The 2024 Scholars’ Dinner
Thank you to everyone who supported the fifth annual Scholars’ Dinner hosted by the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.
Monday, November 18, 2024
at The Century Association
7 West 43rd Street, New York, New York 10036
The 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
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
Sigrid Gray
Marianne Lockwood & David Bury
Fellowship Ticket
Abby & Peter Coffin
Elizabeth Scott
Evelyn D. Trebilcock
Illiana van Meeteren & Terence Boylan
Friends
Peter Aaron & Brooke Allen, Louise L. Arias, Susan Ball & John Brigham, Annette Blaugrund, Markley Boyer & Victoria Johnson, The Bradbury Dyer Foundation, The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Family Foundation, Jennifer Carlquist, Jane Curley, Matthew & Amy Davidson, Sara & Tom de Swardt, Erin Dziedzic, Paul Echaniz, Zach Eichman, Linda S. Ferber & Joel B. Berson, Susan Ferris, Debra J. Force, Carol Goldman, Ann and Arthur Grey Foundation, Jean Hamilton & Richard McCarthy, Stephen Hannock, Marjorie L. Hart, Jonas Havens & Jackie Massaro, John Haworth, Sophia Hughes, Adrian H. Jones & Nina A.S. Jones, Kimberly & Edward Kaplan, Elizabeth Kornhauser, Dr. & Mrs. William Krause, Jennifer Krieger & Eric Siegel, Amy Kurtz Lansing, Mark Lasalle Fine Art, Richard & Elizabeth Livingston, Bob Lockyer, Ricky & Beth Mason, Barbara B. Millhouse, Erin Monroe, Iliana Moore, Lansing Moore, Jr. & Duncan Taylor, Oscar S. & Mary Nan Pollock, Christine I. Oaklander, Robert H. Palmer, Jenny Park Adam & Evan Douglis, Susan Perkins, Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Pollock, Antonella Preve, 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, Chris Warsaw, Dianne E. Young
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
Scott Manning Stevens
Alan Wallach
Donations
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