The 2024 Scholars’ Dinner
We hope you will join us for the fifth annual Scholars’ Dinner featuring the leading American art scholars of today and the emerging American art scholars of tomorrow. Continuing the work that Thomas Cole began as a mentor and leader, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site serves as a catalyst for advancing the conversation in American art. Join us in supporting a bright future for new scholarship in the field.
Monday, November 18, 2024
The Century Association
7 West 43rd Street, New York, New York 10036
The fifth annual Scholars’ Dinner features the leading American art scholars of today and the emerging American art scholars of tomorrow
All proceeds from the event underwrite the annual Cole Fellowship at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site
Reservations are also available by emailing jgoon@thomascole.org.
Featured Scholars
The featured scholars will be Scott Manning Stevens, PhD / Karoniaktatsie (Akwesasne Mohawk), Curator of our 2024 exhibition Native Prospects and Associate Professor of Native American Studies & English and Director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program, Syracuse University; Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Executive Director & Chief Curator, Forge Project; Joseph Mizhakiiyaasige Zordan (Bad River Ojibwe), PhD candidate, Harvard University, and Terra Foundation for American Art Predoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian; and our Class of 2025 Cole Fellows.
Scott Manning Stephens, Karoniaktatsie (Akwesasne Mohawk Nation)
Associate Professor of Native American & Indigenous Studies
Syracuse University
Candice Hopkins, (Carcross/Tagish First Nation)
Director & Chief Curator
Forge Project
Joseph Mizhakiiyaasige Zordan, (Bad River Ojibwe)
PhD Candidate, Harvard
Terra Foundation for American Art Predoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian
2025 Class of Cole Fellows
Frances Baker-Tucker, Megan Betke, Cait Gurley and Elizabeth Vazquez
Benefit Committee
American Art Table
Lisa Fox Martin
Fellowship Table
Alexander & Jessica Betke
Nina Matis & Alan Gosule
Anne Miller & Stuart Breslow
American Art Ticket
Kristin Gamble
Marianne Lockwood & David Bury
Fellowship Ticket
Elizabeth Scott
Evelyn D. Trebilcock
Friends
Annette Blaugrund, Markley Boyer & Victoria Johnson, The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Family Foundation, Jennifer Carlquist, Jane Curley, Sara & Tom de Swardt, The Bradbury Dyer Foundation, Erin Dziedzic, Linda S. Ferber & Joel B. Berson, Debra J. Force, Ann and Arthur Grey Foundation, Jean Hamilton & Richard McCarthy, Jonas Havens & Jackie Massaro, Sophie Hughes, Dr. & Mrs. William Krause, Jennifer Krieger & Eric Siegel, Amy Kurtz Lansing, Mark Lasalle Fine Art, Bob Lockyer, Ricky & Beth Mason, Lansing Moore, Jr. & Duncan Taylor, Christine I. Oaklander, Robert H. Palmer, Jenny Park Adam & Evan Douglis, Susan Perkins, Betty P. Rauch, Stephen Shadley, Warner Shook & Frank Swim, Lois & Arthur Stainman, Tara Sullivan, Hudson Talbott & Jay Lesenger, John Tamagni, Maynard & Kay Toll, Alan Wallach, Christine Warsaw
Board of Trustees
Lisa Fox Martin, Chairman
Marianne Lockwood, Vice Chairman
Warner Shook, Vice Chairman
Sara de Swardt, Treasurer
Susan Ball, Secretary
Erin Dziedzic
Carrie Feder
Elizabeth B. Jacks
Nina Matis
Anne J. Miller
Jenny Park Adam
Stephen Shadley
Tara Sullivan
Hudson Talbott
Evelyn Trebilcock
Emma Davidson Tribbs
Susan G. A. Warner
National Council
Kevin J. Avery
Tim Barringer
Annette Blaugrund
Linda S. Ferber
Ella M. Foshay
Eleanor Jones Harvey
Patricia Junker
Elizabeth Kornhauser
Katherine Manthorne
Mark D. Mitchell
Barbara Novak
Paul D. Schweizer
Nancy Siegel
Kiki Smith
Alan Wallach
The Scholars’ Dinner
American Art Table $10,000
One table of up to 10 for cocktails and dinner, Benefactor Memberships to the Cole Site, and an optional full-page ad in the evening program.
Fellowship Table $7,500
One table of up to 10 for cocktails and dinner, Family Memberships to the Cole Site, and an optional half-page ad in the program.
American Art Ticket $2,500
Cocktails and dinner for one and a complimentary Benefactor membership to the Cole Site.
Fellowship Ticket $1,500
Cocktails and dinner for one and a complimentary Family membership to the Cole Site.
Friends Ticket $750
Cocktails and dinner for one.
Sponsor a Scholar $500
I wish to sponsor one or more scholars to attend the dinner at $500 each.
Make a Gift
I am unable to attend but wish to support American art scholarship.*
*Gifts of $500 and up will be listed on the print invitation and all event materials.
Credit Card Form
Reservations are also available by emailing jgoon@thomascole.org.
Asher Brown Durand, Portrait of Thomas Cole, 1837, Berkshire Museum
Thomas Cole, Catskill Creek, New York, 1845. Oil on canvas, 26 1/2 by 36 in. / Framed: 37 5/8 x 47 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. New-York Historical Society, The Robert L. Stuart Collection, Gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart, S-157.
Thomas Cole, Clouds, ca. 1830s. Oil on paper laid down on canvas, 8 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Morris K. Jesup Fund, 2013 (2013.201).
Photography by Adam T. Deen