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 Tarriona “Tank” Ball
Gala 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Featuring Rebirth Brass Band
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
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
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.