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Exhibition Preview Party: From Pursuit to Patronage
May 16, 2019 | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Free
Join our opening night celebration!
Thursday, May 16th from 6-8pm
Free for Planting Fields Foundation Members
$20 for Non-Members
Purchase tickets or RSVP below.
Live music all evening by The John Lake Quartet. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
From Pursuit to Patronage: Industries and Ambitions That Influenced the Legacy of Mai Coe
This exhibition explores the determination of Mai Coe’s grandfather, Captain Peleg Gifford, in the unpredictable and perilous whaling world of the 1800s and her father, H. H. Rogers, whose ambitious pursuit of alternative oil followed the whaling industry decline. The resulting fortune of her trailblazing predecessors would enable the Coes to purchase Planting Fields, transforming Mai into a progressive patroness of art, culture and design.
Exhibition will be open weekdays in Coe Hall from May 17th-September 30th daily, 11:30am-2:45pm.