The Bronx Museum of the Arts will hold its annual benefit and auction on Monday, March 5, 2018 at 6:30pm at the Conrad New York in lower Manhattan.
All proceeds enable the Museum to continue offering free public programs, Free Admission, internationally recognized exhibitions, and arts education programs to over 16,000 Bronx youth each year.
For more information, contact gala@bronxmuseum.org or 718-681-6000 x 174.
To view photos from the event, please click here.
Master of Ceremonies
Mariana Atencio
MSNBC
Auctioneer
Gabriela Palmieri
Gala Chairs
Eric Blair-Joannou
Olivia Douglas
Paul Reback
Abigail Scheuer
Gala Vice-Chairs
Deborah Gimelson
Marilyn Greene
Ruth Corn Roth
Carole Server
Junior Gala Chairs
Eric Blair-Joannou
Michael Chen
Karen Hong
Art Auction Chairs
Dana Emmott
Joshua Friedman
Heather Hubbs
Nicole Klagsbrun
Debbie Landau
Florence Lynch
Gabriela Palmieri
Nancy Portnoy
Eric Shiner
Jane Wesman
HOLLY BLOCK, with deep ties to the Bronx, the late and much beloved Director of the Bronx Museum, was a visionary and pioneer whose international reputation as a director, curator, and champion of artists was boundless.
EDWARD "Eddie" PALMIERI, raised in the Bronx, is a NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award-winning Pianist, Bandleader, Composer and Arranger of Salsa and Latin Jazz music.
MICHELE ROBERTS, born in the Bronx and a former Public Defender for the District of Columbia, Roberts is the first woman to head the National Basketball Players Association.
JOE ZICHERMAN, “local boy makes good,” grew up six blocks from the Bronx Museum and attended the public school system including DeWitt Clinton High School to become a top money manager at Morgan Stanley, founder of Stadium Capital Partners, and Bronx Museum trustee.
SPONSORS
| Sigmund Balka** | ||||||||||||||||
| Eric Blair-Joannou** | ||||||||||||||||
| Linda Blumberg** | ||||||||||||||||
| Deborah Buck | ||||||||||||||||
| Victoria Cabanos** | ||||||||||||||||
| Barbara Bertozzi Castelli | ||||||||||||||||
| Fiona Cibani** | ||||||||||||||||
| Alesandra DiGiusto** | ||||||||||||||||
| Olivia Douglas** & David DiDomenico | ||||||||||||||||
| Cynthia Elliott & R. Douglass Rice | ||||||||||||||||
| Dana Emmott* | ||||||||||||||||
| Joshua Friedman* | ||||||||||||||||
| Deobrah Gimelson | ||||||||||||||||
| Stacey Goergen | ||||||||||||||||
| Marilyn** & Stephen Greene | ||||||||||||||||
| Susan Hinko** | ||||||||||||||||
Melissa Pearsall Hirsch & Scott Hirsch Joyce Hogi** | ||||||||||||||||
| Heather Hubbs* | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicole Klagsbrun* | ||||||||||||||||
| Alice Kosmin** | ||||||||||||||||
| Joan Krevlin** | ||||||||||||||||
| Debbie Landau* | ||||||||||||||||
| Miyoung Lee | ||||||||||||||||
| Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||
| Katherine E. Lewis** | ||||||||||||||||
| Florence Lynch* | ||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Mizzi** | ||||||||||||||||
| David Nash & Lucy Mitchell-Innes | ||||||||||||||||
| Nathan Newman** | ||||||||||||||||
Meredith Palmer Gabriela Palmieri* | ||||||||||||||||
| Nancy Portnoy** | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Reback** | ||||||||||||||||
| Judi Roaman & Carla Chammas | ||||||||||||||||
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* Art Auction Committee |
| ** Trustee |
List as of December 18, 2017
