Annual Report 2024-25
We are pleased to present our annual report for our fiscal year of July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025. Enjoy!
A letter from the President of the Board
JOHN THOMSPON
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Arts Council of Princeton, I am writing to express our deepest gratitude for your ongoing support of our mission: Building Community Through the Arts. Your generosity fuels our ability to provide opportunities for children, teens, and adults alike to explore their creativity and find connection through the arts.
Over the past year, we have been particularly focused on inclusion, expansion, and honoring the rich history of our town – especially the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood we are proud to call home. Through events like the Safe Streets series, our annual celebration of Paul Robeson, and the publication of four books inspired by the Witherspoon-Jackson community, we’ve deepened our commitment to sharing the stories and voices that define Princeton’s cultural identity.
As we look to the future, expansion remains a central focus of our vision. The Arts Council has outgrown its current space, and we are laying the groundwork for a thoughtful and sustainable building project that will allow us to broaden our reach and impact. This next chapter will require the continued partnership and generosity of our community – the very spirit that has always powered our work.
Thank you once again for your trust, enthusiasm, and support. We are profoundly grateful for your role in making the Arts Council of Princeton a vibrant and welcoming home for creativity.
Warm regards,
John Thompson, Board of Trustees President
A letter from the Executive Director
Adam Welch
Hello Friend,
Here at the Arts Council, we do not often find the time for reflection – it’s always onto our next great adventure! Even so, this time of the year has me taking stock. As I’m writing this letter, I’m marking my fifth anniversary at the ACP. I can tell you that I am filled with immense pride for the transformative years we’ve experienced together.
This year, in particular, has been nothing short of remarkable, marked by tremendous growth, new and exciting opportunities for artists, and resplendent community and cultural events that have brought us all closer.
From our dynamic creative programs and classes to the numerous murals that bring color to our neighborhoods, we have witnessed the incredible power of art to unite and uplift us. Our greatest accomplishment this year was not the publishing of four – four! – Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood books, or the Totem Pole carved by Tlingit Master Carver Nathan Jackson, though the latter was an absolute personal dream come true. Rather, what I am most proud of is our team, who truly serves our community with heart. They make sure that each initiative we take on enriches our local culture and provides a platform for creativity to flourish.
Your support is the foundation of our thriving artistic community. Together, we have created a tapestry of experiences that celebrate our shared passion for the arts. Thank you for being an integral part of our journey and for believing in the profound and transformative impact of creativity.
Here’s to another year of innovation, inspiration, and artistic excellence.
Adam Welch, Executive Director
NUMBERS TELL OUR STORY
Community
- $40,418 offered in need-based scholarships to 108 recipients (children and adults)
- $29,410 in donated rental fees to community members and organizations
- 135+ free community events and programs
- 49 weeks of Arts Exchange programming for HomeFront children and teens
- 39 weeks of programming for low-income seniors
- 38 weeks of programming for Princeton Nursery School students
- 35 weeks of free afterschool programming for local middle schoolers
- 34 weeks of twice weekly programming for Princeton Young Achievers
- 6 new murals
Education
- 330 distinct classes
- 35 Zoom-based classes
- 12 free virtual drawing sessions in collaboration with Princeton University Art Museum
Artists
- $28,423 in art sales supporting local artists and makers
- 556 visual and performing artists showcased
- 125+ exhibition artists
- 28 unique exhibitions
People
- 29,250+ event attendees and participants
- 5220 hours of service from 253 dedicated volunteers
- 1,332 creative students
- 1,000+ inspiring members
- 550+ generous donors
- 350+ students engaged in our outreach programs
- 66 professional teaching artists
- 9 full-time staff and 5 part-time staff
Reach
- 467,995 Instagram views
- 15,776 Email subscribers
- 14,321 Instagram followers
- 10,693 Facebook followers
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Our events bring people together to experience the magic of community and connection! The brand-new Princeton Community Chili Cook-Off, a collaboration with the Historical Society of Princeton, proved that the recipe for a fantastic day is a spoonful of chili, a dash of music, a sprinkling of games, and a hint of beer or cider. Best enjoyed with your friends, neighbors, and dogs. Our monthly poetic and storytelling open mic, Story & Verse, flourished this year with record-setting crowds and truly remarkable performances. Our art markets also had a year of fantastic growth, showcasing more talented makers than ever before. In the spring, the fourth annual Princeton Porchfest was a huge hit, featuring more than 90 bands on 18 front porches playing to thousands of music lovers. To close out the day, the final performance and party held in Palmer Square was one for the books. We also proudly hosted our friends Pezz Glassworks for multiple weekends of hands-on glassblowing tutorials and educational experiences for kids. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg — what a year!
