Kupferberg Center for the Arts thrives on creating cultural moments and memories that can only be experienced in Queens. But as a nonprofit organization, we rely on the support of our community. Making a donation to Kupferberg Center for the Arts is a great way to show that you care about the cultural life of Queens and ensures that you’ll have a local home to experience world-class art and entertainment for years to come.

Your donation to Kupferberg Center for the Arts will help us continue to sustain the cultural programs that make our city a great place to live and work. Our 2017-2018 Season will bring talented performers to Queens including Gladys Knight, The TEN Tenors, and Sweet Honey in the Rock – who will perform at Colden Auditorium as a part of the Kupferberg Presents series. Our Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World festival will enter its fifth year and bring families together in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. We have also expanded our arts education programs to offer in-school residency programs to foster the next generation of artists and patrons.

Vivian Charlop Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Vivian Charlop was an esteemed colleague and supporter of the arts at Queens College. We are proud to launch this scholarship in her memory, so that she may continue to support aspiring artists in our borough for years to come.

Vivian Charlop (1951 – 2019)

Vivian joined Queens College’s Colden Center in 1981 as box office manager and quickly rose to Associate Director in 1982, expanding the Center’s programming with family and music and comedy series; arts education programs; and growing the classical music series that had already existed. Vivian became the Director of Colden Center in 1991. In this new role, she developed programs for children in the areas of classical music, dance, and jazz. Most importantly, under her leadership Colden Center underwent a major renovation, which included Colden Auditorium, Goldstein Theatre, and LeFrak Concert Hall, thanks to a 10 million dollar gift to the College by Selma and Max Kupferberg. Colden Center was then renamed Kupferberg Center in their honor and was restructured to serve as umbrella organization for all the arts entities on the campus of Queens College.

Vivian Charlop retired and passed away shortly thereafter having served at Kupferberg Center for the Arts for almost 40 years. She leaves a strong programming foundation that serves all communities in Queens, from public school children to senior citizens; from the Queens College campus community to audiences in Long Island City and the Rockaways, and most other neighborhoods in between. Donations to the Vivian Charlop Memorial Scholarship Fund will go towards a fund that will support students at Queens College seeking careers in the performing arts.

If you prefer to make a donation by check, please make out to the Queens College Foundation (with the Vivian Charlop Memorial Scholarship listed in the memo line) and mail to Queens College, Kiely Hall 907, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367.

The scholarship fund will be endowed once the fund threshold is reached, and awards will be given from the interest of the fund. If the threshold is not reached in an amount of time agreed upon by the Charlop family, the fund will not be endowed and awards will be given from the principal.

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Kupferberg Center for the Arts would like to thank our corporate supporters:

Kupferberg Presents is brought to by:

Kupferberg Center for the Arts Outdoor Concerts, Live at the Gantries is brought to you by:

Kupferberg Center for the Arts is thankful to the private foundations that support our Queens and city-wide programs. These include:

Kupferberg Foundation

Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Natalie Bailey and Herbert J. Kirshner Foundation
The New York Community Trust
The Mertz Gilmore Foundation
The Howard Gilman Foundation
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Government partners are crucial in the fulfillment of Kupferberg Center’s mission. KCA works together with elected officials and government agencies in the development of arts programs that benefit the diverse communities of Queens. Among those are CASA, SU-CASA, Live at the Gantries and the CUNY Dance Initiative.

We proudly thank the following Council Members for their support.

Costa Constantinides
Elizabeth Crowley
Daniel Dromm
Barry Grodenchik
Peter Koo
Karen Koslowitz
Rory Lancman
Paul Vallone
Jimmy Van Bramer
Eric Ulrich

We would like to thank Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Assemblyman Michael DenDekker.