Collections Winter 2013 Volume 94 | Page 12

FUNDRAISING 2013 Gala Sponsors Presented by MONET SPONSORS Columbia Museum of Art 2013 Gala Le Bal du Moulin Rouge Saturday, March 2, 2013 | 7:00 p.m. - Midnight Tickets: $150 each MATISSE SPONSORS Hannah & Ron Rogers RENOIR SPONSORS Dr. Suzan D. Boyd and Mr. M. Edward Sellers Image above right: Gaston La Touche, French, 1854–1913, The Joyous Festival, c. 1906, oil on canvas, Collection of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of Mrs. James D. Robinson in Memory of James D. Robinson in 1986. by Steven Ford, 2013 Gala Chair DEGAS SPONSORS Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Anastasion Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. C. Carroll Heyward Rice Music House Skirt! Magazine Sonoco Products Company Steven Ford Interiors, Inc. USC Dance Company Zvejnieks Foundation For a full listing of sponsors, visit columbiamuseum.org/gala. To learn more about becoming a sponsor of the 2013 Gala, please contact Kit Porter at 803.343.2210 or [email protected]. 10 columbiamuseum.org It is midnight in Paris, and the evening is alive with music and laughter. Dressed in their finest, guests sip champagne, and dance the night away beneath an illuminated sky, bursting with fireworks… The Joyous Festival, painted by Gaston La Touche in 1906, is a vibrant, celebratory painting which captures the excitement and romance of an evening in Paris. This painting is one of the many incredible works in the upcoming exhibition, Impressionism from Monet to Matisse. It is my honor to invite you to celebrate this major exhibition on March 2, 2013 at the Columbia Museum of Art 2013 Gala, Le Bal du Moulin Rouge. Celebrate the arts in the spirit of Parisian style, as the CMA is transformed into the famed Moulin Ro