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DANSPACE PROJECT GALA 2021
REBEL ANGELS

APRIL 26, 2021
AN EVENING HONORING

BEBE MILLER
ANNIE-B PARSON
PAT STEIR
FOR THEIR FIERCE COMMITMENT TO SINGULAR VISIONS AND
TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT ACROSS ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES.

Danspace
Project
Land Acknowledgment

Danspace Project pays respect to Lenape peoples. We acknowledge that
this work is situated on the Lenape island of Manhahtaan (Mannahatta)
in Lenapehoking, the Lenape homeland. We pay respect to Lenape land,
water, and ancestors past, present, and future.

Site Acknowledgment

“Before we begin, let’s take a moment to acknowledge that the construction
of this building, Saint Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, was completed in
1799. That same year, New York State enacted the Gradual Emancipation
Act 1, so it is reasonable to assume that this building where we are when we
stand, sit, dance, and some still worship, was built by enslaved individuals
on what was the homeland of the Lenape people.”
                                                      – Ishmael Houston-Jones
Welcome and thank you for joining us this evening for what is our first ever
virtual Gala.

We are elated to finally be together to celebrate our Rebel Angels - Bebe
Miller, Annie-B Parson, and Pat Steir - after the pandemic shut down the Gala
in 2020. As this past year unfolded, Danspace Project’s Staff and Board spent
a great deal of time looking inward at the organization to think about how we
might begin to envision the future. This has been a devastating year for the
dance community. We dedicate this Gala to dancers and to the audiences who
bear witness to their work. While much is uncertain, we are recommitted to
our mission to support dance artists and to follow the lead of visionary Rebel
Angels like Bebe, Annie-B, and Pat.

With love,

Judy Hussie-Taylor
Executive Director & Chief Curator

Text REBELANGELS TO 44-321 to donate in honor of Rebel Angels
Bebe Miller, Annie-B Parson, and Pat Steir!

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PROGRAM OF EVENTS

                              6:15pm
                           Honoree Toast

                              7:00pm
                       Welcome & Main Event
                       David Thomson, Host

                      Remarks & Introductions
        Judy Hussie-Taylor, Executive Director & Chief Curator
                  Helen Warwick, Board President

                        Introductory Remarks
                    Elizabeth Streb for Pat Steir
                  Maurine Knighton for Bebe Miller
                  Philip Bither for Annie-B Parson

