SKOWHEGAN 2023 AWARDS DINNER
THANK YOU!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2023
GUASTAVINO’S | 409 E 59 Street, New York, NY 10022
HONORING
LONNIE HOLLEY (F '22)
MEDAL FOR VISUAL ARTS & MUSIC
presented by MICHAEL STIPE
essay by ALISON SAAR (F '93, '23), read here
SUZANNE DEAL BOOTH,
GERTRUDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS
presented by STEPHANIE BARRON &
MEL CHIN (A '95)
essay by VERONICA ROBERTS, JOHN AND JILL FREIDENRICH DIRECTOR, CANTOR ARTS CENTER, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, read here
Visual AIDS
OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO ARTISTS
accepted by NAYLAND BLAKE (F '02, '17)
presented by CATHERINE GUND & KENDALL THOMAS
essay by CARLOS GUTIERREZ-SOLANA, read here
special performances featuring:
keiyaA
musclecars
Click here to view the entire Awards Dinner Program
ELEANOR ACQUAVELLA
Chair, Board of Trustees
PAULA J. VOLENT
President, Board Of Trustees
MARLENE McCARTY (F '11)
SUZANNE McCLELLAND (F '99, '22)
ALIX PEARLSTEIN (F '04)
Co-Chairs, Board of Governors
KATIE SONNENBORN
SARAH WORKNEH
Co-Directors
MATT ARNETT & VIRGINIA PRESCOTT
EMILY BODE AUJLA
FAIRFAX DORN & MARC GLIMCHER
CHITRA GANESH (A '01, F '13, ' 19)
LINDA GOODE BRYANT (F '22)
STEPHANIE HUNT & STEPHEN TREVOR
Awards Dinner Co-Chairs
NOREEN KHALID AHMAD
LAURA BURTON & OWEN DUFFY
ALLY CAPLE (A ‘19)
MALCOLM PEACOCK (A ‘17)
After-Party Co-Chairs
UNDERWRITER
Eleanor Acquavella
Jud & BB Reis
Paula Volent
LEADERSHIP
Jan Aronson & Dominique Finas
The Blavatnik Family Foundation
Suzanne Deal Booth
Agnes Gund
Rena & Scott Hoffman
Stephanie Hunt & Stephen Trevor
Bernard I. Lumpkin & Carmine D. Boccuzzi
Alexander F. Milliken
Jennifer & Jason New
Susie & Greg Palm
Dian Woodner
BENEFACTOR
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous, in honor of Suzanne Deal Booth
Sarah Arison
Mark H.C. Bessire / Portland Museum of Art
Ron & Patsy Buckly
Circle Wealth Management
Jung & Nelson Chai
Linda & John Coleman / VIA Agency
Katherine Farley & Jerry Speyer
The FLAG Art Foundation
Ann & Graham Gund
The Holly Peterson Foundation
Meredith James (A ‘11)
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Pace Gallery
Richard T. Prins & Connie Steensma
Amitha Raman & Neil Luthra
Tavros / Charney
Yale School of Art
Alan Wanzenberg
Benefit Committee
Rena Hoffman, Eleanor Acquavella, Sarah Workneh, Katie Sonnenborn, Paula Volent
Catherine Gund, Kendall Thomas
SPONSOR
Jeannette Mont Barron & James Barron
Deborah & Richard Born
Deborah J. Buck (A '75)
Audry X. Casusol
Warren & Brammie Cook
Elizabeth R. Hilpman & Byron Tucker
Chiara & Ben Edmands
Louise & Charles Marburg A '77
Arthur L. Loeb
Glenn Ligon (F '98, '15)
The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation
Michael Sherman & Carrie Tivador
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
Matthew Marks Gallery
Jack & Susy Wadsworth
SUPPORTER
Alexandre Gallery
Amy Cappellazzo
Edith Dicconson / Kasmin Gallery
Timur Galen & Linda Genereux
David & Samantha Goldring
Susan Paul Firestone (A '72)
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
David & Victoria Foley, in honor of Vicki Love Salnikoff
David A Greene / Colby College
Corina Larkin
Robert L. Looker
Anthony Meier
John Melick & William Eric Brown
Suzanne McFayden, in honor of Suzanne Deal Booth
Cindy & Howard Rachofsky, in honor of Suzanne Deal Booth
Daniel Romualdez
Lauren & John Roth
Victoria Love Salnikoff & Yuri Salnikoff
Carole Server & Oliver Frankel
Steve Shane, in memory of Sonia Shaenboen
Mark Simon
Timothy Taylor
Jacqueline Terrassa / Colby College Museum, in honor of Sarah Workneh
PARTNER
Anonymous
Morgan Aguiar-Lucander & Cati Vlad
Ashley Artis
Sharon Corwin
Sharon Saul Davis
Adriana Farietta / The Armory Show
John Friedman
Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank Goodyear in honor of Paula Volent
Alex Gorlin
Kate Haw
Tracey Hummer
Karin & Paul Kingsley
Carlene C. Laughlin
Raymond J. Learsy
Alison Saar (F ‘93, ‘23) & Tom Leeser
Carrie Schneider (A ‘07)
Vivian & Donald Sonnenborn
Burton Staniar, in honor of Jud Reis
George Wells
Siri Willochl, in honor of Ballroom Marfa
FRIEND
Cerrie Bamford, in honor of Sarah Workneh
Sarah Bedford (A ‘97)
Tess Bilhartz (A '17)
Caroline Black
Dike Blair (A ‘74, F ‘12)
Matthew Brannon (F '13)
Laura Burton & Owen Duffy
Francis Cape (A ‘89, F ‘08) & Liza Phillips (A ‘89)
Paul Cossu
Mustafa Ali Clayton (A ‘23)
Marina Chistyakova
Jean Cooney
Linda Earle & Joseph Sullivan
Vincent Ehly
Corey Escoto (A '16)
Constance Evans
Liz Flood (A ‘19)
Chelsea Flowers (A ‘22)
Robert Franca
Neil Goldberg (F '15)
Richard Haas (F ‘82, ‘84) & Katherine Sokolnikoff
Josephine Halvorson (F ‘18)
(list in formation as of October 26, 2023
All images are courtesy of BFA/Bre Johnson and Christiana Rifaat.
Hallie Hobson, in honor of Cerrie, Katie, and Sarah
Terrance James Jr. (A'17)
Jennie C. Jones (A '96, F '14)
Mindi Katzman (A ‘84)
Baseera Khan (A ‘14)
Guillermo Kuitca (F '99, '04)
Alex Jackson (A ‘15)
Shaun Leonardo (A ‘04) & McKendree Key (A '05)
Judith Linhares (F ‘17)
Angela Lorenz (F '07), in memory of
Yvonne Jacquette (F '77, '94)
Marlene McCarty (F '11)
Melissa Meyer (F '02)
Donald Moffett (F '04) & Robert Gober (F '94, '16)
Simonetta Mora
Matthew McCardwell & Sidharth Chawla
Nicole Miller (F ‘16)
Brian W. Miller
Maria Morabito
Newbond Holdings
Jeanine Oleson (A '00, F '18)
Walter O'Neill (A '74, '21, F '90)
Alix Pearlstein (F '04)
Susan M. & John Pelosi
Carolyn Ramo
Birgit Rathsmann (A '04)
Aima Raza
Allen Ruppersberg (F '01)
Beverly Semmes (A '82, F '01, '05)
Shinique Smith (A ‘03)
Ben Wescoe & Simone Shields
Carson Woś
Rosa Valado (A '89, '21)
Ursula von Rydingsvard (F ‘88)
Reg Zehner
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