Miami, FL – April 1, 2015 – Pérez Art Museum Miami announced the acquisition of  three new works by African American artists Terry Adkins, Ed Clark and Leslie Hewitt at the Second Annual Reception for the PAMM Fund for African American Art. The reception was held in celebration of the fund’s inaugural year.  The evening featured performances by Peter London Global Dance Company and jazz musicians throughout the museum’s galleries. The PAMM Fund for African American Art was initiated with a $1 million grant funded equally by Jorge Perez and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to support the growth of the collection of Miami’s flagship museum with works by African American and African Diaspora artists. It is supported and sustained through the museum’s acquisition group, the PAMM Ambassadors for African American Art. The artworks by Terry Adkins, Ed Clark and Leslie Hewitt represent a variety of artistic  practices, ranging from sculpture and painting to photography. The artists explore a range of subjects relating to art and materiality, history and the African Diaspora, thereby adding important voices to the contemporary African American dialogue in PAMM’s permanent collection.

Alberto Ibarguen & Jorge Perez

Dennis & Debra Scholl, & Barron Channer

Dennis Scholl & Peter London

Ashleigh Greene

Zoe Lattimer & Becky Jones

Nora Rivera, Tomas Esson, & Tobias Ostrander

Pola Reydburd, Tobias Ostrander, & Marijean Miyar

Jorge Perez, Ed Clark, & Alberto Ibarguen

Giana Bell & Jimmy Edwards

Leslie Cooper

Alberto Ibarguen

Jorge Perez

Marilyn Holifield

Edouard Duval-Carrie, Alberto Ibarguen, Tomas Esson, Deryl McKissack, Ed Clark, & Marilyn Holifield

Frederica Wilson & Keon Hardemon

Monique Hayes & Rochelle Gapere

Lisa McGill & John West

Susana Ibarguen, Pat Papper, Peter London, Terry Schecter, Debi Hoffman, & Orene Harris

Jonathan MacKenzie, JoHanna Thompson, Yvonne Johnson, & Terry Vento

Norbert & Sandra Seals, Yvonne Johnson, & Barron Channer

Terese Coudreaut, Debra Scholl, & Deann Frost

Carol Ann Taylor, Marlon Hill, & Candice Verrasammy

Tomas Esson & Nora Rivera