The 2022 Scholars’ Dinner
Monday, April 4, 2022
The Century Association
7 W 43rd St, New York, New York 10036
Thank you to our featured scholars and supporters!
The third annual Scholars’ Dinner featured 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
Continuing the important 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.
Featured Scholars
The featured scholars were Franklin Kelly, Senior Curator and Christiane Ellis Valone Curator of American Paintings at the National Gallery of Art, who is curating our 2022 exhibition; Asma Naeem, The Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Chief Curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art; Stephanie Sparling Williams, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art at the Brooklyn Museum; and our 2021 Class of Cole Fellows.
Franklin Kelly
Senior Curator and Christiane Ellis Valone Curator of American Paintings
National Gallery of Art
Asma Naeem
Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Chief Curator
Baltimore Museum of Art
Stephanie Sparling Williams
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art
Brooklyn Museum
2021 Class of Cole Fellows
Isabelle Bohling, Adaeze Dikko, Brooke Krancer and Oriana Tang
Benefit Committee
American Art Table
Lisa Fox Martin
Barbara B. Millhouse
Fellowship Table
Nina Matis & Alan Gosule
Anne J. Miller & Stuart J. M. Breslow
American Art Ticket
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services
David B. Forer
Kristin Gamble
Alison Lankenau
Joanne D. Payson
Lois & Arthur Stainman
Evelyn D. Trebilcock
Barrie A. & Deedee Wigmore
Fellowship Ticket
Frederick W. & Candace K. Beinecke
Ann and Arthur Grey Foundation
Meredith J. Kane
Nicholas & Lee Findlay Potter
Elizabeth J. & Alfred L. Scott
Warner Foundation, Susan G. A. Warner
Arete B. Warren
Karen Zukowski & David Diamond
Friends & Scholars
Louise L. Arias
Susan Ball & John Brigham
Norman S. Benzaquen
Annette Blaugrund
Graham C. Boettcher
Jimmy & Micaela Bulich
Sara & Tom de Swardt
Carrie Feder
Linda S. Ferber
Debra J. Force
Ginnie Gardiner
Carol Goldman
Guy Griggs
Jean D. Hamilton & Richard N. McCarthy
Marjorie & Gurnee Hart
James LaForce & Stephen Henderson
Marianne Lockwood & David Bury
John & Judy McCarter
Robert H. Palmer
Susan H. Perkins
Edward Rothfarb & Thomas McManus
Warner Shook & Frank Swim
Kenneth E. Silver
Connie Simmons & James Krugman
Marie Spano
The Stewart House
Tara Sullivan
Hudson Talbott & Jay Lesenger
Maynard & Kay Toll
Charles C. Vail
Illiana van Meeteren & Terence Boylan
Alan Wallach
Alan Wanzenberg
Greg & Fay Wyatt
Howard Zar
Board of Trustees
Lisa Fox Martin, Chairman
Marianne Lockwood, Vice Chairman
Warner Shook, Vice Chairman
Sara de Swardt, Treasurer
Susan Ball, Secretary
Jimmy Bulich
Carrie Feder
Linda Gentalen
Guy Griggs
Elizabeth B.Jacks
Nina Matis
Anne J. Miller
Stephen Shadley
Kenneth E. Silver
Tara Sullivan
Hudson Talbott
Evelyn Trebilcock
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
John R. Stilgoe
Alan Wallach
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 Beth Schneck