ARTINI mixologist: Amy Russell of Jack Rose
Tool: antique woodworking tool—great for smashing ice for mint juleps
Why she chose to create a cocktail based on Martin Johnson Heade’s View of Marshfield (c. 1866–76): “It reminds me of the family farm on the Eastern Shore. We used to get filthy dirty.”
ARTINI mixologist; Joe Ambrose of P.O.V. Lounge
Tool: chainsaw for carving ice
Last year’s prizewinning drink: Theo’s Flower, based on Terry Winters’s Theophrastus Garden 2
ARTINI mixologist: Alex Bookless of Passenger
Tool: bar spoon
Why she chose to make a cocktail based on Canova’s Venus: “I am a fan of love.”
ARTINI mixologist: Taha Ismail of Bandolero
Tool: swizzle stick
Why ARTINI? “It’s a cocktail take on art.”
ARTINI mixologist: Josh Berner of Zentan
Tools: ice saw, vintage ice pick with carved wooden handle
Why ARTINI? “I get to make my art based on someone else’s.”
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV. “It was veal scallopini and five onion soup. I was five.”
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Lindley belongs to this group of supporters of the Trust for the National Mall.
A group of young patrons and rising business, civic, and social leaders, the 1869 Society supports the Corcoran by hosting art-infused events throughout the year. Its trademark gala, ARTINI, takes place every spring, enlisting the city’s top mixologists to pour art-inspired cocktails.
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