6th Annual Art + Soul Celebration at PAMM
Miami, FL – February 9, 2019 – PAMM welcomed nearly 500 guests for the sixth annual Art + Soul Celebration, which supports and celebrates the museum’s Fund for African American Art. PAMM raised more than $500,000 for the Fund with a matching grant from Knight Foundation of up to 1 million. During the celebration, PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans revealed the fund’s newest acquisition, a large-scale tapestry by Jamaican visual artist Ebony G. Patterson, whose first museum solo exhibition,” …while the dew is still on the roses…” is currently on view at PAMM. The night honored Dr. Lowery S. Sims, longtime curator of 20th Century art at the Met, scholar and early advisor to PAMM’s Fund for African American Art. The evening’s intimate dinner featured music by Guitars Over Guns and a special menu by celebrity chef Amaris Jones in collaboration with Constellation Culinary Group. Following the dinner, guests toasted PAMM and danced to music by Jillionaire and A.Randolph and The Smash Room Project. Corporate sponsors of the evening included: Ciroc, Grove Trust Bank, Greenberg Traurig, Bilzin Sumberg, and Congress Wealth Management.
Alberto Ibargüen, Victoria Rogers, & Franklin Sirmans
Alberto Ibargüen, Anthony Spinello, & Jorge M. Pérez
Alexa Wolman, Tobias Ostrander, Ebony G Patterson, Jeff Krinsky, & Anthony Spinello
Alberto Ibargüen & Kenneth Gardner-Smith
Alexandra & Kenneth Gardner-Smith
Carole Hall & Tobias Ostrander
George Fishman & Gene Tinnie
Victoria Rogers & Jessica Sirmans
Franklin Sirmans, Adia Kamaria McKenzie, & Jessica Sirmans
Jorge M. Pérez & Darlene Pérez
Tom Healy, Jessica Sirmans, & Fred Hochberg
Carole Hall
Alberto Ibargüen
Franklin Sirmans
Ebony G Patterson & Franklin Sirmans
Ebony G Patterson
Lowery Stokes Sims
Jessica & Franklin Sirmans, Rodney Miller, & Joanne Walker
Aaron & Dorothy Podhurst, & Franklin Sirmans
Alexia Rolle, Kevin Michael, Minca Brantley, Erica Knowles, & William Nerestant
Jessica Sirmans & Deborah Hoffman
Jessica Sirmans & Joanne Walker
Anthony Liggins & Amaris Jones
Chris & Suzanne Armstrong
Doug Evans & Alexa Ferra
Tobias Ostrander & Ivan Sanchez
Curb Gardner, Nina Duval, & Edouard Duval-Carrié
Jillionaire
Franklin Sirmans
Curb Gardner & Deryl McKissack
Aaron Podhurst & Greg Ferrero
Alexa Wolman & Katharine Rubino
Anthony Spinello & Alexa Wolman
Christopher Adeleke & Jan Duncan
Lowery Stokes Sims & Eric McKissack
Jorge M. Pérez, Lowery Stokes Sims, Franklin Sims, Ade Omotosho, & Darlene Pérez
Jorge M. Pérez, Brunella Avigliano, Cheryl McKissack, Darlene Pérez, & Nuonno Giampaolo
