Michele AgostoBuffalo Public Schools

Chris BrandjesDaemen College

Anne ConableBuffalo & Erie County Public Library

Diane DeJosephNew York State PTA

Kelly MacagnoneAlbright-Knox Art Gallery

Kathleen GaffneyArt Genesis

Linsey GraffUniversity at Buffalo

Marian GranfieldNiagara University

Holly GrantShea’s Performing Arts

Joy Guarino Buffalo State College

Kevin KlineSqueaky Wheel MediaResource Center

Kim LuceChild & AdolescentTreatment Services

Gay MolnarAquarium of Niagara Falls

Claudia NewtonExplore & More Children’s Museum

Robin ParkinsonBuffalo PhilharmonicOrchestra

Julianna S. SciolinoErie 1 BOCES/WNYRIC

Kathy ShirokiBurchfield Penney Art Center

Deborah Sunya MooreChautauqua Institution

Jen SwanArts Services Initiative of WNY

Tiffany VanderwerfBuffalo Zoo

Stacey WatsonBuffalo Center for Arts & Technology

EX OFFICIONancy FernandezYoung Audiences

Cynnie GaaschYoung Audiences

Sara GoldhawkArts Partners for Learning

Tara LyonsYoung Audiences

PRESIDENTMark ShepardM&T Bank

VICE PRESIDENTLoraine IngrasciRetired AssistantSuperintendent for Finance

TREASURERLaith Al-KhalidiFreed Maxick CPAs, P.C.

SECRETARYE.J. SnyderHarter Secrest & Emery, LLP

Armonde BadgerBuffalo Police Department

Karen CampThe Dance CampTapestry Charter School

Lindsay EvansLumsden McCormick, LLP

Daniel HartBuffalo PhilharmonicOrchestra

Robin HibbertLe Ballet ToubaCatholic Health Systems

Margaret KaiserRetired Arts Administrator

Dinash LalPublic Policy Education Fundof New York

Joan LinderUniversity at Buffalo

Wendy PierceIndependent Consultant for Not for Profits

Ben SiegelBlock Club

Michele TuckerTapecon, Inc.

Dennis Martin WrightBuffalo Public Schools

Executive DirectorCynnie GaaschAssociate DirectorMary SimpsonDirector of EducationNancy Fernandez

Program ManagerMelissa Kate MillerEducation CoordinatorAitina Fareed CookeArts & Education CoordinatorTara Lyons

Program CoordinatorLauren CremeanDevelopment AssistantGaitrie SubryanInterim Development Assistant Elizabeth Ireland

Youth CoordinatorEsther BlakelyC O N S U LTA N T SEducation and OutreachConsultantMaria Hager

BookkeeperAnn GreeleyGraphic Design ConsultantJim CharlierIT ConsultantIT Solutions

Chair of APL Leadership TeamSara GoldhawkGraphic Design ConsultantJim CharlierEducation andOutreach ConsultantMaria Hager

Aitina FareedCooke

Aleks MalejsAlex FernandezAncient Voices Andy Parker-Weather Machine

Ani HooverAnnette DanielsTaylor

Benched PlayersBrendan FitzgeraldBuffaloArchitectureFoundation, Inc.

Buffalo-CubaConnection

Caribbean MovesCeles TisdaleChristy ZucarelliCindy HannaConfigurationDance Theater

Dave RuchDefiant MonkeyImprov

Devi BollywoodDance

Differential FlavaCrew

Diaspora DrummingDoug RougeuxDoug YeomansEthan HaydenFotini GalanesGerald MeadGretchen MurraySepik

Griffin BradyHill Brothers In Jest with NelsRoss

Janice SpagnolaJen RussoJeremy StockKristen CrossonKristin Brandt

Ladies FirstLarry MossLe Ballet ToubaLehrer DanceLorna CzarnotaMarissa LehnerKevin McCarthyMeg Robinson-Albers

Melissa KateMette HataMiché FambroMiriam MinkoffMohamed DiabyNancy BaunPhyllis ThompsonPhonics Program-

AlphabetAwareness

PUSH PhysicalTheater

Ringo BrillRodney TaylorSarah HaykelSherry RobbinsSol Y SombraSteve BaczkowskiSusie RozlerTaylor Made JazzThe Wondermakers Traveling on theErie Canal

Van Taylor Wooden Cities

Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo ArchitectureFoundation

Buffalo Arts Studio Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village

Frank lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex

Explore Buffalo Explore and More Children’s Museum

Forest Lawn Cemetery

The Herschell CarrouselFactory Museum

Hull Family Home & Farmstead Infinity Visual and Performing Arts, Inc.

