Whitney Museum: Contemporaries

Whitney Contemporaries Executive Committee members Roopal Patel, Philae Knight and Meredith Melling Burke with Whitney Museum Director Adam Weinberg at the 2007 Art Party.
© Patrick McMullan.

Caption: Artist Hunt Slonem speaks with Whitney Contemporaries at a visit to his West Village studio.
© Patrick McMullan.

Whitney Contemporaries
2007-2008

Co-Chairs
Meredith Melling Burke
Roopal Patel
Melissa G. Weiss

Executive Committee
Lisa Anastos
Allison Aston
John Auerbach
Sarah Brown
Susan Block Casdin
Kipton Cronkite
Alan Cumming
Jillian Demling
Nancy Dorn
Maxwell W. Federbush
Peter Fitzpatrick
Josh Harlan
Philae Knight
Adam Lippes
Camille Obering
Marcie Pantzer
Davis Parr
Peter Pawlak
Jeffrey Schackner
Charles T. Spalding
Joseph Varet
Allison Wiener

Young Art Patrons of the
Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney Contemporaries is a dynamic group of art patrons between the ages of twenty-one and forty, committed to supporting the Whitney as the preeminent forum for American art of our time. In return for their support, Contemporaries are guaranteed exclusive access to the Whitney's unparalleled resources and the New York art scene.

Through membership dues and revenue raised through fundraising events, the Contemporaries support the Contemporary Series, an ongoing program designed to take the pulse of today's art scene by featuring recent work and commissions by emerging and mid-career artists. Besides taking advantage of our unique programming, the Contemporaries receive free admission to all exhibitions, invitations to opening receptions, reduced admission prices for public programs, and discounts at the Whitney Museum Store and Sarabeth's Restaurant at the Whitney.

Exclusive Contemporaries activities include
Invitations to behind-the-scenes tours of major exhibitions at the Whitney with Museum curators Visits to New York art galleries and artists' studios Visits to private collectors' homes and/ or viewings of their collections Special programs with contemporary artists Individual member benefits (you may choose to join at a higher membership level for additional benefits) Invitations to the annual Whitney Gala's After Party and the Art Party Invitations to special Whitney Biennial programs
Membership fees: $400 Individual $765 Dual $1,000 Patron Executive Committee, by invitation only. For more information, please call the number listed below. Click here to join/ Renew your membership! For further information, please call (212) 606-0203 or email contemporaries@whitney.org.

Recent Contemporary Events Press Coverage
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