Cultural, Art, & Non-Profit Services

The firm has a long-standing background representing cultural, artistic, and non-profit organizations and foundations.

• "Thomas G. Masaryk"

• "Soaring American Eagle"

• Chwat & Company represents the American Friends of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust from its Alexandria, Virginia offices. John Chwat serves as President of the “American Friends” and its patrons support fundraising projects throughout the United States, including the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.  

• The Firm provides consulting services to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, U.K. in the areas of donor assistance and fundraising campaigns, including the “John Harvard House Restoration Project,” which involved Harvard University alumni, and the “Great Garden Sculpture Educational Program” which seeks to permanently place public sculpture honoring Shakespeare’s plays and other Shakespeare properties at Stratford.  

• Since the late-1980s, the Firm has represented Greg Wyatt, the world-renowned Sculptor-in-Residence at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York City.  

• The Firm provided consulting services to The American Friends of the Czech Republic in the permanent placement of sculpture to honor the first President of The Republic, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk.  

The Firm has over a decade of experience in the public placement of bronze sculptures and exhibitions at various locations, including:

• The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.

• The North Courtyard of the State Department, Washington, D.C.

• U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 

• Peking University, Beijing, PRC

• The “Red Room” of the Governor’s Office, Albany, New York

• Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

• The College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

• Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York