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MISSION STATEMENT

 

The Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation (ESKFF) is an artist residency program for local, national and international mid-career, emerging artists and students. Its mission is to provide artistic career enhancement by collaboration within the art world. 

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More information on the YIGAL OZERI LEGACY PROJECT soon!

 

 

ABOUT

 

The Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation (ESKFF) was founded in 2009 by its’ namesake who became inspired through her personal experience as a collector and entrepreneur. The Foundation was established to encourage collaboration and dialogue between artists, art administrators, collectors and art institutions.

 

In its inception, the Foundation was a showcase for innovative exhibitions, dedicated to expanding the understanding of art while maintaining ongoing support of international art professionals and scholars. During this time Ms. Kaminsky exhibited her private collection usually hidden from the public eye as well as the Richard J. Massey Foundation for Arts and Science collection, the Fredrick R. Weisman Collection, the Louis K. Meisel Collection, the Pellizzi Family Collections and many more.  The exhibition program also presented lecture series by artists and collectors to further enrich content. The ultimate aim of the program was to bridge the gaps within the arts community.

 

Over the years, Ms. Kaminsky identified the fundamental and urgent need facing artists, as studio space.  Beginning with four studios, the Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation -Residency Program was born. 

 

LOCATION

 

ESKFF is located in the Journal Square area of Jersey City, New Jersey at 888 Newark Avenue. For instruction on how to travel to ESKFF 

 

 

ABOUT ESKFF'S FOUNDER

 

Eileen Kaminsky a native New Yorker was raised in Belle Harbor, NY.  She is a mother of two and grandmother of five great kids, a student of art and a graduate of Adelphi University, Suma Cum Laude.  Ms. Kaminsky is a prominent collector of contemporary art, an interest she began in 1990.  Since this time, she has contributed art works to several museum collections that include the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Israel and the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill, New York.  Ms. Kaminsky is the Vice President of Merchandising at Gem Financial Services; is on the board of the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA) and formerly, board of directors of the Friars Club Foundation and Exit Art.

 

 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

  • Eileen S. Kaminsky

  • Paula Kaminsky Davis

  • Stefanie Frank

  • Yigal Ozeri

  • Eugene Lemay

  • Elisabeth Ramfjord

  • In honor of Mitchell Kaminsky (1949 - 2017)

 

Portrait of Eileen Kaminsky, 2010, by Yigal Ozeri

 

FRIENDS OF ESKFF

 

Charitable contribution provides essential funding support for programming, exhibition, and ongoing projects. For more information about making a donation, visit our donations page. The ESKFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and your pledge will be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

 

Charitable donations to the ESKFF provide the support for future projects, including the following:

 

  • Providing young and mid-career artists with studio space at Mana Contemporary. Support for the Community Art Education and Children’s Programming. Schools now have fewer resources than ever for the arts, the Foundation sets education as its central mission.

 

  • Providing Community Outreach to artists in Jersey City. The Jersey City art community, the third largest in the Tri-State Area after Manhattan and Brooklyn, has long been overlooked by the contemporary art world.

 

  • Mana Contemporary is now the new home of the ESKFF collection, with selected works currently on view. Breakthrough technological innovations combined with a progressive approach and passion for the arts have made Mana Contemporary the leading art collection management firm in the New York Tri-State area.

 

 

 

ESKFF Non-discrimination Statement and Policy

 

The Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, martial status, sexual orientation, military status, or any of its activities or operations. All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, and privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in the section. 

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