2012 2 - New Urban Arts

ANNUAL PUBLICATION 2012 · ISSUE No. 8
N E W UR B A N AR TS
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15
YEARS OF
and raised $815,000 towards our million dollar capital
Douglas Best, Alma Minerva Carrillo López, Stephen DelSesto
campaign. We need your help to finish the job! Donate at:
and Tom Fitzgerald. Thank you to departing board members
newurbanarts.org
Lisa Carcieri and Board Chair Myrth York. Read about our
new board leadership inside.
Thirty youth completed paid internships in our Summer
¡FELIZ
QUINCEAÑERA,
NUA!
programs. The new Art Inquiry program resource guide
Westminster Street has become a youth development
is available online at newurbanarts.org/the-exchange.
corridor. Down the street from New Urban Arts you’ll find
Look for new Spanish
Inspiring Minds and Youth Pride Inc., our friends and
language content online:
partners.
newurbanarts.org/en-espanol
School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston this past June.
Thanks to the help of volunteers, we’ve updated and organized
Para más información en
A big thank you to the two donors that made it possible!
our studio library and created a Zen Zone!
español, visite nuestra website:
The fifth annual Conversations on Creative Practice audio is
New Urban Arts presented across the country this year, here’s
available online: newurbanarts.org/ exchange/audio-library.
a few: Leading with Values at Providence College
Students Michelle Olivo and Sherly Torres won scholarships
to participate in the Pre-College Summer Studio at the
newurbanarts.org/en-espanol
(Providence RI), President’s Committee on the Arts and
Thank you to departing Arts Mentoring Fellows
the Humanities (Washington DC), Connecting Professional
Emmy Bright and Kedrin Frias, and welcome to the new
Artists with Teen Artists at Smack Mellon Gallery (Brooklyn
fellows Rick Benjamin and Beth Nixon. Learn more about
NY) and The Bridge After School Conference (Seattle WA).
the fellows at newurbanarts.org/people.
D E D I C AT E D T O L I F E L O N G C R E AT I V I T Y
NON-PROFIT ORG.
We welcomed five new board members: Andrew Oesch,
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News in 2012
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To me, New Urban Arts is four letters, H-O-M-E.
I love how I can be myself at NUA and I love the
friendships that are created here.
Events to look forward
to this year:
— E ri n Ta b e r, st u d e n t
December 15:
15 Years of New Urban Arts!
Cardboard Pancakes Holiday Art Sale
February 15:
Student Mid-Year Exhibition, 5–7 pm
Dear friend,
March & April:
I write to share with you that I’m resigning in December and returning to New York to join the
Series of Conversations on Creative Practice,
staff of the Queens Museum of Art where I will take on the position of Director of Education.
dates and times to be determined.
I’m really sad to be leaving New Urban Arts but excited that it’s in the hands of a passionate
and engaged board of directors and a talented staff.
April 11:
In 2003, I received a Sandra Olson Award for “extraordinary commitment to New Urban Arts.”
Annual Campaign Event
To this day, it’s the only personal recognition I hang on my wall. There’s a quote on it by
May 17:
Deborah Meier, who developed a network of small community public high schools:
End of Year Art Party, 4–8 pm
Democracy demands that we acknowledge everyone’s inalienable capacity to be an
inventor, dreamer, and theorist—to count in the larger scheme of things.
All at New Urban Arts, 705 Westminster Street. Check
www.newurbanarts.org for more details on our gallery
I read this every morning getting ready for work.
events, as well as up-to-date additions to our event calendar.
It reminds me why a sometimes messy, sometimes loud, but always loving storefront art studio
for low-income teenagers truly matters in the “grand scheme of things.”
You’ll see in this newsletter evidence of our belief in everyone’s capacity to be inventors,
dreamers, and theorists, regardless of their background.
New Urban Arts is a place to create things
Thank you for supporting this important work. I am so grateful for all I’ve had a chance to
away from home and also a place to meet
learn and do at New Urban Arts and am excited to continue to watch this community grow and
evolve as a friend, donor and advocate.
amazing, talented adults. Connecting with
In gratitude,
adults was pretty hard for me before NUA.
Now I cannot only talk to them, I consider
a lot of them friends.
