Saratoga Arts Annual Fundraiser The Foundation Experience
Schedule
Thu, 25 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Night Owl | Saratoga Springs, NY
Saratoga Arts invites you to our annual fundraising event, the Foundation Experience. Join us at the Night Owl
-Farm-to-table food by Farmacy
-Open bar
-Mesmerizing performances with a Shakespearean inspired theme.
All in celebration of our ever-expanding community at Saratoga Arts.
This year we are pleased to honor Cecilia Frittelli & Richard Lockwood, Frittelli & Lockwood, makers of handwoven clothing.
Cecilia and Richard are founding members of the Beekman Street Arts district and fixtures of the arts in Saratoga Springs. Their warmth, community-mindedness and passion for supporting the arts in the region are why we are very excited to celebrate them this year.
Get tickets here: https://saratoga-arts.org/event-6221992
Thank you to the Honorary Committee!
Pamela Abrams & Paul Kligfield
Jeff & Bart Altamari
Amejo Wyn Amyot
Ellen Beal
William & Maureen Bergen
Business for Good
Belinda Colon
Ellen-Deane Cummins
Joan Dash
Thomas Caulfield & Sandra Eng-Caulfield
Emily Farnham & Tim Cartwright
Eric & Jacqueline Foster
Lynne Gelber
Barbara Glaser
Marie & Phil Glotzbach
Elizabeth & Jonathan Haynes
Ian Berry & Jessica Eisenthal
Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs
Alice & Keith Kaplan
Sally & Larry King
Tiina Loite & Fred Conrad
Bill Lynch
Marie McGillicuddy
Susan Miller
Beth & Tom Moeller
Jessica Niles
Mary Ellen & William O'Loughlin
Susan & Ken Ritzenberg
Susan Rivers
Mary Estelle Ryckman
Tracy Savage
Dexter & Deborah Senft
Will Severin & Mary Jane Hansen
Nancy Sharples & Geoff Bornemann
Judy & Kevin Soukup
Cindy Spence
Judy Stacey
Tamara & Jason Tepper
Allan & Catherine Weatherwax
Garry & Joyce White
Witt Construction, Inc.
Honorary Committee tickets are still available.
What is the “Foundation Experience”?
The Foundation was formed in 1811 in response to the growing temperance movement in Saratoga during that time. The town placed a ban on gambling, drinking, and dance, resulting in the suffering of the local arts and culture. Simultaneously, Gideon Putnam began developing Congress Hall Hotel, where arts patrons could congregate in secret and indulge in forbidden activities and culture, while regular hotel business carried on around and above them. The Foundation held hidden performances, drinking, dances, card games, circus acts, and more — all while its members worked covertly towards public acceptance of artistic recreation. Eventually Congress Hall was demolished.
However — the Saratoga Arts building now sits on Congress Hall’s footprint, and so The Foundation lives on…
In an effort to subvert what’s come to be expected from a typical gala, Saratoga Arts’ Foundation events offer guests something different. Our Foundation events include all the familiar features: food, libation, and music while inviting the audience to engage in entertainment in new and unexpected ways — a kind of “Experiential Art”— with very few details being shared prior. The Foundation aims to push boundaries in our creative community and surprise our patrons with innovative artistic experiences.
