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April 20, 2018

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The National Museum of Women in the Arts will kick off its 31st year with a celebratory black-tie gala on Friday, April 20, in the museum’s gorgeous Washington landmark building. This special night is the museum’s largest annual fundraising event and features dinner, dancing, and a silent auction.

We are especially proud to announce that Ambassador of France Gérard Araud and Mr. Pascal Blondeau will be the honorary chairs. A very special guest, the legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz, will receive the lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Arts.

As co-chairs of this year’s event, we personally invite you to join us as sponsors of the gala. Your corporate sponsorship of the 2018 Spring Gala Committee will support the museum’s special exhibitions, educational programs, and diverse public audience engagement initiatives. Corporate benefits will be extended to you throughout the year.

Please find enclosed a list of all the benefits associated with your sponsorship.

We appreciate your support and look forward to working with you to customize your involvement and recognition. Sponsors at the $15,000 level and above will receive an invitation to a VIP Sponsor breakfast celebrating the opening of our spring exhibition, Women House. The breakfast will be hosted by His Excellency Gérard Araud and Mr. Pascal Blondeau.

Please complete the enclosed acceptance form by February 1, so that we can include your name on the gala invitation. Responses received after this date will be listed on the event program and receive verbal recognition at the gala.

With our deep appreciation and warmest regards,

Grace BenderAmra FazlicAmanda PolkJayne Visser

From top to bottom: Grace Bender; photo by Tony Powell | Amra Fazlic; photo by Tony Powell | Amanda Polk; photo by Mohammed Sanoon | Jayne Visser; photo by Mohammed Sanoon

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GALA CHAIRS

EVENT PROGRAM

GALA PROCEEDS

Grace Bender

Amra Fazlic

Amanda Polk

Jayne Visser

Cocktails will be served in the galleries, and a silent auction filled with one-of-a-kind gifts, world-class experiences, and luxury travel packages will be available for bidding.

Dinner will take place in the Great Hall and mezzanine, one of the most enviable events spaces in the region.

After dinner, legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Arts.

Let the dancing begin!

From left to right: Martha Lyn Dippell and Jeff Harris | Reggie Van Llee and Lee Anne Geiger | Marisol La Madrid, Maria Trabocchi, and Susanna Quinn | Photos by Tony Powell

Proceeds from the Spring Gala — the museum’s largest fundraiser — support the special exhibitions, educational programs, and diverse public audience engagement initiatives the museum undertakes every day. Through the generosity of our corporate partners, we are able to promote the work of emerging talents in all artistic fields — from musicians in the Shenson Chamber Music Series to under-represented artists profiled in NMWA’s Broad Strokes blog.

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Sponsors at these levels will receive many VIP opportunities throughout the year, as well as public recognition in print and online. $50,000 and $25,000 sponsors are eligible for customized benefits.

* Non-sponsor tickets may become available later in the spring. Please contact the museum for more details.

Sponsorship Levels

$50,000$25,000$15,000 $2,000

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From left to right: Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman | Jane Sullivan Roberts, Cheif Justice John Roberts, and Wilhelmina Cole Holladay | Eugene Adams, Gina Adams, Cindy Jones, and Evan Jones | Photos by Tony Powell

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$25,000

• One table for ten at the Gala

• Invitations throughout the year to VIP receptions, openings, and programs, including a special breakfast at the French Ambassador’s residence

• Facility rental discount of 25% on use of the museum’s Great Hall, Mezzanine, and other spaces

• Opportunity to host a private, director-led tour of the museum for company VIPs

• Logo recognition in print and online for one year

• Opportunity to customize benefits to suit your corporate goals and strategies

$15,000

• One table for ten at the Gala



• Opportunity to host a private tour of the museum

$2,000

• Two tickets to the Gala

• Invitations throughout the year to VIP receptions, openings, and programs

• Recognition in print and online for one year

$50,000

• One table for ten with premier placement


• Facility rental discount of 50% on use of the museum’s Great Hall, Mezzanine, and other spaces (excluding cleaning and security fees)

• Opportunity to host a private, director-led tour of the museum for company VIPs


• A feature article on your corporation’s philanthropy benefitting NMWA in Women in the Arts magazine

