New York, NY | ArtTable’s 2023 Annual Benefit, Honoring Deana Haggag

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Thank you for joining us in New York for ArtTable’s 2023 Annual Benefit & Award Ceremony!

Our New Leadership Award was given to arts administrator, cultural worker, and program officer in Arts and Culture at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
Deana Haggag. The Award was presented by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Natalie Diaz. featuring special remarks by Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator, The Whitney Museum of American Art.

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PROGRAM

April 4 | NeueHouse
6:30 – 8:00 PM

Celebration, Drinks, and Light Bites

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Our host committee supporters were invited to a VIP event April 3rd. Click here for details!

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About Deana Haggag

As former president and CEO of United States Artists, Deana developed a wide range of programs to support artists across the country including Artist Relief, a $25 million emergency initiative to support artists facing dire financial circumstances due to COVID-19, and Disability Futures, an initiative aimed at increasing the visibility of disabled creative practitioners across disciplines and geography and elevating their voices individually and collectively. Her innovative approaches to cultivating support for artists have enriched our national cultural landscape, and her leadership has changed the lives of hundreds of artists across the country. 

In addition to her leadership roles, Deana is a strategic advisor to cultural foundations and philanthropic initiatives including the Ruth Foundation for the Arts and Chanel Next Prize. She also lectures extensively, consults on various art initiatives, contributes to cultural publications, and has taught at institutions such as Johns Hopkins University and Towson University. She is on the Boards of The Underground Museum and Pillars Fund, Artistic Director’s Council of Prospect.5 and Advisory Council of Recess, and Editorial Advisory of Hope & Dread: Tectonic Shifts In Power In Art, a documentary series examining recent clashes of power in culture.

She has completed the National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program in 2020, Stanford Impact Program for Arts Leaders in 2018, and was a Salzburg Global Fellow for Young Cultural Innovators in 2015. Among other honors, she was most recently named a 2020 YBCA 100 Honoree. She has been profiled or featured in Artnet News, CNN, Cultured Magazine, The Cut, Departures, Elle Decor, New York Times, The Observer, Vogue, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and more. She received her MFA in Curatorial Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a BA from Rutgers University in Art History and Philosophy.

About Nicole Diaz

Pulitzer-prize winning poet Nicole Diaz is the author of Postcolonial Love Poem. Read her bio here.

About Marcela Guerrero

Guerrero is the DeMartini Family Curator at The Whitney Museum of American Art. She has worked at the Whitney for nearly six years and was the Museum’s first curator to specialize in Latinx art. She currently serves as the Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator and has curated landmark exhibitions including no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria. That show, on view at the Museum through April 23, explores the impact of the devastating storm on contemporary Puerto Rican art. This powerful and renowned exhibition is the first survey of Puerto Rican art at a major U.S. art museum in fifty years. Guerrero was also part of the curatorial team that organized Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945 at the Whitney in 2020, and curated Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture, a 2018 exhibition that featured the work of seven emerging Latinx artists. This summer, Guerrero will co-curate an exhibition of artist Ilana Savdie’s latest work, including paintings and drawings, as well as new works produced for the Whitney. Guerrero is responsible for many major acquisitions of work by prominent Latinx artists to the Whitney’s collection, including Laura Aguilar, Patrick Martinez, and Freddy Rodriguez. She has also been instrumental in the Museum’s digital and on-site Spanish language initiatives.

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