Tim Jenison
2022-10-27 18:30 (America/Phoenix)
Tim Jenison, Entrepreneur and subject of Tim’s Vermeer
“Caravaggio: Smoke and Mirrors”Cocktails and Light BuffetPhoenix Country Club

Unveiling "A River Landscape with Waterfall"
2022-12-07 16:30 - 19:30
Unveiling A River Landscape with Waterfall, Jacob van Ruisdael, donated to Phoenix Art Museum by FOCUS Philanthropists Meryl and Jeanne Haber.
Philanthropist and Patron EventPresentation in the Astorga Gallery followed by reception in Palette

Guest Speaker: Christina Nielsen
2023-01-11 11:00 - 13:00
Christina Nielsen, Director of the Art Museum
The Huntington, San Marino, CA‍
“Inspiring Disney: French Decorative Arts”Afternoon Tea at Valley Field, Riding and Polo Club

Guest Speaker: Anne Connor
2023-02-24 17:00 - 19:00
Anne Connor, ASU Art History, ret.
The Spoils of War: Napoleon and the Musee du Louvre

Champagne Brunch at Royal Palms Resort and Spa

Wine Tasting and Guided Art Walk to Galleries
2023-04-06 17:00 - 19:00
Aridis Wine Tasting Room, ScottsdaleWine Tasting and Guided Art Walk to Galleries

Our Annual Member Recruitment Event

FOCUS Annual Meeting
2023-05-18 17:00 - 19:00
St. Barnabas on the Desert Chapel.
Art, Camaraderie, Snacks and Wine, 16C Art, Art Auction, and Election of New Board Members

Day Trip to San Francisco
2023-08-19
The Tudors: Art & Majesty in Renaissance England

Guest Speaker: Claudia Mesch
2023-09-30 11:30 - 13:30
Claudia Mesch, Professor of Art History, ASUDynamics of Cold War Art: European Postwar Painting‍
Luncheon at Phoenix Country Club

Trip to Florence, Italy
2023-10-16 - 2023-10-22

Robert Aronson
2023-11-13 17:00
Robert AronsonAronson Antiquairs, Delft Delftware and the Golden Age of Dutch ArtPrivate home in Paradise Valley

Ross King
2024-01-28 12:30 - 14:30
Sunday luncheon at private Paradise Valley club with Ross King, international best-selling English author on The Florence Bookseller: Manuscripts and Power

Landscapes Through Oriental and Occidental Eyes
2024-02-21 17:00 - 19:00
Claudia Brown, PhD, ASU Professor and form Curator of Asian Art at Phoenix Art Museum
Will guide us in a comparison of Western and Asian Landscape.

This will be primarily in the Asian Galleries.

Seating is very limited

Ceramics and the Silk Road: Over Land and Sea
2024-03-20 15:00
“Ceramics and the Silk Road: Over Land and Sea” with FOCUS scholarship student, former curator at the MIM, and Special Projects Curator at PhxArt, Colin Pearson. Talk and reception in a penthouse apartment at Mirabella in Tempe. Philanthropist and Patron event.

The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi
2024-03-27 18:00 - 20:00
FOCUS collaboration with Phx Art Museum: Artemisia Gentileschi, 17 th c. Italian Baroque painter. Speaker is Gina Siciliano, young and edgy Seattle artist and writer of successful graphic novel, “I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi”. Reception 6:00 PM for FOCUS members on Grossman Terrace. 7 PM Lecture in Whiteman Hall.

Rotraut Klein-Moquay's Studio
2024-04-30 14:00 - 15:30
Visit to artist’s studio and sculpture garden with reception to follow.
As the number of guests is very limited at the artist’s request, you must be a member to participate
