November 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
6:30pm - Gallery Reception: The Lodge
Lost Vegas: Color Photography 1985-2007 by
Steve Weiss/Candid Landscapes
Phoenix
Steve Weiss states, “In the morning and at dusk starting in 1985 and for almost each succeeding year, I went out to the Strip and the Downtown, finding inhuman replicas and strange incongruities. As Vegas replaces one form of kitsch with another, I was given the opportunity to see new parts as old parts were imploded. The works displayed and the upcoming limited-edition book, Lost Vegas, will tell that story.” Since 2002, he has coordinated micro-cinema screenings of shorts and feature films under the umbrella organization "No Festival Required", including an eight-screening 2008-2009 series at Phoenix Art Museum. Weiss is a 2001 Contemporary Forum Artist Grant Recipient. Steve Weiss will be in attendance and will make a presentation at 7pm.
December 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
7:00pm - CF Lecture Series: Josiah McElheny
Phoenix Art Museum - Whiteman Hall
Co-sponsored by F.A.R.@ ASU, this lecture will feature artist Josiah McElheny who will discuss the wide-ranging ideas about modernism, cosmology and the metaphoric potentials of glass embodied in his work, The Last Scattering Surface, which recently became part of Phoenix Art Museum's contemporary collection. Working with Ohio State University Cosmology Professor David Weinberg, who will also be part of the presentation, McElheny's chandelier proposes that even the images created by design and industry absorb the intellectual constricts of the day. The hanging sculpture re-imagines an emblem of 20th century design as sculpture of dense physical and conceptual complexity by using the theories of cosmology to determine the placement of every physical element. Sponsored by Bentley Gallery/Bentley Projects. This event is open to the public.
Monday, December 8, 2008
7:00pm - David Kessler Studio Tour
Phoenix
Painting highly realized water landscapes on aluminum which he has abraded with various wire brushes, David Kessler creates an image that is produced partially by paint and partially by refracted light. The resulting surface has a slightly holographic effect, giving the appearance of movement in the water surface as the painting is viewed from different angles. These large- scale works are painted from intimate close-in images of calm or rippled water surfaces and range from the immediately recognizable to the fairly abstract.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
6:30pm - Gallery Reception
Gebert Contemporary Art
Scottsdale
January 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
7:00pm - Artist Studio Tour: Nancy and Dale Reinker
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
7:00pm - CF Lecture Series: Janet Echelman
Phoenix Art Museum - Whiteman Hall
Janet Echelman will have created a huge and fabulous piece of public sculpture at Central and Van Buren. This lecture celebrates the installation of this internationally acclaimed artist and will be Janet Echelman's debut performance in Phoenix.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
7:00pm - Gallery Visit
Cattletrack Gallery: Arizona Glass Alliance
Scottsdale
February 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
7:00pm - Artist Studio Tour: Mark Pomilio
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
7:00pm - CF Lecture Series: James K. Ballinger
Phoenix Art Museum - Whiteman Hall
Jim Ballinger will celebrate the installation of a newly commissioned piece by James Turrell that will be installed in the Cummings Great Hall and is a gift to the Museum from Contemporary Forum.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
5:30pm - CF Art Auction & Dinner
Phoenix Art Museum - Cummings Great Hall
Contemporary Forum’s Annual Dinner and Art Auction is our major fund-raiser with the proceeds used to purchase significant works of art for Phoenix Art Museum. The event is held in the Great Hall of the Museum and is attended by 400+ people. Over 70 works of art, created by locally, nationally and internationally recognized artists, are auctioned by a professional auctioneer in both live and silent auctions. Contemporary forum raised $480,000 at last year's event. Over the years, Contemporary Forum has purchased over $2,000,000 worth of art for the Museum.
March 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
7:00pm - Gallery Reception
Bonner David Galleries
Scottsdale
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
7:00pm - CF Lecture Series
Dean Sobel, Clyfford Still Museum
Phoenix Art Museum - Whiteman Hall
Dean Sobel is the newly named Director of the Clyfford Still Museum that will be located in Denver and will be the repository of the work of the extraordinary mid-century abstract expressionst Clyfford Still.
Monday, March 16, 2009
7:00pm - Artist Studio Tour
April 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
7:00pm - Artist Studio Tour
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
7:00pm - CF Lecture Series: Eric Fischl
Phoenix Art Museum - Whiteman Hall
Artist Eric Fischl whose work is in Phoenix Art Museum's collection, and artist David Salle will present an evening in coordination with Phoenix College.
May 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
7:00pm - Artist Studio Tour
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
7:00pm - CF Annual Meeting & Art Exhibition
Phoenix Art Museum - Whiteman Hall
Meet the 2009 Artists Grants Recipients and the 2009 Scult Studio Art Scholarsihp Recipient. View the artwork of last year's recipients which will be on display in Phoenix Art Museum followed by a reception in Cummings Great Hall.
