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Cultural Producer Grants Recipients

2023

African American Artists Collective

Northeast Arts KC

2022

Boon Area 1

Strange Fruit Femmes

Tribe Studio Incubator

Reel Images

Curiouser & Curiouser

Harriet’s Herbal Club

2021

Stray Cat Film Center

No Divide KC

Poetry Club Collective

Charlotte Street Annual Donors

Donor listing as of February 6, 2024

TRAILBLAZERS ($25,000+)

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Anonymous

Hall Family Foundation

David Hughes, Jr.

Jedel Family Foundation

Louetta M. Cowden Foundation

Missouri Arts Council

Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc

RebuildKC, City of Kansas City, MO

Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts

Ruth Foundation of the Arts

The Seeley Foundation

Windgate Foundation

PIONEERS ($10,000-$24,999)

Crossroads Community Association

Gary and Pam Gradinger

Hallmark Corporate Foundation

Neighborhood Tourism Development Fund, City of Kansas City, MO

The Seeley Foundation

Charles and Jeanne Sosland

Sosland Foundation

Stanley J. Bushman Philanthropic Fund, gift of Stanley J. Bushman and Ann Canfield

LAUNCHER ($5,000-$9,999)

ArtsKC

Dimensional Innovations

Hufft

Marquee Event Rentals

Hatch and Laura McCray

Lewis and Sue Nerman

Todd and Emily Voth, in memory of Mary O’Dell Swett

Jean-Paul Wong

PRODUCER ($2,500-$4,999)

21c Museum Hotel Kansas City

Darren & Jodi Abbott

Ellen and Jamie Copaken

Creative Planning Foundation

David and Janis Francis

Marcy Earwood

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Gary and Pam Gradinger

Haw Contemporary

Neil Karbank and Gretchen Calhoun

Gordon Kauffman

Lisa Schmitz Interior Design

Josue Montes/1 Dapper Latino

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP

ADVOCATE ($1,000-$2,499)

Elvis Achelpohl

Baba’s Pantry

G. Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund

Bill and Maureen Berkley

The Bite

BNIM

Brinshore Development

Mary Lou Brous

Pete Browne and Julie Walker Browne

Eileen Cohen

cottontale/Cookies & Creamery

Design Ranch

Devoured Pizza Club

Elizabeth Oran Collection

José Faus

Kristin Goodman and Marty Peterson

Jeffrey Goldstein and Kim Klein

Chad and Taylor Grossenkemper

Donald Hall, Sr.

Hargroves Family Foundation

Barnett and Shirley Helzberg

J. Frank Hudson Legacy Foundation

John P. and Maida S. Hulston Family Fund

Husch Blackwell

Mark and Emily Johnson

Amy and Misha Kligman

Leonard and Irene Bettinger Philanthropic Fund

Linda Lighton

Lucky Boys

Mike and Linda Lyon

David and Noelle Manica

Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund

PATRON ($250-$999)

40north

Brenda Althouse and Paul Fingerish

Richard and Gloria Anderson

Alan and Mary Atterbury

Lee and Claudia Barewin

Nancy Simons Bean

Laura Blumenberg

Margaret and Jack Chilcoat

Casey Claps and Justin Graves

Thomas Cohen

Fred Coulson

Janann B. Eldredge

Kristen and Dan Fromm

Estuardo Garcia

Kirk and Joan Gastinger

Katie Kwo Gerson

Andrea Glinn

Rashawn Griffin

Paul Gutiérrez

Saralyn Reece Hardy

Bruce Hartman

Matt Jones

Ward and Donna Katz

KC Clay Guild

Bill and Regina Kort

Jane and Mike Kress

Lamar Johnson Collaborative

Lever for Change

Jessica McKinney

Sam Meers and Julie Nelson Meers

Matthew and Heather Mellor

Melanie Miller

Dylan Mortimer

Multistudio

Heidi and Nelson Nast

Rachel Nicholson + David Kemper

Dr. Regina Nouhan and Mr. John Eck

O’Dea Charitable Foundation

Drs. Michelle Pal and Tony Albracht

The Patrons

Steve Paul

Margaret Perkins-McGuinness and Nathan Benjamin

Linda S. Rellergert

Matthew Schulte

Daryl Shipp

Linda Shipp

J. Michael Sigler

Rebecca Smith

Lori Spoozak

Frank and Helen Wewers

Mary Kemper Wolf and Gary Wolf

FRIEND (UP TO $249)

