30TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

On September 22, 2016, hundreds of supporters, artists, City officials, and cultural leaders came together to celebrate three decades of Socrates Sculpture Park, and to honor our dear friend and founder, the visionary Mark di Suvero. For inquiries about the park’s gala, contact gala@socratessculpturepark.org or 718-956-1819 x102.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2016 GALA SUPPORTERS:

HONORARY CHAIRS
Paula Cooper
Agnes Gund
Richard & Ronay Menschel
Martin Puryear

LEADERS
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Paula Cooper*
Mark di Suvero*
Nancy Nasher & David Haemisegger
Louise & Leonard Riggio*
Plant Specialists*

BENEFACTORS
The Kayden Family*
Silvercup Studios*

SPONSORS
Maxine & Stuart Frankel
Robert F. Goldrich & the Leon Levy Foundation
Agnes Gund*
Richard & Ronay Menschel*
Joel Shapiro & Ellen Phelan*
Diane & Thomas W. Smith
Tippet Rise Art Center*

PATRONS
Jayne & Leonard Abess, Emme & Jonathan Deland*, Roberta & Steven Denning, Virginia Dwan*, Richard Gluckman & Tiffany Bell*, Liz & Steven Goldstone, Kaufman Astoria Studios*, Terrence & Elizabeth Karpowicz*, Phyllis Levin, Ivana Mestrovic*, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Brooke Kamin Rapaport & Richard A. Rapaport*, The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation, Ursula von Rydingsvard & Paul Greengard

SUPPORTERS
Jamie Bennett*, Mortimer Berkowitz, Anita Contini & Stephen Van Anden*, Dun-Rite Specialized Carriers, Vivien & David Collens, Gordon & Peggy Davis, The Durst Organization, Lainey & Andy Fallek, Susan K. Freedman*, Sandra Wijnberg & Hugh Freund, Peter & Anna Levin*, Hugh & Tiziana Hardy*, James Hnat, Randye Kaplan & Gerald Blitstein*, Melanie Katzman & Russell Makowsky*, George S. Kaufman, Lisa Kim & Drew Kaplan, Jill & Peter Kraus, Rocco & Debby Landesman*, Nancy Lorenz & Doug Schwalbe*, Toby Devan Lewis, Martin Z. Margulies*, Elizabeth Metcalf, Deidrea Miller & Jens Nachtigal*, Margaret Morton, Peter Freeman, Inc., The Pincus Family Foundation, Michael & Karen Pomarico, Jock Reynolds, Nancy Rosen & Michael Blackwood*, Lisa Roumell & Mark Rosenthal, Philip Shneidman & Steve Henry, Marlene & Edward Shufro, Manny & Jackie Silverman*, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Rebecca Smith & Michael Coffey, Two Trees Management, Amy Wolf*, WXY

FRIENDS
Friends Alice Aycock, Elizabeth Baker, Diane M. Coffey*, Grounds for Sculpture, John Henry, Kevin Hernandez, Pamela N. & Stephen A. Hootkin, Bruce Johnson, Nancy Josephs, The Lessick Empire*, Galerie Lelong, Carol LeWitt, Glenn Lowry*, Michael Margitich, Saul Melman, Monroe Denton, The Municipal Art Society of New York, George W. Neubert, Ralph S. O’Connor, Betsy F. Perry*, Darrell Petit, Mike Pratt & The Scherman Foundation* Gary Garrido Schneider*, Mrs. C. Sidamon-Eristoff*, Kimberly Strong*, Stephen Talasnik*, Don Zaretsky/John Silberman Associates*, David Zaza

SPECIAL THANKS
Astoria Distilling CO., Big aLICe Brewing, Haber’s Tonic,
Navillus Contracting, Spacetime C.C., Veso Buntic

*Members of Benefit Host Committee

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Image Credit:
Photos by Emma McDonald