The annual Fall Benefit Gala provides a primary source of funding for the museum and its acclaimed educational programs. The museum has a long-standing commitment to arts education and serves more than eight thousand New York City schoolchildren each year. Your support will allow the museum to sustain and expand its wide range of exceptional initiatives and help make the arts accessible to a broad audience.
For more information, or to purchase a table or tickets, please contact Elizabeth Kingman, Deputy Director for Administration and Development, at 212. 265. 1061 or ekingman@folkartmuseum.org.
Gotham Hall, 1365 Broadway (at West 36 St.)
6:30 – 9:30 PM
Festive Attire
You can also reserve a ticket via Eventbrite here.
Honoring
Lucy and Mike Danziger
The Ford Foundation, accepted by Darren Walker, President
Thornton Dial, artist, in memoriam
Gala Chairs
Heidi Messer and Tad Martin
Vice Chairs
Scott Asen
Charles Atkins
Monty Blanchard and Leslie Tcheyan
Marcy Carsey and Susan Baerwald / Just Folk
Joyce B. Cowin
Ellie and Edgar M. Cullman Jr.
Louise Hirschfeld Cullman and Lewis B. Cullman
Susan Cullman and John Kirby
Lucy and Mike Danziger
Peggy and Dick Danziger
Sheena and David Danziger
Judy and Tony Evnin
Karin and Jonathan Fielding
Jacqueline Fowler
Emily Frick and Robert Froelich
Marilyn Friedman and Thomas Block
Rebecca and Michael Gamzon
Arlyn and Edward L. Gardner
Barbara Gordon and W. Stephen Cannon
Barbara and Thomas Israel
Joan and Victor Johnson
Allan Katz Americana / Penny and Allan Katz
Phyllis L. Kossoff
Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder
Donald E. Newhouse
Laura and Richard Parsons
Leslie Seeman and David Becker
Donald and Rachel Strauber
Bonnie and Tom Strauss
Time Warner
Elizabeth and Irwin Warren
Paul Washington
Jack Weeden
Sue Ann Weinberg
Benefit Committee
Becky and Bob Alexander
Alberta Arthurs
Nan Bases
Lisa Bell
Edgar and Gail Berner
James and Barbara Block
Justine and Robert Bloomingdale
BNY Mellon
Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
Barbara Bundy
Nancy and Michael Druckman
Frances J. Frawley
John Hays
Lisa W. Hess
Andrew Holter
Mrs. Eckart Kade
Jane and Gerald Katcher
Susan and Robert Klein
Stephen and Wendy Lash
Jerry Lauren
David Lefkowitz and Julie Persily
Lorie Cowen Levy and Charles J. Levy Jr.
Nadine Levy
Wendy and Barry Meyer
Nancy Morris W. Offit
Jeffrey Pressman and Nancy Kollisch
Susan W. and Carl W. Robertson
Cynthia and Robert Schaffner
Anne Marie and Robert F. Shapiro
Ellen Stein
Joel Treisman and Jeanne Raila
Jean and Raymond Troubh
Richard Walker
Cara Zimmerman
Young Folk Gala Chairs
Emily Counihan
Kristina Lopez
Shelley Pressman
Underwriter Table $25,000
- Prime table for ten guests
- Underwriter listing with logo recognition in benefit program, on screens at gala, and on official gala photo backdrop
- Private champagne reception and curatorial tour for twenty-five guests at the museum
- All benefits of Leader Table
Leader Table $15,000
- Prime table for ten guests
- Leader listing with logo recognition in benefit program, on screens at gala, and on official gala photo backdrop
- All benefits of corporate museum membership for one year, including eligibility to host a private event at the museum, prominent corporate partnership signage at the museum and on the museum website, and membership benefits for all employees
- Recognition as museum exhibition sponsor with corporate logo in the exhibition wall text and in all materials
- Private curatorial tour at the museum
- Museum membership for each guest at the table
Benefactor Table $10,000
- Table for ten guests
- Benefactor listing with logo recognition in benefit program and on screens at gala
- Private curatorial tour for ten guests at the museum
Patron Ticket Package (Two Tickets) $5,000
- Premium seating for two guests and patron listing in benefit program
Patron Ticket $2,500
- Premium seating and patron listing in benefit program
Supporter Ticket $1,500 (limited availability)
- Preferred seating and supporter listing in benefit program
Friend Ticket $1,000 (limited availability)
- Seating and friend listing in benefit program
Image: Aurora (detail), artist unidentified, New England, c. 1818–1822, watercolor on silk, with applied gold foil and paperback label, in original gilded wood frame, 24 7/8 x 23 3/8 x 2 1/4″ (framed), gift of Ralph Esmerian, 2005.8.46. Photo © John Bigelow Taylor.