See below for full list of community events:
- Black Caucus Roundtable + Women’s History Month Panel
- Celebrating and Honoring 90+ Years, a Collaboration with WJHCS
- Artist Chalet Winter Village
- BYOB Workshop Series
- Café Improv
- Clothing Swap
- Daruma Workshop with Miya Table & Home
- Downtown Gallery Art Crawl with the Princeton University Art Museum
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Art-Making Workshop
- El Día de Los Muertos Community Event Celebration At Princeton Shopping Center
- Fiesta del Día de Los Reyes Magos: Three Kings Day Flamenco Performance
- Free Exhibition Opening Receptions
- Glassblowing Workshops with Pezz Glassworks
- Hometown Halloween Parade
- Spring Concert by Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
- Joint Effort Princeton Safe Streets Community Reception, Exhibition, and Award Ceremony
- Outdoor Juneteenth Concert by Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
- Paul Robeson’s Birthday Celebration + Scholarship Presentation
- Pop-Up Beer Garden with Triumph Brewing Company
- Princeton Art Bazaar
- Princeton Community Chili Cook-Off
- Princeton Porchfest
- Pumpkin Palooza!
- Sauce for the Goose Outdoor Art Market
- Story & Verse: Storytelling and Poetic Open Mic
- Thursday Night Virtual Artmaking with the Princeton University Art Museum (since 2020)
- Witherspoon Jackson Neighborhood Association Community Meetings
- yART sale
NEIGHBORHOOD
Executive Director Adam Welch was asked to join the Board of Directors of the Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society, a local non-profit with whom we often partner to promote the rich history of the African American community in Princeton. Trustee Gregory Smith wrote, and ACP published, two books of poetry, Reflections from a Vibrant Past: The Poetry of the Witherspoon-Jackson Community Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, and Adam Welch wrote the Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood zine and Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood: How One Community Changed Princeton. To celebrate their launch, we welcomed 100+ community members including US Senator, Andy Kim, at our Juneteenth reading.
This year marks another first for the Arts Council. For the first time in our in our 58 years, we received direct financial municipal support. This marks a major recognition of the great work ACP is doing in and for the community. As a result of this new and fantastic partnership, Councilperson Leighton Newlin joined our board as Council Liaison.
ANNE REEVES ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
The Arts Council of Princeton established the Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence Program in 2009 to offer artists the opportunity to conceptualize and create new works while providing the community with creative interaction with working artists in all disciplines. Since its inception, ACP Artists-in-Residence have created community wide projects, public art sculptures and murals, theater productions, and more. We’d like to extend a sincere thank you to Timothy M Andrews for his generous support of the program. See below for a list of this year’s artists (named in chronological order).
GHADA AMER
Two years ago, we began a long-term residency with world-renowned artist Ghada Amer. Amer’s wide-ranging practice spans painting, cast sculpture, ceramics, works on paper, and garden and mixed-media installations. Recognizing both that women are taught to model behaviors and traits shaped by others, and that art history and the history of painting in particular are shaped largely by expressions of masculinity, Amer’s work actively subverts these frameworks through both aesthetics and content. Over the next year of her residency, Amer will produce large ceramic wall hangings, which will be exhibited in the Taplin Gallery in October of 2026.
DR. RONAH HARRIS
Artist Dr. Ronah Harris put her many talents to work on designing and executing the latest version of our beloved Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood quilt. With respect and a nod to quilter Gail Mitchell, who led our first Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood quilt in 2005 now archived and in storage, Harris designed a geographical map to complement Mitchell’s photography-oriented quilt. Harris held community stitching workshops at the Princeton Public Library and the ACP where many residents came to help sew and be involved. This beautiful quilt is on public display in our Sands Lobby for all to enjoy.
NATHAN JACKSON
In the fall of 2024, the Arts Council was proud to announce Nathan Jackson, nationally renowned Alaskan Tlingit totem pole carver as an Artist-in-Residence.
Jackson is a traditional dancer and an esteemed bearer of Tlingit values as well as a master wood carver, metalsmith, and creative artist. Mr. Jackson began carving the ACP totem pole at the Edwin DeWill Carving Center in Saxman Native Village, Alaska, and, after shipment of the pole to New Jersey, completed the carving at the ACP in October 2024.
His residency project “Monumental Sculptures: Understanding the Totem Poles of the Northwest Coast”, honors and celebrates the artwork of the Tlingit peoples of the Northwest Coast. Thanks to the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, we are proud to feature the totem pole in permanent display in our lobby.
ADAM SCHNITZER
Simultaneously, the ACP welcomed Adam Schnitzer, a recent Skidmore College graduate and model maker from Princeton. As a multidisciplinary artist, his work combines geologic and anthropologic research with three-dimensional design to develop scale models, offering educational insights into geologic time and human history.
During his residency, Schnitzer created a miniature-scale model of Jackson’s totem pole, situated in a natural environment — in this case, Alaska’s Totem Bight State Park, which features many totem poles and a tribal house. This project is kept in the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts’ permanent collection and on public view.