• Opportunity to make remarks at the Gala

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HIGHLIGHTS 2017 GALA

Above, clockwise from top left: Co-Chairs Amy Baier, Jamie Dorros, Cindy Jones, and Kristin Cecchi | Robert Allbritton and Mayor Muriel Bowser | Guests enjoying dinner | Hanane Lemlih and Samar Langhorne | Alejandra and Enrique Segura | Dana Bash and Michelle Kosinski | Photos by Tony Powell

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GALA PATRONS:

$50,000

The Geiger Family Foundation

Cindy and Evan JonesJacqueline Badger Mars

$25,000

Bottega VenetaBetty Boyd DettreGina Adams/FedExDenise Littlefield SobelSusan and Jim SwartzTotal Wine & More

$15,000

Sunny Scully Alsup and William Alsup

Ambassador and Abeer Al OtaibaBret and Amy BaierThe Carl M. Freeman FoundationDiorMartha Dippell and

Daniel Korengold/ Ourisman Automotive of VA

Jamie and Dave DorrosNancy and Marc DuberWilhelmina Cole HolladayWinton and Hap HolladayCarol LascarisMary V. MocharyRBC Wealth Management

$3,000Abacus Technology CorporationJanice L. and Harold L. AdamsJean and Clyde AlexanderRobert Allbritton and

Dr. Elena AllbrittonDaphne AnastassiouJo Ann BarefootDana BashGail BassinArlene BegelmanGrace BenderSue Ann BerlinSharon and Bruce BradleyScott and Patrice BrickmanMrs. S. Spencer Neville BrownCharlotte and C. Michael BuxtonJane and Calvin CafritzLorna Meyer Calas and

Dennis Calas

Lynda and Dave CamalierMarcia and Frank CarlucciConnie Carter, Washington

Fine PropertiesDr. Paul and Rose CarterKristin and John CecchiMarcella and Neil CohenArthur Coia and

Donna Paolino CoiaEvonne and Robert ConnollyMary L. Cooper and

Robert R. D’annucciProf. Byron Croker, M.D.Lynn Finesilver CrystalMary Lou Dauray and

Alan DavisAshley DavisCongressman John Delaney and

April McLain DelaneyClaire and Albert DwoskinVeronica and Eduardo deFerreroChris and Karen DonatelliKenneth P. DutterGeraldine EhrlichSarah G. Epstein and

Donald A. CollinsCourtenay EversoleHuda and Samia FaroukiAmra and Damir FazlicThe Fernandez FoundationChappall and Jennifer GageElva Ferrari-Graham and

John GrahamElizabeth and Michael GalvinMr. and Mrs. J. Montgomery

GingerySusan Goldberg and

Geoffrey EtnireMary and Robert HaftKelley Halpern and Sarah BermanSue HenryShelley and Allan HoltOlga and Scott JaeckelJoAnne and James JohnsonPamela Johnson and Wesley KingSally and Christopher H. JonesMichelle Kosinski

and Kimbell DuncanMr. and Mrs. Michael LandowSandy and Jim LangdonSamar and Will LanghorneRobin LaubCindy and John LeeDebra LeeMarc and Elise LefkowitzGladys Kemp LisanbyJoanne Ludovici and

Gene M. PiskatorKristen and George LundKaryl Charna Lynn and

Robert B. ColeCynthia Madden Leitner and

Roger LeitnerMarlene and Fred Malek

Anna and John MasonJuliana and Richard MayTeresa MartinezSuzanne and James MellorMilica MitrovitchMary Mocas and Marv TseuAzali and Ian MyersIrene NatividadGretchen and Brad NealNorah Clair AestheticsNeiman Marcus, Chevy ChaseBrad and Callie NierenbergMelanie and Lawrence NussdorfMarjorie and Phillip OdeenDiane P. OfnerKay OlsonCarol and Gerry ParkerLaura and Sam PattenLaura and Edward PenningtonMargaret PerkinsMartha and Steven PetersonMr. and Mrs. Curtis PolkDon and Olwen PongraceJacqueline L. QuillenSusanna and Jack QuinnKatharine Ordway ReishmanDrina RendicSaks Fifth Avenue, Chevy ChaseAndrea Roane SkehanStephanie Sale and Jim SingletonLyn and Pete SeligSheila Shaffer/Janney Montgomery

