Discover How Beauty Will Save America

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Hello John,

Last month, our campus came alive as more than 200 friends and supporters gathered for ISI’s 18th Annual Gala for Western Civilization. Poet and former National Endowment for the Arts chair Dana Gioia accepted the Charles H. Hoeflich Lifetime Achievement Award and reflected on how Beauty Will Save America

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. Painter Jamie Wyeth unveiled his new portrait of Linda L. Bean

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and received the inaugural Linda L. Bean Prize for Advancing American Art & Culture.

If you weren’t able to make it, you can still experience the heart of the evening. On the afternoon of the gala, Gioia sat down with Dan McCarthy in ISI’s Studio 53

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to discuss becoming a poet, teaching verse, and the future of the arts.



Watch the Conversation

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Ready for your next ISI experience? Join us in Delaware for our annual Homecoming Weekend

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on September 19 - 20, where Philip Blond, Rod Dreher, Mary Harrington, Kevin Roberts, and other leading conservative thinkers will explore the theme: Golden Age Mindset: How to Restore Western Civilization.



Reserve Your Seat

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We look forward to welcoming you in person this fall!​​​​​

Best,

Johnny Burtka

President and CEO

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