NEW YORK (SMI-WIRE,05.12.16)El Museo del Barrio, unos de los grandes instituciones

culturales latinas en Nueva York, celebro su 23rd Fiesta De Gala anual, honorando

a Ruben Toledo,Isabel Toledo por su excelencia en las artes y James Grager de MAC Cosmetics por su ecelencia corporal en las artes.

Este evento de gala fue compuesto de invitados celebres del mundo de moda y artes 

latino con cena y fiesta en el Plaza Hotel en la Gran Manzana.

Invitados Incluidos fueron:

 HONOREES: Ruben & Isabel Toledo, James Gager (Creative Director, M·A·C Cosmetics) 

GALA CHAIRS: Maria Eugenia Maury and William A. Haseltine, Narciso Rodriguez

YOUNG GALA CHAIR: Jessica Garza-Bueron

YOUNG GALA COMMITTEE: Karla Farach de Athanasopoulos, Fabricio Cardenas, LeticiaPittman Presutti, Evelyn Gutierrez Subramaniam

HONORARY COMMITTEE: Alexandre Arrechea (Artist), Lady Liliana Cavendish (part of Antonio’sGirls), Aldo Chaparro (Artist), Maria Cornejo (Designer), Teresita Fernandez (Artist), Fernando Garcia (MONSE), Alex Gonzalez (Creative Director, ELLE), Omar Hernandez (OMAR’s), Laura Kim (MONSE), Angel Otero (Artist), Mauricio Padilha (MAO PR & author Antonio Lopez: Fashion, Art, Sex & Disco), Roger Padilha (MAO PR & author Antonio Lopez: Fashion, Art, Sex & Disco), Candy Pratts Price (Fashion Consultant), Dan Ragone (Publisher, MAXIM), Angel Sanchez (Designer),Bosco Sodi (Artist), Kelly Talmas (Editor in Chief, Vogue Mexico and Vogue Latin America), Edmundo Castillo (Shoe Designer & Student of Antonio’s)

MUSEUM BOARD & EXECUTIVES: Tony Bechara, Doris Casap, Hon. Michael J. Garcia, Maria Teresa Mata, Maria Eugenia Maury, Maria-Leticia Ossa-Daza, Tracey Riese, Alfonso Barros, Christine Miller Martin, Carmen Ana Unanue, Clara Rodriguez, Jeffrey Mercado, Jorge Daniel Veneciano(Executive Director, El Museo del Barrio), Carlos Galvez (Deputy Director, El Museo del Barrio),Remei Capdevila (Education & Public Programs Director, El Museo del Barrio), Rocio Aranda-Alvarado (Curator, El Museo del Barrio), Carolina Alvarez-Mathies (Head of Communications, ElMuseo del Barrio)

PHILANTHROPISTS: Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos and Paul Kanavos, Perla Capriles, Laura and John Desmarais, Marifé Hernández, Joe Bell, Karina Palma, Laura and Brent Nicklas, Clarice Oliveira Tavares, Christina and David Martin, Daniel Rachmanis (Estée Lauder), Camila and Manuela Arria-Maury, María Luisa Ferré and Cyril Meduna

ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND FASHION LUMINARIES: Pat Cleveland (Model, singer, part of Antonio’s Girls), Paul Van Ravenstein, Paul Caranicas (Director of Antonio Lopez and Juan RamosEstate), Peter Marino (Architect) and Juan Carlos Menedez (Designer), Edward Mapplethorpe(Photographer; brother of Robert), Patricia and Juan Ruiz Healy (Ruiz-Healy Gallery); Suzanne Geiss(The Suzanne Geiss Company), Maria Brito (Designer), Andrew Bevan (Teen Vogue), Mariebelle Lieberman (MarieBelle New York), Anita Durst (Chashama), Richard Ferretti (Senior Vice Presidentand Global Creative Director at Estée Lauder), Nancy Bacich (Eve Kitten), Isabelle Rovner(Executive Director Product Development at M·A·C), Tim Tareco (Vice President, VisualMerchandising at M·A·C Cosmetics), David Martin (Co-founder and President of Terra Group),Philippe Chansel (Corporate Creative Product Development and Innovation at Estée Lauder), Joey Arias (performance artist), Debi Mazar (actress and TV personality).

ABOUT EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO:

The mission of El Museo del Barrio is to present and preserve the art and culture of Puerto Ricans and all Latin Americans in the United States. Through its extensive collections, varied exhibitions and publications, bilingual public programs, educational activities, festivals and special events, El Museo educates its diverse public in the richness of Caribbean and Latin American arts and cultural history. By introducing young people to this cultural heritage, El Museo is creating the next generation of museum-goers, while satisfying the growing interest in Caribbean and Latin American art of a broad national and international audience.