Thursday, August 17, 023
Day Trip to San Francisco
Option to extend stay
RSVP to FOCUSonEuropeanArt@outlook.com
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events
Day Trip to San Francisco
Option to extend stay
Claudia Mesch, Professor of Art History, ASU
European Art During the Cold War
Luncheon, Phoenix Country Club
Trip to Florence, Italy
Paola Vojnovic with Art Historian as guide
Visit not-so-familiar Renaissance treasures, private art collections, Italian cooking class with dinner, and more.
Interested? Email FOCUSonEuropeanArt@outlook.com
Robert Aronson
Aronson Antiquairs, Delft
Delftware and the Golden Age of Dutch Art
Private Home in Paradise Valley
Xavier Salomon,
Deputy Director and Peter J. Sharp Chief Curator
Frick Collection, New York City
"Henry Clay Frick: Collecting Venice"
Location TBD
Contemporary Arizona Architecture at Private Home
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PhxArt Director-led Tour of the Archives
Reception to Follow
Philanthropist- and Patron-Level Event
Claudia Brown, Professor of Asian Art at ASU
Former Curator of Asian Art at Phoenix Art Museum
"A River Landscape with Waterfall" and
Chinese Landscapes
In the Asian Galleries
Reception to Follow
Gina Siciliano, Artist and Historian
"I Know What I Am: Artemisia Gentileschi",
Graphic Novel
The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi
Phoenix Art Musuem
Reception Preceeding
Events we've had in the past
FOCUS Annual Meeting
St. Barnabas on the Desert Chapel.
Art, Camaraderie, Snacks and Wine, 16C Art,
Art Auction, and Election of New Board Members
Aridis Wine Tasting Room, Scottsdale
Wine Tasting and Guided Art Walk to Galleries
Our Annual Member Recruitment Event
Anne Connor, ASU Art History, ret.
The Spoils of War: Napoleon and the Musee du Louvre
Champagne Brunch at Royal Palms Resort and Spa
Christina Nielsen, Director of the Art Museum
The Huntington, San Marino, CA
"Inspiring Disney: French Decorative Arts"
Afternoon Tea at Valley Field, Riding and Polo Club
Unveiling A River Landscape with Waterfall, Jacob van Ruisdael, donated to Phoenix Art Museum by FOCUS Philanthropists Meryl and Jeanne Haber
Philanthropist and Patron Event
Presentation in the Astorga Gallery followed by reception in Palette
Tim Jenison, Entrepreneur and subject of Tim's Vermeer
"Caravaggio: Smoke and Mirrors"
Cocktails and Light Buffet
Phoenix Country Club
Jeremy Mikolajczak, The Sybil Harrington Director + CEO
Phoenix Art Musuem
de Kooning Theft and Restoration plus the Samuel Kress Collection
at the University of Arizona Museum of Art
San Diego Trip
Trip to San Diego to visit "Monet to Matisse" at the San Diego Museum of Art and Los Angeles to visit "Ancient Iran and the Classical World" at the Getty Villa and "The Lost Murals of Renaissance Rome" at the Getty Center
Larsen Gallery
Auction Preview Event for Members and Guests
5-7PM
Larsen Gallery
Sunset & Sips at Taliesin West
5-7PM
for those who participated in the February 20th Art and Gardens Luncheon. Mix with Sir Jonathan and enjoy the exciting glass art of Dale Chihuly
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Sir Jonathan Bate, CBE, on the Interconnection Between Art and Gardens
Sir Jonathan is a renowned British academic, broadcaster, novelist and scholar who graduated Sevenoaks School, St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, and Harvard University.
Special event
Philanthropists & Patrons only.
Musical Instrument Museum.
Curator-led tour of Salon Music exhibit which FOCUS helped to sponsor followed by tour of Special Exhibition "Legends."
Reception to follow.
Re-framing the European Galleries
Tour the newly re-installed European Galleries at the Phoenix Art Museum with reception to follow.
Boston Trip
5-day visit to Boston with curator-led tours at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum, Museum of Fine Arts, and Peabody-Essex Museum
Van Gogh
Dinner and talk, Van Gogh’s Bedroom, at a private home with Chief Curator of European Painting and Sculpture Gloria Groom, Art Institute of Chicago.
Michelangelo Exhibit
Group visit to Michelangelo: the Sistine Chapel Exhibition at a 10,500 SF venue in downtown Phoenix
