167th Annual Awards Event
On April 29, 2026 we gathered at The Players in NYC to honor artist Sharon Sprung with the Benjamin West Clinedinst Memorial Medal and the Rema Hort Mann Fund with the Gari Melchers Memorial Medal.
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Video of the program
Timecodes for speeches:
00:30 Jessica Daryl Winter, President, introductory remarks
Presentation of the Gari Melchers Memorial Medal to Rema Hort Mann Fund (RHMF)
01:52 Elliott Arkin, artist
04:57 Elysia Borowy, Executive Director, RHMF
05:41 Susan Hort, Co-Founder and Treasurer, RHMF
Presentation of the Benjamin West Clinedinst Memorial Medal to Sharon Sprung
10:53 Wende Caporale-Greene, artist
13:13 George Shechtman, Director, Gallery Henoch
16:42 Sharon Sprung, artist
20:01 Jessica Daryl Winter, President, closing remarks