The IPA’s Fall Fête will be held at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum on Manhattan’s Museum Mile.
The Benefactor’s Reception will be held from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM – Galleries will be open to view the exhibit: “By the People: Designing a Better America” and “Scraps: Fashion, Textiles and Creative Reuse”.
The Friends Party will be held from 8:30 PM to 11 PM in the Great Hall.
This year, we are pleased to honor:
Katie Swenson, Vice President, National Design Initiatives, Enterprise Community Partners
Carl Weisbrod, Director of the New York City Department of City Planning and Chairman of the New York City Planning Commission
Our first international honoree, Alejandro Aravena – winner of the 2016 Pritzker Prize – will offer remarks.