2021 11 17Annual library dinner
E V E N T
D A T E
November 17, 2021
L O C A T I O N
Salmagundi parlor and library, dining room and bar
S C H E D U L E
5:30pm : Event begins
Guests can tour the library and there will be musical performance from member Mitch Kahn in the parlor
6:30pm : Award presentation in the Main Gallery
7:00pm : Three-course sit down dinner service
Fancy dress and black tie is optional.
G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N
After Covid-19 delays, Salmagundi library dinner has been re-scheduled to Wednesday, November 17, 2021.
The purchased tickets from the previous postponed dinner will be accepted at this dinner.
Please join us as we honor two outstanding Members of the Arts with the First W.H. Shelton Award presentation to Franklin Hill Perrell (Former Chief Curator, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art and Founder and Director of The Artful Circle) and Rebecca Shaykin (Associate Curator, The Jewish Museum and author of Edith Halpert, the Downtown Gallery and the Rise of American Art). Rebecca Shaykin will join us with pre-recorded remarks. Event begins at 5:30pm when guests can tour the library and there will be musical performance from member Mitch Kahn in the parlor, with the award presentation at 6:30pm in the Main Gallery and followed by a three-course dinner service at 7pm.
We are also unveiling the Library Commission celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Club of two allegorical paintings, Light and Visual Perception, left door, Intelligence and Education, right door by artist Noah Buchanan winner of the commission. Also there will be an exhibition in the Library of Noah’s preparatory drawings and studies for the Library doors which he has graciously donated to the Salmagundi Club.
T I C K E T S
$125 ($70 of which is a tax deductible donation to the Library) which includes presentation, dinner and a glass of wine and will help support the Salmagundi Library and its unique collection.
Ticket price includes a Historic Digital Souvenir Booklet for all attendees: This Journal is an E-Booklet (distributed via flash drive or email) and comprised of essays on the history of the Salmagundi Library, with congratulatory digital pages devoted to the two Curators Franklin Hill Perrell and Rebecca Shaykin from artists, collectors, and patrons of American Art. Please click HERE for the Library Journal Ad requirements. Salmagundi members are welcome (and encouraged) to take out digital ads of their art in the journal).
For reservations (required), contact Melba Pagan (212) 255-7740 or email mpagan@salmagundi.org. Limited Seating. No tickets will be sold at the door. For Wait List: please contact Alexander Katlan Library Chairman at alexkatlan@aol.com.
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