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

Event Photo Gallery

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

Evening Program

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

Jessica Goon2024 Scholars’ Dinner