2020 Annual Gala

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In the best interests of our honorees, friends, donors, and staff, we are postponing our 2020 gala. We look forward to seeing you in 2021 and will announce a new date when it is prudent to do so. In the meantime, please stay tuned for information about virtual events to celebrate the work you so generously support.

Only 35% of our funding comes from the federal government. We rely on individual donors like you to help fund the remainder and the gala is our single largest fundraiser of the year. If you are able, please consider making a donation to the Archives of American Art in the amount you would have contributed to buy a ticket or table. Your gift helps ensure that we can fulfill our mission to keep alive the history of American art for current and future generations. Thank you.

If you are able, please consider making a donation to the Archives in the amount you would have contributed to buy a ticket or table.

Quantity	Ticket Level	Amount
	Benefactor Table	$25,000
	Corporate Sponsor Table	$20,000
	Patron Table	$15,000
	Partner Table	$10,000
	Advocate Ticket	$3,000
	Friend Ticket	$1,750
	Supporter Ticket	$1,000

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In 2021, we will present artist Ursula von Rydingsvard and philanthropist and entrepreneur Peter Brant with the Archives of American Art Medal, honoring distinguished members of the American arts community.

The Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History will also be conferred on Lowery Stokes Sims. The Award was created in 1998 by Trustee Emerita Barbara G. Fleischman as a tribute to her late husband, who co-founded the Archives with Edward Richardson in 1954.

Archives of American Art Medal Past Honorees

The Archives of American Art Medal honors distinguished members of the American art community.

2019 Howardena Pindell
American Academy of Arts and Letters

2018 Sam Gilliam
Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

2017 Sharon Percy Rockefeller
Glenn Ligon

2016 Steve Martin
Catherine Opie

2015 Ford Foundation
Robert Gober

2014 Robert E. Meyerhoff
Claes Oldenburg

2013 James Turrell
Alice Walton

2012 Richard Serra
Melva Bucksbaum & Raymond Learsy

2011 Cindy Sherman
The Leadership of Ann L. Gund,
Jo Carole Lauder, Wendy W. Luers, Carol Price, &
Eden Rafshoon of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies

2010 Mark di Suvero
Sheila Hicks
Don & Mera Rubell

2009   Richard Artschwager
  Douglas S. Cramer
  Jack Lenor Larsen

2008 Ellen Phelan
Joel Shapiro
Joan T. Washburn
Virginia M. Zabriskie

2007 John Baldessari

2006 Paula Cooper

2005 Barbara G. Fleischman & the Fleischman Legacy

2004 Eli Broad

2003 Rita Fraad & Margaret & Raymond Horowitz

2002 André Emmerich

2001 Wayne Thiebaud

2000 Salute to the Founders of the Archives of American Art

1999 Ellsworth Kelly

1998 Robert Hughes

1996 Chuck Close

1994 Agnes Gund

1993 Frank Stella

1991 Roy Lichtenstein

1990 Richard Manoogian

1988 Benjamin D. Holloway

Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History

The Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History originated in 1998 by Trustee Barbara G. Fleischman as a tribute to her late husband, who founded the Archives in 1954.

2019 Alexander Nemerov

2018 Cécile Whiting

2017 Tomás Ybarra-Frausto

2016 Thomas Crow

2015 William H. Truettner

2014 Teresa A. Carbone

2013 Richard J. Powell

2012 Morrison H. Heckscher

2011 Dore Ashton

2010 William H. Gerdts

2009 Klaus Kertess

2008 Neil Harris

2007 H. Barbara Weinberg

2006 Wanda Corn

2005 Helen A. Cooper

2004 Robert Storr

2003 Barbara Haskell

2002 Linda Ferber

2001 Jules Prown

2000 John K. Howat

1999 Barbara Novak

1998 John Wilmerding

Archives of American Art Award for Philanthropic Leadership

2014 Terra Foundation for American Art

Learn more about Archives of American Art Medal Past Honorees

Since 1958, our Oral History Program has preserved the distinct voices and human memory of the American art world in more than 2,400 interviews. Our oral history program creates unique, lengthy exchanges between interviewers and narrators, conversations that yield a richness of detail and a sense of character not available in other primary sources. These recordings chronicle the great diversity of the American art scene, augmenting and refining our perception of individual artists, dealers, critics, and curators and their social and professional worlds. Common themes, such as artists' educational backgrounds, working methods, sources of inspiration, technical innovations, and issues of patronage emerge across artistic mediums and across generations.

Recent oral history initiatives include: