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International:
MoMAS's Jazz
Interlude Gala
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Darren Walker, President, The Ford
Foundation, Vernon Jordan, Sherry B. Bronfman, and Julie
Mehretu at The Museum of Modern Art’s 2015 Jazz Interlude on
April 8 in New York. Photo by Scott
Rudd
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MoMA’s Jazz Interlude Gala Honored Sherry
B. Bronfman, Vernon Jordan,
Julie Mehretu, and the Ford Foundation on April 8
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The Museum of Modern Art’s 2015 Jazz Interlude, a benefit
gala dinner and live music performance, honored Sherry B.
Bronfman, Vernon Jordan, Julie Mehretu, and the Ford
Foundation on April 8. This year’s honorees share a
commitment to social justice, diversity, arts, and
education. |
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The benefit included a cocktail reception in the Museum,
followed by a seated dinner and live performances by Ron
Carter, one of the most recorded jazz musicians in history,
and Helen Sung, an award winning classical pianist. The
evening’s music is produced by George Wein. |
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The 2015 Jazz Interlude event chairs were Eric J. Barkley,
Eboni S. Gates, and Marquita Pool-Eckert. Honorary co-chairs
were Agnes Gund and David Rockefeller, Jr. Past honorees of
the benefit have included Spike Lee, Mera and Donald Rubell,
Elizabeth Catlett, Roland and Lois Betts, Agnes Gund, David
Rockefeller Jr., George Wein, Dorothy Cullman, and Camille
Cosby. |
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The event is organized by The Friends of Education, a MoMA
affiliate group dedicated to raising public awareness of
African American artists, supporting the Museum’s education
initiatives, and encouraging the participation of African
Americans at MoMA. Proceeds from Jazz Interlude will benefit
the exhibition One-Way
Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and Other Visions
of the Great Movement North and
The Friends of Education Fund, which assists the Museum in
acquiring important works by African American artists, to
increase its outreach to the African American community, and
to support the Museum’s extensive educational programming. |
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