Art Ball 2022 Recap

May 14, 2022

Many thanks to all of you for making the NMOA Art Ball 2022 a tremendous success!

Art Ball guests pledge to raise money for the 2022 Cause to Give Ballantine House. Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya

Fundraising

The Newark Museum of Art raised over $800,000 in critical funds to support exhibition and education initiatives that will serve thousands of visitors from throughout the region and across the country.

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Honorees

Mickalene Thomas, Artistic Impact Award recipient with award

Mickalene Thomas

The NMOA was honored to present contemporary artist, Mickalene Thomas, with the Artistic Impact Award.

Thomas creates large lavish paintings full of textures and motion and incorporates various landscapes the artist has seen and photographed during her travels.

Jake Pine, Senior Director for LMXD, an affiliate of L+M Development Partners with the Distinguished Community Partner Award

L+M Developers

We were also happy to recognize t L+M Developers for their commitment to our museum and their invaluable support. They were our recipient for the Distinguished Community Partner Award.

Dancing throughout The Newark Museum of Art galleries. Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya

Photos

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Step + Repeat

Contemporary artist, Mickalene Thomas Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya

ArtBall 2022 Co‑Chairs, Adrienne A. Phillips MD, MPH  and Peter T. Englot Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya

Linda Harrison, NMOA Director and CEO with Mayor Vic Carstarphen of Camden, NJ. Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya

Robert Verdi Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya

Dinner + Dancing

Robert Verdi, Mickalene Thomas, and Amalia Dayan Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya

The NMOA Staff

NMOA staff members at Art Ball!

Jessica Nuñez, NMOA Manager of Family and Youth Programs; Silvia Fantoni, Phd, NMOA Deputy Director Deputy Director Learning & Engagement; Shirley Thomas, NMOA Senior Director of Education; Darryl Dwayne Walker, NMOA Coordinator of Community Engagement Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya

Henone Girma, NMOA Associate Curator of The Arts of Global Africa; Catherine Evans, NMOA Deputy Director, Collections & Curatorial Strategies; Tricia Laughlin Bloom, Phd, NMOA Senior Curator of American Art; Tim Wintemberg, NMOA Senior Director Strategic Innovation Projects & Design Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya

Shirley Thomas, NMOA Senior Director of Education; Darryl Dwayne Walker, NMOA Coordinator of Community Engagement; and Jessica Nuñez, NMOA Manager of Family and Youth Programs Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya

Henone Girma, NMOA Associate Curator of The Arts of Global Africa and Casey Daurio, NMOA Creative Director Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya

Silvia Fantoni, Phd, NMOA Deputy Director Deputy Director Learning & Engagement; Darryl Dwayne Walker, NMOA Coordinator of Community Engagement; Mary Dowd, NMOA Chief of Staff; Catherine Evans, NMOA Deputy Director, Collections & Curatorial Strategies Ⓒ Bryon Summers & Manny Ogbonnaya