SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN
MAY 16th, 2023 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Join us for an engaging conversation with Sarah Hoover,
led by CeCe Barfield.

Sarah Hoover
Art Dealer
CeCe Barfield
Interior Designer

About SarahHoover

For almost 15 years, Hoover served as a dealer, artist liaison and director at Gagosian, the largest and most prominent international gallery. Managing a diverse group of artists ranging from classically trained contemporary painters of the natural world, to photographers capturing large scale industrial images, Hoover’s role included curatorial advising for those artists, acquisitions guidance on the primary and secondary markets for private and institutional clients, all aspects of collection management, appraisals, research, and writing.

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She holds a masters degree in Cultural Theory from Columbia and a BA in Art History from NYU, and was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, a community she remains involved with and connected to, sitting as an advisory member on the board of the Patachou Foundation, an Indianapolis-based non profit which aims to cultivate an equitable future for youth by amplifying their access to and education about food.

 

In New York, Sarah straddles the art, fashion, dance, food, non profit and literary worlds. She co-founded the Accelerator Committee at American Ballet Theater, which encourages cross pollination between the arts, fashion, film, and female-led choreographic initiatives. She sits on the board of Art Production Fund, which curates and produces public art projects across America. Coalition for the Homeless and Sky High Farm Foundation are other non profits with which she partners to help with fundraising and advocacy. This summer, Sarah taught the course “Art History of the Exploited Feminist Self” at Barnard College, and will return in 2023.

Sarah is currently working on a memoir about her experience with pregnancy, motherhood, the art world, and the oppressive aspects of patriarchy.

A prolific essayist, you can find her newest work on vogue.com.


A television series based on Sarah’s forthcoming book has been optioned by MakeReady, where the pilot is well underway.

 

Sarah has been featured in The Cut, Vogue, Grub Street, Vanity Fair, the NYT, and Noor Tagouri’s The Process podcast, among others.

 

About CeCe Barfield

CeCe Barfield Inc.. is a full service interior design firm based in New York City. CeCe Barfield Thompson, a former Senior Designer at Bunny Williams, Inc, launched her eponymous firm in October 2016. She holds a Master’s Degree from Pratt Institute in Interior Architecture and also completed course work in Historic Preservation. 

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Beginning her career at Vogue, CeCe specializes in crafting spaces that are high in style, but not in pretense.  CeCe creates sophisticated, fresh and one-of-a-kind living spaces — using old, new, inherited and found pieces — that carefully marry the designer’s style with the client’s individuality.

In New York, Sarah straddles the art, fashion, dance, food, non profit and literary worlds. She co-founded the Accelerator Committee at American Ballet Theater, which encourages cross pollination between the arts, fashion, film, and female-led choreographic initiatives. She sits on the board of Art Production Fund, which curates and produces public art projects across America. Coalition for the Homeless and Sky High Farm Foundation are other non profits with which she partners to help with fundraising and advocacy. This summer, Sarah taught the course “Art History of the Exploited Feminist Self” at Barnard College, and will return in 2023.

Sarah is currently working on a memoir about her experience with pregnancy, motherhood, the art world, and the oppressive aspects of patriarchy.

A prolific essayist, you can find her newest work on vogue.com.

A television series based on Sarah’s forthcoming book has been optioned by MakeReady, where the pilot is well underway.

Sarah has been featured in The Cut, Vogue, Grub Street, Vanity Fair, the NYT, and Noor Tagouri’s The Process podcast, among others.

 

Thank you to our Luncheon Committee

LUNCHEON CHAIR

Marie Mays

 

LUNCHEON COMMITTEE 

Jennifer McCord Anderson
Nicola Bathie
Carla Brozovich
Ashley Friedman
Adrianna Grossman
Christina Ketabchi
Joanne Lawton
Kathleen LeFlore
Carolina Lewis
Sallie Lewis
Kourtney Little
Claire Cavender McNab
Clara Ostrander
Emilie Herrmann Petty
Ashley Quintanilla
Allison Reyes
Corinna Holt Richter
Megan Steves
Lisa Westmoreland
Karen Lee Zachry

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Level 1

$3,000
Includes premier luncheon seating and valet parking for ten guests
 
Ten autographed copies of Sam Sifton’s “The New York Times No-Recipe Recipes”
 
Recognition at the luncheon

 

Ten group tickets to a ’22-’23 Ballet San Antonio show of your choice at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts with five complimentary valet parking passes

 
A VIP backstage tour prior to the performance (evenings only and pre-registration required)

Level 2

$5,000
Includes premier luncheon seating for ten guests
 
Ten autographed copies of Sam Sifton’s “The New York Times No-Recipe Recipes”
 
Recognition at the luncheon
 
Four group tickets to a ’22-’23 Ballet San Antonio show of your choice at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts with two complimentary valet parking passes.

Level 3

$7,500
Includes preferred luncheon seating for ten guests
 
Five autographed copies of Sam Sifton’s “The New York Times No-Recipe Recipes”
 
Recognition at the luncheon
 
Two group tickets to a ’22-’23 Ballet San Antonio show of your choice at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts with one complimentary valet parking pass.

Level 4

$10,000
Includes premier luncheon seating for ten guests
 
Ten autographed copies of Sam Sifton’s “The New York Times No-Recipe Recipes”
 
Recognition at the luncheon
 
Four group tickets to a ’22-’23 Ballet San Antonio show of your choice at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts with two complimentary valet parking passes.

May 16th, 2023

The San Antonio Botanical Garden

11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Questions? Please call or email Sarah Dalmolin

at (210) 404-9641 orm s.dalmolin@balletsanantonio.org

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS

One individual ticket for yourself or a guest.

DANCER TICKET

One individual ticket for a BSA Dancer to join you at your table.

Book Purchase

Reserve your copy of MODERN LOVE

Gift to BSA

Unable to attend but would like to make a tax-deductible gift.