30th Anniversary Honorees & “Ones-to-Watch”

The 30th Anniversary honorees, identified by a selection committee made up of the past recipients of ArtTable’s annual Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts Award, were chosen for their significant contributions to the managements and stewardship of the arts at the 2011 ArtTable Gala Benefit.

• Marieluise Hessel Artzt | Founder, Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and Hessel Museum of Art
• Kathan Brown | Founding Director, Crown Point Press
• Mary Schmidt Campbell | Dean, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
• Anita Contini | Consultant, Bloomberg Philanthropies Art and Culture Program
• Alice Denney | Founder, Washington Project for the Arts
• Helen W. Drutt English | Founder/Director, Helen Drutt: Philadelphia
• Elizabeth Easton | Director and Founder, Center for Curatorial Leadership
• Sharon Helgason Gallagher | Founder/Executive Director, ARTBOOK | D.A.P.
• RoseLee Goldberg | Founder and Director, Performa
• Thelma Golden | Director/Chief Curator, Studio Museum in Harlem
• Marian Goodman | New York/Paris, Marian Goodman Gallery
• Kathy Halbreich | Associate Director, The Museum of Modern Art
• Lila Harnett | Founder of ArtTable
• Ann Sutherland Harris | Professor of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh
• Alana Heiss | Director, AIR (Art International Radio) and the Clocktower Gallery
• Mary Jane Jacob | Professor and Executive Director of Exhibitions and Exhibition Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Leslie King-Hammond | Graduate Dean Emeritus, Founding Director, Center for Race and Culture, Maryland Institute College of Art
• Ruby Lerner | President and Executive Director, Creative Capital
• Susana Torruella Leval | Director Emerita, El Museo del Barrio
• Barbara Luderowski | President/Co-Director, Mattress Factory Museum
• Margo Machida | Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History, University of Connecticut
• Ann Philbin | Director, Hammer Museum
• Lisa Phillips | Toby Devan Lewis Director, New Museum of Contemporary Art
• Joan Rosenbaum | Executive Director, The Jewish Museum
• Linda Shearer | Executive Director, Project Row House
• Roberta Smith | Senior Art Critic, The New York Times
• Susan Sollins | Executive Director, Art21
• Susan Fisher Sterling | Director, National Museum of Women in the Arts
• Marion Boulton Stroud | Founding Director, The Fabric Workshop and Museum
• Paula Wallace | President/Co-Founder, Savannah College of Art and Design

The individuals included in the 30th Anniversary Honors were asked to identify a colleague whose leadership they admire. Each “One-to-Watch” provides another inspirational profile in leadership.

• Nada Andrie | Architectural Interiors Studio Head, Skidmore (Marieluise Hessel Artzt)
• Yvette Campbell | Board Member, JazzXchange and Elisa Monte Dance (Mary Schmidt Campbell)
• Kristin Marting | Cofounder and Co-Art Director, Tiny Mythic Theater Company (Anita Contini)
• Phyllis Hecht | Director of the Master of Arts, Museum Studies Program, The Johns Hopkins University (Alice Denney)
• Homa Farjadi | Principal, Farjadi Architects London (Helen W. Drutt English)
• Stephanie D’Alessandro | Curator of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago (Elizabeth Easton)
• Emily Pilloton | Founder and Executive Director, Project H Design (Sharon Helgason Gallagher)
• Gabi Ngeobo | Curator and Educator (RoseLee Goldeberg)
• Naomi Beckwith | Associate Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem (Thelma Golden)
• Bree Jeppson | Consultant, The Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative (Marian Goodman)
• Yasmil Raymond | Curator, Dia Art Foundation (Kathy Halbreich)
• Lynn Zelevansky | Henry J. Heinz II Director, Carnegie Museum of Art (Ann Sutherland Harris)
• Beatrice Johnson | Managing Director, Art International Radio and Clocktower Gallery (Alanna Heiss)
• Micaela Martegani | Art Historian, Curator, and Educator (Mary Jane Jacob)
• Mina Choen | New Media Artist, Scholar, and Educator (Leslie King-Hammond)
• Paige West | Curator and Author of The Art of Buying Art (Ruby Lerner)
• Laura Gonzalez | Art Historian and Curator (Susana Torruella Leval)
• Alexandra Chang | Director of Public Programs and Research Manager, Asian/Pacific/American Institute (Margo Machida)
• Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson | Director and Chief Curator, Aspen Art Museum (Ann Philbin)
• Eva Franch I. Gilabert | Director, Storefront for Art and Architecture (Lisa Phillips)
• Melissa Klein | Leon Levy Curatorial Assistant (Joan Rosenbaum)
• Solkem N’Gangbet | Program Director, Houston Museum of African American Culture (Linda Shearer)
• Karen Rosenberg | Art Critic (Roberta Smith)
• Sofia Olascoaga | Artist, Curator, Educator (Susan Sollins)
• Sarah Lewis | Art Critic (Marion Boulton Stroud)
• Laurie Ann Farrell | Executive Director of Exhibitions, Savannah College of Art and Design (Paula Wallace)

ArtTable is pleased to expand this honoring gesture to include our Artists Honors celebrating the ways that many leaders in the arts draw inspiration from their studio practice to transform the field, its institutions, and its structures.

• A.I.R. Gallery
• Judy Baca
• Judith K. Brodsky
• Guerilla Girls
• Joyce Kozloff
• Amalia Mesa-Bains
• Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
• Faith Ringgold
• Miriam Schapiro
• Martha Wilson