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private collectors and museums. More than 400 guests of the NSLM Gala enjoyed their preview of the works of Bierstadt, Audubon, Remington, Homer and Troye, as well as those of less-known artists. The combined effect illustrated how American animal and sporting artists evolved a unique national style, which was addressed in the lavishly illustrated catalog, replete with scholarly essays, making it an ideal keepsake or stocking stuffer for sporting art enthusiasts.
In his welcome to the gala’s guests, Manuel H. Johnson, chairman of the board, observed: “It is quite an accomplishment to create an environment that preserves historic works of art and reflects the character it seeks to protect.” The gala itself was a work of art, mastercrafted Virginia Fout, who flew in from Los Angeles where she runs V Productions and shows amateur owner hunters. One of Fout’s special touches involved greeting guests with champagne after they previewed the new museum and followed the short walk west to the turreted tents housing the gala. Fout and the gala co-chairs, Jacqueline
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At The Gala Clockwise from top left: Mary and Manuel H. Johnson, chairman of the NSLM board; NSLM board member and hosts of the carriage luncheon at LLangollen, Donald P.Brennan and Pat Brennan; Danielle Kazmier and Ronald M. Bradley; Misia Broadhead; F. Turner Reuter, Jr., guest curator and NSLM board member, and Jacqueline B. Mars, vice chairman of the board and gala co-chairman. Photos courtesy of National Sporting Library and Museum. Photos by Nate Jensen at natejensencreative.com
B. Mars, vice chairman of the board, and Anjela Guarriello, exercised exquisite attention to detail: from the black, white and silver décor to brilliantly colored bouquets to the images and shadow boxes. The multi-course meal was orchestrated with delightful paired wines. Dinner was followed by a fund-raising auction conducted by C. Hugh Hildesley of Sotheby’s for an African Temptations Safari. The Gene Donati Orchestra provided music for dining and for dancing when the guests cut some fancy figures until the magical evening came to an end. The NSLM Gala weekend concluded
with another coaching drive that followed a special route through Rokeby, the estate of the late Paul Mellon, who would be thrilled with the expansions to the “campus” of the National Sporting Library and Museum. Hopes run high that it will make educational history, luring people to Middleburg to feast on its unique offerings of literature, art, sport and rural lifestyles. The inaugural museum exhibit will be open to the public until January 14, 2012. Admission is free. For information, to arrange for groups, to secure a docent-guided tour, please visit: www.nsl.org.