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Joyce Cowin, Lynda Johnson Robb, Maria Ann Conelli, executive director of the American Folk Art Museum.
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Lucy Danziger, Mike Danziger, Joyce Cowin.
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The American Folk Art Museum celebrated the 10th Anniversary of The American Antiques Show at the opening night gala on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. Recognized as one of the most important Americana and folk art fairs in the country, the show took place from January 20-23 during Americana Week in New York City. The gala evening provided a key opportunity to preview the folk art, Americana, and decorative arts before they go on public display the next day. At the gala preview The American Antiques Show was pleased to honor the state of Virginia as part of its annual celebration of the fifty United States of America.
Guest that attended at the Gala Benefit opening included: Laura & Richard Parsons, Mario Buatta, Nora Ephron, Arie & Coco Kopelman, Martha Stewart, Wendy & Stephen Lash, Bunny Williams, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Agnes Nixon, Ellie & Edgar Cullman, Arden Wohl, Cece Cord, Henry Buhl, Miles Redd, Marjorie & Robert Hirschhorn plus former first daughter Lynda Johnson Robb.
This eagerly anticipated show is the major winter fund-raising event for the museum and all proceeds from the opening night, daily show admission, and related activities benefit the museum's exhibition and educational programs.
The American Antiques Show (TAAS) features 300 years of great American design: folk art, furniture, fine and decorative arts, American arts and crafts, and American Indian art. It is known for its distinguished roster of all-American dealers who consistently receive accolades for bringing objects of history, design, imagination, and surprise, the "Best of America," to the show.
Event cochairs were Barry D. Briskin, Joan M. Johnson, and Elizabeth V. Warren. Executive chairs were Barry D. Briskin, Lucy and Mike Danziger, Margaret and Gregory Hedberg, Joan and Victor Johnson, Petra and Stephen Levin, Laura and Richard Parsons, Francesca Petrucci and Stephen Corelli, Patricia and Juan Ruiz, and Elizabeth and Irwin Warren. Chair, Interior Designers' Committee was Miles Redd.
TAAS 2011 salutes its Virginia Committee of Honor whose members include Lynda Johnson Robb Nancy and Colin G. Campbell, Ralph Harvard, Charlotte Moss, Lynda Johnson Robb, Michael Sisk, Bunny Williams and John Rosselli (list in formation). This intrepid group will be active at the opening night gala and then participate in a number of activities especially designed for them during the weekend.
Show manager was Karen DiSaia and the Show Executive Director was Caroline Kerrigan Lerch. The American Antiques Show was sponsored by The Magazine Antiques
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Mo Wajselfish, Bunny Williams, John Rosselli, Martha Stewart, Rebecca Robertson.
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Richard Parsons.
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Petra Levin.
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Mario Buatta, Yaz Hernandez.
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Phyllis Kossoff, Jan Willem van Bergen Henegouwen.
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Cathy Hardwick, Cece Cord.
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Maria Ann Conelli, Blair Hartley.
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PATRICK McMULLAN/PatrickMcMullan.com |
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