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Daryl Roth © JIM COX
Howard Marks and Nancy Marks © CLINT SPAULDING/PATRICK MCMULLAN
Carl Safina © KIZZA VINCENT
Fern Mallis © SOPHIE ELGORT
Marcus Samuelsson © MATT DUTILE
Sunny Hostin of "The View." © 2023 DISNEY ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION/JEFF LIPSKY
Susan Meiselas © SHERYL LEVIN
Uri Berliner © COURTESY URI BERLINER
Music From The Sole performing at the 2023 Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner. © JESSICA DALENE PHOTOGRAPHY
Rufus Wainwright © V. TONY HAUSER
Guild Hall’s 38th Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner will take place from 6 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, at The Rainbow Room in New York City. Established in 1985, 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.
This year, Guild Hall will honor Broadway producer Daryl Roth with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Performing Arts and Nancy and Howard Marks with the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy. Additionally, 13 new inductees to the Academy of the Arts will be recognized, including: Uri Berliner, Cynthia Daniels, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, Sunny Hostin, Fern Mallis, Susan Meiselas, Carl Safina, Marcus Samuelsson, Hank Willis Thomas, Rufus Wainwright, and Carrie Mae Weems. This evening is hosted by academy president Eric Fischl and features a special performance by the legendary Bernadette Peters.
“Guild Hall’s Academy of the Arts has been the lifeblood of our institution for nearly 40 years, providing us with creative connections and forward-thinking guidance,” said Guild Hall Executive Director Andrea Grover. “Our Lifetime Achievement honorees become a permanent part of Guild Hall’s history. Daryl Roth, and Nancy and Howard Marks are exemplary leaders who will deservingly receive this distinction.”
For tickets and tables to the 38th Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner at The Rainbow Room, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, on Wednesday, April 3, visit GuildHall.org/Academy.
Staff Writer on Mar 17, 2024