arts

Prison inmates performing The Tempest with Prison Performing Arts


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Arthur & Helen Baer Visual Arts Galleries at A&E’s Centene Center for Arts and Education

“Helen Baer would say that the arts define a culture,” explains Pat Stark, trustee of the Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation. “She’d tell you that if you can get children at an early age interested in the arts – be it visual arts, performing

arts, music, dance – it can set a course for positive development for the rest of their life.”Although the Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation was officially established by

Helen Baer in the early 1980s, its roots go further back. Her husband, Arthur Baer, was the CEO of Stix Baer & Fuller retail department store (originally called the Grand Leader) before it was sold in the late 1960s. Arthur was a brilliant businessman, a futurist and a generous benefactor to the St. Louis community. He wrote a $250,000 check in 1954, which funded the original Nine Network building on the Washington University campus as he saw the possibilities of using television for education. Arthur also purchased the Campbell House and made it available to the St. Louis community when it was on the verge of being demolished.

Arthur passed away in 1969 and left Helen with the task of continuing his charitable activities. Her passion was to deliver arts education to children. When Helen died in 1993, she left $2.5 million to the charitable foundation to be used for St. Louis community betterment projects and arts education programs to help underserved children.

Since then, the Foundation has disbursed $8.5 million to various nonprofits, including the Saint Louis Art Museum, Nine Network, COCA, Arts and Education Council, St. Louis University Art Museum, Jazz St. Louis’ JazzU Program, Craft Alliance Center of Art & Design, Art St. Louis and Friends of Kids with Cancer art therapy programs at St. John’s Mercy Kids Cancer Center and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital.

“Both Helen and Arthur would be very proud of being named a recipient of this award, and the fact the charitable foundation has made an imprint on so many St. Louis arts organizations,” says Stark.

“Our goal has always been to find an organization where our funding is going to make a difference to that organization or our funding will allow an organization to say, ‘the Baer Foundation is behind us,’ which in turn will encourage other foundations and donors to offer their support.”

Excellence in Philanthropy Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation


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Doug Erwin has been a fine arts educator for the past 25 years. Currently, Erwin teaches acting at McCluer High School, where he has served as the Director of Theater for

the past 14 years, building the largest high school African-American theater program in Missouri. Alumni from McCluer’s theater program have earned over $1 million in theater scholarships since Erwin has led the program.

Erwin also performs in professional musical theater, including Stray Dog Theatre, Insight Theatre Company, Center Stage Theatre, The Alpha Players and Midwest Lyric Opera.

For the past five years, Erwin also has served as the K-12 Fine Arts Content Leader for the Ferguson-Florissant School District, supervising 23 schools. He is currently completing a doctorate in fine arts education at Lindenwood University, holds an educational specialist degree in educational administration from Lindenwood, and has a master of arts in theater education and a bachelor’s in speech and theater from Truman State University.

For his dissertation research, Erwin has looked at the importance of arts education for young students, “which shows a huge correlation between high performance on standardized test and participation in fine arts.”

“That’s one of the big things people don’t realize,” he says. “It’s not just the kids who are amazingly gifted. It’s the participation in the arts, and it doesn’t matter what the arts discipline is.”

Erwin was one of 20 educators and two fine arts educators selected to represent Missouri over the 11-year duration of the Japan Memorial Fulbright Program. As a result, Erwin is the only American to have studied Karuda (a form of Japanese Theatre). He is also co-founder and chair of the Fine Arts Regional Consortium; directed the first Ferguson-Florissant “All District Musical” featuring over 300 students from 23 schools; and directed “Ferguson’s Children: Our Voice,” a production featuring over 400 children in grades K-12 featuring vocal and instrumental music, theater, dance and visual art in response to the community unrest in Ferguson.

Recently, Erwin has partnered with Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Missouri-St Louis to create student theater works based on Theatre of the Oppressed. Erwin is currently the district representative and sponsor to the Student Summit on Race sponsored by Education Plus.

