By Chelsea Martell, Advancement & Operations Assistant
“The children of today will be the artists of tomorrow.
Support P.S. ARTS and help give art to EVERY child.”
Stephanie Kistner, our Education & Programs Associate, painted this quote alongside the P.S. ARTS information and merchandise booth at the LA Modernism Show to help drive home our organization’s mission and encourage those attending the event to help us in our goal to provide art to every child in our community.
The Los Angeles Modernism Show
The LA Modernism Show held at the Barker Hangar on the weekend of April 25-28 featured over 50 exhibitors of 20th century furniture, decorative, and fine arts. The proceeds from ticket sales of the 700 attendees at the Opening Night Party on April 25th and the LA Modernism Show catalog benefited P.S. ARTS’ in-school programs.
Connection to P.S. ARTS
P.S. ARTS transitioned from hosting the LA Antiques Show to the LA Modernism Show two years ago and it has been a great success thus far. Modernism is a great way to celebrate modern art and to connect P.S. ARTS with those who are part of LA’s thriving art and design community. Also, you never know which one of our students will be featured someday at a show like Modernism 🙂
Behind the Scenes
Crafting, producing, and executing an event like the LA Modernism Opening Night Party is no easy feat. Like any other successful event, it wouldn’t have been made possible without the help, assistance, and support of our staff, committee, and volunteers.
And Modernism 2013 was a year of changes.
This year, instead of just having an information booth for attendees to learn more about our organization and programs, we decided to sell merchandise as well. A huge shout out to P.S. ARTS Board of Trustee Sharon Blair, who helped us curate the booth with amazing books, household items, and other attention-grabbing pieces. Here’s a picture of the merchandise all ready to be taken to the Barker Hangar:
We also so appreciate Event Committee members Adam and Connie Derry of ADBD, who designed our P.S. ARTS Modernism swag (still for sale now – call our office at 310.586.1017 for more info!).
Here’s a sneak peek behind the scenes of the before and after setting up our festive and fun booth.
We also kept the booth open the entire duration of the show and all of us who worked a shift definitely had some magic moments to share about spreading our mission to interested attendees.
Along with the new merchandise booth we held a silent auction. Check out some of the cool items we had below. Congrats (and thank you) to all of the winners!
Then there was check-in: it was my first Modernism at P.S. ARTS and I was a little nervous because I didn’t know what to expect but I had an amazing team of volunteers and check-in gurus, including fellow P.S. ARTS staff members Megan Strawther & Stephanie Kistner, who had been there last year to help lead the way!
As you can see, it’s all hands on deck when it comes to creating and setting up an event of this magnitude.
But more on the event itself 🙂
It was a classy affair sponsored by Chloe, HL Group, Lynda & Stewart Resnick, Pam & Alan Bergman, The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, Jena & Michael King, Ma(i)sonary Napa Valley, One Kings Lane, Lisa Kudrow & Michel Stern and Ultimat Vodka. Here’s a picture from the show entrance featuring our incredible sponsors!
Guests with Collectors’ Preview tickets were welcomed in for an exclusive VIP hour at 6PM followed by the Cocktail Party which began at 7PM. Guests were served the finest treats from Serves You Right! Catering and enjoyed desserts from Gotta Have Smore’s & Sprinkles.
Besides admiring all of the incredible art exhibits at the Modernism Show, guests were treated to Ultimat Vodka’s muddling bar, imaginative drinks themed for the night, and hilarious photobooth pictures.
Thank you to all those who purchased catalog pages, supported us through ticket purchases, and stopped by our information and merchandise booth at any point during the run of the show. Finally, a huge thank you to all our sponsors, donors, committee members, and volunteers that made this event a fun and successful night! Because of our volunteer’s efforts and donor support, we were able to raise vital funds to support our mission of improving the lives of children by providing arts education to underserved public schools and communities.
Our staff thinks you’re all awesome and thanks you for your support!