—Katie O’Co n n e l l , s t u d e n t
Jason Yoon, Executive Director
2011–12 Studio Participants
sandra olson award
winners
Lucia Lopez,
Don DeSantis,
Development Intern
Emmy Bright
Sarah Meyer,
President, Carpenter Square
Construction
Emily Ustach
Noel Puello
Sara Bergman
Site Specific
Program Director
Holly Ewald,
Victoria Ruiz,
Community Artist
Summer Artist Mentor
Heather Kilmartin,
Dan Schleifer,
Associate Attorney,
Taylor Duane Barton &
Gilman, LLP
Development Associate
Jorge Vargas,
staff
Summer Artist Mentor
Jane Androski,
Jamilla Woods,
Summer Art Inquiry
Artist Scholar
Summer Artist Mentor
Jason Yoon,
Jesse Banks III,
Executive Director
Program Coordinator
Kah Yangni,
Dylan Block-Harley,
Program Intern
Studio Coordinator
Sarah Greenfield,
Summer Artist Mentor
Kimchua Heng,
Summer Artist Mentor
Peter Hocking,
Summer Art Inquiry
Advisor
Tamara Kaplan,
Operations Manager
Alyssa Kichula,
Interim Development
Associate
Carolina CJ Jimenez,
Interim Studio Manager
arts mentoring
fellows
Emmy Bright
Kedrin Frias
board of
directors
Teal Butterworth,
Maryclaire Knight,
Knight Consulting
Sharon Lloyd Clark,
Development Director,
Brown University
Derek Schusterbauer,
Graphic Designer
Susan Smulyan, Brown
University Professor
(VICE PRESIDENT)
Aneudy Alba
Abigail Falvey
Eric Rice
Meredith Younger*
Ben Ellcome
Dailen Williams
Erik Gould*
Melissa Mendes*
Caitin Cali, Mentor
Caitlin Cali
Evan Monteiro*
Michael Fournier
Shannon Falvey, Chair
Cassie Clarke
Mike Eng
David Colanino
project
volunteers
Heather Gaydos*
Mandara Arnold
Heidi Brinig
Morgan Fagant*
Max Binder
Jess Fields
Abel Hernandez*
Ian Cozzens*
Noah Block-Harley
Yolibel Gonzalez
Jorge Vargas
Adrienne Adeyemi*
Jack Richter
Osmery Guerra*
Herny Guerrero
Julia Gualtieri
Alma Carillo
James Escobedo*
Pam Lorenzo
Maya GutmannMcKenzie
Karen Lee
Andrew Migliori*
Jane Androski*
Patricia Rossi
Katrina Silander Clark
Andrew Oesch*
Jennifer Reynolds-Lail
Peter Hocking*
Kent Stetson
Angelo Manioudakis
John Tabor Jacobson*
Rob Pecchia
Kevin Gonsalves
Anne Reinhardt*
Jenn Rice*
Roberto Gonzalez
Maria DiFranco
Al Burian
Jesse Strecker
Rosemery Guerra*
Norlan Olivo
Ava Ginsburg*
Jorge Vargas*
Sam Seidel
Priscilla Carrion
Bashir Berman
Jori Ketten*
Sara Bergman
Sam Merritt
Beth Brandon
Julia Gualtieri *
Sarah Bernstein
Saulo Castillo
Caitlin Cali*
Karen Lee*
Sarah Greenfield*
Victoria Ruiz
Carole Ann Penney*
Kate Holden*
Seth Gruenwald
Chris Jorge*
Kath Connolly
Simon Moore*
studio study
buddies
Christina Lawrence*
Kerry Cardoza
Stephanie Acevedo*
David Karoff*
artist mentors
Lara Crystal-Ornelas
Steven Swarbrick
Emmett Fitzgerald
Deborah Obalil
Alice Costas
Laurel Varian
Taylor M. Polites
Paul Carbone
Downtown Boys
Lois Harada*
Walker Mettling
Elizabeth Keith*
Aaron Kaplan
Brigette Larmena
Legend Lowell
Duncan McPherson
Melissa Morales
Michi Olivo
Michael Tanaka,
Noel Puello
Former Director of Public
and Community Relations,
Office of the Lieutenant
Governor, RI
Divine Smith
Sara Tolbert
Manuela Vadis
Leticia Tejada,
Owner and Founder,
Studio South
Moses Brown School
Randolph Vialva,
Lisa Carcieri,
Case Manager, John Hope
Settlement House
Media and Advertising
Manager, Neighborhood
Health Plan of RI
studio team
advisory board
Myrth York,
Philanthropist
(PRESIDENT)
Alicia Uth
Amanda Zoref
studio assistants
Mary-Kim Arnold
Will Schaff
Emely Barroso*
Anne Reinhardt
Matthew Derby
Witchclub
Jacques Achilles
Emily Ustach*
Melissa Walsh
Zachary Clark*
Miguel Escobedo
Emily Sara Wilson
Above: New Urban Arts presented this painting of our new home (detail above left) to Myrth York at our annual meeting (above right). Painting by
student Sara Tolbert; Below: “Inside Looking Out” by student Mandara Arnold.
