Gibbes: Annual Art of Design Lecture March 5

Melissa Biggs Bradley, founder and CEO of boutique travel planning company Indagare, is the featured speaker of the 11th Annual Art of Design, to be held virtually on Friday, March 5. 

Event Details

  • What:    Art of Design featuring Melissa Biggs Bradley
  • When:   March 5, 2021; 11:45 am
  • Where:  Hybrid Event (In-person attendance will be held in the Gibbes Museum’s Lenhardt Garden and Virtual)
  • Tickets: Virtual tickets are $50 and can be purchased through the Gibbes website on February 1. Sponsorships are available through February 1 and will grant access to the in-person lecture.

For more information about Art of Design or the raffle, please click here.

Melissa Biggs Bradley will discuss the subject of travel in today’s world, especially as the industry grapples with unprecedented issues of safety and cost. Due to current COVID-19 guidance, all general admission tickets will be for live-stream access only. A limited number of sponsors will have the opportunity to join the event in-person, in the Gibbes’ Lenhardt Garden. Guests can purchase a $50 ticket to stream the lecture. The Women’s Council and Indagare will also be raffling off a trip for two, valued at $20,000, to support the museum. The winner will have the option to choose from one of the following destinations: Santa Fe, Marrakech or Vienna. Raffle tickets can be purchased for $100.

Melissa Biggs Bradley founded Indagare in 2007 with a vision to inspire and empower people to change their lives through travel. Since then, Indagare has become the go-to advisor and resource for travelers seeking impactful, one-of-a-kind journeys. Indagare has been named to Inc.’s Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S. to Crain’s “Fast 50” list of fastest-growing companies in New York. Melissa has launched Indagare Insider Journeys, immersive group trips built around passion points such as art, fashion, design, style, wellness, food and wine and one-of-a-kind destinations, in partnership with WSJ Magazine, Architectural Digest and Vogue. In response to the impact of COVID-19 on the travel industry, she also leads Indagare Global Conversations, her live Zoom talk series and podcast and Indagare Global Classroom, which offers virtual tours, special experiences, participatory lessons and lectures developed with Indagare’s top partners and guides around the world.

-Submitted by The Gibbes Museum

(Image credit: gibbesmuseum.org)