Arlene and Giora Ben-Horin, Kay WalkingStick to be Honored at Moondance
Moondance, the Heard Museum’s annual fundraising gala, will honor Paradise Valley residents Arlene and Giora Ben-Horin as well as noted artist Kay WalkingStick.
The Ben-Horins, who have lived in Arizona for 49 years, have made numerous contributions to the museum over the years with gifts to the museum endowment and to a redesign and dedication of the east entrance garden. Arlene Ben-Horin began her work with the museum as a member of the Heard Museum Guild, volunteering in the shop, and as a docent in the Las Guias program. She has served on the museum’s board of trustees since 2008, and she chaired the Moondance gala in 2010.
An attorney, Giora Ben-Horin worked from 1961 to 1967 for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. From 1967 to 1982, he was a tax lawyer and partner in two Valley law firms, Carson, Messinger, Elliott, Laughlin and Ragan; and Brown and Bain. In 1982, he formed Benross Corp., working in land investment and syndication primarily in Maricopa and Pinal counties.
Arlene and Giora Ben-Horin, Moondance 2015
PHOTO COURTESY HEARD MUSEUM
Moondance will also honor leading contemporary landscape painter Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee), whose retrospective exhibition, Kay WalkingStick: An American Artist, will be on view at the Heard Oct. 15, 2016, through Jan. 8, 2017. This exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
Susan Navran, chair of the museum’s board of trustees, and Elizabeth Murfee DeConcini, board member, will co-chair the 2016 Moondance, which will be held Oct. 22 on the Freeport McMoRan Plaza at the Heard Museum. Proceeds support the Heard’s educational programs and exhibitions. Moondance is co-presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and SRP, with major support by APS.
