THE ART OF PHILANTHROPY

We strive to make the community proud through our integrity, creativity, dedication,  service and philanthropic efforts. Contessa Gallery has given major support to:

        Cleveland Public Art:

• Primary donor and presenting sponsor of the public exhibition “Spiders” by Louise Bourgeois, Cleveland Theater District, Star Plaza, Summer 2002

        Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA):

• Exclusive Sponsor of POPulence, Fall 2005
• Supporting Sponsor for the collaboration of Cleveland Museum of Art and MOCA: The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art,    Summer 2006
• Platino Level Supporting Sponsor of “La Vida MOCA!”, Annual Benefit Gala,
  honoring Toby Devan Lewis, 2006
• Exclusive Sponsor for the collaboration of Cleveland Museum of Art and MOCA: Richard Stankiewicz and John Chamberlain, Winter/Spring 2007
• Guilty Love Level Supporting Sponsor of the Annual Benefit Gala,
  Honoring Marjorie Talalay, 2007
• Supporting Sponsor of The Business of Art Educational Panel, 2007

Akron Art Museum:

• Sponsor of the Public Symposium “Up Close and Personal with Chuck Close’s Friends” hosted by the Akron Art Museum in conjunction with the exhibition “Familiar Faces: Chuck Close in Ohio Collections”, October 11, 2009.
• Exclusive Sponsor of the Lenders and Sponsors Brunch preceding the Public Symposium, October 2009.
• Exclusive Sponsor of the new Akron Art Museum’s Major Donor Reception, July 11, 2007
• A key sponsor of the Akron Art Museum’s Defy Gravity opening gala, July 7, 2007
• Exclusive sponsor of the program booklet for the new Akron Art Museum’s Defy Gravity opening gala, July 7, 2007

The Human Fund:

• Sponsor and curator of The Silent Auction Art Benefit at The pARTy, a benefit to help save art programs that touch kids in the City of Cleveland, 2005
• Sponsor of the Art Auction at L’Art du Vin, a Wine and Art Auction to benefit The Human Fund
• Major donor to the Human Fund

        Playhouse Square Foundation:

• Gold Founder Patron Level Donor to the second largest performing arts complex in the United States

        Additional Support Given To:

• The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
• The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
• Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
• The Cleveland Institute of Art
• Intermuseum Conservation Association
• Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio
• The Cleveland Orchestra

• Verb Ballets, Cleveland, Ohio
• Angle Magazine, Cleveland, Ohio