Guild Hall in East Hampton has announced its 37th annual Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner honoring Peter Marino with the Achievement Award for Visual Arts and Tom Roush and LaVon Kellner with the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 18, from 6 to 10 PM at Gotham Hall in New York City.
The event will also recognize the newest inductees to the Academy of the Arts: Nanette Carter, Jeremy Dennis, Virginia Jaramillo, Annie Leibovitz, Jay McInerney, Isaac Mizrahi, Arcmanoro Niles, Maulik Pancholy, Lisa Perry, Eric Ripert, Jordan Roth, Iris Smyles, and Andrina Wekontash Smith.
“We are lucky to live among visionaries like Peter Marino and arts advocates like Tom Roush and LaVon Kellner,” shared Guild Hall Executive Director Andrea Grover. “Coming together to celebrate their contributions and induct thirteen accomplished individuals to the Academy, while building support for Guild Hall, is a beautiful thing.”
The annual affair celebrates those who champion Guild Hall’s dynamic mission as an inventive, artist-driven institution. The Academy of the Arts is a community of over 200 of the nation’s most accomplished artists and creative professionals who lend their talent and expertise to Guild Hall.
Tickets and tables can be purchased at guildhall.org.