The Kitchen Gala Benefit Honoring Lorraine O'Grady & George Lewis
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The Kitchen Annual Gala Benefit
Honoring Lorraine O'Grady and George Lewis
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue
Honorary Co-Chairs
Linda Goode Bryant, Fred Moten, Jacolby Satterwhite, Tyshawn Sorey
Gala Co-Chairs
Dorothy Berwin, Laurence Carty, Ryan Schreiber
6:00pm — Cocktails and Hors D'Oeuvres
Performance by Lavender Light
7:30pm — Dinner and Performances
Performances by Immanuel Wilkins/Kalia Vandever/Tyshawn Sorey, OKENYO, and Zsela
9:30pm — After-Party Experience by BLACK BEYOND with DJ sets by Alima Lee and br0nz3_g0dd3ss, and special performance by Holland Andrews
Benefit tables start at $10,000. Tickets start at $1,000. After-Party Only tickets start at $100. Only After-Party tickets are currently available online. For any ticket inquiries please email gala@thekitchen.org.
All but $150 of each dinner ticket and all but $25 of each After-Party only ticket is fully tax-deductible. For more information, please contact Rayna Holmes, Institutional Advancement & Special Projects Manager, at rayna@thekitchen.org.
Unable to join us? To make a donation in celebration of our honorees, please click here.
Benefit Committee
| Ariel Adkins | Jacqueline Humphries |
| Alexander Gray Associates | Erica Hunt |
| ANOHNI | Jennie C. Jones |
| Augusto Arbizo | Satchel Lee |
| Jody and John Arnhold | Glenn Ligon |
| Jane Hait and Justin Beal | Robert Longo |
| Olivier and Desiree Berggruen | Marian Goodman Gallery |
| Christie's | Morgan Stanley |
| Polly Motley and Molly Davies | Oliver Newton |
| Aruna D'Souza | Paula Cooper Gallery |
| Angela Dimayuga | Brian Phillips |
| Adrienne Edwards | Judith L. Church and Edward K. Schlieben |
| Aindrea Emelife | Schwartzman& |
| JiaJia Fei | Cindy Sherman |
| Melanie Shorin and Greg S. Feldman | Xaviera Simmons |
| Charlotte Feng Ford | Jamie and Robert Soros |
| Gagosian | Stephanie Sparling Williams |
| Miles Greenberg | Mila and Tom Tuttle |
| Agnes Gund | Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner |
| Wade Guyton | Courtney Willis Blair, Mitchell-Innes & Nash |
| Douglas and Monica Hand | Suzy Coue-Wilson and Edward Wilson |
| Hauser & Wirth | Debra Singer and Jay Worthington |
Safety Guidelines
In order to ensure the safety of our honorees, artists, guests, and staff, The Kitchen mandates that all staff, artists, and audiences be fully vaccinated. All guests will need to show proof of full vaccination plus valid identification upon arrival at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Masks are highly recommended. We encourage all guests to test ahead of the event and ask that you stay home if you are feeling sick. Note, The Kitchen continues to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and adjusts its safety protocols as needed in order to keep all our community safe. Safety guidelines for this event may shift and will take into consideration both city and state recommendations, as well as The Kitchen’s own organizational code of conduct.
The Kitchen Gala Afterparty Experience by BLACK BEYOND artist and director JAZSALYN, organized with community program coordinator Shameekia Shantel Johnson.
Identity design and art direction by Riley Hooker, Rush Jackson, and Rahul Subhash Shinde
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