Sunday in the Park: ICAA Luncheon Honoring Madeline Stuart
Madeline Stuart, Paul Wiseman, and Suzanne Tucker
On September 12th, after a year and a half of Lockdown, the supporters of ICCA Northern California enthusiastically came out for Sunday in the Park. Fort Mason's historic General's Residence provided the outside venue for the fundraiser luncheon honoring Hollywood-based interior designer Madeline Stuart. The event included a book signing of Madeline's monograph No Place Like Home. One of the projects profiled is her meticulous renovation of the Los Angeles Streamline Moderne masterpiece built by the art director Cedric Gibbons. Among Gibbon's many film set credits is The Wizard of Oz.
Madeline has also restored properties designed by iconic Southern Californian architects such as John Elgin Woolf, Sylvanus Marston, Paul R. Williams, and Gerard Colcord. Suzanne Tucker of Tucker & Marks and Paul Vincent Wiseman of TWG, who share her passion for classical architecture, art, building, and design, joined her in conversation. Attendees enjoyed their lively exchange of ideas, catering by McCall's and the stunning views of Aquatic Park, Alcatraz, and San Francisco Bay. After a long virtual hibernation, people dressed in bright colors evoking Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
Proceeds from the luncheon support ICAA's educational initiatives and scholarships to advancing the contemporary practice and appreciation of the classical tradition in architecture, urbanism, and the allied arts. The luncheon also celebrated a new collaboration with the Academy of Art University.
Chantale Bordonaro of Simplicity Source, Missy Westbrook of QuarryHouse, and COUPAR’s Krista Coupar
Clarence Calzada of Phoenix Day, designer Martin Young, and Kevin Peter of TWG
Ed Westbrook of QuarryHouse and Elisa Stancil of Stancil Studios
