The 88th Beaux Arts Ball will be held on Saturday, November 30, 2019, beginning at 5:30 p.m., at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Illinois. The Beaux Arts Ball is a unique, family-oriented fundraiser that honors the families who so graciously support the SAA with their time, talent and resources. King Ethan Scott Hunt and Queen Allie Rose Moffett and the Royal Court will preside over this year’s Ball. The premiere sponsor of this elegant evening is The Lowery-Muller Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, and will feature the introduction of the Court, dinner, a silent auction featuring a variety of unique packages, Jewels on Ice by Denney Jewelers, presentation of the Golden Palette Awards, live music and dancing.
Allie Rose Moffett is the daughter of Lisa and Daniel Moffett. She attended Christ the King Grade School and later graduated from Sacred Heart-Griffin. Throughout her childhood, Allie participated in and looked forward to the SAA’s summer camps every year. She left Springfield to attend Butler University, located in Indianapolis, IN., to study strategic communication and business. During her time at Butler, Allie was a student orientation guide and advocate for community engagement. Both of these positions emphasized a focus on community and expansion of one’s surroundings, which are skills that she then utilized during her semester abroad in Florence, Italy. She has worked for Hamilton County tourism and Downtown Indy, Inc. as their public relations and marketing intern and has loved the opportunity to learn more about Indiana’s amazing local businesses and inspiring leaders. She will be interning for The Basement advertising agency in the spring as the account services intern and looks forward to jumping into the agency world. Allie’s fondest memories of the SAA include making gingerbread houses, participating in the Ghosts of Edwards Place, eating lunch with new friends around the buffalo statue, taking a pottery course with her mom and cuttin’ a rug at the Beaux Arts Ball with her brother, Will, and her Granny Allie. She is proud to represent her class in this important Springfield tradition, which allows citizens to learn about and enjoy the arts in so many ways, something very important to Allie. She plans to graduate from Butler in May and pursue a career in the Indianapolis area, as the community and opportunities she has had there have made her feel like an honorary Hoosier.
Ethan Scott Hunt is the son of Jeffrey and Susan Hunt. Ethan graduated from Glenwood High School in 2016. Ethan is a senior at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, and will graduate in May 2020 with a BS in Informatics and a marketing minor. Ethan is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and a member of the Business Analytics Club. Last summer Ethan interned with Levi, Ray and Shoup in Springfield working in the IT Solutions department. Ethan’s fondest memories of the SAA are participating in Art Outreach classes taught by his mother and attending the Beaux Arts Ball. Ethan’s grandparents, the late Carl and Dian Hoffee, joined the SAA in the 1960’s. Ethan’s grandmother, mother and aunts have all served on the SAA board and various committees and his aunt, Pam Rigby, served as Queen of the
1990 Beaux Arts Ball. Ethan is honored to continue the long standing history of his family with the SAA by serving as King of this year’s Beaux Arts Ball.
The Golden Palette Awards, established in 2016, acknowledge exceptional volunteer service to the arts and the SAA, will be presented as part of the evening’s festivities. Golden Palette Awards will be presented to the following: Outstanding Community Arts Advocate, Allison Lacher; Outstanding Art Association Educator, Robert Ritz; Outstanding Service to the SAA, Phyllis Fairchild and Jody Westerberg; Outstanding Volunteer Service to the SAA Collective, Jim Edwards; Volunteer Spotlight, Grant Oyler.
The Beaux Arts Ball provides an exciting venue to honor the families and volunteers who generously support the SAA with their time and talents while raising crucial operating funds for the Art Association. Proceeds from the Ball help serve more than 100,000 people in Sangamon County and surrounding communities with high quality art exhibits, educational outreach programs, classes, special events, lectures and camps. The SAA operates the SAA Collective Gallery at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, the Michael Victor II Art Library, the M.G. Nelson Family Gallery, Baima Glass Studio, Prairie Earth and fire Ceramics Studio, Smith and Nickelson Metals Studio and the Enos Park Artist in Residence program on the main campus and preserves historic Edwards Place, the oldest home in Springfield. For more information, visit the Springfield Art Association website at www.springfieldart.org.
Tickets are $125 for adults and $50-$75 for children. They must be purchased in advance by calling 217-523-2631. The deadline for dinner tickets is November 22, 2019. Tickets for the dancing portion may be purchased at the door for $5 beginning at 9 p.m. Plan now to invite your family, friends and neighbors to be a part of this exciting traditional gala!
