Brooklyn Historical Society establishes Gina Ingoglia Weiner Exhibition Fund
Gina Ingoglia Weiner served on the Brooklyn Historical Society’s board of trustees with passion and dedication from 1990 to 2015. In honor of her memory, a gallery space has been named after her and the Gina Ingoglia Weiner Exhibition Fund has been established to support future exhibitions in that gallery. The Weiner family has generously offered a matching gift challenge for the exhibition fund. Gifts received through June 30, 2016 will be matched up to $25,000.
Gina was known throughout Brooklyn and beyond for her devotion to numerous organizations — Brooklyn Historical Society, Prospect Park Alliance, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the NY League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, the Historic House Trust and The Acting Company among them — but first and foremost, she was an accomplished author, artist and landscape designer. She published more than 80 children’s books, her botanical paintings were exhibited in the U.S. and Europe, and she designed gardens throughout New York and New England.
She wrote and illustrated “The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown-Ups,” which won the Garden Writers Association Gold Award for illustration, and she served as garden adviser to the Mount Vernon Hotel and Museum.