Scott LLCMarsha Brody ShiffDeborah Stark SigmundDot and Ned SnyderKathleen Elizabeth SpringhornMartha SpakAlice and Ken StarrSusan and Scott SterlingNancy and Roger StevensonSteven and Andrea StrawnChristine SuppesMahinder TakLily Talakoub M.D./McLean Dermatology

and Skincare CenterBrooke TaylorDebra TheritDeborah Dunklin TiptonAnnie Simonian TotahSarah B. TrecoAnna and Robert TroneFrances UsherVersaceJayne VisserLorraine WallaceAmy Weiss and Peter KadzikChristie and Jeff WeissEileen Shields-West and

Robin WestBetty Bentsen WinnClaudia Zucker

2017 GALA SPONSORS

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The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) was founded in 1981 by Wilhelmina and Wallace Holladay as a non-profit museum and opened its doors to the public in 1987.

The Holladays began collecting art by women in the 1970s and discovered it was nearly impossible to find information on women artists in the art history reference books of the time. Women artists had been marginalized for centuries. Social conventions limited their opportunities for training the subjects they could portray — no nudes, please! — and the ways they could market art to patrons.

Gender bias is less overt today, but contemporary women artists still face substantial obstacles and disparities. Art by women is persistently underrepresented in museum collections, exhibitions worldwide, and the art market. In the recent 2017 Art Market survey published by UBS/Art Basel, only three women (or 15%) are in the top twenty contemporary exhibiting artists — Cindy Sherman, Rosemarie Trockel, and Yayoi Kusama; and, only one woman (5%) — Yayoi Kusama — is included in the twenty top-selling artists. When it comes to historical art, the statistics are naturally even worse.

15% Only three women (or 15%) were in the top twenty contemporary exhibiting artists in 2016.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS

Above | Lalla Essaydi, Bullets Revisited #3, 2012; Three chromogenic prints mounted on aluminum, 66 x 150 in. overall; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Purchased with funds provided by Jacqueline Badger Mars, Sunny Scully Alsup and William Alsup, Mr. Sharad Tak and Mrs. Mahinder Tak, Marcia and Frank Carlucci, and Nancy Nelson Stevenson; © Lalla Essaydi

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So, when the question comes up, “Do we need a museum specifically for women artists?”, the answer is a resounding yes. NMWA is happy to carry the torch! To fulfill our mission, the museum:

» Preserves and displays a collection of 5,300 objects by more than 1,000 artists

» Presents ten world-class exhibitions of women artists per year

» Maintains an 18,500-volume library and research center

» Hosts an online presence and social media platform that introduces the museum to a wide audience

» Publishes art history books and a tri-annual magazine

» Programs top quality concerts and other performing arts events

» Creates public programming that champions women through the arts

» Offers education curricula and programs for learners of all ages

» Sponsors a network of over twenty-five national and international committees, engaging museum members who advocate for women artists at the local, regional, and international levels

NMWA is the only major museum in the world solely dedicated to celebrating the creative contributions of women artists, and we don’t mind keeping that distinction until our job is done. Even when the day arrives and gender parity is achieved, NMWA will always have a place in the world because there will always be great contemporary women artists to show, and an illustrious history for us to tell — a history the National Museum of Women in the Arts has helped to create.

PHOTO BY MARA KURLANDSKY

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With exhibitions such as She Who Tells A Story, in 2016, which featured thirteen photographers from Iran and the Arab world, fall 2017’s Magnetic Fields, the first exhibition to highlight abstract art by three generations of black women, or the retrospective of the trailblazing fashion house Rodarte (opening fall 2018), the museum has developed its strongest exhibition program ever.

Creating a balanced and exciting calendar of exhibitions and the interpretive programming that enriches them is fundamental to our mission. NMWA’s goal is to build on the existing excellence of its exhibitions, and whenever possible, collaborate with other museums (like Women House, coming to NMWA in March, 2018, from La Monnaie de Paris).

