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Program

Welcome

Dr. Thomas F. Schutte

Chairman of the Board, Brooklyn Arts Council

President of Pratt Institute

Charlotte A. Cohen Executive Director, Brooklyn Arts Council

Introductions & Honorees

Niegel Smith

Artistic Director, The Flea Theater

Suzan-Lori Parks Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

and MacArthur Fellow

Antonia Yuille Williams

Vice-Chair of the Board, Brooklyn Arts Council

Daniel Glass President and Founder,

Glassnote Entertainment Group

Ben Lovett

GRAMMY Award-winning musician,

producer, and entrepreneur

Honorable Eric L. Adams Brooklyn Borough President

Malick Cisse and Ellen Gottlieb Board Members, Brooklyn Arts Council

Alive with Art Event Committee Co-Chairs

Performers

Batala NYC

Rachel Brown

The Bones of J.R. Jones

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Welcome Charlotte A. Cohen, Executive Director and Dr. Thomas F. Schutte, Chairman of the Board

Welcome to Brooklyn Arts Council’s 50th anniversary celebration! While Brooklyn has undergone sweeping changes, the

reason for BAC’s founding endures: to ensure that there are platforms for connectivity among different cultures and people in the public sphere.

BAC has been, and will continue to be, a leader - supporting artists, training arts professionals, and providing opportunities for people to experience the arts throughout the borough.

Charlene Victor founded BACA (as it was then known) with a vision to nurture and promote the arts in Brooklyn’s diverse neighborhoods. She recognized the need for an organization that values creativity and original cultural work that taps into the pulse of the borough’s artists and community arts partners. She formed BAC so that artists can share their artistic skills and practices with the public in myriad ways, from festivals in parks to art-making in classrooms.

BAC expanded its commitment to innovative practices and critical thinking in the 1980s when avant-garde artists, under the direction of Greta Gundersen, performed at BACA Downtown, our downtown Brooklyn space. Performances at BACA Downtown included the play Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom by tonight’s Alive with Art honoree, Suzan-Lori Parks. Works by other extraordinary artists like David Wojnarowicz, Mac Wellman, Allen Frame, Lisa Kron, and David Cale were also presented there.

BAC solidified its role as an arts service organization under the leadership of Ella J. Weiss. She strengthened the Council by increasing our capacity-building offerings for artists and grew programs such as Arts in Education and Folk Arts.

Today, BAC leads extensive cultural initiatives with partnering organizations and continues to support all art forms throughout the borough. BAC doesn’t favor a single artistic discipline or style. We embrace

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cultural differences and intersections; we inspire and foster homegrown originality; we encourage a flavor unique to Brooklyn. Simultaneously, we offer professional development, grants, employment, and training to artists, curators, and arts leaders at all career stages. For example, we help teaching artists and arts professionals develop skills, such as curriculum planning and grant writing, so that they can devote themselves to what is essential: increasing their own capacity, fine-tuning their craft, and sharing their work with others.

This year’s honorees are excellent role models. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and MacArthur Fellow Suzan-Lori Parks was a BACA Downtown community member in the 1980s. As theater director Leah C. Gardiner commented at a symposium on Parks’s work at Hunter College: “How often are we reminded that the old really isn’t old, and that the new is not always new? As in anything rooted in the past, Parks takes her interpretation of what was and assigns a new voice to it.” While Parks’s language has the tonal and linguistic quality of informality and ease, she digs deep into the complex essences of human experience: emotional, historical, and psychological.

GRAMMY Award-winning musician Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons has made Brooklyn his home. As a contributor to Brooklyn’s creative economy, Lovett is dedicated to the education, promotion, and training of up-and-coming artists through his music publishing and production enterprises, Communion Music and Communion Presents. He embraces the entrepreneurial zeitgeist of Brooklyn today, which draws from the borough’s industrious history. Both Parks and Lovett generously share their successes with younger artists and audiences hungry for ideas and ways of art-making that break from convention. We are honored to celebrate them.

BAC’s critical role as a creator of networks is as vitally important as ever. BAC provides opportunities for civic engagement that touch people’s lives and build cultural literacy. We connect, listen, and respond. We initiate conversations that make people more empathetic to each other’s differences, ultimately acting as a democratic force in society. To witness and appreciate an expression of a culture not your own, to experience something unfamiliar, generates new feelings and perceptions, new ways of seeing the world, and new futures to imagine.

