The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, presents the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence and Gala Dinner on Wednesday, April 6,

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1 The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, presents the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence and Gala Dinner on Wednesday, April 6, 2016

2 Amy Cappellazzo, Lori Chemla, Martin Eisenberg, Marieluise Hessel, Maja Hoffmann, Audrey Irmas, Ruth Keating Lockwood, Marc S. Lipschultz, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Melissa Schiff Soros, and Michael Ward Stout invite you to celebrate the presentation of the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, to Thelma Golden Presentation of the Award by Glenn Ligon Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at Capitale, 130 Bowery, New York City Cocktails 6:30pm / Dinner 7:30pm

3 Past Recipients of the Award for Curatorial Excellence Thelma Golden has served as Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem since The Studio Museum is the institution where she began her career in 1987, prior to a decade at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She returned in 2000 to be the Studio Museum s Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs. While at the Studio Museum, she has organized exhibitions including Chris Ofili: Afro Muses ; Black Romantic: The Figurative Impulse in Contemporary African-American Art; Freestyle; Frequency; Glenn Ligon: Stranger; and Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family During her tenure as Director, the Studio Museum has welcomed more than 45 outstanding artists to its signature Artist-in-Residence program, expanded its collection to nearly 2,000 works, significantly strengthened participation in the education and public programs while increasing their number, raised annual visitorship, and gained a growing reputation as a site where diverse audiences exchange ideas about art and society. In July 2015, the Studio Museum announced plans to construct a new building by architect David Adjaye as the first home designed expressly for its program. During her period at the Whitney Museum, from 1988 through 1998, Golden was a member of the curatorial team for the 1993 Biennial, organized numerous exhibitions including 1994 s Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in American Art, and served as Director of the Whitney Museum at Philip Morris. From 1998 until 2000, Golden served as the Special Projects Curator for the contemporary art collectors and philanthropists Peter Norton and Eileen Harris Norton. Golden holds a B.A. in Art History and African American Studies from Smith College and honorary doctorates from the City College of New York, San Francisco Art Institute, Smith College, and Moore College of Art and Design. She was awarded a Barnard Medal of Distinction from Barnard College in Golden serves as a member of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House, a position she was appointed to by President Barack Obama in 2010, and in 2015 she joined the Barack Obama Foundation s Board of Directors. She also serves as the Chair of New York City s Cultural Institutions Group and on the Professional Fine Arts Committee of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies. Golden was named a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute in She is active as a lecturer and panelist, speaking about contemporary art and culture at national and international institutions, and has held visiting faculty positions at colleges and universities including Yale, Columbia, Cornell, and Bard. Golden also served on the graduate committee at CCS Bard from 1994 until Thelma Golden was born in Queens, New York, and currently resides in Harlem. PHOTO: JULIE SKARRATT 2015, Christine Tohmé and Martha Wilson presented by Susanne Ghez, Jay Sanders, and Audrey Irmas 2014, Charles Esche presented by Lauren Cornell and Audrey Irmas 2013, Elisabeth Sussman presented by Robert Gober and Audrey Irmas 2012, Ann Goldstein presented by Johanna Burton and Audrey Irmas 2011, Helen Molesworth and Hans Ulrich Obrist presented by Tom Eccles and Josiah McElheny 2010, Lucy Lippard presented by Hans Haacke 2009, Okwui Enwezor presented by Isaac Julien 2008, Catherine David presented by Jeff Wall 2007, Alanna Heiss presented by Brian O Doherty 2006, Lynne Cooke and Vasif Kortun presented by Roland Augustine and Richard Serra 2005, Kathy Halbreich and Mari Carmen Ramírez presented by Vishakha N. Desai and Lowery Stokes Sims 2004, Walter Hopps presented by Ann Temkin, James Rosenquist, and Donald Saff 2003, Kynaston McShine presented by Anne d Harnoncourt and Vito Acconci 2002, Susanne Ghez presented by Gary Garrels, Diana Thater, and Okwui Enwezor 2001, Paul Schimmel presented by David Ross and Robert Gober 2000, Kasper König presented by Lynne Cooke and Richard Artschwager 1999, Marcia Tucker presented by Kirk Varnedoe, Lowery Stokes Sims, and Bruce Nauman 1998, Harald Szeemann presented by Kathy Halbreich THE CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES, BARD COLLEGE (CCS Bard) was founded in 1990 as an exhibition and research center for the study of late twentieth-century and contemporary art and culture and to explore experimental approaches to the presentation of these topics and their impact on our world. Since 1994, the Center for Curatorial Studies and its graduate program have provided one of the world s most forward-thinking teaching and learning environments for the research and practice of contemporary art and curatorship. Broadly interdisciplinary, CCS Bard encourages students, faculty, and researchers to question the critical and political dimension of art, its mediation, and its social significance. CCS Bard cultivates innovative thinking, radical research, and new ways to challenge our understanding of the social and civic values of the visual arts. CCS Bard provides an intensive educational program alongside its public events, exhibitions, and publications, which collectively explore the critical potential of the institutions and practices of exhibition-making. It is uniquely positioned within the larger Center s tripartite resources, which include the internationally renowned CCS Bard Library and Archives and the Hessel Museum of Art, with its rich permanent collection.

