Inaugural Year
The Philip Johnson Glass House, a National Trust Historic Site, celebrated its public opening with an Inaugural Gala Picnic on June 23, 2007, allowing guests an unprecedented opportunity to experience the visionary 47-acre site, located in New Canaan, CT, designed by Philip Johnson. Oldcastle Glass was the inaugural sponsor of this historic event. All proceeds from the inaugural events will go toward the purchase of 4 acres to the north of the site to protect the viewshed from the Glass House against future development.
GLASS HOUSE OPENINGS: A Film Project
To capture the inspired reflections from guests who attended the opening of this National Trust Historic Site, a film project Glass House Openings, was launched on the occasion of the Glass House's 2007 Inaugural Gala Picnic. Film Director: Rafael Esquer of Alfalfa Studio.
INAUGURAL YEAR DONORS
Inaugural Year Gala Underwriters
Oldcastle Glass
Sotheby's
Inaugural Year Donors
Art Basel • Marshall Allan + Karen LaGatta •Kay Bearman • Bob + Susan Bishop • Betty Branch • Douglas Marshall Brinkley • Carolyn Brody • Arthur + Lyn Chivvis • Andrew Clarkson • Cultural Landscape Foundation • Jenny Emerson • Mark + Bobbie Fisher • Impala Asset Management • Johan + Kristen Eveland • Peter Malkin • Merritt Parkway Conservancy • Robert A.M. Stern Architects • Tiffany & Co. • Sotheby's • Yale School of Architecture
Visitor Center Sponsors
Knoll, Inc. • FSB Fixtures • Interface-FLOR
June 23, 2007
The Event
Photos©Patrick McMullan- Will Ragozzino/PMc
Photos © Steve Brosnahan
The People
from left to right: (1) Trevor Carlson, executive director of the Merce Cunningham Dance Co.; Christy MacLear, executive director of the Philip Johnson Glass House (2) Adam Fisher; and Yves Behar, founder of San Francisco-based fuseproject (3) Christy MacLear; Rosamond Bernier; John Russell (4) Christophe de Menil
from left to right: (1) Jennifer Van Etten; Philip Dempsey, a Philip Johnson nephew; Elizabeth Lorig (2) Helen Klisser During; Frances Palmer, a potter whose work is featured in the Glass House Shop (3) Jason Kaufman; Jan Rothschild, Vice President for Communications at the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Wim de Whitt,Getty Research Institute; (4) Ron Radziner, L.A.based architect and principal at Marmol Radziner; Julius Shulman, legendary architectural photographer
from left to right: (1) Peter Stamberg; Julius Shulman (2) Artists Frank Stella and Jasper Johns (3) Rod Waywell;, Lisa Dennison, Director of the Guggenheim Museum in New York; and Ted Hathaway, CEO of Oldcastle Glass
Photos © Patrick McMullan–Will Ragozzino/PMc
from left to right: (1) Merce Cunningham; Christy MacLear (2) Christy MacLear; Mary Warburg (3) An interview (4) Cecily Brown and Nicolai Ouroussoff, New York Times architecture critic, inside the Glass House
Photos © Steve Brosnahan
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