Himmel Award and Lecture


Himmel Award and Lecture

Pre-paid registration required. $50 Members/$75 Non-Members. $250 Patron Ticket includes VIP reception with awardee. Register online, call 914-232-9555 ext. 0, or contact specialevents@katonahmuseum.org.

5:00 – 6:00 PM: Award Ceremony and Lecture
6:00 – 7:00 PM: VIP Reception with Awardee

The Harvey School, Walker Center for the Arts
260 Jay St, Katonah, NY 10536 (map) 

The Katonah Museum of Art
 is pleased to announce that Julie Taymor (director, playwright, and costume designer) will receive the 2016 Himmel Award in recognition of her outstanding achievements in the worlds of theatre, film, and opera.

The Himmel Award and Lecture will take place on Sunday, December 4, 2016, 5 PM. The event will start with conversation between the Museum’s Executive Director Darsie Alexander and Julie Taymor. An optional VIP wine reception with the awardee will follow.


Julie Taymor:
American director of theater, opera, and film, Julie Taymor is best known for directing the all-time highest grossing stage musical, The Lion King, for which she became the first woman to win the Tony Award for directing a musical, in addition to a Tony Award for Original Costume. In 2015, she directed the play Grounded, starring Anne Hathaway, at the Public Theater and in 2014 completed a cinematic version of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, filmed during her critically acclaimed, sold-out stage production at Theatre for a New Audience. The film was shown at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and released in 2015.

Her stage credits also include Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and the operas Oedipus Rex, with Jessye Norman; The Flying Dutchman; Salome; The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera; and Grendel, composed by Elliot Goldenthal. Film credits include Titus starring Anthony Hopkins; Frida starring Salma Hayek; Across the Universe; and The Tempest starring Helen Mirren. Taymor is a recipient of the 1991 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and a 2015 inductee into the Theater Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater. Her upcoming productions include the revival of M Butterfly on Broadway. 


The Himmel Award:
The 
Katonah Museum of Art Himmel Award and Lecture is an annual event in recognition of creators, conceivers, radical thinkers and risk-takers that provoke new thinking in the arts and design. The Award is named in honor of Betty Himmel, who was instrumental in defining the direction and mission of the Katonah Museum of Art and has served as an arts advocate and community leader for many years.
Student Rush pricing available the week of pending availability.
All lecture tickets fully tax-deductible, Patron Tickets: $190 Tax Deductible
All proceeds benefit the KMA’s exhibition and education fund. KMA is a 501c(3) organization.

Event Location and Ticket Information

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Walker Center for the Arts, The Harvey School
260 Jay Street
Katonah, New York 10536
Handicap Accessible? Yes

Date: Sunday, December 4, 2016
Times: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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