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Almost 60 pieces of contemporary art
from some of the nation’s finest artists
will be available for purchase at the 20th
annual Contemporary Forum Dinner and
Auction. The event takes place at 6 p.m.,
March 20, at Phoenix Art Museum.
Contemporary Forum, a volunteer Phoenix Art Museum support organization, uses funds from the event to purchase contemporary artwork for the museum’s collection and to provide grants for emerging and mid-career artists. Artwork being auctioned includes ceramics, painting, mixed media, photography, sculpture and glass created by renowned local and national artists including Uta Barth, Nathan Mabry, Miguel Palma, Bassim Al Shakir, Matt Magee, Werner Segarra, Rachel Bess, Annie Lopez, Jim Waid and others.
Over the past 20 years, Contemporary Forum has purchased more than $3 million worth of artwork for the Phoenix Art Museum collection.
Since the inception of the Artists Grants Program in 1986, which also is made possible through the Nathan Cummings Foundation Endowment, Contemporary Forum has provided more than 160 emerging-artist grants totaling nearly $200,000. Six mid-career artists Rachel Bess: Drama Nurse (Image courtesy Lisa Sette Gallery)
have received Arlene and Morton Scult Contemporary
Forum Artist Awards totaling $30,000.
Co-chairs for the 2015 event are Kim Nikolaev and Mary Heiss
Dorenbecher. Art co-chairs are Mimi Jardine and Patrick Geriach.
