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KATIE FRANSON, ZACH JEPSON, MATL TURNER, ASHLYNN TURNER, STACIE VELEHRADSKY AND KYAN MITCHELL
FRONT ROW: OWEN TREIBER, JAMES HOFSTETTER, MITCH LINGO BACK ROW: SARAH SCHMITT, AMANDA TREIBER, IVY HOFSTTER AND MARK RATHOUZ
Over 400 young professionals danced, dined and sipped bubbly with good friends and great art at the Joslyn’s Young Art Patron’s EVE a New Year’s Gala at Joslyn Art Museum. This inaugural New Year’s Eve event was sponsored in part by HDR, Baird Holm, EG Integrated, Anchor Photo CO., CRAVE and FIAT of Omaha. EVE: a New Year’s Gala featured complimentary beer and wine from 9 to 10pm; hors d’oeuvers from CRAVE; complimentary midnight champagne toast and complimentary coat check and valet. DJ Stephen Bils kept the party going as he spun tunes all night!
ELIZABETH VANDEVEER, EMILY GORDON, RACHEL GALLAGHER AND CAROLYN FEELIC
NOEMI WELLS, JARA STURDIVANT-WILSON, KELLY WHELAN AND MOLLY MURPHY
MOLLY NEEDELMAN, SARA AND MICHAEL BREETZKE AND LAUREN TAYLOR
JEFF AND MARY SENFF WITH CURTISS AND MELISSA ROUTH
Proceeds from EVE: a New Year’s Gala provided funding to help cover transportation costs for schools to visit Joslyn Art Museum due to shrinking school budgets as well as helps to provide free Museum admission for Omaha Public School groups; docent-guided tours to enrich school curriculum and art-making for school groups to enhance gallery tours. Joslyn’s Young Art Patrons (YAP) is a membership group for young professionals in Omaha and surrounding metro area in their 20s through early 40s dedicated to celebrating, supporting, and promoting Joslyn Art Museum's education department. YAP members help to preserve the limitless possibilities of the arts by building a community of young art enthusiasts whose devotion to Joslyn Art Museum is vital now and in the years to come. For more information, contact Kenley Sturdivant-Wilson, Donor Relations Manager, kwilson@joslyn.org or (402) 661-3821. Follow YAP on Facebook and Twitter | @YAPJoslyn.
JOLENNE HOLLAND, ERICA CLAPP, LIZ NOSER AND JILL STANLEY
MARIE AND CHUCK FRAASS WITH CHRIS AND CLAIRE ACKER
JEANNIE HOLMES AND RACHEL GOLBERG
BRENDA ARD AND KATE RUNNING 50
Photography by roger Humphries
BECKY AND JOE LIEBENCRICT
metroMagazine • FeB 2013