150th Anniversary Gala

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
The Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center
Black Tie Optional
6pm Cocktails • 7pm Dinner • 7:30pm Program • 8:30pm Dessert & Dancing

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Join us for The Art Students League of New York’s 150th Anniversary Gala — an extraordinary celebration honoring the 200,000 artists who have studied at the League since its founding in 1875.

This unforgettable evening will feature a special tribute to Robert Rauschenberg, trailblazing League alumnus, on the occasion of his 100th birthday.

For 150 years, the League has been a revolutionary force in American art — home to icons like Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Louise Bourgeois, Romare Bearden, and Ai Weiwei. Today, under the guidance of celebrated instructors such as Larry Poons, Sharon Sprung, and James Little, our atelier-style classes continue to shape the next generation of artists.

As the New York Times recently noted, the League’s most remarkable quality is its democracy: “Instruction there, like creativity itself, is open to anyone willing to show up.”

The Gala is our only fundraising event of the year. Proceeds support the League’s cornerstone programs: tuition for all subsidized by 60%, plus over $1.2 million in annual scholarships, free arts education for 3,500 young people through Seeds of the League, and public programs that reach 70,000 visitors each year.

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Host Committee

Co-Chairs

Erica and Jack Howard-Potter
Mazuba Kapambwe-Mizzi and Joseph Mizzi

Members

Ludmila S. Bidwell
Wil and Jack Bigio
Martin Bjäringer
Beth Berns and Larry Bressler
Joan Binstock and David Silvers
Bari Chase and Daniel Kalin
Blue Rider Group
Ron Chereskin and Howard Goldfarb
Stephen Durkee
Jia Jia Fei
Florida Keys Council of the Arts
Dorian Goldman and Marvin Israelow
Mark and Ellie Gordon
Jack L. Gordon Architects
Agnes Gund
Robin Lechter-Frank and Dr. Ronald Frank
Max Hollein
Melissa Kaish and Jonathan Dorfman
Chiwoniso Kaitano
James S. Keagy
John Kneapler and Stephen Weitzman
Kristin Larkin LoGerfo
James Little
Mack Art Foundation
Tyler Mahowald
Crystal McCrary McGuire and Raymond J. McGuire
Wesley Moon and Tyler Banken  
Paula and Larry Poons
Phong Bui
William Radin and Kristian Ivanov  
Scott Rothkopf
Tara Sansone
Jenny Santi
Sciame
Jenna and Paul Segal
Tschabalala Self & Michael Mosby
Eric Shiner
Sharon Sprung
Kelly Stuart Graham
Dan Tanzilli
The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation
UOVO
Jason Bard Yarmosky

Public Officials
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine
NYC Councilmember Gale A. Brewer

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