Centennial Benefit Dinner
Saturday
July 23, 2022
5pm - 9pm
Schindler House
835 N. KINGS ROAD
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069
The MAK Center’s Centennial Benefit Dinner celebrates the one hundred year anniversary of Los Angeles most iconic modernist house. The evening is the organization’s fundraiser of the year—if not the century —unfolding in one of Los Angeles’s most celebrated architectural masterpiece: the Schindler House. Named by the Los Angeles Times as one of the city’s top ten places that nourish the soul, the Schindler House has been home to a century of Los Angeles' most iconic and creative artists, architects and designers. In collaboration with Minh Phan of Phenakite-fame, the MAK Center invites our supporters to celebrate the first century of R.M. Schindler’s home and studio. All proceeds benefit MAK Center’s annual calendar of exhibitions, programs and international residencies, alongside the public activation of three landmark architectural sites by R.M. Schindler.
On Saturday, July 23rd, our most dedicated supporters are invited to partake in the simple and fantastic pleasures of Schindler’s masterpiece for a limited seating, 100-person dinner. The celebratory evening features an experimental summer feast envisioned by Michelin-star chef Minh Phan, alongside welcome drinks by Aplós and Kikori. Last year, Minh Phan's restaurant Phenakite was named LA Time's Restaurant of the Year for her bold vision and heartfelt cooking.
Chef Phan's dinner celebrates the concept of 'good fire,' complimenting Schindler's own concept of architecture connecting earth with hearth. Envisioning fire as both a practice of cultural stewardship and ecological necessity, Minh's multi-course tasting menu tells an epic story about food's connections to the ecologies and eons they embody.
Event Details
Saturday, July 23, 2022
5pm - 9pm
100 SEATING DINNER
Schindler House
835 N. KINGS ROAD
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069
$750 per seating
$1400 per couple
$5000 per table of 8
THE DINNER SETTING
The Schindler House has the inevitability of a masterpiece. The house became an architectural laboratory: it is the birthplace of the Southern California modernism we celebrate today.
About the Chef
Minh Phan is founder, chef and artist at PHENAKITE Restaurant, porridge + puffs, and PKite Studio, a multi-disciplinary studio. Her most recent project PHENAKITE was awarded a Michelin Star, shortlisted for a James Beard award, and named 2021 LA Times Restaurant of the Year. A rare mineral that forms into gems under extreme pressure and conditions, the namesake PHENAKITE reminds us that food is beyond animal and plants, taking into account terroir, minerals, and the exchange of energy between earth and atmosphere as well as eons and epochs of stories.
Thank You!
DESIGN SPONSOR
Executive Sponsors
CENTENNIAL COUNCIL
The Centennial Council is the MAK Center’s philanthropic leadership group that develops and contributes resources vital to the MAK Center’s programming and mission. More info.
Barbara Bestor
Bianca Chen
John Chan
Sue Chan
Frank Escher
Priscilla Fraser
Ilana Gafni
Heidi Korsavong
Max Kuo
Andrea Lenardin-Madden
Dominic Leong
Kimberli Meyer
Brendan Ravenhill
Andrew Romano
Natasha Sandmeier
Pamela Shamshiri
Michael Volk
Kulapat Yantrasat
Benefit Planning Committee
Bianca Chen
Jia Yi Gu
Heidi Korsavong
Kimberli Meyer
Covid 19 Policy
Protecting the health and well-being of our staff and guests is our top priority. The dinner event will take place in an outdoor, open-air setting with ample space. Proof of vaccination will be required for all guests in attendance and we will require temperature checks at the door. Anyone exhibiting signs of illness will not be permitted entry. We encourage all guests, staff, and volunteers to use the hand sanitizer stations accessible throughout the building frequently.
Patron Opportunities
Event sponsorships are available. From MacArthur winning artists to Pritzker Prize architects, our community of artists, designers and architects are radically engaging how art and architecture can activate our city and our lives. Donor contributions provide funds for exceptional exhibitions and artist-centric programs at the MAK Center’s three unique sites: Schindler House (1922), Mackey Apartments (1936), and Fitzpatrick-Leland House.
The MAK Center for Art and Architecture is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Tax ID: #20-5101447.
See the sponsorship proposal for full list of benefits, donations, and tax-deductions. Questions? Contact Jia Yi Gu, director [at] makcenter.org