60th Anniversary Gala
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2023
POWERHOUSE ARTS, BROOKLYN, NY
SIXTY YEARS: ARTISTS FOR ARTISTS
AN EVENING TO BENEFIT THE FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
A once in a decade celebration
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS
Agnes Gund and Jasper Johns
POWERHOUSE ARTS
322 THIRD AVENUE
BROOKLYN, NY 11215
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2023
LEAD PARTNERS, ARTISTIC PROGRAM
A G Foundation (Agnes Gund) and Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
Cocktails: 6:30 pm
Dinner: 8:00 pm
Not black tie
EMCEES
John Kelly, Early Grantee and Emergency Grants Recipient
Autumn Knight, 2022 Grantee
PERFORMANCES
An excerpt from Merce Cunningham's Landrover (1972)
Performed by Chalvar Monteiro and Jacquelin Harris
silver through the grass like nothing, 2023 (World Premiere)
Composed and performed by eddy kwon, 2023 FCA Robert Rauschenberg Awardee
MUSIC CURATED BY
David Grubbs, 2006 Grantee
Co-Chairs:
Sarah Arison
Wendy Waldron Brandow
Sherri Crichton
Anne Dias Griffin
Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman
Marguerite Steed Hoffman
Thelma and AC Hudgins
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Emily and Mitch Rales
Artist Committee:
Cecily Brown, Co-Chair
Vija Celmins
Anne Collier, Co-Chair
Sonia Louise Davis
Robert Gober
Wade Guyton
Jennie C. Jones, Co-Chair
Wyatt Kahn
Glenn Ligon
Richard Maxwell
Julie Mehretu
Dean Moss, Co-Chair
Fred Moten
Zeena Parkins
Ellen Phelan and Joel Shapiro
Pam Tanowitz
I hope younger artists will continue to be aware of this unique thing that artists have made, that they will take pride and pleasure in assisting its ongoing development.