New Leadership at New Urban Arts
On September 18 at New Urban Arts, we celebrated
We are excited to announce and welcome Professor Susan
New Urban Arts is a beautiful mess that
Myrth York’s extraordinary leadership: four years as the
Smulyan to lead our organization as Chair of the Board of
Chair of the Board of Directors, six years as a Director of the
Directors. As the Chair of New Urban Arts’ Capital Campaign
becomes an oasis to almost any other
Board, and countless years of friendship and support. Youth,
Committee, Susan has been instrumental in securing our
student. I love how coming to New Urban
artists, staff and board members past and present unveiled
new permanent home. She served as Vice Chair for the last
and dedicated a permanent wall of youth portraits to Myrth
four years and was unanimously voted on as the chair at our
Arts distracts me from all other things.
in recognition of her service and honored her with the gift of a
September 18th annual meeting. We also welcome officers
painting of our new studio by recent grad Sara Tolbert. Under
Derek Schusterbauer, Vice Chair; Michael Tanka, Second
Myrth’s leadership, New Urban Arts has expanded its reach
Vice Chair; Tom Fitzgerald, Treasurer and Andrew Oesch,
in the community, attracted national accolades and, most
Secretary.
—Jes s abel Sant os , s t udent
recently, doubled its space by securing a permanent home for
its programs in a newly renovated and centrally located 4,000
square-foot art studio and gallery. Myrth’s leadership, vision
and passion for our city’s youth have been driving forces behind
all of this success.
2011–12 enrolled
students
Brian Kronsberg
Denniell Grijalva
Irving Guzman
Julie Soriano
Luis Peña
Nicholle Estevez
Sierra Moore
Brian Simonin
Devin Pena
Isabella DeGrasse
Julisa Reyes
Lyonel Ericastilla
Nigel Richardson
Sissy Rosso
Aalaysia Wilson
Brianna Brooks
Divine Smith
Isaiah Carter
Karina Rodriguez
Maddie Lennox
Nikaury Reyes
Skarlet Maldonado
Aaron Daniels
Brigette Larmena
Eduardo Abreu
Isiah Fayerweather
Kasey Northup
Madelane Suggs
Noel Puello
Suhaley Rosario
Aaron Kaplan
Bryant Ortega
Eduardo Dominguez
Ithali Rodriguez
Katherine Alizo
Magda Flores
Paolina Luna
Tasha Nunez
Alexander Knight
Carla Areualo
Edwin Nieves
Jacquia Shields
katie O’Connell
Magdaly Alonzo
Patricia Getchell
Tatiyanna Shields
Alexandre Assanuma
Carlos Romero
Egide Ndikumana
Jahnita Demoranville
katie Aldcroft
Maggie Keith
Pedro Nix
Taylor Williams
Aleyandra Mariscal
Carmela Wilkins
Elvis Hippert
Jamileth Payne
Kayla Falk
Makayla Harrison
Phillip Noble
Thomas Vadis
Amanda Richard
Chanel Kornegay
Emi Escobar.Quiroz
Janelle Gomez
KenKelly Diaz
Mandara Arnold
Rachel Feliz
Tiffany Mencos
Amanda Beaton
Christian Correa
Emily Peguero
Jean Febles
Kenneth Vega
Manuela Vadis
Rachel Rodriguez
Timothy Brelsford
Amanda Alvarez
Christopher Dupre
Emma Hidalgo
Jean-Philippe Cordina
Kevin Tavarez
Marisela Garcia
Rayven Moreland
Tomas Sepulveda
Anaid Garcia
Christopher Medina
Erica Denor
Jefferson Chhin
Kiana Harriel
Mauro Orellana
Renny Vinas
Trashauna Bliss
Anjelica Veglia
Christopher Jorge
Erik Martinez
Jenny Garcia
Kiana Peralta
Max Binder
Rosemelly Quinones
Tremell Lincoln
Anthony Correia
Clara Peña
Erin Taber
Jeremiah Paz
Kiana Wright
Maxine Wright
Rudy Sepulveda
Tunasia Towns
Anthony Jannini
Claudia Correa
Estefany Lopez
Jessabel Santos
Knistine Paulus
Tyara Belle Salcedo
Colin Lamoureux
Federico Read
Jimmy Sunaoval
Lars Kóke
Maya GutmannMcKenzie
Ryan Lucero
Antshawn Muhammad
Salvatore Calse
Tyrell Threats
Ariana Gomez
Cristal Santos
Fernando Flaquer
Joely Barrios
Lashauna Adams
Melissa Leonardo
Samantha Aguian
Ulla Sayon
Arrissa Tavares
Dakota Brown
Gaby Mejia
John Deller
Laura Polanco
Melvin Matos
Sara Tolbert
Vathna Keo
Ashley Dominguez
Daniel Figueroa
Genesis Monsanto
Jonathan Laboy
Legend Alexxis Lowell
Michelle Cruz
Sayda Saavedra
Victoria Hetherington
Austin O’Goffa
Dante Gonzales
Genevieve Medina
Jonathan Fuentes
Lekeoha Domlus
Michelle Olivo
Scarlet Minor
Victoria Jennings
Ava Ginsburg
Daria Montaquila
Gibson Prouty
Jordan Corporan
Leonardo Hernandez
Mikaela Gonzaga
Sesilly Cruz
Winifred Hurst
Bao Yang
David Mendez
Gorge Gonzales
Jordan Noble
Leonardo Nava
Molly Chann
Shanty Pineda
Yolibel Gonzalez
Sherly Torres
* Alumni students and
Alumni artist mentors
Beatrice Mondestil
David Johnson Jr.
