Nearly 400 people attended the museum’s annual benefit and after-party in West Palm Beach, Florida, in February, which honored trustee Gilbert Maurer for spearheading the New Norton, the expansion project that’s in its final year of construction. The evening raised more than $1 million to support the museum’s programs and exhibitions.
In January at the Bomb Factory in Dallas, the Birthday Party Project, which hosts monthly birthday parties at homeless and transitional living facilities across the country, celebrated its own birthday with help from Gifts for the Good Life. The design duo created the Joy Store, in collaboration with Emily Clarke Events, for the event, a pop-up fund-raising station that featured goods, including watches, hoodies, hats, and superhero costumes, for kids and adults with low price points, allowing all guests to participate.
At the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools’ Connections gala, held in March at the Geraghty, Kehoe Designs created clever sports decor using sporting equipment such a golf balls, tennis rackets, and baseball bats. Plus, guests were given donation “leaves” on necklaces where they could indicate their donation amount and add it to a large “giving tree.”
This massive 40-foot-tall installation from All About Balloons featured almost 6,000 confetti-filled, custom-branded, and lighted balloons. The company’s eight-foot-tall balloon robot named Rupert was also on the trade show floor.
The fourth edition of Veuve Clicquot Carnaval took place March 10 at Museum Park in Miami. Decor at the event included baby pink palm trees made from feathers.
To celebrate the Oscars on Sunday, Swarovski hosted “Red Carpet Moments: Sparkle Like the Stars in Times Square” at its flagship store. The event featured a silver carpet entrance and a video booth that invited guests to take 15-second video clips against a crystal backdrop. The videos were live streamed on a digital billboard above the store. The jewelry brand partnered with the Gathery on the event concepts and execution.
