November 1, 2016
6:30–10:00 p.m.
Metropolitan Club
1 East 60th Street, NYC

At this year’s Gala & Cultural Leadership Awards we are thrilled to honor Alice Walton and Wangechi Mutu for their extraordinary contributions to the visual arts.

Ms. Walton is the founder of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and a visionary philanthropist committed to educating audiences about American art.  Ms. Mutu is one of the most acclaimed contemporary African artists working today, recognized for her beautiful and meaningful work dealing with gender, race, and colonialism.

Alice Walton
Introduced by:
Thomas P. Campbell
Director & CEO, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wangechi Mutu
Introduced by:
Deborah Willis, PhD
Professor & Curator,
New York University, Tisch

CO-CHAIRS
Steph La Nasa
Martha Macmillan
Betsy Pinover Schiff
Sandra Warshawsky

BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Acquavella Family
Anne Altchek
Ruth Appelhof & Gary Adamek
Betsy & Robert Barbanell
Elizabeth Belfer
Ann L. & Jonathan P. Binstock
Franklin Boyd
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Christie’s
Stephanie & Frederick Clark
Adrienne Ruger Conzelman
Ghislain D’humières
Valerie & Charles Diker
Yasaman & Vuk Djunic
Alexandra & David Drucker
Charlotte Eyerman
Ashleigh Fernandez
Brian Ferriso
Leslie & Tom Freudenheim
Lee White Galvis
Gladstone Gallery
Agnes Gund
Philip Haas
Christine & Douglas Harmon
Anthony Hirschel
Bonnie Kagan
Terri Kahan
Ann & Gilbert H. Kinney
Barbara & Richard S. Lane
Maya Lin
Nancyjane & Jeffrey Loewy
Sarah & Alec Machiels
Merrill Mahan
Claire Marmion
Clare Mckeon
Meryl & Robert Meltzer
Phillips
Gail Rawl
Kimerly Rorschach
Capera Ryan
Katie Adams Schaeffer
Bernard L. Schwartz
Gordon Dee Smith
Sotheby’s
Ellen & William Taubman
Ian Taylor
Victoria Triplett
John & Barbara Vogelstein Foundation
Ursula Von Rydingsvard
Lulu C. Wang
Monique M. Schoen Warshaw
Saundra Williams-Cornwell
List in formation as of 10/24/16

We would like to thank our in-kind sponsors:

Matthew Robbins Design & Li-Lac Chocolates