VICTOR E. BELL
Victor Bell loves dogs, especially rescue dogs and the unconditional love we receive from them. Victor also loves his community and so, together, the idea for Princeton’s Dogoyles was born. Bell crafted a series of ceramic dogoyles – a magical mix of dog, dragon, and gargoyle – all inspired by specific locations throughout our community.
All twelve dogoyles debuted in late May 2025 and were fostered through mid-September at Contes Pizza, Princeton Garden Theatre, Labyrinth Books, Princeton Public Library, Small World Coffee, The Bent Spoon, jaZams, Hoagie Haven, Princeton Record Exchange, Orvana, Community Park Pool and here at the ACP. Each of Victor’s dogoyles featured a QR code on their label linking visitors to SAVE, our local animal shelter, helping Victor give back to rescue dogs and hoping others will discover this unconditional love.
PUBLIC & COMMUNITY ART
In 2024, our Development team scored another grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, our second in the last five years. This year’s grant supported the acquisition of a major public artwork. While we are not a collecting institution per se, the Arts Council has amassed a significant collection of fantastic works from Residents and exhibiting artists. To that end, this NEA grant supported the commissioning of American National Treasure and Tlingit Master Carver, Nathan P. Jackson, to carve an eight-foot totem pole which is now on proud permanent display in our front lobby. Jackson also produced two limited-edition prints at the Arts Council with Master Printer and ACP Print Studio Manager Dave DiMarchi. In addition to this meaningful project, we commissioned a new painting of Paul Robeson by local artist, Kirstan Fitzpatrick, which is on display in our first-floor historic hallway.
The momentum of our Public Art program continues to flourish. This year brought the arrival of six new murals. Our temporary Spring Street mural location showed The Wagon, by Red Sean and Bright Lights, by Allison Wong. The latter was a collaboration between ACP and the Princeton University Library in conjunction with their celebration of 100 years of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. For her first ever mural, Wong painted a dazzling scene of Roaring Twenties splendor, encouraging visitors to explore the Library’s offerings.
Over on Harrison Street, our mural team embarked on one of our largest projects to date: Our Front Garden on the facade of the new residences at AvalonBay on Harrison. An ode to the native flowers we enjoy all over town, this mural features sweeping coneflowers and gomphrena amidst a clear blue sky. Next door at the Princeton Shopping Center, we completed Sweet!, a clever embellishment of gas meters, along with Wallflower 1, a monochromic masterpiece on the Walgreens building, and its matching counterpart Wallflower 2 next to Wonder Pho.
EDUCATION
Our educational programming continues to flourish thanks to our dedicated instructors and students. Education staff and our talented teaching artists developed and ran online and in-person classes including Flamenco, watercolors, mixed-media collage, and ceramics.
We continued to develop our printmaking studio program, led by Print Studio Manager Dave DiMarchi, and offered a range of classes from Cyanotype to Woodblock Printmaking. Our instructors brought printmaking to our Arts Exchange and outreach programs as well, offering unique classes based on Kitchen Lithography and Monotype with found objects. We were thrilled to offer corporate and educational private workshops in printmaking for a range of organizations including Bloomberg, Hun School of Princeton, and the Ranney School.
The Romus Broadway Photo Camp was formed in 2023 by members of the Witherspoon-Jackson community in partnership with the Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society. This year they partnered with the ACP and brought this amazing program to the ACP further cementing his legacy with us and the neighborhood.
EXHIBITIONS
Our award-winning Taplin Gallery was host to a stunning assortment of exhibitions. Shows included:
- Intersecting Identities – Isabel Nazario, Julio Nazario, Roca Calero
- Reimagined Lives – Sonia Yaco, Ry An
- The Hero’s Journey – Patrick McDonnell
- Johnson Park Afterschool Art Enrichment Program – Olivia and Leslie Rainbow Foundation (2x)
- Annual Members Exhibition – ACP Members
- Exploring, Expanding the Connections – Ben Jones
- Faces, Places, Unexpected Stories – Bette Blank, Geneva Anastasio
- Metamorphosis – Matt Nolan, Mona Brody, Donna Moran, Catherine LeCleire, curated by Anna Shukeylo
- Being Present: Exploration of Abstraction – Robin Resch, Shirley Kern
- Mirrored Hues – Scott Staats, Christina Sorace MacKinnon
- The Mind of the Maker – Artists from ACP Monday Night Drawing Class, curated by Mary Dolan
Our Andrew Siegal Gallery and the Lower-Level Gallery were also hosts of the following exhibitions:
- As Above, So Below – Douglas Florian
- Charles Evans Student Scholars – Annual Art Show
- Exploring Abstraction – Ann Marie Miller, Deidre Sheehan
- Into Sight, Into Mind: Radiant Glory of the Anthropocene – Zoe Leach
- Matheny Arts Access Program – Matheny School Visual Artists
- Sparky Unchained – Patrick McDonnell
- Embracing Guidance – Tamara Torres
- Confluence – Patti Jordan, RM Crimini
- Stonybrook Garden Club – Photography Contest
- Intuitive Nature – Karen Schoenitz
- Regreening Through Art: Seeking a Symbiosis Between Humans and Nature – Spriha Gupta
- Precious Virtues – Kirstan Fitzpatrick
- Now and Then – Alia Bensliman
- Instant Gratification – Bryun Holt
- Hours of Homecoming – KimyiBo
- Places Near and Far – Ron Berlin
- Princeton Young Achievers – End of Year art show
THE ART OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
As a community organization, collaboration is at the heart of what we do. Our programs are more vibrant, more accessible, and more creative when we partner with the many nonprofits and businesses in our town and the region.
