Caw 2015 Benefit Journal

IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES6TH ANNUAL BENEFIT FOR KIDSAPRIL 2015

YOU CAN’T DO IT UNLESS YOU CAN IMAGINE IT.

GEORGE LUCAS

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Where does change begin?

The kind of change that makes lives better and communities stronger?

At Creative Art Works, we know it begins with people. It begins with the spark of imagination inside all of us. We imagine the difference we want to make, the future we’re aiming for, and… spark! We get creative about achieving our goals.

This year, we’re celebrating that spark. We’re continuing the joyful work of nurturing the imaginations of New York City’s youth, enabling them to discover their own spark of possibility. And we’re celebrating the crucial support you, our partners and friends, provide.

With you, we’ve ignited the imaginations of thousands of young people. Thank you for giving our kids a blank canvas and permission to get started, to take chances, to make mistakes, to explore, and most of all, to imagine the possibilities for themselves and their communities.

Imagine what we can accomplish next!

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IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIESCREATIVE ART WORKS’ 6TH ANNUAL BENEFIT FOR KIDS

A message from Brian

A message from Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer

Introduction toOur honoreesOur sponsorsOur Benefit Co-chairsOur friends and supporters

Creating the possibilities that change our worldOur programsOur staffOur board members

Possibilities imagined. Possibilities realized.Growing and enabling possibilitiesMeasuring our progress

We invite you to imagine with us

A message from our chairman

Learn more about our generous sponsors

Concluding remarks

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WhenApril 23, 20156:00 – 8:30 PM

WhereAtrium Shops & Cafés153 East 53rd Street (at Lexington)New York, NY 10022

The festivitiesCocktails, passed hors d’oeuvres and good company

Music by the Juan Rodriguez Latin Jazz Project

Photo booth experience by Moey, Inc.

The chance to join CAW young people in making a mural on site

Program at 7:00pmSpecial appearance by Ashley August, NYC’s 2013 Youth Poet Laureate

Honoring

Scott PanzerVice ChairmanJLL

Rick WiseChief Executive Officer Representing Lippincott, CAW’s pro bono brand consulting partner

Olga QuilesPrincipalJames ColeAssistant Principal Program partner NYC Middle School 328

IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIESAN EVENING OF POSSIBILITIES

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A MESSAGE FROM BRIAN

Dear Friends,

I have been fortunate to achieve many of my goals in life. I am a proud father of two wonderful “kids.” I have enjoyed success in my 25-year real estate career and have been privileged to lead Creative Art Works for the last five years, continuing to cherish every day at this exceptional organization. I’ve even, in my youth, achieved some success as a boxer, which was one of the more challenging things I’ve ever done. But I couldn’t have done any of those things without first imagining the possibility. Yes, I became a fighter, a businessman, and a father, but it was the arts that first brought things to life for me in school. The arts taught me that it was okay to take a risk, even to make mistakes. The arts have been that creative muscle that have supported me to become a problem-solver. The arts were the connective tissue between my community and myself. The arts showed me that success was a possibility.

Brian RicklinExecutive Director and CEO

Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a safe place to learn to take healthy risks and to build self-confidence. This is what we do at CAW — we empower our youth through the use of the arts; we help them imagine the possibilities.

Since its founding 29 years ago, Creative Art Works has served over 35,000 direct participants, unlocking a love of learning and teaching valuable technical, developmental, life, and job skills to young people in our city. Our myriad programs all emphasize creativity as a tool for personal development. Through art-making, we are helping to prepare our young people to face many challenges, including inadequate schooling, broken homes, domestic violence, homelessness, language barriers, recent immigration, teen pregnancy, gang violence, re-entry into society after incarceration, and an overall lack of resources. You are probably

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wondering how art-making could do anything to alleviate such daunting problems. I assure you, it can, and we have the numbers to back it up — I urge you to visit page 37 to learn more.

Yet a shocking number of our kids are starved for any sort of arts education. With your support, CAW continues to answer this pressing need by providing quality creative youth development programming, free of charge, right in our local under-resourced communities. We reach our young people where they live and study — in their schools, libraries, community and cultural centers, and parks — providing direct experience to which they would otherwise lack access.

Creative Art Works fi nds itself at a critical juncture. Our focus is shifting to building program infrastructure and operational capacity. We continue to

adopt and leverage best practices for program evaluation and impact assessment. We have earned a “seat at the table” among the city’s fi nest creative youth development organizations, exercised through our participation in citywide initiatives by the Center for Arts Education, our new membership in the National Guild for Community Arts Education and our participation in Lincoln Center Education’s “Culture at the Core.” We look to you, our supporters, to ensure our long-term sustainability and to successfully expand our programming reach to better meet demand.

Thank you for your support.

Warm regards,

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who fi nd it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

MUHAMMAD ALI

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Dear Friends,

It is a pleasure to join Creative Art Works in celebrating your annual benefit. As public funding for art programs has become more and more scarce, Creative Art Works has stepped in to offer a variety of programs to New York’s underserved communities. We especially appreciate your Public Youth Employment Program, which creates works of commissioned art—Gardens of Steel among them—to beautify our city.

We also join with you in celebrating this year’s honorees: Scott Panzer of JLL, Rick Wise of Lippincott, and Principal Olga Quiles and Assistant Principal James Cole of MS 328. Mr. Panzer and Mr. Wise build bridges between art and business while Principals Quiles and Cole connect creativity to a technology-driven future.

Each day, Creative Art Works inspires New York City’s children to activate the artistic impulse and broaden their creative horizons. This generous investment in our children is positively shaping their futures and our common culture. You remind them—and all of us—that nothing is impossible. Thank you for all you do for New York City.

Sincerely,

A MESSAGE FROM GALE BREWER

Gale A. BrewerManhattan Borough President

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We are proud to introduce:

Our 2015 honorees

Our sponsors

Our Benefit Co-chairs

Our friends and supporters

OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES THAT HAVE HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE.

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Scott PanzerVice ChairmanJLL

Scott Panzer has been a leader in developing an enhanced level of services to the real estate industry. Since 1992, he has completed over 37 million square feet of assignments, encompassing all facets of real estate. As Vice Chairman and International Director at JLL, Scott heads up the Strategic Occupancy Solutions practice, which supports Comcast/NBCUniversal, Interpublic Group (IPG), Health Net, First Data, KKR, Apollo Management, Kaplan Inc., and others. Mr. Panzer is the lead agent on 9 W 57th Street, rated by the industry as the premier office building in all of North America.

