2024: Fiscal sponsorship for an Arts MidHudson Arts & Culture Grant in support of Schreter’s full length ballet based on the novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull
2025: Fiscal sponsorship for an Arts MidHudson Carts & Culture Grant in support of Shadow Box: A New Dance Work Premiering at the 2025 Beacon Bonfire Music + Art Festival
Support for the creation of the “musical album” based on an original play co-authored by Rinde Eckert and Jeremy Schonfeld, with original music by Jeremy Schonfeld. June/July, 2023. DP, Robert Featherstone. The film premiered in Spring 2024, and will be presented in a free public screening by the BonfireWORKS Foundation in September 2024.
RSVP to the September 28 Screening in Beacon, NY
TFWS at the Story Screen Music Film Festival: November 14, 2024 in Hudson, NY
Production support and fiscal sponsorship for an Arts MidHudson Arts & Culture Grant in support of a full-day music and healing arts festival.
The festival was rescheduled from June to October 20, due to inclement weather.
Witches?! In Salem?! is a political satire along the lines of Death of Stalin or Veep with a dash of Mel Brooks. It shines a light on the ways people in power abuse the most vulnerable for their own gain and explores populism/nationalism and the way people get their news for their political opinions. It’s truly an American story.
Fiscal sponsorship for an Arts MidHudson Arts & Culture Grant to support the KuBe's "Distinguished Artist Lecture Series."
Photo: Dick Griffin Quintet at Saint Rita's Music Room / Upstate Art Weekend
Other Distinguished Artists: Yigel Ozeri, Ron English, Mickalene Thomas, Derrick Adams, Algernon Miller and Bob Dilworth.
Fiscal sponsorship and production support for a community engagement project helmed by award-winning journalist and audio-anthropologist, Karen Michel.
Fiscal sponsorship for a beloved Community Icon.
Artist Stipends and consumable art supply support for over 400 artists.
2022, 2023: Over 400 Artists, 150+ performances, 27 venues, 2 days, 3,000+ audience members from the community, the Hudson Valley and beyond. An immersive, 2-day experience, everywhere for everyone, with free or low-barrier to entry performances all along Beacon’s beautiful mile-long Main Street.
2025: Over 400 artists. 20+ venues. Fireside moments. Music. Art. Discovery. An abundance of Free to the Public performances and ticketed events in the streets and venues all along Beacon's Mile long Main Street and the KuBe Art Center.
From an opening night ceremony to immersive performances, cozy fires, and a curated Film Festival, Bonfire lights up the city for five unforgettable days.
Nov 5: Opening Ceremony (evening)
Nov 6–7: Beacon Bonfire Film Festival (screenings + pop-up events)
Nov 8: Main Festival Day — kicks off with a 10K race to the Mount Beacon Firetower, full programming from 12pm–10pm, and late-night surprises
Nov 9: Sunday Reprise — a lighter, community-focused continuation from 12pm–sunset
Make a charitable donation to support Beacon Bonfire Artists
Living expenses for actors and support for an innovative music and theatre incubator space at “The Den” on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA.
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The BonfireWORKS Foundation is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization under IRC 501(c)3. All contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
EIN: 92-2896489
If you would prefer to make a gift by check or by another means please contact Kelly Ellenwood, President, BonfireWORKS Foundation
or send your check to:
BonfireWORKS Foundation
PO Box 110
Beacon, NY 12508
