MUSEUM NEWS
COM M UNI T Y I M P A C T SUMMER/FALL 2021
Mark Koenig The Interim Sybil Harrington Director and CEO Mark Feldman Chair of the Board of Trustees
E DI T O R I A L S TA F F Executive Editor / Nikki DeLeon Martin Managing Editor / Samantha Andreacchi Creative Director / Michael Bartley Photography Editor / Airi Katsuta
C O N T RI BU T I N G E DI TO R S
Linda Alvarez, Museum Educator Janet Baker, PhD, Curator of Asian Art Vanessa Davidson, PhD, Curator of Latin American Art at The Blanton Museum of Art Betsy Fahlman, PhD, Adjunct Curator of American Art Helen Jean, the Jacquie Dorrance Curator of Fashion Design Tim Rodgers, PhD, the former Sybil Harrington Director and CEO Audrey Sands, PhD, the Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography Gilbert Vicario, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Rachel Sadvary Zebro, Assistant Curator
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hoenix Art Museum extends a heartfelt thank you to Judy and Bill Goldberg, whose gift in support of the Museum’s PhxArt Field Trip for Kids program has made it possible for more than 7,000 children and youth to visit the Museum since February 2021 at a discounted rate of $5 per youth, which represents a 60% reduction in youth admission. During a time when the Museum’s school-field trip program remains suspended due to COVID-19, the program provides an affordable way for children and working families financially impacted by these unprecedented times to visit the Museum and connect with inspiring art. During the length of the program, which launched in October 2020 and runs through August 2021, PhxArt Field Trip for Kids has provided nearly 9,500 youth with discounted admission. We are also deeply grateful for the ongoing support of SRP and Wells Fargo, along with Museum Members and Circles of Support donors, whose generosity continues to enable us to open free to our community during weekly Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays from 3 – 7 pm and monthly First Fridays, also from 3 – 7 pm. Their support has truly sustained the Museum during one of the most serious crises of its 60-year history.
S U P P O R T IN G L OC A L A R T I S T S In April 2021, Phoenix Art Museum announced a newly branded annual artists’ grants program. Made possible through the generosity of local donors Sally and Richard Lehmann, with additional support from Cattryn Somers and Michael Cafiso, the Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards provides up to three jury-selected, Arizona-based artists with a grant of $1,500 each and the opportunity to display new work in an annual exhibition at Phoenix Art Museum. The Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards replace the former Contemporary Forum Artists’ Grants that concluded in 2017, at which time the Museum continued to subsidize an annual artists grants’ program. Now, thanks to the generosity of the Lehmann family, the program will be fully funded annually for a minimum of 10 years. The first submission period for the new Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards is now closed. Award recipients will be announced in September 2021, and the exhibition of works by selected artists will premiere in 2022 at Phoenix Art Museum. FOR QUESTIONS, EM AIL CURATORIAL@PHXART.ORG .
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