To All Faculty and Staff,
On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Stony Brook Foundation, I invite you to join us for this year's Stars of Stony Brook Gala as we honor Ed Harris and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation on Wednesday, April 25 at Pier Sixty in New York City. The Gala is truly a night when Stony Brook shines and I hope you will celebrate with us.
Ed Harris is a winner of a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild
Award, and is a four-time Oscar-nominated actor whose films include
The Hours, Apollo 13, A History of Violence, The Way Back, Copying
Beethoven, The Right Stuff and The Truman Show. In 2000 Harris made
his cinema directing debut with the critically acclaimed film
Pollock, in which he also starred. His stunning portrayal of artist
Jackson Pollock garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best
Actor. In 2008 he co-wrote, directed and starred with Viggo Mortensen
in the film Appaloosa. Harris' career extends to both television,
including the HBO film Game Change and miniseries "Empire Falls," and
theater, with credits in such productions as Beth Henley's The
Jacksonian, Neil LaBute's Wrecks, Ronald Harwood's Taking Sides and
Sam Shepard's Fool for Love -- for which Harris won an Obie Award --
and Simpatico.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation was established in 1985 through the
generosity of Lee Krasner (1908-1984), a leading abstract
expressionist painter and the widow of Jackson Pollock. The
Foundation's mission is to aid artists of recognizable merit
worldwide who demonstrate financial need. Krasner's legacy in the
Foundation's creation is significant, helping to stabilize and
strengthen the careers and personal lives of artists. Since its
inception, the Foundation has awarded 3,652 grants totaling more than
$55.6 million to artists in 72 countries.
In addition to raising money to support scholarship programs, this
year's Gala will benefit the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.
Deeded to the Stony Brook Foundation in 1987 and designated a
National Historic Landmark in 1994, the Pollock-Krasner House and
Study Center is internationally recognized as a cultural heritage
site showcasing the setting in which Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner,
two of the foremost abstract expressionist painters, created their
seminal work. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation has offered us a $1
million matching gift challenge through the Gala to help raise funds
for the Pollock-Krasner House endowment.
We are again offering faculty and staff tickets at a reduced price of $500 per ticket or $5,000 for a table of ten. In addition, we are pleased to offer chartered coach transportation to/from the Gala. Buses will depart from campus and return immediately afterwards. Space is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Reservations are required.
To purchase tickets and reserve seats on the bus, please complete and
return the response form (link below) or contact Rosalie Kosonen at
632-7699 or Rosalie.Kosonen@stonybrook.edu.
Thank you in advance for supporting our students through the 2012
Stars of Stony Brook Gala. I look forward to celebrating with you on
April 25.
Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D.
President
2012 Gala Faculty Staff Reply Form -
http://alumniandfriends.stonybrook.edu/document.doc?id=82
