2024 Barnes Art Ball

About the Art Ball

The Barnes Art Ball is our annual friend- and fundraiser that brings together generations of artists, philanthropists, collectors, connectors, and community partners to celebrate art’s power to inspire through shared experiences of the brilliant, the beautiful, and the sublime.

The Barnes Art Ball is the art party in Philadelphia, and this year’s event features a special preview of our fall exhibition, Mickalene Thomas: All About Love. This dazzling evening is inspired by Brooklyn-based artist Mickalene Thomas’s vivid, tactile, and immersive works, which articulate a complex and empowering vision of self while exploring broader ideas of beauty, sexuality, and politics. Be among the first to see the East Coast premiere of All About Love before the public opening.

In addition to exclusive after-hours access to Mickalene Thomas: All About Love and the Barnes collection, you’ll enjoy a free-flowing campus-wide event with multiple bars, abundant food stations, live music, and pop-up performances throughout the evening.

BEST OF ALL? IT’S FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Art, community, entertainment, and philanthropy. The Barnes Art Ball raises critical funds that ensure the future of the foundation’s educational mission, exhibition program, and collection care, and the wide array of community, artistic, and scholarly projects undertaken by the organization.

Tickets: On sale now
Attire: Dazzling, fashionable, chic cocktail
Complimentary valet parking

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Tickets & Sponsorship

Benefactor: $50,000 (Minimum tax deduction $46,172)

• 14 VIP event tickets with early admission to champagne reception at 6pm.
• Invitation to serve on host committee.
• Opportunity for an exclusive curatorial presentation at your choice of location or virtually.
• Private tour of Mickalene Thomas: All About Love for you and up to 14 guests (Oct 2024–Jan 2025).
• Acknowledgment in print and digital event collateral, Barnes annual report, and donor wall.

Underwriting Sponsor: $25,000 (Minimum tax deduction $23,076)

• 12 VIP event tickets with early admission to champagne reception at 6pm.
• Invitation to serve on host committee.
• Opportunity for an exclusive curatorial presentation at your choice of location or virtually.
• Private tour of Mickalene Thomas: All About Love for you and up to 12 guests (Oct 2024–Jan 2025).
• Acknowledgment in print and digital event collateral, Barnes annual report, and donor wall.

Event Sponsor: $10,000 (Minimum tax deduction $9,230)

• 10 VIP event tickets with early admission to champagne reception at 6pm.
• Invitation to serve on host committee.
• Private tour of Mickalene Thomas: All About Love for you and up to 10 guests (Oct 2024–Jan 2025).
• Acknowledgment in print and digital event collateral, Barnes annual report, and donor wall.

VIP Ticket Block: $5,000 (Minimum tax deduction $4,670)

• 6 VIP event tickets with early admission to champagne reception at 6pm.
• Invitation to serve on host committee.
• Acknowledgment in print and digital event collateral and Barnes annual report.

VIP Ticket: $1,000 (Minimum tax deduction $945)

• Early admission to champagne reception and Art Ball event at 6pm.

Patron Ticket: $500 (Minimum tax deduction $445)

• Art Ball event admission at 7pm.

Sponsorship Opportunities

The Barnes Art Ball offers customized brand exposure through various sponsorship opportunities. The fundraiser aligns companies with the Barnes’s mission and supports a larger effort to provide special art and educational programming. To learn more about bespoke corporate sponsorship levels and benefits, contact Elizabeth Friesen at efriesen@barnesfoundation.org.

Event Leadership

Trustee Chairs
John R. Alchin and Hal Marryatt
Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz
Pamela D. Bundy
Joan Carter and John Aglialoro
Emily and Michael Cavanagh
Gregory E. Deavens
Julia and David Fleischner
Margie and Jeffrey Honickman
Cathy Hughes
Lisa Kabnick and John McFadden
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joseph Neubauer
Aileen and Brian Roberts

Honorary Co-Chairs
The Hon. Jacqueline F. Allen
Judith Broudy
Laura Brown
Betsy Z. and Edward D. Cohen
Tamala M. Edwards
Valerie Gay
Agnes Gund
Anne and Matt Hamilton
Christine and George Henisee
Jacqueline London
Leigh P. Middleton
Hilarie L. Morgan
Megan Maguire Nicoletti
Linda and David Paskin
Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman
Lyn M. Ross
Adele K. Schaeffer
Brenda and Larry Thompson
Robbi and Bruce Toll
Regina and Gregory Annenberg Weingarten
Dyana Williams
Dalila Wilson-Scott

