Metropolitan Commercial Bank Hosts SHA Art Exhibit

Metropolitan Commercial Bank’s Great Neck Banking Center recently welcomed the Great Neck community to the opening night celebration of the Bank’s Bank on Art Showcase™ event featuring Picasso-themed self-portraits by Kindergarten, first and second grade student-artists from Silverstein Hebrew Academy (SHA). Hosted by the Bank’s Great Neck Banking Center team of Thomas Mazzini, Vice President/Market Sales Manager; Ricardo Gonzales, Vice President/Market Sales Manager; and Samira Assil, Vice President/Branch Operations Manager; the evening’s event was attended by over 20 student-artists and their proud parents and grandparents. Also attending were SHA art teacher Gina Ross and SHA Associate Head of School Chanie Geinsky.

“The Great Neck community is a hub of young artistic talent, and we are thrilled to showcase the colorful and unique artwork of the Silverstein Hebrew Academy,” said Laura Capra, Metropolitan Commercial Bank’s Executive Vice President and Head of Retail Banking. “We specifically designed our Great Neck Banking Center so that we could provide a unique gathering space for local community groups. Being an active participant in the local communities we serve is an integral part of our business model.”

The exhibit, which ran from February 6, 2023 through March 6, 2023 at the bank’s 111 Great Neck Road location, displayed 54 pieces of art from students in kindergarten through the second grade.

We are thrilled that Metropolitan Commercial Bank generously offered its Banking Center as a venue for our young student-artists to showcase their incredible talents,” said art teacher Ms. Ross. Ms. Geinsky, SHA’s Associate Head of School, added, “Silverstein Hebrew Academy looks forward to building on this experience and developing additional opportunities to partner with Metropolitan Commercial Bank that will be beneficial to our students and family members as well as the Bank.”

About Metropolitan Commercial Bank

Metropolitan Commercial Bank®, The Entrepreneurial Bank, founded in 1999 and headquartered in New York City, operates full-service banking centers in Manhattan, New York; Boro Park, Brooklyn; and Great Neck, Long Island. We are a community-focused bank that provides a broad range of business, commercial and personal banking products and services to small businesses, middle-market enterprises, public entities and affluent individuals. In addition to our tradition of relationship-driven, one-on-one personalized service, Metropolitan Commercial Bank offers multiple convenience delivery channels, including online banking, flexible mobile banking apps and no-fee access to over 1 million ATMs worldwide for our clients. The Bank is also an active issuer of debit cards for an increasing number of third-party debit card programs. Metropolitan Commercial Bank is a New York State chartered commercial bank, an FDIC member and an equal opportunity lender.

The parent company of Metropolitan Commercial Bank, Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp., also founded in 1999, is a publicly traded company. The common stock of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and trades under the ticker symbol “MCB.”

For more information about Metropolitan Commercial Bank, visit the Bank’s website at www.MCBankNY.com.