At the Arts and

Education Council,

our goal is simple –

make sure our

region is rich with

arts and cultural

experiences for all.

But, we can’t do it

without you.

With your gift, we

invest in the people

and organizations

that create diverse

performances,

exhibitions,

workshops, art

education programs

and so much more

for 1.6 million adults

and children in our

community each year.

Your gift helps us

foster 21 organizations

in our arts incubator,

mentor the next

generation of arts

leaders and invest in

arts entrepreneurs

who have innovative

ideas for St. Louis.

• Operating and Program Grants

• Centene Center for the Arts Incubator

• Arts and Healing Initiative

• Rural and Creative Impact Grants

• Arts Education Grants for Teachers

• stARTup Creative Competition

• Catalyst Innovation Lab

• Katherine Dunham Fellowship

• Art Education Fund • Leadership

Roundtables • Arts Marketers• Keep Art

Happening Scholarship

• St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association

• St. Louis Arts Awards

• Young Friends of the Arts

• Muse Society

Your gift makes a difference.

Centene Center for the Arts3547 Olive Street St. Louis, MO 63103314.289.4000

The Arts and Education Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL PROGRAMS

FOR A GIFT OF $50, you make it possible

for six students to attend a classical

music concert.

FOR A GIFT OF $100, you foster the creativity

of four aspiring photographers through

workshops and lectures.

FOR A GIFT OF $65, you improve accessibility

to the arts for two people with visual

impairments.

FOR A GIFT OF $250, you help pay for

transportation and lessons for a talented

young artist.

Plus, for less than $5 per month, you get an ARTS Card so you can save big on our region’s concerts,

performances, camps and more year-round.

Make your secure gift safely at KeepArtHappening.org/Give.

Students learn to screen print at Intersect Arts Center, an Arts

and Education Council grantee.

Arts and Education Council grantee, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performs at Powell Hall.

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Jazz Academy instructor works with students through Jazz St. Louis, an Arts and Education Council grantee.

Photo by Collin Elliot.

Students create a mural through Artscope’s Camp Create.

Artscope is an Arts and Education Council grantee.

The Arts and Education Council’s arts incubator

the Centene Center for the Arts.

– PENNY PENNINGTON, MANAGING PARTNER, EDWARD JONES *AMERICANS FOR

THE ARTS, ARTS & ECONOMIC PROSPERITY 5

Your gift to the Arts and Education Council pools together with thousands of others from across our community to support people and organizations like those below that make our region more vibrant.

2019/2020 GRANTEES

THE ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL RELIES ENTIRELY ON THE GENEROSITY OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU – people who understand the powerful impact of the arts on our community – to invest in opportunities that inspire our kids to be more creative thinkers, build bridges among cultures and energize our communities. With your support, we ensure the arts foster our economy and enrich our lives.

TOGETHER, WE KEEP ART HAPPENING.

STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OR HAVE ACCESS TO THE ARTS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY AS THEIR PEERS TO GRADUATE COLLEGE.*

*JOURNAL OF AESTHETIC EDUCATION

CENTENE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INCUBATORAfrican Heritage Association

of St. Louis, Inc. American Institute of

Graphic Arts (AIGA)Association of American VoicesBach Society of Saint LouisBlack Tulip Chorale Cinema St. Louis Creative Reaction LabERAGateway Men’s ChorusIntercultural Music InitiativeMake Music St. Louis, Inc. Open Studio Network Prison Performing Arts SATE Sharon Hunter Productions St. Louis Classical Guitar Upstream Theater YoungLiars

OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTSCinema St. LouisCOCACommunity Music School

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design

Jazz St. LouisLaumeier Sculpture ParkMetro Theater CompanyOpera Theatre of Saint LouisRadio Arts FoundationSaint Louis Ballet CompanySaint Louis Fashion FundSaint Louis Symphony OrchestraShakespeare Festival

St. LouisSheldon Arts FoundationSpringboard to LearningSt. Louis ArtWorksSTAGES St. LouisThe Repertory Theatre

of St. LouisThe St. Louis Children’s Choirs

PNC PROGRAM GRANTSArtScopeAssociation of American VoicesBach Society of Saint LouisBread and Roses Missouri

Circus HarmonyCivic Arts CompanyConsuming Kinetics Dance

CompanyFreedom Arts and Education

CenterPianos for PeoplePrison Performing ArtsSangeethaSouth Broadway Art ProjectSt. Louis Classical GuitarTennessee Williams Festival —

St. LouisUpstream Theatre

MARITZ ARTS AND EDUCATION FUND FOR TEACHERSBayless Junior High SchoolCollinsville High SchoolFairview Elementary SchoolGriffith Elementary SchoolHalls Ferry Elementary SchoolHazelwood West High SchoolHerculaneum High SchoolLincoln Middle SchoolMaplewood Richmond Heights

Early Childhood CenterMcCluer High SchoolNorthview Elementary SchoolSoldan International Studies

High SchoolSouthview SchoolWillow Brook Elementary School

BAYER FUND RURAL COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMArts RollaClinton County ShowcaseSainte Genevieve Art Guild

Steelville Arts CouncilWarren County Arts Council

CREATIVE IMPACT FUND WITH LEAD SUPPORT FROM BAYER FUNDArts as Healing FoundationHumans of St. LouisLife Arts, Inc.New Line Theatre

CREATIVE IMPACT FUND FOR DIVERSIFYING THE ARTSThe Black RepCAIR-MissouriCinema St. LouisCreative Reaction LabGateway Korea FoundationThe Griot Museum of

Black HistoryIntersect Arts CenterMetro Trans Umbrella GroupMindsEye

ART EDUCATION FUNDTroy Staten

stARTup CREATIVE COMPETITIONEBT Arts AccessThe Black Tulip Chorale

PROGRAM SUPPORTCreative Reaction Lab

KEEP ART HAPPENING SCHOLARSHIPJameson FalconerKennedy HolmesRoyce Martin

*as of December 31, 2019

“At Edward Jones, we make a difference in the lives of our clients and each other. We work to strengthen families and futures, and thereby the communities where we are privileged to serve. A gift to the Arts and Education Council is just one of the many ways we demonstrate that commitment. I share the firm’s passion for this wonderful organization. The arts help us observe and experience life and people with all of our senses, enriching us in unexpected ways. Art brings us joy and provokes new thoughts and ideas in ways few other endeavors can provide.”

THE ARTS GENERATE $590 MILLION FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY EACH YEAR.*

BELOW: Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Jazz St. Louis (Arts and Education Council grantees), the Big Muddy Dance Company and Nine Network of Public Media presented “Such Sweet Thunder” at the Public Media Commons in 2019. Photo by Cameron Morrow. RIGHT: “St. Louis Honey Bears”, an original artwork by fnnch commissioned by the Gateway Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri, on the Arts and Education Council’s Centene Center for the Arts at 3547 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63103.

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