Herb Alpert Award In The Arts!

Herb Alpert Award in the Arts Celebrates 25 Years and 125 Winners at NYC Celebration Over 250 prominent artists and arts supporters attend celebration with tributes by Bill Moyers, Vijay Iyer and others From L-R. (2019 HAAIA Winners) Meshell Ndegeocello, Cecilia Vicuna, Herb Alpert, Lani Hall Alpert, Pam Tanowitz, Lloyd Suh, Beatriz Santiago Munoz. Photo by Shawn Connell Studio “I’ve always loved the artists that travel the road less traveled…those are the artists that touch me.” – Herb Alpert On May 13th, Herb Alpert, his wife Lani Hall Alpert and their Herb Alpert Foundation hosted a celebration at the Caldwell Factory in Manhattan honoring 25 years of Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA) winners and panelists. Prominent artists including Vijay Iyer (panelist/winner) and George Lewis(panelist/winner) and legendary broadcast journalist Bill Moyers paid tribute to the awards program and Herb Alpert for his unwavering support of the arts, his impact on American music, culture and even their own careers. Past winners Derek Bermel (music), Joanna Haigood (dance) and Bill “Reverend Billy” Talen (theatre) gave performances. Multi-disciplinary panelist Kristy Edmunds gave a rousing tribute to the awards and talked about a recurring theme heard from guests the entire evening – what it meant to receive the recognition, encouragement and funding to continue their important, risk-taking work. Herb Alpert and Bill Moyers Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Alpert Photos by Michael Sherer Noted choreographer, dancer and HAAIA panelist Gus Solomons, Jr. summed up the evening’s celebration. “I am awed by Mr. Alpert’s generosity and support of cutting-edge arts in five disciplines. I was honored to be a panelist and to be invited to participate. Thank you for bringing light into an increasingly darkening cultural ecosystem in the current U.S.A.in the hands of a culturally tone-deaf administration. The evening was uplifting and inspiring.” The awards recognize artists working in Dance, Film/Video, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts who are risk-takers using their talent, vision, and labor to make something that matters within and potentially beyond their field. The outstanding candidate in each genre receives an unrestricted prize of $75,000. “Herb Alpert had a hunch that a prize to artists—artists who took risks—could make a difference to artists, certainly, and maybe even in the world. He said: ‘what if?’ – the core of creativity. The artists the Herb Alpert Award honors and supports not only ‘think outside the box,’ they think: What Box?” notes Irene Borger, Director, Herb Alpert Award in the Arts. 25 Years of HAAIA Winners Photo by Shawn Connell Studio HAAIA 25th Anniversary Celebration Photos Here HAAIA Winners Group Photos Here 2019 Winner Biographies Here Short film on the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts Here Photographs of 2019 winners Here (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Herb Alpert Awards) Photographs of Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Here “I Just Do What I Can.” Herb Alpert Reflects on Over 30 Years of Arts Philanthropy – Inside Philanthropy by Mike Scutari For more information about the Awards, please visit: www.herbalpertawards.org  www.herbalpertfoundation.org For Herb Alpert Foundation media requests, contact: Caroline Graham, C4 Global Communications [email protected] | 310-899-2727 About The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts is an unrestricted prize of $75,000 given annually to five risk-taking mid-career artists working in the fields of dance, film/video, music, theatre and the visual arts. The prize was initiated and funded by the Herb Alpert Foundation and has been administered by California Institute of the Arts since 1994. The Herb Alpert Award honors and supports artists respected for their creativity, ingenuity, and bodies of work, at a moment in their lives when they are poised to propel their art in new and unpredictable directions. The Herb Alpert Award recognizes experimenters who are making something that matters within and beyond their field.