PhilanthroPICS – NY: The Patti Smith Benefit Concert
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The Event: PATTI SMITH Live in Concert, A Benefit for The American Folk Art Museum
Espace, NYC – May 15, 2010
The Cause: To raise money for the American Folk Museum, which was founded in 1961 and has a large collection of folk art from the 18th century through the present day.
Event Co-Chairs: Peyton Cochran and Petra Levin
The Credentials:Rock legend Patti Smith performed an intimate concert at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, in celebration of writer/artist Henry Darger’s birthday. With his art featured in the museum through September in the exhibit “The Private Collection of Hendry Darger,” the deceased Darger’s birthday was celebrated on May 15th, despite the fact that nobody actually knows when his birthday was. It is thought to be April 12th, 1892. Other notable guests included singer Caroline Jones, who performed, as well as Betsey Johnson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Steven Sebring, and more.
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Photos by PATRICK MCMULLAN
