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Noguchi Museum
25th Anniversary Benefit |
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Guests in the Museum’s Sculpture Garden.
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In celebration of its 25th anniversary this year, The Noguchi Museum, in
Long Island City, Queens, held its Annual Benefit Concert and Dinner,
on May 4, 2010. This year’s gala and auction raised $195,000 for the Museum.
This year, the Museum honored its six founding trustees: Donald H. Elliott, Hugh Hardy, Richard S. Lanier, Priscilla Morgan, Shoji Sadao, and Isaac Shapiro. They—along with the late Sherman Lee—
worked alongside the artist over two decades ago to establish the
foundation that became The Noguchi Museum. Their ongoing leadership
and dedication to Noguchi’s original vision has been instrumental in
ensuring the Museum’s position as the vibrant institution it is today.
Following cocktails in the Museum’s sculpture garden, guests moved
indoors, where internationally acclaimed composer and pianist Philip Glass performed solo works on the piano prior to a seated dinner. Dinner
was catered by Robbins Wolfe Eventeurs.
The evening included a silent auction of Squirrel (1984), a bronze
sculpture by Noguchi that is one of the artist’s most playful works.
Museum Director Jenny Dixon and Board Chairman Samuel Sachs II
made brief remarks, highlighting the deep commitment and enthusiasm of
the six founding trustees through the years.
More than 200 guests, including Museum Trustees and friends, artists, and
representatives of the cultural community, joined founding trustees Hugh Hardy, Richard S. Lanier, Priscilla Morgan, Shoji Sadao, and Isaac Shapiro on this special occasion. Guests included Charles Bergman, Susan and Coley Burke, Andrew Cogan, Evan Dando, Ambassador Robin Chandler Duke, Maggie and Talley Embry, Christy Ferrer, Christiane Fischer, Maxine and Stuart Frankel, Arne Glimcher, Jennifer Goodale, Andrea and David Holbrook, Eileen and Peter Jachym, George King, Lucy Lamphere, Al Maysles, Elizabeth McCormack, Ambassador and Madame Nishimiya, Jennifer and
Malcolm Nolen, Ellen Phelan and Joel Shapiro, Jock Reynolds and
Suzanne Hellmuth, Samuel Sachs II, Sheila and George Stevenson,
Alan Suna, Sarah Nash Sylvester and Michael Sylvester, and Noguchi
Museum Director Jenny Dixon and Curator Bonnie Rychlak, among
others.
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Founding Trustee Isaac Shapiro, Jackie Shapiro, Madame Nishimiya and Japanese Consulate in New York Ambassador Shinichi Nishimiya.
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Founding Trustees Priscilla Morgan and Hugh Hardy.
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Founding Trustee Richard Lanier, John Boone, and Trustee Samuel Sachs II.
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Charles Fabius and Philip Glass.
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Joel Shapiro and Trustee Jock Reynolds.
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Kelso Sutton, Trustee Peter Jachym and Jo Sutton.
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Andrew Cogan, Maxine Frankel, Douglas Baxter and Arne Glimcher.
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Jennifer Nolen and Trustee Malcolm Nolen.
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Tav Berry and Susan Waterfall.
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Susan Burke, Coleman Burke, and Trustee Lucy Lamphere.
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Rachael Horovitz and Al Maysles.
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Hayden Herrera, Desmond Heath, and Andrea Holbrook.
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Roger Hull, Christy Ferer, and Wayne Lawson.
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Cristina Grajales and Edwina von Gal.
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Philip Glass and Priscilla Morgan.
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Betty Chen and Rosalie Genevro.
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Philip Glass performing.
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| Photos: Sara Wasilausky, Courtesy The Noguchi Museum, New York |
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