Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Pride & Passion: 2010
The Tampa Museum of Art will celebrate its fifth annual Pride & Passion event on May 21, 2010. Tickets are $75 per person and include an annual individual membership to the museum. Event proceeds support museum exhibitions and educational programs.
To purchase tickets, please email tma-rsvp@tampamuseum.org or call 813.421.8370. We apologize that we are not yet able to offer these tickets via our website. Thank you for your patience.
Each year, the event coincides with the kick-off of national Gay Pride Month and is designed to engage current and new museum members, along with broader segments of the community. Since its inception in 2006, Pride & Passion has successfully introduced new audiences to the museum, generating more than 500 new memberships with over 1,500 people attending the events.
Art After Dark
Third FridaysEach month, the museum partners with area organizations, volunteers, and artists to present a new and exciting event that celebrates art, music, and entertainment. Admission is $10 per person, free for museum members, and includes a cash bar. Join us for our next Art After Dark on March 19, 2010. The event will be held from 8:00PM to 11:00PM. Dates and themes listed below.
Art After Dark event photos from the past several years are displayed to the left, featuring patrons, musicians, entertainers and artists.
2010 Art After Dark Dates
February 19, 2010: The Museum
March 19, 2010: A Night of Music
April 16, 2010: Cause an Effect
May 14, 2010: Spoken Word
June 18, 2010: African Dance
July 16, 2010: Beyond the Ramp
August 20, 2010: Island Party
September 17, 2010: To Be Announced
October 15, 2010: Day of the Dead
November 19, 2010: USF Alumni
December 17, 2010: To Be Announced
Gold Patron Event
The Tampa Museum of Art and Neiman Marcus Tampa Bay held an invitation-only 2009 Museum Gold Patron cocktail party on Thursday, September 24, 2009, from 6 - 8 p.m. at International Plaza.
The event was hosted by Neiman Marcus, chaired by Museum Trustee Sandy Juster, and included a presentation by Museum Executive Director Todd Smith, who presented the museum's opening exhibition schedule. Guests enjoyed informal modeling, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
The Tampa Museum of Art would like thank Pelagia Trattoria for providing the hors d'oeuvres for the evening. To receive information about becoming a Gold Patron Member, please contact Molly James, director of development, at 813/259-1734, or mollly.james@tampamuseum.org.
About Pelagia Trattoria
Quality ingredients, creative flavor combinations and expert execution are among the reasons Tampa’s Pelagia Trattoria consistently ranks among Tampa Bay’s leading restaurants.
The Pavilion
The Tampa Museum of Art’s signature annual event The Pavilion, celebrated its 23rd year in 2008. The first Pavilion event was held in 1981. Each year, proceeds from the event provide support for museum exhibitions and educational programs. The next Pavilion will be held in the new Tampa Museum of Art facility, scheduled to open in early 2010.
The 2008 event, The New Pavilion, The Art of Food and Wine, was held on Saturday, November 1 on the rooftop terrace of Skypoint Condominiums in downtown Tampa. The event created excitement about the museum’s future, attracted new patrons and generated significant revenue to support museum endeavors. Numerous dedicated community volunteers spent nearly one year planning the event that drew hundreds of business and philanthropic leaders from throughout the Tampa Bay area. Co-chairs Debra Williams McDaniel and Carlton Carter (pictured above, at left), both members of the museum’s board of trustees, devoted endless hours planning The New Pavilion and related fundraising activities.
The 2008 open-air extravaganza featured food and wine pairings, mesmerizing waterfront views that overlooked the Tampa Museum of Art's future home, private pool-side cabanas, a live international DJ, all on the rooftop terrace of Skypoint Condominiums. The party was catered by Mise en Place of Tampa, and designed by the award winning event design firm conceptBAIT of St. Petersburg.
The New Pavilion was made possible through the generosity of numerous businesses and individuals who donated valuable services. Sponsors of the event included: Augustan Wine Green Zone, Bay Stage Lighting, City of Tampa, conceptBAIT, DEX Imaging, DJ Papi, Due Cani Cellars, intowngroup, Kimmins Contracting Corporation, Mise en Place, Premier Beverage, Ring Power, Room Service Furniture & Event Furniture, Schifino Lee Advertising & Public Relations, Skypoint Condominium residents, Southern Wine & Spirits, The Music Gallery, and Tommy Bahama Rum. Ticket prices for The New Pavilion ranged from $1,200 per couple to $12,500 for a private cabana that seated a party of 10.
The Tampa Museum of Art will announce the 2010 date for The Pavilion in the near future.