Beaux-Arts Ball 2010
Icon: Come as You Art
February 6, 2010
8 p.m. - 2 a.m.
The Portland Art Museum’s Beaux-Arts Ball will be electrified by unbridled creativity, incorporating interactive art and performance and culminating in appearances by Seattle burlesque star Lily Verlaine, Gang of Four’s Dave Allen, and New York rock band Morningwood.
The Beaux-Arts Ball, now in its third year, is hosted by the Young Patrons of the Portland Art Museum to help fund Museum education programs. The theme of the evening is Icon: Come as You Art, and guests are encouraged to let their own art icons inspire their attire. Guests may mingle with performers whose bodies are painted to resemble iconic works of art, and will enjoy hosted cocktails, beer and wine, and hors d’oeuvres.
In partnership with the Nines Hotel, a special room rate of $99 is being offered to all party attendees that evening. Click here for more information on this special offer.
Tickets are available online or packaged for giving in the Museum Shop.
Sponsorship opportunities and trade partnerships are available. To inquire, please call Caroline Kim at 503-276-4302.
Beaux-Arts Ball 2010 sponsors include Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt; Stoel Rives, LLP; Columbia Sportswear Company; The Standard; Portland Monthly; Firesteed Winery; Absolut Vodka; Saks Fifth Avenue; The Nines; and Vibrant Table Catering & Events.
History of the Beaux-Arts Ball
The Beaux-Arts Ball was an annual costume gala dating back to the 1600s for Paris' Ecole des Beaux-Arts, the fine arts college for painters, sculptors, and architects. The students would celebrate the end of the school year by creating elaborate costumes with both artistic and architectural significance and throwing a decadent party. In the modern world, especially in the US, many fundraisers and organizations have built around this theme, including AIA and their area chapters, and cultural institutions.
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