Tonina Saputo is a bassist, vocalist, and composer from St. Louis, Missouri. She has been featured on President Barack Obama’s playlist along with NPR’s top 10 new artists to watch. Playing anywhere from basement shows to the stages of Carnegie Hall & Lincoln center, Tonina’s music reflects her upbringing around Jazz, Latin, and Folk traditions. She is currently signed to Empire Records.
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Donor listing as of February 6, 2024
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
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
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
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
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
Meta
N. W. Dible Foundation
Newkirk Novak Construction Partners
Bradley W. and Linda J. Nicholson
The Prospect KC
David Wayne Reed
Room 39
Lisa and Charles Schellhorn
Sherman Family Foundation
SixTwentyOne
Catherine Beaham Smith
Susan Stanton
Michele and James Stowers
Succotash
Swoon Cookie Crafters
Toma and Andy Wolff
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
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
Max Adrian
Archive Collective
Argot/Nots
Carolina Aranibar-Fernandez
Craig Deppen-Auge
Justin Beachler
Boi Boy
Jessica Borusky
Thayer Bray
Shenequa Brooks
Tim Brown
Hannah Carr
Michelle Chan
Miranda Clark
Christopher Daharsh
Rena Detrixhe
Drea DiCarlo
Molly Dillon
Eric Dobbins
Lindsey Eskind
Lindsay Fernandez
Amy Fredman
Madeline Gallucci
Fredy Gebuardy
Mariah Gillespie
Brett Ginsburg
Rachel Helm
Adriane Herman
Paige Hinshaw
Rachel Hubbard-Klein
Mary-Clara Hutchison
Laura Isaac
Glyneisha Johnson
Matthew Johnson
Leon Jones
Melanie Johnson
Matthew Krawcheck
Rodolfo Marron
Bailey Mastin
Zachary Miley
Cristina Muniz
Gwendolyn Murphy
Carrie Musick
S.E. Nash
NDo
Kadie Nugent
Daiana Oneto
Andrew Ordonez
Jada Patterson
Matthew Roche
Dean Roper
Benjamin Rosenthal
Jonas Sebura
Melanie Sherman
Lara Shipley
Lauren Sobchak
Damien Spader
Maegan Stracy
Gillian Tobin
Will Toney
Joey Watson
Jennifer Wilkinson
Jennifer Williams
Johanna Winters
Elizabeth Woodfill
Zachary Voss
Mikey Yates
Jillian Youngbird
Erin Zona
Vanessa Aricco
The Bohemian Magazine
CJ Charbonneau
Mo Dickens
Jackie Hedeman
Lauren Kirby
Will Meier
Melina Neet
Melanie Pierce
Paris of the Plains
Jason Preu
David Wayne Reed
John Elizabeth Stintzi
Kent Szlauderbach
Courtney Faye Taylor
Danny Volin
Craig M. Workman
Lucas Wetzel
Karan Karla Aron
Black House Collective
Rev. William Ellis Bradley
Beth Byrd
Chin Ting Chan
Caroline Dahm
Adee Dancy
Seth Andrew Davis
Chadi El-Khoury
Gamelan Genta Kasturi
Leo Gayden
Jane Gotch
Melinda Hedgecorth
Danielle Hennerberg
Elizabeth Hougland
Hellerud
Tyree Johnson
Kacico Dance
Ted King-Smith
Haley Kostas
Cat Mahari
Andi Meyer
Erin Muenks
Nicholas Omiccioli
Brian Padavic
MacKenzie Reed
Shades of Jade
Stephonne Singleton
Russell Thorpe
Carrie Anne Wallen
Jeramy Zimmerman
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.
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.