Stephen and Barbara Abend

Michael Adams

Austin Albright

Suzie Aron

Holly Bawden

Nancy Bean

Charles Beavers

Natalie Beer

Carson Bennett

Abigail Bland

James Michael Bland

Bloom Aesthetics LLC

Wolfe Brack

Jamie Braun

Akea Brionne

Eric and Kaitlyn Bunch

Annie Burndrett

Rhonda Burnett

Lydia Butler

Stuart Carden

David and Beth Cateforis

Jeremy Chen

Kate Clements

Barry and Suzanne Cooper

Courtney Crappell

Todd Decker

Delbrenna Jewelry

Deornery Fine Arts Services

Deanna Dikeman

Gregory J. Drake

Christopher Draven

Jaasiel Duarte-Terrazas

Jorden Duda

Rie Egawa and Burgess Zbryk

Rachel Eilts

Nora Ekeanya

Angelia M Flanagan

Margarita Friedman

Andy Fromm

Rachelle Gardner-Roe

Mia Gonzalez

H21 LLC

Samantha Haan

Jennifer Hack

Shawn E Hansen

Luke Harbur

Robert Harris and Lisa Lala

Joshua Harrold

Holly Hayden

Carl and Lauren Helmstetter

Laetitia Hohenberg

Kyle Holt

Caitlin Horsmon

Avery Hughes

Ashley Hufft

Morsal Ibrahimi

Cory Imig

Camry Ivory

Maggie Jahnke

Cayla James

Jette Jones

Kaitlyn B. Jones

Rachel Kabukala

Sandra Kelly

Bryan Kitahara

Stephanie Lawrence

Sherry Leedy

Nathanaeli Leno

Laura Lesniewski

Georgianna Londre

Lisa Maione

Donna Mandelbaum

Alej Martinez

Marie McInerney

Kreshaun McKinney

Gina McLain

Lillian Amelia McMahan

Amanda Middaugh

Grant Miller

Sarah Mishew

Paul Mohr

Jessica Molina

Meg Moore

Laura Spencer Morris

Anna Negrete

John Nolen

Erin Olm-Shipman

Abby Oyesam

Neysa Page-Lieberman

Sarah Paul

Dan Peterson

Shelly Pinto

Allison Puff

Lilah Powlas

Nicolle Ratliff

John Raux

Katrina Revenaugh

Autumn Reynolds

Jaime Rovenstine

E.G. Schempf

Tyson Schroeder

Karen Shell

Marissa Shell

Herbert Sih

Sike Style Industries

Alex Skorija

Debra Smith

Marlo Solyan

Tom Styrkowicz

Bernadette Esperanza Torres

Gerry and Howard Trilling

Undercover Ink

Holly Villasi

Hope-Lian Vinson

Warrior Ant Press

Berk Wasserman

Courtney Wasson

Lorie Whitaker

Lorena Wiedeman

Generative Performing Artists Award Recipients

Stacy Busch, 2020

Vi Tran, 2020

Sheri Purpose Hall, 2019

Shawn Hansen, 2018

Marcus Lewis, 2018

Amado Espinoza, 2017

Cat Mahari, 2017

Eddie Moore, 2016

J. Ashley Miller, 2016

Jeff Harshbarger, 2015

Hunter Long, 2015

Jane Gotch, 2014

Hermon Mehari, 2014

Heidi Van, 2012

Patrick Alonzo Conway, 2012

James Mobberley, 2011

Kyle Hatley, 2011

Brad Cox, 2010

Stephanie Roberts, 2010

Glenn North, 2009

Tiffany Sisemore, 2009

DeeAnna Hiett, 2008

Ron Megee, 2008

Mark Southerland, 2008

Visual Artist Awardees

Cory Imig, 2020

Glyneisha Johnson, 2020

Kathy Liao, 2020

Boi Boy, 2019

Megan Pobywajlo, 2019

Fatimah Tuggar, 2019

Marie Bannerot McInerney, 2018

Jarrett Mellenbruch, 2018

Jillian Youngbird, 2018

Karen McCoy, 2017

Stephen Proski, 2017

Samara Umbral, 2017

Shawn Bitters, 2016

Madeline Gallucci, 2016

Rodolfo Marron III, 2016

Jill Downen, 2015

Rashawn Griffin, 2015

Misha Kligman, 2015

Amy Kligman, 2014

Garry Noland, 2014

Sean Starowitz, 2014

Mike Erickson, 2013

Erika Lynne Hanson, 2013

Paul Anthony Smith, 2013

Marcus Cain, 2012

Anne Austin Pearce, 2012

Luke Rocha, 2012

Ricky Allman, 2011

Andy Brayman, 2011

Peggy Noland, 2011

Ari Fish, 2010

Sonié Ruffin, 2010

Caleb Taylor, 2010

Dylan Mortimer, 2009

Jamie Warren, 2009

Andrzej Zielinski, 2009

Jorge Garcia Almodovar, 2008

Mike Hill, 2008

Beniah Leuschke, 2008

Adolfo Martinez, 2008

Cody Critcheloe, 2007

Jessica Kincaid, 2007

Emily Sall, 2007

James Trotter, 2007

Anthony Baab, 2006

Deanna Dikeman, 2006

Justin Gainan, 2006

Elijah Gowin, 2006

Aaron Wrinkle, 2006

Callyann Casteel, 2005

Max Key, 2005

Miles Neidinger, 2005

Craig Subler, 2005

Sean Ward, 2005

Michael Converse, 2004

Egawa & Zbryk, 2004

