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2012
AWARD BENEFIT
and AUCTION
Sunday, September 23

Honoring:

Marilyn Kay Austin,
Renee Firestone,
Arline Fisch,
April Greiman,
Judith Hendler,
Gere Kavanaugh,
Cher Pendarvis
Deborah Sussman

Arline Fisch

Arline Fisch,
Photo: William Gullette, 2010

CALIFORNIA'S
DESIGNING
WOMEN

Gere Kavanaugh

Gere Kavanaugh
Photo: Nancy Louise Jones, 2011

Renee Firestone,
Photo: Bill Dow, 2009

Deborah Sussman,
Photo: Jim Simmons, 2009

April Greiman,
Photo Courtesy: Made in Space, 2009

Judith Hendler,
Photo: Mario Almaraz, 2012

Cher Pendarvis,
Photo: Bill Stern, 2011

Marilyn Kay Austin
Photo: Bill Stern, 2011

The Museum of California Design’s 2012 Award Benefit honored several of the designers whose work is included in CALIFORNIA’S DESIGNING WOMEN 1896-1986, our current exhibition at the Autry: Evelyn Ackerman, Marilyn Kay Austin, Renee Firestone, Arline Fisch, April Greiman, Judith Hendler, Gere Kavanaugh, Cher Pendarvis and Deborah Sussman. The Benefit was held on Sunday, September 23, from 2 to 5 PM in Los Angeles’ venerable Hancock Park area. This was a rare opportunity to experience an intact historic mansion from the Roaring 20s – designed by J. Ross Castendyck, the architect of Delores del Rio’s first home -- appropriately appointed with vintage furnishings and artworks.

The Museum’s 2012 Henry Award was presented to the honorees by Frances Anderton who is the host of KCRW’s DnA: Design and Architecture and a regular contributor to the New York Times.

Hansell House, c. 1928, Designed by J. Ross Castendyck

The Henry Award itself is an interpretation in Lucite by Charles Hollis Jones of the Roadside Barricade Light designed in 1967 by Henry Keck for Pasadena-based Keck-Craig, Inc. The Barricade Light, reduced to a circle and an almost square devoid of any unnecessary elements, is a paragon of modern design that was exhibited in California Design Ten at the Pasadena Museum of Art in 1968 and in LACMA’s 2012 exhibition California Design 1930-1965: Living In a Modern Way.

The event schedule included an Award presentation by Ms. Anderton, remarks by each of the designers, a live auction conducted by Peter Loughrey of Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) and a silent auction. The ceremony ended with CaliforniaSenator Curren D. Price, Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Arts presenting each of our awardees with a State of California Certificate of Recognition.

We are grateful to DEAN HANSELL for welcoming our guests to his remarkable home and gardens.

And we acknowledge the Participating Sponsorship of:

All photographs below were taken by Larry Underhill.

Welcome to our event.

Hansell house interior, Hancock Park, September 23

Hansell house interior, Hancock Park, September 23

Bill Stern, Executive Director of the Museum of California Design (MOCAD), with Peter Loughrey,
President of Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)

April Greiman, one of the honorees, and artist Peter Shire

Rick Cipra, Harper Noor, Louis Stern, Gerard O'Brien

The silent auction.

Lisa Berman and John Van Hamersveld

Charles Hollis Jones

April Greiman, Rebeca Mendez, Deborah Sussman, Gere Kavanaugh

The live auction

Peter Loughrey

Bill Stern and Deborah Sussman

Margaret Chen, Joel Chen, Fiona Chen

Bill Stern and Frances Anderton

Renee Firestone accepting the Henry Award, with Bill Stern and Frances Anderton

Senator Curren Price, presenting the Certificate
of Recognition to the eight honorees.

Left to right:
Frances Anderton, host of KCRW Radio's DnA: Design and Architecture, Marilyn Kay Austin, Cher Pendarvis, Renee Firestone, Gere Kavanaugh, Bill Stern, executive director Museum of California Design, April Greiman, California Senator Curren D. Price, Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Arts, Deborah Sussman, Arline Fisch, Judith Hendler