El Museo Del Barrio‘s sold out annual spring Gala was quite a fête last Thursday at The Plaza Hotel in New York.
Everyone was dressed to kill in their black and white ensembles with ladies in designer veils, as we made our way to the Terrace Room for specialty tequila cocktails and then some.
Guests including Dascha Polanco from hit Netflix show ‘Orange is the New Black’ enjoyed dinner and dancing to music by Avenida B which followed in the Grand Ballroom.
Board member Yolanda Santos was presented with the Joseph A. Unanue Trustee Leadership Award by long-time friend Marifé Hernández; Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Time Warner Inc., Lisa Garcia Quiroz, received the Corporate Excellence in the Arts Awards presented by Lin-Manuel Miranda; and the Founder and President of Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Eugenio López Alonso, was honored with the Excellence in the Arts Award presented by Jane Holzer.
Christofle again generously donated the three silver awards for the Gala which raised 1 million dollars for the museum.
The stylish guest list included Luis Medina Abascal (Grandee of Spain, and brand ambassador for Dolce Gabbana), Tony Bechara, Barbara Berger (Jeweler), Violaine and John Bernbach, Maria Cornejo, Laura and John Desmarais, Valdislav Dornin, Jacqueline Weld Drake, Anita Durst, Ambassador Sandra Fuentes (Consul General of Mexico), Council Member Julissa Ferreras, Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos and Paul Kanavos, Ambassador Jorge Montaño (Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations), Enrique Norten, Council Member Annabel Palma, Florence Peyrelongue, Congressman Pedro Pierluisi, Assembly Member Robert Rodriguez, Rodolfo de Rothschild, Julian Schnabel, Andrew Solomon, Maurice Sonnenberg, Andres Serrano, Jean Shafiroff, Jana Pasquel and Adam Shapiro, Maricruz and Ray Smith, Daisy Soros, Deputy Commissioner Edwin Torres, Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini, Carmen Ana Unanue, and many more.
Pictured:
Maria Eugenia Maury, Carolina Alvarez-Mathies, Catherine Petree, Devon Caranicas, Cheryl Anhava
Dascha Polanco