Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit
Wednesday, October 15 | 6:00 PM
Four Seasons Chicago
Business Attire
Emcee: Irika Sargent, Evening News Anchor, CBS Chicago
Chair: Karen Zupko, President, Karen Zupko & Associates, Inc.
Please join us for a dazzling evening of great performances, great food, and great friends, as we raise crucial funds that help keep the Festival free and accessible to all. As we celebrate another successful season and all the Festival has to offer, we will also be honoring Amsted Industries, a longtime supporter of Chicago arts, and Amy Boonstra, longtime board member, arts advocate, and friend of the Festival.
For more information about this event, please call 312.742.2729 or send us an email.
Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors
Amsted Industries
Nancy Dehmlow
The Reum Family
Linda and Steve Smith
Karen Zupko
James and Eileen Friestad
Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone
Matthew Hinerfeld and Nora Jaskowiak
Amy and Brian Boonstra
Kate Donaldson and Ryan Whitacre
Adam and Stephanie Grais
Nancy and Tom Hanson
Kay and Malcolm Kamin
Sandra Kamin
McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
Tom Orlando
Hedy M. Rather, in memory of Morton H. Kaplan
Ramon and MJ Stewart
Maureen Sullivan Taylor and Terry Taylor
Andria van der Merwe
David Whitney and Juliana Chyu
Ruth Williams
Elizabeth Bach
Colleen and Lloyd Fry