Beaux Arts Krewe

The Beaux Arts Krewe is a group founded in 1967 to provide permanent costumes and decorations for the annual Beaux Arts Jewel Ball debutante ball, held each Spring near Mardi Gras in support of the Birmingham Museum of Art.

Balls are held at Boutwell Auditorium. The medieval theme chosen was inspired by Westminster Abbey. Each member of the Krewe enters the ballroom dressed as a king with an arms-emblazoned cape and attended by a page.

Kings and Queens

• 1968: John Jemison Jr, Gillian White
• 1969: William Spencer III, Jane Head
• 1970: James Kidd Jr, Cynthia Shook
• 1971: Elbert Jemison Jr, Margaret Marks
• 1972: John Grenier, Leila Kidd
• 1973: Edmund England, Nancy Spencer
• 1974: Joseph W. Sewell, Catherine Herren
• 1975: Frank Boyd Jr, Mallie Ireland
• 1976: Douglas Shook, Ellen Wheelock
• 1977: Henry Sprott Long, Margaret White
• 1978: Herbert Ryding, Anne Jemison
• 1979: George Wheelock Jr, Elizabeth Livingston
• 1980: Donald Pritchard, Helen McTyeire
• 1981: S. Richardson Hill, Elisabeth Shook
• 1982: Manly Moor Jr, Marguerite Harbert
• 1983: Elmer Bissell, Margaret Ragland
• 1984: Robert McCalley, Kate Williams
• 1985: Frank Bromberg Jr, Varina Rushton
• 1986: Ben Jackson, Rebecca Berte
• 1987: Robert Jenkins, Mary Cabaniss
• 1988: Leo Karpeles Jr, Louise Wilson
• 1989: Lee Styslinger Jr, Mary Lightfoot
• 1990: Frederick Renneker III, Lella Bromberg
• 1991: William McTyeire Jr, Sallye Carl
• 1992: Richard Riley, Elizabeth Crommelin
• 1993: John Forney Jr, Marilyn Hulsey
• 1994: John H. Martin, Caroline Amason
• 1995: Thomas Carruthers, Anne Luckie
• 1996: George Matthews Jr, Jeanne Porter
• 1997: Ehney Camp III, Jane Kidd
• 1998: Joseph Farley, Margaret Karpeles
• 1999: Jack Carl, Margaret Dumas
• 2000: George Wheelock III, Elizabeth Hassinger
• 2001: Robert Luckie III, Lucy French
• 2002: Henry Sprott Long Jr, Lucile Tutwiler
• 2003: M. Miller Gorrie, Miller Beale
• 2004: Meade Whitaker Jr, Elizabeth Miller
• 2005: Thomas Goodrich, Sara Baker
• 2006: Neal Berte, Virginia Botsford
• 2007: James Gewin, Kathryn McWane
• 2008: Temple Tutwiler III, Katherine Millhouse
• 2009: Charles Porter, Gillian Goodrich
• 2010: Walter Beale Jr, Jess Heppenstall
• 2011: Schuyler Baker Jr, Bess Ager
• 2012: Toliver Robert Bentley III, Madelyn Fletcher Hereford
• 2013: William Edgar Welden, Lenora Ireland Brown
• 2014: David McCoy Millhouse, Alison Bradford Gorrie
• 2015: Leighton Calhoun Parnell III, Caroline Nabers Gray
• 2016: Dr. Thomas Gilbert Amason, Jr, Carolyn Davis McCalley
• 2017: William Alfred Bowron, Jr, Mary Virginia Adams
• 2018: Harold Henderson Goings, Kathryn Alline Vogtle
• 2019: Russell Warren Chambliss Sr, Madeline Lysbeth DeBuys
• 2020: James Hugh Miller, III, Eleanor Claire Martin
• 2021: Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2022: ("54th and 55th annual Beaux Arts Krewe Ball") Thomas Atkinson Roberts, Sarah Randall Hydinger
• 2023: Henry Barnes Ray, Jr, Alice Alden Monk
• 2024: Frederick Wilkinson "Ricky" Bromberg, Mary Evelyn Coleman

References

• Cornelius, Donna (January 25, 2024) "All in the Family: Tradition Means a Lot to 2024 Krewe King Ricky Bromberg." Over the Mountain Journal
• (February 22, 2024) "Royal Wonderland: Bromberg presides over deb ball that supports Museum of Art." Over the Mountain Journal

External links

• Beaux Arts Krewe website