The Latin American Cultural Association

Neglia Ballet Arts and Conservatory

Shakespeare in Delaware Park Shea’s Performing Arts Center

Starlight Studio & Art Gallery Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources

Theodore Roosevelt InauguralNational Historic Site

Ujima Company, Inc. Young Audiences of Western New York

$25,000+Erie County Department of Mental Health

Fund for the ArtsJohn R. Oishei FoundationNew York State Council for the Arts

Peter & Elizabeth C. TowerFoundation

Suell Scott

$10,000-24,999Children’s Guild FoundationGeneral Mills FoundationErie County Cultural FundsErie County Youth BureauJCPenney Arts for LearningNational Endowment of the Arts NRG Energy, Inc.

$5,000-9,999Buffalo and Erie County LibraryCity of BuffaloCurrent Hospitality Group, LLCErie County Cultural FundsMichael J. LoCurto, Buffalo City Councilmember

Darius Pridgen, Buffalo City Council President

David A. Rivera, Buffalo City Council Majority Leader

Richard W. Rupp FoundationSimple Gifts Fund

$2,500-4,999The Buffalo News Children’s Foundation of Erie County

M&T Charitable FoundationNew York Council for the Humanities

Target Stores

$1,000-2,499Buffalo Teachers FederationBrenda Cotsen & Jeffrey BenjaminCapital OneCTGDaniel & Barbara HartDavid A. Franczyk, Buffalo City Councilmember

Hyatt’s All Things CreativeNational FuelRasheed Wyatt, Buffalo City Councilmember

$500-999Bruce & Susan BairdJCharlier Communication DesignHarter Secrest & Emery LLPHyatt’s All Things CreativeJoann Falletta & Robert AlemanyJim & Loraine IngrasciLouise and Charles F. Kreiner, Jr.Dr. Steve Lakomy & Cheryl LylesGerald MeadJanice Moceri, CPAWendy PierceCarol Siracuse & Tom PalamusoEdward J. SnyderJudi SpearFrancisco M. Vasquez, PhDConstance & Jack Walsh

$250-499Carmela AnconaBarbara P. BairdAnthony BilloniColvin CleanersKaren CampBlock ClubLeahJane DuselCathleen FinanCynnie GaaschMarjorie Girth

Edwin P. HartMartha & Tom HydePatrick KalerKaren Karmazin Ed.D.Mr. & Mrs. Jordan LevySusan LevyDr. Steve Lakomy & Cheryl LylesJonathan & Amy MahoneyBenjamin NoldKathleen & Robert ShawMark & Courtney ShepardBen SiegelBob & Sara SkerkerCathy & Larry SkerkerThree2Go Music AllianceMichele M. TuckerDoug & Linda WardWayne & Janet Wisbaum

Up to $249Ms. Nancy L. AbramoMorton & Natalie AbramsonShirley AdelAntone F. Alber & Mary Beth KarrRita Argen AuerbachLisa AveryJudith & Michael BabatCharles E. BalbachMrs. Rosemarie BanksNoelle BeegleNancy B. BelferDianne Bennett & WilliamGraebner

Joel & Sheila BernsteinJerry BirzonDr. Anne Marie BlockBob & Elizabeth BoothDorothea BraemerMichele & Eric BrooksGregory BrownBuffalo BillsMrs. Sandra BullersBrendon & Kara BurkeMary Lou ButlerButterwood Sweet & SavoryEdmund Cardoni & Cheryl JacksonAnthony & Barbara CassettaJoanne Castellani & Michael Andriaccio