As Art Educator of the Year, Erwin said the honor was “humbling,” and added: “I feel like now I have to increase the quality and caliber of everything I am doing. It raises the stakes. Not that I was coasting before but I feel like I have to represent all of the arts teachers in the St. Louis region by being a role model as well as an ambassador for the arts.”

Art Educator of the Year Doug Erwin

The Art Educator of the Year Award is sponsored by

Students from McCluer and McCluer South Berkely High Schools perform in Legally Blonde, directed by Doug Erwin


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The Bach Society of Saint Louis’s Arts Award comes in the same year the organization is celebrating its 75th anniversary as the oldest continuous chorus in the St. Louis area.

“Receiving this award is a huge honor for us and especially poignant given that it is our 75th season,” says Melissa Payton, executive director of the Bach Society and principal singer in the Bach Society Chorus.

Founded in 1941, its mission is to “provide stimulating and enriching musical and educational experiences for audiences and performers in the tradition of Johann Sebastian Bach.”

The Bach Society Chorus includes many of the finest voices in the St. Louis region, supported by a core of paid professional singers. The Bach Society Orchestra consists of all professional instrumentalists, including members of the St. Louis Symphony. Soloists are engaged from across the country and are recognized for their artistry in the performance of 18th Century music.

Payton explains that the Bach Society not only performs music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, regarded by some as perhaps the world’s greatest composer of all time, but also features music inspired by Bach. She maintains that with the plethora of singing and a cappella shows on television, choral music is undergoing a resurgence, with more young people auditioning for the Bach Society and attending performances.

“Our chorus is becoming younger and younger,” Payton says. “We recently had a big reunion concert where 65 singers joined us for our fall concert. The alumni said they were excited about how much youth we have in the organization [now].”

On the subject of youth, the Bach Society is committed to educating young people through its music education programs. These include: Giving Bach to St. Louis Youth – a mentorship and scholarship program for high school students; Young Artists Awards, a scholarship program for students under the age of 30; and Encore, side-by-side rehearsals with a local college or university choir.

In addition, the Bach Society organizes benefit concerts to contribute to groups such as the American Red Cross and Assistance League of St. Louis; provides free concert tickets to children in the underserved community; gives free lectures and presentations to students and other community groups all over the St. Louis region; spearheads an online choral calendar at STLSings.org; and collaborates with local arts groups including Dance St. Louis, Cathedral Concerts and the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Excellence in the Arts Bach Society of Saint Louis

Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra at College Church


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The Bosman Twins

Florida A&M University music scholars, Dwayne and Dwight Bosman are composers, arrangers, jazz artists and music educators.

St. Louis natives, the twins’ passion for jazz started at an early age when their father, Lloyd Smith, exposed them to jazz greats such Earl “Fatha” Hines, Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Smith, a well-known businessman, performed as a side man in Basie’s and Ellington’s orchestras.

Paula V. Smith, the twin’s mother and the first African-American administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor under the Reagan Administration, was also an avid jazz lover.

Influenced by famous musicians, like family friend Louis Armstrong, as well as John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, the twins began performing professionally as The Bosman Twins by age 14. The two play virtually every woodwind instrument available, including a range of clarinets, saxophones and flutes.

Over the years, the Bosman Twins have shared their love of music and the stage with entertainment legends Freddie Cole, Branford Marsalis, Fontella Bass, Roy Ayers, David Peaston and the late trumpeter, Lester Bowie.

Recipients of the Harmon How to Listen and the Missouri Folk Art grants, in addition to numerous other awards, they are particularly proud of being presented with a St. Louis Arts Award.

“This award means a lot to us because, in a sense, we are being honored by the people who are our peers,” says Dwight. “The Arts and Education Council has given this award to so many prestigious and notable people who have done so much good for the arts in St. Louis. We are honored and humbled to be included.”

