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
• Arts & Letters COAHSI’s quarterly
publication that offers news about the arts community, listings of COAHSI
grantee events, artist profiles and opportunities, and space for ads.
For a look at COAHSI's Strategic Plan, click here.
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COAHSI
Staff & Board
• Melanie Franklin Cohn, Executive Director
mcohn(at)statenislandarts.org
• Racquel Cornali, Grants Administrator
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, Folklorist
cmule(at)statenislandarts.org
• Karolina Novak, Office Assistant
knovak(at)statenislandarts.org
• Ginger Shulick, Director of Community Programming and Development
gshulick(at)statenislandarts.org
Board
of Directors
• Andrew Wilson, President
• Jay Anderson
• Mikhael Antone
• Christopher Benbow, Esq.
• Jeffrey Beyer, Time Warner Cable
• R. Veronique Fitzgerald
• Donna Maxon
• Hal Minsky
• Todd Alan Price
• Kevin Rice
• Sheila Rohan
• Robert Shick
• 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 programs and services are supported by the New York City Department
of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts; The Carnegie
Corporation; JPMorgan Chase Foundation; The Rockefeller Foundation; The Staten Island Foundation;
Richmond County Savings Foundation; Time Warner Cable New York; New York Community Trust; Congressman Michael McMahon; New York City Councilman James Oddo,
New York State Assemblyman Matthew Titone, New York State Senator Diane
J. Savino, New York State Senator Andrew J. Lanza, and by COAHSI 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.