The Montclair Art Museum Salutes a Century with Three Celebrations

MONTCLAIR, N.J. - March 19, 2014 - PRLog -- The celebrations continue at the Montclair Art Museum as MAM honors its Centennial Year. On Wednesday, April 9, 2014, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Museum presents Decades, A Century of Fashion, a lecture and luncheon featuring special guest speaker and art historian Cameron Silver. The Spring events will culminate on Saturday, April 26, with the Centennial Ball. Guests are invited to partake in the fun by dressing from their favorite decade for a chic soirée to celebrate art and fashion through the century. Cocktails will be held in Leir Hall at 6:30 p.m. inside the Museum followed by dinner in the Grand Tent at 8 p.m. on the front lawn and the Fashionably Late Dance Party at 9:30 p.m. in Leir Hall.

         Cameron Silver is a world-renowned designer, red carpet trendsetter, and owner of Decades; a couture vintage boutique that brought a new standard to everyday dress in Hollywood. The Museum welcomes Silver all the way from his L.A. hometown for a luncheon, lecture, and vintage trunk show of his rare couture finds. East coast residents can enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet Silver and shop his collection in-person during this specially curated event.

         Cameron Silver will take each guest though a century of fashion, which will include his inspiration on choosing the right garments for his celebrity clients, his red carpet commentary, and his most recent place in Hollywood as a Bravo hit reality television star on “The Duke of Melrose.”

         Guests can also partake in a luxury basket raffle from chic contributors throughout our area. Items include special packages from Steve Madden and Bangz Salon and Spa, and shopping sprees from Montclair boutiques such as Stella and Dot, Dot Reeder, Barbara Eclectic, and much more.Tickets start at $150 per person and are available at https://montclairartmuseum.org/celebrate100 (http://www.montclairartmuseum.org/).

         The Centennial Ball evening, led by Centennial Celebration Co-Chairs Lisa Amato and Lyn Reiter and Dinner Co-Chairs Elaine Pantages Conti and Gretchen Prater, will celebrate MAM’s past presidents and founders William T. Evans and Florence Rand Lang, as well as leaders who have helped transform the Museum galleries through the decades. A silent and live auction will also be held in celebration of art and the future it holds at the Museum with luxury gifts from H. Stern, Marchesa, and many more. Tickets to the Centennial Ball start at $500 per person and can be purchased at https://montclairartmuseum.org/celebrate100.php.

         In a nod to the next generation, twenty-something Co-Chairs Jennifer Conti and Cleo Davis-Urman created an “afterparty” portion to the night to attract a younger group of supporters as an extension of the grand gala. Led by their passion for the arts, fashion, and growing up in Montclair,  “Fashionably Late, A Party for The Young and Young at Heart,” was born.

         Not your grandmother’s gala was the mantra of Conti and Davis-Urman’s inspiration. The hipster haunt will include lounge style seating, music by New York City Celebrity DJ Gabriel Levy, and bites of comfort food delicacies from NYC eatery The Melt Shop, as well as street car eats from Applegate Farms.   City dwellers can attend “Fashionably Late” by boarding one of the private coach buses bound for Montclair on the night of the event.

         “Fashionably Late” will kick off on the same evening as the Centennial Ball on Saturday, April 26, at 9:30 p.m. and go until 1 a.m. in Leir Hall at the Montclair Art Museum. Tickets for the Fashionably Late Dance Party are included with your Centennial Ball purchase or can be purchased separately starting at $75 per person at https://montclairartmuseum.org/celebrate100.