The twins have traveled across the country in their roles as music directors and champions of youth music education. Dwayne is the former Music Director at Crossroads College Preparatory School in St. Louis. Dwight, band director and music educator for more than 30 years, is now retired from the St. Louis Public School District.

“Educating youth about music is of the utmost importance to us,” says Dwight. “These youngsters are the musicians of tomorrow. Whether they are amateur or semi-pro or become professional musicians, having a love and appreciation for music opens up their world. Even if they do not become professional musicians, the exposure may help them to become patrons of the arts.”

In April 2015, The Bosman Twins released their first album of original music, entitled “When Lions Roar.” The twins have two more original albums planned in the near future.

Excellence in the Arts The Bosman Twins

The Excellence in the Arts Award is sponsored by

Nancy and Ken Kranzberg


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Dr. Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris grew up loving the arts. As a small child, she accompanied her father, a self-taught artist, to the Saint Louis Art Museum, where he would set

up an easel and paint reproductions of the great masterpieces. “I was an only child for seven years and I remember spending a

lot of my weekends as a small girl there with him,” she says.As it turns out, not only did the art museum make an indelible impression on Lewis-

Harris, but she also became a trailblazer there as its first African-American college intern, art educator and curator.

“I get a lot of joy from art,” says Lewis-Harris, whose work in visual arts has been as a printmaker and photographer as well as an arts administrator, curator and teacher.

“Art is about expression, especially nowadays,” she says. “There is so much bad news out there people don’t know how to react. The arts are there, I believe, to see the best part of human beings and humanity. They bring out the best in us.”

Today, Lewis-Harris is the Director of the Connecting Human Origin and Cultural Diversity program at University of Missouri-St. Louis. She currently holds the title of associate professor in both Anthropology and at the College of Education.

Lewis-Harris has her master’s and doctorate degrees in anthropology from Washington University. In her former position as assistant curator at the Saint Louis Art Museum, she curated several exhibits, including: Art of Papua New Guinea; Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series; Masterpieces of Central Africa; and the reinstallation of the museum’s Pacific galleries.

Lewis-Harris has advised and curated exhibits with many regional art institutions and groups including the Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis Artist Guild, Gallery Visio, Venus Envy, The Schmidt Gallery, Altart, Belas Artes Gallery, The St. Louis Outsider Art Fair and the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She currently consults for national and international museums and galleries as an independent curator. She has also published numerous articles and catalogs on Pacific and African-American art and culture in relation to identity, art and contemporary society.

In her position at the Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity at UMSL, she has integrated her past roles of educator, writer, artist, anthropologist and curator to address the important issues of cultural diversity, social segregation and the exhibit and presentation of minority cultures. She has given workshops and lectures to diverse audiences, from Pacific museum directors to rural agricultural advisors from Missouri and Illinois.

Lewis-Harris is also on the board of the Ferguson Youth Initiative, which serves young people between the ages of 13 and 19, offering various programs to help enrich their lives as well as getting them involved in the future of Ferguson and the greater St. Louis community.

Arts Collaborator Dr. Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris


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In 1998, Dr. Tim Eberlein and his wife Kim relocated to St. Louis from Boston, when Tim joined the faculty at Washington University in

St. Louis. He is currently Bixby Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and Director of the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center.

Until the move, Kim had been involved in healthcare administration. While she has done some consulting work in St. Louis in the field of public health, she has put much of her energy into the arts. She first joined the board of the Community Music School of Webster University, followed by the boards of the St. Louis Symphony, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, St. Louis University Library Associates, and the Friends Board of the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Together, she and her husband support many arts organizations financially, and have chaired fundraising events for the St. Louis Symphony, the Black Rep, the Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

Kim was instrumental in re-launching the St. Louis Visionary Awards in 2015 and has served as a panelist for the Regional Arts Commission. In both cases, her purpose in getting involved was to recognize and support the variety of individual artists and arts organizations that are thriving here.