Co-Chairs
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Christine Angelakis
Karen Dougherty Buchholz
Carra Cote-Ackah and Amachie Ackah
Marianne N. Dean
Marlene and Brian Dooner
John Dowell and Frances Savage
Michelle and Eugene Dubay
Katie Flaherty
Sarah Roberts Hall
Robin Halpern and James Lovett
Michelle J. Hong
Joseph Kotarski and Federico Mingozzi
Kate Lagos

Committee
Nicole Amoroso, Jennifer Lisle Anderson, Sandy and Bill Annesley, Diane Cohn Bass and Robert Bass, Chris and Wade Berrettini, Sally C. Bleznak, Elaine W. Camarda and A. Morris Williams, Jr., Lauren Eni Canseco, Dunham Townend Churchill, Ralph Citino and Lawrence Taylor, Hope Cohen, Ali Bauer Crouch, Beverly Deavens, Tarrynn Deavens, Becca Diefenbach, Roberta Fine Dranoff, Barbara Eberlein and Jerry Wind, James Fernberger and Mary Walto, Jennifer Flaisher, Barbara F. Freed and Alan Mittelman, Tuesday Gordon Gaines, Deborah E. Glass, Richard J. Green, Barb and Jack Hafner, Pia and Richard Halloran, Beth Hare, Liesl Henderson and Jordan Mersky, Joan and Dan Hilferty, Clara and Bentley Hollander, Angela V.B. Hudson, Tac Justi, Andrew G. Kaplan, Marina Kats and The Hon. John J. Medveckis, Kate and Peter Kelsen, Amy and John Korman, Neal Krouse and Karl Fong, Maribeth and Steven Lerner, Liddy Lindsay, Christina Weiss Lurie, Marcello Luzi and Gregory Seitter, Louis R. Marion, Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, Sandy and David Marshall, Sarah J.M. Marshall, Leanne and Rob McMenamin, Jay B. Minkoff, The Hon. Gregory P. Montanaro, Cathy Nassau, Jamese Newsome-Williams, Barbara Gisel Oehrle, Jill and Jon Powell, Anne S. Ravert, Jennifer Rice and Michael Forman, Amy Riley, Caro and Bob Rock, Marguerite V. Rodgers and James H. Timberlake, Eileen Rosenau, Cornelia Samara, Adrienne Sanogo, Nicole Dresnin Schaeffer, Pamela Schreiber, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw and John Fernandez, Iris and Greg Shea, Lynn and Howard Shecter, Nancy and Ben Shein, Gail Mosler Singer, Garrett Snider, Lindy Snider, Babette Snyder, Tania Spensierato, Judith Sills Swartz and Randy Swartz, Josephine and Sam Switzenbaum, Tiffany Tavarez, Megan van Arkel, Waqas Wajahat, Kim Whetzel, Laurie Wightman, Randi Zemsky and Bob Lane

Event Sponsors

Benefactors
The Maguire Foundation
Jeanette and Joe Neubauer
Aileen and Brian Roberts

Underwriting Sponsors
John Alchin and Hal Marryatt
Christine and Michael Angelakis
Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz
Joan Carter and John Aglialoro
Betsy Z. and Edward E. Cohen
Marianne N. Dean
Dietz & Watson
Julia and David Fleischner
Barb and Jack Hafner
Independence Blue Cross
Lisa Kabnick and John McFadden
The Snider Foundation

Event Sponsors
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Judith Broudy
Emily and Michael Cavanagh
Comcast NBCUniversal
Connelly Foundation
Michelle and Eugene Dubay
Sarah and Chester Hall
Robin Halpern and James Lovett
Anne and Matt Hamilton
Christine and George Henisee
Marjorie and Jeffrey Honickman
Karma / Brendan Dugan and Waqas Wajahat, New York
Joseph Kotarski and Federico Mingozzi
Leigh and John Middleton
Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan
Northern Trust
Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman
Jennifer Rice and Michael Forman
Lyn M. Ross
Adele K. Schaeffer
Katie and Tony Schaeffer
Josephine and Sam Switzenbaum
Robbi and Bruce Toll
van Beuren Charitable Foundation
Van Cleef & Arpels
Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg
Janine and Jeffrey Yass

Supporters
Alex. Brown | Raymond James
Elaine W. Camarda and A. Morris Williams, Jr.
Firstrust Bank
Agnes Gund
Liesl Henderson and Jordan Mersky
Justi Group Inc.
Marina Kats and The Hon. John J. Medveckis
Neal Krouse and Karl Fong
LAGOS
Sandy and David Marshall
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw and John Fernandez
Nancy and Ben Shein
Brenda A. and Larry D. Thompson
Harriet and Larry Weiss

Special Thanks for In-Kind Gifts
Constellation Culinary Group
DAOU Vineyards
Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center

Listing as of August 15, 2024