Scott provides his clients with significant knowledge gained from years of experience developing corporate business strategies and negotiating mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy workouts, and real estate and bulk procurement agreements. He understands the inextricable connection between corporate strategies, operational needs of distinct business units, and the efficient utilization of various forms of real estate.

Recent industry recognition includes JLL #1 Real Estate Broker Worldwide in 2011, 2013 and 2014; The Real Deal’s Top Tenant Rep Broker in 2011; and Real Estate Forum’s #1 Leasing Broker, North America in 2008. Scott has also taken home the CoStar Power Broker Award every year since 2007.

Prior to joining JLL in 2009, Scott spent 15 years at Newmark Knight Frank (NKF), where he initiated the pursuit of the Corporate Advisory Services platform and built the infrastructure required to support it. During his last 10 years at NKF, he was a senior principal in the firm and head of its Corporate Services platform. Scott headed every major corporate HQ assignment that the firm handled.

Scott was born in Brooklyn. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology and Chemistry and an MBA in Finance and Accounting, both from the University of Miami. He sits on the Board of the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation and serves on the Real Estate Advisory Board at the University of Miami. Scott is also an Adjunct Professor at St. John’s University, where he teaches Business Management and Strategy.

Scott races cars and flies his own plane. He is spending as much time with his son as possible before he goes off to college in a few short months.

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Rick WiseChief Executive OfficerRepresenting Lippincott,CAW’s pro bono brand consulting partner

Rick Wise is CEO of Lippincott, a creative consultancy that helps clients achieve meaningful and enduring impact. The firm’s passion is to give leaders the emotional and creative tools they need to transform their brands inside and out — and to succeed on the edge of change.

As CEO, Rick is responsible for developing and achieving Lippincott’s vision, strategy, and financial objectives. He oversees all aspects of Lippincott’s offering, which integrates the disciplines of strategy, design, innovation, and organizational engagement. He advises clients on their toughest branding challenges and has led engagements for some of the world’s biggest brands such as Coca-Cola, Hershey, GE, General Motors, Johnson Controls, Walmart, and others.

With over 25 years’ experience in management consulting, Rick has worked across a range of sectors such as financial services, B2B, global emerging markets, retail consumer brands, and technology. He has particular expertise in brand strategy development, brand portfolio management, experience innovation, and customer-centered growth strategy. Prior to joining Lippincott, Rick was director and head of the North America strategy practice for Oliver Wyman (formerly Mercer Management Consulting).

A respected leader in the brand building space, Rick speaks frequently on the topics of brand and marketing strategies and has written for such publications as Ad Age, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and MIT Sloan Management Review. He is the co-author of the book “How To Grow When Markets Don’t.” He holds both a B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and serves on Oliver Wyman Group’s management committee.

Under Rick’s leadership, Lippincott initiated an ongoing philanthropic partnership with Creative Art Works. Lippincott has volunteered its services and expertise to help Creative Art Works develop a new brand strategy, name, visual identity, and messaging. In addition to providing ongoing brand counsel, Rick and the broader Lippincott team also volunteer their time with Creative Art Works, supporting their after-school and Saturday art-making programs.

When not connecting the worlds of strategy and creativity, Rick indulges in his life-long passion for the water and coastal living with his wife and three children in Maine.

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Olga QuilesPrincipalMiddle School 328, The Manhattan Middle School for Scientific Inquiry

James ColeAssistant PrincipalMiddle School 328, The Manhattan Middle School for Scientific Inquiry

Olga Quiles is a resident and active member of the Washington Heights community. For the past four years, she has been the principal of MS 328. She served as an Assistant Principal for five years at the same school.

James Cole is a founding member of MS 328. With the support of Principal Olga Quiles, he has been a driving force for initiating and expanding Creative Art Works programs at our partner school. In 2014, James was instrumental in securing a $10,000 grant from Borough President Gail A. Brewer, expressly targeted toward supporting CAW programs at MS 328.

In 2009, James won a General Electric Middle School Success Grant, allowing him and his colleagues to begin an Education for Sustainability (EfS) Program, now in its third year. CAW is incorporating EfS principles to enrich student understanding of sustainability. Last fall, students in CAW’s art education class finished a unit on sustainable buildings. This spring, as part of the Healthy Choices Consortium, students from a CAW art program will be painting a mural about sustainability in MS 328’s school garden.

Prior to becoming an administrator, Ms. Quiles taught mathematics in Washington Heights to students in grades 6 through 8. Ms. Quiles earned her Master’s Degree in Education and Administration at the University of Phoenix.

James holds an MA in Developmental Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a BA in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. He also holds a certificate in conservation biology from Columbia’s Center for Environmental Research and Conservation. James received fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation to study environmental science in Costa Rica. In 2010, He traveled to Japan to study education for sustainability in a program sponsored by the Fulbright Foundation. James won an Outstanding Teacher Award from the Westside Chamber of Commerce.

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Middle School 328, The Manhattan Middle School for Scientific Inquiry

Creative Art Works has been cultivating a successful relationship with MS 328 in Washington Heights for several years now. We refer to MS 328 as one of our “hub schools,” because we are working with them to integrate art education into the culture of the school through a variety of programs. Creative Art Works is currently running eight programs at MS 328, including an after-school Art Studio and two Saturday programs, one in multimedia and another in three-dimensional art. The Saturday and after-school ArtWorks provide students with wholesome activities outside of school hours. In-school programs include an arts education class that combines art history with hands-on art experience and three integrated programs. Integrated programs are designed to support and enrich the Social Studies curriculum and improve student performance in core subjects.

Creative Art Works is partnering with MS 328 to help the school achieve its academic mission, which is to create a dynamic environment where students are empowered to advocate for their academic needs, actively engage in the educational process, and prepare to improve, create, and sustain our world. It is the vision of the school that these students will develop a clear understanding of their personal learning needs and the options available to them in a multi-literate and culturally diverse world. Students are encouraged to become independent and critical thinkers, but also to develop the skills necessary for collaborative work.