As a BAC partner teacher said: “Students involved in the program had experiences that helped them develop socially and emotionally. While learning the craft of vocal training they learned to accept critique, work as a team, and gain interpersonal skills and confidence, which translates to their overall development.”

What happens in Brooklyn happens globally. People travel from all over the world to experience art and life in our borough. They participate as artists and audiences and carry their experiences home with them. BAC continues to contribute to the global narrative by engaging with local and international artists and art lovers.

We thank BAC’s staff and board, the incredible leaders whose steadfast commitment will transport BAC into its second half-century. BAC is truly grateful for the support of our funders, collaborators, and friends, and for all who continue to partner with us as audiences.

Thank you for sharing the past five decades with us and for helping to shape the next 50 years!

All best wishes,

Charlotte A. Cohen

Dr. Thomas F. Schutte

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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Dear Friends,

It is a pleasure to send greetings to everyone gathered for Alive with Art, BAC’s 50th anniversary gala.

We recognize organizations that highlight the importance of preserving and advancing the arts by fostering an appreciation among diverse audiences. In this regard, the many successes of Brooklyn Arts Council are to be acknowledged and applauded. This outstanding multi-arts coalition has become a dynamic community treasure, promoting the understanding of art by facilitating the access to and experience of art in its many forms.

You come together this evening to celebrate those who support and further the mission of Brooklyn Arts Council and I join in congratulating your distinguished honorees, Suzan-Lori Parks and Ben Lovett. On behalf of all New Yorkers, I commend Chairman Thomas F. Schutte and the Board of Directors, Executive Director Charlotte A. Cohen, the talented BAC staff, and the many supporters and sponsors who now celebrate this milestone anniversary, with our best wishes for continued success ahead.

Warmest regards.

Sincerely,

Andrew M. Cuomo Governor

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Dear Friends,

On behalf of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, it is an honor to welcome you to Brooklyn Arts Council’s 50th anniversary gala, Alive with Art.

Since 1966, Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) has played a pivotal role in strengthening the arts and culture of Brooklyn. BAC deserves enormous credit for nurturing the borough’s world famous creative energy with their visionary approach to supporting local artists and arts groups. Founded in the basement of Flatbush resident Charlene Victor, the Council’s first event was a small film festival in Prospect Park. The organization has grown to support a huge range of creative endeavors through grants, arts in education programs, performances, exhibitions, folk arts programming, and more. The Department of Cultural Affairs could not ask for a better partner in supporting local talent across the dynamic communities that make up our most populous borough.

I commend the evening’s honorees, including playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and musician Ben Lovett. I would also like to salute Chairman Thomas F. Schutte and Executive Director Charlotte A. Cohen along with their colleagues and staff for their extraordinary stewardship of Brooklyn Arts Council as it celebrates its golden jubilee and looks forward to the next 50 years.

Best wishes for a wonderful evening.

Sincerely,

Tom Finkelpearl Commissioner

Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams

Dear Dr. Schutte and Ms. Cohen,

Brooklyn is the creative capital of New York City, enjoying a renaissance that includes the development of one of the most vibrant art communities in the nation, home to countless artists, and a renowned source for art and design. Therefore, it is most fitting that we recognize those organizations and individuals that demonstrate their commitment to new art and who have played a part in nourishing and expanding the creative heritage of our beloved borough. I am pleased to offer greetings and warm wishes to Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) and all those gathered here for BAC’s Alive with Art benefit, in an effort to support artistic and educational excellence in Brooklyn.

It is my pleasure to honor BAC, Dr. Schutte, Ms. Cohen, the Board of Directors, and staff for their hard work on behalf of Brooklyn’s thriving arts community. Their leadership has helped Brooklyn become home to more artists than any other borough. I join with all of you to celebrate BAC’s 50th anniversary as an organization that provides service to the cultural arts in our great borough. The contributions that BAC has given to the advancement of the cultural arts are truly remarkable.

