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On Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at 7 World Trade Center, leaders from the art, architectural, science, and academic communities will come together in celebration of the colleges eighth annual Urban Visionaries Award Dinner and Silent Art Auction. Urban Visionaries awards are bestowed upon distinguished individuals whose outstanding contributions to city life exemplify the spirit of innovation and creative and civic values championed by The Cooper Union. This years honorees are: Frank Gehry, Architecture; Marina Abramovic, Visual Art; Brian Greene, Engineering & Science; Danny Meyer, Urban Citizenship; and The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Emerging Talent. The benefit, expected to surpass last year's which raised over $700,000, will include a cocktail reception and silent art auction of small works donated by well-known contemporary artists and architects such as Christo, Marina Abramovic, Stephen Doyle, Carl Fischer, Milton Glaser, Sue Ferguson Gussow, Jenny Holzer, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Carmelle Safdie and Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, followed by dinner and the awards presentation. Marc Appleton and Joanna Kerns, Jules Demchick and Barbara Nessim, Judy and Douglas A.P. Hamilton, and Toshiko Mori will serve as Dinner Chairs. The Empire State Building Company will provide special lighting on the evening of November 9, 2010 in celebration of The Cooper Union's 8th Annual Urban Visionaries Award Dinner and Silent Art Auction. Proceeds from the evening support The Cooper Union and its hallmark tradition of full-tuition scholarships for every admitted student.Single tickets range from $500-$5,000; tables of 10 from $5,000 - $50,000, with an opportunity to host an artist.For further information, please call 212.353.4106 or e-mail uv@cooper.edu.
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