Tax Deductible Support
For Artists by Artists has enhanced its charitable capabilities by creating FABAF, a component fund of Legacy Global Programs (EIN:20-8099462). By donating to FABAF you can support our mission and may be able to receive a tax benefit.
Mission
Our mission is to support, promote, and assist underrepresented musicians from around the world, by providing funding for new music projects and support in accessing a global audience.
Money is raised from grants, donations, and fundraising events.
Money is distributed to emerging musical leaders to host online and hybrid in-person events, connecting philanthropists, musicians, and audiences from around the world.
The executive body will vote on and determine which communities receive support.
Our Team
Shubha Varma
Shubha Varma
Shubha Varma
Shubha Varma is a practicing vascular surgeon in Hackensack New Jersey. She has been in the world of community service from her early days of being a physician, volunteering her time and being engaged in many medical missions over the years, in underserved communities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic as well as in India.
Shubha is the f
Shubha Varma is a practicing vascular surgeon in Hackensack New Jersey. She has been in the world of community service from her early days of being a physician, volunteering her time and being engaged in many medical missions over the years, in underserved communities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic as well as in India.
Shubha is the founding member and Director of Ashalata Foundation a 501c3 registered under the United States IRS. This is an organization that carries out health related charitable activities in destitute and poverty ridden areas in rural India. Her mission is to make health care as available to the general public in India, as it is to India’s rich. Now that the matter of saving lives during the covid outbreak is taken care of, she hopes to develop preventative strategies to set up nutrition, exercise and health education-based health care delivery systems, to boost health and wellness in rural communities in India.
Shubha is a passionate musician who is committed to the cause of empowering musicians and showcasing music from all over the world as well as building permanent web-based archives of our musical traditions that will outlast this and multiple generations down the road. She believes that it is our creative arts that keep us deeply in touch with ourselves and our source energy and that it will be our creative arts that will ultimately be our road to salvation on a personal and humanitarian level.
She is also a passionate mom and the mother of two amazing young men.
Ehren Hanson
Shubha Varma
Shubha Varma
Ehren Hanson is professional NYC based tabla player. He began learning tabla at age 15 and in 2000, he became a disciple of legendary tabla maestro Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, with whom he has been a dedicated disciple ever since. His early training was from Misha Masud, and he has had the fortune of also receiving taleem from Ray Spiegel o
Ehren Hanson is professional NYC based tabla player. He began learning tabla at age 15 and in 2000, he became a disciple of legendary tabla maestro Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, with whom he has been a dedicated disciple ever since. His early training was from Misha Masud, and he has had the fortune of also receiving taleem from Ray Spiegel of Panjab gharana.
Ehren performs classical Indian music as a soloist and accompanist in NY and around the world. He has the fortune of accompanying maestros including the late Pandit Ramesh Mishra, late Pandit Subrata Ryan Chowdhury, Steve Gorn, and others.
He has also collaborated on experimental and creative projects with West African giant Noura Mint Seymali, Cuban legend Bobby Carcasess, Roman Diaz, the American Symphony Orchestra, and many others.
He is the co-host of the Brooklyn Court - a music series featuring touring and local artists in an intimate setting, reminiscent of the royal courts of Indian history.
Ehren is also the founder of Viewcy.com, and an amateur chef.
Saishree Rao
Shubha Varma
Saishree Rao
Saishree Rao is a trained social worker working with an agency that works with victims and survivors of interpersonal violence, human trafficking, sexual violence and other types of crime victimization. Saishree’s passion is to contribute towards building an informed, just and accountable society. A society that helps all persons experien
Saishree Rao is a trained social worker working with an agency that works with victims and survivors of interpersonal violence, human trafficking, sexual violence and other types of crime victimization. Saishree’s passion is to contribute towards building an informed, just and accountable society. A society that helps all persons experience safe and supportive relationships free from abuse, exploitation and oppression.
In addition to her work at a Domestic violence agency Saishree enjoys volunteering for different causes that address housing and food insecurity Saishree is committed to any cause that builds upon a strong network of solidarity between marginalized communities.
In her free time Saishree enjoys walking, eating (!)and connecting to people.
Pinaki Dasgupta
Pinaki Dasgupta
Pinaki Dasgupta
Pinaki Dasgupta is an artist, tech entrepreneur, and business leader with successful track records of incubating and leading billion-dollar global businesses, in his career spanning 30+ years.
A former Accenture Partner, Pinaki has founded Hindsait, Inc. (www.hindsait.com) in 2013 with pioneering AI technology to prevent unnecessary health
Pinaki Dasgupta is an artist, tech entrepreneur, and business leader with successful track records of incubating and leading billion-dollar global businesses, in his career spanning 30+ years.
A former Accenture Partner, Pinaki has founded Hindsait, Inc. (www.hindsait.com) in 2013 with pioneering AI technology to prevent unnecessary health services, errors and frauds to transform healthcare in United States.
Under Pinaki’s leadership Hindsait’s AI technology has received multiple accolades and recognitions including Gartner’s “Cool vendor in AI in Healthcare” and has been featured in Forbes magazine. Hindsait’s marquee clients include two of the Big six health insurance companies in USA.
Pinaki has appeared on panels and participated in various speaking engagements in leading industry events, technology conferences across globe. Pinaki had served as Board of Governors in Aerospace Industry Associations (AIA) and currently serves as Board of Directors in TiE New York.
As an artist, Pinaki is a figurative sculptor who has been training under the guidance of renowned sculptor and teacher Barney Hodes at the Art Student League in New York for last 5 years. Pinaki’s story-telling compositions draw inspiration from interconnectedness of cultures, injecting themes drawn from mythology and spirituality in a borderless world.
Pinaki’s sculptures have been featured in multiple exhibitions in National Academy of Design, The Art Students League and has been commissioned in personal collections.
Shishir Udani
Pinaki Dasgupta
Pinaki Dasgupta
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Punity Tyagi
Pinaki Dasgupta
Punity Tyagi
Punita is a IT leader with two decades of experience delivering Digital Business Transformation initiatives for retailers of all shapes & sizes. She is currently a Retail Client Partner at Publicis Sapient managing a portfolio of clients. She has been recognized by her industry/ peers for her contributions, most recently winning a Female
Punita is a IT leader with two decades of experience delivering Digital Business Transformation initiatives for retailers of all shapes & sizes. She is currently a Retail Client Partner at Publicis Sapient managing a portfolio of clients. She has been recognized by her industry/ peers for her contributions, most recently winning a Female Frontier Award for Leading the charge in Technology awarded by Campaign magazine. Punita is an avid Hindustani classical music disciple having studied for more than a decade. When not at work, Punita enjoys spending time with her Husband and two beautiful boys at her home in the Washington DC suburbs.