Art Encounter Supporters

Art Encounter relies on the generosity of members, donors, and sponsors to help us bring our programs to thousands of individuals every year across the Chicago area. Thank you to all who support us!


2025 Supporters

$10,000+
Americans for the Arts
Arts Work Fund
The Ellis/Ohl Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation
Field Foundation of Illinois LLC
Illinois Arts Council
L & L Copeland Foundation
Modestus Bauer Foundation
The Scholar
M. Christine Schwartz
Union Pacific Foundation

$5,000-$9,999
Anonymous
Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation
Hagerty Consulting LLC
Gail and Ronald Kahn
Jessie and Doug Macdonald
UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement

$2,500-$4,999
Alexandra Bellow
Blick Art Materials
Jeanne Ettelson
Susan and Henry Gaud
Phillip C. and Beverly Goldstick Family Foundation
Joanna Pinsky
Terry Shewfelt
Lois Stanley and Vincent Dina
Gerry Szymanski
Karin Tappendorf

$1,000-$2,499
Richard and Ann Carr
Debra Daspit
Robert Easter
Howard Ellman
Evanston Arts Council
Julianne Farley
Julie and Mark Fialkowski
Marsha and Michael Goldstein
Golub & Co.
Julie and Robert Gordon
Grumman/Butkus Associates
Judy Hanlon
J. Blanton Plumbing
Trudy Kehret Ward
Amy and Kenneth Krupsky
William Lieberman
Debbie and Ed Mellinger
Metzner Family Foundation
Sandra Murphy and Richard Robin
Margery Nieder
Wendy Pashman and Michael Patrizio
Mary Ann Patterson
John and Christine Peschier
Stephanie Rapp and Renee Lanam
Joan Safford
Leslie Schuh
Stephen and Susan Shortell
Susan Sissman Heil and Peter Heil
Joanne Starzec
Rhonda Stein
Peter Vale
Seth Weinberger
Elizabeth K. Whiting
Penny Wilkinson and Dick Boehning

$500-$999
Barry Aldridge
Anonymous
Ann and Brian Balusek
Donna Barber
Carol Beitler
Svetlana Bekman
Katherine Bendix
Joyce and Dennis Black
John J. Cahill Inc.
David and Kelly Cater
Sumi Chang and Janice Corsino
Ann Cole
Paula Danoff
Marguerite Durston
Lisa Gaines McDonald
Gallery Victor
Laura Gerber
The Perry Goldberg Family Foundation
Gale Goldstick
Ronna Hoffberg and Dana Mikstay
Sarah Kaiser
Joan and Jeffrey Less
Betty Luning
Leslie and Chad Luning
Sally and Terrence O'Hara
Jonathan and Marcela Pinsky
Fraeda and Gary Porton
Merrilee Redmond
Secrist | Beach Gallery
Julian and Kerry Steinberg
Dena Weisbard
Ahadi White
Allison Whiting and Frederick Schroeder
Ellen and John Wright
Mary Buck Young

$100-$499
Cathy Anderson
Anonymous
Diana Anton and Donovan Mixon
René Hugo Arceo and Beata Ewa Arceo
Cynthia Baldwin
Jan Bartoszek and Jeffrey Usow
Donna and Howard Bass
William Bein and Susan Slogoff
Kay Berkson and Sidney Hollander
Caryn and Jim Berman
Sharen and Marc Berman
Rhona Bittermann
Abby and Larry Block
Matt and Lisa Bowker
Susan and Robert Bowker
Julie Breen
Laura Brown and Davis Inman
Betty and Jeffery Butler
Bonnie Byer
Deirdre Campbell
Sharon E. Carlson
Susan Chaplik
Gary Cohen and Larry Gard
Colleen Conley and John Love
Matthew Conwell
Tina and Bruce Corson
Ann Covode
Chie Curley
Maria Ioannidou Davis and John Davis
Bertha DePriest
Connie Dornan
Elaine Duhl
Carol and Patrick Dwyer
Katherine Emrich
Edith Falk
Scott and Susan Feldman
Beverly Feldmann
Sandy Fernbach and Eric Russell
Deena and Jordan Fischer
Valerie Fronstin
Eileen Rubinson Fryer
Sheryl Fyock and Donald Wilson
Winifred Godfrey
Jane Goldfine Brandwein
Anthony Gonka
Susan Gottlieb
Debby Gubin
Jenny Hager
Mary Hamblet
Virginia Harding
Joe Harris
Linda and Howard Harris
Wendy and Garth Harris
Mary Helt Gavin and Larry Gavin
Bob Herling
Cindy Hicks and Jim Paul
Myrna Hill
John B. Hirsch
Jay and Kim Hoffmann
Elton Hsu
Hillary Hufford-Tucker
Dara and Larry Hyman
Anne Jacobson
Beulah Johnson
Stacy Karzen and Douglas Hurbon
Lori and Stephen Kaufman
Todd King
Lucile Krasnow
Meryl and Gary Levenstein
Kim Levy
Barbette and Arthur Loevy
Nancy Lowenthal
Doug and Jessie Macdonald
Gwendy Magrisso
Michael Marcus
Jennifer Martin
Bonnie Marx and John Laing
Claudia McCarthy
Joan McLane
Judith Metzger
Irving Miller
Diane Moore
Beverly Mortensen
Jeanne and Martin Mueller
Joan Nemickas
Nan Nolan
Meagan Novara and Tom Dennis
Carol Nykiel
Amy Olswang
Sharon Goodman
Fran and Bill Paden
Kathleen Pashman
LeAnn Pedersen Pope
Susie and John Pratt
Jud Puterbaugh
Jacqueline Rapp
Allen Rein
Eleanor and William Revelle
Susan Robertson and Brent Hoffman
Sylvie Romanowski
Julie Rosen
Linnie Rosenblatt
Judy and Robert Freilich
Diana and Ed Ruthman
William Sander
Jill Schafer
Nancy Schantz
Peggy Schubrych
Marla and Douglas Seibold
Joan Sherman
Steven Shewfelt and Jennfier Jones
Lee and Mike Shinners
Rachel and Marvin Siegel
Paul Sievert
Milly Silverstein
Judy and Harry Solomon
Jill Specks
Bobette Takiff
Roberta Teitelbaum
Lauren Topel
Alice Tybout and Brian Sternthal
Tracy van Straaten
Jane Wagoner
Mary and William Watt
Marilyn Wittenberg
Gerri Wicklander
Brenda Wolf and Fred Siegman
Christine Zyzda