School of the Arts 60th Anniversary Gala
Please join us for a special evening as we celebrate 60 Years of Artmaking at the School of the Arts.
Monday, November 10, 2025
Low Memorial Library, Columbia University
6:30 PM Cocktail Reception
7:30 PM Dinner
Festive Attire
About our Honorees | About Tickets & Tables
Honorees
Jennifer Lee, '05
Filmmaker
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The Stern Family: Jennifer Klein, Betty Lee Stern, Lauren Rosenkranz
Art Collectors
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Tributes
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Description
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HOSTED BY
Sarah Cole, Dean of the School of the Arts and
Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature
EVENT CHAIR
Katharina Otto-Bernstein ’92 (CC ’86)
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Slide 1: Students in a fiction seminar (1972-1973)
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Slide 2: Broadway actress and School of the Arts Professor Gertrude Lawrence teaches a class
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Slide 3: Students in figure drawing class
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Slide 4: Student at work in editing room (1972-1973)
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Slide 5: Behind the scenes of 'The Lily and the Scorpion,' student film written and directed by Charlie Netto '24 and produced by Sharon Mayo '24
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Slide 6: A student develops film photography in the School of the Arts darkroom
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Slide 7: Professor and LTAC Director Susan Bernofsky in class with students
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Slide 8: 'Fucking A,' MFA Acting Cohort of 2024 Thesis Production
Tables & Tickets
Tables and tickets must be purchased by November 1 to be listed in the program.
Tables
* Each table seats up to 10 people.
* Table prices include a complimentary full-page advertisement.
Tickets
* Each ticket admits one.
Digital Gala Journal Advertisement
The journal will be projected on screens the night of the Gala and posted on an exclusive section of the School’s website for one year. Printed keepsake journal booklets will be gifted to each Honoree.
Premium ads can be color or black & white. Full page and half page ads must be black & white.
All journal ads and artwork must be received by November 1.
Levels
Premium | $10,000
W 5.5" x H 8.5"
W 1188 pixels x H 1836 pixels
Full page | $2,500
W 5.5" x H 8.5"
W 1188 pixels x H 1836 pixels
Half page | $500
W 5.5" x H 4.25"
W 1188 pixels x H 918 pixels
Contributions
Unable to attend? Consider making a gift in support of the School of the Arts. All gifts directly support student artists studying Film, Theatre, Visual Arts, and Writing at the School of the Arts.
Contact Us
For more information about reservations, contributions, or corporate logo placement please contact the Development Office at 212.854.4849 or by email at [email protected].
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your contribution, less $150 per ticket, is tax deductible. Proceeds from the benefit support scholarships for students at the School of the Arts.
School of the Arts Dean’s Council
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Albert Berger, SOA ’83
Ramona Bronkar Bannayan, SOA ’86
Janice Chan-Choy
Jacob Collins, CC ’86
Wendy Finerman
Candia Fisher
Michel Hausmann, SOA ’14
Hugh Hayden, SOA '18
Rita Kitt, CC ’93, SOA ’96
Jennifer Klein
Grace Leone SPS ‘25
Carolyn Lowe
Winston Lowe, LW ’75
Katharina Otto-Bernstein (Chair) CC ’86, SOA ’92
Lauren Rosenkranz
Eric Roth
Steve Schwartz, SOA ’73
Jeffrey Sharp, SOA ’01
Jeremy Smith
Betty Lee Stern
Leonard Tow, Ph.D., GF ’52, GF ’60
Barbara Whitman, SOA ’05
Beau Willimon, CC ’99, SOA ’03
Henry Woo, SIPA ’03
Supporters
Check back soon for more information.