MARFIELD AWARD DINNER
OPEN TO MEMBERS & GUESTS ONLY
Thursday, June 6th, at 6:30 pm
$90 / person
(includes a $30 donation for the Marfield Fund)
(If you encounter any problems registering for the event, please email Ito Briones at Itobriones@gmail.com)
Please join us as the Arts Club of Washington hosts the 13th Annual Marfield Prize Award Dinner honoring Susan Orlean, the recipient of the 2018 Marfield Prize, the National Award for Arts Writing.
Interview by NPR arts Correspondent
Arriving at NPR in 1982, Neary spent two years working as a newscaster on Morning Edition. For the next eight years, Neary was the host of Weekend All Things Considered. Throughout her career at NPR, she has been a frequent guest host on all of NPR’s news programs including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and Talk of the Nation.
Neary has won numerous prestigious awards including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Gold Award, an Ohio State Award, an Association of Women in Radio and Television Award, and the Gabriel award. For her reporting on the role of religion in the debate over welfare reform, Neary shared in NPR's 1996 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award.
6:30 PM: Cocktails and silent auction
7:30 PM: Program and award presentation
8:30 PM: Dinner
The Marfield Prize's 2018 award judges are New York Times bestselling novelist Carolyn Parkhurst; Philip Kennicott, Pulitzer Prize-winning art and architecture critic of The Washington Post; and Vijay Seshadri, 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry.
For questions, or to help support The National Award for Arts Writing, through a tax-deductible contribution, please contact Ito Briones, Chair of the Marfield Prize 2018: itobriones@gmail.com
DINNER RSVP required by 5 pm the day before the event.
Cancellation Policy:
Members can cancel their reservation up to the day before the event at no charge. Any reservations cancelled on the day of the event and no-shows will be charged a 50% fee.