CAW programs at MS 328 are made possible in part with the support of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and, most importantly, donors like you.

OUR CELEBRATED PROGRAM PARTNER

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OUR SPONSORS

Thanks as well to any sponsors whose support was made after this journal went to print. Please visit our website for an updated list of supporters.

We are deeply grateful to the sponsors of CAW’s 6th Annual Benefit for Kids. Their support is fundamental to our success.

Premier Boston Properties CBRECushman & WakefieldJLLProtivitiSolo9W57

DiamondBuilding Contractors

Association

PlatinumIACKasowitz, Benson, Torres

& FriedmanTutor Perini

GoldEmpire State Realty TrustEquity Office PropertiesErnst & YoungGlenview Capital

ManagementCrown Acquisitions/I.

Chera & Sons Foundation

Jay GoldmanLincoln Land TitleMKDAMyles Share & Associates

Insurance GroupNBC UniversalRandy ReiffThe Rockefeller GroupSavills StudleyScott PanzerShearman & Sterling Vornado

SilverAndrew D. Levin & FamilyBrian RicklinCiti HabitatsConnie Birdsall

Cynthia Wolff Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Davis & GilbertDLA PiperFidelity National TitleGenslerGibson DunnGreenOakHanley AdvisorsiParkLinear Technologies LippincottM&S MechanicalMG EngineeringMilrose ConsultingMorgan StanleyNewmark Grubb

Knight FrankNY Century Group O’Connor CapitalOxford PropertiesParamount GroupPrincipal Building ServicesPritchard IndustriesRick WiseSL GreenSpector GroupStructure ToneTrinity Real Estate

BronzeAdmore Air ConditioningAlexander ChudnoffAndrea ChinArchetypeCommodore ConstructionCopper Hill DevelopmentCross Management

CorporationEastdil SecuredEmpire OfficeEss & Vee AcousticalFried FrankIcon Interiors John Marshall

Jonathan LeiferJTC Painting & DecoratingKBA Lease ServicesKKRKleinknecht ElectricKLS DiversifiedLafayette Glass CompanyL&L HoldingMdeAS ArchitectsMichael C. D’EsopoPantzer PropertiesPenguinPrentice Capital

ManagementRichard WilkeRivco ConstructionThe Rudin FoundationS2 Design GroupSym Real Estate LawTed Moudis AssociatesThompson HineTishman ConstructionToshiba AmericaXchange Telecom

Special thanks toAshley August Allied Printing ServicesblackwalnutDigital TouchDomaine Select WineEmpire Office Hillstone John Mini Distinctive

LandscapesLippincottJuan Rodriguez Latin

Jazz ProjectKid’s Creation StationMartin Scott WinesMoeyNewmark HoldingsPop International Galleries

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BENEFIT CO-CHAIRSSpecial thanks to our Benefit Co-chairs. Their tireless work makes this event possible.

Adam Frazier

Andis Woodlief

Bill Rose

Cara Faske

Connie Birdsall

Cynthia Wasserberger

Ed Guiltinan

Frank Doyle

Joe Perini

Karl Seidenwurm

Lou Milo

Mark Furman

Matt Frank

Michael Kleinberg

Michael Laginestra

Mitchell Schorr

Neil King

Paul Amrich

Peter Turchin

Rob Lowe

Scott Corneby

Steven Soutendijk

Tim Welch

Tom Hill

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FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERSCAW would like to acknowledge the invaluable relationships we have with our collaborators.

Art in FluxAsthma Basics for Children (ABC) Boy Scout Troop STN Catholic CharitiesCentral SynagogueCHALKChildren’s Aid Society/LINCCitizen Schools City Harvest Citymeals-on-Wheels CLIMB (City Life is Moving Bodies)Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health Community Services Consortium of East HarlemConcrete Safari Council of Urban Professionals CultureNOWDread ScottFriends of Riverbank Park Harlem Arts Festival Harlem Community Development Corp.Harlem River Park Task ForceHOPE Community

Horizon CenterIncarnation Children’s CenterInwood Community ServicesiobyJCC Manhattan Kid’s Creation StationKilimanjaro InitiativeL&M Development PartnersLocal Initiative Support CorporationM. W. Offit GalleryManhattan Chamber of CommerceManhattan Community Board 9Manhattan Borough President Gale A. BrewerMetropolitan Waterfront AllianceMt. Sinai St. Luke’s Roosevelt National Guild for Community Arts EducationNew York CaresNew York Junior League New York Mission Society/Minisink Townhouse

New York-Presbyterian CCHE School-Based Health Center ProgramNew York Public Library — InwoodNew York Restoration ProjectNYC Administration for Children’s Services NYC Council Member Mark Levine NYC Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez NYC Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito NYC Department of Education NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene NYC Department of Parks & RecreationNYC Department of Youth & Community DevelopmentNYC Family CourtNYC Health and Hospitals CorporationNYS Department of Parks — Riverbank State Park NYS Department of Transportation NYS Office of Children and Family Services

Community Partners

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No Longer Empty Northern Manhattan Improvement CorporationOperation SNUGPartnership for ParksPolice Athletic LeaguePublic Health Solutions Right to Dream Roads to SuccessSCAN New YorkSecond Avenue Business AssociationStanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood CenterThe Center for Arts EducationThe Doe FundThe Friends Committee of the Fort Tryon Park TrustUnited Palace of Cultural Arts Venture Prep 729Washington Heights/Inwood Network (WIN) for Asthma ProgramWest Harlem Development CorporationWest Harlem Group Assistance

A. Philip Randolph High School CampusBarnard College Bread & Roses High School City College of New York Graduate Program in Art Education Columbia Business School Social Enterprise Columbia University Mailman School of Public HealthColumbia University School of the Arts Community Impact at Columbia UniversityEl Faro Beacon School George Washington High Schools Global Technology Preparatory Middle School Hamilton Grange Middle School Hamilton Heights Academy Harlem RBI Isaac Newton Middle School KAPPA IVMott Hall High School MS328

New Design Middle SchoolProgram for Non-Profit Board LeadershipPS 192 PS/MS 278Renaissance School of the Fine Arts Teachers College, Columbia University — EdLabThe New School University of RochesterNew Design Middle SchoolPS 192 — Jacob H Schiff Elementary SchoolRenaissance High SchoolUniversity of Rochester

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IMAGINATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE.

