Celebrating 160 years & beyond! - Moore College of Art and Design
Celebrating 160 years & beyond! - Moore College of Art and Design
Celebrating 160 years & beyond! - Moore College of Art and Design
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Fall 2008<br />
Mary McFadden<br />
VISIONARY WOMAN AWARD<br />
SPONSORS<br />
FOUNDING SPONSOR<br />
The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation<br />
VISIONARY<br />
Penelope P. Wilson<br />
INNOVATORS<br />
Comcast Family <strong>of</strong> Companies<br />
LEADERS<br />
Blank Rome LLP<br />
Frances R. Graham ’66 <strong>and</strong> William Graham<br />
PNC Bank<br />
<strong>Moore</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong> & <strong>Design</strong> is<br />
honoring world-renowned fashion designer<br />
Mary McFadden as the 2008 recipient <strong>of</strong><br />
its annual Visionary Woman Award. She<br />
will receive the award on September 24.<br />
Proceeds from the gala go to the Visionary<br />
Woman Award Scholarship Fund.<br />
Mary McFadden is known for her<br />
exquisite personal style <strong>and</strong> unique<br />
creative design talent, which she brought<br />
to life most notably through women’s<br />
fashion, but also through textile design,<br />
jewelry, costume crafting <strong>and</strong> interior<br />
styling. Influenced by her global travel,<br />
McFadden is considered a “design<br />
archeologist.” Her signature look was<br />
admired <strong>and</strong> adopted by women such as<br />
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.<br />
“We are honored to have Mary<br />
McFadden – a true creative icon – as<br />
a central part <strong>of</strong> our <strong>160</strong>th anniversary<br />
celebration,” says <strong>Moore</strong> President<br />
Dr. Happy Craven Fern<strong>and</strong>ez. “She<br />
embodies the possibilities <strong>of</strong> what a<br />
talented, determined <strong>and</strong> confident<br />
woman can achieve in the world <strong>of</strong> art a<br />
nd design.”<br />
As part <strong>of</strong> <strong>Moore</strong>’s <strong>160</strong>th anniversary,<br />
McFadden will install Goddesses, an<br />
exhibition <strong>of</strong> her designs <strong>and</strong> personal<br />
textile collection in The Galleries at<br />
<strong>Moore</strong>, which will run August 28 to<br />
December 6, 2008. She will also present<br />
two free public lectures: the Zeidman<br />
Lecture with <strong>Moore</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Jill Furst<br />
<strong>and</strong> Michael Olszewski moderated by<br />
Gallery Director Lories Mertes on<br />
September 24, <strong>and</strong> a second Goddesses,<br />
Symbols <strong>and</strong> Ancient Textiles on November<br />
18, 2008. She will return to Philadelphia<br />
on May 16, 2009, when she will be a guest<br />
judge at <strong>Moore</strong>’s Spring Fashion Show.<br />
PACESETTERS<br />
American International Group, Inc.<br />
The Bank <strong>of</strong> New York Mellon<br />
Janice <strong>and</strong> <strong>Art</strong> Block<br />
Campbell Soup Company<br />
Chubb Group <strong>of</strong> Insurance Companies<br />
Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP<br />
L. F. Driscoll Co.<br />
Happy <strong>and</strong> Dick Fern<strong>and</strong>ez<br />
Fox Rothschild<br />
Penny <strong>and</strong> Bob Fox<br />
Sis <strong>and</strong> Ray Grenald<br />
Hangley,Aronchik, Segal & Pudlin<br />
Bonnie <strong>and</strong> David Joseph<br />
Keystone Outdoor Advertising Company, Inc.<br />
Rochelle Levy ’79 <strong>and</strong> Robert Levy<br />
McDonald's Philadelphia Region<br />
McFadden, Pilkington & Ward LLP<br />
McGinn Security<br />
Elizabeth <strong>and</strong> Colin Oerton<br />
PECO<br />
Pepper Hamilton LLP<br />
Philadelphia Eagles<br />
Adele K. <strong>and</strong> Harold Schaeffer<br />
Wm. A.J. Shaeffer Sons, Inc<br />
Spring Garden Construction<br />
Frances <strong>and</strong> Bayard Storey<br />
Verizon<br />
Dimitri J.Ververelli, Inc.<br />
FRIENDS<br />
Dr. Carolyn T. Adams<br />
Add Gerry <strong>and</strong> Dick Fox<br />
Mindy Glassman ’72<br />
Graboyes Commercial Window Co.<br />
INTECH Construction, Inc.<br />
Deborah Larkin ’70<br />
Leslie <strong>and</strong> Andrew Price<br />
Saul Ewing LLP<br />
List as <strong>of</strong> August 1, 2008<br />
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