Contemporary Art Council

The Contemporary Art Council raises money to underwrite one exhibition each year and to purchase an artwork for the permanent collection. The CAC members also present provocative lectures and tour major art collections locally, nationally and around the world. This past year the CAC raised over $320,000 at their semi-annual art auction.

For more information, call CAC Coordinator at 760.325.7186 x123.

Schedule of Events 2008

Contemporary Arts Council ARTrageous Auction, 2008

On Monday, January 28, 2008, the Contemporary Art Council sponsored the eye-popping ARTrageous Auction 2008, to raisie funds for the Art Museum’s acquisitions, programs and exhibitions. The live auction was conducted by noted auctioneer James G. Niven and the highly acclaimed artists in this auction included: Louise Bourgeois, Salvador Dali, Alex Katz, Jeff Koons, David Salle, Frank Stella and many others. The Auction was chaired by Myrna Kaplan and Audrey Strachan with Marilyn Loesberg for Art Acquisitions and Carol Frankel and Jeanne Levitt for Underwriting.

The Museum's permanent collection of more than 55,000 objects features art of the Americas and 20th-century California art. The collection includes modernist and contemporary painting and sculpture, Western American art, Native American and Mesoamerican art and artifacts, contemporary studio glass art, photography, modern architecture and design, and graphics/works on paper.

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