ALBERT EINSTEINWe are all creative.Don’t believe us? Read on…

When you think of a creative person, who comes to mind? Perhaps a brilliant artist, like Georgia O’Keefe? Maybe a filmmaker, like George Lucas? What about a fashion designer like Diane Von Furstenberg?

But creativity goes beyond the arts. Steve Jobs was hailed as a creative visionary. Detectives must imagine the intersection of means, motive, and opportunity to solve a case. What about a doctor or a nurse? Dealing effectively with patients and choosing the best course of treatment requires creativity.

In fact, creativity is not merely a gift that some people are born with; creativity is a skill that everybody uses just about every day. Solving problems requires creativity. Thinking outside the box requires creativity. Reaching a compromise requires

creativity. Sales, accounting, teaching, architecture, and construction — they all require creativity.

It also takes creativity to transcend challenging circumstances. You can’t get a better job, or buy a home, or find the love of your life, if you can’t first imagine those things are possible.

At a time when art and creativity-focused education is being cut across the nation, Creative Art Works is providing safe opportunities for creative exploration in communities that are under-served — not undeserving. Creative Art Works teaches kids to be creative so that they can be more engaged and successful in school, in business, and in their personal lives. We help open their minds to new horizons. We help them imagine and create new possibilities for themselves, their families, and our communities.

CREATING THE POSSIBILITIES THAT CHANGE OUR WORLD

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OUR PROGRAMS

PUBLIC ART YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

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Creative art works for me, because it taught me that I didn’t need to fear my mistakes.

My daughter and I were both completely enthralled and fascinated by the craft-making project... I have been told that I “can never, never, never, EVER” throw this away!

Hike the Heights “Giraff e Path” participant

KATHY SALAS Public Art Youth Employment Alum

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OUT-OF-SCHOOL-TIME PROGRAMS

IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS

CAW has enriched our children’s lives with life-changing, everlasting experiences.

After trying other arts programs, we found CAW’s level of commitment to our students, professionalism, and quality of program delivery to be of the highest standard.

JAMES COLE Assistant Principal, M.S. 328 in Washington Heights

JUSTIN KRAVETZ Assistant Principal, P.S. 192 in Harlem

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Young adults ages 14-24 years old are given full-time summer jobs and part-time jobs during the academic year creating large-scale public art or multimedia projects. Youth employees are involved at all stages of the endeavor from the initial planning down to the public unveiling. They gain tangible employment skills as well as general life skills such as leadership, teamwork, responsibility, and the power of taking initiative. By the end of the program, our young artists feel empowered, because they see the enduring accomplishment that is their work and its positive impact on the community.

CAW provides youth-oriented, interactive art-making projects in the context of larger public events with partner organizations. Workshops and public art tours are designed to engage youths with their community and to allow them to experience and celebrate the power of art. Our largest Community ArtWorks program is the celebrated Giraffe Path, an integral part of the annual “Hike the Heights” celebration.

Public Art Youth Employment Program

Community Programs

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CAW’s growing in-school programs aim to mitigate the removal of arts education from NYC public schools by providing an arts-based or integrated curriculum during the school day. Professional teaching artists collaborate with school teaching staff and administrators to help them meet mandated arts education requirements and align lesson planning with core curriculum, with demonstrated impacts on school attendance and performance. Curricula are designed in keeping with the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts and the New York City Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts.

Out-of-school-time programs provide students with enriching, dynamic, arts-based activities outside the school day. Programs are designed to build confidence while enhancing creativity and critical thinking, thereby encouraging greater engagement in school, including stronger attendance and improved academic performance.

After-School Programs: A free, semester-long program where students learn artistic, technical, and developmental skills in the creative area of their choice. A culminating project concludes the semester — kids present their work to teachers, artists, peers, and family, allowing them to practice goal setting, public speaking, and self-expression.

Saturday Programs: Free programs in multiple venues throughout Upper Manhattan providing safe, creative, and engaging drop-in environments for youth ages 4-14. Literacy-based programs help kids develop social skills, problem-solving skills, and self-expression while creating a rewarding project.

In-School Programs

Out-of-School- Time Programs

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OUR STAFF

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Brian Ricklin has been the full-time Executive Director and CEO of CAW since 2010, a role he stepped into after serving on its Board of Directors since 2007. He brings extensive experience in economic and strategic development, board management, and involvement in the arts, philanthropy, and community service to bear on his leadership.

Prior to serving CAW full time, Brian spent over 25 years in real estate portfolio management, acquisitions & dispositions, asset management, and capital markets. He is the founder of Real Estate Acumen, a principal real estate investor and a real estate investment management and advisory firm. Mr. Ricklin was Senior Director and Global Head of Asset Management at Marathon Asset Management, an alternative investment advisory firm, directing the $4.5B in real estate and real estate operating company investments in the Marathon Real Estate Opportunity Fund portfolio. Brian takes great pride in his corporate philanthropy and the grassroots commitment and community service of his various partners and operating properties.

Since his childhood, Brian has maintained three simple principles that brought him to CAW: empowerment through creativity, grass-roots community service and volunteerism, and leadership as a fiduciary. During his teens, Brian developed a love of the arts and integrated all forms of interdisciplinary studies during his undergraduate career.

Brian’s leadership of CAW is dedicated to best practices and the quality and expansion of all its social ventures and program-related investments. He has brought CAW recognized, tangible, and innovative results in development, board management, strategic planning, and programming impact. He has achieved top ratings for fundraising efficiency, revenue growth, and program expense growth. Brian is responsible for CAW’s recent capacity-building, including attracting talented program and development staff.

Brian Ricklin Executive Director & CEO

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Karen Jolicoeur joined CAW as Director of Development in late 2012, and has enjoyed working with Brian and the Board to enhance communications and outreach, to develop infrastructure, financial reporting and metrics, and to diversify and strengthen sources of support.

Karen has wide-ranging experience in nonprofit fundraising, business, and the performing arts. Prior to joining CAW, she was the development consultant for the Bronx Arts Ensemble, a multidisciplinary art organization in its 40th season. During her time with BAE, she helped the organization diversify its funding base, increasing support from foundations, corporate and government sources, and overseeing a dramatic increase in individual giving. Karen transitioned to development from a career in business, where she was previously the General Manager and Director of Shareholder Relations for Starlite Media LLC. Starlite, which Karen helped to build from the ground up, is an outdoor advertising company specializing in place-based, at-store media in major markets nationwide. Prior positions include those at

Citibank’s Corporate Realty Services and at MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings in the corporate finance department.