“I think we have a very robust arts scene in St. Louis,” says Kim. “It is truly exceptional for a city this size. That was really a wonderful discovery once we got here. And there is no doubt that in the 18 or so years that we have lived here, the arts have just become stronger.”

The Eberleins are enthusiastic fans of the arts and love to invite others to performances. In particular, they enjoy introducing young professionals to opera and symphony, and have used the strong arts culture of St. Louis as a recruiting tool to bring literally hundreds of faculty here.

“We feel if you live in a community, giving to the arts is important because they add so much meaning and enjoyment and enhance the quality of life,” says Kim. “We also like how they bring people together who might not otherwise be in the same room. [The arts] are a community connector.”

One unique opportunity the Eberleins have had to work together on is Sing for Siteman, now in its seventh year. This concert features singers in town performing in the Opera Theatre season sharing their talents for one evening to raise funds for cancer research.

“Our patients at Siteman depend on the arts for hope and healing,” said Tim. “There is no more uplifting sensation than to hear music, of all genres, throughout the atrium and lobby at Siteman, thanks to our many volunteer musicians.”

Champions of the Arts Dr. Tim and Kim Eberlein

Symphony musicians perform at Siteman Cancer Center as part of the Siteman Cares program


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Jim and Stacey Weddle are enthusiastic supporters of the arts in St. Louis and the work of the Arts and Education Council.

Stacey’s musical interests date back to learning to play the violin at an early age and continuing to play in her university’s orchestra. Their children have inherited her musical abilities. Their two sons are both accomplished Irish musicians and have competed multiple times in the All Ireland international musical competition.

Through Jim’s role as Managing Partner, Edward Jones and its Associates continue to be an important driver supporting the arts and arts education in the region.

Jim and Stacey are proud to be members of the St. Louis region that so loyally and generously supports the Arts and Education Council.

Stacey and Jim Weddle

Co-chairs Jim and Stacey Weddle

Entertainment

Ben Nordstrom, Emcee

Ben Nordstrom is a multi-talented performer and actor who has starred in both dramatic productions and musical comedies on the national stage. Nordstrom has won numerous awards for his performances, including two Kevin Kline Awards for Best Actor in a Musical for his work at STAGES St. Louis, an Arts and Education Council grantee.

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The COCA Hip Hop Crew, under the direction of Anthony “Redd” Williams (left), will be performing Redd Riddin’ Thru the Hood. Choreographed by Redd Williams to Big Bad Wolf by Duck Sauce and Burn it Up by Janet Jackson. Redd Williams, a St. Louis native, has performed on tours, in music videos and commercials for some of hip-hop’s biggest recording artists. He is Artistic Director of COCA’s Hip Hop Crew, a year-round dance company made up of students elementary through high school, selected through an open audition process.

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Entertainment (cont.)

The stage and entertainment is sponsored by

Doug Erwin

Doug Erwin will lead the combined choirs of the Ferguson-Florissant School District in a performance of “The Color Purple” from the musical The Color Purple, music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray. Erwin is the Director of Theatre at McCluer High School, the K-12 Fine Arts Content Leader for the Ferguson-Florissant School

District and is active performing in professional musical theatre. Erwin is also on faculty for Theatre and Speech through at Lindenwood University and UMSL.

Bosman Twins

The Bosman Twins will perform Dear James, written by Morgan Bosman, daughter of Dwight Bosman, who will accompany them as a vocalist. The Bosman Twins will also perform their original song, DB Blues Remix. The Bosman Twins have shared their love of music and the stage with entertainment legends Freddie Cole, Branford Marsalis,

Fontella Bass, Roy Ayers, David Peaston and the late trumpeter, Lester Bowie. Whether performing with their own band or accompanying other notable jazz professionals, their unique style and renditions of jazz, rhythm and blues, funk and gospel have earned them national and international acclaim. Their studio band will also be joining them on stage tonight: Jeff Anderson, bass; Montez Coleman, drums; Eric Slaughter, guitar; and Ptah Williams, piano.

