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AFA 100th Anniversary Gala
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Gala Co-Chairs Scott Dahnke, Clare McKeon, Damaris D.W. Ford, Stephanie La Nasa, with AFA Director George King.
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The American Federation of Arts (AFA) marked its 100th year as a pioneering organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and appreciation of art in this country with a black-tie gala celebration on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.
During the evening, there was a viewing of a short commemorative video featuring artist Lorna Simpson, Metropolitan Museum of Art Director Thomas P. Campbell, and Brooklyn Museum Director Arnold L. Lehman, among others; a raffle drawing of a print by Maira Kalman and a drawing by Wolfgang Laib; and dancing and cocktails. The dinner was catered by the Metropolitan Club.
Approximately 260 guests, including artists Will Cotton, Eliott Erwitt, Wolfgang Laib, and Donald Sultan, attended, along with Gala Co-Chairs Clare E. McKeon, Damaris D.W. Ford, Scott A. Dahnke, and Stephanie R. La Nasa; Honorary Chairs Serena Rattazzi and Stephanie French; museum directors William M. Griswold (The Morgan Library and Museum), Julián Zugazagoitia (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), and Brian J. Ferriso (Portland Art Museum); Olivia Chantecaille, Joan K. Davidson, Charles and Valerie Diker, Lydia Fenet, Fernanda Kellogg and Kirk Henckels, and Armand Bartos; and AFA Director George G. King, among many others.
The AFA is a nonprofit institution that organizes art exhibitions for presentation in museums around the world, publishes exhibition catalogues, and develops various educational programs. The AFA’s mission is to enrich the public’s experience of art and understanding of culture by organizing and traveling a diverse offering of exhibitions embracing all aspects of art history.
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AFA chairman Jeffrey Loewy and Honorary Chair Serena Rattazzi.
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Leslie Freudenheim and AFA president Tom Freudenheim.
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Honorary Chair Stephanie French and Armand Bartos.
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Monaise McDonald and Angus McDonald.
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Board member Julian Zugazagoitia, Julia Brown, and Pauline Willis.
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Board members Barbara Weeden and Joanne Stroud Bilby, with Alan May.
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Will Cotton and Rose Dergan.
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Daisy Prince and Clare McKeon.
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Lydia Fenet.
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Olivia Chantecaille.
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Vuk Djunic, Yasaman Djunic, Sara Machiels and Board member Alec Machiels.
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Serena Rattazzi, Joan Davidson, and Margot Linton.
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Wolfgang Laib.
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Betty Blake, Nancy O'Boyle, and Rod O'Hanley.
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Gilbert Kinney and Thomas Messer.
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Joan Mascarello and Mark Mascarello.
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Damian Wright and Caroline Tetelboum.
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Eunu Chun, Scott Dahnke, and Jason Herrick.
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Alexandra Drucker and Brittany Bromley.
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Gabriella Skouloudi and Liz Martin.
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Fernanda Kellogg and Susan Taft.
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Doug MacMahon and Catherine MacMahon.
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Jennifer Oswell and Kyle Bass.
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Elliott Erwitt, Meryl Meltzer, Donald Sultan, and Ellen Lewis.
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Anthony Behar. Courtesy American Federation of Arts. |
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