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The Museum of Arts and
Design (MAD) hosted its 2013 Visionaries!
Awards Gala celebrating five influential creators and
leaders in the
art, craft, and design industries, whose work personifies
the Museum’s
mission to explore and celebrate contemporary creativity
across all
media. The evening raised nearly $1 million for MAD.
The honorees were: Wilfried Vancraen, CEO and Founder of
Materialise,
an international additive manufacturing company started in
Belgium;
Frank Stella, legendary painter and printmaker, most noted
for his
Minimalist, Post-Painterly Abstract works has challenged
ideas of
abstraction and of painting itself by negating the evidence
of
brushwork and asserting the flatness of the canvas; Rick
Kinsel,
Executive Director, The Vilcek Foundation. For more than 10
years, the
Vilcek Foundation, under Kinsel's leadership, has been an
important
philanthropic supporter of the arts and sciences. It is
committed to
honoring the contributions of immigrants to American
society, and has
founded several programs recognizing both emerging and
established
artists and designers; and David and Sybil Yurman, founders
of David
Yurman jewelers. The Yurmans were honored for their enduring
contributions to the world of style internationally. David
Yurman,
long an innovator in the world of jewelry, will celebrate 30
years in
the New Year.
This year’s Visionaries! Awards also celebrated MAD’s 5th
anniversary
at 2 Columbus Circle, and the dramatic growth of the
institution,
looking ahead to an exciting roster of exhibitions and
programs for
2013-2014. Since moving in 2008, MAD has welcomed more than
a million
visitors onsite, tripled its membership and greatly expanded
its
exhibition and educational offerings.
Proceeds from the gala are directed to the support of MAD’s
arts
education program. This year they expect to serve nearly
10,000
children, grades K-12, and from mostly underserved
communities. Each
year, more than 500 guests, including arts patrons, artists,
designers
and noted corporate and civic leaders, attend the event.
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