FEATURED EVENT: Hamptons Fundraiser Benefits Not-For-Profit Arts Organization

July 2006 | Posted in Featured Events, Jazz Capital Events News

Jazz Capital Events Worked Closely With The Art For Progress Founder to Deliver Custom Entertainment

It was a busy night for high-profile parties in the Hamptons last Saturday, but not-for-profit arts organization Art For Progress was determined to make their event stand out, with entertainment by Jazz Capital Events.

Jazz Capital Events worked directly with Art For Progress (AFP) founder Frank Jackson, as well as AFP artists Martin Deegan and Gabe Kirchheimer, to put together a program of exciting young musicians. The goal was to put together a fundraiser event that was part party, part performance, and part gallery showing. The only problem was that AFP’s budget was already stretched.

Inspired by the creativity of the AFP mission, Jazz Capital came through to deliver not one, but two great bands: an abbreviated version of its most popular group, The Cultures of Rhythm, along with an up-and-coming NYC-based Israeli punk blues trio, NaNuchKa.

The event was a success, and even got coverage in the exclusive Hamptons online page Hamptons.com: “[Saturday] was the rocking affair “Mesmerize: A Midsummer’s Night with Art For Progress” at the home of Vincent Falasco, founder of the interior design firm Falasco & Smith. Art For Progress (AFP) is a nonprofit art organization based in New York City.

AFP founder Frank Jackson is committed to the cultivation and support of visual and performing artists and not only raising the awareness of arts education in public schools but also bringing their artists to the schools. For this fundraising bash Jackson and his crew, transformed four rooms of the elegant mansion into galleries showing their artists work with impromptu performance art pieces popping all over.

The party started in the front lawn and wrapped around the house, where fashion installations of silk scarves and art displays beckoned guests to venture up the hill to the patio in the back. Local wine and even a wine sorbet were big hits as “The Cultures of Rhythm” filled the night with jazz, inspiring even a bit of improv performance art from dancer Patrice Miller.

Thanks to David Catania, of Mae de Ouro, the Brazilian cachaca was flowing copiously loosing up inhibitions so that at lest a dozen guests dove fully clothed into the pool. We remained a bit reserved and only dipped our tootsies as we cheered the others.”

For special event planners, time and time again, Jazz Capital Events has proven to be a creative, dependable source for customizing event entertainment with no hassle. Jazz Capital is the best source of NYC-based live music for events because it has the largest pool of real musicians and bands. These are not “weekend musicians”. Our professional bands and musicians work full time as musicians, touring the world, teaching, and performing right here in New York at famous venues like the Blue Note and the Village Vanguard. For organizations that can’t afford to book our most popular event bands, Jazz Capital can offer up-and-coming artists from deep within the NYC scene to make any event feel like like it’s top-notch. Professional, talented, tasteful, and special, Jazz Capital Events artists will take your fundraiser to the next level.

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About Art For Progress:

Art for Progress is committed to celebrating the arts, cultivating emerging artists, and developing a diverse, creative community with an on-line presence. We believe that the arts are a vital part of our culture, one that unifies, inspires, and also encourages us to achieve new ground in thought, perception, and practice.

An important part of our work, therefore, is to make the world of the arts as accessible as possible to artists, art-goers, and the general public. We achieve this goal by organizing captivating events that involve multiple artistic mediums, including performance, music, fashion, and the visual arts in both traditional venues, such as galleries and museums, as well as non-traditional spaces, such as popular nightclubs and lounges.

In December 2006, Art For Progress launched its art education program which focuses on providing educational workshops to children in the most under-served communities of New York City. AFP offers programs designed with varied activities, objectives and outcomes. The programs all share a common goal in supporting the arts in learning, while their diverse structure is created to suit the needs of any organization, school or community.