Simon's Story
Simon Kasha was born in New York City and raised in Paris. Always with a smile, Simon lived with great joy and a sense of adventure until he passed away at the age of ten from neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer. In his memory, his parents and sister have created the Simon Kasha Foundation.
Its first and principal project is La Maison de Simon, an artists’ residence and community arts center in the village of Fontaine-sous-Jouy, where Simon spent his weekends playing, exploring, and creating with his sister and friends.
“Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented … into something whole.”
Louise Bourgeois
Our Team
BETSY KASHA
Co-founder & Selection Committee Member
Alon Kasha
Co-founder
Sarah Kasha
Co-founder & Selection Committee Member
LINDA SCHOENHEIMER
Development Lead & Selection Committee Member
MARIE MORANE
Executive Director & Selection Committee Member
ANNE DELAHODDE
Head of the Children’s Program
FRASER NELSON
Advisory Committee Member
SUSAN VECSEY
Advisory Committee Member
KATE MCCURDY
Advisory Committee Member
Friends of La Maison de Simon
Laura Adamczyk • Mark Armenante • Cecilia and Douglas Bartner • Mary Jean Lowe and Jim Bittermann • Albina du Boisrouvray • Cama Transports • Victoria and Bill Cherry • Annabelle and Denis Coleman • Renée and Simon Critchell • Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation • Jane Dean • Anne Delahodde • Renee DeSantis • Anthony Dub • Dianna Edwards • Beth and Robert Elliott • Estate of Ruth Freedlander • Negin and Oliver Ewald • Hilary and Jonathan Fernandez • Karen and Kevin Fittinghoff • Fraser Nelson Giving Fund • Ina and Jeffrey Garten • Pippa and Robert Gerard • Stephanie Germain and Bruce Vinokour • Lehn and Ritch Goetz • Kate and Jeremy Green • GRoW @ Annenberg • Wendy Hill • Betsy and Alon Kasha • Dan Kasha and Leigh Mercer • Kasha Paris • Sally Katz and Martin Luling • Anthony Keats • King Bee Studio • Joy and Rohit Kirpalani • Beatriz and André Lara • Barbara and Bobby Liberman • Eileen and Dan Oakley • Lauren O’Leary • Peter Prophit • Melinda and Donald Quintin • Maïa Sarcher • Pamela Schein Murphy and Marc Murphy • Leonard C. Roberts • Linda Schoenheimer • John Schwartz • Young Sohn • Vicky and José Souroujon • Christine and Larry Taylor • Hildi Santo-Tomas • Kim and Tord Stallvik • The Schoenheimer Foundation • Garrett Thornburg • Lisette van Bussel • Christine Varney and Tom Graham • Theresa Viele • Cathy and Jack Wallace • Patricia and Walter Wells • William and Ina Levine Foundation • Douglas Wyatt • Karen Young
Thank you very much for your continuous and thoughtful support!
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