Kipton Cronkite

Kipton Cronkite is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who promotes up-and-coming artists, musicians, and filmmakers to key influencers in art, entertainment, society, and business. He is the founder of KiptonART and holds leadership positions for a number of prime charities and cultural organizations. Chief among them are Co-chair and Founder of the Young Patrons Circle of the American Friends of the Louvre, the Executive Committee of the Whitney Contemporaries at The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Young Fellows of the Frick Collection's Steering Committee, and Mount Sinai Hospital's Young Advisory Board.

Over the last five years, Cronkite has written articles for Fine Art Connoisseur on art investment, has been quoted on CNN.com and Investment News, and featured in Vogue, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Crain's New York Business, Condé Nast Portfolio, Quest, and on Artnet. Cronkite is a native of Oklahoma and attended college there and in London before making Manhattan his permanent home in 2001. Cronkite is the former Director & Senior Vice President of Investor Relations for Bank of America's Alternative Investment Advisors. He previously held roles as Bank of America's Head of Global Client Services for Alternative Investment Advisors and a financial advisor at Citigroup Smith Barney.

KiptonART

Founded in 2002, KiptonART is a private establishment devoted to giving artists more exposure through various media outlets. On a continual basis, the organization selects a varied group of up-and-coming artists and provides an outlet for them to display their work in exhibition spaces and online.

Hosted at exclusive venues and private residences, artists are joined with cultural dignitaries, Hollywood actors, international socialites, and philanthropists who are keen to support the arts and subsidize new talent. Some of these events have been conceived with Asprey, Van Cleef & Arpels, LVMH, Montblanc, Christie's, Sotheby's, Phillips de Pury, CNN, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Carnegie Hall, Maurice Villency, and W Hotels.

In March 2009, Mr. Cronkite formed the KiptonART Foundation, a not-for-profit entity to fund artist-in-residency programs and educational programs for children.