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

Digital Invitation Reservations

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

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

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

Jessica Goon2024 Scholars’ Dinner