Spring Gala 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
Low Memorial Library
6:30 PM Cocktail Reception
7:30 PM Dinner
Festive Attire
Please join us for a special evening as we celebrate the School of the Arts and honor three distinguished individuals:
For Lifetime Achievement
Paul Libin, Theater Producer
Sheila Nevins, Documentary Producer
For Excellence in the Creative Arts
Hugh Hayden, Artist
Hosted by
Sarah Cole, Interim Dean
Event Chairs
Katharina Otto-Bernstein, Chair, School of the Arts Dean's Council
Barbara Whitman
Co-Chairs
Ramona Bronkar Bannayan
Hal Luftig
Patricia Sovern
Vice Chairs
Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato
Joseph P. Benincasa
Sara Bernstein
Alex Gibney
H. Hartley du Pont
Robert Wankel
Roger Ross Williams
Committee in Formation
For more information contact the School of the Arts at 212-854-7724 or [email protected]
About Columbia University School of the Arts
Columbia University School of the Arts awards the Master of Fine Arts degree in Film, Theatre, Visual Arts, and Writing and the Master of Arts degree in Film and Media Studies; it also offers an interdisciplinary program in Sound Art; and also maintains a strong commitment to undergraduate education in the arts by offering majors in Creative Writing, Film and Media Studies, and Visual Arts that lead to the Bachelor of Arts, awarded by Columbia College and the School of General Studies.
School of the Arts Dean’s Council
Katharina Otto-Bernstein, Chair (CC ‘86, SOA ‘92)
Ramona Bronkar Bannayan (SOA ‘86)
Albert Berger (SOA ‘83)
Janice Chan Choy
Jacob Collins (CC ‘86)
Erik Feig (CC ‘92)
Wendy Finerman
Candia Fisher
Michel Hausmann (SOA ‘14)
Hugh Hayden (SOA ‘18)
Rita Kitt (CC ‘93, SOA ‘96)
Jennifer Klein
Nancy Lemann (SOA ‘84)
Grace Leone (Parent CC ‘19, CC ‘22, CC ‘24)
Carolyn Lowe
Winston Lowe (LW ‘75)
Lauren Rosenkranz
Eric Roth
Steve Schwartz (SOA ‘73)
Jeffrey Sharp (SOA ‘01)
Ron Simons (CC ‘82, BU ‘89)
Patricia M. Sovern, D.A
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)