The Annual Gala is the Museum’s sole fundraising event of the year. Proceeds from the event support the wide range of education, engagement, and scholarly programs that the Museum offers—free of charge—each year.

By joining us for Gala 2021: A Global Gathering you are providing the support we need to continue engaging countless people through our exhibitions and robust online programs and resources. With your help, the Museum is welcoming the world to Princeton and bringing a world of art to all.

In a year like no other, we invite you to join the Princeton University Art Museum for an uplifting virtual gathering in recognition of the Museum’s recent successes and even brighter future. Drawing inspiration from the Museum’s globe-spanning collections, we will celebrate the transformative power of great art with a live Zoom presentation in your time zone. Although we will all be apart, we believe that this can and will be a very special moment to gain comfort and build community in support of a common good—the forward-looking work of the Princeton University Art Museum.

Maya, Late Postclassic, Lidded effigy container in the form of a diving god (detail), ca. 1500. Museum purchase with funds given by an anonymous foundation (y1982-15). Photo: Bruce M. White | Indian, Mana Lalji (detail), ca. 1860. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund (2013-15) | Egyptian, New Kingdom, early 18th Dynasty, Fragmentary lid from the coffin of Wadj-shemsi-su (detail), ca. 1500–1425 b.c. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund (1998-37). Photo: Bruce M. White | Mario Moore (American, born 1987), The Center of Creation (Michael) (detail), 2019. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick,

Class of 1921, Fund (2020-8). © Mario Moore | Yorùbá artist, Nigeria, Tunic (detail), late 19th–early 20th century. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund (2012-77). Photo: Bruce M. White | Japanese, Meiji period (1868–1912), Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865) and Hashimoto Sadahide (1807–1873), Interior of the Gankirō Tea House (Butterfly Opera) (detail), 1861. Museum purchase, The Anne van Biema Collection Fund (2006-61 a–c). Photo: Bruce M. White

HOST COMMITTEE

Presented by the Friends of the Princeton University Art Museum

Linda Berger Jeannie ChopraAllegra D’AdamoCheryl GurskyFreda Howard

Jeanne JohnsonBarbara KirshSandy KurinskyDenise McDanielMimi Omiecinski

Sandy ReiderJoan SmausNancy Woelk Sherry Zhang

a virtual celebration

The Princeton University Art Museum requests the pleasure of your virtual company at our Annual Benefit Gala.

May 1, 2021 7:00 p.m. in your time zone

apart—but together