Young Folk hosts its annual benefit party Thursday, May 31 from 8:00PM - 11:00PM aboard the schooner Clipper City.

The original Clipper City was built as a lumber schooner just prior to the Civil War. Clipper City was rebuilt from the original plans, on loan from the Smithsonian Institution, and recently refurbished.

Join us for drinks, hors d'oeuvres, music, and Americana vibes.

The event will raise money to support Young Folk and the American Folk Art Museum.

We hope you'll come aboard!

If you are a member, please email youngfolk@folkartmuseum.org for your member discount code, or for any other inquiries.





Host Committee:

Caitlin Byrnes

Emily Counihan

Richard Geaney

Dana Greechan

Marisa Greechan

Alden Hawkins

Samuel Leeds

Katherine Parker-Magyar

Arielle Patrick

Patti Ruiz-Healy









About Young Folk

For members of the American Folk Art Museum in their twenties and thirties, Young Folk is a community that explores folk and self-taught art through dynamic programs, intimate private collection and artist’s studio visits, creative, blow-out parties, and engaging social media.

Inspired by the diversity, craftsmanship, and originality of folk art, Young Folk is redefining the way in which twenty-and-thirty-somethings engage with art and museums—valuing the handmade, the quirky, the tongue-in-cheek, the authentic, the American, the raw, and the road less traveled.

If you are unable to purchase a ticket to this event but are interested in becoming a member, email youngfolk@folkartmuseum.org for more information.