On behalf of 2.6 million Brooklynites, I congratulate the Alive with Art honorees and the distinguished individuals who have generously and selflessly supported the noble mission and work of Brooklyn Arts Council. I thank everyone for helping our communities move forward as One Brooklyn.

Sincerely,

Eric L. Adams Brooklyn Borough President

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Mayor Bill de Blasio

Dear Friends,

It is a great pleasure to welcome everyone as the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) celebrates its 50th anniversary at Alive with Art.

New York City rises on the foundations of its diversity, and we are proud of our incredible cultural landscape that incorporates the artistic customs and traditions of people from around the globe. My administration is determined to provide New Yorkers of all backgrounds with opportunities to participate in our city’s vibrant arts communities and to ensure that they continue to reflect the rich multiculturalism of the five boroughs and their residents.

With its mission to connect people to the arts in every neighborhood across Brooklyn, BAC is a leader in this effort. Through its grants programs, affordable arts events, training initiatives for artists and art professionals, and its education programs for our city’s students, the Council helps people across the borough experience the power of art and ensures that Brooklyn maintains its reputation as a cultural epicenter of our city and of the world.

As BAC celebrates 50 years of steadfast leadership, Chirlane and I applaud all those associated with this organization for everything they have accomplished and for building a more inclusive cultural life for our residents. On behalf of all New Yorkers, we extend our congratulations to tonight’s honorees and our best wishes for a wonderful celebration and continued success.

Sincerely,

Bill de Blasio Mayor

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Honorees

Detail of Watertower by BAC Grantee Tom Fruin, 2010. Photo credit Robert Banat Photography.

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Honoree

Suzan-Lori Parks Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and MacArthur Fellow

Photo credit Stephanie Diani

Named one of TIME magazine’s “100

Innovators for the Next New Wave,” in 2002

Suzan-Lori Parks became the first African

American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in

Drama for her Broadway hit Topdog/Underdog. A

MacArthur “Genius” Award and Gish Prize recipient,

she has also been awarded grants by the National

Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation,

the Ford Foundation, the New York State Council

on the Arts, and the New York Foundation for the

Arts. Her new play, Father Comes Home From the

Wars (Parts 1, 2, & 3) made its world premiere at The

Public Theater in New York, followed by a celebrated

run at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) in

Cambridge, MA. The play was named a finalist for the

2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was awarded the

2015 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by

American History, as well as the 2014 Horton Foote

Prize. Parks’s work on The Gershwins’ Porgy and

Bess was honored with the 2012 Tony Award. Her

numerous plays include The Book of Grace, In the

Blood (2000 Pulitzer Prize finalist), Venus (1996 OBIE

Award), 365 Days/365 Plays, and The Death of The

Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, among

others. She’s written a novel, Getting Mother’s Body,

published by Random House. Her first feature-length

screenplay was Girl 6, written for Spike Lee. She’s also

written screenplays for Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington,

Jodie Foster and Oprah Winfrey, adapting Zora Neale

Hurston’s classic novel Their Eyes Were Watching God

which premiered on ABC’s Oprah Winfrey Presents.

Parks is currently writing an adaptation of the film The

Harder They Come for a live stage musical. Parks is

the Master Writer Chair at The Public Theater, and she

also serves as a professor in dramatic writing at New

York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Suzan-Lori Parks’s play, Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, was presented by BACA Downtown in the 1980s.

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Honoree

Ben Lovett GRAMMY Award-winning musician, producer, and entrepreneur

Ben Lovett is a GRAMMY-Award winning

musician who has been living in Brooklyn

for four years. Outside of Lovett’s work

with his band, Mumford & Sons, he is a producer,

an entrepreneur, and a philanthropist. This year

marks the tenth year of Communion, Lovett’s

multi-faceted music business entity. Communion

promotes shows, releases records, and publishes

songwriters. In 2010, Lovett expanded Communion

into Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Communion is credited

with the emergence and growth of some fantastic

Brooklyn artists, including Rubblebucket, Caveman,

and hundreds more. While in Brooklyn, Lovett also

produced Austin To Boston, an internationally

acclaimed documentary capturing the journey

of four artists across America in vintage camper

vans. Lovett is a partner in Givers and Takers, a

neighborhood bar in Gowanus, Brooklyn. He is a

board member of Barclays Center and Soho House

and a public advocate for Global Citizen, a New

York-based organization focused on global poverty

relief. Lovett is currently spearheading a project

which allows people from any community across

the world to submit stories that will be transformed

into songs by world-renowned artists.

