Who are the NCMA Contemporaries?
The Contemporaries are a dynamic group of young professionals committed to promoting the arts and increasing Museum membership in the greater Triangle area. Through a broad range of special events and educational activities, the Contemporaries raise funds to be used primarily to support art acquisitions.
Contemporaries events include:
- Monthly Art on Tap mixers at Triangle-area bars and galleries
- Champagne and chocolate tasting event
- First Friday meet-ups
- Beer, barbecue, and a retro summer movie in the Museum Park
- Labor Day Weekend white party
- Art purchase parties
- Annual New Year’s Eve party
2012 Contemporaries Board Officers
Karen Denise, President
Bradley Barbour, Vice-President
Cliff Hamilton, Treasurer
Beth Worsley, Secretary
2012 Contemporaries Board Members
- Christine Bohuczky
- Bobo Deng
- Catherine Fain
- Kristin Fowler
- Danielle Griffith
- Katherine Hogan
- Sarah Krepp
- Beth Nichols
- Nena Theis
- C. Ellen Washington
- Wendy Whitener
- Boz Zellinger
Contemporaries Art Purchase Fund
Save the date for an upcoming art purchase party, to be held October 13, 2012 at the NCMA!
Previous art purchases include:
Devorah Sperber (American, born 1961), After the Mona Lisa 2, 2005, 5,184 spools of thread, stainless steel hanging apparatus, aluminum ball chain, acrylic sphere, and metal stand, 85 x 87 in., 2004 Devorah Sperber/Devorah Sperber Inc. New York, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Gift of the North Carolina Museum of Art Contemporaries, 2006 (2006.13)
To learn about Sperber’s other award-winning works of art, please visit her Web site.
