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48 W ith two opening nights and a roster of 27 designers and architects f ro m a ro u n d the country, the inaugural Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas opens Wednesday and Thursday, September 23 and 24, with the show house open to the public through October 25. The show house — an elegant Provence-inspired estate at 5828 Woodland Drive in historic Woodland E s t a t e s i n O l d P r e s t o n H o l l o w — is co-chaired by Christopher Peacock and Jan Showers, with vice- chairs Jean Liu and Chad Dorsey, along with Veranda editor in chief Steele Marcoux as honorary chair. Designers include: C a t h y K i n c a i d Interiors, Dallas; Chad Dorsey Design, Dallas, L.A.; Cravotta Interiors, Austin; Dina Bandman I n t e r i o r s , S a n Francisco; Doniphan Moore Interiors, Dallas; Erin Sander Design, Dallas; Jan Showers, Dallas; Kevin Spearman D e s i g n G r o u p , H o u s t o n , N Y C ; Kirsten Kelli, Dallas, NYC, Greenwich; Lambert Landscape Company, Dallas; artist Letitia Huckaby, Fort Worth, Dallas; M Interiors, Dallas; M Naeve, Houston; Marcus Mohon Interiors, Austin, Houston; Mark D. Sikes Interiors, L.A.; Melissa Gerstle Design, Dallas; Michelle Nussbaumer, Dallas; Rottet Studio, Houston; Sees Design, Dallas; Sherry Hayslip Interiors, Dallas; Studio Thomas James, Dallas; Ten Plus Three, Dallas; Traci Zeller Interiors, Charlotte; Tracy Hardenburg Designs, Dallas; Trish Sheats Interior Design, Dallas-Fort Worth; Viviano Viviano, Houston; and Wells Design, Dallas, Houston. The legendary Kips Bay Decorator Show House, founded in 1973 as a fundraiser to benefi t Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in New York, each year draws dozens of celebrated designers and architects to transform a townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side. It's been so successful that three years ago, Kips Bay added an annual Palm Beach show house. And now Dallas. Veranda magazine takes the lead as national media sponsor, with PaperCity and D Home serving as local media sponsors. The Dallas show house benefi ts Kips Bay Boys & Girls Cl ub in New York City and Dallas nonprofi ts Dwell with Dignity, and The Crystal Charity Ball. Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas Benefactor opening-night preview Wednesday, September 23, 6 to 9 pm, $1,000 to $10,000; tickets for opening-night preview cocktail party Thursday, September 24, 6 to 9 pm, $250 and $500. General show house tickets for September 25 – October 25, $40, at kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse. org. Rebecca Sherman KIPS BAY KIPS BAY DECORATOR DECORATOR SHOW HOUSE DALLAS OPENS WITH TWO PREVIEW NIGHTS. I n Sister Rebecca, a nun is seated in profi le, light illuminating her dark features and eyeglasses, tight silver curls escaping from under her veil. She's dignifi ed against the straight back of the chair, hands clasped in her lap. On closer inspection, we see that her portrait has been printed on cloth segments and stitched together — a patchwork quilt of a life dedicated to helping the poor. Fort Worth artist Letitia Huckaby photographed the real Sister Rebecca, along with SISTER, SISTER six other elderly nuns, at Sisters of the Holy Family Motherhouse in New Orleans. The African-American religious congregation was founded there in 1842 by Henriette Delille, a descendant of a slave from West Africa. Huckaby created the documentary portrait project "Bayou Baroque" as a way to honor the women's courage and sacrifi ce; it took the artist more than two years to hand-quilt each image. Sister Rebecca will be on view at Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas September 23 through October 25. See more of Huckaby's work at Liliana Bloch Gallery. Rebecca Sherman MARCO RICCA A room by Corey Damen Jenkins, Kips Bay NYC, 2019