To achieve maximum influence and impact locally, nationally, and globally, high-level annual support is needed so that a future exhibition program commensurate with our ambitious mission can move from idea to implementation.

EXHIBITION PROGRAM

2018 SPRING GALA

Below | Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Racism is Like Rain, Either it’s Raining or it’s Gathering Somewhere, 1993; Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 86 x 138 in.; Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan; © Mary Lovelace O’Neal; Photo courtesy of the Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan

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NEW YORK AVENUE SCULPTURE PROJECT

As any visitor to Washington, D.C., knows, there is a great deal of traditional public sculpture in the District. One need only travel up and down the avenues to see impressive monuments to presidents and other important figures in American history. Yet very little of the sculpture on view is modern or contemporary, and precious few works are by women.

The New York Avenue Sculpture Project enables NMWA to expand its mission to bring recognition to the achievements of women artists worldwide. Works featured in the Sculpture Project complement the museum’s collection of art created by more than 1,000 artists working from the Renaissance to today.

Stretching 370 feet parallel to the museum’s north façade, the broad median in the center of New York Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets NW features four illuminated sculpture pads. Dramatic works of art standing up to 16 feet tall are balanced by lush plantings surrounding the pads, including seasonal flower beds at each end of the median, which are planted three times per year. Colorful Downtown Heritage Trail signs on the sidewalks adjacent to the median provide information about the project and the artists featured.

The Sculpture Project was inaugurated in 2010 with an installation of colorfully exuberant sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), best-known for her playful works that celebrate women and cultural diversity.

Mexico City-based Betsabeé Romero (b. 1963) is developing new works expressly for the New York Avenue site. Romero sees her tire-based art as emblematic of humankind’s perpetual journey through the landscape. She carves figures and intricate patterns derived from pre-Columbian art into large tires that she suspends like totems from tall poles or across wide beams. Many of her designs incorporate dramatic lighting elements, making her works as visually exciting at night as they are in the daytime.


Above | Chakaia Booker, Take Out, 2008; Photo by Daniel Schwartz

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2018 SPRING GALA

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

WOMEN, ARTS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Women, Arts, and Social Change is a public program initiative highlighting the power of women and the arts as catalysts for change that launched in October 2015. Fresh Talk, the signature program of the initiative, expands the dialogue on what it means to be champions of women through the arts. Programs feature curated conversations with leading innovators and thought leaders from a range of disciplines discussing cause-driven topics that are relevant to diverse audiences today.

SHENSON CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT SERIES

In support of NMWA’s mission to bring recognition to women in the arts, we present this annual free concert series. For twenty years, women musicians have been delighting audiences as a part of NMWA’s concert series. Concerts typically take place in the winter and spring.

PHOTO BY MARGOT SCHULMAN PHOTO BY MATT DINE

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FREE COMMUNITY DAYSFree Community Days are held the first Sunday of each month and feature a variety of programs that interpret the collection and exhibitions, such as films, literary readings, lectures, and special tours.

EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION

TOURS AND TALKSThe Tour Program for general audiences serves the lifelong learning needs of many of our visitors. Museum staff facilitates free weekly Gallery Talks, providing visitors with the opportunity to explore selected works from the collections or exhibitions in more depth. Specially trained docents offer free daily Conversation Pieces, short discussions about pairs of artworks.

SCHOOL TOURS AND OUTREACHNMWA’s free School Tours and Outreach provide interactive, age-appropriate learning opportunities for early learners (ages 3–6) and students in elementary and secondary grades. Museum visits and classroom lessons introduce students to the achievements of women artists, while also teaching art vocabulary, fostering visual literacy skills, and encouraging close observation and critical thinking. To ensure all students have access to the museum, NMWA created a Transportation Fund that covers the cost of field trip buses for schools with financial need.

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION During these intimate evening programs, NMWA introduces audiences to artists featured in the collection or special exhibitions. Artists speak in front of their works in the galleries—recalling personal stories, reacting to their art in context, sharing secrets about their process—and engage with attendees over light refreshments.


