About Us
Our Mission
The Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island cultivates a sustainable and diverse cultural community for the people of Staten Island by:
- Making the arts accessible to every member of the community.
- Supporting and building recognition for artistic achievement.
- Providing artists, organizations, and arts educators the technical, financial and social resources to encourage cultural production.
We do this by working
hand-in-hand on arts and humanities projects with individual artists,
community leaders, cultural and community-based organizations, large and
small foundations and businesses, schools and governmental agencies. In
addition, we offer the following programs and services:
• Grant & Award Programs for individual artists,
artist collaborations, folk arts, organizations and schools
• Technical Assistance and Professional Development Workshops
and Seminars designed to help artists, artist educators and organizations
grow in their disciplines and ability to provide art services to the community.
General topics include grants instruction, project/proposal development,
finding or establishing a venue, and producing events.
• Marketing and Promotion Assistance and how to
access different avenues to promote programs and exhibitions, including
contact lists for government officials.
• Artist Registry and Artist Opportunities for
member artists
• Networking Opportunities where artists of all
disciplines can share their work, discuss current projects, create collaborations
and talk about issues.
• Membership and Advisory Committees are forums
where COAHSI invites comments from its members and the arts community to
assess the effectiveness of its outreach, programs and discuss ways COAHSI
can better serve its stakeholders.
• Weekly E-mail Blasts that offer a comprehensive
calendar listing of Staten Island cultural activities
For a look at COAHSI's Strategic Plan, click here.
For a copy of COAHSI's 2011 Annual Report, click here.
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COAHSI
Staff & Board
• Melanie Franklin Cohn, Executive Director
mcohn(at)statenislandarts.org
• Racquel Cornali, Director of Grants Administration
rcornali(at)statenislandarts.org
• Kelly Kuwabara, Arts-in-Education Program Director
kkuwabara(at)statenislandarts.org
• Gena Mimozo, Arts-in-Education Program Officer
gmimozo(at)statenislandarts.org
• Christopher Mulé, Deputy Director/Folklorist
cmule(at)statenislandarts.org
• Monica Valenzuela, Director of Development & Community Programming
mvalenzuela(at)statenislandarts.org
Board
of Directors
• Donna Maxon, President
• Jay Anderson, Treasurer
• Mikhael Antone
• Christopher Benbow, Esq., 2nd Vice President
• Jeffrey Beyer, Time Warner Cable
• Tracie H. Diggs
• R. Veronique Fitzgerald
• Patrick Jordan
• Hal Minsky, Secretary
• Todd Alan Price
• Kevin Rice
• Sheila Rohan, Assistant Secretary
• Robert Shick, 1st Vice President
• Andrew Wilson
• Kelly Yim
Advisory Board
• Bobby Digi
• Sajda Ladner
• Rose Kingston
• Malissa Priebe
• Vincent Lenza
• Bree Driscoll
• Steve Elias
• Rhonda Hogan-Brock
• Jay Anderson
• Kamillah Hanks
Our
Funders
COAHSI is supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts; The Rockefeller Foundation Cultural Innovation Fund; JP Morgan Chase Foundation; and Richmond County Savings Bank Foundation. Arts in Education programs are supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts; New York Community Trust; the Staten Island Foundation; the Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Charitable Foundation; and the Staten Island Rotary Foundation. Folk Arts programs are supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. This website is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State’s 62 counties. COAHSI also receives support from New York City Council members James Oddo and Debi Rose, and our artist, individual, family, and business members.
If you are not currently a member of COAHSI, but wish to join
or renew your membership, please contact
us or visit our membership page.
Wafoo
(above), seven composer-musicians who play a fusion of Jazz and Japanese
music, received a 2004 Excellence in the Performing Arts Grant. In 2008
they received an Encore Grant.