Join The Textile Museum on October 11 in honoring the 2012 George Hewitt Myers Award recipient
Walter B. Denny

at a reception at the Turkish Embassy Chancery
in Washington, D.C.
hosted by H.E. the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey and Mrs. Namik Tam.

October 11, 2012
7–9 p.m.

Chancery Building of the Turkish Embassy
2525 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC 20008

Tickets are $175 each and can be purchased by phone at (202) 667-0441, ext. 67.
You may also download the ticket and sponsorship form.

Professor Walter B. Denny has taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Art History Program since 1970. His primary field of teaching and research is the art and architecture of the Islamic world, and particularly the artistic traditions of the Ottoman Turks, Islamic carpets and textiles, and issues of economics and patronage in Islamic art. In addition to curatorships at the Harvard University (1970-2000) and Smith College (2000-2005) art museums, he was named Charles Grant Ellis Research Associate in Oriental Carpets at The Textile Museum (2002) and has also served as Senior Consultant in the Department of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2007. Professor Denny is the author of numerous publications on Islamic art, on the art of the Ottoman Turks, on textile and carpet history, and the arts of the Islamic book. His contributions to exhibitions and catalogs include The Textile Museum’s The Classical Tradition in Anatolian Carpets (2002-03) and the forthcoming The Sultan’s Garden: The Blossoming of Ottoman Art. Professor Denny received a B.A. cum laude from Oberlin College in 1964, and he conducted graduate study at Istanbul Technical University and Harvard University, receiving his M.A and Ph.D. from Harvard in 1965 and 1971.

Consider an event sponsorship to honor Walter Denny’s career and contributions and support The Textile Museum

Hyacinth • $500 • (includes 2 tickets to the award reception; $430 is tax-deductible)

• Recognition in the George Hewitt Myers Award reception program*
• Recognition in The Textile Museum’s annual report and Members’ Magazine donor lists

Carnation • $1,000 • (includes 2 tickets to the award reception; $930 is tax-deductible)
Benefits listed above plus:

• Recognition in the George Hewitt Myers Award reception invitation*
• Recognition on the George Hewitt Myers Award reception website
• Recognition on the donor wall in the museum’s lobby for one year
• Two invitations to a private donors’ reception

Rosebud • $2,500 • (includes 4 tickets to the award reception; $1,910 is tax-deductible)
Benefits listed above plus:

• Two registrations to the TM Fall Symposium (October 13 & 14)

Tulip • $5,000 • (includes 4 tickets to the award reception; $4,410 is tax-deductible)
Benefits listed above plus:

• Recognition from the stage during the George Hewitt Myers Award ceremony
• Recognition from the stage at The Sultan’s Garden exhibition opening reception

*Contributions must be received by August 10 to be recognized in the George Hewitt Myers Award reception invitation, and by September 21 to be recognized in the event program.

Download the ticket and sponsorship form

Questions? Contact Ingrid Faulkerson, development manager for special events, at (202) 667-0441, ext. 67 or ifaulkerson@textilemuseum.org.

The Textile Museum gratefully acknowledges the following supporters for their generous contributions in honor of 2012 George Hewitt Myers Award recipient Walter B. Denny.

Sultan

Aramco Services Company

Tulip

Bruce P. Baganz and Olive W. Baganz
Alexander D. Crary
Virginia McGehee Friend
Reeva and Ezra Mager

Rosebud

Cynthia and Alton Boyer
Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman
Michael Seidman and Lynda Couvillion
Bethany Mendenhall

Carnation

Mary Jo Otsea and Richard H. Brown
Sheridan and Richard Collins
Lloyd and Margit Cotsen
Mr. and Mrs. Roderick DeArment
Gwen and Tom Farnham
Melissa McGee Keshishian
Lin Lougheed
Dr. and Mrs. Miguel Miro-Quesada
Mr. Arnold and Dr. Sandra Peinado
Luther S. Roehm
Stanley Owen Roth
Sylvia Bergstrom and Joe Rothstein
Alice Dodge Wallace
Annie and Rick Zander

Media Sponsor: Hali Publications Limited

As of September 19, 2012