Rachel Hayes, 2004

Seth Johnson, 2004

Jay Norton, 2004

Leo Esquivel, 2003

Jennifer Field, 2003

Art Miller, 2003

Dean Mitchell, 2003

Donald Ross (“Scribe”), 2003

Mark Schweiger (“Gear”), 2003

Lori Raye Erickson, 2002

Marcie Miller Gross, 2002

Tammi Kennedy, 2002

May Tveit, 2002

Alonzo Washington, 2002

Davin Watne, 2002

Ken Ferguson, 2001

David Ford, 2001

Lester Goldman, 2001

Leeah Joo, 2001

Eric Sall, 2001

Kati Toivanen, 2001

Tom Gregg, 2000

Adriane Herman, 2000

Peregrine Honig, 2000

Warren Rosser, 2000

Jesse Small, 2000

James Woodfill, 2000

Nate Fors, 1999

Ke-Sook Lee, 1999

Wilbur Niewald, 1999

Michael Rees, 1999

Mike Sinclair, 1999

Bridget Stewart, 1999

Patrick Clancy, 1998

Archie Scott Gobber, 1998

Anne Lindberg, 1998

Judi Ross, 1998

Judith Sanazaro, 1998

Tony Allard & Kristine Diekman, 1997

James Brinsfield, 1997

Russell Ferguson, 1997

Mary Wessel, 1997

Past Studio Residents

Startup Resident Recipients

2018-2019 Startup Residents

Stray Cat Film Center
1662 Broadway Blvd, KCMO
www.straycatfilmcenter.com

Stray Cat Film Center is an artist-run non-profit media arts organization and neighborhood microcinema space. Stray Cat is dedicated to offering our community film programming that reflects the diversity of voices and visions in cinematic expression and using cinema as a conduit to inspire, educate and explore.

2019-2020 Startup Residents

Blackbox on Troost
4001 Troost Avenue, KCMO
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Driven by artists and community leaders from the Troost Corridor and the east side of Kansas City, Blackbox on Troost hosts community theater performances, learning workshops, cross-disciplinary media collaborations and more. Cynthia Hardeman, former Neighborhood Artists Resident and Founder of Drama Time, will lead the ongoing transition from the NAR residency site into a community performance space.

Kansas City Public Theatre (2019-20 StartUp Residents)
2300 Independence Avenue, KCMO
https://kcpublictheatre.org

Kansas City Public Theatre provides access to the arts through year-round theatre entertainment free of charge to the public. This mission is carried out in two activities: first, through producing aesthetically and ideologically diverse new works and reimagined classics which reflect the unique history and concerns of the Kansas City community; and second, to cultivate civic-minded artists, audiences, and citizens through community-based devised theatre workshops. By providing quality theatre productions free of charge to the public, Kansas City Public Theatre envisions theatre as an essential cultural good which should be fully accessible to all members of the community.

Kansas City Society of Contemporary Photography (2019-20 StartUp Residents)
2300 Independence Avenue, KCMO
http://kcscp.org/

Kansas City Society of Contemporary Photography (KCSCP) is an artist centric organization. They focus on providing opportunities for photographers to exhibit and promote their photographic work in Kansas City and surrounding areas. KCSCP offers a minimum of four exhibits a year with no boundaries put on what type of work can be submitted so long as it be founded in some way on a photographic process. They have several members working in alternative processes, so KCSCP intends to offer more programing featuring those mediums–wet plate, cyanotype, digital collage and printing to unusual substrates are of interest to members and non-members alike. KCSCP offers workshops and demonstrations and plans to create an atmosphere of collaboration with the Northeast neighborhood and greater community by offering talks and hands-on experiences that are appealing to various ages.

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