The 30th Anniversary of the Arthur Ross Awards Approaches Rapidly

A message from our President, Paul Gunther

Please help us salute the 2011 Arthur Ross winners in person or online….

The gathering takes place May 2 at New York’s fabled Fifth Avenue University Club so plan to join us--easy to do online and invitations go out next week.  Proceeds spell survival and allow us to present innovative programs such as the new Beaux-Arts Atelier certificate initiative that you’ll soon be hearing more about for fall 2011, especially with recent good news from trustee Richard H. Driehaus.

Meanwhile, our gracious patron Janet Ross served as a juror for the first time ever and summarizes the experience best of all, “My engagement was humbling. The sheer quality of the fine submissions was impressive and although I couldn’t be happier with the final choices it was still not easy to let go at least for this year of many of the close contenders. The juries made me appreciate the hard work of all past juries and the foresight of Arthur and Henry Hope Reed of launching the awards in the first place back in 1982.” Her deliberating colleagues from all over the country were Tim Barber, Karen Bechtel, David Brussat, Natalie Jacobs, Lyn Muse, Peter Pennoyer, and Andrew Skurman, with ICA&CA Fellow, Seth J. Weine, on deck as coordinator.

The 2011 winners are:

ARCHITECTURE Franck & Lohsen Architects, Washington, DC

ARTISANSHIP Evergreene Architectural Arts, New York, NY

FINE ART Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams, Paris, France

STEWARDSHIP The New York Botanical Garden, The Bronx, NY

PATRONAGE Ralph Lauren, New York, NY

And this year as happens occasionally there is a special board of directors award for an individual who transcends categories and has served the Institute directly over many years through thick and thin: In 2011 it’s our beloved Clem Labine, who meets these standards as well as any one we could imagine.

Jury chairman Bill Harrison of Atlanta concludes, “This year’s winners best answered the call for advancing the classical vocabulary and its application to current-day demands. There are many more ahead who will respond with like vigor.”