American Institute of Architecture
Alpha Phi Alpha
American Red Cross
Art Educators of New Jersey
Benjamin Moore
Bloomberg
Chimera Productions
Costello’s Ace Hardware
D’Angelo Italian Market
Eden Autism Services
Experience Princeton
First Bank
Graduate Hotel
Hamilton Building Supply
Historical Society of Princeton
HiTops
HomeFront
Jammin’ Crepes
JaZams
Joint Effort Princeton Safe Streets Program
La Lupita’s Grocery
Lillipies
McCarter Theatre Center
Miya Table & Home
Moonshot Farms
Morven Museum and Gardens
Municipality of Princeton
Muslim Center of Greater Princeton
New Jersey Music Teachers Association
NRG
Olivia & Leslie Rainbow Foundation
Olives of Princeton
Palmer Square, Princeton
Paul Robeson Alliance
Paul Robeson House of Princeton
Penn Medicine Princeton Health
Princeton Adult School
Princeton Comic Makers
Princeton Health Department
Princeton Housing Authority
Princeton Nursery School
Princeton Police Department
Princeton Public Library
Princeton Regional Schools
Princeton Shopping Center
Princeton University
Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton University Department of Community and Regional Affairs
Princeton University Office of Winter Session & Campus Engagement
Princeton Young Achievers
Rays of Hope
SAVE: A Friend to Homeless Animals
Send Hunger Packing Princeton
Small World Coffee
Stretto Youth Orchestra of Greater Princeton
Studio Hillier
Triumph Restaurant and Brewery
Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society
Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood Association
YMCA Princeton
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
The Arts Council of Princeton is dedicated to strengthening cultural equity throughout our community. Our outreach programs embody our founding belief that creative self-expression is fundamental to well-being. Each week, we offer free, high-quality art classes to under-resourced and vulnerable population, taught by the same professional teaching artists who lead our paid classes. We are continually inspired by the talent and creativity that emerge from these programs, reminding us of the power of art to connect, uplift, and transform.
Throughout the school year, our outreach programs provide free, hands-on arts education to students from Pre-K through high school. Designed to encourage self-expression, build confidence, and foster community well-being, these programs combine hands-on instruction with bilingual learning. The Arts Council partners with the Princeton Nursery School (PNS) and the YMCA’s Princeton Young Achievers (PYA) program to offer biweekly art instruction. This year, PNS students showcased their artwork in the Morven Museum’s Festival of Trees, while PYA students held a vibrant year-end exhibition at the Arts Council. PNS student visits to our Taplin Gallery remain a staff favorite – always filled with joy, curiosity, and creative discovery.
Our long-standing partnership with HomeFront continues through the Arts Exchange program, established in 1993. Students ages 5 -18 engage weekly in a wide range of artistic disciplines. Guest artists join throughout the year to introduce new mediums and inspire creative exploration.
Building on these successes, the After School Art Club, launched in 2022, provides a safe, welcoming space for local middle schoolers to create, connect, and express themselves through painting, sewing, ceramics, and more. That same year, we also launched the PRIDE Art Club, offering artmaking opportunities for LGBTQIA+ teens and their allies. This year, we partnered with HiTOPS to host several sessions of high-quality, affirming art workshops at their Princeton location.
Creative Aging is our program for low-income seniors at The Harriet Bryan House, a local assisted living facility. Our art instructors go on-site to bring professional and specially tailored arts programming to people of all backgrounds and abilities.
We are proud to continue providing quality art education to K–12 students at Eden Autism Services School. Each week, our instructors design creative projects that are uniquely tailored to a wide range of abilities and interests at the Eden Autism School.
SUPPORT & FUNDRAISERS
ART PEOPLE PARTY 2025
In April, we held our signature spring art fundraiser, Art People Party: PROM. This year, we were thrilled to honor Kristin S. Appelget, Assistant Vice President for Community and Regional Affairs at Princeton University. Kristin’s transformative work in Princeton’s engagement with our community has had an immeasurable impact on the town of Princeton and beyond. More than 200 guests enjoyed dancing, dinner, and our signature “Tombola” art lottery featuring works donated by 25+ regional artists. This event supports the Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence program, which empowers local artists to create new work and showcase their talents via workshops, public art opportunities, and gallery exhibitions. It also supports our many outreach programs that offer quality hands-on art making experiences to under resourced members of our community. We were also thrilled to announce our Kristin S. Appelget Scholarship Fund which helps support providing art experiences to youth in our community. We were also happy to have Kathy Herring and Louise Steffens as our Honorary Event Chairs.
