Board of Directors

Peter Gaucys (President) has been an avid supporter of CSDG since attending his first performance in 1994 – a date close to the beginning of his writing career in the covered-wagon days of interactive media. Peter is an established writer and creative director for marketing communications in Seattle and an active participant in the visual arts community, as critic and exhibiting sculptor. Peter joined the Board 2003.

Jerry Diercks (Secretary/Treasurer) is a freelance theatre director, lighting designer, stage manager and custom furniture maker, and the former Executive Director for the largest independent theatre-training center of the Pacific Northwest, Freehold Studio/Theatre Lab. Jerry has been on the board of CSDG since its inception in 2000.

Nate Lippens (Board Member) is a Seattle-based writer and the former visual art editor of The Stranger. His work has appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Mobius, the Portland Mercury, Yeti, and No Depression.He is the recent recipient of the Hopgood Prize for Fiction and is completing his novel, You Know Who You Are. Nate joined CSDG in 2006.

Donors and Funders

Many, many thanks to the individuals and organizations who help keep CSDG moving!

(Includes donations since January 1, 2006)

Super Heroes ($1,000 and above)
4Culture/King County Lodging Tax
Jerry Diercks* & Deb Prince
Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
Peter Gaucys* & Evan Sadler
Microsoft Matching

Heroes ($200-999)
Joan Hanna
Richard Hesik
Nate Lippens*
Diane & Nicholas Lovejoy
Janet McAlpin
Juliet & Alan Pruzan
Ian Saunders
Don & Nancy Stenquist
Otto Spaeth


Super Friends ($100-$199)
James Herron
Eric & Amy Knapp
Diane Lasko & Clinton Diener
Anne Lawrence
Terry & Barbara Lawson
John & Audra Pearson
Don & Nancy Stenquist
Judith Whetzel

Friends (up to $99)
Sigrid Asmus
Christine Chaney
Companion Veterinary Hospital
Gretchen DeGroot
Jennifer Durrie & Craig Vierling
Kathleen Jinks
Matt Lerner
Debbie Loop
Meg McHutchinson
Jon Milazzo
Cathy Palmer
Julie Peterson
Jim & Jane Ratzlaff
Julie Compagno Skoog
Jen Shonk & Steven Berardelli
Curtis Taylor
Dean Taylor

...and the ever-loving Anonymous

*indicates CSDG Board of Directors


Grants

Current funding for Crispin Spaeth Dance Group comes from 4Culture, and the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs.

Funding for previous years and projects includes support from the Seattle Arts Commission, King County Arts Commission, Artist Projects Regional Initiatives Grant jointly funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Trust, Arts International, The Allen Foundation for the Arts, National Performance Network, Washington Composers Forum, Allied Arts Foundation, Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, Horizons Foundation, and Safeco.


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