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A Night of Art, Legacy, and Celebration
October 30, 2025 | Edison Ballroom, New York City | Doors 6pm, Program 7pm
Join us as we mark 35 years of honoring Romare Bearden’s legacy—and envision the next 35.
Discover Bearden's Legacy
In the news
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20 Jun
Recovering Romare: Dr. Camara Holloway on Building the Bearden Catalogue Raisonné
Read moreWhen it comes to documenting an artist’s life’s work, few tools are more powerful, or more painstaking, than a catalogue raisonné. But for many African
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20 Jun
Art History’s Digital Future: Behind the Scenes with the Bearden Catalogue Raisonné Team
Read moreWhat does it take to map the creative legacy of one of America’s greatest artists, and share it with the world? For the Wildenstein Plattner
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20 Jun
What Is a Catalogue Raisonné—and Why Does Bearden Deserve One?
Read moreUnveiling the Blueprint of an Artist's Legacy Imagine attempting to piece together the vast and intricate puzzle of an artist's life work. It sounds like
Our Events
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- Board Member Alva Greenberg (center) along with host Tina Lewis and Chairman Tallal ELBoushi welcome guests to the 2024 Garden Party and silent auction.
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- Bearden Foundation Board members who attended the event in Washington, DC From left: Imani Lewis, Johanne Bryant-Reid, Sheila Rohan, Irie Harris, Alva Greenberg, and Tallal ElBoushi (with co-Director Diedra Harris-Kelley)
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- The Fundraiser was hosted at the home of board member, Imani Lewis, and featured an art auction supplied by N’namdi Contemporary Art Center (Detroit)
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- Volunteer, and Bearden family member) Idris Mitchell along with Co-Driector Diedra Harris-Kelley greets guests to the garden party.
Spring Garden Party, Washington, D.C.
The Romare Bearden Foundation hosts events and fundraisers to promote the arts, and to support their educational programs.
PAST EVENTS
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- Nov 27, 2023: Special visitors to In Common exhibition artist Dawoud Bey, author Mary Schmidt Campbell, with Co-Director Johanne Bryant Reid, and New School Fellow and collaborator Henry Ramos
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- Co-Director Diedra with Henry Ramos, Senior fellow, Institute for Race, Power, and Political Economy
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- 2023 In Common exhibition opening-Activating Hank Willis Thomas’ piece, a homage to Romare Bearden’s Battle of Cicones
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- Board Member Dianne Locke, David Driskell, and friends at Bearden: Artist as Activist show at Driskell Center jan 2020
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- Gala honorees and friends -David Driskell, Carrie Mae Weems, Frank Stewart, Sherry Bronfman, Lorna Harris, Danielle Amato-Milligan 2011
WATCH
Romare Bearden's Southern Sensibility by Wide Iris Productions