The
Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)
honored cultural patron, collector, and journalist Barbara
Tober for
her 35 years of commitment to the Museum, and Vacheron
Constantin, the world’s oldest watch manufacturer, on
Monday, September 28, 2015 at the LOOT 2015: MAD ABOUT
JEWELRY gala benefit. The evening began with a
preview of 50 emerging and acclaimed artists’ jewelry at
LOOT, the annual one-of-a-kind jewelry exhibition and sale
and a cocktail party. Guests enjoyed four hours of shopping
with the designers, along with gourmet sushi, a variety of
Baked by Melissa Cupcakes, wine was provided by l’Escargot
Sauvignon Blanc and Tre Vini. Dinner
followed at the Robert Restaurant, upstairs at MAD,
overlooking Columbus Circle. Guests dined on, a Goat Cheese
and Papaya Salad, a main course of Beef Tenderloin Au Poivre,
and a Chocolate Cake for dessert.
MAD’s
Nanette L. Laitman Director, Glenn
Adamson, wore
a black and white Cor
Sine Labe Doli ceramic bow tie and welcomed
shoppers to LOOT 2015. Honoree, Barbara Tober wore
a fabulous Sylvie
& Christophe Tissot necklace and earrings that she purchased
at the event. Michele
Cohen, LOOT’s
Chairman, wore an
amazing felt necklace from designer Gori-Montanelli.
Bryna Pomp, LOOT’s Curator, wore
a beautiful set from Finnish designer Chao-Hsien Kuo.
The Honorary Dinner Committee Chairs were Iris
Apfel, Corice
Arman, Susan Gutfreund, Patricia Pastor, Deborah Roberts,
Malini Shah, Liz Smith, and Isabel
Toledo.
Guests
that attended included: Susan
Ach and Larry Ach and Sylvia Lavietes, Muna Rihani
Al-Nasser, Edgar Batista, Thomas Bell, Beth Rudin DeWoody,
Bonnie Comley, Joanne Brecker, Vincent Brun, Aileen Brunner,
Marian and Rusty Burke, Giosetta Capriati, Michael Cestone,
Michele and Marty Cohen, Michael and Nick Cohn, Talea de
Freese, Barbara de Portago, Philippe Delouvrier, Jacqueline
Weld Drake, Anita Durst, Michael Dweck, Patti Dweck, John
Eason, Lisa Eatroff, Sarah L. Elson, Emily Cutler, Dorit
Engel, Helen W. Drutt English, Susan Falk, Elizabeth Falk,
Patricia Falkenberg, Fe and Alessandro Fendi, Patricia and
John Forelle. Michelle Gerber Klein, Karyn Gershon, Amy
Gold, Marjorie Reed Gordon, Boo Grace, Maria Eugenia Maury
Haseltine, Lillian Heidenberg, Jana Jaffe, Howard and Judy
Karasik, Karen Klopp, Stewart Lane, Marcia Levine, Nancy
Jane Lowey, Betsy McCaughey, Gillian Miniter, Sadie Mitnick,
Marsy Mittlemann, Satoru and Hiroko Murase, Maureen M. Nash,
Pamela J. Newman, Nicole Dicocco, Allison Niles. Nana Onishi,
Rafael Ortiz, Bryna and Martin Pomp, Judy and Peter Price,
Deborah Roberts, Bette Saltzman, Edwina Sandys, Sara
Sant'Ambrogio, Randi Schatz, Jean
Shafiroff, Dorothy Sprague, Valerie Steele, Clarice Oliveira
Tavares, Pat K. Tigrett, Barbara and Donald Tober, Kay Unger, Adrienne
Vittadini and Gianluigi Vittadini, and
Alessandra
Zorgniotti
LOOT:
MAD About Jewelry is
the Museum of Arts and Design's annual six-day exhibition
and sale featuring designs from emerging and acclaimed
jewelry artists. Championing the vision and craftsmanship of
international studio and art jewelers—many of whom have
never before shown work in the US—LOOT often serves as a
launch pad for the next generation of designers. Since its
launch, LOOT has become a premier pop-up shop for
contemporary art jewelry, offering the public a rare
opportunity to meet and acquire pieces directly from some of
the most skilled creators in the field. With over 50
designers on-site throughout the exhibition and sale, LOOT
offers one of New York's most unique shopping experiences.
Proceeds from the sale benefit the Museum's exhibition and
education programs. LOOT:
MAD About Jewelry is
a striking example of the enduring vitality and evolving
possibilities of jewelry as an art form.
The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) champions
contemporary makers across creative fields, presenting
artists, designers, and artisans who apply the highest level
of ingenuity and skill to their work. Since the Museum's
founding in 1956 by philanthropist and visionary Aileen
Osborn Webb, MAD has celebrated all facets of making and the
creative processes by which materials are transformed, from
traditional techniques to cutting-edge technologies. Today,
the Museum's curatorial program builds upon a rich history
of exhibitions that emphasize a cross-disciplinary approach
to art and design, and reveals the workmanship behind the
objects and environments that shape our everyday lives. MAD
provides an international platform for practitioners who are
influencing the direction of cultural production and driving
21st-century innovation, fostering a participatory setting
for visitors to have direct encounters with skilled making
and compelling works of art and design. |