Thank You for Making FOCUS a HUGE Success!

NYC Council Member Paul Vallone, Christina Dakis, Olga Dakis

George Dakis, Christina Dakis, & Olga Dakis

Christina Dakis

NYC Council Member Paul Vallone, Student Photographer Christina Dakis, Olga Dakis, Magic Box Productions Executive Director Nelle Stokes

NYC Council Member Paul Vallone & Magic Box Executive Director Nelle Stokes

Nancy Bless

Beth Reifers

Grace & David Lee

Richard Hervas

Suzanne & Mark Shapiro

Francesca McBride

Magic Box Board member Brette Westerlund [center] with her sisters Dale Kolanko and Kyle Eifert

Adrienne Sutton & Deborah Kim

Janet Mariconti

Ian Lang, Judy Sandford, Nancy Barry & Bob Trismen

Dave Hill, Karen, Janet, Amy Harter, Claire Schiffman, Meg Hill, Jeff Butcher, Nelle Stokes, Danielle Barry-Gass, Sharon AvRutick, Joe Wallace

Estelly Hernandez, Nelle Stokes, Student Photographer Silvia Canales

Estelly Hernandez, Marta Ralston, Silvia Canales, Heather Scott

Catena Vallone, Ahmed Nazaar

Meg Hill, Nelle Stokes

Merry Sheils

Mike Feller, David Hill

Joe Wallace, Sharon AvRutick, & Jeff Butcher

Nelle Stokes with Linda Ames Key

Grace Lee & Jen Baron

Hollis Headrick & Barbara Pollard

Magic Box Productions Board President E. Annette Nash Govan

Councilman Paul Vallone accepting his Honoree award

MBP Exec Director Nelle Stokes accepting certificate from Councilman Paul Vallone

Nancy Camarata on behalf of Lesley-Jane Dixon

Jim Gossett, Linda Ames Key

Joe Wallace

Alicia Benedetto & Claudia Castañeda

Lisa Feller & Michele Blumberg

Claire Schiffman

On May 8th, Magic Box celebrated its 13th year at the annual fundraising event FOCUS. Set in the stunning Salmagundi Club with live jazz from the Skip Weinstock Trio, FOCUS featured over 40 photographs and videos by our students that showcased the power of the young artists' eyes as they fell on the spaces, places, and the people of New York throughout the school year. The evening honored New York City Council Member Paul Vallone and Lesley-Jane Dixon, Senior Vice President, Clark Enterprises, Inc for their continued support of media art education. With bites and sips, a silent auction, wine winners raffle and more, FOCUS was quite a magnificent night!