Shapiro Award
Save the Date
April 6, 2019
The Joseph R. Shapiro Award Gala
Celebrating Pamela Joyner
and Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection
The Joseph R. Shapiro Award recognizes collectors whose vision, connoisseurship, and advocacy have been instrumental in advancing understanding through the visual arts and sustaining cultural communities in Chicago and beyond. Proceeds support the Smart Museum of Art’s dedication to the examination of complex issues through the lens of art objects and artistic practice.
Table, ticket, and sponsorship
For additional information, call 773.834.1960 or e-mail ShapiroAward2019@uchicago.edu.
- $50,000 Solidary & Solitary Sponsor (table for 10; includes recognition as a Principal Sponsor of the Smart Museum’s presentation of Solidary & Solitary)
- $25,000 Sponsor (table for 10)
- $10,000 Benefactor (table for 10)
- $7,500 Patron (table for 10)
- $2,500 Supporter (tickets for 2)
- $750 single ticket
The estimated value of the dinner is $150 per person, which is not tax deductible.
Past honorees
- Helen Zell, 2015
- Ruth Horwich, 2013
- Margot and Thomas J. Pritzker, 2011
- Richard and Mary L. Gray, 2008
- Marilynn Alsdorf, 2006
- Susan and Lewis Manilow, 2004
- Muriel Kallis Newman, 2002
- Lindy Bergman, 2000
- John H. Bryan, 1997
- Joseph R. Shapiro, 1995