This afternoon, I covered The Winter Show, which was located at The Armory to benefit The East Side House Settlement.

The East Side House Settlement has served people in need for 130 years. The East Side House Settlement was founded in 1891 on the Upper East Side House by the philanthropic lawyer, Everett Wheeler. Wheeler and a small group of volunteers “settled” in the Upper East Side and their mission was to serve the community through education. It was in 1963 that the Settlement Board of Managers made the decision to move The East Side Settlement House to the South Bronx, where they found that the need was the greatest. Today although The East Side Settlement House still remains located in the South Bronx, the organization still serves communities throughout the Bronx and Northern Manhattan. Their mission to work with vulnerable families and partner with schools and city agencies has never wavered to support meaningful, lasting change.

I was really extremely impressed by The Winter Show. There were over 70 exhibitors who specialized in the fine and decorative arts from all around the world. The Show also offered panel discussions and panel talks presented by experts in the field to support the visitor in deepening their understanding of the displayed exhibits.

So here are some of the exhibitors that I specifically visited.

The first exhibit showed Architects of Design. The most impressive piece to me was a piano designed by the architect Rafael Vinoly who designed 432 Park Avenue and took it upon himself to design a curved, piano keyboard.

The next interesting exhibit were two bird cage chandeliers by Louis Cane titled Gardening Money and Musical Monkey. They are available at http://www.maisongerard.com .

Then a picture that I particularly liked was shown by the Richard Green Gallery in London and it’s called Les Roses by Jean-Pierre Cassigneul.

Here’s a picture of one of the space walkways in the exhibition areas.

Another exhibitor was Spenser Mark at http://www.spensermarkers.com. I found their collection of silver extremely impressive. My Mom before she got married to my Dad used to work at S.J. Shrubsole, so I was especially drawn to this silver collection. The most amazing piece was the centerpiece of their collection done by Erik Magnussen. Wow, is all I can say!

After viewing many of the exhibitors, their was a luncheon which really impressed me. It was all packaged except for the napkin, a fork and the glass but look how beautiful the table and the individual plating(or should I say basketing) looked.

And here was the menu that was in each basket.

So if you’d like to learn more about The East Side Settlement House and how you can support their mission of lasting change in the most vulnerable Bronx and Northern Manhattan communities then click HERE to learn more.