SPONSORS

The project's presenting sponsor is Assembly Majority Leader Paul A. Tokasz. The $92,000 grant was accepted on November 29, 2000 on behalf of the Women’s Pavilion Pan Am 2001, Inc. by President Gretchen Stringer, Executive Director Sandra Gutowski, Women in the Arts Focus Group Co-chairs Paula Alcala Rosner and Nancy Weekly, and Project Manager Ken Sull. In addition, supplemental funding has been received from: Buffalo Arts Studio - Main Street/Art Street, City of Buffalo, County of Erie and the Canadian Consulate General/ Consulat général du Canada, Buffalo.

Additional in-kind support has been provided by:

American Custom Metal Fabricating Co.
Al Butlak
Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County
B and L Wholesale Company
Buffalo Arts Commission
Buffalo Arts Studio
Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corporation
Buffalo Parks Department
Buffalo Place
Buffalo Police Department
Buffalo Public School System
Buffalo State College
C.P. Basiliko
Campos Group
El Taller
Exollon Esk
Fastsigns of Buffalo
Frank M. Luterek Photography
Globe Metallurgy
Hertel North Buffalo Youth Baseball League
Home Depot
International Gateway District Task Force
Jentsch and Company, Inc.
Johnson Park Association
Joseph A. Metzger Builder
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
Outokumpu/American Brass
Langston Hughes Institute Center for Cultural History & Arts Education
Mark Wiesner, Installation Technician
Metal Supermarkets
MHT Holdings
Mills Welding
Pilgrim Village
Shea's Performing Arts Center
The Shoshone Enrichment Program, Inc.
State University of New York at Buffalo
Studio Arena
Theatre District Association
Trammel Properties
Trathen International, Inc.
Tri-Main Development
Union Concrete and Construction Company
United Steels and Alloy Corporation

And special thanks to Councilmembers:
Joseph Golombek
Dominic J. Bonifacio
James W. Pitts
Barbara Miller-Williams
Marc A. Coppola