                           With offerings from
   Joan Jonas, Molly Davies, Anne Waldman, Ishmael Houston-Jones,
Ralph Lemon, Abby Zbikowski, Okwui Okpokwasili and David Thomson,
         Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Darrell Jones and Angie Hauser,
  Paul Lazar and Black Eyed Susan, Young Jean Lee, Tendayi Kuumba,
    Chris Giarmo, Meg Harper, David Neumann, Thomas F. DeFrantz
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Bebe Miller’s (Honoree) vision of dance     Over the last decade the Company has
and performance resides in her faith in     produced a variety of digital archive
the moving body as a record of thought,     projects that share the company’s
experience, and beauty. Her aesthetic       creative practice with artists and
relies on the interplay of a work’s idea,   audiences. Committed to keeping dance
its physicality, and the contributions      available to a wide spectrum of people
of company members to fashion its           and to further the conversation about the
singular voice. She has collaborated        role of arts and creativity in our culture,
with artists, composers, writers and        BMC is dedicated to providing access to
designers along with the dancers who        the creative process and expression to
share her studio practice and from          diverse communities.
whom she has learned what dancing can
reveal. Seeking to expand the language      Named a Master of African American
of dance, Bebe Miller Company’s work        Choreography by the Kennedy Center
encompasses choreography, writing,          in 2005, Bebe has been a Movement
film, video and digital media.              Research honoree, has received four
                                            New York Dance and Performance
A native New Yorker, Bebe first             “Bessie” awards, the David R. White
performed her choreography at NYC’s         Award from New York Live Arts,
Dance Theater Workshop in 1978. She         United States Artists and Guggenheim
formed Bebe Miller Company in 1985 to       Fellowships, honorary doctorates from
pursue her interest in finding a physical   Ursinus College and Franklin & Marshall
language for the human condition.           College, and is one of the inaugural
Since then, Bebe has created more than      class of Doris Duke Artist Award
50 dance works for the company that         recipients. Bebe is a Distinguished
have been performed in nearly 400           Professor Emerita in The Ohio State
engagements worldwide. BMC has been         University’s Department of Dance and
commissioned and presented by leading       lives in Columbus, OH.
venues including 651 ARTS, BAM Next
Wave, DTW, Jacob’s Pillow, Joyce
Theater, PICA, REDCAT, Walker Art           Annie-B Parson (Honoree) co-founded
Center and Wexner Center for the Arts.      Big Dance Theater with Molly Hickok
Her choreography has been performed         and Paul Lazar in 1991. She has
by Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M. (Abraham In        choreographed and co-created over
Motion), Dayton Contemporary Dance          20 works for the company, ranging
Company, Oregon Ballet Theater,             from pure dance pieces, to adaptations
Boston Ballet, Philadanco, Salt Lake        of found text, plays, and literature,
City’s Repertory Dance Theater, the         to original works combining wildly
UK’s Phoenix Dance Company, PACT            disparate materials. Her work with
Dance Company of Johannesburg,              Big Dance has been commissioned by
South Africa, and a host of colleges and    The Old Vic/London, Sadlers Wells/
universities.                               London, Les Subsistances in Lyon,
                                            The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The
National Theater of Paris/Chaillot, Les     work for the string quartet ETHEL, Salt
Subsistances/Lyon, The Kitchen, The         n Pepa, Laurie Anderson, Nico Muhly
Japan Society, The Walker Art Center,       and Esperanza Spalding. Annie-B also
DTW and many other theaters.                choreographed one thousand amateur
                                            singers for a work by David Lang at the
Outside of Big Dance, Ms. Parson has        Mostly Mozart Festival. Her dances are
created choreography for opera, pop         featured in the film Ride, Roar, Rise
musicians, television, movies, theater,     about David Byrne, the Jonathan Demme
ballet, marching bands, symphony            movie Ricki and the Flash, among
orchestras and augmented reality. Most      others.
recently, Parson choreographed for St.
Vincent’s recent music video, and for       Her awards include the first Jacob’s
David Byrne’s American Utopia for the       Pillow Dance Award (2007). the
world tour, for Spike Lee’s documentary,    Doris Duke Performing Artist Award
and for Broadway. Other work for David      (2014), an Olivier Award nomination
Byrne includes his musical Here Lies        in choreography (2015), Foundation
Love at the Public Theater and The          for Contemporary Arts Grants to
National Theater in London; David           Artists Award (2014), Franky Award
Byrne’s 2012 world tour with St. Vincent    (2016), USA Artists Grant in theater
and a marching band; and for Byrne’s        (2012), Guggenheim Fellowship in
2008 Brian Eno world tour. For Byrne        Choreography (2007), two BESSIE
she also made dance for his appearances     awards (2010, 2002), a Bessie 2020
on Colbert, SNL and Jimmy Kimmel.           Honoree award, and three NYFA
She created the choreography for            Choreography Fellowships (2013, 2006
St. Vincent’s 2014 world tour, as well      and 2000). BDT received an OBIE
as her performances with the Dallas         (2000) and Parson has received three
Symphony Orchestra; the solo iteration      Lucille Lortel nominations (2014, 2012,
of St. Vincent’s Masseduction tour, The     2011). She was a YCC choreographer at
David Lynch Festival, and for St. Vincent   The American Dance Festival (1994).
appearances on The Tonight Show             Parson was honored by PS 122 in 2016.
with Jimmy Fallon and SNL. Parson
created two large scale works for The       Since 1993 Parson has been an
Martha Graham Dance Company, and            instructor of choreography at New York
she choreographed a solo for Wendy          University’s Experimental Theater
Whelan commissioned by the Royal            Wing. Additionally, she has taught
Ballet/Lynberry Theater.                    dance-making at countless universities
                                            and internationally including Ballet
Her work for theater, opera and film        Rambert and La Mama Umbria.
includes the David Bowie/Ivo Van            Parson has written articles for Ballet
Hove’s Lazarus which played in London       Review, Movement Research Journal,
and NYC. She has made dances for            Theater Magazine, Dance Magazine,
playwrights including: Anne Carson,         The Brooklyn Rail, and many other
Lucas Hnath, Sarah Ruhl, Suzan-Lori         publications. Parson gave a talk on the
Parks, Enda Walsh, Gogol and Chekhov        use of Poetics in the adaption of text at
to name a few. She has made dance for       the Poetry Center. As an artist curator,
music artists including: a full evening     she has curated shows including: Merce
Cunningham’s memorial We Give                York; and Rijksmuseum Vincent Van
Ourselves Away at Every Moment,              Gogh, Amsterdam, among others.
Dancer Crush, and Sourcing Stravinsky        Her most recent solo exhibitions
at NYLA. Parson tours a lecture on           include Considering Rothko at Lévy
abstraction called The Virtuosity of         Gorvy Gallery in Palm Beach, and
Structure. Her recent book, Drawing The      Color Wheel, currently on view at The
Surface of Dance was published this year     Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC.
by Wesleyan Press. In 2015 her book          In 2019 she was selected to design the
Dance by Letter, was published by 53rd       backdrop for Merce Cunningham’s
State Press. She has an upcoming book        centennial performance at Brooklyn
to be published by Verso Press in 2023.      Academy of Music.