Karen made the move to development work to merge her corporate experience with her passion for the arts and arts education. A classical singer, she has performed in concert, recital, and opera around the US and abroad, and at several notable venues in NYC, including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. As a frequent performer of new music she has appeared numerous times with the Center for Contemporary Opera. She holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory and a Bachelor of Music in Opera from the Hartt School.

Karen lives with her husband and two children in the Inwood neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, where she is an active member of the community and a member of the Executive Board of the Parent-Teacher Association of PS/MS 278, Inc.

Karen Jolicoeur Director of Development

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Center and the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance. His political drawings have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, the New York Daily News, and The Nation. Commercial clients include Joe Boxer Sportswear and Lloyd’s of London.

Tony’s education illustrates the depth and diversity of his artistic interests. He studied Communication Arts at California Polytechnic University; Illustration at Art Center College of Design; classical sculpture and plaster casting at Venice Studio School; anatomy at UCLA; and anatomy, sculpting, oil painting, and pastels at The Art Student’s League in New York City. Tony is the only artist ever to win the prestigious Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant based on a portfolio consisting exclusively of drawings.

Tony was born and raised in Southern California, but he has worked from his studio in Washington Heights for the past thirty years. He lives with his wife Susan, the Associate Director of Admissions at Columbia Business School. He is the proud father of Phoebe, a theater major at Northwestern University who will be graduating in June.

With years of experience in art education, fine arts, and commercial illustration, Anthony González continues to bring exciting ideas to the creative direction of CAW. Tony leads the development of new and existing programs and directs the pedagogy of our teaching artists. A consummate professional, Tony personifies CAW’s mission through a steadfast commitment to youth empowerment through the arts and as a grassroots activist.

Tony has taught countless art classes to students of all ages and abilities in a wide range of media. He worked for many years with elementary school children in the City School District of New Rochelle. He has taught studio art classes and mural painting to teens. He has led life drawing classes and workshops for adults in Connecticut and New York City, including at the Riverstone Senior Center in Washington Heights.

An artist recognized by the uptown arts community and many of our community partners, Tony has painted two murals for New York Presbyterian Hospital. His work has also been in numerous group and one-man shows, including the Cork Gallery at Lincoln

Anthony González Program Director

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Lance Paladino joined CAW in 2014. Prior to becoming our Program Manager, he served as Artist Teacher, member of the Curriculum Planning Committee, and Peer Coach/Mentor at the Joan Mitchell Foundation. Lance developed a strong working knowledge of Upper Manhattan through his 11-year tenure at the Children’s Art Carnival as a Teaching Artist and Education Coordinator. Previous experience includes acting as Adjunct Assistant Professor at York College/CUNY, teaching Graphic Design and Drawing; and as Museum Educator, through Symphony Space at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Museum of the American Indian.

Prior to moving to New York, Lance was an illustrator at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and an Assistant Teaching Artist for the renowned Marwen organization at the Cabrini Youth Center for Learning and Education in Cabrini Public Houses.

Lance holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in Illustration as Visual Essay and a BFA in Visual Communication from Kent State University with a concentration in Studio Art. He has exhibited throughout New York City, in The Netherlands, Austria, and Japan.

Michelle Proffit has worked within non-profit arts management for over ten years, continually striving to bring the arts and activism together. Before joining Creative Art Works in February 2015, Michelle was the Program Manager at ArtHome and the Project Coordinator and Workshop Leader for Arts and Democracy Project. Prior to that, she served as Co-Director of Operations at Nodutdol for Korean Community Development. Michelle helped to craft the mission statement and program guidelines for the Guttenberg Arts Residence in Guttenberg, NJ, and was a studio assistant at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York City.

Michelle received a BFA in Photography with Departmental Honors from Parson’s School of Design in 2001. She went on to earn her New York State Teaching Certificate in K-12 Art Education in 2003. She has a longstanding love of negative space and currently creates works of art with simple materials such as tracing paper, string, and loose charcoal. Michelle has also been a practicing musician for the past fifteen years. She has toured North America extensively with various bands as a singer, guitarist, and bass player.

Lance PaladinoProgram Manager

Michelle ProffitProgram Operations Manager

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Scott was hired late in 2014 to help build the CAW brand by creating and maintaining print and web publications, growing CAW’s presence on social media, and developing innovative earned revenue opportunities. Scott works behind the scenes to manage and increase our database of constituents and to organize our extensive and rapidly growing photo and video library.

Scott has nearly three decades of experience in writing and graphic arts. He was previously the Director of Marketing and Research for Phil Fraley Productions, Inc., a company that fabricates museum exhibits, including mounts for genuine dinosaur fossils and other natural history specimens. Scott holds a Master of Professional Writing from The University of Southern California and a Bachelor of History from George Washington University. He spent four years as a secondary school teacher in South Central Los Angeles and three semesters teaching remedial English at Bronx Community College.

In his free time, Scott writes fiction and illustrates his own stories. Scott has a standing gig teaching dinosaur sculpture to young children during the Annual Dinosaur Day at the Newark Museum.

Jill joined Creative Art Works in the fall of 2014 to oversee human resources, bookkeeping and general office management. She brings years of not-for-profit organizational management experience to CAW.

Originally a social worker, Jill holds a Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Education from Penn State. She worked for several years with children in homeless shelters and in residential treatment, where she saw the positive impact of art programming on the lives of at-risk youth. She subsequently moved from direct care into organizational management. Prior to joining CAW, Jill spent more than six years as Business Manager for the National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene, a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theatre in its 100th year.

Scott LucasMarketing & Communications Manager

Jill GoldsteinOffice Manager

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OUR BOARD MEMBERS

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Andrew D. Levin President & Board Chair

Brian F. Ricklin Executive Director & CEO

Kathy Eason Treasurer

Richard Morris Secretary

Adam Endick

Andrea Chin

Bruce Rothman

Claudio Schapsis

Ed Harris

Frank DiBrino

Jeff Turkanis

Joanna Brody

Justine Blau

Marc Brody

Matthew Harriton

Mosely Chaszar

Myles Share

Nicholas Hayes

Victor Warnement

Honorary

Archana Nagraj

Michelle Del Rosario

Scott Gelin

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POSSIBILITIES IMAGINED. POSSIBILITIES REALIZED.

