Last week on April 11, 2019, nearly 300 guests gathered at Capitale to celebrate the 2019 NYFA Hall of Fame inductees. The evening’s honorees were Sanford Biggers, a visual artist whose work speaks to current social, political, and economic happenings while examining the contexts that bore them; Karl Kellner, patron of the arts, Senior Partner, New York Office Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc., and a former NYFA Board Member; and Min Jin Lee, novelist of the best-selling books Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko.
The evening included cocktails, dinner and a silent auction. Guests even received a signed, limited-edition print by Biggers that was created exclusively for the event. Guests included Tom Finkelpearl, Commissioner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; Derrick Adams, Samira Abbassy, Debi Cornwall, Phyllis Galembo, Ekwa Msangi, Rajesh Parameswaran and Dread Scott.
The evening concluded with dessert and remarks from NYFA Executive Director Michael L. Royce. “I think everyone in this room knows that without artists many stories would not be known. Stories allow us to share who we are, what we’ve experienced, and what we imagine. They are a special communication from one individual to another, and as I was thinking about this event I realized that all of us together are making up the story of NYFA,” said Royce.
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top image // Michael L. Royce, Tom Finkelpearl, Karl Kellner, Min Jin Lee, Judith K. Brodsky, and Sanford Biggers
all images // Jay Brady Photography