Communion, Ben Lovett’s music business entity, promotes shows, releases records, publishes songwriters, and supports emerging artists.

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PerformersBatala NYC

Founded by percussionist Stacy Kovacs, Batala NYC is an all-

woman Samba-reggae drum ensemble based in Brooklyn.

Batala NYC has shared bills with Reggie Watts and Cyndi

Lauper and was the featured opener for the Rolling Stones

on their 50th Anniversary Tour in Brooklyn and Newark, NJ.

Rachel Brown

Wyclef Jean dubbed Rachel Brown’s music “the future of

R&B.” Brown’s distinctive songwriting blends elements

of her roots (Ethiopian, Bermudian, and Southern) with

sounds from a childhood spent listening to soul greats,

Motown, and hip-hop. The daughter of fashion designer

Amsale Aberra, Rachel Brown’s live performance combines

sultry vocal stylings with vintage flair.

The Bones of J.R. Jones

Fresh from a national tour supporting G. Love and Special

Sauce, The Bones of J.R. Jones performs 21st Century blues

and folk with the passion of a teenage punk band. Recently

expanded from a one-man band into a full ensemble, The

Bones released their sophomore record, Spirit’s Furnace,

just in time for Alive with Art.Photo credit A.J. Mason

Photo credit Courtesy of the artist

Photo credit Courtesy of the artist

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Brooklyn Arts Council Programs

Arts in EducationCurrently, BAC brings approximately 300 teaching

artists into 90+ schools, afterschool programs,

and senior/community centers throughout New

York City in all arts disciplines, providing close

to 16,000 students, teachers, parents, and seniors

with hands-on arts instruction and professional

arts performances. The participants reflect the

vast diversity of Brooklyn.

Folk ArtsBrooklyn is home to a wide range of artists from

across the globe. We preserve and present the

cultural traditions of these immigrant-based

communities through thematic, research-based

public programming initiatives in music, dance,

visual, and material arts.

Grants & ServicesBAC’s Community Arts Grants program was

established in the early 1980s. With funding

from city, state, and other sources we recently

awarded nearly $350,000 in approximately 140

grants to artists and small cultural and community

groups. The program offers extraordinary training

to early career artists in how to secure funding

for their public projects and programs.

BAC helps artists and arts groups achieve

their goals through professional development,

fiscal sponsorship, opportunities announcements,

project promotion and marketing assistance,

networking opportunities, referrals, and extensive

one-on-one assistance.

Brooklyn Arts Council uses a strategic combination of proactive and responsive initiatives to address

the needs of Brooklyn artists, cultural organizations, and audiences. By creating and supporting exciting

cultural events and activities for Brooklynites, BAC provides forums for critical thinking and self-expression

for young people and adults, enriches the landscape, and generates engaging experiences that inspire

and expand horizons.

Our roster of programs and services includes the following:

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Creative CoalitionsCreative Coalitions is a unique community and

economic development initiative designed

to build arts infrastructure. By combining

community organizing and technical assistance,

this program provides artists and arts groups

with professional development seminars,

mentorship, and assistance in presenting public

events that bring high-quality arts programming

to underserved communities. BAC has worked in

East Bushwick, Brownsville, and East New York/

Cypress Hills and intends to expand this model

program to other parts of Brooklyn.

Online Artist Registry and Directory of Brooklyn Arts OrganizationsThese web-based databases provide a platform

for over 7,200 Brooklyn-based artists and over 800

cultural groups to promote and present their work,

to connect with new opportunities, and to earn

income through their creative endeavors.

Services to ArtistsBAC helps artists and arts groups achieve

their goals through professional development,

fiscal sponsorship, opportunities announcements,

project promotion and marketing assistance,

networking opportunities, referrals, and one-on-

one assistance.

Arts ConsultancyBAC works with public agencies, real estate

projects, and community groups to place art

in new spaces and launch new endeavors, such

as public art commissions and cultural tourism

initiatives that promote visibility and income for

Brooklyn artists.

