From Vision to Victory

Posted by New York Social Diary

The town is quietening down in advance of the 4th of July weekend, although this is New York and the town’s always around.

Findlay Galleries, for example, hosted a private cocktail reception at their East 57th Street gallery in support of the Lighthouse Guild and to welcome newly appointed President and CEO Thomas Panek.

Fred Clark, Vice President and Director, welcomed the guests who enjoyed a private viewing of luminous landscape painter Mary Sipp Green’s most recent work as well as a special exhibition of works by visually impaired teenage students of Lighthouse Guild’s Saturday Youth Program in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum.

Gallery owners, James Borynack and Adolfo Zaralegui, Lighthouse Guild’s Ambassadors at large and generous supporters helped make the memorable evening possible.

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Fred then welcomed longtime friend and champion of Lighthouse Guild, Marc Rosen, who thanked him and then remarked upon the exhibition of Lighthouse Guild’s youth participants.  Marc went on to introduce the Lighthouse Guild’s new President and CEO Thomas Panek, the first blind President in Lighthouse Guild’s history.

Thomas shared his vision for the organization and brought to life the opportunity to support young artists like those featured at the gallery. He recalled Lighthouse’s history as well as his own personal connection to art, while encouraging the guests to join him as he builds toward a bright future.

Among the guests were: Fred and Stephanie Clark, Elizabeth Kabler, Susan Gutfreund, Candace Bushnell, Dudley Stevens, Jonathan Marder, Marc Rosen, Matthew Tirschwell, Barbara Tober, Saundra Whitney, Lighthouse Guild President and CEO Thomas Panek, Dr Melissa Panek, Aeros Wang, Tom Gimbel, Valerie Chianuri, Sharon Bush and Bob Murray, Eric Maidenberg, Whitney Schott, Gigi and Harry Benson, Candace Post, Jim and Jemma Walden, Margo Langenberg, and Edgar Batista.

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