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Who We Are
Windsor Endowment for the Arts (WEA) is a funding body devoted to the arts for the betterment of the community. The goal of all projects and fundraising initiatives undertaken by WEA has been to build the FUND while focusing on the arts. All events to date have highlighted artists from the visual, literary, musical, dramatic, and culinary arts.
Board of Directors
| Carolyne Rourke | President |
| Patricia Dolan Lewis | Secretary |
| Nancy Nicholson | Treasurer |
| Pina Ciotoli | Board Director |
| Joseph DeAngelis | Board Director |
| Randy Frabotta | Board Director |
| Phyllis Lewis | Board Director |
| Heather Nash | Board Director |
| Danuta Gnat Siniarski | Board Director |
| Arthur Weingarden | Financial Advisor |
What We Do
In establishing an endowment fund for the arts, WEA brings greater understanding through arts education and fosters appreciation of local artists and their work in our community. In its leadership role, WEA is instrumental in forging alliances between businesses and arts; partnering various arts and art-related organizations in collaborative ventures; encouraging young people to participate in artistic pursuits; advancing Windsor artists' profiles; and providing opportunities for both the arts patron and the general public to experience art.
Where We've Been
In 1995, a group of arts organizations, including the Arts Council-Windsor & Region, Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises, and the artist-run gallery Artcite, approached City Council as one entity, requesting assistance to create a permanent funding base for community artists and arts organizations.
With encouragement, WEA was then established for the threefold purpose of creating a stable funding base; establishing principles for the growth and governance of the organization; and developing a systemic approach for the evaluation of funding applications.
The declared principle of WEA was then, and continues to be, to encourage, advise, develop, and celebrate the existence of the arts in Windsor in order to enrich the quality of life in the greater community.
With eight years of activity on these fronts behind it, WEA is now poised to realize its initial purpose of creating a stable base of funding that will continue to grow and to nourish the growth of the arts in Windsor.
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