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2005 Inspiration Awards It was a perfect spring evening when friends and supporters gathered at The Ritz-Carlton, Battery Park as NYFA presented its 2005 Inspiration Awards. Awards were given to philanthropist Mark Golden of the Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, Inc.; Brooklyn-based multi-disciplinary artist Brian Alfred; and international communications giant Nokia for its “Connect to Art” program.
This year’s benefit was chaired by Anita Durst, NYFA Trustee and Artistic Director of chashama. Lucy Tower Funke, Director of the Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, was co-chair. During cocktails, guests enjoyed electronic music composed by Brian Alfred and other collaborators. Guests were also allowed a peek into the ballroom at the three-dimensional art “centerpieces” donated by NYFA Fellows - Desirée Alvarez, Andrea Arroyo, Carlos Ancalmo, Susan Spencer Crowe, Steve Currie, Arturo Domantay, John DeFazio, Elizabeth Duffy, Kathy Erteman, Anita Glesta, Yoko Inoue, McKendree Key, Linda Lee, James Makins, Sandra Osip, Victoria Palermo, Julie Peppito, Miriam Schaer, Arlene Shechet, Dread Scott, Analia Segal, Leigh Li-Yun Wen, and Arnold P. Zimmerman.
During dessert, Ted Berger, NYFA Executive Director, announced that at each table, one lone orange ribbon marked the lucky guest who would win the donated centerpiece. This sent the thus far composed crowd into an excited search for the ribbon. Proceeds raised from the evening benefit NYFA’s general operations.
2005 Honorees
Nokia
Art goes Mobile when Nokia's Connect to Art brings a new dimension to artistic expression through its edgy multimedia devices that feature commissioned art works from leading international artists. The award will be accepted by Eero Miettinen, Design Director, Connect to Art, and Sara Paz, Director of Multimedia Marketing: North America.
Brian Alfred
Brooklyn artist Brian Alfred's work moves gracefully between painting, collage, paper sculpture, and video animation. An MFA graduate of Yale University, his work is part of the collections of the Whitney, Guggenheim, and San Francisco MoMA.
Mark Golden
President and Co-Founder of Golden Artist Colors, Inc., has worked closely with artists for 25 years to create custom acrylic paints and other products. He is also an active arts patron, supporting artists, exhibitions and arts organizations personally and through the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts. Benefit Committee
Basil Alkazzi
Margaret C. Ayers
Deutsche Bank
The Durst Organization
Kathleen O'Grady
Howard Rothman
J. Whitney Stevens
Jacob Walthour, Jr.
Proceeds from The Inspiration Awards Benefit Gala support the general operating expenses of the New York Foundation for the Arts, as well as the more than 1,000 originating artists in the performing, visual, media and literary arts who receive financial assistance from NYFA each year in the form of awards and sponsorship. Funds raised also help sustain NYFA’s public programs, its information resources which provide services to more than 850,000 artists annually, and the dozens of new and emerging arts organizations currently assisted by NYFA.
Special thanks to the generous contributors to the evening's gift bags:
BOMB magazine
Golden Artist Colors
Kenneth Cole Productions
Voss Water
2005 Honorees - Brian Alfred, Sara Paz and Eero Mittenen of Nokia, Mark Golden  
left to right: Chairs Anita Durst & Lucy Tower Funke; Brian Alfred and wife, Yoshika Kusada
 
left to right: Ted and Asya Berger with Michael Hickey; Charles Cosler, Emmanuel Lemakis, Penny Dannenberg, and NYFA Trustee Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas
 
left to right: NYFA President Leni Darrow and daughter Meredith; NYFA Artists Yoko Inoue & Dread Scott
Photo Credit: Nick Papananias Click here for more images
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased online here, or
contact Lan Cheung, 212-366-6900, ext. 207, e-mail: lcheung@nyfa.org. NYFA, 155 Avenue of the Americas, 14th fl, New York, NY 10013
Inspiration Table (Seats 12): $25,000
Champion Table (Seats 10): $10,000
Benefactor Table (Seats 10): $5,000
Patron ticket (individual): $1,000
Couple ticket (two people): $800
Friend ticket (individual): $500
Sponsor an Artist Ticket: $200
PressRead the full press release
For more information, please contact:
Danielle Bias, 212-366-6900, ext. 249, dbias@nyfa.org
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