Photo Coverage: Americans for the Arts National Arts Gala

The 2006 Americans For The Arts National Arts Awards Gala took place on October 16th in New York City.

Among those who attended were movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr., athele Lance Armstrong and theatre, film and cabaret star Kitty Carlisle Hart.

Americans for the Arts is a "nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. It is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in, and appreciate all forms of, the arts."

Visit www.artsusa.org for more information.

Photos by Retna Ltd.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr.

Lance Armstrong

Robert Downey Jr.

Lance Armstrong, Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr.

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant

Kitty Carlisle Hart

Kitty Carlisle Hart

Christo and Jean Claude

Tim Gunn

Jeff Koons and wife

Ron Perelman

Rita Crosby

Victoria Rowell

William Wegman

Walter Mosley

Chuck Close