The Museum of Modern Art honored artist Elizabeth Catlett and Lois and Roland W. Betts for their bi-annual Jazz Interlude gala on Nov. 2. The event was hosted by The Friends of Education group, which encourages greater appreciation of art made by African-Americans.Notable New York figures like model-turned-restaurateur B. Smith and her husband Dan Gasby, former Essence magazine Editor-In-Chief Susan Taylor, and actress Victoria Rowell all attended the posh dinner before retiring to the entertainment-filled after-party which featured a live performance from Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Roy Hargrove's Quintet and a DJ set from The Roots drummer ?uestlove.

Sherry Bronfman, the first wife of Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr, and mother to pop rocker M.I.A.'s hubby Benjamin Bronfman, hosted the Jazz Interlude dinner.

95 year-old Catlett, a sculptor and printmaker, flew all the way from Mexico, where she resides, to attend the festivities and joked that it was too cold and she would be heading back soon.

The Betts, who have been married for nearly forty years, were honored for their work in education – having met while public school teachers in Harlem. Roland, a real estate developer and film producer, is also the owner of the Texas Rangers and a close friend and supporter of President George W. Bush. He took some time to share his sadness that his baseball team loss the World Series earlier in the week. But, he added that receiving the night's award meant so much to him because he had never been honored alongside his wife.

Previous Jazz Interludes honorees include Agnes Gund and David Rockefeller, Jr., Dr. Camille O. Cosby, Dorothy Cullman, and George Wein.

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