Bonfire Works Foundation

Current Programming 2023-2024

Fiscal Sponsorship

DANCE: Skyla Schreter Dance Company (2024)

Fiscal sponsorship for an Arts MidHudson Arts & Culture Grant to commission Schreter’s full length ballet based on the novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull

FILM: The Father Who Stayed (2023 & 2024)

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.

thefatherwhostayed.com

RSVP to the September 28 Screening in Beacon, NY

TFWS at the Story Screen Music Film Festival: November 14, 2024 in Hudson, NY

MUSIC AND HEALING ARTS FESTIVAL: Beacon Flow (2024)

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.

MUSICAL: Witches!? In Salem?! (2023 & 2024)

  • Staged reading October, 2023 - artist support
  • Full production and premiere of Witches?! In Salem!? at HERE Arts Center, March 2024 - artist support

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.

Matt Coxland

Playbill Article

VISUAL ART: KuBe Art Center Artists (2024)

Fiscal sponsorship for an Arts MidHudson Arts & Culture Grant for a dozen visual artists to participate in a series of artist lectures.

instagram.com/kubeartcenter

ecfa.com/kube

SPOKEN WORD: What Matters? (2023 & 2024)

Fiscal sponsorship and production support for a community engagement project helmed by award-winning journalist and audio-anthropologist, Karen Michel.

Highlands Current Article

Programs / Artist Commissions & Stipends

ART + MUSIC FESTIVAL:
Beacon Bonfire 2023 - November 4 + 5, 2023

Beacon Bonfire 2025 - November 8 + 9, 2025

Artist Stipends and consumable art supply support for over 400 artists.

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.

Make a charitable donation to support Beacon Bonfire Artists

beaconbonfire.com

WORD ALCHEMY:Presidential Words (2024)
Public Art Mural - 364 Main Street, Beacon
@donnamikkelsen.art

On December 1, 2024, artist Donna Mikkelsen created a new mural on Main Street Beacon, commissioned by the BonfireWORKS Foundation.
Read the press release here Read the Artist Statement here

ACTOR STIPENDS & PERFORMING ARTS INCUBATOR / THEATRE SPACE:
Works Progress Accelerator / WPA (2024)

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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Bonfire Works 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
8 Hillside Road
Beacon, NY 12508

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