Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club

The 2013 Kips Bay Designer Showhouse

The 41st Annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House opened its door last Tuesday, May 7th and will stay open to the public until Tuesday, June 4th. Eighteen of the nation’s most celebrated interior designers and architects participated in this year’s show house. Each designer spent weeks transforming an assigned space of the impressive Sharp Townhouse, at 161 East 64th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues in one of New York City’s most picturesque neighborhoods.

The 2013 participating designers and architects include: Andrew Suvalsky Designs, Barbara Ostrom Associates, Christopher Peacock, Dineen Architecture + Design PC, Eve Robinson Associates, Felicia Zwebner Design, Garcia / Maldonado, Inc., Gomez Associates, Huniford Design Studio, Jack Levy Design, Judy King Interiors, Kathryn M. Ireland Textiles & Design, Kristen McGinnis Design Inc., Monica Rich Kosann Photography, Nievera Williams Design, Robert Brown Interior Design, Sara Story Design, Stephen Mooney Interiors, West Chin Architect, PLLC.

“We are honored to have such an accomplished team of designers and architects and look forward to seeing how each chooses to transform their assigned room. With this impressive team, we hope to surpass this year’s fund-raising goal for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club which has a tremendous impact on both our region and the nation’s youth.” Bunny Williams, celebrated interior designer, and this year’s showhouse chair.

GARDEN DESIGN

Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse

Clockwise: David Patrick Columbia and Vyna St. Phard (Doyle New York), Felicia Zwebner, Bryant Keller, Jennifer Duneier (Irene Mamiye Gallery), Thom Filicia (Mandarin Hotel), Solstiss Lace showroom, Nicky Haslam and Vyna St. Phard (Baroncelli), Irene Mamiye

and Stephen Dweck (Irene Mamiye Gallery).

Kips Bay President’s Dinner

One week ago at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the annual Kips Bay President’s Dinner raised over $500,000 for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. It was a great evening that gathered New York’s influencers and design elite including Dennis Basso, Somers and Jonathan Farkas, Tony Ingrao, Randy Kemper, Vicente Wolf, Thom Filica, Bunny Williams, Margaret Russell, Mario Buatta, Richard and Marcia Mishaan, Jim Lebenthal, and James Huniford, among many others. The Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club choir also treated guests to two performances throughout the evening, the first was ’96,000’ from the Broadway hit In The Heights, the second was ‘The Prayer’, originally performed by Andrea Bocelli.

James Druckman, Tony Ingrao, Margaret Russell, Randy Kemper, Richard Mishaan, Jennifer Steinbrenner, Bunny Williams, Jamie Drake, Daniel Quintero

Tony Ingrao, Margaret Russell, Randy Kemper

Richard Mishaan, Margaret Russell

Thom Filicia

Bunny Williams

Richard Mishaan, Marcia Mishaan

Mario Buatta, Patricia Sovern

Susan Henshaw Jones, James Lebanthal

Jennifer Steinbrenner, Daniel Quitero

Michael Bruno, Lizzy Fraser, Mario Buatta

Kips Bay Boys & Girls

Photo courtesy Patrick McMullan

Irene Mamiye Soho Gallery Opening

New York-based artist Irene Mamiye opens a gallery space at 89 Spring Street in Soho to showcase her fine art photography, furniture from the Chroma Collection, design and video. Mamiye is best known for incorporating various digital imaging techniques into her fine art photography. Inspired by light, color and movement, her work explores the intricate relationship between her complex personal history, the camera’s unique relation to reality, and the visionary possibilities of digital imaging. Mamiye’s work has been exhibited in prestigious national venues, including: Phillips De Pury & Company, Sotheby’s, Art Basel/Miami, HW Gallery in Naples, Hamburg Kennedy NY and East Hampton, 212 Gallery in Aspen, and Cheryl Hazan Gallery NY.