Each year, Creative Art Works helps thousands of young people around New York City unleash the power of their imaginations.

Our young people discover joy in learning, which can change the trajectory of a life. We know from our work that:

• Receiving high quality visual arts instructions raises children’s confidence in their creativity.1

• Visual arts training can promote problem-solving skills, such as intentionality, perseverance, and out-of-the-box thinking.2

• Low-income students with a high participation in the arts have a drop-out rate of 4%, in contrast to their peers with low participation in the arts who have a dropout rate of 22%.3

Specifically, CAW’s programs have demonstrated impacts in school attendance, engagement and performance. And our youth employees cultivate those skills in demand by the majority of employers who say that, while creativity is of primary concern in hiring, they can’t find the creative applicants they seek.4

CAW kids begin to dare to dream. They learn that if they can imagine it, it may be within reach. Much of that can be difficult to capture in a pie chart or a bar graph, but some of those follow as well. Read on to learn about some of our recent accomplishments.

THE LEVEL OF OUR SUCCESS IS LIMITED ONLY BY OUR IMAGINATION..

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1. Catterall, J.S. and K.A. Peppler (2007), “Learning in the visual arts and the worldviews of young children”, Cambridge Journal of Education, Vol. 37/4, pp. 543-560.2. Korn, R. and Associates, Inc. (2007), Educational Research: The Art of Problem Solving, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY3. Fiske, E. (Ed.). (1999). Champions of change: the impact of the arts on learning. Washington, DC: The Arts Education Partnership and the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities4. Americans for the Arts

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GROWING AND ENABLING POSSIBILITIES

2014 was a year of transformational growth for Creative Art Works. Poised with an updated name and look and continuity of senior leadership, we continued to develop organizational capacity while increasing funding across diversified revenue streams and devoting a greater portion of revenue to direct program expenses.

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67%

70%

174%

2X

• Hired a new Program Manager with expertise in curriculum and teaching artist development

• Hired our first-ever Program Operations Manager

MORE YOUTH EMPLOYEES

MORE OUT-OF-SCHOOL- TIME CLASSES

INCREASE IN CAW IN-SCHOOL CLASSES

MORE COMMUNITY ARTWORKS EVENTS

We celebrated the 10th anniversary of our Public Art Youth Employment, expanding opportunities to the academic year and engaging more youth employees.

We added five more venues to our Out-of-School-Time classes, allowing for more classes overall.

We added In-School programs at a new middle school and included a new bilingual program for an entirely Spanish-speaking population.

We celebrated the 10th anniversary of Hike the Heights with our biggest-ever “Giraffe Path” and doubled the number of Community ArtWorks events overall.

Select program accomplishments:

Select organizational accomplishments:

• With funding from Youth, I.N.C., created the role of Marketing & Communications Manager

• Increased the office assistant role to a full-time Office Manager with expertise in bookkeeping and human resources

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MEASURING OUR PROGRESS

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Contributed:

Corporate — 10%

Foundation — 8%

Individual — 7%

Government — 5%

Event:

Annual Benefit for Kids — 55%

Earned:

Sale of Art — 8%

Program Revenue — 6%

Cause Marketing & Other — < 1%

Expense allocation:

Programs — 76%

Administration — 10%

Development — 14%

Expenses by program:

Out-of-School Time — 32%

Public Art Youth Employment — 52%

In-School — 8%

Community ArtWorks — 4%

Other — 4% Exhibitions New Initiatives

2014 sources of funds

2014 use of funds

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Growth in revenue and program allocations

Total revenue

Percent of total expenses direct to programs (does not include in-kind expenses)

2011

73%

2010

64%

%

2012

73%

2013

75%

2014

76%

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1,400,000

1,200,000

1,000,000

800,000

600,000

400,000

200,000

0

$424K

$1.35MM

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WE INVITE YOU TO IMAGINE WITH US

Learn more atwww.creativeartworks.org

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Imagine a city with more youth-created public art. Imagine classrooms where more kids participate in art programming that supports and enriches core classes. Imagine more libraries and community centers echoing with the laughter of children engaged in creative activities after school and on weekends. Imagine more color, more shapes, and more squiggly lines at a joyous community art-making event.

We can’t imagine any of this happening without your support. There are many ways you can get involved. Commission a work of public art. Become a donor. Sponsor a program. Volunteer. Any way you choose will make an immediate impact. More than 76% of donated funds go directly towards running our programs. Each and every contribution makes a tangible difference.

We invite you to join us in imagining the possibilities with our city’s most joyful and creative kids.

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN

It was recently brought to my attention that I have now been with Creative Art Works for 16 of its 29 years, longer than anyone currently active in our organization. As we are rapidly approaching our 30th anniversary, it feels that now would be an opportune time to look back at the progress we have made so far and to imagine what the future might hold for us.

Creative Art Works has seen tremendous growth, both in the number of kids we serve and the quality of the programs we deliver. Five years ago, CAW had a full-time staff of exactly one person — Brian Ricklin, CAW’s visionary and dedicated Executive Director and CEO. We now have seven full-time employees. For the past 29 years, we have focused on Upper Manhattan, but next month, we will cross the East River for the first time and bring a mural project to kids who most certainly need creative opportunities in their lives — the residents of a juvenile detention center in the Bronx. This fact demonstrates one thing that has not changed about CAW: we are steadfast in our commitment to making the world a better place through creative youth development. Looking forward, I can imagine an expanded and self-sustaining

Andrew D. LevinPresident and Chairman

CAW serving kids all over the world. Like Jazz, which flourished in Harlem and then spread around the globe, our mission of promoting youth empowerment through the arts is too important to keep to ourselves.

I would like to thank my fellow directors, who passionately volunteer their time and energy. We also welcome great new additions to our board: Adam Endick, Vic Warnement, and especially Kathy Eason, who has stepped into the vital role of treasurer. Karen Jolicoeur, our Director of Development, has been instrumental in developing our team by diversifying our revenue streams and bolstering our partnerships with all our stakeholders. Thanks to a capacity-building grant from Youth I.N.C., Scott Lucas has joined Karen as Marketing and Communications Manager, helping to build the CAW brand and enhance outreach.

