Skowhegan
2025 Awards
Dinner
HONORING
SKOWHEGAN MEDAL FOR ART
Presented by SPECIAL GUEST
DAME TRACEY EMIN
SCULPTURE PARK
GERTRUDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY AWARD
FOR PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS
Presented by MARK BRADFORD
DARREN WALKER
SOCRATES
GOVERNORS’ AWARD FOR SERVICE TO ARTISTS
Accepted by NATALIA NAKAZAWA, TARA SANSONE
& TERRENCE MCCUTCHEN
Presented by ALISON SAAR F '93, '23
6:30 PM Cocktails
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2025
8:00 PM Dinner
9:30 PM Dessert & After-Party
The Museum of Modern Art
11 W 53rd St, New York, NY
ELEANOR ACQUAVELLA
Chair, Board of Trustees
PAULA J. VOLENT
President, Board of Trustees
DANIEL BOZHKOV A '90, F '11, '16, '24
MARIE LORENZ A '04, F '13
Co-Chairs, Board of Governors
RUTH ESTÉVEZ
KATIE SONNENBORN
Co-Directors
BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES
CHIARA EDMANDS
AGNES GUND*
ANN GUND
HOLLY PETERSON FOUNDATION
BERNARD LUMPKIN
& CARMINE BOCCUZZI
CAROLINE HOFFMAN MALKIN
& GEORGE MALKIN
ODILI DONALD ODITA F '15
GREG & SUSIE PALM
AMITHA RAMAN & NEIL LUTHRA
JUD & BB REIS
BETYE SAAR F '85, '14
Awards Dinner Co-Chairs
RAMON BROWN
BASEERA KHAN A '14
JEFFREY MERIS A '19
HANNAH TRAORE
After Party Co-Chairs
Committee
MORGAN & ECATERINA AGUIAR-LUCANDER
SKIP & MICHAELA BEITZEL
TISH BEITZEL VREDENBURGH
KATHERINE BRADFORD F '09
SCOTT CAMPBELL
FRANCIS CAPE A '89, F '08 &
LIZA PHILLIPS A '89
DON CAPOCCIA
JANIS GARDNER CECIL
SHARON CORWIN
STEPHANIE DIAMOND A '00
LAURA JANE FINN
JEANNE DONOVAN FISHER
KEITH FOX & TOM KEYES
DAVID PETER FRANCIS
DEBORAH BUCK FOUNDATION
FUHRMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION
TIMUR GALEN & LINDA GENEREUX
ANDREW GINZEL F '98
ANNE COLLINS GOODYEAR
ALEXANDER GORLIN
CHASE HALL A '19
KATE HAW
ELIZABETH HAZAN A '91
TRACEY HUMMER
STEPHANIE HUNT & STEPHEN TREVOR
BASEERA KHAN A '14
KENNETH F. KOEN
GLENN LIGON F '98, '15
ANGELA LORENZ F '07
PETER & PAULA LUNDER
ANTHONY & CELESTE MEIER
SIMONETTA MORO A '03
CAROLINA NITSCH
DARRELL PETIT A '88
EDEN RAFSHOON
CAROLYN RAMO
BIRGIT RATHSMANN A '04
DANIEL ROMUALDEZ
VICTORIA LOVE SALNIKOFF
BEVERLY SEMMES A '82, F '01, '05
CAROLE SERVER & OLIVER FRANKEL
STEVE SHANE, in memory of Sonia Shaenboen
ANDREW SHULERT & JOY LUCAS
BARBARA KARP SHUSTER
KIKI SMITH F '93
KATHERINE SOKOLNIKOFF &
RICHARD HAAS F '82, '84
SUZY SPENCE A '96
JACQUELINE TERRASSA,
COLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART
JACK & SUSY WADSWORTH
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Underwriter
ELEANOR ACQUAVELLA
BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES
GREG & SUSIE PALM
JUD & BB REIS
PAULA J. VOLENT
Leadership
JUNG & NELSON CHAI
CHIARA EDMANDS
AGNES GUND*
ANN GUND
HOLLY PETERSON FOUNDATION
BERNARD I. LUMPKIN &
CARMINE D. BOCCUZZI
AMITHA RAMAN & NEIL LUTHRA
Benefactor
BLAVATNIK FAMILY FOUNDATION
WARREN & BRAMMIE COOK
KAREN HESSE FLATOW A '94 &
EVAN FLATOW
MARLENE HESS & JAMES ZIRIN
RENA & SCOTT HOFFMAN
JENNIFER & JASON NEW
RICHARD T. PRINS &
CONNIE STEENSMA
DIAN WOODNER
Sponsor
SARAH ARISON
RON & PATSY BUCKLY /
ALAN WANZENBERG
CIRCLE WEALTH MANAGEMENT
LINDA & JOHN COLEMAN /
PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART
DAVID DECHMAN & MICHEL MERCURE
KATHERINE FARLEY & JERRY SPEYER
HAUSER & WIRTH
LIZ HILPMAN & BYRON TUCKER
MEREDITH JAMES A '11
LOUIS & CHARLES MARBURG A '77
CATIE MARRON
CARRIE SCHNEIDER A '07
WHITE CUBE
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F - Faculty
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