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Phoenix Art Museum Hosts Ninth PhotoBid Exhibition and Auction
23 October 2017
Phoenix Art Museum will host its ninth annual InFocus PhotoBid Gala Art Auction on Nov 16. The live auction and fundraising event benefits exhibitions and educational programming at the Museum.
Lisa Robinson. Confluence.
Sponsored by InFocus, the Museum's photography support group, the auction will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., inviting collectors of any experience level to bid on signed, limited-edition photographic prints donated by acclaimed photographers from Arizona and the United States, as well as a selection of photography books.
The featured works will also be on view for three weeks prior to the event, from Oct. 21 to Nov. 15, in the Museum's Norton Photography Gallery.
"Phoenix Art Museum is grateful for its community of volunteers who are dedicated to supporting the Museum," said Amada Cruz, the Sybil Harrington Director and CEO of Phoenix Art Museum. "Events like PhotoBid are successful because of the generosity of the artists who donate their works, as well as those collectors who purchase them. InFocus is an integral part of our Museum and helps to make world-class photography accessible to our community."
Tickets to the auction are available online with prices ranging from $49 to $75 based on date of purchase.
For more information see the news release below.
Phoenix Art Museum Hosts the Ninth-Annual PhotoBid Exhibition and Auction
The InFocus PhotoBid Exhibition and Gala Art Auction benefits exhibitions and education programs
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- On Nov. 16, Phoenix Art Museum will host the InFocus PhotoBid Gala Art Auction. Now in its ninth year, PhotoBid is a live auction and fundraising event that benefits exhibitions and educational programming at the Museum. Sponsored by InFocus, the Museum's photography support group, the auction will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., inviting collectors of any experience level to bid on signed, limited-edition photographic prints donated by acclaimed photographers from Arizona and the United States, as well as a selection of photography books. The featured works will also be on view for three weeks prior to the event, from Oct. 21 to Nov. 15, in the Museum's Norton Photography Gallery.
"Phoenix Art Museum is grateful for its community of volunteers who are dedicated to supporting the Museum," said Amada Cruz, the Sybil Harrington Director and CEO of Phoenix Art Museum. "Events like PhotoBid are successful because of the generosity of the artists who donate their works, as well as those collectors who purchase them. InFocus is an integral part of our Museum and helps to make world-class photography accessible to our community."
Donated by artists and galleries, the photographic works to be included in PhotoBid have been selected by Rebecca Senf, Ph.D., the Norton Family Curator of Photography at the Museum and the chief curator at the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson. The pieces vary in size and subject matter and include diverse processes such as platinum palladium, gelatin silver, archival pigment, cibachrome, cyanotype and more. The featured artists include internationally-recognized photographers such as Ko[!]zo[!] Miyoshi, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kate Breakey and Mark Klett. Of special note is contributor Michael Lundgren, who was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017.
"InFocus is thrilled to be continuing PhotoBid into its ninth year," said Dr. Senf. "This is a significant, unique event for the photography community. It allows our community to experience work by exciting up-and-coming artists as well as world- renowned photographers and also allows local collectors to get involved and support photographic exhibitions and education in Arizona."
Entrance to see the PhotoBid exhibition (open from Oct. 21 to Nov. 15) is included in general admission to the Museum. Tickets to the auction (on Nov. 16) are available at http://tickets.phxart.org, with prices ranging from $49 to $75 based on date of purchase. Seasoned and first-time collectors are encouraged to attend. For further details, visit http://phxart.org/exhibition/photobid2017.