Big Dance is premiering a new work           Select public collections include
entitled The Mood Room in 2021, co-          Louvre, Paris; Tate Gallery, London;
commissioned by The Kitchen and              the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
BAM, with additional commissioning           York; the Museum of Modern Art, New
support from Carolina Performing             York; the Philadelphia Museum of Art;
Arts, FringeArts Philadelphia, and The       the Whitney Museum of American Art,
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN).         New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim
                                             Museum, New York; Denver Art
                                             Museum; the Brooklyn Museum,
Pat Steir (Honoree), studied art and         Brooklyn; the Baltimore Museum of
philosophy at Boston University and          Art, Baltimore; National Gallery of Art,
received her BFA from the Pratt Institute    Washington, D.C. and the Hirshhorn
in 1962. In 1963, she was invited to         Museum and Sculpture Garden,
participate in her first group show at the   Washington, D.C.
High Museum in Atlanta. The next year,
her work appeared in group exhibitions       Steir is the recipient of numerous
at the Philadelphia Museum of Art            awards, including a Guggenheim
and the Museum of Modern Art, New            Fellowship (1982), as well as grants from
York, making her a key figure among          the National Endowment for the Arts
the first wave of women artists to gain      (1976, 1973). In 1991, she was awarded an
prominence in the New York art world.        Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from
                                             the Pratt Institute, New York, and in
Over the past 50 years, she has exhibited    2001, she received the Boston University
extensively in America and Europe, with      School for the Arts Distinguished
solo exhibitions at institutions such as     Alumni Award. Steir received the
The Whitney Museum of American Art,          Visionary Woman Award from the
New York; the Albright-Knox Gallery,         Moore College of Art & Design in 2015
Buffalo, New York; Gemeentemuseum            and in 2016 was elected a member of the
Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands;        American Academy of Arts in Letters. In
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long         2017, she was awarded the International
Island City, New York; The Irish             Medal of Art by the United States
Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Musee          Department of State.
d’art Contemporain, Lyon, France;
the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New              Steir is a founding board member of
Printed Matter, HERESIES: A Feminist       developing and overseeing grant-making
Publication on Art and Politics, and       programs that fund contemporary
Semiotext(e). She is the subject of        dance, theater, and jazz artists and the
Pat Steir: Artist, a documentary film      organizations that present and support
directed by Veronica Gonzalez Peña,        them.
streaming on all major platforms.
                                           Prior to DDCF, Knighton was the senior
                                           vice president for grantmaking at the
Philip Bither (Speaker) has served as      Nathan Cummings Foundation. She
Senior Curator of Performing Arts          also served as Senior Vice President
at Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center         for Program and Nonprofit Investment
since April 1997, spearheading one of      at the Upper Manhattan Empowerment
the country’s leading contemporary         Zone. In the field of arts and culture, she
performing arts programs. During           was executive producer and president
this time, he has overseen the building    of 651 ARTS; program manager at the
of the McGuire Theater, a distinctive      Nonprofit Finance Fund; managing
theatrical space and production            director of Penumbra Theatre Company;
laboratory within the Walker expansion     and executive producer of dance & be
(April 2005); establishing the Walker’s    still arts. She is a former board member
first dedicated performing arts            of the Association of Performing Arts
endowment; the commissioning of            Professionals and of Grantmakers in
nearly 200 new dance, music and            the Arts (GIA), where she chaired GIA’s
performance works; and the annual          Racial Equity Committee. Knighton
residency and presentation support of      has also served as panelist, speaker,
many contemporary performing arts          and advisor to the National Endowment
creators. Prior to this, he served as      for the Arts, Leveraging Investments
Artistic Director of the Flynn Center      in Creativity (LINC), New England
in Burlington, VT and Associate            Foundation for the Arts, the Association
Director/Music Curator for BAM’s Next      of Performing Arts Professionals, South
Wave Festival. In 2011, he helped co-      Carolina Arts Commission and many
found, along with Danspace Project’s       others. She currently serves on the board
Judy Hussie-Taylor, the Institute for      of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment
Curatorial Practice in Performance         Zone Development Corporation,
(ICPP) graduate program at Wesleyan        chairing its Cultural Investment Fund
University, envisioned and established     Committee.
by Sam Miller. He regularly sits on
foundation arts panels and actively
travels globally to research new           Jodi Melnick, choreographer/dancer/
performance and speak about trends in      teacher/ has been part of the NYC
the contemporary performing arts.          dance community since 1985. Melnick
                                           designs intricate movement to explore
                                           the exquisite nature and dynamic
Maurine Knighton (Speaker) is the          relationships between human beings.
program director for the arts at the       She uses the profound expression of