This year saw tremendous growth in the heart of our organization — programming — both in terms of improved pedagogy and artistic quality, thanks to the guidance of our Program Director, Tony González. The addition of Lance Paladino as Program Manager in 2014, and Michelle Proffit as

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Program Operations Manager early this year, has allowed us to further develop our professional teaching artists and to expand operations to more venues while still delivering a consistently high level of services. I am also pleased to report that we have added enthusiastic new teaching artists and teaching artist assistants to the ranks of our veteran educators.

We would not be able to manage all of the new personnel, not to mention our small army of youth employees, if not for the addition of our new Offi ce Manager, Jill Goldstein, who oversees human resources, bookkeeping, and general offi ce management.

We created new partnerships with our youth employment. We completed four murals over the summer and expanded youth employment into the academic year. We have expanded and improved our in-school programs, a fact that we are pleased to recognize tonight by honoring Principal Olga Quiles and Assistant Principal James Cole of our partner, MS 328.

Speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors, we are grateful for the selfl ess contributions of tonight’s Benefi t Co-chairs

and Honorees. I wish to congratulate my good friend, Scott Panzer, for his drive, his commitment, and for outstanding job of fundraising on our behalf. I off er my heartfelt thanks to our pro-bono branding partner, our friends at Lippincott, represented this evening by Rick Wise. Everybody at Lippincott has treated Creative Art Works like a VIP client, and the quality of the award-winning work they have produced for us refl ects that fact.

I look forward to our benefi t every year, because it aff ords me the opportunity to talk to dozens of our young people about their art and what it means to them. Nothing thrills me more than to look into the eyes of one of our young artists and see the spark of imagination. I hope all of our guests will take the opportunity this evening to engage with one or more of our kids so that they too might have the chance to experience such a profound connection. It would be more gratifying than any humble words of thanks I could proff er.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS

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PREMIER SPONSOR

Creating the leaders of tomorrow.

JLL proudly supports Creative Art Works.

Congratulations to the 2015 benefit honorees, especially JLL’s very own Scott Panzer.

www.jll.com

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PREMIER SPONSOR & SPECIAL THANKS

Proudly supports the ongoing dedication of

And we congratulate this year’s honorees

Scott Panzer

Rick Wise

James Cole and Olga Quiles

Thank you for imagining the possibilities.

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PREMIER SPONSOR

CBRE is proud to support Creative Art Works. We applaud the organization’s commitment to providing arts programming for underserved communities in New York City—and inspiring our young people to live artfully.

cbre.com/tristate

LIVE ARTFULLY

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PREMIER SPONSOR

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PREMIER SPONSOR

© 2015 Protiviti Inc. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. PRO-0415

Protiviti is proud to support Creative Art Works’ Annual Benefit for Kids.

© 2015 Protiviti Inc. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services. PRO-0415

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PREMIER SPONSOR

Congratulationsto all the 2015 Honorees

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DIAMOND SPONSOR

THE BUILDING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONProudly Supports

CREATIVE ART WORKS Honoring

SCOTT PANZER Vice Chairman, Jones Lang LaSalle

RICK WISE Chief Executive Officer, Lippincott

OLGA QUILES Principal, Program Partner NYC Middle School 328

JAMES COLE Assistant Principal, Program Partner NYC Middle School 328

Tel. 212.683.8080 | www.ny-bca.com

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PLATINUM SPONSOR

PLATINUM SPONSOR

Kasowitz is a proud

Platinum Sponsor of the

CAW’s 6th Annual ArtWorks Benefit for Kids

in honor of its commitment to improving the lives of youth through the arts.

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PLATINUM SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

New York, NY • Philadelphia, PA • Ft. Lauderdale, FL • Henderson, NV • Phoenix, AZwww.TutorPeriniBuilding.com

Tutor Perini Building Corp. is proud to support

Creative Art Works

Congratulations to this year’s honorees!

Scott PanzerVice Chairman, Jones Lang LaSalle

Rick WiseChief Executive Officer, Lippincott

Olga QuilesPrincipal, NYC Middle School 328

James ColeAssistant Principal, NYC Middle School 328

S A L U T E S

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© 2015 Ernst & Young LLP. All Rights Reserved. ED None.

Serving communities. Changing lives. What matters to you matters to us.At EY, we are proud to support Creative Art Works for the 6th Annual Benefit for Kids. It is one of the ways we are helping to make our community a better place to work and live. A better and brighter future starts with all of us.

Visit ey.com.

THANKS!says

to Creative Art Works for their ongoing success in elevating young lives through art!

GOLD SPONSOR

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GOLD SPONSOR

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GOLD SPONSOR

We are proud to support Creative Art Works because all children deserve a safe space for creative exploration.

CONGRATULATIONS, SCOTT!Keep up the good work with CAW.

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GOLD SPONSOR

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GOLD SPONSOR

We are proud to support

Creative Art Works

and their empowering of young people through

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Congratulations to this year’s honorees:Scott PanzerRick WiseOlga QuilesJames Cole

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GOLD SPONSOR

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VORNADO REALTY TRUST

SALUTES TONIGHT’S HONOREES

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ON THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE WORK AND LIVE

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GOLD SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR & SPECIAL THANKS

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SILVER SPONSOR SILVER SPONSOR

Empire Office Is Proud To Support

Creative Art Works’Annual Benefit for Kids

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We applaud your mission of improving the lives of under-resourced New York City

youth through the arts.

SILVER SPONSOR & SPECIAL THANKS

Andrew D. Levin and Family thank and congratulateScott Panzer for his energy, Rick Wise for his vision, and Olga Quiles and James Cole for their leadership. Thank you for imagining the possibilities.

BRIAN RICKLIN AND FAMILY congratulate our Honorees, SCOTT PANZERRICK WISEOLGA QUILES and JAMES COLEand thank all our BENEFIT CO-CHAIRS.

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SILVER SPONSOR SILVER SPONSOR SILVER SPONSOR


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and applauds the accomplishments of this year’s honorees

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DAVIS & GILBERTIS PROUD TO SUPPORT DLA Piper is proud to

support Creative Art Works’ 6th Annual Benefit for Kids.

