Elytis’s watercolor Seafloor II
Join us on on February 27, 2012 as we celebrate Kathara Deftera, the end of carnival and the beginning of Lent, a Greek Orthodox national holiday coinciding with the first hints of spring.
This year the event will be held for the first time at the highly rated Kellari Taverna in midtown Manhattan. Traditional Greek specialty dishes for Lent will be prepared by Executive Chef Gregory Zapantis. View the complete menu.
Music will once again be provided by the popular Gregory Maninakis and Mikrokosmos Ensemble
All proceeds support the Gennadius Library, a national treasure of Greece and a world-renowned center for the study of Hellenism from antiquity to the present containing some 120,000 rare books, archives, manuscripts, and research volumes illuminating all periods of Greek history and civilization.
Open seating tickets will be priced at $300/person with Young Friends seating (i.e., those under 40 years of age) for $160/person. Reservations may also be made for a table seating 6 up to 12 people. All seats must be reserved and paid for in advance of the event. For more information contact Jane Goble at 609-683-0800 ext. 14, or jgoble@ascsa.org. Download the invitation.
Auction to Benefit the Gennadius Library
Please come to enjoy the evening and participate in a lively auction with guest auctioneer Suzanne Perrault of PBS’s ANTIQUES ROADSHOW.
Auction items include:
Two weeks at Rigonou House, Camaret-sur-Mer, Brittany, France. Charming 17th century farmhouse with modern kitchen/dining area, four bedrooms, two baths and living room. Dates by arrangement with owner.
Starting Bid $1,000
Estimated Value: $2,000
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“Epidauros, August 1954” by Robert A. McCabe. Framed, limited edition silver print (50 x 50 cm) depicting a performance of Euripides” Hippolytos in the ancient theater. This photograph was first published in Margaret Bieber’s The History of the Greek and Roman Theater (Princeton 1961) and was also reproduced on the dust jacket.
Starting Bid: $2,500
Estimated Value: $3,000
(see photo in slideshow below)
About the artist: Robert A. McCabe is the President of the Board of Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and has served as a Trustee of the School since 1969. He is Chairman of Pilot Capital Corporation, founded in 1987 as a New York-based venture capital firm. Mr. McCabe is also a highly acclaimed photographer whose work has been exhibited in many venues and widely published. His books include the best-selling Greece: Images of an Enchanted Land 1954–1965, published in 2004. He and his Athens-born wife Dina reside in New York and Athens.
Three-course dinner by Kellari’s Executive Chef Gregory Zapantis prepared at your home for a party of six. Just supply the ingredients!
Starting Bid: $1,000
Estimated Value: Priceless
“2 Gi” by Filippos Fexis. 2006, digitally remastered print on Fabriano paper (100.4 x 70.2 cm).
Starting Bid $500
Estimated Value: $1,300
(see photo in slideshow below)
About the artist: Born in Athens, Filippos Fexis studied painting, theory of color, graphic arts, sculpture and history of art at the Brighton Polytechnic (1978) and the Brassey Art Institute (1978–1979) in Sussex, as well as at Byam Shaw School of Art (1980–1985) and the Royal College of Art (1984) in London. He had his first one-man exhibition at Argostoli (Cephalonia) in 1997, having already participated to group shows since 1984. Other solo and group exhibitions followed both in Greece and abroad. He has also been involved in stage scenery and costume design for television and movie productions, as well as in the illustration of books. He has taught painting at the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens. His work is part of the school of representative chromatic expressionism. He lives and works in Athens.
Complimentary 3-night stay at the Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel in a double deluxe room for two (breakfast included).
Starting Bid $500
Estimated Value: $900
See hotel website.
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