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New York City - Dick
and Laura Parsons with Valentin
and Yaz Hernandez hosted the American Folk
Art Museum’s 2009 Annual Benefit Evening at the
Tribeca Rooftop in celebration of Advocates for the
Arts.
This year’s benefit bestowed the honor of Advocates
for the Arts upon a distinguished group of
individuals, philanthropists, and museum partners
who are involved in sustaining and supporting
cultural life in New York. The 2009 Advocates for
the Arts award recipients were Uma Thurman’s fiancée
financier
Arpad Busson,
art collector David L. Davies, author Adam
Gopnik,
antique-dealer brothers
Leigh
and
Leslie Keno,
art collectors Taryn and Mark Leavitt,
Chevalier of Arts and Letters Award recipient
Dorothy Lichtenstein, The Peter Jay Sharp
Foundation, past president of the Folk Art
Society Jeffrey H. Pressman, Architectural
Digest’s editor Paige Rense, and architects
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien.
Among the gala’s guests
were: Emily Frick, Lucy and Mike Danziger,
Stephen Lash, Tom and Diane McGrath, Sylvester and
Gillian Miniter, Judy and Peter Price, Sarah and
Louis Wolfe, Robert and Marjorie Hirschhorn, Henry
Buhl, Betsey Pochoda editor of The Magazine
Antiques, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Armstrong, and
Maria Ann Conelli Executive Director of the
American Folk Art Museum.
The evening raised
$584,380, which will go towards the American Folk
Art’s exhibitions and award winning educational
programs that serve more than 8,000 New York City
public school children each year.
About the American
Folk Art Museum:
The American Folk Art
Museum is the nation's leading organization
dedicated to the field of folk art. Each year, the
museum serves more than 165,000 from across the
nation, around the world, and from all walks of
life. The museum enjoys a distinguished history of
presenting high-quality, original exhibitions and
enriching education and public programs that provide
children and adults of all ages with a better
understanding and appreciation of our nation's
diverse cultural heritage through folk art. In
addition, the museum serves as a source of
scholarship in the field through scholarly catalogs,
and its website and research library.
The American Folk Art
Museum is located at
45 West 53 Street, New York City
www.folkartmuseum.org
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