Guadalupe Ortiz
Jose Puello
Lily Ginsburg
Naomy Gutierrez
Belinda Sloan
Deanna Wedge
Guy-maly Pierre
Jose V Ortiz
Liz Arruda
Nashaley Lugo
Shi’Kwana Adams
Brandon Lee
Debbie Rosso
Herny Guerrero
Jose Matos
Lola De Ashamu
Natasha Jones
Shique Lillie
Breanna Harte
Denisse Alba
Ian Rosales
Joshua Morillo
Louis Feola
Nelson Decomps
Sierra Clayton
Brendan Tetreault
Nicarlys Medina
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15
277
YEARS
OF IMPACT
students
enrolled in our
after-school
Youth Mentorship
Program this
year.
97%
75%
agreed or
strongly agreed
that New Urban
Arts is a safe
and supportive
environment.
of students
rated New Urban
Arts’ programs
“outstanding.”
Visit us sometime!
97%
of student
participants
agreed or
strongly
agreed that
they have built
strong, trusting
relationships.
We are located at 705 Westminster Street in the
West End of Providence, Rhode Island. The best time
to catch the studio vibe is weekdays from 3-5pm when
students and artist mentors are here.
Visit our website at www.newurbanarts.org
or call 401.751.4556 for more information.
Birthday wishes...
to have more desktop computers for
students to work on
To mark our 15th birthday, we asked students, mentors, alums,
and other community members what their birthday wishes for
the studio are.
for NUA to have a room just for sewing
for more parties and more
food!
to have a stove so we can
do cooking!
that we do more karaoke nights
than we do now
that we never stop hearing all of the
random music we play from different
iPods on the speakers! It’s awesome
hearing what other people here listen to
to have a studio residency program for
young artists
for NUA to expand and keep doing what
we do but more of it
g
94%
22
of student
participants
developed a way
of creating that
expresses who
they are, and 94%
agreed that they
are more open to
trying new things.
artists, 2 tutors,
and 1 senior
life coach
volunteered
over 4,000
hours to mentor
Providence high
school students
this year.
225
hours of summer
programming
offered paid
internships in the
arts for 30 youth.
7
seniors
participated in
College Visions,
a yearlong college
preparatory
program, and
6 of them
are attending
colleges around
the country:
2,200
people attended
21 events and
exhibitions at
New Urban Arts
this year, the
majority free
and open to the
public.
$108,000
Over $108,000
in donations
received via the
Annual Campaign.
URI, Salem College,
Mass Art, Community
College of Rhode
Island, University of
Pennsylvania, and
College of the
Holy Cross.
that NUA’s programs continue to
grow and mature
for more field trips
(like to NY!)
Don’t change. Don’t get bad.
that the staff here stays
the same
for NUA to have a never-exhausted but
always perfectly organized supply of
tools and art making supplies
for NUA to be even more successful than
it is now, to have more kids coming, and
to keep on going and running
that sweet kids keep coming to NUA
for NUA to continue teaching other
organizations and adults how to be good
mentors and build community
with students
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I have built strong relationships with my
mentors and I can say that there are other
people that know me well besides my
family. They bring out my true essence, in
addition to bringing out the best in me.
—Yolibel Gonzalez, s t u d e n t
Above: Artwork created by student Michi Olivo during the Pre-College Summer Studio at SMFA in Boston, where two New Urban Arts students
were awarded full scholarships. Photo: Jesse Banks III
Alumni and Donor Profile
Kwajo Ankoma was one of New Urban Arts’ founding
cut from public schools and it’s seen as secondary. But the
students in 1997. Kwajo and this original group of students
arts are important, they’re a great outlet for creativity, and it
and artist mentors came up with the name “New Urban Arts.”
gives kids a balance from the everyday curriculum. As a donor,
After three years as a student at New Urban Arts, Kwajo went
it’s my opportunity to open up those possibilities for kids.
to Rhode Island College where he studied graphic communica-
The bottom line, my donation is about making sure that
tion. After starting 1 Stop Media, a web design company in
the opportunities I had exist for someone else.”