Morgan Bosman

Morgan Bosman, daughter of Dwight Bosman, will perform her original piece, Dear James, on stage with her father and uncle. Morgan is the “soul-drenched songstress” making her way in the music world. Hailing from St. Louis and currently based in Nashville, Morgan’s inspirations stem from the likes of Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Ella Fitzgerald

just to name a few. Her influences are what give her a memorable voice exuding deep, soulful melodies complimented by sweet jazz, R&B and gospel roots.


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2015 GranteesDanceDance St. LouisModern American Dance

CompanyRobert L. Reed Tap

Heritage Institute

LiteraryThe 7th Grade Poetry

FoundationRiver Styx

Multi-DisciplinaryCinema St. LouisCircus HarmonyCOCA (Center of

Creative Arts)Sheldon Arts FoundationSpringboardSt. Louis ArtWorksSt. Louis Public Radio /

90.7 KWMU

MusicBach Society of Saint LouisCommunity Music School

of Webster UniversityGateway Men’s ChorusJazz St. LouisOpera Theatre of Saint

LouisSaint Louis Classical Guitar

SocietySt. Louis Cathedral ConcertsSt. Louis Children’s ChoirsSt. Louis SymphonyUnion Avenue Opera

PerformanceCircus FloraGitana ProductionsMetro Theater CompanyNew Jewish TheatrePrison Performing ArtsRepertory Theatre of

St. LouisShakespeare Festival

St. Louis Slightly Askew Theatre

EnsembleSTAGES St. LouisThat Uppity Theatre

Company

VisualContemporary Art

Museum St. LouisCraft Alliance Center

of Art & DesignGreater East St. Louis

Community FundInternational

Photography Hall of Fame and Museum

Laumeier Sculpture Park

The Luminary Missouri Immigrant &

Refugee Advocates

Maritz Arts and Education Fund for TeachersAfrican Musical ArtsArrowpoint Elementary

School

Bayless Elementary School

Brown Elementary SchoolJana Elementary SchoolNormandy Elementary

SchoolSoldan International

Studies High SchoolWalnut Grove SchoolWillow Brook Elementary

School

Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education ProgramGateway Center for the

ArtsThe Hettenhausen Center

for the ArtsHighland Arts CouncilJacoby Arts CenterLooking Glass PlayhouseO’Fallon Arts CommissionRaintree Arts CouncilSullivan Patrons of the

ArtsWarren County Fine Arts

Council

Fox Performing Arts Charitable FoundationKeep Art Happening

Scholarship

Regional Business CouncilSocial Venture Partners


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Corporate Champions of the Arts 2014 Edward Jones Partners and Associates

Past Arts Awards Recipients

Corporate Leadership in the Arts 2015 Warner Baxter and Tom Voss, Ameren Corporation

Lifetime Achievement in the Arts1992 Evelyn Newman1993 Joseph Pulitzer1994 Katherine G. Wells & Ben H. Wells1995 Margaret Grigg1996 Dr. Leigh Gerdine1997 Margie Wolcott May1998 Adam Aronson and Judith Aronson, Ph.D.1999 Norman Goldberg2000 Joanne Kohn2001 Charles Guenther, Ruth Slenczynska, Ron Himes2002 Emily Rauh Pulitzer2003 Alice Gerdine

2004 Peter Bunce, Nancy and Ken Kranzberg2005 Priscilla McDonnell2006 Joneal Joplin,

Douglas Turpin2007 Mary Strauss2008 Gyo Obata2009 Jeanne Trevor2010 Stephanie Riven2011 Mae Wheeler2012 Linda Kennedy2013 Chuck Berry2014 Carol North and Nicholas Kryah2015 Jill McGuire

