Holt/Smithson Foundation Launches Friends Program
We are very happy to share the launch of the Holt/Smithson Foundation Friends Program, a close community of supporters committed to advancing the creative legacies of Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson and ensuring their ideas remain active in the world.
Friends are invited to join an annual small-group trip personally led by the Foundation’s Executive Director, offering a rare opportunity to encounter places central to Holt and Smithson through her specialist knowledge of the artists and their work. In May 2027, our first Friends trip will take us to Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, with a specially developed program of visits and events tailored to the group. Future trips will visit Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels in 2028 and Smithson’s Broken Circle/Spiral Hill in the Netherlands in 2029.
Friends provide vital annual support for the Foundation’s research, exhibitions, publications, educational initiatives, and public programs. As a foundation without a cash endowment, this support helps us continue to make knowledge about Holt and Smithson freely accessible to all.
Annual Friends membership is $5,000. To become a Friend click here and with questions about the program, contact Jess Zeglin, Research Assistant, at programs@holtsmithsonfoundation.org.
Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson in their New York City loft in Greenwich Village, 1964.
Photograph: Hermann Landshoff
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