Thank you for joining us at ArtTable’s 2025 Annual Benefit and Award Ceremony!
What an incredible evening we had at ArtTable’s 2025 Annual Benefit and Award Ceremony! We were thrilled to come together to honor the outstanding achievements of Komal Shah, the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts Awardee, and Danielle Amodeo, the 2025 New Leadership Awardee.
With powerful remarks from curator Cecilia Alemani and ArtTable Fellowship Alumna Cambria Kelley, the evening was a true celebration of the passion and dedication within our community. Together, we witnessed firsthand the collective energy and commitment of the ArtTable community to advancing the leadership of women and nonbinary professionals in the visual arts.
A huge thank you to everyone who attended and supported this unforgettable event! We are deeply grateful to our Benefit Co-Chairs – Dana Prussian Haney, Casey Kohlberg, Elizabeth “Lizzie” da Trinidade-Asher, UOVO Art, Fashion, Wine, and Debi Wisch, as well as our Host Committee Members and Supporters for their dedication and generosity.
As we reflect on the success of this special evening, we invite you to continue the momentum. Your support fuels ArtTable’s mission to create a more equitable future for all in the arts. Please consider making a fully tax-deductible donation today to help us continue this important work and expand the impact we’re making together.
Thank you for being part of this incredible journey—together, we are shaping the future of the arts!
About the Event
ArtTable’s Annual Benefit & Award Ceremony was launched in 1993, 13 years after the organization was initially founded. The inaugural event honored actress, singer, television personality, spokesperson for the arts, and then Chair of the New York State Council on the Arts, Kitty Carlisle Hart, with the first ever Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts Award. In following years, the event would go on to honor trailblazers and powerhouse women in the arts, including Agnes Gund, Marcia Tucker, Yoko Ono, Thelma Golden, Lowery Stokes Sims, and many more.
In 2005, the New Leadership Award was introduced to honor and celebrate emerging women leaders in the arts. Twelve honorees were selected by twelve past DSVA award recipients, reinforcing the idea of “Looking Back, Moving Forward,” the theme of ArtTable’s 25th Anniversary year.
This annual event continues to honor two extraordinary arts professionals each year, saluting the important work done in the past, advances being made in the present, and the potential for the future.
Annual Awards
Louise Bourgeois
EYE, 2003
Cast bronze, silver nitrate, polished patina
ArtTable’s Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts Award acknowledges and celebrates remarkable leadership in the arts. Its recipients exemplify ArtTable’s dedication to the lasting impact of the visual arts on our shared cultural life. In 2003, as a special gesture to ArtTable and the leading women it honors, Louise Bourgeois created an unnumbered, cast bronze edition to represent the Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts award. EYE is cast each year in commendation to our awardee.
Click here to view a list of all past Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts Awardees.
Maya Lin
Seven Square Inches of Water, 2014
Cast and polished glass
ArtTable’s New Leadership Award recognizes an emerging professional who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and made considerable contributions to the visual art field in the earlier stages of their careers. This award was first introduced as part of ArtTable’s 25th anniversary celebration in 2005. This past year’s award was Seven Square Inches of Water, a limited-edition artwork by Maya Lin created to benefit the “What Is Missing?” project.
Click here to view a list of all past New Leadership Awardees.
ArtTable Day
Celebrate with us annually on April 7!
In 2005, the Mayor of New York City declared April 7 as ArtTable Day, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of ArtTable’s founding. We continue to celebrate our incredible community of professional women and nonbinary professionals in the arts on this day every year!
Celebrate ArtTable Day year round!
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Benefit Archive