Boston, Kwajo made the jump to the west coast, where he is
now a User Interface Engineer for Apple. Last year he made
Our Annual Campaign makes our nationally recognized arts
his first gift to the New Urban Arts annual campaign and
programs available to the teenagers who need them most. It
shared with us why personal giving is important to him.
gives them the tools they need to lead creative and meaningful
lives. If you want to learn more about our annual campaign
“Years ago, someone else made a donation for me to have
visit: newurbanarts.org/give.html
the opportunity to be part of this after-school program [New
Urban Arts]. Now that I’m in a better situation, I feel it’s my
Check out the back of this newsletter for our full list of donors
responsibility to make sure that someone else has that oppor-
in the 2012 campaign.
tunity too. In today’s age, I hear about how the arts are being
Find out how to…
get involved with New Urban Arts. Everyone brings
something unique to the community, and together all of these
talents and efforts make us stronger.
…enroll as a student anytime throughout the year.
…mentor for an entire school year, from
October through May. We accept applications
every September.
…volunteer for the duration of a special project,
especially if you are skilled at carpentry, gallery
installation or data-entry.
…become a donor of tax-deductible art materials
and equipment or monetary gifts. Sponsorship opportunities are available for exhibitions, performances
and our annual silent auction.
Application forms for students, artist mentors and
volunteers are online at www.newurbanarts.org
or at our studio at 705 Westminster Street.
Above left: Kwajo Ankoma (second from left back row) was one of our founding year students in 1997. Today he’s an alumni donor. He says,
“Years ago, someone else made a donation for me to have the opportunity to be part of this after-school program ... it’s my responsibility to make
sure that someone else has that opportunity too.”; Above: Drawing Artist Mentor Aneudy Alba with Yolibel Gonzalez. Photo: Jesse Banks III.
Studio Life Online
To find out what New Urban Arts is up to, including the
latest opportunities to get involved and connect with the
studio, sign up to receive our Monthly E-news at
www.newurbanarts.org
Get an inside look at New Urban Arts on Flickr:
flickr.com/photos/newurbanarts
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Like us on Facebook:
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Check out The Exchange, a new area of our website
that gathers a variety of on-line resources related
to our pedagogy and practices, along with studentgenerated content:
newurbanarts.org/the-exchange/
New Urban Arts junior Yolibel Gonzalez’s piece displayed in the storefront window at the Dirt Palace, a feminist art collective in Providence.
Photo: Norlan Olivo
New Urban Arts Students Curate Displays
at the Dirt Palace
Stewardship
A Poem f r om M id Year M akings
by St udent Br iget t e Lar men a
New Urban Arts students curated two window displays at
The Dirt Palace is an art collective that hosts a new
the Dirt Palace last Spring. Located at the storefront win-
installation by a variety of local and international artists
Dear artists. Welcome to the world of art.
dow that faces the busy Olneyville Square intersection, the
every month. For more information about their work, visit
space featured illustrations by student Yolibel Gonzalez and
www.dirtpalace.org.
You will find the answer to every question
soon after showcased a wild forest scene where animals grow
leaves on their antlers and squirrels wear yellow dresses.
Photos here:
Students collaborated with artist mentor Priscilla Carrion,
http://dirtpalace.org/window.htm
using a variety of different media, including block printing,
sumi ink, acrylic, and paper boats.
Photos of making the work here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/newurbanarts
your school teacher couldn’t answer. The
truth of life will be revealed to you, as you
will be the creator. You are god. You hold
the power to mold and make. You have the
power, for you are an artist.
Dear artist, beware. Do not be fooled.
The norms do not apply to you. Understand
the rules are meant to be broken. Coloring
outside of the line is too mainstream. Burn
Resources for
Educators
the line and draw a new one. Disregard the
New Urban Arts has published two new resource
of revolutions, though a hard task, the end
guides for educators, artists and young people:
result is more than worth it.
naysayers, they doubt because they have not
come into themselves. We are the leaders
Encountering Encounter and Placemaking.
Each publication details curriculum from a recent annual
Dear artists. Connect, find others. There are
Summer Art Inquiry, a thematic summer arts program for
millions of other artists just waiting to be
high school students. The program invites scholars, artists
and high school students to spend July and August collec-
found. Combine and express. It is your birth
tively exploring a common theme from a multi-disciplinary
right.
standpoint including research, art-making, creative writing
and personal inquiry.
Dear artists. Thank you for bringing beauty
The publication’s format allows readers to adapt activities
into the world. You are gods. Art is life.
from our Summer Art Inquiry to your educational environment or personal artistic practice.
The resource guides can be downloaded for free at
www.newurbanarts.org/the-exchange
Printed editions are available for purchase online at
Lulu Press. Visit stores.lulu.com/newurbanarts
Scale model of the 2010 Summer Art Inquiry exhibit, created
from memory by scholar and artist in residence Laurencia Strauss.
