Pauline Forlenza (Director & CEO, American Federation of Arts) with the 2025 Cultural Leadership Awards honorees: Christian Levett, Howardena Pindell and Ann Temkin (Photo by Udo Salters/PMC)
The American Federation of Arts (AFA), the leader in traveling exhibitions worldwide since its founding in 1909, presented the 2025 Cultural Leadership Awards to three champions of the art world: Christian Levett, Howardena Pindell and Ann Temkin at its annual Gala in November.
The event gathered leaders in art and culture to celebrate the outstanding contributions to the arts by these three honorees, at Guastavino’s in New York. Proceeds benefit the AFA’s Women in Art Initiative, which advances exhibitions and programs that elevate women artists.
Howardena Pindell and Kimerly Rorshach (AFA Board President). Proceeds also support the AFA’s nationally touring exhibitions and public programs that reach millions of museumgoers across the country.
January 31, 2026