Lisa CaterChateau Niagara WineryJoy Testa CinquinoGeorge & Linda ClementCommunity Beer WorksElizabeth Conant & Camille CoxJim & Connie CramptonNels Ross CremeanPhillip & Stacey DelmontSandra & Anthony DesimoneJoan M. DoerrCynthia DoolittleAugustina DrozeJohn & Patricia DuffnerLeahJane DuselRuth Irene DwigansEdible ArrangementsMary & Edmund EganMaria Emmi SchoryJill & Mike ErvinAnn Evanko & Tim SchultzAlex FernandezMarcia FintonDavid & Anne FloydPeter FlynnMolly Flynn & Jim GoldDr. Howard & Laurie FosterMarvin & Marcia FrankelJayne S. FreemanJim FrettholdKofi & Stefania Fynn-AikinsJohn Gaasch & Priscilla BernatzMrs. Julie Gajewski

Claire & Irving GareleckMatt GartonAnneliese GarverMartin GeigerRahwa GhirmatzionGiacomo Boutique HotelMr. & Mrs. Robert GirardiArthur & Patricia GlickAdam GoldfarbEllen Goldstein & Mitch FlynnCheryl GondekMr. & Mrs. Howard GondreeKathy & Dick GordonSusan GrahamJoan Willard GruenJoy GuarinoMaria HagerCharles Hahn, Erik Hahn, Anne Hahn-Baker

Cynthia A. HannaRichard & Debbie HansenTim & Terri HazeletRobin HibbertHill Brothers Lorna HillHilton Garden InnKaren HoepfingerMichelle HollerPaul HomerBecky & Mark HumphreyPeter & Mary Jo HuntWilliam C. Jack & Suzanne E. Kaunitz-Jack

Mary Jean & Larry JakubowskiDr. Theresa Janczak & Dr. Jeffrey Arnold

Gary & Lois JefferyJeffrey M. Goldfarb & AssociatesDr. Anastasia K. JohnsonJulia KaganArnold & Joanne KahnMargaret L. KaiserGary & Linda KanaleyJerald & Terri Katz KasimovTheresa F. KazmierczakBrendan & Jennifer KelleherLouis & Mary KnottsBetty KornMr. & Mrs. David KozakAlan KranitzKC & Gail KrattJoan KubiniecLadies First Jazz EnsembleNorma Jean LambFern & Joel LevinKen, Merredith, Parker, Charlie, & Archie Levin

Beverly R. LevinGina LevinEileen & Lawrence LevinMaurice LevySusan LevySusan LichtblauHelga MacKinnonEugene D. MahaneyIrene A. MajchrzakAnthony MancinelliLaura S. Mangan & Robert L. Miller, Jr.

Susan MarkelMarriott Downtown HotelJennifer MayCarolyn & Michael McCannMichael & Jan McGowanAileen McNamaraGerald MeadCarole MelnikSarah MetzgerCatherine Shuman MillerMelissa Kate MillerMary Jane MillsJames & Constance Minneci

David & Lenore MoceriMrs. Josephine MoceriSandra G. MorrisonThomas MurphyMary Beth MurrayCantor Penny MyersDr. & Mrs. Richard NeriSanford & Margery NobelMr. & Mrs. Timothy NoldEd & Dawn NorthwoodSusan D. NusbaumMichael PalamusoMimi Pantano & Gary ReynoldsRoger R. PaoliniDavid Paonessa Jr.Stephen PaskeyJoy PepperPerks Café & MarketSuzanne M. PilonRabbi Gary PokrasPositively Main Street Louis & Rolene PozarnyMrs. A. Neville ProcterGilda RaikenDr. Thomas Ramming, Ed.D.Richard & Marcy RaskindLinda RayAl & Cindy RipleyMary Anne RokitkaRobert & Mary Ann RomanowskiKyoko RoszmannKathleen SaffireDr. Anne L. SaldanhaHeidi SalvaIvettza SanchezChuck & Kate ScaglioneRabbi Adam ScheldtDr. Jonathan & Lauren SchwabishMaria Emmi SchoryReynold ScottCaesandra SeawellRoger SeifertAmy, Andrew & Lewis ShaevelStephen and Judy ShanleyKathleen & Robert ShawBill & Ruth ShepardCharles & Penelope ShumanLeslie & Ken SilvermanDeEtta SilvestroMaria & Martin SlawsonReverends Stephen J. Smith &Sarah Buxton-Smith