ART OF SERIES
Four years ago, the Arts Council of Princeton launched the ART OF series with a bold idea: reimagine what a fundraiser could be. Instead of a single night of giving, we created a year-round collection of fun, affordable, and culturally rich experiences that connect our community to the passions and expertise of regional creatives and thought leaders.
Thanks to the enthusiastic support of our community, the ART OF series has flourished. Since its inception, over 2,000+ participants from Princeton and beyond have joined us to dive into topics like farming, mixology, matcha, poetry, skincare, and so much more. These events do more than entertain: they inspire, educate, and build meaningful connections across diverse audiences. We hope you can join us in the coming year!
MEMBERSHIP
Your membership plays a vital role in sustaining the Arts Council of Princeton’s free community programs, from hands-on educational offerings to dynamic exhibitions and beloved public celebrations. We rely on the generous support of members like you to keep the arts accessible and thriving in Princeton.
Members enjoy exclusive benefits, including:
- Discounts on classes, camps, workshops, merchandise, and our ART OF series
- Eligibility to participate in the Annual Members Show
- A monthly members-only newsletter with behind-the-scenes content and early access
- Valuable savings at local partners like McCaffrey’s Markets, Princeton Record Exchange, and more
By joining or renewing your membership, you’re investing in creativity, connection, and community.
VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers are the backbone of the ACP and the reason we can serve our community seven days a week. With a full-time staff of nine, we simply couldn’t operate without the generous volunteers who assist with our outreach programs and greet visitors at the front desk. We welcome individuals and group volunteers of all ages!
As a certified organization with the Presidential Volunteer Service Award, the Arts Council of Princeton recognizes qualifying teen and adult volunteers. Last year 28 Presidential Volunteer Service Awards were awarded.
This past year 253 volunteers did their magic with 5,220 hours of volunteer work. We want to offer a special shout-out to our dedicated leaders, Leila Campbell, who has volunteered an impressive 242 hours as a teen volunteer, and Joanne Costanza, who has contributed 314 hours as an adult volunteer. We deeply appreciate Leila and Joanne’s commitment, along with the invaluable contributions of our numerous other volunteers who play a vital role in making our work possible. Thank you to each and every one of you!
WAYS TO SUPPORT
We offer a wide range of individual and corporate sponsorship opportunities for fundraisers, community events, murals, community events, and more! For more information please contact Liza Peck at lpeck@artscouncilofprinceton.org or call 609.924.87777 ext 109
An easy way to magnify the impact of your giving is by connecting with your employer’s philanthropic giving program. Many corporations allow employees and retirees to request matching gifts electronically. Examples include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Merrill Lynch, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
A memorial gift is a thoughtful way of honoring the memory of someone you care deeply about. Continue their legacy in a way your loved one would have appreciated, by giving to the Arts Council. When a memorial or honorarium gift is made, the Arts Council notifies the honoree’s family member(s).
Taxpayers aged 70 1⁄2 or older may transfer up to $100,000 annually from their traditional or Roth IRA accounts directly to the Arts Council without first having to recognize the distribution as income. Please contact your IRA custodian to authorize your donation.
Appreciated securities that have been held for more than 12 months can be gifted to the Arts Council of Princeton. Stock and securities donations can be claimed as a charitable income tax donation for the full value of the shares. Gifts of stock are sold upon receipt. Stock contributions are credited for the value of the stock on the date the gift is made.