Corporate Support for the Arts 1992 Southwestern Bell Corporation1993 Union Electric Company1994 The May Department Stores Co.1995 Emerson Electric Co.1996 Mark Twain Banks1997 Monsanto Fund1998 Edward Jones1999 Commerce Bank and the William T. Kemper Foundation2000 UMB Bank, N.A.2001 Maritz Inc.2002 Bank of America

2003 The Boeing Company2004 Anheuser-Busch Companies2005 Centene Corporation2006 Sachs Properties2007 Brown Shoe2008 Thompson Coburn LLP2010 Ameren2011 Wells Fargo Advisors2012 Novus International, Inc.2013 PNC Bank

Young Artist of the Year2002 Melanie Hadley, National Society of Arts & Letters– St. Louis Chapter, piano competition winner

Champion of the Arts2010 Regional Arts Commission2011 Karen Duffy2013 St. Louis Public Radio/90.7 KWMU


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Art Educator of the Year 1998 Celeste Banta, McKelvey Elementary, Parkway School District1999 Kemara Skinner, Soldan International Studies High School, St. Louis Public Schools2000 Suzanne Bushey, Ames Visual & Performing Arts Elementary, St. Louis Public Schools2001 Gary Lang, Seckman High School, Fox School District2002 Fredrick J. Nelson, Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School2003 Sr. Gail Buckman, SSND, St. Gabriel the Archangel School2004 Mary Eichenberger, Ferguson-Florissant School District2005 Jan Davis, Ferguson-Florissant School District2006 Joseph Schulte, Saint Louis University High School2007 Sr. Gabriel Mary Hoare, S.L., Nerinx Hall2008 Linda Packard, Reed Elementary, Ladue School District2009 Sr. Patricia Giljum, CSJ2010 Beverly Whittington, Ames Visual & Performing Arts Elementary, St. Louis Public Schools2011 Wayne Salomon, John Burroughs School2012 Jason Brown, Riverview Gardens School District2013 Duane Martin Foster, Normandy School District2014 Heidi Morgan, University City High School2015 Winifred Crock, Parkway Central High School

Excellence in Philanthropy1997 E. Desmond Lee2002 Lucy and Stanley Lopata2003 The Whitaker Foundation2004 Marilyn and Sam Fox2005 Alison and John Ferring2006 Anabeth and John Weil2007 Sally S. Levy2008 Mary Ann Lee2009 Laurance L. and Virginia Browning, Jr.

2010 Dr. Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker2011 Christian B. Peper2012 Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation2013 Judy and Jerry Kent2014 Thelma and David Steward2015 Ken and Nancy Kranzberg

Arts Innovator2009 Jessica Hentoff2011 Paul K. Reuter2012 Joan Lipkin 2015 Jim McKelvey and Doug Auer

Arts Collaboration2010 Citygarden2014 E. Desmond Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative

Past Recipients (cont.)


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Excellence in the Arts1992Leonard SlatkinRobert McFerrinWebster University

1993Colin GrahamSteven WoolfKatherine Dunham

1994Arthur OsverHenry TownsendMona Van DuynJarvis Thurston

1995John KendallLaumeier Sculpture ParkRobert Orchard

1996Heikki SeppaWilliam GassJosephine Throdahl

1997Ethelyn SparfeldJane Sauer

1998Marita WoodruffAnnelise MertzMetro Theater Company

1999Alexandra ZahariasThe Sheldon Arts Foundation Patricia and Fredrick McKissack

2000COCA (Center of Creative Arts) Charles MacKayErnest Trova

2001Dance St. Louis

2002David HalenThe Muny (The Municipal Theatre Association of St. Louis )Patrick Schuchard

2003Johnnie JohnsonPeter SargentAgnes Wilcox/Prison Performing Arts

2004Willie AkinsYoung Audiences of St. Louis

2005Community Music School of Webster UniversityCraft AllianceReggie Thomas

2006Christine BrewerHerb DruryJazz St. Louis

2007Susan SlaughterSaint Louis Art MuseumCarolbeth True

2008Ivor David BaldingGerald EarlySTAGES St. Louis

2009Cinema St. LouisRobert Powell

2010David Robertson

2011 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

2012 Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Peter Martin

2013 Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Michael Uthoff

2014 Lee Nolting St. Louis Symphony

2015 Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Denise Thimes

Past Recipients (cont.)