Nora SnyderEdward J. SnyderRon & Amy SoluriMaria & Neil SommerfeldtKathleen SoudantSandra & Michael StarksEllen SteinfeldAvrom & Viola StermanBeverly StermanGary Mitchell StermanIrving & Gail StermanJoseph StermanRyan & Megan StewartJim & Cheryl StrainAnnette Daniels TaylorVan TaylorTaylor Made JazzAnne Reilly TironeLen TobinBarbara B. TomasiCarol A. TownsendSally TreanorSusan & Laurence TrottEd & Norma TuckerFred & Alicia VosburghLinda WadsworthMilton M. & Helen WeiserPeter J. WolfeBarbara Wolff-ReichertDr. Michael W. Wood

Mary YoungSusan and David ZebroZenger GroupDavid ZeplowitzJason G. ZieglerKevin Ziemba

In honor ofMaria Emmi Schory honoringRita Argen Auerbach

Len Tobin honoringMichele Costa, Melissa Kate &Susan Rozler

Sally Treanor honoringCynnie Gaasch

Joann Falletta & Robert AlemanyhonoringDan Hart

Judith & Michael Babat honoringSusan Levy

Wayne & Janet Wisbaum honoringSusan Levy

Milton M. & Helen WeiserhonoringHelga Mackinnon

Carole Melnik honoringKim McKernan

Susan Levy honoringSandra Morrison

Leslie & Ken Silverman honoringJoe Sterman

Leslie & Ken Silverman honoringNancy Sterman & Alex Fernandez’sWedding

Ivettza Sanchez honoring Nancy Sterman’s Wedding

Gary Mitchell Sterman honoringNancy Sterman

Irving & Gail Sterman honoringNancy Sterman & AlexFernandez’s Wedding

Joseph Sterman honoringNancy Sterman’s Wedding

Amy, Andrew & Lewis ShaevelhonoringNancy Sterman

Gary Sterman honoringNancy Sterman

Ed & Norma Tucker honoringMichele Tucker

Anne Reilly Tirone honoringShirley Verrico

Helga Mackinnon honoringYoung Audiences Staff

In Memory ofBlossom Cohan fromJayne S. Freeman

Patricia Cotsen from Brenda Cotsen & Jeffrey Benjamin

Arlene Goldstein fromEllen Goldstein & Mitch Flynn

Charles Hahn fromCharles Hahn

Kathleen Hirsch from Mary & Edmund Egan

Kay Hirsch from Kathleen & Robert Shaw

Lois Hooper fromDouglas & Linda Ward

Robert Louis Loewenthal from Marvin & Marcia Frankel

Peter & Anne Marie McHugh fromMrs. Julie Gajewski

Leonare Rubins fromPeter J. Wolfe

Arts Partners for Learning’s mission is to expand access to arts education for children in the eight counties of WNY,and to improve the capacity of cultural organizations in these counties to provide quality creative learningprograms. The goals of APL are to: Expand the capacity of arts organizations and cultural educational institutions,in order to harness the power of arts in education and learning in and through the arts; Improve the educational attainment and future success ofthe region’s young people; Provide access to underserved children, artists, ensembles, and arts and cultural organizations; Expand services to thearea’s wise cultural assets; Create centralized, effective and efficient delivery of services; and Ensure future audiences and supporters of the artsand culture. For more information visit: aplwny.org

FINANCIAL MATTERSFiscal Year 2013-2014

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Young Audiences WNY1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203 716.881.0917 | info@yawny.org | yawny.org

“Working with Young Audiences as astaff member and as a teaching artistI am able to see first hand how thearts impact our youth, and bring somuch joy and fulfillment. It makesour youth more aware of the culturesand traditions surrounding them. It’ssomething I never had growing up,but it is something that every childshould have.” - Gaitrie Subryan, DevelopmentAssistant, Teaching Artist

