2021 Annual Gala in New York
/On Monday, November 8th, Judith Pisar received the Anne Morgan Women of Courage Award to celebrate her achievement building cultural bridges between the United States and France and George Sape was bestowed the Chateau de Blérancourt Award for his unconditional support of the museum’s creation and expansion.
This was the highlight of the American Friends of Blérancourt (AFB) annual gala held at a private club where Franck Laverdin, Chairman of the Board, and in absence Countess Dorothea de La Houssaye, President, received a crowd of friends among them, Jérémie Robert, Consul General of France in New York, Gaëtan Bruel, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy, Elizabeth Laluyaux, TRH Prince and Princess Dushan of Yugoslavia, David and Lisa Wolf, Raphael Mostel, Bénédicte de Montlaur and Keith Yazmir, Édouard Labouret, Marie-Laure de Bailliencourt, Olivier O’Mahony, Sophie Raubiet, HH Princess Caroline Murat and Antoine Turzi, Stephen Lash, Hunt Slonem, Mai Hallingby, Jean Shafiroff, Maïlys Vranken, Henry and Bernadette Watkins, Frédéric and Olga Rozé, Philippe and Carole Delouvrier, Eric Mourlot, Sonja Morgan, Olivier Miller-Cassegrain, Odile de Schietere-Longchampt, Alexandra Tierno Morris, Leah Pisar-Haas, Marie-Monique Steckel, Renee and Sumner Anderson, Danielle and Sean Barrett, James Gerard, Miles Morgan, Olivia Tournay Flatto, Carol-Ann Blinken, HRH Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, Jeri Sape and Simone Galton.
We are fortunate to be in a position to welcome back members and new friends at a gala setting with special performances by Jay Gottlieb.
To continue the tradition of further celebrating women like Anne Morgan and the 350 volunteers that brought American aid to the war-torn village of Blérancourt, the success of the evening was also made through forming strategic partnerships with female industry leaders. Tastings NYC | Soflo, founded by Alexandra Tierno Morris, created and prepared the menu of the dinner while all wine and champagne were sourced from Vranken Pommery Monopole, presiding under the leadership of President Maïlys Vranken.
AFB would like to give special thanks to Bernardaud for once again supporting the gala by presenting each honoree with an iconic gift to celebrate their award and Valmont for providing each guest a gift to take home in celebration of the opening of La Maison Valmont and Spa Valmont at The Carlyle. We also could not have done it without the patronage of individual guests and donors and all of our corporate sponsors. Un grand merci!
The proceeds of this successful evening will allow the purchase of an American symbolism masterpiece The Holy Woman (1900) by Anna Richards Brewster (1870-1952) for the Franco-American Museum, proving one more time that AFB’s support is constant over the years.
All photos by Patrick McMullan Company | Event featured in New York Social Diary
Special thank you to all of the Corporate Sponsors that supported the 2021 AFB Gala
