The Barnes Foundation
Ilana Dean is an accomplished Major Gifts Officer at the Barnes Foundation since April 2023, specializing in donor cultivation and strategy implementation for major gift fundraising. As a Co-Founder of Schmidt Dean Gallery LLC, established in 1988, Ilana has helped showcase a diverse array of museum-quality art. With extensive experience in the real estate sector as a Realtor with Compass and a Real Estate Agent with VERY Real Estate, Ilana has played a role in reshaping residential real estate. Prior positions include consulting for the Venture Philanthropy Partnership and serving as Major Gifts Officer at the National Museum of American Jewish History and Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia, where Ilana coordinated major gift solicitations. Ilana also held the role of Director of Major Leadership Gifts at JEVS and Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, where contributions led to significant grant development. Educational background includes a BA in Religion from The George Washington University and a Master of Science in Arts Administration from Drexel University.
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The Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation was established by Albert C. Barnes in 1922 to promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture. The Barnes holds one of the finest collections of Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings, with extensive works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso,Henri Rousseau, Amedeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine and Giorgio de Chirico, as well as American masters Charles Demuth, William Glackens, Horace Pippin and Maurice Prendergast, Old Master paintings, important examples of African sculpture and Native American ceramics, jewelry and textiles, American paintings and decorative arts and antiquities from the Mediterranean region and Asia. The Barnes Foundation’s Art and Aesthetics programs engage a diverse array of audiences. These programs, occurring at the Philadelphia campus, online, and in Philadelphia communities, advance the mission through progressive, experimental and interdisciplinary teaching and learning. The Barnes Arboretum, located at the Merion campus, contains more than 2,000 species/varieties of trees and woody plants, many of them rare. Founded in the 1880s by Joseph Lapsley Wilson and subsequently added to under the direction of Mrs. Laura L. Barnes, the collection includes a fern-leaf beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Laciniata’), a dove tree (Davidia involucrata), a monkey-puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana), and a redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). Other important plant collections include Lilacs, Peonies, Stewartias and Magnolias. The Horticulture school at the Barnes Foundation in Merion has offered a comprehensive, three year certificate course of study in the botanical sciences, horticultural practices, garden aesthetics, and design through a well-grounded, scientific learning experience since its inception in 1940 by Mrs. Barnes.