ANNUAL PUBLICATION 2012 · ISSUE No. 8
2012 Annual Campaign
Private Foundations
and Public Support
Susan Smulyan*
Laura Cohen*‡
Susan Cordina
Stephen Taylor
Kath Connolly
James Day
Sally Gabb and
Elizabeth Grossi
Gail and Frank
Whitsitt-Lynch
Amgen Foundation (RI)
Taylor Duane Barton
& Gilman, LLP
Sam Costello
Erik Gould† and
Rebecca Siemering‡
in honor of Robert Whitsitt
Steve DelSesto, Esq.*
James DeRentis and
Brett Smiley
Martina Windels
Risa Gilpin
Tyler*† and
Katherine Denmead
Maria DiFranco† and
Abel Hernandez†
Nyssa Green and
Ross Appleton
Melissa Withers
Tom Gomes
Thomas* and
Kristina Fitzgerald
Briann Greenfield and
Morgan Hanna
Doree Goodman
Matthew and
Susan Eriksen
Laurie and
Stephen Wood
Nika Gorini
John Richard‡
Claudia and Philip
Frankenberg,
Katherine† and
Michael Errecart
Larson Gunness
Jee Moon and
Jung Ok Yoon
Rafael Zapata
Sarah Greenfield†
Mari Robles
Alan Harlam
Kwajo Ankoma†
Carolyn Ewald Kratzet
and Ernest Kratzet
Bob Heffron
Katherine Gressel
Barbara Rodgers
Frankie’s Fruit and
Chocolate
Betaspring
Tom and Mary Rossetti
Elaine Fredrick,
Deborah Block and
William Harley‡
Hairspray Salon Providence
Peter and Lucia
Gill Case
Emmy Bright*
Jill and Larry Goldstein
Leveraging Investments
in Creativity (LINC)
Lisa Carcieri* and
Marianne Monte
John and Holly
Greenfield
The Minerva
Foundation
Joel Cohen and
Andrea Toon,
Bank of America
Charitable Foundation
Heidi Trilsch
Bank Rhode Island
in honor of The Androskis
The Bergman Fund†
Uncommon Goods
The Carter Family
Charitable Trust
The Champlin
Foundations
Citizens Bank
Charitable Foundation
City of Providence
June Rockwell Levy
Foundation, Inc.
National Endowment
for the Arts
Ocean State Charities
Trust
Providence Shelter for
Colored Children
Rhode Island
Foundation
Jason Yoon*†
Dynamo ($500+)
Promet Marine Services
Corporation
Anonymous
Peter Crump* and
Tina Cane
Maria DeCarvalho
in honor of Myrth York
Holly Ewald*
Method Fitness
Erik Ruin
in honor of Tamara Kaplan
Graham Heffernan
Victoria Ruiz†
Peter Ketchum
Sho Albert
Judy Higgins
Jori Ketten†
Jacqueline Arruda
Peter Hocking†‡
Nancy Safian and
Jonathan Saltzman
Bubble Tea House
Kyric Avery
Christina Lawrence†
Lisa and Patrick Koelle
Dennis Ballou
Rowland and
Shirley Hocking
Lisa Harrison Speidel
and Champe Speidel,
Kaye and Bill Obalil
in honor of Teal
Butterworth
Jason Holt, Esq.
Daniel Kubick
in honor of Deborah Obalil
Persimmon
Bess Massey‡
Daniel Baudouin
Andrew Oesch*†‡
Bert and Jessie Hovey
Ellen Mayer,
Fabiola Bojanini and
Alan Palmiter
Providence Tango
John and Carolyn
Baumgartner
Randall Imai
in honor of Erica Palmiter†
Paul McGartoll,
The McGartoll Family Fund
Elyse and Dan Berkman
John A. Glasson, Esq.
