Andrea Woodner

Andrea Woodner
NationalityAmerican
Education

Andrea Woodner is an American artist, architect, and philanthropist. She is the founder of the New York City-based Design Trust for Public Space, a nonprofit organization which "brings together government agencies, community groups, and private-sector experts to transform and evolve the city's landscape."[1]

Early life

Andrea Woodner is the daughter of Ruth Lyon and Ian Woodner.[2] She has two siblings, Dian and Jonathan Woodner.[2]

Woodner was raised in New York City and loved art from an early age, often visiting the Frick Collection during her teenage years. She earned a BA with a concentration in ceramics and sculpture from Bennington College in the class of 1970.[3] Later, she took classes at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, then earned a master's in architecture from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation.[4]

Career

In 1995, Woodner founded the nonprofit organization Design Trust for Public Space to connect design thought and incubation to the public good of New York City.[4][5] She chaired the organization's board of directors until January 2016, when she was succeeded by Eric Rothman. She continues to be active in fundraising for Design Trust.[6]

Girgio Vasari drawing, purchased by the National Gallery of Art from the Woodner sisters in 1991

Upon their father's death in November 1990, Andrea and Dian Woodner inherited the Ian Woodner Family Collection.[7] In 1991, the Woodner sisters variously sold and donated 143 works of art from his collection to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, including drawings by Albrecht Dürer, Benvenuto Cellini, and Giorgio Vasari.[8] In July 2000, the sisters donated nearly 100 works of art by Odilon Redon to the Museum of Modern Art, including paintings, pastels, watercolors, drawings, prints and illustrated books.[7]

Woodner's art has been exhibited at the Palmer Gallery of Vassar College.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Design Trust for Public Space". Design Trust for Public Space. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Jonathan Woodner, Real Estate Developer". The New York Times. April 28, 1988. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Senior Art Exhibition: 1970". Bennington College Digital Repository. Bennington College. June 9, 1970. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "2014 Hall of Fame Inductee: Andrea Woodner". Interior Design. December 6, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "Design Trust for Public Space". Design Trust for Public Space. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  6. ^ "Welcome Our Board Chair Eric Rothman". Design Trust for Public Space. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  7. ^ a b Vogel, Carol (June 2, 2000). "INSIDE ART; Daughters' Gift To the Modern". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  8. ^ Kimmelman, Michael (October 11, 1991). "Woodner Drawings Go To the National Gallery". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  9. ^ "Healy, Woodner hold their first collaborative exhibit". The Miscellany News. Retrieved March 5, 2016.