DIPLOMATIC SPOTLIGHT Phillips Collection Annual Gala
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June 2011
From left, Lockheed Martin Vice President Bruce Tanner and his wife Vicki Tanner, the Phillips Collection Director Dorothy Kosinski, Trish Vradenburg, and Chairman of the Phillips Collection Board George Vradenburg attend the Phillips Collection Annual Gala celebrating “90 Years of New” at the Washington museum.
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Moroccan Ambassador Aziz Mekouar and his wife Maria Felice Mekouar celebrate the Phillips Collection’s 90th anniversary at its annual gala. The Phillips Collection debuted as America’s first museum of modern art in 1921.
From left, Ambassador of Luxembourg Jean-Paul Senninger, Ambassador of Norway Wegger Strommen, and Ambassador of Sweden Jonas Hafstrom catch up at the Phillips Collection Annual Gala.
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and his wife Annette Shelby arrive at the Phillips Collection Annual Gala, which featured dinner at the museum and desserts and dancing at the nearby Anderson House.
From left, Ambassador of Japan Ichiro Fujisaki and his wife Yoriko Fujisaki pose with former Afghan Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad and his wife Shamim at the Phillips Collection Annual Gala.
National Public Radio’s Nina Totenberg and her husband David Reines arrive at the Phillips Collection’s Annual Gala for a night of dinner and dancing celebrating the museum’s 90th anniversary.
From left, Mrs. and Ambassador of Sweden Jonas Hafstrom join founder of the Institute for Education coach Kathy Kemper at the Phillips Collection Annual Gala.
From left, Newsweek/Daily Beast board member and former Rep. Jane Harman, lobbyist Tony Podesta, Debbie Dingell and Heather Podesta chat at a reception amongst the modern masterworks of the Phillips Collection.
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Embassy Series at Germany Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan and his wife Veronica Valencia-Sarukhan attend the Phillips Collection Annual Gala, a blacktie event that featured a cocktail reception and dining among the masterpieces of the Phillips Collection.
From left Newsweek/Daily Beast board member and former Rep. Jane Harman, Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), and former U.S. Chief of Protocol Molly Raiser admire the art at the Phillips Collection on the occasion of its 90th anniversary.
From left, violinist Anjte Weithaas, Embassy Series Director Jerome Barry, violinist Christian Tetzlaff, and Ambassador of Germany Klaus Scharioth headline an Embassy Series concert held at the German ambassador’s residence.
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Chairwoman of Susan Davis International Susan Ann Davis, left, and Ambassador of Ireland Michael Collins attend “An Evening with Celtic Chefs,” hosted by the Washington Ireland Program at the St. Regis hotel to highlight Ireland’s most noted professional chefs.
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From left, Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-Penn.), Rep. Timothy Murphy (R-Penn.), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, , Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.), Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Penn.), and political columnist and commentator Mark Shields served as “sous chefs” and helped prepare dishes to raise money for the Washington Ireland Program.
Pati Jinich, second from right, is the host of the Mexican Cultural Institute’s cooking series “Pati’s Mexican Table” and now has her own weekly Saturday morning PBS television show (shown locally on Channel 26). She celebrated with Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, right, and her family — husband Daniel Jinich and sons Alan, Samuel and Julian — at a launch party (which also marked her birthday) held at the Mexican Cultural Institute.
Dr. Richard Huw Jones, left, greets Ambassador of Germany Klaus Scharioth and his wife Dr. Ulrike Scharioth at the birthday reception in honor of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands held at the Royal Dutch Embassy.
From left, Dr. Richard Huw Jones and Ambassador of the Netherlands Renée Jones-Bos greet Ambassador of Montenegro Srdjan Darmanovic at the official birthday celebration for Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands held at the Royal Dutch Embassy.
June 2011