4th Annual Reception for the PAMM Fund for African American Art at PAMM

Photography by Ryan Troy on February 23rd, 2017 in Culture

Miami, FL – February 21, 2017 – Pérez Art Museum Miami’s Fourth Annual Reception for the PAMM Fund for African American Art, Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, announced a $200,000 matching grant to benefit the fund. This matching grant, active through August 21, 2017, will help encourage more supporters to come forward and enable PAMM to acquire world-class works by African American artists for generations to come. In the spirit of the Knight Foundation’s generosity, PAMM was honored to announce that fund ambassador member and trustee Dorothy A. Terrell personally donated $100,000 towards the match. Her donation, and the contributions of guests who were asked to support the fund as members on site that evening, will help shape the collecting of the institution and support the fund’s inclusive nature. PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans also announced the fund’s newest acquisitions, including major works by artists Kevin Beasley, Theaster Gates, Sam Gilliam, Martine Syms, and Juana Valdes, including donations by patrons Toni and Carl Randolph and Debi and Larry Hoffman, to an overflowing auditorium of more than 700 guests. The artworks represent a variety of artistic practices, ranging from sculpture and painting to photography and film. They explore a range of subjects relating to art and materiality, history, and the African diaspora, thereby adding important voices to the conversation in PAMM’s permanent collection. The lively event also featured special performances by Olujimi Dance Theater, Kahina: A Tangled Root, and a poetry reading by Aja Monet.