Carole Harman and
Deb DeCarlo
Justin Hawkins
Steven and Valerie
Gruenwald
Elizabeth Hollander
Louis Jannetta
Johnson & Wales
University Student
Academic & Financial
Services
Heather Kilmartin* and
Allyn Londregan‡
Hanaan and Johanna
Rosenthal
The Jeanne Risica Fund
for Arts Education
in honor of Lisa Carcieri
Textron Charitable Trust
Barbara Levine,
Linda Kushner
Mary Wilson†
Jennifer and Scott Lial
Kim Yasuda
Micah Salkind
Tamara Kaplan* and
Breck Petrillo
Cheryl and David
Senerchia
John Kelly
Eric and Josephine Tam
Soyeon Lucy Kim†‡
Canyon and Susan Lew
Linda Carlson
Cheryl and
Dale Magner
Tim Lord and Alison
Smith Lord
Deborah Obalil and
Jim Olick
Catherine Lund,
Tina Tryforos and
David Reville
Meredith Younger†
City Kitty Veterinary
Care for Cats
Mover ($100+)
Jephry Floral Studio
Amie and Nick Kershaw
Sarah Meyer,*
Seth Gruenwald
and Grayson Meyer
Gruenwald
Marianne and
Michael Migliori
Caitlin Cali†
Mary Ogus
Joshua Carpenter
($5,000+)
in honor of Andrew Oesch
Patricia C. Phillips
Anita Stafford
Bob Possenriede
Carla and Russell Ricci
The David
Rockefeller Fund,
Sarah Beinecke and
Craig Richardson
Designated by Clay
Rockefeller
John and
Constance Risica
Drs. Martha and
Chuck Schleifer
in memory of Jeanne Risica
Anonymous
Kathleen and
Paul Scharf
Mike Bright and
Taliser Avery
Judy Vilmain
in honor of Holly Ewald
James Baumgartner‡
Voices of Xmas
Dan Schleifer*†
Douglas Best,*
Patti R. Watson,
Michael Tanaka*
Best Custom Loss
Prevention
Sebastian Ruth and
Minna Choi
in honor of the Bergman
Family
Adrianne and
Philip Bonifacio
Susan Sakash‡
Leticia Tejada*‡
Virginia Branch and
Glenn Buie
($2,000+)
Jack and Sara
McConnell
Myrth York* and
David Green
Superstar ($1,000+)
Deborah M. Brayton
in memory of David Troyka
Taste Design, Inc.
Grace and Jay Bright
in honor of Emmy Bright
Linda Stafford and
Eric Burrows
in honor of Jack and
Sandy Richter
Pioneer ($250+)
Mathias Arling,
Vilmain, Inc.
Ed Avila, Esq.
Marisa Albanese
Ty Alper and
Tamar L. Todd
Torrey Androski
in honor of Jane Androski
Harold and Nicki Tanner
Ryan and Chris Wilkes
Windsor Williams†‡
Drake Patten
The Honorable
Rhoda Perry
Alyssa Holland Short
and Adam Short
Laszlo Siegmund and
Carmel McGill
John Simpson and
Amy Jacobs
Patricia Smith
in honor of Legend Lowell
Jung Kim‡
Betsy Smulyan and
Theodore Haber
Nancy KleaverSaltzstein
Andrew Sonpon and
Antoinette Tisa
Shaleigh Kwok
Deborah Steinberg and
Ann Solomon
Richard and
Karen Lambe
Rachel Langley
Doris and Karl
Stephens
in honor of Culture Stops
Meredith Stern
Monica Lee
Mindy Stock
in honor of Sherly Torres
Lane Taplin†
Nicole Lew,
Seattle Rain or Shine
Dan and Christine Lilley
Paul Tavarez†
Sophie Tintori
Kate Trimble
Sarah Clover
in honor of Emily Ustach
Deborah Ruggiero
Marcia Coné
Johanna Walczak
in honor of Myrth York
Patrick and Lyn Malone
Bill Westerman
Ian Cozzens†
Adj Marshall
Elizabeth Wilson
Paula Santos
Joseph La Neve
DeFrancesco
Mary and Don McClure
in honor of Gregory Caswell
and Sadie Miller’s wedding
Erin and Asher
Schofield,
Cristina DiChiera and
Neal Walsh
Clare Bright
Frog and Toad
in honor of Emmy Bright
Bremen Donovan†
Tracy Mitchell‡
Adam Bush
Linda Schusterbauer
and Jim Schilling
Grace Durnford†
Jane Selina Moody
Miriam Butterworth
Lisa Smulyan
John and Julie Edmond
Michael Moretti†
Melissa Emidy
Ray Moriyasu
Mike Eng
The Langford/Nayak
Family
Alexis Brayton
Rick Benjamin,
Passing Love Poetry
Sputnik Moment
Jay Bright,
Janelle Choi and
Fun Cheung
James and Chantal
Sheridan Foundation
The William J. & Clare
W. Bright Fund at The
Community Foundation
for Greater New Haven in
honor of Emmy Bright
Bergman Fund
Elizabeth Burke Bryant
and Daniel Bryant
Dianne Curran and
Linda Katz
Laura Brown-Lavoie
Teal Butterworth*‡
Robert Daly
in honor of Beverly Blood
and Dan Butterworth
Julia and Robert Emlen
William and
Clair Connolly
Wendy Ewald
Tracey Ewald-Artrip
Alma Carrillo*
Bill Eyman
Paula Clements
and Jeremy Sager,
Amy Gabarra
The Clements Foundation
* Board or Staff Member
† Artist Mentor, Alumni Artist Mentor, or Alumni Student
‡ Monthly sustainer who has pledged an annual gift at this level.