FINANCIALS
General Operations
DONOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GUARDIAN ANGEL ($25,000 and above)
Timothy M. Andrews
TAMARA FRANKLIN
VIRTUOSO ($15,000-$24,499)
Andrew H Siegal Memorial Fund
George H. & Estelle M. Sands Foundation
Mary Owen Borden Foundation
LYDIA & JOHAN PFEIFFER
Anonymous
Carol Ackerman
The Blinder Family Foundation
Mr. Philip E. Clippinger & Dr. Melissa Marks
Patrick de Maynadier
PNC Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
ADP Land Design
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Employee Giving Program
Michelle Calope O’Driscoll & Kevin O’Driscoll
Collins Family Foundation
Faegre Drinker Biddle
Glenmede Investment and Wealth Management
The Graduate Hotel
Jamie & Kathy Herring
Carol E Hoffman
Pamela & Eric Jensen
Lynne & Joe Kossow
Latonya Kilpatrick-Liverman & Arden Lance Liverman
The Curtis W. McGraw Foundation
New Jersey Arts & Culture Renewal Fund of the PACF
Ida Ochoteco
Patrick McDonnell & Karen O’Connell Fund
Sycamore Fund of the PACF
Triumph Brewing Company
Witherspoon Jackson Historical Society
Alia Bensliman
Experience Princeton
Stephen & Lindsey Forden
Gordon and Llura Gund Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation
Kookie Johnson & Tom Sheeran
The Karma Foundation
Dan & Erin Kelly
Julie & Stephen Kim
Maryellen McQaude & David Chung
Mercadien Group
Tina & Daniel Motto
Dr. Ferris Olin
Palmer Square Management
Princeton University
Princeton Active Circle
Jodi Robin
Weezie & Launny Steffens
Anne VanLent Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation
The Martha and George Vaughn Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation
Lori & Charles Viera
Jacqui Alexander & Dave Hance
Jeanne Altmann
Carol & Andy Golden
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Sheila Bodine
Dina & Paul Brewer
Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty
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Corcoran
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Dorothea’s House
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Fusion Academy
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Debora & John Haines
Harris Family Fund
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Jammin Crepes
Alisan and Kevin Kavookjian
Ibad Khan
Caitlin Kolczynski
MacLean Wealth Management
Nancy & Duncan MacMillan
Farasat Masood
McCaffrey’s Markets
Medina Social Services Foundation
Tahira Meer
Diana Moore
Maureen E O’Neill
Oppenheim Karp Charitable Fund
Martha Otis
Jamie Phares
Powers Family Charitable Fund
Mimi & Steve Omiecinski
Princeton University Libraries
Emily K. Reeves
Delphine Salzedo Brinckman
Semrod Family Private Foundation
Samantha Skey
Nina & Ed Stelmakh
Studio Hillier
Suki & Matthew Wasserman Family Fund
Barbara & Christopher Cole
The John & Louise Wellemeyer Charitable Fund
Shirley Tilghman
Florence Umezaki
Rosalie Wolarsky
Advah & Joshua Zinder
Carol Accetta
Monica Adams and Jose Tabora
Adobe Express
Jane Adriance
Dima Al Aqaileh
Humayra Ali
Anonymous
Hetty Baiz & Jim Perry
Daneb Bates
Francesca Benson
Mary & David Blair
Bonnie and Peter Wilson Charitable Fund
Anne Brener & Edward Linky
Zenna & Anthony Broomer
Jennifer Bryson
Elizabeth Chaudhary
Jeannie & Jitender Chopra
Benjamin Colbert
Coldwell Banker Realty
Elizabeth Collier & Ronald Cacciola
Compass Real Estate
Currey Wilson Family Fund
Stephanie Dayton
Ellie & Craig Deardorff
Elizabeth and Michael Decker
Annarie Lyles & Andy Dobson
Aaron and Angela Fisher
Tanice & Dudley Fitzpatrick
Tom Florek
Mara Franceschi
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Freda
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Sarah & Charlie Hatfield
Jeaninne & Robert Honstein
K. Leanna Jahnke
Kathy and Tony Klockenbrink
Rezie Jan
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Kasia Market
Diane Koeppel
Ryan Lilienthal and Rachel Stark
Lisa and Jim Levine Family Fund
Locomotion
Mehrain Mahdi
Cameron Manning & Tom Wright
The Memton Fund, Inc.
Michael Graves Architecture
Michael Monarca
Morgan Stanley
Mollie Murphy
Maushumi Nerurkar
NJM Insurance Group
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Princeton Psychotherapy Center
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Sarah Rivett
Faryal Ryan
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Farvah Shah
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Jessica Durrie & George Akers
