On Wednesday, May 26, 2010, beginning with
cocktails at 6:30pm, the Black Alumni of
Pratt will celebrate their 20th Anniversary
with a black tie dinner at the Four Seasons
Restaurant (99 East 52nd Street). This year
they will present Awards to Annette de la
Renta, Lee Daniels, Naeem Khan and Ranjana
Khan, Marisa Acocella Marchetto and Peter
Max. Dinner Chairs are Dan and Cynthia
Lufkin and David and Jane Walentas. Vice
Chairs are Gayle Atkins Perkins and Malaak
Compton-Rock. The Masters of Ceremonies are
Deborah Roberts and Al Roker. Proceeds from
the event will support Black and Latino
Pratt students who are in financial need.
Tickets start at $1,000; call Denise
Wiggins, Black Alumni of Pratt, 718-636-3479
or write
info@websterlightgrant.com
Who:
Dinner Chairs:
Dan and Cynthia Lufkin and David and Jane
Walentas
Vice
Chairs: Gayle Atkins Perkins and
Malaak Compton-Rock
Masters of
Ceremonies:
Deborah Roberts and Al Roker
Award Winners
Honoring creative individuals who
have made a mark in their professions and
who are also well known humanitarians.
Distinguished Patron of the Arts Award:
Annette de la Renta,
Creative Spirit Award: Lee Daniels,
Creative Spirit Award: Naeem Khan and
Ranjana Khan,
Distinguished Alumna Award: Marisa
Acocella Marchetto
Pinnacle Alumni in Art and Design Award:
Peter Max
Award presenters include:
Grace Hightower, Linda Fargo and, by video,
Former President Bill Clinton
Honorary
Co-Chairs and Patrons: David and
Joyce Dinkins, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.,
Casey Ribicoff and Julian Niccolini
Prudence Solomon Inzerillo and Alex von
Bidder
Past
Award recipients include: George
Lucas, Walter Cronkite, Nancy Wilson, Jacob
Lawrence, Sarah Delany (Class of 1918),
Elizabeth Delany, Elizabeth Catlett, John
Morning (Class of 1955), Brooke Astor,
Franklin Thomas, Karl Kani, Jessye Norman,
Fila USA, Osborn Elliott, Westina Matthews,
DreamWorks SKG, Thomas Burrell, Bobby Short,
Townsend Wolfe, Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn, J.
Bruce Llewellyn, George Wein, FUBU, Philippe
Starck, Sylvia Rhone and Iman
When:
6:30 pm, Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Where:
The Four Seasons Restaurant, 99 East
52nd Street
Tickets:
Individual tickets start at $1,000; Tables
of 10: $10,000-$50,000
Call Denise Wiggins, BAP, 718-636-3479 or
write
info@websterlightgrant.com
Why
The needy
Black and Latino Pratt students aided by the
proceeds of this event are our future
leaders in industrial design, interior
design, architecture and fashion, as well as
fine arts, education, library science and
other important disciplines offered in the
Pratt curriculum. Pratt Institute is one of
the top three visual art institutions of
higher education in the nation and the only
one of its kind with a Black Alumni
organization.
About The Black Alumni of Pratt (BAP)
––BAP was founded in 1990 to identify and
advance scholastic and professional
opportunities for Pratt alumni and talented,
yet needy students of African and Latino
descent attending Pratt. What started as a
small group of humble Black alumni of Pratt
has evolved into an organization of alumni,
friends, and corporations, who have
accomplished: over $2.2 million dollars in
stipends and scholarship funds, $1.6 million
in endowed scholarship fund, $193,000 in
full-time scholarships and room and board
for seniors, and $335,000 in stipends for
materials and supplies.
The
Black Alumni of Pratt continues to guide and
support the designers, educators,
illustrators, painters and sculptors of the
future. We set a high standard for
ourselves
and have proven that we can support our targeted population while also
bringing together people of different races.
We look forward to a future of continued
growth
and achievement.