Montecito Garden Party, Whiskey & Tea for The Santa Barbara Museum of Art. An Artful Affair
Celebrating ‘artful affairs’ with patrons and friends at a Montecito Garden Party For The Santa Barbara Museum of Art in the beautiful historic adobe home of Academy-nominated film Producer and author Tamara Asseyev and her husband Bertrand de Gabriac. Under the brilliant creative leadership of Eik Kahng, the Artful Affairs events took flight. Maienza-Wilson was delighted to co-host the event. We designed it and prepared all the party goodies with our friend Nancy Woods.
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The Artful Affairs series is to benefit the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and its collection. Set in brilliant interior design, 150-year-old California architecture, and vibrant garden design, our Whiskey and Tea event, went down in the books as a great early spring rite of passage. Friends, Marni Blau Margerum designer, stylist, and wine marketer; Will and Elisabeth Plummer, Santa Barbaran’s recently relocated from Shanghai; Lynn Cunningham-Brown, Chairperson of Pacific Pride Foundation, and Guy and Patricia de Gramont were just a few of the luminaries in attendance, and all the lovers of art, design and good food, made the Montecito Garden Party For Santa Barbara Museum of Art a success. The Lutah Riggs designed the architecture of Casa Antigua, and the Eric Nagelman designed gardens created a perfect setting for an early afternoon event that warmed the heart and soul, and honored the art and architecture of Santa Barbara and Montecito.