Nov 20, 2013-Museum of Arts and Design's Visionaries!
The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) hosted its 2013 Visionaries! Awards Gala celebrating five influential creators and leaders in the art, craft, and design industries, whose work personifies the Museum’s mission to explore and celebrate contemporary creativity across all media. The evening raised nearly $1 million for MAD.
The honorees were: Wilfried Vancraen, CEO and Founder of Materialise, an international additive manufacturing company started in Belgium; Frank Stella, legendary painter and printmaker, most noted for his Minimalist, Post-Painterly Abstract works has challenged ideas of abstraction and of painting itself by negating the evidence of brushwork and asserting the flatness of the canvas; Rick Kinsel, Executive Director, The Vilcek Foundation. For more than 10 years, the Vilcek Foundation, under Kinsel's leadership, has been an important philanthropic supporter of the arts and sciences. It is committed to honoring the contributions of immigrants to American society, and has founded several programs recognizing both emerging and established artists and designers; and David and Sybil Yurman, founders of David Yurman jewelers. The Yurmans were honored for their enduring contributions to the world of style internationally. David Yurman, long an innovator in the world of jewelry, will celebrate 30 years in the New Year.
This year’s Visionaries! Awards also celebrated MAD’s 5th anniversary at 2 Columbus Circle, and the dramatic growth of the institution, looking ahead to an exciting roster of exhibitions and programs for 2013-2014. Since moving in 2008, MAD has welcomed more than a million visitors onsite, tripled its membership and greatly expanded its exhibition and educational offerings.
Proceeds from the gala are directed to the support of MAD’s arts education program. This year they expect to serve nearly 10,000 children, grades K-12, and from mostly under-served communities. Each year, more than 500 guests, including arts patrons, artists, designers and noted corporate and civic leaders, attend the event.
Read MoreThe honorees were: Wilfried Vancraen, CEO and Founder of Materialise, an international additive manufacturing company started in Belgium; Frank Stella, legendary painter and printmaker, most noted for his Minimalist, Post-Painterly Abstract works has challenged ideas of abstraction and of painting itself by negating the evidence of brushwork and asserting the flatness of the canvas; Rick Kinsel, Executive Director, The Vilcek Foundation. For more than 10 years, the Vilcek Foundation, under Kinsel's leadership, has been an important philanthropic supporter of the arts and sciences. It is committed to honoring the contributions of immigrants to American society, and has founded several programs recognizing both emerging and established artists and designers; and David and Sybil Yurman, founders of David Yurman jewelers. The Yurmans were honored for their enduring contributions to the world of style internationally. David Yurman, long an innovator in the world of jewelry, will celebrate 30 years in the New Year.
This year’s Visionaries! Awards also celebrated MAD’s 5th anniversary at 2 Columbus Circle, and the dramatic growth of the institution, looking ahead to an exciting roster of exhibitions and programs for 2013-2014. Since moving in 2008, MAD has welcomed more than a million visitors onsite, tripled its membership and greatly expanded its exhibition and educational offerings.
Proceeds from the gala are directed to the support of MAD’s arts education program. This year they expect to serve nearly 10,000 children, grades K-12, and from mostly under-served communities. Each year, more than 500 guests, including arts patrons, artists, designers and noted corporate and civic leaders, attend the event.
