Thank you for joining us to revel from home and support the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. This page has everything you’ll need to celebrate this evening.
Live Zoom Cocktail Party | 6:30 PM
Pop your champagne and come together from afar to toast the Museum and our wonderful community.
Having trouble accessing the Zoom? Call us at 617 264 6045 or email patrons@isgm.org.
Click the links below to enjoy the different elements of the evening:
Share your 2021 Gardner Gala experience with us!
Snap some photos of your evening and upload them to the digital photo album linked below. To add a photo or message, click the “add to board” icon at the top of the album page.
Chef Peter Crowley of Gardner Catering and Cafe G has compiled a beautiful meal to be enjoyed this evening. Below is a series of video instructions for each course that will walk you through how to prepare the meal. Print instructions are enclosed in the bag your meal was delivered in. If you have any questions about your meal’s preparation, call (617) 566 1088.
SPRING CHEESES
The ingredients for the cheese board are marked with yellow stickers. Refrigerate your spring cheeses until meal time. Then, follow Chef Peter Crowley’s instructions to plate and serve.
LITTLE GEM SALAD
The ingredients for the salad are marked with green stickers. Refrigerate all your salad ingredients until meal time. Then, follow Chef Peter Crowley’s instructions to plate and serve.
BEET STAINED SEA BASS
The ingredients for the sea bass are marked with blue stickers. We recommend putting your Sea Bass in the oven right before serving your salad course. Once cooked, follow Chef Peter Crowley’s instructions to plate and serve.
ROASTED BEEF TENDERLOIN
The ingredients for the beef tenderloin are marked with red stickers. We recommend putting your beef tenderloin in the oven right before serving your salad course. Once heated, follow Chef Peter Crowley’s instructions to plate and serve.
RAS EL HANOUT ROASTED CAULIFLOWER
The ingredients for the cauliflower entrée are marked with orange stickers. We recommend putting your dish in the oven right before serving your salad course. Once heated, follow Chef Peter Crowley’s instructions to plate and serve.
PRESERVED MEYER LEMON CURD DESSERT
The ingredients for the dessert are marked with black stickers. Refrigerate all your dessert ingredients until meal time. Then, follow Chef Peter Crowley’s instructions to plate and serve.
Musical Pairings
Enjoy two musical performances captured throughout the Gardner Museum this year in honor of the 2021 Gardner Gala. We hope you’ll feel transported to the Museum and inspired by seeing music fill the Gardner once again.
Fabiola Méndez
Aguinaldo Jíbaro performed by Fabiola Méndez, Puerto Rican cuatro. Fabiola Méndez is a Neighborhood Salon Luminary at the Gardner and the first ever Puerto Rican cuatro player to graduate from Berklee College of Music. In this video, before playing Aguinaldo Jíbaro throughout the Museum, Fabiola speaks about her experience with the Gardner, and what the Museum means to her.
Gabriela Díaz
J.S. Bach: Preludio from Partita No. 3 in E Major, performed by Gabriela Díaz, violin. Gabriela Díaz has been acclaimed as “a young violin master” and “one of Boston’s most valuable players” by critics. She is a faculty member of Wellesley College, co-artistic director of Winsor Music, and has played at the Gardner numerous times as a part of A Far Cry and Castle of our Skins. George Steel, Abrams Curator of Music, will introduce Gabriela and speak about Bach’s Preludio from Partita No. 3 and what it means to him, and the Gardner.
Gardner Gala Playlist
George Steel, Abrams Curator of Music, has compiled some selections from the Gardner’s music collection to accompany the rest of your evening.
Adagietto in B-flat major (WoO 39)
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5:23
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (BWV 1048)
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11:31
Andante and Variations in B-flat Major (Op. 83)
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11:08
Extraordinary Experiences and Ways to Support the Museum
We invite you—or together with a group of friends—to entertain like Isabella and host an unforgettable experience to make the Museum yours for the evening. These exceptional opportunities for celebrating special occasions, entertaining clients and colleagues, and everything in between are the perfect way to bring people together—all while supporting the Museum!
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2021 GALA CHAIRS AND COMMITTEE
Gardner Gala Chairs
Gwill York and Paul Maeder
Lisa and Jeff Leiden
Rachel and John Hanselman
Event Committee
Anne H. Fitzpatrick
Beth and Carmine Martignetti
Kevin Bitterman and Kristen Tahirak-Bitterman
Sarah Robbins Mars
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
As of April 23 2021
Amy and David Abrams
Alli and Bill Achtmeyer
Greg and Rose Beecher
Lisa and Tom Blumenthal
Willa and Taylor Bodman
Mike and Casey Buckley
Linda N. Cabot and Ed Anderson
Susan Cable and Ben Gomez
Samuel R. and Rebecca Gardner Campbell
Jim Canales and Jim McCann
Katherine Chapman Stemberg and Bill Schnoor
Kate and Gerald Chertavian
Kathleen and Matthew Consigli
RoAnn Costin
Brit D'Arbeloff
Melissa and Trevor Fetter
Nina and David Fialkow
John Lowell Gardner
Kate and Tom Gilbane
Paul Gilbert and Patricia Romeo-Gilbert
Jeanne and Tom Hagerty
Vivien and Alan Hassenfeld
Cassandra Henderson
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Elizabeth L. Johnson
Abigail P. Johnson and Christopher McKown
Heather and Robert Keane
Linda and Bob MacIntosh
Steve Kidder and Judy Malone
Gregory Maguire and Andy Newman
Jenny Toolin McAuliffe and Tony McAuliffe
Karen and Farhad Nanji
Judy B Nelson
Lia and Bill Poorvu
Kristienne and Todd Rassiger
Patricia and Bob Rivers
Maureen and Michael Ruettgers
Annagret and Alex Sacerdote
Patti Satterthwaite and John Muresianu
Marie Louise and David Scudder
Fredericka and Howard Stevenson
Lisa Tung and Spencer Glendon
Anouk van der Boor and Paul Kosak
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