John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award
Each year the ACC presents the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award of the Asian Cultural Council to an individual from Asia or the United States who has made a significant contribution to the international understanding, practice, or study of the visual or performing arts of Asia. This $35,000 award for outstanding professional achievement commemorates the deep and long standing interest of John D. Rockefeller 3rd in Asian art and culture.
Candidates for the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award must be nominated by artists, scholars, and others professionally involved in Asian art and culture. Recipients are selected by the trustees of the Asian Cultural Council in consultation with various specialists in the candidates’ fields as well as with qualified individuals having firsthand knowledge of the nominees’ professional activities and accomplishments. The award enables recipients to pursue work in some aspect of the arts of Asia through international travel and research. Individuals from Asia and the United States who are active in any field of the visual or performing arts of Asia, whether affiliated with an institution or working independently, are eligible for award consideration. Funds for the Award are made possible by an endowment gift to the Asian Cultural Council from The JDR 3rd Fund.
John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award Recipients
| 1986 John M. Rosenfield Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Fine Arts Harvard University 1987 José Maceda Chairman Department of Music Research College of Music University of the Philippines1988 James R. Brandon Professor Department of Drama and Theatre University of Hawai’i at Manoa1990 Sherman E. Lee Former Director The Cleveland Museum of Art 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 |
1998 Nguyen Van Huy Director Vietnam Museum of Ethnology Hanoi 1999 Proeung Chhieng Dean, Faculty of Choreographic Arts Royal University of Fine Arts Phnom Penh2000 Ellen Stewart Founder and Artistic Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club New York2002 Yang Meiqi Founder Guangdong Modern Dance Company Guangzhou 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 |
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Award
The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) established the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Award in 2009. The award recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to international cultural exchange and to the program of the ACC. Since 1980 when the Asian Cultural Council became a publicly-supported institution to supersede the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund, the ACC has built partnerships with individuals, foundations and corporations in Asia that have sought to provide more opportunities for their local arts professionals to take advantage of ACC programs. Increased participation by business leaders and arts professionals in Asia has also enhanced the quality of the ACC’s work and made it possible to evolve into a truly international organization and global family. The Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Award has been established to recognize the generosity of these enlightened individuals who believe in the ACC’s mission of supporting the arts by bringing together creative people through the unique channel of cultural exchange.
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Award
2009
Dr. Deanna Ruth Tak Yung Rudgard, O.B.E.
Non-executive Director
Hysan Development Company Limited
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