PHOTO BY EMILY HAIGHT

PHOTO BY YASSINE EL MANSOURI

PHOTO BY EMILY HAIGHT

PHOTO BY MARA KURLANDSKY

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Wilhelmina Cole Holladay — Chair of the BoardWinton S. Holladay — Vice Chair of the BoardCindy Jones — PresidentGina F. Adams — First Vice-President Susan Goldberg — Second Vice President (Community Relations)Joanne C. Stringer — TreasurerNancy Duber — SecretaryMary V. Mochary — Finance ChairAmy Weiss — Nominations ChairNancy Nelson Stevenson — Works of ArtMarcia Myers Carlucci — Building ChairCarol Matthews Lascaris — President Emerita and Endowment ChairDana J. Snyder — At LargeSusan Fisher Sterling — The Alice West Director*

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Janice Lindhurst Adams

Pamela G. Bailey

M. A. Ruda Brickfield

Charlotte Clay Buxton

Rose Carter

Diane Casey-Landry

Mary Clark*

Gilan Tocco Corn

Lizette Corro

Ashley Davis

Betty Boyd Dettre

Deborah I. Dingell

Martha Lyn Dippell

Karen Dixon Fuller

Marian Hopkins

Sally L. Jones

Marlene Malek

Jacqueline Badger Mars

Juliana E. May

Bonnie McElveen-Hunter

Marjorie Odeen

Pamela Parizek

Jackie Quillen

Sheila Shaffer

Kathleen Elizabeth Springhorn

Jessica H. Sterchi

Mahinder Tak

Annie S. Totah

Sarah Bucknell Treco*

Frances Luessenhop Usher

Ruthanna Maxwell Weber

Alice West

*Ex-Officio December 2016

2018 SPRING GALA

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NMWA ADVISORY BOARD

Sarah Bucknell Treco — ChairIlene Gutman*Noreen M. AckermanSunny Scully AlsupJo Ann BarefootGail BassinArlene BegelmanSue Ann BerlinCatherine Little BertBrenda BertholfEva M. BorinsNancy Anne BrantonMargaret Boyce BrownDeborah G. CarstensPaul T. ClarkDonna Paolino CoiaJohn ComstockLinda ComstockByron Croker, M.D.Lynn Finesilver CrystalLiz CullenVerónica de FerreroBelinda de GaudemarKitty de IsolaKaty Graham DebostBetty Boyd DettreKenneth P. DutterGerry E. EhrlichElva Ferrari-GrahamLisa Claudy FleischmanRosemarie ForsytheJane Fortune

Claudia FritscheJulie GarciaLisa GarrisonNancy GillespieBarbara S. GoldfarbJody Harrison GrassAnjali GuptaSue J. HenryAnna Stapleton HensonCaroline Rose HuntJan JessupAlice D. KaplanArlene Fine KlepperDoris KlosterNelleke Langhout-NixFred M. LevinGladys Kemp LisanbySarah H. Lisanby, M.D.Nancy LivingstonMaria Teresa MartínezC. Raymond MarvinPat McCallDee Ann McIntyreCynthia McKeeSuzanne MellorMilica MitrovichClaudia Pensotti MoscaDeborah MyersJeannette T. NicholsKay W. OlsonKatherine D. OrtegaMargaret Perkins

Patti PyleDrina RendicBarbara RichterElizabeth RobinsonElizabeth A. SacklerStephanie SaleConsuelo Salinas de ParejaSteven ScottMarsha Brody ShiffAnn L. SimonKathern Ivous SiskGeri SkirkanichDot SnyderDenise Littlefield SobelPatti Amanda SpiveyKathleen Elizabeth SpringhornSara SteinfeldJo StriblingSusan SwartzCheryl S. TagueLisa Cannon TaylorMaryRoss TaylorDeborah Dunklin TiptonNancy W. ValentineSara M. Vance WaddellPaula S. WallaceHarriet L. WarmKrystyna WassermanIsland WeissTara Beauregard WhitbeckPatti WhiteBetty Bentsen WinnRhett D. Workman

*Ex-Officio


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For additional information on sponsorships of the 2018 Spring Gala, exhibitions, special programming, events, or education, contact:

Julia Keller Major Gifts Officer Tel: 202-783-7987 Email: [email protected]

Fiona MurrayFundraising Events Manager Tel: 202-266-2815 Email: [email protected]

National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005-3970nmwa.org

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