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.          the dancing body and lucid performing
In that capacity, she is responsible for   instincts to drive the creative process.
Since the early 90’s, Melnick has         Company in 1979 and established SLAM
performed in this incomparable            (STREB Lab for Action Mechanics) in
container of art, Danspace, with such     Brooklyn, NY in 2003. Streb holds a
luminary artists as, Sara Rudner, Jon     MA in Humanities and Social Thought
Kinzel, Vicky Shick, Susan Rethorst,      from New York University, a BS in
Donna Uchizono, Sondra Loring, Dennis     Modern Dance from SUNY Brockport,
O’connor, Beth Gill, Irene Hultman,       and honorary doctorates from SUNY
Yoshiko Chuma, Rashaun Mitchell, Sara     Brockport, Rhode Island College and
Mearns, Sally Silver, Yves Musard, and    Otis College of Art and Design and has
Patricia Hoffbauer.                       received numerous honors including
                                          the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Other ventures in movement include        Foundation ‘Genius’ Award, the
dancing in the Twyla Tharp dance          Guggenheim Fellowship, a Doris Duke
company (1990-1994, 2009), performing     Artist Award and a USA Fellowship
with Mikhail Baryshnikov (2005-2008),     Award.
collaborating with Trisha Brown on a
solo, working with Charlie Atlas, John    A board member of the Jerome
Jasperse, David Neuman, Liz Roche, and    Foundation, Streb has been a featured
Sibyl Kempson.                            mainstage speaker at TED2018: The
                                          Age of Amazement in Vancouver,
Melnick is honored with a Doris Duke      BRAINWAVE at The Rubin Museum,
Impact Award (2014), a Guggenheim         TEDxMET, the Institute for Technology
Fellow (2012), a Jerome Robbins New       and Education, POPTECH, the Institute
Essential Works Grant (2010-2011), a      of Contemporary Art, the Brooklyn
Foundation for Contemporary Arts          Museum of Art, the Rochester Institute
Grant (2011), two Bessie Awards for       of Technology, the Association of
sustained achievement in dance (2001      Performing Arts Presenters, the
and 2008), a Gibney DIP Residency         Penny Stamps Speaker Series, Chorus
Grantee, a two year extended Life         America, on NPR’s Science Friday,
grantee awarded from the Lower            and she gave the 2019 Commencement
Manhattan Cultural Center (LMCC),         Speech at Otis College for Art and
and a Center for Ballet Arts residency    Design. Streb was profiled by Alec
fellow(2019).                             Wilkinson in an extended essay for the
                                          New Yorker magazine, was featured in
Currently, Melnick is an adjunct          the Smithsonian Magazine (“The New
professor of dance at Barnard College     American Circus”), and in 2019 was
at Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence    featured on the front page of the Wall
College.                                  Street Journal. Streb is the subject of two
                                          documentaries: Born to Fly, directed by
                                          Catherine Gund (Aubin Pictures), which
Elizabeth Streb (Speaker), has dived      premiered at the SXSW Festival and was
through glass, walked down London’s       featured at the Film Forum in NYC and
City Hall, dumped a ton of dirt on her    OXD, directed by Craig Lowy, which
head, and set herself on fire, among      premiered at Doc NYC. In 20I0, Feminist
many other feats of extreme action. She   Press published her book, STREB: How
founded the STREB Extreme Action          to Become an Extreme Action Hero.
DANSPACE PROJECT GRATEFULLY THANKS AND
ACKNOWLEDGES OUR 2021 GALA DONORS*
Golden Angels                    Renee Lemieux
Anne Delaney                     Melissa Levin
Hilary Easton                    Amy Lieberman
Frances Craig Guillemot          Stanford Makishi
Agnes Gund                       Diane Max
Dorothy Lichtenstein             Joseph V. Melillo
David Parker                     Franny Milberg
Helen and Peter Warwick          Lisa Nelson
                                 Tere O’Connor
Silver Angels                    Paul O’Neil
Yona Backer                      Wendy Perron
Barbara Bertozzi Castelli        Stephen Petronio
Philip Bither                    Jana Reed
Suzanne Bocanegra & David Lang   Judilee Reed
Anthony Calnek                   John C. Robinson
Terry Creach                     Michael Rohrer
David Fanger                     Shelley Senter
Allyson Green                    Stacey Spence
Bree Jeppson                     Laurie Uprichard
Sarah Needham                    Jane Weinstock
Carol LeWitt                     Cathy Weis
Cynthia Mayeda
Anne B. Miller                   All the Angels!
Virginia & Timothy Millhiser     Anonymous
Linda Stein                      Linda Adams
Ken Tabachnick                   Elena Bajo
Nina Winthrop                    Caroline Beasley-Baker
                                 Lydia Bell
Bronze Angels                    Emily Coates
Daniel Baldini                   Miriam Cooper
Mary Barone                      Nancy Duncan
Karen Bell                       Keller Easterling
William Bissell                  Erika Hansen
Barbara Bryan                    Pam Knight
Donna Burchfield                 Sarah Michelson
Amy Cassello                     Andrea Newman
Nikki Castro                     Carla Peterson
Peter Cramer                     Kelsey & José Picayo
Susan Dowling                    Melissa Riker
Douglas Dunn                     Heather Robles
Molissa Fenley                   Lucy Sexton
Christine Fleming                Sara Silva
Laura Hoffman                    David Thompson and Ginger Chapman
Lila Hurwitz                     Gwen Welliver
Kathy Kaufmann                   Megan Williams
Marion Koltun                    Norah Zuniga
Phyllis Lamhut                                          *as of April 23, 2021
Margaret Lawrence
GALA CO-CHAIRS
                Suzanne Bocanegra and David Lang

