PRESENTED BY HANCOCK WHITNEY

Friday, September 23, 2022
Patron Party | 7 pm
Garden Party | 8–11 pm

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

2022 LOVE Co-Chairs
Sarah and Marshall Hevron | Taylor and Martin Pospisil

NVC Chair
Rebecca Friedman

Join us in celebrating the return of LOVE in the Garden on Friday, September 23, 2022 in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. For over fifteen years, LOVE in the Garden has celebrated the arts in New Orleans, and this year, guests will enjoy a fun and festive evening with drinks, live entertainment, and culinary offerings provided by local restaurants and caterers. Funds raised at LOVE in the Garden guarantee the future success of the museum by providing crucial general operating support to NOMA, allowing us to serve our community with vital art, education, and programmatic initiatives.

For more information about LOVE in the Garden, please email [email protected] or call 504.658.4121.

LOVE is a NOMA fundraiser. In the event of inclement weather or any unforeseen reason that NOMA is unable to hold LOVE, your ticket purchase or sponsorship will be considered a 100% tax-deductible donation to NOMA. LOVE is a rain or shine event. Tickets are non-refundable.

NOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors, staff, and community, and we will continue to follow state and City of New Orleans’ public health guidance for COVID-19 restrictions. Current information is available at noma.org/visit/covid-19-safety-guidelines.

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Entertainment by the Bucktown All-Stars

Established in 1992, The Bucktown All-Stars are a brass-driven New Orleans party band specializing in 1960s classic R&B and soul, ’70s funk and New Orleans jams. Multi-year winner of Gambit’s Readers Poll in “Best Band That Doesn’t Fit Any Of These Categories” and ten-time winner of the prestigious Offbeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, the horn-powered All-Stars’ New Orleans shows are legendary in the Crescent City. Raspy vocals, rollicking piano, and a corrupt horn section fuel an unorthodox mix of second line funk and Motown soul.

TICKETS

Patron Party | 7–11 pm

$125 for members, $150 for non-members

Garden Party | 8–11 pm

$75 for members, $100 for non-members

PURCHASE TICKETS

RESERVED SEATING – SPONSORSHIPS

Contributor | $350 for Two Seats, $175 for One Seat

• Recognition as Contributor of the event
• Reserved seating with one (1) or two (2) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
• Sponsor recognition on table signage, printed invitation and on NOMA website

CONTRIBUTOR FOR TWO CONTRIBUTOR FOR ONE

Benefactor | $1,000

• Recognition as Benefactor of the event
• Reserved table with six (6) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
• Sponsor recognition on table signage, printed invitation and on NOMA website

BECOME A BENEFACTOR

For more sponsorship opportunities, please see below. 

LOVE is a NOMA fundraiser. In the event of inclement weather or any unforeseen reason that NOMA is unable to hold LOVE, your ticket purchase or sponsorship will be considered a 100% tax-deductible donation to NOMA. LOVE is a rain or shine event. Tickets are non-refundable.

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Participating Restaurants

Arnaud’s Restaurant	Chef Bryon Peck, Elizabeth’s Restaurant	Nothing Bundt Cakes – Metairie
Aunt Sally’s Pralines	Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse	Silk Road
The Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar	Frey Smoked Meat Co.	Southern Candymakers
Blue Oak BBQ	Highly Seasoned Catering, LLC	The Station Coffee Shop and Bakery
Café Degas	Larder Gourmet Market + Eatery	St. James Cheese Company
Café NOMA and Ralph Brennan Catering at NOMA	Lula Restaurant Distillery	Swiss Confectionery
Crescent City Brewhouse	Mandina’s	The Vintage

Seventh Annual LOVE Cocktail Challenge Sponsored By

Featuring 5 craft cocktails from the city’s most creative bartending talents.
Each bartender will create a unique drink inspired by a variation of LOVE.

