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100th Anniversary Gala

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Metropolitan Club

New York City

The American Federation of Arts (AFA) marked its 100th year as a pioneering organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and appreciation of art in this country with a black-tie gala celebration on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.

During the evening, there was a viewing of a short commemorative video featuring artist Lorna Simpson, Metropolitan Museum of Art Director Thomas P. Campbell, and Brooklyn Museum Director Arnold L. Lehman, among others; a raffle drawing of a print by Maira Kalman and a drawing by Wolfgang Laib; and dancing and cocktails. The dinner was catered by the Metropolitan Club.

Gala Fact Sheet


Scott Dahnke, Clare McKeon, Damaris D.W. Ford, Stephanie La Nasa, and George King

Daisy Prince, Hugh Chisholm, and Clare McKeon

Will Cotton and Rose Dergan

Vuk and Yasaman Djunic, Sara and Alec Machiels

Wolfgang Laib


Rod O'Hanley, Betty Blake, and Nancy O'Boyle

Leslie and Tom Freudenheim

Georgina Schaeffer, Fred and Stephanie Clark, and Charles Brock

Gavriella Kyriacou and Liz Martin

Ren Grady, Oliva Chantecaille, BJ Topol, and John Blum

Alexandra Drucker and Brittany Bromley

Stephanie French and Armand Bartos

Barbara Weeden, Joanne Stroud Bilby, and Alan May

Eunu Chun, Scott Dahnke, and Jason Herrick

Damian Wright and Caroline Tetelboum

Doug and Catherine MacMahon

Allisa Doyle, Kyle Bass, and Jennifer Oswell

Elliott Erwitt, Meryl Meltzer, Donald Sultan, and Ellen Lewis

Serena Rattazzi, Joan Davidson, and Margot Linton

Monaise and Angus McDonald

Gilbert Kinney and Thomas Messer

Juliàn Zugazagoitia, Julia Brown, and Pauline Willis

Lydia Fenet

Clare McKeon, Will Cotton, and Olivia Chantecaille

Fernanda Kellogg and Susan Taft

Jeffrey Loewy and Serena Rattazzi

Capera Ryan and Clare McKeon

James and Stephanie Thompson