The dazzling costumes from the British hit drama Downton Abbey® are coming to the Taft. Through 36 costumes and accessories, as well as film stills, Dressing Downton™ explores British fashion between 1912 and the early 1920s.

The fictitious Crawley family would have been contemporaries of Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft, who lived in the Taft historic house and assembled the collection that is now the Taft Museum of Art.

2016 Gala Co-ChairsJutta Lafley and Laura Pease

FRONT: Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary, Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith, and Jessica Brown Findlay as Lady Sybil. ©Carnival Films/Masterpiece

July 2–September 20, 2016Taft Museum of Art

Gerald H. Greene, Chair

Jill T. McGruder, Vice Chair

David L. Hausrath, Treasurer

Jane A. Votel, Secretary

Ron T. Bates

Stephen L. Black

Shannon Carter

Paul W. Chellgren

Linda C. Fath

Lawrence A. Glassmann

Jack H. Goodwin

Nancy L. Graeter

Vernita Henderson*

Patricia Hubbard

Jamie Jewell

Carl F. Kalnow

Jutta Lafley

Phillip C. Long

John M. Marrocco

Phyllis L. McCallum

Arthur F. McMahon III

Richard D. Oliver

Kevin D. Ott

Amy Perlman**

Ellen Rieveschl

Morgan B. Rigaud

Andrew Salzbrun

Kathy Schmitt

Michael T. Schueler

John M. Shepherd

Gerald T. Silvers

Paul G. Sittenfeld

Nancy K. Swanson

Dudley Taft Jr.

Sallie Wadsworth

*Duncanson Society Chair **Docent Chair

Terri Abare

Barbara Bardes

Ron Bates

Diane Carney

Patricia Charles

Caroline Joseph

Lesley Kleiser

Suzanne McNabb

Alex Quinn

Morgan Rigaud

Andrew Salzbrun

Pat Sayre

Betsy Schwartz

Mary Beth Sundermann

Dudley Taft Jr.

Heather Vecellio

Jane Votel

Susan Walker

Carolyn Williams

Gala Committee Members

Board of Directors

May 19, 2016 Taft Museum of Art Gala

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

ABOVE: Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham and Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley,

Countess of Grantham. ©Carnival Films/Masterpiece

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IN THE

Exhibition produced by Exhibits Development Group in cooperation with Cosprop Ltd., London. Downton™ and Downton Abbey®. ©2015 Carnival Film & Television Limited. A Carnival Films/Masterpiece Co-Production. Carnival logo ©2005 Carnival Film & Television Limited. Masterpiece is a trademark of the WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

SUPPORT THE GALA

Please complete and return by February 29, 2016.

GALA SPONSORSHIP

___$10,000 Highclere Castle

___$5,000 Garden

___$3,500 Jazz

___$2,000 Tea

Host/Hostess ___$275/$550

Tickets ___$175/$350

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RETURN FORM

MAY 19, 2016

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IN THE

All gala tickets include admission to the Dressing Downton™ exhibition.

___ $10,000 “Highclere Castle” Sponsor Includes 10 Gala and exhibition tickets,

logo on invitation, host/hostess party, 10 docent raffle tickets, and five exhibition catalogues

___ $5,000 “Garden” Sponsor Includes six Gala tickets, logo on

invitation, host/hostess party, and six docent raffle tickets

___ $3,500 “Jazz” Sponsor Includes four Gala tickets, logo on

invitation, host/hostess party, and four docent raffle tickets

___ $2,000 “Tea” Sponsor Includes six Gala tickets, name on

invitation, and host/hostess party

Host/Hostess ___ $275/single; $550/couple Includes Gala ticket, name on invitation,

host/hostess party and exhibition ticket

Tickets (pre-sale)___ $175/single; $350/couple Includes Gala ticket

The tax deduction amount for each level is determined by the fair market value of the benefits received. All donations made by February 29 will be recognized on the invitation.

Let the Taft whisk you away to the English countryside for a divine evening of food, fine wines, roaring 1920s jazz, and the annual docent raffle in preparation for Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times, which arrives next summer.

All proceeds support education programs at the Taft.

ABOVE: Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham; Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham; and Hugh Bonneville

as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham. ©Carnival Films/Masterpiece