Indian elements abounded at the spring benefit for the American Folk Art Museum, in homage to the exhibition of India-born artist Nek Chand’s sculptures currently on display at the Midtown
institution. Held entirely off-site for the first time (in the past guests had cocktails at the museum and dinner elsewhere), the gala moved to the Metropolitan Pavilion. The museum’s special events manager, Katie Hush, and assistant special events manager, Matt Beaugrand, worked with JKS Events to coordinate the benefit.Indian touches showed up in the guise of lavish tabletops in the dining space—alternating table linens showed off rich, bold colors and centerpieces were tall, elaborate fabric umbrellas with fringe, surrounded by interesting displays of replicas of Indian artifacts such as vases and small sculptures, jewelry, and flower petals. (Sparkling bangle bracelets served as napkin rings.) Indian musicians and dancers from Surati, a New Jersey-based performing arts academy and company, added to the Indian flavor.
—Mark Mavrigian
Posted 06.07.06
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institution. Held entirely off-site for the first time (in the past guests had cocktails at the museum and dinner elsewhere), the gala moved to the Metropolitan Pavilion. The museum’s special events manager, Katie Hush, and assistant special events manager, Matt Beaugrand, worked with JKS Events to coordinate the benefit.Indian touches showed up in the guise of lavish tabletops in the dining space—alternating table linens showed off rich, bold colors and centerpieces were tall, elaborate fabric umbrellas with fringe, surrounded by interesting displays of replicas of Indian artifacts such as vases and small sculptures, jewelry, and flower petals. (Sparkling bangle bracelets served as napkin rings.) Indian musicians and dancers from Surati, a New Jersey-based performing arts academy and company, added to the Indian flavor.
—Mark Mavrigian
Posted 06.07.06
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Flower petals and Indian-style bric-a-brac including statuettes, vases, and jewelry lavished tabletops. Bangle bracelets that peppered the tables also served as napkin rings.
Tall, colorful parasols stood over dinner tables, which featured bright Indian-inspired shades of yellow, red, gold, and emerald green.
Large illuminated lanterns dressed up the entryway to the event, where scaffolding covered the sidewalk.
Rows of large, stationary white balloons attached to rigid ribbons and weighted down by silver stars—a play on the museum’s other current exhibition “White on White (and a Little Gray)”—lined the red carpet.
