ANNUAL EVENTS
Each year, FAPE hosts its members in Washington, D.C., to update them about current projects and to announce new initiatives. The Annual Events include a dinner at the State Department’s Diplomatic Reception Rooms hosted by the Secretary of State, and the Sharon Percy Rockefeller Panel Presentation at the National Gallery of Art. Since its founding, FAPE has been received at the White House by each President and First Lady.
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Eric L. Motley, Deputy Director, National Gallery of Art; author Jon Meacham; Sharon Percy Rockefeller; FAPE Chairman Jo Carole Lauder; artist Ming Smith; artist Dawoud Bey; and FAPE President Eden Rafshoon at the 2024 Sharon Percy Rockefeller Panel Presentation: Looking through the Lens of American History.
Standing: FAPE Vice President Darren Walker; FAPE President Eden Rafshoon; FAPE Board member Vera Blinken; Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Evan Ryan, White House Cabinet Secretary; FAPE Chairman Jo Carole Lauder; The Honorable Ronald S. Lauder; and FAPE Director Jennifer Duncan
Seated: Nikki Donen; Artist Clifford Ross; Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Annie Gawlak, widow of artist Sam Gilliam; and Jennifer DePalma, Sam Gilliam's Studio Manager
The Sharon Percy Rockefeller
Panel Series
The Sharon Percy Rockefeller Panel Series is held each year during FAPE’s Annual Events in Washington, D.C. It recognizes Sharon for her extraordinary commitment to the arts, the National Gallery of Art and FAPE. Agnes Gund is the generous sponsor fo this annual talk.
