Night of Alchemy
A Blade of Grass Annual Benefit
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Evening Co-chairs
Annette Blum, Michael Quattrone, and Shelley Frost Rubin
Honoring
Ross Bleckner
Artist and Past President of Community Research Initiative on AIDS
Anne Pasternak
Shelby White and Leon Levy Director of the Brooklyn Museum
Risë Wilson
Founder, The Laundromat Project and Former Director of Philanthropy, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Special performance by
Rulan Tangen
2016 ABOG Fellow and Founding Artistic Director of Dancing Earth
Master of Ceremonies
Shaun Leonardo
Artist
November 7, 2017, 6:30-9:30 PM
The Prince George Ballroom
15 E 27th St, New York, NY 10016
Our annual Night of Alchemy is a festive evening that celebrates the growing field of socially engaged art with cocktails, dinner, and an award ceremony, led by Master of Ceremonies Shaun Leonardo.
This year we will honor Ross Bleckner, Anne Pasternak and Risë Wilson for their long-standing commitments to social justice and groundbreaking work at the intersection of art and social change.
The evening will also feature a performance by ABOG alumna artist Rulan Tangen, Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer of Indigenous dance company Dancing Earth, who will present a rare solo work.
Make your contribution today and together we can enact social change!
LEADER
Annette Blum
Shelley Frost Rubin
BENEFACTOR
Eva & Yoel Haller
Gregory James
Michael Quattrone & Kala Smith
SPONSOR
Abigail E. Disney
Agnes Gund
PATRON
John E. Osborn P.C. Attorneys
Molly Gochman
Eileen Caulfield Schwab
Laurie M. Tisch
SUPPORTER
Stacy Albert
Douglas Baxter
Mary Boone
Kim Brizzolara
Suzanne Cochran
Dr. Michael Cohn & Judith Marinoff Cohn
Brett Cook
Dr. Rosemary Corbett & David Kaiser
Andrew Edlin
Marnie S. Pillsbury
Guy Roberts
Clifford Ross
Basha Frost Rubin & Scott Grinsell
Laurel Rubin
Abigail Scheuer
Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP
Lee H. Skolnick & Jo Ann Secor
Amanda Weil
COMMUNITY
Judy Hart Angelo
Lorinda Ash
Eboni Banks
Matthew Barhydt
Lisa Brintz
Marisa Cardinale
Solana Chehtman
Jessica Barrow Dawson
Suzy Delvalle
Simon Dove
Joyce S. Dubensky
Jonathan Goodman
Joel Grey
Rachel Hills
Kim Kanatani
Eleanora & Anna Kennedy
Carin Kuoni
Pamela & Arnold Lehman
Micaela Martegani
James P. McCarthy
Benedict Mclaughlin
Cliff Perlman
Ronnie Planalp
Michael Premo
Laura Raicovich
Paul Ramírez Jonas
Linda Schejola
Sam Shahid
Sara Sloane
Carol Stakenas
Richard T. Wong & Lynn Schmidt
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For more information, please contact Nicholas Cohn, Director of Development, at (646) 944-9914 or ncohn@abladeofgrass.org