"As we noted in our letter to our Community and as we have said previously, the Academy apologizes for and regrets its past association with Mr. Epstein, which ended well before his arrest in 2019. The school also said it will develop an ethics committee to review and recommend policies for institutional donor support."
"The graduate-level private school, co-founded in 1982 by Andy Warhol and Stuart Pivar, said that $65,900 in contributions Epstein made to NYAA events in 2012 and 2014 will be donated to Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS), a nonprofit for girls and women who have survived commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking."
"Farmer has stated that then-NYAA Dean (and current board chair) Eileen Guggenheim introduced her to Epstein, who sat on the Academy's board from 1987 to 1994, and Ghislaine Maxwell during her thesis show in 1995."
The New York Academy of Art announced it will donate $65,900 in funds associated with Jeffrey Epstein to Girls Educational and Mentoring Services, an organization supporting survivors of sex trafficking. The school's board acknowledged serious failures in judgment and governance for maintaining its relationship with Epstein after his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution. The funds represent contributions Epstein made to NYAA events in 2012 and 2014. This follows a previous $30,000 donation to GEMS in 2020 when the school apologized to whistleblower Maria Farmer, who was introduced to Epstein by then-Dean Eileen Guggenheim during her thesis show in 1995. The school plans to establish an ethics committee to review donor policies.
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