ArtsConnection 2024 Benefit

ArtsConnection presents the 2024 Benefit - Art is the Heart of Life Festival - on Wednesday June 5 2024 from 6:30 - 9:30 pm at the IAC Building 555 W. 18th Street New York City. 

The Benefit curated by acclaimed event planner designer and ArtsConnection Board Member David Monn and hosted by WABC-TV Anchor and Host of "Here & Now" Sandra Bookman will welcome Benefit guests to experience a festival-inspired evening celebrating the organization's 45th anniversary. 

The Benefit will celebrate the five boroughs' food culture and art forms encouraging guests to roam through an immersive experiential space featuring performances by jazz phenom Peter Cincotti trailblazing puppeteer Basil Twist NY Chinese Cultural Center Dancers and other artists. This year’s Benefit proceeds support the organization’s arts education programming and career pathways for public school students in New York City.

ArtsConnection will honor Sony Corporation of America "for its unwavering commitment to arts education in our city's public schools." ArtsConnection 2024 Arts Innovator Award recipients: Peter Cincotti Jazz Pianist & Singer-Songwriter and Basil Twist Puppeteer and MacArthur Fellow 

ArtsConnection 2024 Janklow Award recipient: Tiffany Barrett Teaching Artist and Pascale Pradel Principal P.S. 38K

ArtsConnection 2024 Benefit Corporate Sponsors: Blavatnik Family Foundation Himalaya Capital PNC Bank Sony Corporation of America Soroban Capital Partners LP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Warburg Pincus LLC.

ArtsConnection 2024 Benefit "Art is the Heart of Life" Festival

IAC Building 555 West 18th Street (at the Westside Highway) New York NY 10011

Fun and Festive attire preferred 

Tickets and Ticket Bundles range from $1500 to $45000; $500 (for guests ages 21-30); Tickets available at: https://artsconnection.org/2024-festival/

Host or Publisher Wilson Marshall PR