Following more than a decade of support from late collector, museum patron, and Cornell alumnus David Teiger ('51) (1929–2014), the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning has received a $500,000 gift from Teiger Foundation to support the Teiger Mentor in the Arts program. This gift enables the college to continue welcoming a prominent artist to the Department of Art each semester for the next five years to teach classes and guide students in the development of their studio practice.

The Teiger Mentor in the Arts program was founded in 2012 with an initial gift from David Teiger, who graduated from the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration. In his lifetime, Teiger was an avid art collector and champion of curators working in contemporary visual art — a legacy that the foundation established in his name continues to honor through its grantmaking programs, which primarily support curatorial work in museums and smaller art organizations in the US.

"The college is incredibly fortunate to continue welcoming leading artists who bring a breadth of creative modes of inquiry around making, expression, society, and life in and outside of our studios," said AAP Gale and Ira Drukier Dean J. Meejin Yoon. "Connecting our students to mentors whose work advances contemporary artistic practice and critical discourse is central to our educational mission, and we are very grateful to be able to extend this invaluable program thanks to Teiger Foundation's support."

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