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HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY!

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BAC Board Of DirectorsHonorary Chairman Honorable Eric L. Adams Brooklyn Borough President

Chairman Dr. Thomas F. Schutte

Vice Chairs Peter Aschkenasy Antonia Yuille Williams

Treasurer Frazier Holloway

Secretary Michael A. Armstrong Audrey Frank Anastasi Michele Arbeeny, Esq. Julia Chu Malick Cisse Jennifer L. Davis Jack Esterson, A.I.A. Ellen Gottlieb Sidney R. Jean, Esq. Alan Ket Dan Marks Theresa Schieber Jennifer L. Smith Valerie D. White

Directors Emeriti Theodore Gunn Susan Rowland

Alive With Art Event CommitteeEllen Gottlieb, Co-Chair

Malick Cisse, Co-Chair

Michele Arbeeny, Esq.

Julia Chu

Jack Esterson, A.I.A.

Alan Ket

Theresa Schieber

Jennifer L. Smith

Antonia Yuille Williams

BAC StaffRobert Lucas Development Director

Christopher Mulé Folk Arts Director

Azure Osborne-Lee Grants Coordinator

Stephanie Skaff Arts in Education Coordinator

Jasmine D. Wagner Marketing and Communications Manager

Courtney J. Wendroff Operations and Visual Arts Director

Charlotte A. Cohen Executive Director

Philip Alexander, Ph.D. Arts in Education Director

Eric Bernal Arts in Education Intern

Maureen Chung Communications Coordinator

Susan Dunbar Development Assistant

Melissa Estro Fiscal Associate

Katy Finn Arts in Education Manager

Thomas Fordham Finance Director

Diego Foronda Development Assistant

Karina Krainchich Arts in Education Coordinator

Farrah Lafontant Community Initiative Associate

Morgan Lindsey Tachco Grants and Services Director

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BAC Supporters

Major corporate, foundation, and in-kind support is provided by:

Altman Foundation

Booth Ferris Foundation

Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn Community Foundation

CME Group Community Foundation

ConEdison

Henry Nias Foundation

Howard Gilman Foundation

Investors Bank

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Lily Auchincloss Foundation

MetroPlus Health Plan

Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation

M&T Bank

Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust

Sixpoint Brewery

TD Charitable Foundation

The Bay and Paul Foundations

The H.W. Wilson Foundation

The New York Community Trust

The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation

The Scherman Foundation

Tiger Baron Foundation

Two Trees Management Co., LLC

Waterfront Wines

Whole Foods

Major individual supporters are:

Michele Arbeeny, Esq. Pamela Brier and Peter Aschkenasy Julia Chu Ellen Gottlieb Nadia and Achilles Perry Dr. Thomas F. Schutte

Additional support comes from Blankslate and Materials for the Arts.

Brooklyn Arts Council’s programs are made possible, in part, with public funds from:

National Endowment for the Arts

New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council

New York Council on the Humanities

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation

New York State Assembly Members James Brennan, William Colton, Jo Anne Simon, Helene Weinstein

New York City Department of Youth and Community Development

New York City Department for the Aging

New York City Council Members Robert Cornegy, Laurie Cumbo, Chaim Deutsch, Rafael Espinal, Mathieu Eugene, Vincent J. Gentile, David Greenfield, Brad Lander, Stephen Levin, Alan Maisel, Darlene Mealy, Carlos Menchaca, Antonio Reynoso, Mark Treyger, and Jumaane D. Williams

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams

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Special Thanks

Brooklyn Arts Council extends much

gratitude and a special thank you to

Mumford & Sons, Florence & The Machine,

Barclays Center, Bonaroo Music Festival, Capitol

Records, Forest Hills Stadium, Brooklyn Brewery,

Malick Cisse, Robyn Feldman, Ibrahim Maqbool,

Dan Erickson, Susan Rowland and the Rowland-

Si f ton Family, Tom Fruin, Rober t Banat

Photography, William Cohen, Wendy Feuer,

Betti-Sue Hertz, Robert Hickman, Ivor Noyek,

Etienne Frossard, Randy Sweetman and

B&B Duplicators, Naturally Delicious, and

Communion Presents.

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