NEW YORK, NY
(December 4, 2008)
– On Thursday, Dec. 4th, 2008 Antiques
& Art at the Armory, the inaugural show for
AVENUE-Wendy Shows, hosted a Gala Benefit
for the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity,
founded by Dr. Sally Shaywitz and Dr.
Bennett Shaywitz. The evening, which began with
the unveiling of a special gallery installation at
5pm, followed by a cocktail reception from 6-8pm,
raised significant funds for the newly opened
research center and showcased the diverse
collections from over 70 dealers featured in
Antiques & Arts at the Armory.
Committee co-chairs for
the benefit were Claude Wasserstein, Julie
Dannenberg, Richard & Marcia Mishaan and
Sally Shaywitz, MD, who kicked off the evening
with an unveiling of 30 Years of AVENUE Icons,
a special gallery installation featuring the images
of some of NYC’s most powerful as they have appeared
in AVENUE Magazine, including Martha Stewart,
Marc Jacobs, Isaac Mizrahi, Donald Trump, Georgina
Chapman, Jann Wenner, Amy Sacco and
Richard Johnson.
The celebration
continued until after 8pm as guests including
Jackie Astier, Elbi Askins Balan, Dennis Basso,
Anait Bian, Janna Bullock, Tory Burch, Wendy
Carduner, Georgina Chapman, Jodie and Diane
Fanelli, Somers and Jonathan Farkas, Fe
and Alessandro Fendi, Mark Gilbertson, Frances
Hayward, Harry Heissmann, Harriette Rose Katz, Lisa
Jackson, Michele Gerber Klein, Rona Landman, Liz
Lange, Bentley Meeker, Nicole Miller, Gigi
Mortimer, Patti Smyth, Gillian and Sylvester
Miniter, Audrey and Albert Ratner, Patti
Raynes, Shlomi Reuveni, Sessa von Richthofen, Elaine
Sargent, Alvin Valley and Jeani Ziering,
mingled over cocktails and perused the booths of
over 70 dealers specializing in high quality art and
antiques ranging from the 17th century
until present day, including AJ Gallery, Callan
Fine Art, Drucker Antiques, Fleur, Damiani, Guy
Regal LTD, Derek & Tina Rayment Antiques, Lee
Gallery Inc. Studio and Richard Mishaan
Design Design/Homer.
Sponsors for the Gala
included Sotheby’s, Great Performances
catering, MH Art and Framing, Ayala
Champagne,
and Dawn Melanie Designs LLC. The Yale
Center for Dyslexia & Creativity leverages the
power and authority of modern science to transform
dyslexia from a liability to an asset so that
strengths rather than weaknesses define the dyslexic
child. The Center’s mission includes changing
attitudes and policies along with approaches to
identification, remediation and accommodations for
dyslexia. To learn more about the Yale Center
for Dyslexia
and Creativity please visit them on the web at
www.dyslexia.yale.edu