2010 Young Fellows Ball

To mark the Frick’s anniversary in 2010, the museum has created a year-long series of celebrations, programs, and new offerings, the true kick-off of which was the Diamond Deco Ball on February 25. This keenly anticipated event was the eleventh annual fundraiser hosted by the museum’s Young Fellows. As was the case this winter, the Young Fellows Ball is frequently heralded by The New York Times as one of the “Most Memorable Parties of the Year.” In 2010, the museum turned the clock back seventy-five years for an elegance-infused art deco soiree, the core of which occurred in the Garden Court and Music Room, which were added to the residence in 1935 by the celebrated architect John Russell Pope. Despite the severe and worsening snowstorm that raged throughout the afternoon and all evening (shutting Fifth Avenue down at one point), attendance at the 2010 Young Fellows Ball was absolutely fantastic. Over 630 people braved the weather and, once inside, enjoyed the complete comfort of the former Frick mansion. Over $235,000 was raised in support of the education program, in the process. Leaving was slow, given the weather and layers of clothing needed to venture out, but then again, nobody wanted to go anyway. Could have turned into an unprecedented sleep over…(but didn’t, thanks to a fleet of car services).