It gives us great pleasure to announce our first benefit dinner in New York City, which will be held on Friday, March 9, 2018 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in celebration of the bicentennial of Cole’s arrival in America from England in 1818.

The Honorees are Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, the Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Tim Barringer, the Paul Mellon Professor in the History of Art at Yale University, in recognition of their outstanding achievement as co-curators of Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings, a major exhibition opening at the Met in January 2018 and traveling to the National Gallery, London.

Cocktails on March 9^th will begin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 6:45 pm, followed by a seated dinner at 7:30 pm in a private room at the top of the Met overlooking Central Park. Seating at this intimate black tie event will be limited to 90 guests. Preceding the event, an exclusive tour of the exhibition Thomas Cole’s Journey with Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser and Tim Barringer will be offered to guests at the “Course of Empire” level. We look forward to toasting our outstanding colleagues at the Met and at Yale on this unforgettable evening with you.

Please note, there is very limited availability for this event and certain levels are sold out. Please call Jennifer at 518.943.7465 x 6 to reserve tickets.

The American Landscape Ticket | $2,500

Includes one cocktail party ticket and one seat at the dinner, an exclusive pre-event tour of the Met’s Thomas Cole exhibition with the curators and a signed Thomas Cole Site special exhibition catalogue published in April and described below.

The Course of Empire Table | SOLD OUT 

The Course of Empire Ticket | $1,500

Includes one cocktail party ticket and one seat at the dinner, an exclusive pre-event tour of the Met’s Thomas Cole exhibition with the curators and a signed Thomas Cole Site special exhibition catalogue published in April and described below.

The Oxbow Table | SOLD OUT

The Oxbow Ticket | SOLD OUT

+ Exclusive Pre-Event Tour: Preceding the cocktail and dinner, guests at the “Course of Empire” level and above are invited to an exclusive tour with the co-curators of the exhibition Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings at 6 pm in the American Wing of the Met.

+ The Exhibition Catalogue for the 2018 exhibition at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site will be published in April by Yale University Press with 180 pages, curators’ essay, and full-color illustrations.

The non-tax-deductible portion of each ticket is $250.