A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran

Saturday, July 18, 2009

VLA Friends and Members,

Please join us at a garden reception to thank our supporters and for the First Annual Presentation of VLA’s
The David Alfaro Siqueiros Awards. This year’s awards recognize and celebrate the work of two individuals and one philanthropic organization who represent David Alfaro Siqueiros’ artistic philosophy and integrity.

This event is being held at the stunning Dia:Beacon, a nearly 300,000-square-foot former factory located on the Hudson River. The museum was designed, in collaboration with the Dia Art Foundation, by the American artist Robert Irwin and architect OpenOffice. Robert Irwin’s masterplan includes gardens for the exterior (where we’ll have our party) and a grove of flowering fruit trees. The museum’s renowned permanent collection includes works by some of the most important artists of the 1960s and 1970s, including Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois, John Chamberlain, Walter De Maria, Dan Flavin, Michael Heizer, Robert Irwin, Donald Judd, On Kawara, Imi Knoebel, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin, Bruce Nauman, Blinky Palermo, Robert Ryman, Gerhard Richter, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner and Robert Whitman.

We have also arranged a private, guided tour starting at 5:00pm. I hope you’ll be able to come out for this event-a perfect “mini-break” from the city. Most importantly, join us in recognizing the important work of our honorees, while helping us raise additional support for both the creation of new student works of art and VLA’s mission of service.

2009 Award Recipients:

Christoph Büchel, Artist
Erin Donnelly, LMCC
The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, New York

Save the date!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
4:30 – 7:30 pm
5:00pm: Guided Gallery Tour, RSVP Required
6:30pm: Award Presentations

Dia:Beacon
Riggio Galleries
3 Beekman Street
Beacon, NY 12508

Proceeds will support VLA’s mission and student projects at the CalArts School of Art.

Click here for ticket information and to order tickets for this event. If you have any questions, or would like to purchase tickets via phone, please email Kelly Kocinski, Director of Development, at [email protected], or contact her via phone at 212.319.2787 x18.