2025 Hermitage Greenfield Prize Dinner
Sunday, April 6, 2025
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Michael’s On East
Anchoring a series of events celebrating the prestigious Hermitage Greenfield Prize, this elegant dinner heralds the jury-selected prize recipient. The $35,000 Hermitage Greenfield Prize commission is awarded annually by the Hermitage Artist Retreat in partnership with the Greenfield Foundation, and rotates among music, theater, and visual art.
The 2025 Hermitage Greenfield Prize will be awarded in the discipline of music, and the newly commissioned work will premiere in Sarasota in the spring of 2027.
Past recipients of the Hermitage Greenfield Prize include: Deepa Purohit, playwright (2024), Rennie Harris, choreographer (2023), Sandy Rodriguez, visual artist (2023), Angélica Negrón, composer/instrumentalist (2022); Aleshea Harris, playwright (2021); Helga Davis, composer/performer (2019); Martyna Majok, playwright (2018); David Burnett, photojournalist (2017); Coco Fusco, interdisciplinary artist (2016); Bobby Previte, composer/drummer (2015); Nilo Cruz, playwright (2014); Trenton Doyle Hancock, visual artist (2013); Vijay Iyer, composer/pianist (2012); John Guare, playwright (2011); Sanford Biggers, visual artist (2010); Craig Lucas, playwright (2009); and Eve Beglarian, composer (2009).
$10,000 Premiere Sponsor
– Podium recognition.
– VIP table of ten.
– Champagne for your table.
– Table photo with Hermitage Greenfield Prize Winner.
– Acknowledgment on invitation, program, and website.
$6,000 Platinum Sponsor
– VIP table of eight.
– Champagne for your table.
– Table photo with Hermitage Greenfield Prize Winner.
– Acknowledgment on invitation, program, and website.
$4,500 Gold Sponsor
– Premiere table of six.
– Acknowledgment on invitation, program, and website.
$3,000 Silver Sponsor
– Preferred seating for four.
– Acknowledgment on invitation, program, and website.
$1,500 Benefactor
– Preferred seating for two.
– Acknowledgment on invitation, program, and website.
Anticipated non-tax-deductible value is $100 per guest.
For sponsorship information, contact:
Development@HermitageArtistRetreat.org
(941) 475-2098, Ext. 2.
Presented in partnership with
The Greenfield Foundation
2024 CO-CHAIRS
Stephanie & Gene Jones and Pauline Wamsler
SPONSORS FROM LAST YEAR’S EVENT
2024 SPONSORS
LEAD COMMUNITY SPONSOR
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
PREMIERE SPONSORS
Stephanie & Gene Jones
Pauline Wamsler & David Sales
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Sondra & Gerald Biller
Carole Crosby & Larry Wickless
Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Tina & Dan Napoli
Liz & Duncan Richardson
GOLD SPONSORS
Ellen Berman & Roy Cohen
Terry Brackett
Bulrush Foundation
Flora Major
Amy & Ken Sussman
SILVER SPONSORS
Steve & Dale Adler
Christine Boone
Rebecca Cook & Bernard Dickens
Marletta Darnall
David & Linda Green
Ed & Claudia Swan
BENEFACTORS
Carol A. White Bold & Lawrence Bold
Murray Bring & Kay Delaney
Maryann Casey
Patricia & Chris Caswell
Robyn & Charles Citrin
Georgia Court & Robin Radin
Gene & Linda Crump
Larry & Debbie Haspel
Richard Johnson & Deborah Kalb
Alyssia Lazin Kapic & Pavel Kapic
Andy & Ruth Maass
Ron & Pat Pantello
Dennis Rees & Felice Schulaner
Hobart & Janis Swan
Mary Lou Winnick
The Hermitage Greenfield Prize Celebration is presented in partnership with the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.