Please accept my gift of:

n $100 n $250 n $500 n $750 n $1,000 n Other $____________I AM A CHANGE AGENT FOR YOUTH! I commit to investing in the future of our youth.n Yes, I am giving $500 or moren Yes, plese make my gift renewable for: n 2 years n 3 years n 4 years n5 years

PAYMENT Did you know you can make your gift online? Visit yawny.org/donate.n My enclosed check is made payable to Young Audiencesn Please charge my credit card nMastercard n Visa

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Young Audiences of Western New York1 Lafayette Square Buffalo, NY 14203 | 716 881 0917 | www.yawny.org

n YES! I’d like to know more about sponsorship opportunities.

n YES! I am interested in learning more about The Scott Circleand leaving a gift in my will. Please have someone from Young Audiences contact me.

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ArtsPartners For Learning

ArtsPartners For Learning

ArtsPartners For Learning

ArtsPartners For Learning

1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203

“With Young Audiences programs, you really don’t fail.

You just learn more and they try to help you succeed in school andthey try to help you, they try to

give you a whole different insighton people’s lives and what would

happen with the topic you’re going over.”

-Robin Hibbert, Teaching Artist, Board Member

““A tree describes me, because I see myself as reaching for the sky

no matter what season!” ”-M@Re Program Participant

Young Audiences’ mission is to make the visual,performing, and literary arts a part of young people’s lives in order to enhance their developmentas creative and productive human beings. We strive to strengthen and enrich young people’s creative,emotional, and intellectual lives through the arts. We work to advance teaching and learning in the arts by:

1) Bringing meaningful arts experiences into the life of every child to improve their educational attainment;

2) Connecting young people with professional artistsin schools, community centers, and out-of-school-timeprograms; and

3) Expanding the capacity of teachers, artists, andcultural organizations to harness the power of the arts in education and learning in and through the arts

Young Audiences of Western New York is a member of the Young Audiences NationalNetwork with 30 affiliates nationwide.

THE SCOTT CIRCLEYour gift can last beyond a lifetime with a simple planned giftdesignated in your will. When youjoin the Scott Circle by making aplanned gift to Young Audiences,you are honoring a the many waysthe arts can change young people’slives. In 2015 Suell Scott left agenerous gift to Young Audiences in her will, and her mother,Elizabeth Scott served on the Boardof DIrectors. Suell’s brother, ReynoldScott, has been one of our belovedand honored teaching artists. Tocommemorate their dedication toYoung Audiences, we have named the Scott Circle for them. Scott Circlemembers will attend an annual eventhosted by Young Audiences. ContactMary Simpson at 716-881-0917 for more information. “Sum total...

I love to see the process oflearning, of whatwe bring to thetable, and what is the endexperience.”

- Robin Hibbert, TeachingArtist, Board Member

“I like to write because of the M@Re program.Since I started here at the M@Re program ayear ago, they helped me find a talent I neverknew I had. I thank them a lot for that.”

- M@Re Program Participant

“The staff and artists are always responsive tothe needs of our students, and help to createa positive environment for learning. The longterm residencies activate learning for ourstudents on multiple levels and acrossmultiple learning styles.”

- David Hills, Principal, Waterfront Elementary School

Make real change in a young person’s life–become a Change Agent! Change Agents are thosewho have chosen to commit a large annual gift to Young Audiences for 3 or more years. Thesecommitments make a world of difference to us by sustaining programming and helping us buildlong-term relationships with schools and theirstudents. Consider becoming a Change Agent by making a multi-year pledge of $500 or more.Be part of our future, by helping to create it!

This Newsletter was sponsored, in part, by JCharlier Communication Design, and Zenger Group. Printed in Tonawanda by Zenger Group.

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“Artworks is awonderful program, which provided me with a fun and safe

work environment. It has given me the opportunity to have my first real job.

Professionalism and becomingan entrepreneur were

often taught to let us know that we can one day employ ourselves.”

-Danisha, Student ArtWorks Participant

THE YEAR IN NUMBERS

BECOME A CHANGE AGENT

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