Friday, November 21, 2025
Featuring the Art of Michalopolous
Featuring more than seventy works spanning from the early 1980s to the present, this exhibition explores the prolific forty-year career of James Michalopoulos, whose expressive, vibrant paintings celebrate and inspire efforts to preserve the vernacular architecture of New Orleans.
Patron Party 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Featuring music by Josh Starkman with Charlie Gabriel, and Tarriona “Tank” Ball from Grammy Award Winning Tank & The Bangas
Gala 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Featuring the Slick Skillet Serenaders and Rebirth Brass Band
Honorary Co-Chairs
Tarriona “Tank” Ball & Quint Davis
In Honor of Henry & Pat Shane
Founders Ball Co-Chairs
Bill Brockschmidt | Courtney Coleman | Jeremy Corkern | Richard Dragisic
Founders Ball Committee
Julia Accetta & Todd Schwartz
Anna Adams & Al Giles
Bret Alberti & Terrence Meck
Ragan & Brad Cain
Renee Carrere
Mary Cavanaugh
Sarah & Cayman Clevenger
Ryan Cole
Julie Connelly-Nicoll & Evan Nicoll
Colleen Connor & Abhi Bhansali
Sara & Paul Costello
Brady & Scott Cunningham
Sweet & Ben Dupuy
Kat Edmundson
Taylor Eichenwald
Collin Ferguson
Chris Galliano
Rachel & David Gamble
Alexa Georges & Jerry Armatis
Leigh Ann & Stacey Goff
Chad Graci & Collin Magee
Jessie & Beau Haynes
Jane Scott & Philip Hodges
Andrew Lamar Hopkins
Marilee & Andrew Hovet
Kelly & Cale Husted
John C. Jones
Samantha Katz & Alan Mark Paukman
Diane Sustendal Labouisse
Angela Lacour & Michael Rash II
Randle Looney
Kelsie & Andrew Marcus
Scottie & Markham McKnight
Tatianna Macchione
Amy & Garrison Neill
Vera Neykov & Robin Willis
Cleo O’Neal
Stephanie & Terrance Osborne
Ware Porter
RJ Raizk & David Harouni
Permele & Garner Robinson
Mallory & Jacques Rodrigue
Claus Sadlier
Margaret Sche & Gabe Belgara
Paris & Jayson Seidman
Dr. Richard Sherman
Hunt Slonem
Melissa & Jerry Steiner
Rosalind & Peter Wilson
Philips Wood & Will Erickson
Sponsors
CRESCENT MOON ($25,000)
Peggy & Timber Floyd
James & Tia Roddy
The Libby Dufour Found
Goldring Family Foundation
VICTORIAN ($15,000)
Henry & Pat Shane
SHOTGUN HOUSE ($10,000)
Jeremy C. Corkern
Kathy Jackson Charitable Foundation
First Horizon Bank
Hancock Whitney Bank
The Helis Foundation
Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation
CREOLE COTTAGE ($5,000)
Anne Atkinson
Mary L. Cavanaugh
Dorothy M. Clyne
John W. & Bertie Murphy Deming Foundation
Gulf Coast Bank & Trust
Jones Walker
Diane Sustendal Labouisse
New Orleans Auction
New Orleans & Company
Ochsner Health
Laura & Sonny Shields
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Steiner
Patrick F. Taylor Foundation
Suzie & Lee Terrell
Robert E. Zetzmann Family Foundation
BALCONY ($2,500)
Gayle & Tom Benson Charitable Foundation
Bill Brockschmidt & Richard Dragisic
Elwood Cahill
Catherine & Semmes Favrot
Lake Lawn Metarie Funeral Home
PMC
FRONT PORCH ($1,700)
Julie F. Breitmeyer
Joey & Buzzy Brown
Stephanie & Ryan Burks
Caroline & Murray Calhoun
Renee Carrere
Chehardy, Sherman, Williams. Recile & Hayes, LLP
Sarah & Cayman Clevenger
Courtney Coleman
Crescent Sterling LTD/ Howard Thompson
Krista & Michael Dumas
Sweet & Ben Dupuy
Kat Edmundson
Will Erickson & Philips Wood
Caroline & Douglas Finegan
Pam Friedler
Dana Hansel
Kelly & Cale Husted
Maria & Noel Johnson
Samantha Katz & Alan Mark Paukman
Angela Lacour & Michael Rash II
Kelsie & Andrew Marcus
Vera Neykov & Robin Willis
Paris Parker Salons
Eugene Priestley
Permele & Garner Robinson
Richard N. Sherman
Solomon Group
Rivers Spencer
Catherine Whitney
Event Partners
Antigua Florals
Bevolo
Dickie Brenna & Co. Catering
Camellia Productions
Louisiana Seafood
Movers & Shakers
Pel Hughes Print | Direct Marketing
Prime Suspect Productions
Sazerac
Sentre Sound
Stanley, Tanya Boswell
Toan Nguyen, Graphic Designer
White Door Events
About Founders Ball
The Founders Ball is the annual fundraising gala benefiting the Louisiana Museum Foundation. Funds raised from this annual event support the creation and opening of prolific exhibitions such as in most recent years Creole New Orleans, Honey! The Art of Andrew Lamar Hopkins, Hunt Slonem: A Retrospective and Rodrigue: Before The Blue Dog, and will help fund related educational programming throughout the year long exhibition for all ages, from field trips for K-12 schools groups to adult education classes.