Spring Gala
Art & Nature Entwined
Honoring Jennifer McGregor
Thursday, May 20, 2021, 4-8PM
A Virtual & Onsite Celebration
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A Virtual Celebration
We invite you to wander through the online Gala program to create your own journey. Hear from Jennifer as she shares her stories and insights. Experience sound art by Nina Katchadourian, enjoy a performance by Jazz harpist Brandee Younger, catch a sneak peek of a dance performance by It's Showtime, NYC!, sit down with Zachari Logan as he discusses his site-specific wall drawing in our gallery, and other behind-the-scenes happenings.
For more than two decades, former Director of Arts and Chief Curator Jennifer McGregor organized and curated indoor and outdoor exhibitions, immersive performances and experimental dance and music. By providing opportunities for both artists and audiences to discover and engage with the natural world, Jennifer set Wave Hill apart from museums and gardens across the country. Join us to celebrate Jennifer and art engaged with nature.
Gala-Inspired Arts Weekend
The celebration continues throughout the weekend as the outdoor, site-specific installations commissioned for the Gala will remain on view through Sunday. Then step inside with visits to Glyndor Gallery, the Sunroom, the Sun Porch and Wave Hill House for exhibitions which include mixed-media and sculptural installations.
THANK YOU!
Thank you to Gala Co-Chairs Grayson Rueckert & Pamela Fontaine Salvatore, and our friends for supporting Wave Hill, the arts and for underwriting the Gala-inspired arts weekend.
Gala Committee
Grayson Rueckert & Pamela Fontaine Salvatore, Co-Chairs
Robbie Oxnard Bent & David Bent
Lisa & Michael Cader
Sarah Cornog & Christopher Chesney
Sarah & Geoffrey Gund
Phyllis King & David Leonard
Katie Michel
Samantha & D. Bryce O'Brien
Cleveland Rueckert
Michael J. Shannon
Shoshana & Vladimir Shendelman
Janet & Gilbert Spitzer
Cathy & Stephen Weinroth
Beatrice & Leighton Welch
Audrey & Richard Zinman
BENEFACTORS
Agnes Gund
Sarah & Geoffrey Gund
The Goldberg & Mernick Families
Nancy Foster Perkins
Jennifer P. Speers
PATRONS
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation
Katie Michel
Fleur & William D. Rueckert
Pamela & Paul Salvatore
Audrey & Richard Zinman
SUPPORTERS
Elizabeth Beim
Lisa & Michael Cader
Sarah Cornog & Christopher Chesney
Ezra Borut & Lisa Cintron
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Anne Fredericks & Marc Fasteau
Samantha & D. Bryce O'Brien
Jeanne Jang & John Park
Yehuda & Rebecca Shmidman
Janet & Gilbert Spitzer
Cathy & Stephen Weinroth
Beatrice & Leighton Welch
FRIENDS
American Society of Botanical Artists
Frances Beinecke Elston
Robbie Oxnard Bent & David Bent
Silvia Spagnoli-Berman & Andrew Berman
Compass New York, LLC
The Consulate General of Canada in New York
Council for Canadian American Relations
Lu Hamlin
Donna Raftery & Vincent Inconiglios
Patricia Jonas
Phyllis King & David Leonard
Offit Capital
Lexann & Andrew Richter
Michele Rossetti
Grayson & Cleveland Rueckert
Susan Sarnoff Bram
Michael J. Shannon
Carol Woodin
Elizabeth Yienger
CONTRIBUTORS
Rebecca Allan
Mary Behrens
Carrie Beckmann & Edward Brittenham
Judy Bernstein Bunzl & Nick Bunzl
Jay E. Cantor
Susan Hinkson-Carling & Francis Carling
Timoney Dunlap
Carrie Sperry Elston
Olivia & John Farr
Linda Howitt
Roswitha Keppler-Junius
Virginia Millhiser
Cynthia Hanawalt & Shael Polakow-Suransky
Karen Meyerhoff & Peter Read
Wendy Gordon & Laurance Rockefeller
Adam Rose
Alicia & Victor Solan-Teglasi
Linda Stillman
Sabina & Harlan Stone
Rita & Marie Stufano
Ronnie Scharfman & Joseph Youngerman
