On Saturday,
November 1, the Evansville Museum, in partnership
with FIFTH THIRD BANK and the MTK FUND, will present CARNIVALE,
an evening that will include recognition of very special
Museum friends, RITA AND RICHARD EYKAMP AND THE EYKAMP FAMILY.
Richard’s late parents, George and Dorothy Eykamp, were
major contributors to the Museum and established its first-ever endowed Chair, The Dorothy and George Eykamp Director of the Koch Science Center and Planetarium. This represented an
important moment in the life of the Museum, setting the precedent for the
establishment of the three additional Chairs that have since followed.
Rita
is a past Museum Trustee, member of our Advisory Council, and recipient of our
Distinguished Service Medal, the highest award that this institution can
bestow. She and Richard continue to be
at the forefront of Museum supporters, having significantly pledged to the
recently announced plans for the Museum’s major facility expansion that Rita is
chairing.
Co-chaired
by SUSAN and JOHN DANIEL and MARTHA and JON GOLDMAN,
the Black Tie event will begin in the Crescent Galleries with Cocktails and a
Silent Auction, after which guests will be seated in the Old Gallery where they
will enjoy a gourmet dinner prepared by Kirby’s.
The
focal point for this year’s Gala will be a Live Art Auction conducted by
auctioneer Andrew Wilson.
Original works of art have been secured from artists and galleries
throughout the United States
and western Europe, with proceeds benefiting the Museum’s General Operating
Budget.
The
evening will feature performances by JAMES and JULIE ANN WHITE as well
as the EYKAMP STRING QUARTET.
Reservations are $150
per person.
Corporate Tables are $2,000.
Advanced reservations required!!!
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