Jessica Durrie
Sookmyung Women’s University Museums
Ann & Austin Starkey
Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
Mahvash Thaverani
John Thompson
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Janak Tull
Dell Wallace
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Lesley & Ross Wishnick
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Benevity Causes
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Bloomberg Employee Matching Gifts Program
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Julie Brenner & Mark Itzler
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Eileen Gomory
Susan & Jorgen Hansen
William Harla
Mary Louise Hartman
Nancy & Hendrik Hartog
Katherine Hempstead and Andrew Haughwout Fund
Sheila Hicket
Historical Society of Princeton
Judy King
Lebowitz Giving Fund via Fidelity Charitable
Marsha Levin-Rojer
Iram Mahmood Arif
Elizabeth Margulis
David Mayorga
Nadia McArthur
Martin Miller
Robin & Jon McConaughy
Ryan McDonough
MLKYD Family Giving Fund
Jill Morrison
Pareesa Naveed
Pallavi Nuka
Aminat Olajide
Anne O’Neill
Donna Payton & Howard Rosenstein
Pedego Electric Bikes
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Princeton Class of 1990
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Madhu Shah
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Rachelle Simon & Ned Wingreen
Gregory and Kamarie Smith
Michael Stelmakh
Shannon Stewart
Barri Tabak Revoc
Terra Momo Restaurant Group
Kirsten Thoft & Ted Nadeau
Elizabeth Totten
Peter Tovar
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
Sharath Viswanathan
Theodora and Fong Wei Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation
Molly Weingart
Kyu Whang
Whole Earth Center
Andrew Wilkinson
Ginger August & Brian Zack
Paula Abreu
Anthony Adams
Jillian Adler
Deborah & Patrick Agnew
Shirin Ahmed
Queta Alban
Sasha Albert
Sasha Appleton
Marjorie Atwood
Helen Axcelson
Deborah Bacewicz
Elizabeth & Steve Baglio
Bank of America Matching Gifts
Yelena Baraz & Andras Ferencz
Edward Baring
William Baroni
Barry L. Goldblatt Charitable Trust
Beth Ann Behrend & Robert Eaton
Tina & Goran Berggren
Elena Bernewitz
Julie Besnard
Sucharita Bhattacharyya
Zoe Brookes and Alastair Binnie
Mechtild Bitter
Carolyn Blanckmeister
Christine Blumauer
Elizabeth Breedlove
Malena Brown
The Brown & Freidenfelds Family
Nancy Burke
Cynthia Butler
Layla Cabrera
Mia Cahill
Dana Caldwell
Dudley & Curtis Carlson
Pilar Castro-Kiltz
Jagriti Chadha
Si Chang
Shiyi Chen
Jessica & Douglas Chia
Farheen Choudhary
Jessica Cichalski
Heather Ciociola
Karen & Michael Clark
Nancy Coffin
Seth Cohen
Cara Comizzoli
Meredith & Michael Cook
Debbie Copeland
Morgan Cormia
Jean Crider
James Burton and Martha d’Avila
Mary Dampier
Lori Darnell
Glenn David
David A. Goldfarb Charitable Fund
Whitney Davidson
Michael Dawson & Robert Tomaselli
Kimberly de los Santos
Randy DeFazio
Dana DeFigueiredo
Nancy & Matthew Difazio
Mirke DojFette
Jean & Jon Durbin
Camille Dybvig
Cara Eaton
Olga Ekshtut
Shana Elga
Bana Elnajjar
Ariane Emami Riedmaier
Leslie Fabello
Dan Fatton & Alex Justino
Tracy Fitzgerald
Joan Fleming
Alisha Fowler
Leticia Fraga Nadler
Rebecca Freda
Tim Freeman
Robert Freudenberg
Natasha Gajewski
Mary Galioto
Samira & Muneeb Ghani
Don Gilplin
Give Lively Foundation
John Goedecke
Erin Gomez
Janice Gossman
Laurence Greenberg
Grace Grenker
Lln Gu
Natasha Haase
Nancy Hackett
Diane Haggerty
Eric Hagin
Halo Farms
Marilyn Ham & Michael Paluszek
Dmitriy Han
Jeannine Harris
Meg and Dennis Helms
Katherine Hieronymus
Zolene Hill
William Hoffman
Lydia Hoffman
Carol Hollingsworth
John Holub
Honey Perkins Family Foundation, Inc.
Justine & Jonathan Hopkins
Emily Hostetter
Connor Hubler
Amy Hughes
Changxin Huo
Darma & Betsy Ie
Susan Intner & Eric Jahn
Alison Isenberg & Keith Wailoo
Maia Jachimowicz
Zheng Jane Li
Jennifer Jang & Sam Becker
Camille Jasensky
Lenora Jennings
Sharon Joag
Rosella Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts
Tracy Jones
Krishna Kadiyala
Reema Kanzaria
Charlotte Kelly
Arifa
Hiyun Kim
Rev. Louise and Mr. Michael Kingston
Gillian Knapp
Jessica & Richard Koehler
Emma Kohn
Mirjam Kotwick
Lindsay & Kevin Kruse
Helene & Russell Kulsrud
Osei Kwakye
Cassandra LaBella
Barbara & Robert Landau
Roshnic Larif
Adam Lefkowitz
Pat Leung
Ellen and Harry Levine
Jamie Levine Daniel
Meagan Levinson
Linda Schwimmer & Josh Lichtblau
Ning Lin
Brown & Mark Little
Marion Littman