FORBIDDEN LOVE – LOVE/HATE – LUST – UNCONDITIONAL LOVE – UNREQUITED LOVE

Erika Flowers | Turning Tables

Jeri Guilford | Turning Tables

Jeremiah Simmons | U.S. Bartenders’ Guild

Nate Usrey | Barman’s Fund

Desi Villarreal | U.S. Bartenders’ Guild

THANK YOU TO OUR CURRENT SPONSORS

Presenting Sponsor

Gold

Walda Besthoff

Silver

J. Edgar Monroe Foundation
Preservation Hall and The Jaffe Family
Permele and Garner Robinson
Jane and Rodney Steiner

Bronze

Eileen and Joseph Devall
Katherine and Tony Gelderman
Katie and Gray Stream
Lele and Brent Wood

Benefactors

Gail and Nick Asprodites	Ray Lagasse	Donna and Benjamin Rosen
Ellen and Mac Ball	Martha and John Landrum	Pam and Bill Ryan and Family
Cathy and Morris Bart	Sally and Jay Lapeyre	Julia and Bo Sanders
Valerie A. Besthoff	Beth and Austin Lavin	Lisa and David Schlakman
Pamela Buckman	Lee Ledbetter and Associates	Mimi Moyse Schlesinger and Claude Schlesinger
Dr. Laura Finn and Nigel Campbell	Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Lupo	Robyn and Andrew Schwarz
Crescent Sound & Light	Sheldon Lykes	Tod and Kenya Smith
Sally Duplantier Family	Diana and Chip Mann	Susu and Andrew Stall
Julie and Ted George	Jennifer and Todd Marshall	Pamela and Robert Steeg
Jennifer and Fred Heebe	Kay McArdle	Stone Pigman Walther Wittman LLC
The Helis Foundation	Elizabeth and Willy Monaghan	Janis van Meerveld and Charles Cerise
Sarah and Marshall Hevron	Mullin	VGP Project Management
Miriam Hollar and Thomas Schulingkamp	Geoffrey Philabaum and Jacob Anderson	Lynda and Irving Warshauer
Anne Kock	Susanne and David Purvis	Zemurray Foundation
James Kock	Rose Wellness

Contributors

Laura M. Avery	Donna D. Flowers	Dr. Robert and Beverly Matheney
Sara Arguello	Rene J.L. Fransen and Edward C. Bonin	Aylett and Matt Mazzarell
Mary Beth Benjamin	Rebecca Friedman and Aran Toshav	Monarch Technology
Dr. and Mrs. Ted Bloch	Becky and Warren Gottsegen	Barbara and Biff Motley
Elizabeth A. Boh	Sonia Gupta	Robin O’Bannon and Richard Bertram
Dina and Micah Bradley	Claudio Hemb	Katie Paternostro Realtor, RE/MAX LIVING
Vivian and Richard Cahn	Dr. Chelsea V. James	Marilyn Pelias, MD and Will Kirchheimer
Jean F. Caillouet, CPA	Sara and David Kelso	Dr.’s Richard and Lisa Robbins
Christine Carlomagno	Lana Konrad and Belle Chasse Marine Transportation	Steven Rogers and Brigitte DeSpanie-Rogers
Gretchen and Edgar Chase	Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Krane	Suzanne and Bob Thomas
Sheila and Hugh Collins	Lagniappe Counseling	Diane and Hughes Walmsley
Melissa H. Dovie	Sarah and Adam Laurie	Vanessa G. Whipple
Dr. Amanda Singleton Eymard	Steve and Katy Lim	Jonathan and Laura Wilt
Bart and Cherise Farris	Dreda and Conor Lutkewitte	David and Ann Williams

LOVE Committee

Kimberly Allen	Carroll Gelderman and Emory Zimmer	Kay McArdle
Kim Barnett	Elizabeth Grimes	Kathleen Mix
Julian and Charlene Baudier	Karen Gundlach	Geoffrey Philabaum
Mary Beth Benjamin	Jessie Scott Haynes	Douglas Plymale, J.D., Ph.D.
Miranda and Paul Celestre	Liz Hefler	Elizabeth Ryan
Laura and Jeff Clayman	Ann Heslin	Mimi Schlesinger
Kathy Cooke	Anne Kock	Melanie Sheen
Blaire and Hartley Crunk	Beth and Austin Lavin	Carol Short
Jack Normandie	Holly and Landon Loomis	Ashleigh Tuozzolo
Melissa Dovie	Dreda and Conor Lutkewitte	Karen Villavaso
Ann Duffy and John Skinner	Celeste Marshall	Diane Walmsley
Katherine Duncan	Cammie Mayer	Melissa and Bryant York
Rebecca Friedman	Aylett and Matt Mazzarell

Media Sponsors

Special Thanks

The Court of Two Sisters

Galatoire’s Restaurant

Jennifer O’Blenis, U.S. Bartenders’ Guild

The Steak Knife