Lexington Avenue Lights Up for Carol Goldberg

Lexington Avenue is shining bright for Carol Goldberg, distinguished alumna of Hunter College Foundation Trustee and chair of Hunter College’s Art Advisory Board. Carol was honored at a virtual event last night that celebrated The Arts at Hunter College. She was introduced by Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab, and tributes were given by MOMA President Emerita Agnes Gund and MOMA Board of Trustees President Ronnie Feuerstein Heyman.

Carol graduated from Hunter in the January Class of 1956 as a social science major. Prior to attending Hunter, Carol studied music at Julliard and at Music and Art High School. Carol and her husband, Arthur, have been serious art collectors since 1962. Together they became art advisors and opened up an art exhibition space for friends, colleagues, and art enthusiasts to visit. When their exhibition space closed in 2008, they decided to audit classes at Hunter College, where Carol was able to reconnect with her alma matter.

Carol Goldberg was invited to join the board of the Hunter College Foundation as Chair of the Art Advisory Board in 2009. Since joining the board, she has worked tirelessly to help promote awareness of the college’s visual arts programs, garner interest and attendance for events, and increase support for the school’s arts scene. In addition to financially assisting Hunter, Carol and Arthur developed the Arthur and Carol Kaufman Goldberg Visiting Curator Program, which has brought curators of international stature to the MA Program in Art History and the MFA Program in Studio Art.

Carol is currently a member of the Producers Council of the New Museum; a trustee emerita of Independent Curators International; and a former board member of ArtTable, an organization of professional women in the arts. She is also a supporter of ARTC, the American Renaissance Theater Company, which offers under-recognized playwrights the opportunity to develop and produce their plays.