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Chairs Co-chairs1992 Phoebe Scott Burke Judy Champ

1993 Jo-Ann Digman Lisa McMullin

1994 Marylen Mann Pixie Messey

1995 Joanne Kohn Amy Whitelaw

1996 Pat Whitaker

1997 Sue Engelhardt Mary Ann Hogan

1998 Linda Fabel Mary Ann Hogan

1999 Mary Ann Hogan Debbie Sears

2000 Debbie Sears Cheryl Holman

2001 Cheryl Holman Becky Kueker

2002 Peggy Ritter Connie Kahn

2003 Peggy Ritter/Connie Kahn Marsha Rusnack

2004 Marsha Rusnack/Cheri Fromm

2005 Cheri Fromm/Cynthia J. Brinkley Judy Harris and Donald Suggs

2006 Cynthia J. Brinkley/Nancy Galvin/ Judy Harris

2007 Nancy Galvin/Cary Hobbs

2008 Cary Hobbs/Bill Donius

2009 Bill Donius/ James and Karen Castellano

2010 James and Karen Castellano/ Dick Fleming and Sarah Smith

2011 Dick Fleming and Sarah Smith/ Tom and Carol Voss

2012 Tom and Carol Voss

2013 Ken and Nancy Kranzberg

2014 Lynne and Jim Turley

2015 Lynne and Jim Turley

Past Arts Awards Chairs and Co-Chairs


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Sam Stang was born in Northfield, Minnesota in 1959. He attended Washington University in St. Louis from 1980 – 84 and was a student of Fritz

Dreisbach at Penland School of Crafts in 1983 and of Lino Tagliapietra at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. Sam was a founding partner of Ibex Glass Studio (1985 through 1991) and started Augusta Glass Studio in Augusta, Mo., in 1992, which he still operates as a sole proprietorship.

“All of my pieces are made by using traditional European glassblowing techniques. With the murrini pieces, I begin by making glass rods which are patterned in cross section. The rods are cooled and cut into thin pieces and arranged on an iron plate which is then heated to fuse the murrini. This is then rolled into a tube on the end of a blowpipe and shaped into the final form. Every piece I make is entirely produced hot at the furnace. The banded bowls are blown as separate sections and fused together. This technique, known as incalmo, requires a great deal of skill and cooperation. I work with at least one assistant and often with a team of three experienced glassblowers.”

About the Arts and Education Council

The Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis (A&E) is a unique asset in our community. A&E is our region’s only united arts fund supported by private contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations and institutions

committed to the value and benefit of the arts to our community. The Arts and Education Council serves as the base—the root, if you will—through which

funding, training, and collaboration happens for nearly 70 arts organizations that enrich the cultural landscape of St. Louis each year.

Board of DirectorsChair Leonard T. EschbachSecretary Peter SargentTreasurer Ruth Saphian

MembersNora AkerbergSusan BlockSheila BurkettChris Cedergreen

Diane R. DrollingerJohn GianoulakisBarbara B. Goodman Kristin J. GuehlstorfJason HallCary D. HobbsNicole HudsonKenneth Kranzberg C. Brendan JohnsonEric KoestnerLinda LeeJanet W. NewcombDorte Probstein

Rachelle RoweShawn SchukarDonald M. SentiMary Ann SrencoSusan A. StithAndrew TriversCarol J. VossCaren Vredenburgh

Immediate Past ChairTerrance J. Good

Ex-OfficioCynthia A. Prost

*As of January 21, 2016

2016 Board of Directors and Members*

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