LongHouse Reserve will host its annual
Summer Gala on its 16-acre
East Hampton grounds
on Saturday, July 18, 2009, honoring
internationally-acclaimed silk weaver Carol
Cassidy. More than 350 guests will gather
to celebrate “ASIAN LAUGHTER,” a tribute to
the joy that Southeast Asian art and culture
bring to the world. Patrons will sample
unique culinary delights from Thailand, Cambodia and
Vietnam,
while enjoying music performed on
traditional Asian instruments. They also
will have the opportunity to view
LongHouse’s exquisite grounds and silently
bid on art from renowned artists such as
Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein and Dale
Chihuly.
Food will underscore the theme, as patrons
gather under an Asian pavilion, designed by
renowned outdoor furniture company GANDIA
BLASCO, to experience Taste Caterers’
creative Asian fare.
Laurent-Perrier Champagne will provide Brut L.P., a crisp, fresh and
elegant Champagne,
reflecting the fundamental essence of
Laurent-Perrier
Champagne. Suntory ZEN green tea
liqueur and Bacardi spirits will delight the
guests, who are encouraged to wear colorful
dress, including silks, batik, and ikat.
Vibrant lanterns and banners will celebrate
the richness of cultures committed to the
spirituality and meaning in art.
Summer Gala proceeds will support the
LongHouse Reserve’s mission to exemplify
living with art in all forms – a mission
Jack Lenor Larsen, one of the world’s
foremost advocates of traditional and
contemporary crafts, began in 1991. Through
its arboretum, sculpture gardens, and
educational programs, LongHouse unites art
and nature, aesthetics and spirit. It
remains strongly committed to a belief that
the arts are central to living wholly and
creatively.
EVENT:
LongHouse Reserve’s
Summer Gala
HONOREE:
Carole Cassidy
BENEFIT
COMMITTEE:
Edward Albee (Pulitzer Prize-Winning
American Playwright), Eleanor Alper, Alice
Bell, Madelaine Bennett, Dianne B and Lys
Marigold, Judy and Ennius Bergsma, Abby Jane
Brody, Adelaide De Menil and Edmund
Carpenter, Anthony Coron, Charles Cowles,
Gardner Cowles, Jan Cowles, Laurel and
Theodore Cutler, Lisa de Kooning, Helen
Drutt English and Peter Stern, Eileen and
Richard Ekstract, Nina Gillman, Jane and
Louis Gropp, Susan Gullia, Barbara Hoffman,
Bruce Horten, Jane Johnson, Roseline Koener,
Jack Lenor Larsen, Elizabeth Lear, Elizabeth
and Mark Levine, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Hilda
Longinotti, Jonathan McCann, Scott McDonald,
Alexandra Munroe and Robert Rosenkranz,
Stephanie Odegard, Nancy Olnick and Giorgio
Spanu, Michele and Steven Pesner, Barbara
and Michael Press, Edward Roberts and Elaine
Krauss, Alan Rogers, Anne and Charles Roos,
June Rosner and Russ Bilgore, Charles C.
Savage, Barbara Slifka, Annaliese Soros,
Joanna Steichen, Lenard and Fern Tessler,
Edwina Von Gal, Robert Wilson, Jane and
Michael Wind and Neda Young.
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, July 18, 2009
6:30 p.m. Gala begins for all ticketholders
at the
Longhouse Reserve
(5p.m. Round House Reception for
ticketholders at $1,500 and above level)
LOCATION:
The Gala: LongHouse Reserve
- 133 Hands Creek Road, East Hampton, NY
Round House Reception: Call for information
ENTERTAINMENT:
The Angkor Dance Troupe will perform
interpretive dances, leading guests on a
journey through ancient
Cambodia.
Internationally-acclaimed Korean drummer Vongku Park will
combine poongmul and samulnori elements of
traditional Korean dance with Western drama.
AUCTION:
Silently bid on art from renowned artists
such as Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein
and Dale Chihuly.
Auction items can be viewed online prior to
the event, at http://www.longhouse.org.
Viewers can bid on certain items prior to
the event.
ATTIRE:
Colorful dress, including silks, batik and
ikat
BENEFICIARY:
LongHouse Reserve
SPECIAL THANKS:
Bacardi U.S.A. Inc., Judy & Ennius Bergsma,
Gandia Blasco, Hamptons Cottages & Gardens,
Lao Textiles, The Ocean Group, Ray Smith,
Eve Suter, Laurent-Perrier Champagne, Wine
Spectator, Zen Green Tea Liqueur
TICKETS: Individual
Benefit Tickets:
Starting at $500 for
Strolling and tasting ticket, all
evening, all delights.
Casual dining:
Starting at $1,000 for
One Lotus Seat, lounging and
seated dining
Tickets can be purchased by calling
LongHouse Reserve: Joanne Sohn at
631.329.3568 or via their website:
www.longhouse.org
About Carol Cassidy
Carol Cassidy, who began her career as a
United Nations weaving advisor, is today
internationally recognized for her
commitment to aiding people of developing
nations. Although she has lived and worked
with rural artisans in many parts of the
world, she has most-notably worked with the
people of Vientiane, Laos.
She is credited with reviving the ancient
craft of silk weaving in a place challenged
by social unrest, economic hardship and
war. Founding Lao Textiles in 1990 and
turning the first profit in 1995, Cassidy
has restored local pride in weaving and, in
doing so, earned recognition for a small,
remote land.
More recently, she has traveled to
Cambodia
to lead a weaving workshop established to
train amputees who are victims of the
thousands of land mines that continue to
plague the once war-torn land. Cassidy has
given many physically challenged Cambodians
long-term, gainful employment through her
project, “Weaves of Cambodia,” making the
beautifully colored silks produced
particularly meaningful.
Cassidy is an artist and a humanitarian.
Her unique silks -- and her commitment to
teaching the art form to others -- brighten
the world.
About LongHouse Reserve:
Through its gallery, arboretum, sculpture
gardens and programs, LongHouse Reserve
brings together art and nature, aesthetics
and spirit, with a strong conviction that
the arts are central to living wholly and
creatively. LongHouse Reserve is a
not-for-profit museum that encompasses
nearly 16 beautiful acres in East Hampton,
New York.
Each year the LongHouse Reserve presents
major exhibitions in both the pavilion and
the gardens. Currently, there are more than
60 sculptures for the gardens including
works of glass by Dale Chihuly, ceramics by
Takaezu, and bronzes by Barcelo, Voulkos,
Benglis and de Kooning. Works by Ossorio,
Claus Bury, Yoko Ono, Opocensky, and Takashi
Soga are also on view, while the
installation of a Fly's Eye Dome designed by Buckminster Fuller and a
site-specific Sol Lewitt add interesting
scale and dimension.
LongHouse Reserve is open to members and to
the public from
2 to 5 p.m.
Wednesdays and Saturdays, from April 25
through October 10 (Columbus Day Weekend)
New Extended Hours: July and August
Wednesday through Saturday