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Museum of American Finance Hosts "The Soirée: An Artists and Authors Reception"

Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:22pm EDT
Special guests will discuss their projects and sign copies of their works
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
On Tuesday, November 10, the Museum of American Finance will host "The Soirée,"
a public reception to celebrate the completion of its Museum Shop. Many of the
artists and authors whose works are featured in the Shop will be on hand to
discuss their projects with guests individually and autograph copies of their
works. The event will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 pm in the Museum`s exhibition
hall at 48 Wall Street. 

Participating artists include Johnny Swing (interior designer/sculptor), Mike
Rollins (oil painter), Lori Savastano (oil painter), Ellen Fisch (photographer),
Scott LaPerruque (still life photographer), Naima Rauam (watercolorist), Albert
Crudo (multi-mediums) and Hedy Pegranmanski (painter/multi-mediums).
Participating authors include Robert Gambee (Wall Street Financial Capital),
Matthew Fink (The Rise of Mutual Funds), Dorothy Laager Miller (New York City in
the Great Depression: Sheltering the Homeless), Ken Winans (Investment Atlas),
and Joanne Medvecky and Barbara Rizek (The Financial District`s Lost
Neighborhood). 

This event is free and open to the public. Guests will receive a 20% discount on
all items purchased during this event, as well as a 20% Shop purchase discount
on their next visit with receipt. For additional information contact Museum Shop
Manager Alan Hurley at 212-908-4613 or shop@moaf.org. 

About the Museum of American Finance

The Museum of American Finance, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is
the nation`s only public museum dedicated to finance, entrepreneurship and the
open market system. With its extensive collection of financial documents and
objects, its seminars and educational programming, its publication and oral
history program, the Museum portrays the breadth and richness of American
financial and economic history. For more information, visit www.moaf.org. To
contribute to the Museum`s Recessipedia wiki on the current financial crisis,
please visit www.recessipedia.org.

Museum of American Finance
Kristin Aguilera, 212-908-4695
Communications Director
kaguilera@moaf.org
www.moaf.org

Copyright Business Wire 2009



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