                        HONORARY CHAIRS
                      Joan Jonas, Glenn Ligon

                       BENEFIT COMMITTEE
                        As of April 23, 2021

  Kyle Abraham, Marina Abramovic, Yona Backer*, Elise Bernhardt,
Barbara Bertozzi Castelli, Suzanne Bocanegra*, Carol Bryce-Buchanan,
Anthony Calnek*, Molly Davies and Polly Motley, Thomas F. DeFrantz,
    Anne Delaney, Hilary Easton*, David L. Fanger*, Chris Giarmo,
   Ain Gordon, Frances Craig Guillemot, Agnes Gund, Meg Harper,
 Angie Hauser, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Bree Jeppson, Darrell Jones,
    Kathy Kaufmann, Tendayi Kuumba, Thomas Lax*, Paul Lazar,
 Young Jean Lee, Ralph Lemon, Melissa Levin*, Dorothy Lichtenstein,
    Cynthia Mayeda, Jodi Melnick, Virginia and Timothy Milhiser,
 Rashaun Mitchell*, Carol Mullins, Sarah Needham*, David Neumann,
  Tere O’Connor, Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, Eiko Otake*,
     David Parker*, Craig Peterson, Yvonne Rainer, Judilee Reed*,
 Ken Tabachnick, David Thomson, Laurie Uprichard, Anne Waldman,
     Helen and Peter Warwick*, David R. White, Nina Winthrop*,
               Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Abby Zbikowski

