Looks like this was a successful event: The Studio Museum in Harlem House Luncheon on April 24th, honored Sherrilyn Ifill.

Studio Museum in Harlem Honors Sherrilyn Ifill at Annual Spring Luncheon  Luncheon hosted in celebration and support of Museum’s programs Images (from l to r): Thelma Golden and Sherrilyn Ifill; Top row, from l to r: Lisa Skeete Tatum, Keron Veate Patel, Tonya Lewis Lee, Crystal McCrary, Nicole Ari Parker, Cari Champion. Bottom row, from l to r: Colleen Foster, Lisa Bonner, Jeanine Liburd, and Alexis McGill; Kathryn C. Chenault, Thelma Golden, and Natasha Holiday. Photos: Thelma Garcia for Julie Skarratt Photography  On Friday, April 24, the Studio Museum in Harlem welcomed more than 350 cultural leaders, art world luminaries, artists, civil rights advocates, business leaders, and philanthropists to its annual spring luncheon.  This year’s luncheon honored Sherrilyn Ifill, civil rights lawyer and scholar. From 2013-2022, Ifill served as the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights law organization fighting for racial justice and equality. Since then, Ifill served as a Senior Fellow at the Ford Foundation, as a Fellow at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and as the Klinsky Visiting Professor for Leadership & Progress at Harvard Law School. Ifill is currently the Vernon Jordan Distinguished Professor in Civil Rights at Howard Law School Ifill where she founded the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy.  The program included remarks by Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator; and Sherrilyn Ifill.  “I have the distinct pleasure of celebrating an outstanding member of the Studio Museum in Harlem community. She is someone who believes deeply in the role of artists as vital collaborators and leaders when it comes to ideating and envisioning what can and could be when it comes to our shared future. She is also someone who has been deeply invested in creating that future for us through her years of civil rights and advocacy work,” Thelma Golden said. “She has dedicated her life to being a generational waymaker for democracy, equality, and freedom in this country, and has undoubtedly impacted the lives of thousands of people—whether through her role as an educator, or through her almost decade-long leadership of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.”     WHERE  Mandarin Oriental  80 Columbus Circle NY, NY 10023     WHEN  Friday, April 24, at 12pm ET    WHO  The Studio Museum in Harlem and THELMA GOLDEN, Ford Foundation Director and Chief Curator, honored SHERRILYN IFILL, civil rights lawyer and scholar; and welcomed DIYA VIJ, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs; ELIZABETH ALEXANDER, President, Mellon Foundation; TONYA LEWIS LEE, Film Producer; CRYSTAL MCCRARY MCGUIRE, Film Producer and Director; NICOLE ARI PARKER, Actor; DAWN PORTER, Film Director; CHRISTOPHE CHERIX, Director, The Museum of Modern Art; SADE LYTHCOTT, CEO, National Black Theater; LEGACY RUSSELL, Executive Director & Chief Curator, The Kitchen; SARAH SUZUKI, Associate Director, The Museum of Modern Art; SAMIRA NASR, Editor in Chief, Harper’s Bazaar; LINDSAY PEOPLES, Editor in Chief, The Cut; and DEBORAH ROBERTS, Journalist and TV Personality, ABC. Artists present included DERRICK ADAMS, GENEVIEVE GAIGNARD, MICKALENE THOMAS, CARRIE MAE WEEMS, and LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE. Members of the Studio Museum’s Board of Trustees were also in attendance, including KATHRYN C. CHENAULT, Board Chair; DR. ANITA BLANCHARD and CAROL SUTTON LEWIS, Vice-Chairs;JOAN S. DAVIDSON, NATASHA HOLIDAY, HOLLY PETERSON, VICTORIA ROGERS, and ANN TENENBAUM, among many others.  Images (from l to r): Diya Vij and Elizabeth Alexander; Tracy Reese, Carrie Mae Weems, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, and Thelma Golden. Dawanna Williams, Kimberly Pirtle, Mickalene Thomas, Derrick Adams, and Bevvy Smith. Photos: Thelma Garcia for Julie Skarratt Photography  About the Studio Museum in Harlem Founded in 1968 by a diverse group of artists, community activists, and philanthropists, the Studio Museum in Harlem is internationally known for its catalytic role in promoting the work of artists of African descent. The Studio Museum’s new home, situated at its longtime location on West 125th Street, opened to the public on November 15, 2025. Designed by Adjaye Associates with Cooper Robertson serving as executive architect, the building—the first created expressly for the institution’s program—enables the Studio Museum to better serve a growing and diverse audience, provide additional educational opportunities for people of all ages, expand its program of world-renowned exhibitions, effectively display its singular collection, and strengthen its trailblazing Artist-in-Residence program. For more information, visit studiomuseum.org. Visitor Information  The Studio Museum in Harlem is located at 144 West 125th Street, between Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue) and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (Seventh Avenue). The Studio Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, with extended hours on Friday and Saturday, from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm.  The Museum is open to Members on Saturday mornings, from 10:00 to 11:00 am, before the galleries open to the public. Admission rates are offered as a suggestion, with Sundays free for everyone. Suggested rates are $16 for adults and $9 for seniors (sixty-five years and over), students, and visitors with disabilities (care partners are free). Admission is free for children sixteen and under. Tickets to the Studio Museum may be purchased online at studiomuseum.org/visit or at the Museum.