HYDE PARK ART CENTER’S
75TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
7-10 PM

Skyline Loft @ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W. 35th Street
Chicago, IL 60609
(Enter on north side off of Racine)

CO-CHAIRS:

Shirley & Walter Massey
Sylvia Neil & Daniel Fischel
Laura Van Peenan & Louis Conforti

HONOREES:

Cultural Advocate: Amy Rule
Someone who has been an active advocate for the arts and arts education in Chicago

Cultural Investor: Ellen Alberding, The Joyce Foundation
Institutions that have made transformational investments in Chicago’s cultural sector

Cultural Leader: Bette Cerf Hill & Bruce Sagan
Someone who has provided steadfast leadership in Chicago’s cultural sector

Cultural Visionary: Chuck Thurow
Someone whose foresight and responsiveness has advanced Chicago’s cultural sector

Game-Changing Artist: Kerry James Marshall & Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Venerable Chicago artists who have been forward-thinking, experimental, and impactful in their work

HOST COMMITTEE:

Allstate Insurance Company
Julie B. Altman & Alex Sagan
Jillisa Brittan & Jeffrey Smith, Sidley Austin
Sally & John Carton
Bruce & Martha Clinton
East Bank Records Storage
Fred Eychaner
Michael & Jacky Ferro, The Sun-Times Foundation/The Chicago Community Trust
Nancy Fishman
Judy & Mickey Gaynor
GCM Grosvenor
Helyn Goldenberg & Michael Alper
Richard & Mary Gray
Julie & John Guida, The Guida Family Foundation
Jack & Sandra Guthman
Dawn-Marie & Carlton Guthrie
Gary Heiferman & Paul Buenvenida
Mellody Hobson & George Lucas, George Lucas Family Foundation
Brooke Hummer & Grove Mower
Mary Ittelson
J.B. & M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation
Deone Jackman
Justine Jentes & Daniel Kuruna
Janis Kanter & Thomas McCormick, The Kanter Family Foundation
Sondra & Tony Karman
Steve & Priscilla Kersten
Lynn Lockwood & Barrett Murphy
Trinita Logue
Jill & Michael Lowe
Stuart & Susan Lucas
Walter & Shirley Massey, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Lauren Moltz & John Clement
Sylvia Neil & Daniel Fischel
Mia Park & Paul Levy
S&ra & Michael Perlow
Claire & Gordon Prussian
Doug & Yumi Ross
Carol Rubin & Steve Kaplan
George & Kathleen Rummel
Roberta & Howard Siegel
Jeanette Sublett & Langdon Neal, Neal & Leroy, LLC
Robert & Kathleen Sullivan
Greg Thompson, Blue Cross Blue Shield
Peter & Michelle Thompson
Laura Van Peenan & Louis Conforti, William Blair & Company
Barbara & Robert Wagner
Wintrust Community Banks
Susan & Bob Wislow
Richard Wright & Valerie Carberry
Joel & Frances Zemans
Robert J. Zimmer, The University of Chicago

CORPORATE SPONSORS:

MATCHING GRANT PROVIDED BY:

TICKETS:

Premier Sponsor:               $75,000
Sponsor:                             $25,000

Grand Benefactor:              $15,000
Benefactor:                         $10,000
Sustainer:                           $7,500
Patron:                                $5,000

Individual tickets:
Patron – $500        Sustainer – $750        Benefactor – $1,000

Download the 75th Anniversary Gala invitation here.

View the list of benefits for each sponsorship level here. 

Purchase tickets or make a donation online in support of the Hyde Park Art Center’s 75th Anniversary Gala here.

For more information, contact Aaron Rodgers at arodgers@hydeparkart.org or call 773.324.5520 x 1022.

PAST HONOREES:

Charles Benton
Dawoud Bey
Anita Blanchard & Martin Nesbitt
Bruce and Martha Clinton
Barbara Crane
Becky D’Angelo
Helyn Goldenberg
Christie Hefner
Ruth Horwich
Deone Jackman
Valerie Jarrett
Chris Kennedy
Eric and Cheryl McKissack
Isobel Neal
Iñigo Manglano-Ovall

FEATURING:

The music of Bumpus
The art of Susan Giles