2024 Honoree Okwui Okpokwasili
The 2024 +Award gala took place on Monday October 21st and was hosted by Daphne Rubin-Vega and was co-chaired by cullen+them board members Melanie Cohn, Kim Cullen, and Jamel Robinson. The evening featured performances from cullen+them and Samora Pinderhughes, and was centered on the theme of memory. Photographer Whitney Browne took memory portraits as part of the evening, which are featured in a gallery below.
Our mission, emphasized by everyone who spoke at the gala, particularly our incredible honoree Okwui Okpokwasili, is to create artwork that is in conversation with the issues and experiences of our time, is deeply human, and builds thoughtful, hopeful, creative community. Your support is what enables us to continue putting our work into the world.
And thank you for being a part of our ever-growing circle, for helping us practice the authentic connection and empathetic witnessing this organization is built on.
