of sky and sea

Saturday, June 21st, 7pm • Upper West Side

An evening of music, libations, and the unveiling of a beautiful new artwork–a grand impressionistic seascape by celebrated painter Katie Swatland. To accompany the art and music, we've also created a special cocktail crafted to evoke the color, smell and taste of the sky & sea.

The Program

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AUDREY VARDANEGA

Franz Schubert - Four Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899

CHRISTOS VAYENAS

Improvisation - ‘Of Sky and Sea’

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The Cocktail

SKY & SEA

1 1/2 oz Barr Hill Gin

3/4 oz Dolin Blanc Vermouth

3/4 oz Suze

Blue Hibiscus

Sea Salt

Lemon Zest

24k Gold Flakes

Katie Swatland

The paintings of Katie Swatland are an intrinsic dance between reality and reverie. Drawing from her training as a painter whose lineage can be traced back to masters such as John Singer Sargeant, Antonio Mancini and Anders Zorn, she approaches the canvas as a means of discovery, carrying on in the spirit of the Romantic and Symbolist traditions of the past. Originally trained as a mechanical engineer, she is a passionate advocate of cross-disciplinary undertakings, and it is the unbounded landscape of the Arts to which she is most drawn.

Audrey Vardanega

Praised as a “[musically] eloquent” (San Francisco Classical Voice) player “with the kind of freedom, authority, and strength…that one expects from the world’s finest pianists” and a “bewitching musical presence” (The Piedmont Post), American pianist Audrey Vardanega has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe, China, South America and the United States.

Audrey is the Founder and Artistic Director of Musaics of the Bay, a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting musicians, composers and visual artists for collaborations, commissions, residency programs, and mentorships in the Bay Area and beyond. She is passionate about providing emerging artists with opportunities to determine their own careers by creating new artistic communities, collaborations and sustainable networks.

Christos Vayenas

Pianist/composer, writer and impresario Christos Vayenas draws his artistic inspiration from the Romantic and Symbolist eras of the past, as well as various musical traditions of the world.

As a curator he works to innovate the way people perform, share and encounter the arts. Creating intimate spaces in which to present and renew the timeless traditions of the past, he aspires to help define a new artistic culture for the future.