Don’t miss Pérez Art Museum Miami’s 12th anniversary of Art + Soul, celebrating the PAMM Fund for Black Art. Support the Fund and enjoy an evening of art, cocktails, music, and dancing under the stars.

Join us for a cocktail reception and seated dinner with a menu prepared by Chef Akino West. Enjoy the program and the unveiling of the Ambassadors’ most recent art acquisition. Includes access to the Celebration.
Honoree Thelma Golden, Curator
Thelma Golden is the Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, the world’s leading institution devoted to visual arts by artists of African descent. She began her career in 1987 as an intern at the Studio Museum, then joined the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1988. Golden returned to the Studio Museum in 2000 as the Deputy Director for exhibitions and programs and was named the Director and Chief Curator in 2005. Under her leadership, the Studio Museum has gained renown as a global leader in the exhibition of contemporary art and a cultural anchor in the Harlem community. Now in her 24th year at the Museum, she is ushering in a new era for the institution with the construction of the first-ever purpose-built facility in its over 50-year history.
Golden serves on the board of directors for the Barack Obama Foundation, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Mellon Foundation. In 2024, Golden was awarded the W.E.B. DuBois Medal by Harvard University and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. She was also listed in Time Magazine’s TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2023, Golden was the first curator to be awarded The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. She holds a B.A. in Art History and African American Studies from Smith College. She has received honorary degrees from Barnard College, the City College of New York, Columbia University, Moore College of Art and Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and Smith College. Golden was appointed to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House by President Obama in 2010. She is a recognized authority on contemporary art by artists of African descent and an active lecturer and panelist who speaks about art and culture at national and international institutions.
Art + Soul Committee
Event Co-Chairs
- Tracey Robertson Carter and Christopher Carter
- Patricia Howell
- Eric Johnson and Holly Gaines
Honorary Co-Chair
- Deryl McKissack
Vanguard Committee
- Allison and Larry Berg
- Deryl McKissack
- Dorothy Terrell
Champion Committee
- Julia Brown
- Tracey Robertson Carter and Christopher Carter
- Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault
- Ann Drake
- Rose Ellen Greene
- Patricia Howell
- Rusty O’kelley & Russell Reynolds Associates
- Alejandra and Luke Palacio
- Crystal and Kirk Wagar
- Ronald and Cynthia Williams
Lead Benefactor Committee
- Florence and Sheldon Anderson
- Deborah Hoffman
- Kimberly Marshall
- Raymond McGuire
- Tracy and Douglas Seaton
Benefactor Committee
- Chris and Suzanne Armstrong
- Ana and Mitchell Bierman
- Jim and Ada Cole
- Mireille Chancy Gonzalez
- Clint and Melissa Gulley
- Carole Hall
- Theresa Heron and Barron Channer
- Sharon and John Hoffman
- Deborah and Duane Jackson
- Jessica and Michael James
- Lee Johnson
- Hassell McCleallan
- Thea and Robert Mitzman
- Diane and Robert Moss
- Nedra and Mark Oren
- Karen H. Bechtel and William M. Osborne
- Cheryl Overton
- Carmen Perkins
- Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst
- Michelle and Wayne Seaton
- Sabrina Williams
Dinner Committee
- Patricia Blanchet
- Petra Brennan
- Todd Brown
- Lashan Browning and Dr. Noel Anderson
- Ramon Cernuda
- Les Coney
- Nicole Cosby
- Carol Crapple
- Christina Crespi
- Alma Dodd
- Wendy S. François and Kevin V. Michael
- Rosie Gordon Wallace
- Marilyn Holifield
- Desert Horse-Grant
- Mitchell Johnson
- Jeanine Liburd
- Anthony Liggins
- Patricia Maryland and Samuel Tekyi-Mensah
- Cassandra Metz
- Gail Meyers
- Patricia Papper
- Valerie Riles
- Diane Robinson
- Victoria Rogers
- Mandell Smith
- Mindy Solomon
- Matthew and Tish Squillaro
- Lisa Turesky
- Dianne Young
- Tobias W. Welo
- Ronethea Williams
- Gertie Wooten
- Jacky Wright
Celebration Committee
- Wendy Francois, Co-Chair
- Jamila West, Co-Chair
- Christopher Adeleke
- Cassandra Arnold
- Loreal Arscott
- Matthew Beatty
- Robbie Bell
- Minca Brantley
- Dejha Carrington
- Tiffany Carter
- Ramone Cowert
- Aurelia Crews
- Sherrell Dorsey
- Shirlee Fernandez
- Fabiola Fleuranvil
- Krystina Francois
- Rochelle Gapere
- Desert Horse-Grant
- Rodney Jacobs
- Dee Jean
- Chet Love
- Kimberly Marshall
- Tiara Miles
- Chris Norwood
- Rosie Nwakanma
- Debra Owens
- Rob Prince
- Roshell and Zachary Rinkins
- Nikisha Williams
- Ronethea Williams