A Grange Evening at The Plaza
Last Friday evening, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) presented acclaimed French interior designer Jacques Grange with the 2014 Trophée des Arts and Internet entrepreneur Fabrice Grinda with the 2014 Pilier d’Or at The Plaza hotel in New York City.
“By honoring Jacques Grange and Fabrice Grinda, FIAF celebrates style and vision,” explained FIAF President Marie-Monique Steckel. “Style because they both have developed an acute sense of turning life into art; vision because they both help define what our world of tomorrow will look like.”
Upon receiving his 2014 Trophée des Arts, a very emotional Jacques Grange thanked his friends who have helped him throughout his New York journey.
Pilier d’Or 2014 Internet entrepreneur and angel investor Fabrice Grinda explained that failure is the road to success. “Once you lose that fear (of failure), you open yourself up to these amazing adventures,” Grinda told a packed ballroom at the Plaza hotel. The 2014 FIAF Trophée des Arts gala evening raised 1.2 Million dollars, which will support FIAF‘s educational and cultural programs and was co-chaired by Lauren Santo Domingo, Jeremy Levine, and Robert G. Wilmers.
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