Save Venice, Inc. is proud to have active Chapters in California and Boston that take part in the mission of Save Venice Inc. and also host a series of activities and events in their local areas. Each Chapter raises funds for its own restoration projects in Venice.

The California Chapter of Save Venice was formed in January 2000 to offer West Coast supporters a more active role in Save Venice Inc. The Chapter was formed under the leadership of Terry Stanfill, who served as Chairman of the Venice Committee for Los Angeles of the International Fund for Monuments from 1967 to 1977, and who has been a Save Venice board member since 1979. Matthew White and Hutton Wilkinson, who also serve on the Board of Directors of Save Venice, have also played a leadership role in the success of the Chapter.

The Chapter has organized several successful events, and has raised money to underwrite major restorations in Venice, including the Lando Chapel in San Pietro di Castello; the 16th Century Monumental Arch in the public gardens of Castello; the outdoor relief of the Madonna and Child with Saint Peter on the Fondamenta Quintavalle in Castello; the Faade of the Scuola Dalmata, called Scuola San Giorgio degli Schiavoni; and the Monument to Palma il Giovane in SS. Giovanni e Paolo. Their upcoming activities will focus on raising funds for the restoration of organ shutters of Saints Mark, Theodore, Francis, and Jerome by Gentile Bellini, from the Chiesetta San Teodoro in Basilica San Marco.

For more information, please contact the Save Venice office at 212-737-3141 or e-mail: newyork@savevenice.org.