                                                        *Board member
SPECIAL THANKS
On behalf of Danspace Project, I would like    Many thanks to the entire Danspace
to share the following special thanks:         Project staff - Benjamin Akio Kimitch, Jodi
                                               Bender, Lily Cohen, Seta Morton; to our
Our utmost appreciation, respect and           indomitable leader, Judy Hussie-Taylor;
gratitude to the 2021 Rebel Angels             and extra special thanks to Yolanda Royster
honorees: Bebe Miller, Annie-B Parson,         for being the wizard behind the curtain,
and Pat Steir. We echo the tributes offered    and Nora Thompson and Severine Kaufman
this evening, toast you yet again, and         who have brought this virtual event to life
continue to be inspired by your visions.       beautifully, gracefully, and with astonishing
                                               attention to detail.
To the artists and speakers who so
generously shared your words and offerings     A special shout-out to the Danspace
- thank you from the bottom of our hearts      Project family: Emma Rose Brown, Toni
for illuminating all the reasons we have       Carlson, E G Condon, Jordan Morley, and
gathered here this evening to honor our        Ella Wasserman-Smith who have spent
Rebel Angels. And to Jodi Melnick and          countless hours and days when we’re
David Thomson - your grace and guidance        “in-person” taking care of audiences, and
are immeasurably important to us.              providing invaluable support to staff and
                                               board; and hats off to Danspace Project
We are additionally honored to have            resident lighting designers Kathy Kaufmann
received such a wonderful response             and Carol Mullins for countless years of
from so many Gala honorees with their          expertly transforming Danspace Project
recipe contributions to the Rebel Angels       performances and events into whole new
Cookbook - looking forward to cooking          worlds.
our way through the whole thing!
                                               Lastly, we want to express our thanks
Thank you to Honorary Chairs, Joan Jonas       for the many local businesses who have
and Glenn Ligon, and the Gala Co-chairs,       partnered with Danspace Project for
Suzanne Bocanegra and David Lang, for          successful events over the years: Canard,
lending your leadership to this evening and    Inc., Elise Bernhardt / fleur elise bkln,
helping to make it a success. And to the       Fresco, MUD, Insomnia Cookies, Ozone
Benefit Committee, table sponsors, and         Design, Paddle8, Pangea Restaurant,
all those who gave a donation before and       Porsena Restaurant, Sky Frame Inc., and
during this Gala to the Rebel Angels Fund -    Veniero’s.
we are truly grateful for your generosity.
                                               We hope you have all enjoyed the evening
To the Danspace Project Board of Directors     and continue to find ways, little or big, to
who have stood up for, and stood behind,       celebrate.
the organization’s staff and artists through
a challenging time for all - what has been
accomplished this year would not have          In gratitude,
been possible without your leadership and      Peggy Cheng
guidance.                                      Director of Development
Mission & History
Danspace Project’s mission is to present new work in dance, support
a diverse range of artists in developing their work, encourage
experimentation, and connect artists to audiences. Since its founding in
1974, Danspace Project has supported a vital community of contemporary
dance artists in the historic landmark St. Mark’s Church in Manhattan’s East
Village.

Since the launch of its Platforms series in 2010, Danspace Project has used
a responsive framework for programming. Danspace Project emphasizes
flexibility in the support resources offered to artists, new and ongoing
program partnerships in the cultural community and our local East Village
neighborhood, and print and online publications that disseminate our work
to a wide audience.

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    Executive Director & Chief Curator     President
                                          Helen Warwick
Judy Hussie-Taylor
                                           Vice President
  Program Director & Associate Curator    David Parker
Benjamin Akio Kimitch
                                           Secretary
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  Director of Finance & Operations
Jodi Bender                                 Treasurer
                                          Sarah Needham
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Peggy H. Cheng                            David Fanger

  Communications Director                 Yona Backer
Lily Cohen                                Suzanne Bocanegra
                                          Trisha Brown, In Memoriam, 2006-2017
                                          Anthony Calnek
  Development & Communcations Assistant   Douglas Dunn, Emeritus
Séverine Kaufman                          Hilary Easton
                                          Ishmael Houston-Jones, Emeritus
  Associate Curator, Public Engagement    Judy Hussie-Taylor
Seta Morton                               Thomas Lax
                                          Ralph Lemon, Emeritus
 Development Manager                      Bebe Miller, Emeritus
Nora Thompson                             Sam Miller, In Memoriam, 2013-2018
                                          Rashaun Mitchell
                                          Eiko Otake
  Production Manager                      Judilee Reed
Yolanda Royster                           Nina Winthrop

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Kathy Kaufmann                            Artists Advisory Board
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