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
Antonio Obá, Os infantes – irreverência (The Children—Irreverence), 2020
artwork
Oil on canvas
African and African Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Antonio Obá. Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
Emanoel Araújo, Oxumaré, 2021
artwork
Wood, automotive paint, iron, neon, shells, mirrors, beads, and glass
African and African Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© The Estate of Emanoel Araújo. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Simōes de Assis, São Paulo
Nádia Taquary, Oriki Omolú, 2020
artwork
Centenary ipê wood, Nigerian lagidigbás beads, straw, glass beads, and copper
African and African Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Nádia Taquary
Abraham Cruzvillegas, Blind self portrait listening to ‘Our delight’ by Dizzie Gillespie, watching some nice videos -sent by IsadoraHastings- of Garifuna ladies dancing in frenzy during a ceremony in Trujillo, Honduras, after reading EmilianoMonge’s ‘La superficie más honda’, 2017
artwork
Enamel on newspaper clippings, cardboard, photographs, drawings, postcards, envelopes, tickets, vouchers, letters, drawings, posters, flyers, cards, recipes, napkins, and steel pins
Latin American and Latinx
© Abraham Cruzvillegas. Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Ellsworth Kelly, Blue Black Red Green, 2001
artwork
Lithograph on Lanaquarelle 640 gram paper
© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation and Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
PAMM Free Second Saturdays: Juneteenth Celebration
event
Family & Community and Second Saturday
June 14, 2025, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Thursdays at PAMM: Juneteenth Celebration with The Harden Project Duo
event
Adult and General Public and Thursdays at PAMM
June 19, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Pérez Art Museum Miami Appoints Karen H. Bechtel As Board President and Announces New Trustees
press release
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen H. Bechtel as president of the museum’s Board of Trustees, alongside new trustees Alexander P. Adams, Patricia Howell, