Focus on European Art

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

Robert Aronson
2023-11-13 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
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

Annual Meeting at Incoming President's Home
2024-05-06 16:00
Enjoy great views of downtown Phoenix and unusual architecture while we celebrate the past year and look forward to 2024-2025. Election of Officers and Board of Directors

SOCIAL: Update on Phoenix Art Museum
2024-09-19 16:30 - 18:00
Jeremy Mikolajczak, The Sybil Harrington Director + CEO of Phoenix Art Museum.
Wine and appetizers at a private home in Paradise Valley.
Free for Members and Guests

SALON: Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Master Baroque Sculptor and Architect
2024-09-26 16:30
Anne Connor, ASU Art History, ret.
Wine and appetizers, Tommy Bahama’s Kierland

FOCUS Travels to Washington DC and Baltimore
2024-10-14 - 2024-10-20
Hirshhorn Museum
Paris 1874: “The Impressionist Moment” at the National Gallery. Exhibition is in conjunction with the Musee D’Orsay.
Hillwood Museum and Gardens.
The Walters Museum and Baltimore Museum of Art

October 14-20, 2024

SALON: Conservation in a Park: 17th c. painter Francois Boucher’s Lovers in the Park
2024-11-14 16:30 - 18:30
Megan Pogue, Executive Director of The Timken Museum in Balboa Park, San Diego
Phoenix Country Club

FOR PHILANTHROPISTS AND PATRONS Stradivarius and the Golden Age of Strings
2024-12-10 15:30 - 17:30
Curator-led tour at the Musical Instrument Museum.

Reception to follow at Cafe Allegro.

SALON: Women Protagonists of the Dutch Baroque
2025-01-30 18:00 - 20:00
Join us at 5 pm in the gallery, 6 pm for light refreshments + cash bar, and program at 7 pm.

SALON: Architecture, Memory and the Legacy of Islamic Spain
2025-02-25 16:30 - 18:00
Cammy Brothers, Professor of Art and Architecture at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass.
Reception at Vincent’s on Camelback

SALON: Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism.
2025-03-21 12:00 - 14:00
Ann Dumas, Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and Consultant Curator of European Art at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Luncheon at Private Club

Member/Guest Reception at Larsen Gallery
2025-04-03 17:30 - 19:30
Member/Guest Reception at Larsen Gallery in conjunction with Larsen’s Annual Spring Auction

RSVP to FOCUSonEuropeanArt@outlook.com

Annual Meeting
2025-05-08 16:30 - 18:00
Home of FOCUS President,
Light hors d’oeuvres and drinks

SOCIAL: Procuring Art from Eastern Europe
2025-09-25 17:00
Including Highlights of Ukrainian Art, Discussion and Gallery Viewing
Paul Scott Gallery, 7103 E Main St, Scottsdale
Wine and cheese reception following
The Art Room, 7056 E Main St, Scottsdale

SALON: The Living Line: Art Nouveau and the Rhythm of Modern Design
2025-10-23 16:30 - 18:30
Alisa Chiles, Ph.D, The Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Decorative Arts
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia

Dr. Alisa Chiles is the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Decorative Arts, 1890-Present at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, VA. She oversees a collection of more than 3,100 decorative arts objects created after 1890, including the VMFA’s renowned holdings of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, considered the finest outside of France, as well as the museum’s extensive Fabergé collection, the most significant outside of Russia. An expert in the decorative arts of the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries, she received her B.A. in Art History from Stanford University, her M.A. in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, and her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Chiles joined VMFA in 2025 from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where she served as Assistant Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture, overseeing a large collection of objects from the 18th century to present day. In Philadelphia, she played a vital role in the reinstallation of the museum’s 19 th -century galleries and worked on projects that recontextualized European decorative arts through a global lens. She previously worked in the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Wine and hors d’oeuvres
The Gladly, 2201 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix

SALON: Rare Maps - From the Collector's Perspective
2025-11-18 17:30
Laura Ten Eyk, Director, Argosy Bookstore, New York
Laura is an expert on rare maps and has a loyal following on Antiques Roadshow
Lecture, wine and snacks
Seasons 52, 2502 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix
