12 Facts About Jane Fortune

Jane Fortune was an American author and journalist.

In 2005, with the goal of raising awareness about the achievements of women artists and protecting their artworks, Jane Fortune founded the Italian nonprofit organization, The Florence Committee of the National Museum for Women in the Arts.

In 2008, with co-founder Robert Hesse, Jane Fortune established the Indianapolis City Ballet, a nonprofit organization that supports ballet performances with international dancers from ballet companies from several countries and master classes with these dancers in Indianapolis.

Jane Fortune was an honorary member of the dean's advisory board at Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was on the board of trustees of the Medici Archive Project.

In Philadelphia, Jane Fortune co-founded USArtists, an American Fine Art Show and Sale, which benefited the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Jane Fortune was the founder of the same organization's Special Needs Program that resulted in the establishment of the Women's Board Endowed Scholarship at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, a scholarship for persons with disabilities to attend the PAFA art school.

Jane Fortune endowed the Jane Fortune Outstanding Women Visiting Artist Lecture at Herron School of Art and Design.

Jane Fortune was chair of the board of the Deafness Research Foundation in New York City and its volunteer president-CEO.

In 2010, Jane Fortune was awarded an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from Indiana University for her work as an author and philanthropist in the United States and Italy.

In 2008, Dr Jane Fortune received the 'Spirit of Philanthropy Award' from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, the Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis.

Jane Fortune died at her home in Indianapolis on September 23,2018, at the age of 76.

Jane Fortune is survived by her son, John Medveckis, her daughter, Jennifer Medveckis, and her son-in-law, James Marzo.