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YOUNG FRIENDS OF SAVE VENICE
FUNDS VENETIAN MASTERWORKS RESTORATION WITH CELEBRATION IN HOUSTON By Elizabeth Elston
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n celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Save Venice, the leading American nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the artistic heritage of Venice, commemorative events are being organized worldwide to support important restorations of masterworks of Venetian art and architecture. In place of the annual Un Ballo in Maschera held in New York each year, Save Venice is hosting “50X50,” in a global scale with 50 parties in 50 cities across the globe to toast its accomplishments. Host and Houston Native, Skylar Pinchal, along with the Young Friends of Save Venice, led by Chair of the Young Friends Steering Committee, Lizzie Asher, held a cocktail party at the Cohen House at Rice University in Houston, TX. Steering committee members, Casey Kohlberg, Christina Senia and Mercedes de Guardiola joined Lizzie and Skylar, as well as Counselor Federico Ciattaglia, Consul General of Italy in Houston, who spoke during the event. The cocktail party was attended by approximately 70 guests who donned
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This page, top, Lizzie Asher, Counselor Federico Ciattaglia, Skylar Pinchal; bottom, Lizzie Asher; Opposite page clockwise from top left, Mindy Choate, Lanie Markam; Christiana Reckling, Elizabeth Carl, Mercedes de Guardiola, Casey Kohlberg, Christina Senia Lizzie Asher, Skylar Pinchal
Photos Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)
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