Over 100 guests gathered to celebrate El Museo’s upcoming Gala and meet Patricia Underwood, the official Gala Milliner, where guests were able to design their gala veils and view and purchase a selection of designs.
The gala kick off party was held at the home of El Museo’s Gala Chairs, Maria Eugenia Maury and William Haseltine.
Scrumptious bites were served to guests including: Gabriel Alonso-Mendoza, Jacob Alvarez, Carolina Alvarez-Mathies, Cheryl Anhava, Enrica Arengi Bentivoglio, Camila Arria, Manuela Arria-Maury, Ana Cristina Atencio, Tony Bechara, Gaily and John Beinecke, Henry L. Boulton, Karina Correa-Maury, Jamie Diamond, Karla Farach, Ambassador Sandra Fuentes Berain Villenave, Rhonda Garelick, Jessica Garza-Bueron, Francisco X. Gonzalez and Jeannette M. Baez, Evelyn Gutierrez-Subramaniam, Erika Harrsch, Michael Heller, Victoria Heller, Warren James, Nicholas Kilner, Rachel Lee-Holland, Norma Lujan, Annabelle Mariaca, Alberto Mariaca, Mary McFadden, Annie La and Jeffrey Mercado, Jerald Miller, Christine Miller Martin and Christian Mürrle, Arturo O’Farrill, Cristina Pineda & Christian Tonatiuh González, Ms. Candy Pratts Price, Camila Rachmanis, Tracey and Phillip Riese, Faanya Rose, Ms. Irina Movmyga Serrano and Mr. Andres Serrano, Mr. Ray Smith, Esmeralda Spinola and Emilio Pedroni, Carmen Ana Unanue, Patricia Underwood, Jorge Daniel Veneciano, Maria C. Wirth, Sabrina Wirth-Sokolik and Lisa Yom.
The El Museo 2015 Gala being held on Thursday, May 14th at The Plaza Hotel has a cinematic theme, inspired by one of the museum’s current exhibition on the great Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa.
Ladies are asked to dress in black and white with gloves and veils.
This year’s honorees are: Eugenio López Alonso, Founder and President of Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Yolanda Santos, from our Board of Trustees, and Lisa Garcia Quiroz, Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Time Warner Inc.
Pictured:
William Haseltine, Maria Eugenia Maury
Mary McFadden, Patricia Underwood