The Yaddo Summer Benefit 2022
THE RETURN
In this year of revival and recovery, we were delighted to invite the community back to Yaddo for a festive evening attended by longtime supporters, artists and friends, including hundreds of patrons from Saratoga Springs, Albany, and the Capital District.
Yaddo President Elaina Richardson warmly welcomed guests and expressed gratitude to donors, committees, and the local businesses who gave food, flowers and silent-auction items, noting that proceeds from the Benefit play a crucial role in ensuring Yaddo’s residency program continues to flourish.
An evening highlight was a performance full of wit, humor and vocal acrobatics by singer and performance artist Joseph Keckler whose songs garnered laughter and admiration from the crowd.
All told, this year’s Summer Benefit was a roaring success! Together, we raised about $200,000 for our residency program. THANK YOU!
Thursday, June 23, 2022
7:00 P.M.
The Yaddo Mansion
Contact Angela Schlansker at 518-584-0746 or aschlansker@yaddo.org with questions.

Joseph Keckler is a writer, singer and multifaceted creator who often zeroes in on moments of daily life and spins them into absurd and affecting underworld voyages. Hailed by The New York Times as a “major vocal talent… who shatters the boundaries… with a trickster’s dark humor,” Joseph appears widely, having performed at Lincoln Center, Centre Pompidou, NPR Tiny Desk and others. His writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, VICE, and elsewhere, and in 2018 his first essay collection Dragon at the Edge of a Flat World was published by Turtle Point Press. This year he is an artist in residence at Dartmouth and The Ringling Museum, and is currently working on new films and recordings.
A highlight of the Summer Benefit is our incredible Silent Auction. Select items have both in-person and remote bidding. Check out the offerings!
THANK YOU TO OUR DEDICATED COMMITTEE MEMBERS
President
Elaina Richardson
Benefit Planning Committee
Brendan Flanigan – Chair
Sue Allerdice
Susan Bokan
Tara Curley
Susan DePaula
Tamie Ehinger
Roberta Feiden
Patricia McBride Friesen
Patty HasBrouck
Kelly Healy
Trina Lucas
Robb Moore
Tamara Backer Tepper
Kim Swidler
Sponsorship Committee
Stacie Arpey, Co-Chair
Michael Phinney, Co-Chair
Wallace Allerdice
Mike Arpey
Glen Doherty
Peter Nemer
Candace King Weir
Our Generous Sponsors
Principal
Stacie and Mike Arpey
Underwriter
Candace King Weir
Leader
Nemer Motor Group
Saratoga Casino Hotel
Swyer Family Foundation
Abrams Publishing
Anonymous
Guarantor
Towne Law
Marilynn and Willis Goldsmith
Susan DePaula
Allerdice Building Supply, Inc.
Phinney Design Group
E. Stewart Jones and Kimberly Sanger Jones
Benefactor
Stewart’s Shops
WCNY
Ascent Wealth Partners LLC
Chris and Mary Freeze
D.A. Collins Companies
Hodgson Russ
Fil L. Fina III and Mary L. Passaretti
Brendan Flanigan Interiors
Associates of Glens Falls Insurance
Joseph Tyler
Patron
Kim Swidler
Cathy and Elliott Masie
Marjorie Rosenbluth Philips
W. J. Morris Excavating Inc
Alisse K. McGrath and John D. Flavin
Elizabeth Sobol and Jorge Gomez
Gerri L. and John Arpey, Esq.
Peter Cameron
Colonie Mechanical Contractors
Supporter
Christine and Dylan Ture
Penny Jolly and Jay Rogoff
Marla Kelly
Jon Hays and Robert Pilles Jr.
Trina and Dave Lucas
3H Corporate Services
Judy Dunn and Jim DeMasi
Stephen and Dr. Susan Dorsey
Eileen and Matthew Battle
Shweta and Sanjay Taneja
CDPHP
The LA Group
Stephen Soucy Productions
Patty HasBrouck
Lacey Thaler Reilly Wilson Architecture & Preservation





