Centennial Gala
Join us at the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards’ 2023 National Ceremony and Centennial Gala on Thursday, June 8, 2023. Proceeds benefit the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, presenter of the Awards.
Purchase tickets or contribute online.
Honoring
New York Life
Joyce Carol Oates, Writer, 2023 Alumni Achievement Award Recipient
Tracy Reese, Fashion Designer, 2023 Alumni Achievement Award Recipient
2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Medalists
GALA CHAIRS
Iole Lucchese, Chair of the Board of Directors, Scholastic Inc.
Nancy and Jeff Bergman
GALA COMMITTEE
Amy Abrams, Trevor Adler, Michael Bierut, Mel Bochner, Marc Brown, Carolyn Forché, Derek Fordjour, Fabio Franceschi, Max Joseph, Joyce Maynard, Steven Merson, Heather Nesle, José Parlá, Sayuri and Dav Pilkey, Dasarathy Ponnappan, Zac Posen, Tschabalala Self, Kevin Spall, Jorge Velasco, and Yolanda Wisher
SCHEDULE AND LOCATIONS
6:00 pm*
National Ceremony
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
57th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City
7:30 pm
Centennial Gala
Ziegfeld Ballroom
141 West 54th Street, New York City
*Doors open at 5:30 pm. The Ceremony starts promptly at 6:00 pm.
Gala Sponsors
CENTENNIAL SPONSOR
New York Life
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Command Companies
Quad
PLATINUM SPONSORS
ChangeCX
Lindenmeyr Book Publishing Papers
The Jay Pritzker Foundation
GOLD SPONSORS
Apple TV+
Bertelsmann Printing Group
BR Printers
Ernst & Young
Grafica Veneta/Lake Book Manufacturing
Jill and Peter Kraus
Scholastic School Reading Events
Stroock
Peter and Helen Warwick
SILVER SPONSORS
Andrew Hedden
Shutterfly
Tina Surh and Scott Mailhot
BRONZE SPONSORS
Catalyst Education LLC
Elevate97
Firebrand Group
HP, Inc.
IDEEO 4.0
King Printing
Lakeside Book Company
Müller Martini Corp.
NewEdge Wealth
Picturestart
Resolute Forest Products
Security Control Integrators, Inc.
Christopher Wisniewski and Michael Koresky
PATRON SPONSORS
Peter and Kristin Becker
Books International, Inc.
Ken Cleary
Jack Davies
Gaumont
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Leo Paper USA
Ogletree Deakins
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Rubenstein
Wipro
David J. Young
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For more information or questions, please reach out to Shannon Costello at shannon@artandwriting.org.