Rodin by Moonlight 2015

Rodin at Cantor Center, watercolor by Steve Curl, September 2015

Artists at work, capturing images of guests during the cocktail hour at Rodin by Moonlight

Komal Shah, Cynthia Gunn, Paula Carano, Lisa Mooring, Quintilla Shott, Michele Kirsch, Amy Salisbury, Charlene Cogan

Rodin by Moonlight, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University‘s biennial black-tie dinner dance raised over $500,000 for the museum on September 19, 2015. The funds represent a record high for the event in its 30-year history. They will help keep the museum admission free and open to the public, as well as support the many free programs Cantor Arts Center offers K-12 schools throughout the Bay Area.

Some 350 donors and their guests experienced the evening that honored Mr. and Mrs. John Gunn. The theme was inspired by two exhibitions currently on view at the museum, Artists at Work and Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed.

Watercolor artist Steve Curl was one of three artists at work during the cocktail hour, and captured guests mingling as the sun set behind the walls.

Scenes from Rodin by Moonlight 2015:

Rodin by Moonlight Co-chair Michele Kirsch

Geoff Yang, Amy Yang, Margot Kerr, Steve Kerr

Quintilla Shott

Martina Fourcade, Robert Atkinson

Gaurav Garg, Komal Shah

Robert Calzaretta, Elizabeth Mooring, Rodin by Moonlight Co-chair Lisa Mooring and David Mooring

Hillary Charlton, Erik Charlton

Bandel Carano, Paula Carano, Andrea Hennessy and John Hennessy, president of Stanford University

Pamela Joyner

Katie Anderson, Colin Anderson

Honorees Cynthia Gunn and John Gunn

George Cogan, Fannie Allen

Photos by Drew Altizer Photography

— Related: Red Carpet Bay Area coverage of Rodin by Moonlight (2013)