"InStyle" Magazine and Urban Zen, hosted (Aids Community Research Initiative of America) ACRIA's 14th Annual Holiday Dinner, presented by  at the elegant Stephen Weiss Studio in Manhattan, on Wednesday, December 9, 2009. The halls were decked with works by some of the art world's most prolific talents including John Baldessari, Ross Bleckner, Dale Chihuly, Brian Farrell, Eric Freeman, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ryan McGinness, Julie Mehretu, Herb Ritts, David Salle, Richard Serra, Kiki Smith, Ruud van Empel, Massimo Vitali and many more.

The evening was hosted by Ross Bleckner, Bob Colacello, Francisco Costa, Ariel Foxman, Reinaldo & Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan and Martha Nelson and honored Claudia Cohen for her dedicated support to the foundation and its cause. The award was accepted by her daughter Samantha Perelman in her mother's memory.



Additional support for ACRIA's holiday charity event was generously donated by Andre Balazs, Paul Beirne, Gillian Hearst-Simonds & Christian Simonds, Mr. & Mrs. John B. Hess, Calvin Klein Collection, Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, Montgomery Capital Advisors, "People" Magazine, Perelman Family Foundation , The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation and Mrs. Lily Safra.


All proceeds from the evening went to support ACRIA, one of the leading HIV research and education organizations in the nation. For more information, visit www.acria.org.