Cate and James Litvack
Meixu Liu
Kristine Lloyd
Jenifer Lopez
Jennifer Lord-Bessen
Matthew Lourenco
Rosina Lozano
Anne Lu-Wong
Megan Madden
Wendy Mager & Eric Monberg
Shamila Malik
Bert Mandelbaum & Joanna Ronelli
Patricia Manhart
Salim Manzar
Colleen Marchetta
Eva Martin
Anagha Matapurkar
Camille Maxwell
Amy Mayer & Daniel Oscar
Erica McEnerney
Jennifer & Bryan McGuirk
Shannon Meade
Anna Meisel
Marnie Merriam
Christel Miller
Ketki Modi
Sally Montgomery
Heidi Moon
Christine Morabito
Dana Morand
The Morduch & Borovoy Family
Elisabeth Morgan
Layna Mosley
Christine Murray
Daniyal N. Khan
Christine Nicholl
Phoebe Nobles
Deborah & Philip Nord
Amy Onder
Phoebe & Andrew Outerbridge
Esra Ozer
Robert Pagels
Suzanne Palinski
Victoria & Michael Palmer
Jean Parsons
Sejal Patel
Areta Pawlynsky & Yaron Inbar
Deborah Peel
Leslie & Peter Schluter
Shannon Pereira
Shari Peters
Sarah Piasecki
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Pickens
Audrey Poe Knox
Alison & David Politziner
Allen & Rhona Porter
Princeton Class of 1965
Prudential Fox & Roach Realtor
Elisabeth Quatrano
Aditya Rajagopalan
Pat Kao & Ben Raphael
Constance Hassett & James Richardson
Beth Ritter
Miriam Robin
Megan Mitchell & Greg Robinson
Carlos Rodrigues
Howard A. Rosen
Beverly Rubman
Patrick Rulon-Miller Charitable Fund
Elizabeth & Gregory Samios
Stephanie Sandberg
Frutuoso Santana
Debbie Schaeffer
Schlawin/Dube Charitable Fund
James Schnitzer
David Schure
Miriam Schwartz
Roy Selig
Elizabeth Semrod
Helene Schlachter & Michael Senchyna
Molly Sharlach
Roger and Wendy Kaczerski
Joanne Shere
Aaron Shkuda & Christine Minerva
Shital Shrimanker
Christina Sibley
Joan Sichel
Morgan Silk
Cheryl Sistrunk
Roberta Sloan & Robert Schapire
Jenny Smith Walz
Erica Snyder
Nirav Soni
Andrea L. Spalla and Kevin M. Royer
Julia Spencer Groves
Gregory Stankiewicz
Beverly Stern
Margarite Strouse
Donald Strum
Sandra C. Sussman & Ronald N. Schnur
Cecily Swanson
Martha Sword
Gerald & Linda Tague
Christine Tarby
Nicole Tardio
Corina Tarnita
Susan Tarr
Gary Taylor
The Migedan Foundation, Inc.
Florencia Torche
Zora Trainor
Vaidehi Tripathi
Susan & James Trowbridge
UPS
Dori Vales
Bibiana Vargas
Montana Vasquez-Grinnell
Danella Vecchio
Vidya Viswanathan
Jennifer Volfson
Susan Voorhees
Robin and Alan Wallack
Maria Wang
Bob Wei
Susan Wei
Holly Nelson & Joseph Weiss
Sharon & Russell White
Cecilia White
Beatrice Wiesner Chianese
Claudia Wilson Anderson
Janel Winter
Adam Wolsky
Robert Wuertz
Lina & Mazen Zalhan
Noor Zaidi
Afreen Zaidi
Haofei Dampier
Nan Zhou
Petra Zuev
STAFF & BOARD OF TRUSTEES
2025-26 Board of Trustees
John Thompson, President
Tamara Franklin, Vice President
Gregory Smith, Secretary
Daniel Kelly, Treasurer
Patrick de Maynadier, Executive Committee Member at Large
Maryellen McQuade, Executive Committee Member at Large
Adam Welch, Executive Director
Anne Reeves, Founding Director
Leighton Newlin, Council Liaison
Philip Clippinger
Anne Dechter
Aaron Fisher
Samira Ghani
Kathy Herring
Pamela Jensen
Alisan Kavookjian
Caitlin Kolczynski
Joseph Kossow
Lydia Pfeiffer
Alex Pimentel
Board members who completed their term in 2024-25:
Special thanks to our outgoing board members Jacqui Alexander, Lindsey Forden, Stephen Kim, Diana Moore, Tina Motto, Viridiana Martínez Weiss, and Dozie Ibeh. We sincerely appreciate your years of dedicated service!
Advisory Board Members
Sarah Collum Hatfield, Co-Chair
Ed Stelmakh, Co-Chair
Timothy M. Andrews
Kathleen Bagley
Leigh Bartlett
James Burke
Ben Colbert
Barbie Cole
Ted Deutsch
Jessica Durrie
William Harla
Mitch Henderson
Jamie Herring
Kookie Johnson
Casey Lambert
Wendy Mager
Cameron Manning
Maria Dominguez Momo
Raoul Momo
Carlo Momo
Veronica Olivares Weber
Anne O’Neill
Jacqueline Phares
John Rassweiler
Nancy Robins
Dawn Schrader
Anne VanLent
Anne Wright Wilson
Arts Council of Princeton Staff
Adam Welch, Executive Director
Erin Armington, Education & Outreach Manager
Claudia Ceballos, Reception
Fiona Clark, Marketing & PR Associate
Dave DiMarchi, Studio & Building Maintenance Technician
Maria Evans, Timothy M. Andrews Artistic Director
Mini Krishnan, Office Manager
Melissa Kuscin, Director of Programming & Events
Wadiya Legette, Reception
Stephanie Nazario, Financial Manager
Liza Peck, Director of Development & Community Engagement
Kathleen Preziosi, Ceramics Manager
Catherine Rommel, Reception
Emma Stephens, Community Engagement & Development Associate