Your empowerment of young people through the

arts is inspirational.

PROUD SUPPORT

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Connie Birdsall, Creative Director, proudly sponsors the courageous work of Creative Art Works.

— Jonas Salk

“Hope lies in dreams,in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.”

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proudly supports theongoing dedication of

Creative Art Works Congratulations to this year’s

honoree and our friendScott Panzer

Vice ChairmanJones Lang LaSalle

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Proudly supports

Annual Benefit for Kids,

and joins in congratulating this

year’s honoree, Scott Panzer.

gensler.com

WE BELIEVE IN BUILDING STRONGCOMMUNITIESGensler is proud to support Creative Art Works’ commitment to strengthening the visual arts for children, teens, and their community.

Fidelity National Title Insurance Company

Would like to Congratulate

For your commitment to Creative Art Works

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485 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017

(212) 471-3827

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SILVER SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR

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Creative Arts Works.Here’s to a bright future!

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SILVER SPONSOR

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SILVER SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR

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We proudly support themeaningful work of our friendsat Creative Art WorksCongratulations to this Year’s Honorees Scott Panzer | Rick Wise | Olga Quiles | James Cole

“Imagine The Possibilities”

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Creative Art Worksin its Annual Benefit for Kidsand are pleased to congratulateScott Panzer, Rick Wise,Olga Quiles and James Cole

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SILVER SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR

Oxford Properties would like to extend our congratulations to the honorees and to Creative Art Works on their continued success.

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Hudson Yards - 450 Park Avenue - 650 Madison Avenue - 645 Fifth Avenue

WE PROUDLY SALUTE THE CREATIVE ART WORKS 2015 HONOREES.

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is proud to support Creative Art Works’ Annual Benefit for Kids

and congratulates tonight’s honorees:

Scott PanzerRick WiseOlga Quiles James Cole

SILVER SPONSOR

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SILVER SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR

— Albert Einstein

“Logic will get you from A to Z, imagination will get you everywhere.”

Rick Wise, CEO, proudly supports Creative Art Works’ mission to inspire imagination.

WE SALUTE

CREATIVE ART WORKS

AND ALL THOSE BEING HONORED TONIGHT,

for empowering the

young people in our

community, and making

the future a bit more

colorful.

SILVER SPONSOR

Spector Group Architects is Proud to Support

www.spectorgroup.com

Congratulations to

SCOTT PANZER and his fellow honorees.

CREATIVE ART WORKS

ARCHITECTURE INTERIORS MASTER PLANNING

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

SUPPORTS & SALUTES

All The 2015 Honorees Scott Panzer, Vice Chairman, JLL

Rick Wise, CEO, Lippincott

Olga Quiles, PrincipalJames Cole, Assistant Principal

Program partner NYC Middle School 328

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SPECIAL THANKS SPECIAL THANKS

BRONZE SPONSORS

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Creative Art Works

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an Emmy-winning fabricator of scenic environments for television, exhibits, live events and theatre, for crafting our beautiful honoree awards.

CREATIVE ART WORKS wishes to thank

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Admor Blinds Alexander Chudnoff Andrea ChinArchetypeCommodore ConstructionCopper Hill DevelopmentCross Management CorporationEastdil SecuredEmpire Offi ceEss & Vee AcousticalFried FrankIcon Interiors John MarshallJonathan LeiferJTC Painting & DecoratingKBA Lease ServicesKleinknecht ElectricKKR

KLS Diversifi edLafayette Glass CompanyL&L HoldingMdeAS ArchitectsMichael C. D’EsopoPantzer PropertiesPenguinPrentice Capital ManagementRichard WilkeRivco ConstructionThe Rudin FoundationS2 Design GroupSym Real Estate LawTed Moudis AssociatesThompson HineTishman ConstructionToshiba AmericaXchange Telecom

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SPECIAL THANKS

We are grateful to

NEWMARK HOLDINGSfor its many years of support and for providing expanded office space for the administrative staff of Creative Art Works, helping to make our service to New York City youth through arts education possible.

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SPECIAL THANKS

is proud to support Creative Art Works

Main Plant One Allied Way P.O. Box 850 Manchester, CT 06045-0850 860-643-1101

Boston Sales Office 1671 Worcester Road Framingham, MA01701-5400

1-800-225-8777

NY Sales Office 420 Lexington Ave 3rd Floor, Suite 300 New York, NY 10017

212-297-6151

Washington DC Sales Office 8280 Willow Oaks Corporate Dr Suite 600 Fairfax, VA 22031

571-765-6085

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skills they need in order to succeed.

Expression, Diversity, Character and Tradition

www.domaineselect.com

Proudly Supports Creative Art Works

153 east 53rd street new york, ny 10022 p: 212.888.3828

SPECIAL THANKS

SPECIAL THANKS

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SPECIAL THANKS

SPECIAL THANKS

Many thanks to

Consolidated CarpetEmpire Arch Metal

Eurotech ConstructionInternational Blind ContractorsNewport Painting & Decorating

NY Window FilmO-H-M Electrical

who, along with sponsors

Empire OfficeMKDA

andStructure Tone

helped to build out Creative Art Works’ newly expanded home office.

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FOR BOOKINGS AND MORE INFO:

[email protected]

JUAN RODRIGUEZPiano

ANA GARCIA Percussion

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800.966.6464

Serving New York,New Jersey andConnecticut

The leader in exterior and interior landscape installation, maintenance and holiday decorating.

www.johnmini.com

is proud to support Creative Art Works in their quest to help kids make great impressions.

DESIGN. FINE PRINTING. MARKETINGwww.digitaltouchinc.com

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SPECIAL THANKS

SPECIAL THANKS

It’s not what you make, it’s what you make possible.

Brand Strategy • Design and Expression • Experience Innovation • Organizational Engagement

We are proud supporters of Creative Art Works and their mission to help students turn blank canvases into beautiful futures.

Brand is possibility ®

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CREATIVE ART WORKS THROUGH IMAGINATION

We believe…

… imagination is universal and everyone is creative.

… imagination is vital for creating a better future.

… imagination needs nurturing, and possibility must be supported.

EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE IS REAL.

PABLO PICASSO

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