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05-24-09
Pelham
Art
Matters, the 34th Annual Spring Fundraiser for
Pelham Art Center
On Saturday, June
20 Pelham Art Center will auction over $35,000
worth of unique goods and experiences at its
34th annual spring fundraiser at the Pelham
Country Club. Art Matters is the Art Center’s
major fundraiser, and benefits the art programs
serving more than 15,000 people who attend its
free gallery and public programs, affordable
classes and workshops each year. Tickets are $80
and $120 and can be purchased by phone, mail,
online, or at the door.
Auction items
include a dinner party-to-go for 12; a cocktail
party for 30 in a private home; a cooking party
for youth; passes for Chelsea Piers; private
tours of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; tickets
to a rock concert; a week at a vacation home on
the North Carolina coast, and much more.
Original artwork by Tracy Miller will be
displayed and for sale. She is the winner of the
Alexander Rutsch Award, the Art Center’s
bi-annual, juried national painting competition.
In addition to
bidding on dozens of auction items, through the
Robin’s Art + Giving Fund, guests may make
contributions to directly fund five Art Center
program areas. This year, the programs selected
to receive dedicated funding include: student
scholarships; gallery education; youth employee
and counselor training; communication and
information management; and studio furnishings
and fixtures for student artists.
Food, Drink,
Music & Art
Small plate fare
served from carving and pasta stations, as well
dessert and coffee, will be served. Several
crafts beers and a selection of fine wines will
be offered at the bar. Live jazz and rock music
will be performed by student ensembles from
Elmsford-based Lagond Music School. Art inspired
table-top decorations, including ceramic candy
bowls, are creations of the benefit’s host
committee members, art center instructor Donna
Ross, and youth aged 5 – 10 enrolled in her
Sculpture, Painting and Drawing class.
Art Matters Host
Committee
Claire and
Geoffrey Allen; Andrea and Alex Bayer; Betsy and
Grant Brady; Paula and Tom Canning; Heidi and
Matt Carey; Nina and Dave Diefenbach; Jennifer
Dunbar; Robert Fesjian and Ava Zydor; Diana and
John Gilbert; David Grigg and Ellen Albert;
Sharene and Matt Jones; Jennifer and Mike
Masters; Elaine and Barry McCormick; Lavanya and
Anup Misra; Debbie Myers; Robert Min and Sheri
Saltzman; Missy and James Palmisciano; Ann and
Ed Rial; Camille and Mauro Chris Romita;
Francine and Mark Rookwood; Babu Shetty and
Parbati Dasgupta; Kelly and Gerald Ulto; and
Lorraine and Hank White.
About Pelham Art
Center
Pelham Art Center
was founded in 1969 by a group a community
volunteers and artists with a commitment to
providing the public high quality art programs
that were easily available and of interest to
the local community. In 1970, its first two day
event was presented, The Pelham Art Happening.
Decades later Pelham Art Center presents events
year round and is still dedicated to its
mission: provide the general public with the
place, the resources and the opportunity to see,
study and experience the arts in a community
setting.
For more
information on Art Matters or Robin’s Art +
Giving, images or to receive an invitation
please email springbenefit@pelhamartcenter.org
or telephone us at 914-738-2525 ext 154.
Listings:
Art Matters, the
34th Annual Spring Fundraiser for Pelham Art
Center
Pelham Country
Club, 940 Wynnewood Road, Pelham, NY 10803.
Saturday, June 20
from 7 -10pm.
Tickets $80 and
$120.
Buy tickets at
www.pelhamartcenter.org/events or call
914-738-2525 ext 154
 .
Pelham Art Center
155 Fifth Avenue
Pelham, NY 10803
914. 738. 2525 ext. 154
www.pelhamartcenter.org
springbenefit@pelhamartcenter.org
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