Please inquire about becoming a monthly sustainer.
Naoko Shibusawa and
E. Andrew Lohmeier‡
Joseph Ustach
International Packaging
Corporation
Dulari Tahbildar and
Keith Catone
Deming and
Jane Sherman
in honor of Teal
Butterworth
Ruth and Harold
Smulyan
Kathleen Roth and
Julia Gualtieri†
Sam Seidel
Anna Magliaro
Ross Cheit and
Kathleen Odean
Jack and Sandy Richter
Alyssa Kichula*
Ellen Schwartz
in honor of Elizabeth
Kearns
The Honorable
Edith Ajello
in honor of Susan Smulyan
Maureen Kelman
David Schleifer and
Jonathan Taylor
Anonymous
The Boothman-Shepard
Family‡
Roger Carlsten
and Clare King
Douglas and
Cory Kallfelz
Cathy Saunders
Zachary Clark†
Marvin Ronning‡
Rich and
Claudia Hawkes
Dr. Marshall
Carpenter and
Mary Kate Grzebien
Karen Chia
Simone P. Joyaux and
Tom Ahern
Mitzi Sales
Catherine MacLean
Marrow
Shaker ($150+)
Paula Olsiewski
and John Healey
Tom Chen
Maria Cimini
Ben Blanc
Linda and
Mark Carlson
Richard and
Christine Charest
Leah and Norbert
Richter
Matt Dempsey
Neighborhood Health
Plan of Rhode Island
in honor of Ruud and
Laurie Bosman
Bill Cozzens and
Carla Childs
Jesse Banks III*†‡
Angelo Manioudakis
and Melani Cammett
Lisa Carnevale
Providence Community
Library
Citizens Bank
Dylan Block-Harley†*
Ciara Byrne and
Lucas Ryback
Daniel O’MahoneySchwartz‡
Neath Pal and
Beth Toolan
Adrienne Adeyemi†
Beth Brandon
Tess Brown-Lavoie
Aaronson Lavoie Streitfeld
Diaz & Co., P.C.
Lori and Brian Johnson
Karen Joost
Dakota Brown†
in honor of Emily Ustach
John Tabor Jacobson†
Beverly Blood and
Dan Butterworth
Lauren Nocera and
Jenn Steinfeld
Michael Aaronson,
Janet Isserlis
Hilary Jones
Owen Muir†‡
Kathleen O’Donnell
Olivia Horvath
Christina Bertoni
Muffy Brandt
Corner Office
Jadrian Miles†
Sarah Bernstein and
Delia Kovac
Momentum Fitness RI
Stephen Oesch and
Joan Magagna
Cornerstone
in honor of Emmy Bright
Joann and
Richard Ackerman
The Knight* and
Wright Family
Anonymous
Anne Reinhardt†
Jeffrey Kerkhoff,
David Karoff†
and Barbara Hunger
Laurie and Ruud
Bosman
Anisa Raoof and
Douglas Itkin
Margaret
Griffin-Wilson
Rhode Island State
Council on the Arts
($10,000+)
in honor of Myrth York
David and
Renee Petrillo
Friend (<$100)
Rhode Island State
Senate
Group Hug
Amelie C. Gannutz
John and
Jean A. Penney
Barbara Hurst‡
Michael Fournier
and David Liddle
Nancy Carolyn Greene
Endowment Fund
Kedrin Frias*†
in honor of Holly Ewald
Our 2012 Annual Campaign
began on July 1, 2011 and ended
on June 30, 2012
Mia and Stephen
Thompson
in Memory of Rachele
“Rocky” Modliszewski
John and Priscilla
Eng-Wong
Mike Epshteyn and
Elizabeth Koza
Kerry Etienne
John Torregrossa
Chris Eubar
Tom and
Heather Toupin,
Karen Feldman
Renay and Todd
McLeish
Walker Mettling
Carol Ann Nelson
in honor of Katherine A.
Read - Brown University
Class of 2009
Peter and Bokhee Yoon
Amanda Zoref†
Matching Funds
Citizens Bank
Charitable Foundation
FM Global Foundation
Elizabeth Novak
Sun Life Financial
Glenn Fournier
Barbara Palley
Rosalia Velis†
Allan and Mickey
Fournier
Rachel Panitch
Melissa Walsh‡
Gwen Fournier
Michelina and
Eugene Fournier
Joan Wyand
Ryan Noonan
Lucia O’Reilly and
Charles Reckard
Emily Ustach†
Jennifer Wood
and Bob Lee
The Ford Foundation
Matching Gifts
Program
Will Fertman†
White Electric
Karen and Alan Usas
Rob Pecchia
Carole Ann Penney,†
Connect the Dots Crafts
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