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 Pelham, NY - 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 from carving and pasta stations, dessert and coffee will be served. Several craft 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 tabletop 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
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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.
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