Ambassadors for Black Art
The PAMM Fund for Black Art was initiated with a $1 million grant, funded equally by Darlene and Jorge M. Pérez and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for the purchase of contemporary art by Black artists for the museum’s permanent collection. Through the Fund, the museum first acquired works by Al Loving, Faith Ringgold, and Xaviera Simmons. In 2018, the museum created an endowment with a challenge grant from the Knight Foundation, in order to maintain the Fund in perpetuity.
The Ambassadors for Black Art is a membership group that supports the PAMM Fund for Black Art, a fund dedicated to the acquisition of works by Black artists and related programming. Your support will ensure that South Florida’s flagship art museum represents the diversity of the community it serves for years to come, while elevating appreciation of Black art and culture.
The PAMM Ambassadors for Black Art enjoy benefits including free museum admission, invitations to quarterly events, recognition on PAMM’s website, and much more. This important opportunity and your invaluable participation are part of what makes Miami special. Many of Miami’s most influential business, civic, and cultural leaders and advocates have already signed on. Will you?
More about Art + Soul and PAMM’s Fund for Black Art
Upcoming Events
Leasho Johnson
artist
b. 1984, Montego Bay, Jamaica; lives in Chicago
Evita Tezeno
artist
b. 1960, Port Arthur, Texas; lives in Dallas
Guadalupe Maravilla
artist
b. 1976, San Salvador, El Salvador; lives in New York
Carrie Mae Weems
artist
b. 1953, Portland, Oregon; lives in Syracuse, New York
Alighiero Boetti
artist
b. 1940, Turin, Italy; d. 1994, Rome
PAMM Art Storytime: Fables and Masks
event
Family & Community and Storytime
October 25, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Pérez Art Museum Miami Presents “Shadows and Traces: Selections from PAMM’s Collection”
press release
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to present Shadows and Traces: Selections from PAMM’s Collection, opening October 16, 2025.
September 22, 2025
Ambassadors for Black Art Annual Business Meeting
event
Adult and General Public and Members
October 22, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
43rd Annual West Indian Literature Conference
event
Adult and General Public
October 9, 2025, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Professional Learning at PAMM: Art & Sports
event
Adult and General Public and Educator Workshops
April 3, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Professional Learning at PAMM: Extra-Ordinary Objects
event
Adult and General Public and Educator Workshops
February 21, 2026, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
Professional Learning at PAMM: Art & the Natural World
event
Adult and General Public and Educator Workshops
October 2, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Jana Euler, Whitney, 2013
artwork
Oil on canvas
© Jana Euler
Kennedy Yanko, wild wild country, 2023
artwork
Paint skin, metal, and pneumatic hoses
African and African Diaspora and Miami-based artists
© Kennedy Yanko
Jack Delano, Street in industrial town, Mass., Dec. 1940–Jan. 1941/1985
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
Jack Delano, Sawmill near Van Buren, ME, 1940/1986
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
Jack Delano, Near the waterfront, New Bedford, Mass., 1941/1985
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
Jack Delano, A woman painting a view of the Shenandoah Valley from the Skyline Drive, near an entrance to the Appalachian Trail, Virginia, ca. 1940/1985
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
Jack Delano, Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go home, Lowell, Mass., 1941/1982
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
Jack Delano, At the Vermont state fair, Rutland, 1941/1985
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
Past Events
Leasho Johnson
artist
b. 1984, Montego Bay, Jamaica; lives in Chicago
Evita Tezeno
artist
b. 1960, Port Arthur, Texas; lives in Dallas
Guadalupe Maravilla
artist
b. 1976, San Salvador, El Salvador; lives in New York
Carrie Mae Weems
artist
b. 1953, Portland, Oregon; lives in Syracuse, New York
Alighiero Boetti
artist
b. 1940, Turin, Italy; d. 1994, Rome
PAMM Art Storytime: Fables and Masks
event
Family & Community and Storytime
October 25, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Pérez Art Museum Miami Presents “Shadows and Traces: Selections from PAMM’s Collection”
press release
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to present Shadows and Traces: Selections from PAMM’s Collection, opening October 16, 2025.
September 22, 2025
Ambassadors for Black Art Annual Business Meeting
event
Adult and General Public and Members
October 22, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
43rd Annual West Indian Literature Conference
event
Adult and General Public
October 9, 2025, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Professional Learning at PAMM: Art & Sports
event
Adult and General Public and Educator Workshops
April 3, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Professional Learning at PAMM: Extra-Ordinary Objects
event
Adult and General Public and Educator Workshops
February 21, 2026, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
Professional Learning at PAMM: Art & the Natural World
event
Adult and General Public and Educator Workshops
October 2, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Jana Euler, Whitney, 2013
artwork
Oil on canvas
© Jana Euler
Kennedy Yanko, wild wild country, 2023
artwork
Paint skin, metal, and pneumatic hoses
African and African Diaspora and Miami-based artists
© Kennedy Yanko
Jack Delano, Street in industrial town, Mass., Dec. 1940–Jan. 1941/1985
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
Jack Delano, Sawmill near Van Buren, ME, 1940/1986
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
Jack Delano, Near the waterfront, New Bedford, Mass., 1941/1985
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
Jack Delano, A woman painting a view of the Shenandoah Valley from the Skyline Drive, near an entrance to the Appalachian Trail, Virginia, ca. 1940/1985
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
Jack Delano, Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go home, Lowell, Mass., 1941/1982
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
Jack Delano, At the Vermont state fair, Rutland, 1941/1985
artwork
Dye transfer print
U.S. government work-for-hire in public domain
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Support
Initial funding for the PAMM Fund for African American Art was provided through the generosity of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Jorge M. Pérez.
