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DESCRIPTION:The Iris Foundation Awards were created in 1997 to recognize sc
 holars\, patrons\, and professionals who have made outstanding contributio
 ns to the study and appreciation of the decorative arts and thereby help t
 o sustain the cultural heritage of our world. Luncheon proceeds will benef
 it the Bard Graduate Center Scholarship Fund.HonoringTiti HalleMarie-Louis
 e Bech NoschProfessor Alvar González-PalaciosSir Nicholas GoodisonSupport 
 Levels$25\,000 Benefactor Table$10\,000 Sponsor Table$4\,000 Patron TableT
 o purchase a table\, please contact Patricia Ann Neely\, Manager of Events
  and Individual Giving directly at 212.501.3058.$1\,000 Benefactor Ticket 
 ($150.00 is tax-deductible)$600 Supporter Ticket ($150.00 is tax-deductibl
 e)$400 Donor Ticket ($150.00 is tax-deductible)Proceeds benefit the Bard G
 raduate Center Scholarship Fund.  RSVP required. Please note that the non-
 tax deductible portion of each ticket is $150. We regret that no refunds w
 ill be given. Tickets will be held at the door.To make a contribution or f
 or further information\, please contact the Development Office at 212.501.
 3058 or support@bgc.bard.edu.About the Iris 2017 HonoreesSir Nicholas Good
 ison — Outstanding PatronSir Nicholas Goodison is the former chairman of t
 he London Stock Exchange and of the TSB Group. Educated at Kings College\,
  Cambridge\, from which he received a PhD in architecture and history of a
 rt\, he is president of the Furniture History Society\, and is former chai
 rman of the Courtauld Institute\, the National Art Collections Fund (now t
 he Art Fund)\, the Crafts Council of Great Britain\, and Burlington Magazi
 ne. His publications include books on English barometers 1680–1860\, the g
 ilt metalwork of Matthew Boulton\, and a 2004 report for HM Treasury on pr
 ivate giving and government support. Since 1997 he and his wife\, Judith\,
  have donated an accumulating collection of over 100 examples of remarkabl
 e contemporary British craft to the Fitzwilliam Museum\, Cambridge\, of wh
 ich a catalogue was published in 2016.Alvar González-Palacios — Lifetime A
 chievement in ScholarshipProfessor Alvar González-Palacios has authored ma
 ny books on Italian and French decorative arts. He taught art history at t
 he University of Bologna and has lectured at numerous American museums as 
 well as in England\, France\, Spain\, and Italy. Born in Cuba\, he settled
  in Italy in 1957 at twenty and completed his studies in the University of
  Florence with Roberto Longhi . His recent books include Persona e Mascher
 a\, a series of portraits of collectors\, antiquarians\, and art historian
 s (Archinto\, 2014)\; Il serraglio di pietra. La Sala degli animali in Vat
 icano (Città del Vaticano\, 2013)\; and Las colecciones reales españolas d
 e mosaicos y piedras duras (Madrid\, Museo del Prado\, 2001). He is curren
 tly preparing an exhibition and a monograph on Valadier to be presented at
  the Frick Collection in 2018 and at the Royal Palace in Madrid. He lives 
 in Rome.Marie-Louise Bech Nosch — Outstanding Mid-Career ScholarMarie-Loui
 se Nosch specializes in Aegean epigraphy and Mycenaean textile production.
  From 2005 to 2016\, she directed the Danish National Research Foundation’
 s Centre for Textile Research—a leading academic institution that promotes
 \, expands\, and consolidates textile research and trains young scholars. 
 She has organized international conferences and workshops on textile theme
 s and is the author of numerous papers and editor of anthologies including
  Ancient Textiles Series (Oxbow Books\, Oxford). Among her awards are the 
 Elite Research Award from the Ministry of Research and Technology\, Denmar
 k\; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Anneliese Maier Research Award
 \; and she is a chevalier of the l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques\, France.T
 iti Halle — Outstanding DealerTiti Halle is owner and director of Cora Gin
 sburg LLC. The foremost authority in historic textiles and costume\, she h
 as collected\, consulted\, and appraised for museums throughout the world.
  Halle has exhibited at major fairs in Berlin\, New York\, Philadelphia\, 
 and San Francisco and is on the vetting committees for TEFAF Maastricht an
 d the Winter Antiques Show. A member of the Centre International d’Etudes 
 des Textiles Anciens\, the Costume Society of America\, and the Textile So
 ciety of America\, she is a former vice president of the National Antique 
 and Art Dealers Association of America\, has appeared on Antiques Road Sho
 w\, and has lectured at museums throughout the United States. For the last
  twenty-two years\, Cora Ginsburg LLC has published an annual scholarly ca
 talogue that is in libraries around the world.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: 21st Annual Iris Foundation Awards Luncheon
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