Recognition Dinner
Jul 14, 2010 | 
Each year, Anderson Ranch Arts Center celebrates creativity and service to the arts by recognizing the accomplishments of key figures in the art world. The 2010 honorees are: Betty and George Woodman, National Artist Award, and Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, Service to the Arts Award.
The 14th Annual Recognition Dinner will be held on July 14, 2010 at the Viceroy Snowmass.
Honoring:
Betty and George Woodman, National Artist Award
Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, Service to the Arts Award
Please join us as we celebrate the vital role Anderson Ranch plays in the visual arts community and in honoring these individuals for their contributions to the arts. The festivities begin with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. A multi-course dinner will follow the highlight of the occasion: the recognition of the award honorees. Opportunities to support Anderson Ranch will be available throughout the evening and include a silent auction of fine wine and custom-designed postcards specially decorated by Ranch artists.
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For more information or to inquire about tickets or table/event sponsorship please contact Trish Shepard at 970/923-3181 x208or email tshepard@andersonranch.org
NATIONAL ARTIST AWARD
Internationally recognized as one of today's most important artists, Betty Woodman began her career in the 1950s as a production potter with the aim of creating beautiful objects to enhance everyday life. Since then, the vase form has become Woodman's subject, product, and muse. In deconstructing and reconstructing its form, she has created an exuberant and complex body of ceramic sculpture. Its signature is its refection of a wide range of influences and traditions and an inventive use of color.
After a New England childhood, George Woodman was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College, studied ceramics with Betty Abrahams and married her, then moved to Boulder, Colorado where he taught painting and philosophy of art at the University of Colorado until 1995. He was an influential figure in the Colorado art scene being associated for many years with Criss-Cross Art Communication and one of the founding members of the seminal Spark Gallery. Current projects involve camera obscura photography, painting on photographs, juxtapositions of models with art in museums, and "Pictures and Words," a collaboration with a poet.
SERVICE TO THE ARTS AWARD
Garth Clark, aside from being an art dealer since 1981, is the field's most active speaker, historian and writer. He has written, edited and contributed to over 50 books and is author of more than 200 essays and articles. He has curated many significant museum exhibitions. Garth Clark is co-founder of Garth Clark Gallery.
Mark Del Vecchio managed a business providing ceramic slides for educators before joining the Ceramic Arts Foundation (then The Institute for Ceramic History) in 1981. He was the organizing director for Modernism and Ceramics, CAF's second international ceramic symposium at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. In the same year, in partnership with Garth Clark, he opened Garth Clark Gallery in Los Angeles, and then moved to New York in 1983 to direct GSG's new gallery on West 57th Street.
The 14th Annual Recognition Dinner and Associated Events
ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED EVENTS
TUESDAY, JULY 6
Opening Reception, 5 - 7 pm
Betty and George Woodman Exhibition
Patton-Malott and Gideon Gartner Galleries
This exhibition showcases the incredible artwork of the Anderson Ranch 2010 National Artist Award Honorees Betty and George Woodman, featuring significant recent works by both artists. On view July 5 - August 4, 2010.
Betty Woodman's work is courtesy of Max Protetch Gallery.
TUESDAY, JULY 13
Betty and George Woodman Artists' Talk, 5 pm
Schermer Meeting Hall
Anderson Ranch 2010 National Artist Award Honorees Betty and George Woodman share images of their work and the inspiration behind them. Tickets are $5 and must be purchased in advance.
Call 970/923-3181 x208 or email tshepard@andersonranch.org for ticket information.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14
Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Art Talk, 12:30 pm
Schermer Meeting Hall
Anderson Ranch 2010 Service to the Arts Award Honorees Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, co-founders of the internationally renowned Garth Clark Gallery, will speak about modern and contemporary ceramic art. Tickets are $5 and must be purchased in advance.
Call 970/923-3181 x208 or email tshepard@andersonranch.org for ticket information.
THURSDAY, JULY 15
Opening Reception, 5 - 8 pm
Artists' Talk, 6 pm
Betty Woodman and George Woodman: New Works
Harvey/Meadows Gallery
133 Prospector Road, Suite 4114A
Aspen Highlands, CO 81611
970/920-7721 / info@harveymeadows.com
A portion of the proceeds benefit Anderson Ranch Arts Center
For more information, please contact Trish Shepard at 970/923-3181 x208 or email tshepard@andersonranch.org
To view a photo album of the 13th Annual Recognition Dinner, please click here.
For the past thirteen years, the Ranch’s Recognition Dinner has honored the outstanding accomplishments by artists, patrons and community leaders. Following is a listing of the past award recipients:
NATIONAL ARTIST AWARD
This award is given to a nationally/internationally recognized artist who has supported artists, created innovations in art education, and whose career has set an example for other artists.
National Artist Award Recipients
2009: Cindy Sherman
2008: George Condo
2007: Enrique Martínez Celaya
2006: No award given
2005: Vik Muniz, artist
2004: Laurie Anderson, performance artist
2003: Maya Lin, artist and architect
2002: Elizabeth Murray, painter and Robert Holman, poet
2001: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, artists
2000: Peter Voulkos, ceramist and teacher
1999: Betye Saar, painter and activist
1998: Sam Maloof, furniture maker and renowned teacher
1997: Paul Soldner, ceramist and Ranch founder
SERVICE TO THE ARTS AWARD
(formerly National Service Award & Community Service Award)
This award is given to locally and/or nationally recognized arts advocates whose career has supported artists and arts institutions and who has made contributions to the cultural and social life of our country representing the highest level of leadership, integrity and vision.
Service to the Arts Award Recipients
2009: Dan Cameron, curator
2008: Mera and Don Rubell, art collectors
2007: Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum, philanthropic leaders
2006: Michael Govan, art director
2005: Nancy and Bob Magoon, art collectors
2004: Betty and Lloyd Schermer, philanthropic leaders
National Service Award Recipients
2003: John H. Bryan, civic leader and philanthropist
2002: Mary and Jim Patton, philanthropic leaders
2001: Evelyn and Leonard Lauder, philanthropic leaders
2000: William Strickland, MacArthur fellow
1999: John Brademas, former member of US Congress
1998: Alanna Heiss, PS1 founder
1997: Joan Mondale, crafts advocate
Community Service Award Recipients
2003: Diane Anderson
2002: Harry Teague
2001: Evelyn and Martin Siegel
2000: Betsy and Jim Chaffin & Dianne and Jim Light
1999: Joanne and Lee Lyon
1998: Dee and Charles Wyly
1997: Joan and Irving Harris
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