4 Board of Trustees of Bard College David E. Schwab II 52, Chair Emeritus Charles P. Stevenson Jr., Chair Emily H. Fisher, Vice Chair George F. Hamel Jr., Vice Chair Elizabeth Ely 65, Secretary; Life Trustee Stanley A. Reichel 65, Treasurer; Life Trustee Fiona Angelini Roland J. Augustine Leon Botstein, President of the College + Stuart Breslow + Mark E. Brossman Thomas M. Burger + James C. Chambers 81 Marcelle Clements 69* Craig Cogut The Rt. Rev. Andrew M. L. Dietsche, Honorary Trustee Asher B. Edelman 61, Life Trustee Paul S. Efron Robert S. Epstein 63 Barbara S. Grossman 73* Andrew S. Gundlach Sally Hambrecht Marieluise Hessel Maja Hoffmann Matina S. Horner + Charles S. Johnson III 70 Mark N. Kaplan, Life Trustee George A. Kellner Paul S. Levy Fredric S. Maxik 86 James H. Ottaway Jr., Life Trustee Martin Peretz, Life Trustee Stewart Resnick, Life Trustee Roger N. Scotland 93* Jonathan Slone 84 James A. von Klemperer Brandon Weber 97 Susan Weber Patricia Ross Weis 52 * alumni/ae trustee + ex officio CCS Bard Board of Governors Marc S. Lipschultz, Chairman Leon Botstein + Amy Cappellazzo Lori Chemla Martin Eisenberg Marieluise Hessel, Founding Chairman Maja Hoffmann Audrey Irmas Ruth Keating Lockwood Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Melissa Schiff Soros Michael Ward Stout Tom Eccles Executive Director Paul O Neill Director of the Graduate Program

5 The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College presents the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence and Gala Dinner on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 The gala supports student scholarships, the studentcurated exhibition program, and other academic and public programs at the Center for Curatorial Studies. Name: (Please print your name as you would like it to be listed in the program) Address: City: State: Zip: Daytime phone:

6 Tables of Ten n Legacy Table $30,000 (tax-deductible portion $28,500) n Underwriter Table $20,000 (tax-deductible portion $18,500) n Benefactor Table $10,000 (tax-deductible portion $8,500) n Curator and Artist Table $5,000 (tax-deductible portion $3,500) Individual Tickets n Patron $2,000 (tax-deductible portion $1,850) # tickets n Associate $1,000 (tax-deductible portion $850) # tickets n Sponsor $500 (tax-deductible portion $350) # tickets n Friend $300 (tax-deductible portion $150) # tickets Enclosed is my payment of $. n I/We cannot attend but have enclosed a donation. n Check (please make payable to Bard College) n Credit Card: Visa/MasterCard/American Express (credit card orders can also be faxed to ) Card Number: Expiration Date: Authorized Signature: Please list the names of your guests or the people with whom you would like to be seated. For additional information, please call Ramona Rosenberg at Bard College, , or rrosenberg@bard.edu.