The Photography Collection Council's goal is to foster the collection and exhibition of photography at the Palm Springs Art Museum, principally through financial and photographic contributions that reflect the goals articulated in the council's mission statement. The PCC and its members contribute, through gift and purchase, works by artists of national and international reputation that follow the museum's collecting focus. In addition, members are encouraged to gift works by those artists who are essential to the narrative of photographic art history as a foundation and context for the museum's more particular focus.
The PCC serves as the principal support group for the development of a collection that reflects these themes and their relationship to the historic roots of photographic modernism. Its main function is to promote and support the museum's goal to become one of the countries' leading repositories of photographs in this mode as a source of internal and traveling exhibitions, scholarly study, and publications.
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Modernism Week Slide Presentation
Charles Phoenix Retro Slide Show: Pools, Patios, and BBQs
Saturday, February 18
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Annenberg Theater
$25 per person, $10 students
Tickets can be purchased at www.ModernismWeek.com
An all-new, performance by pop culture humorist and author, Charles Phoenix, celebrating mid-century So Cal backyard life and style - fashion, food, furniture and decor, festive theme parties, the tiki craze, the anatomy of the patio, the evolution of the barbecue, and the ultimate suburban status symbol – the swimming pool! – all in glorious Kodachrome color!
This slide presentation is part of a series of PCC events surrounding the exhibition Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California 1945-1982.
This event is generously sponsored by Barbara & Bernie Cain.
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Eggers & Wilkman AIA, The Riggs Residence, 1958. Photograph by Daniel Chavkin |
PCC Fundraiser
Fundraiser at a Moroccan Themed Backyard Oasis
Saturday, March 3
5:30-8 p.m.
$200 PCC members and their guests
To R.S.V.P. please call PCC Coordinator Brooke Devenney at 760-322-4818
Join the PCC for a cocktail reception in this fabulous pool-side setting inspired by the museum's Backyard Oasis exhibition. |
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Membership Event
Bring Your Own Camera Party
Sunday, March 25
2-4 p.m.
Ace Hotel Commune
$10 students, $35 PCC members, $40 nonmembers
To R.S.V.P. please call PCC Coordinator Brooke Devenney at 760-322-4818
Guests enjoy the opportunity to bring their own camera and take pictures in one of two professional studio set-ups in the Commune at the Ace hotel and swim club during El Paseo Fashion Week. Photos taken at the event can be uploaded to the "Bring Your Own Camera" album on the museum's Facebook page.
This event is generously sponsored by
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Meet the PCC
Meet the Museum After Party
Friday, April 6
9-11 p.m.
Details TBD |
Mark Jenkins, Future Perfect Past Present, 2005. |
Tour & Annual Meeting
Collector's Tour: Spring 2012 and Annual Meeting
Saturday, April 14
2-6 p.m.
Offsite
$100 PCC members, $175 nonmembers (membership included with non-member price)
To R.S.V.P. please call PCC Coordinator Brooke Devenney at 760-322-4818
Photography collectors Michael Epstein and Scott Schwimmer, John Renner, and David Knaus will present their collections. Senior Curator, Dr. Daniell Cornell, will join the hosts at each home to provide insight into each collection. The tour includes motor-coach transportation and a cocktail reception at the final collection. |
Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego. |
Summer Tour
Escape the Desert: San Diego
Saturday, August 25
8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Offsite
$175 PCC members, $200 nonmembers
To R.S.V.P. please call PCC Coordinator Brooke Devenney at 760-322-4818
Details TBD |
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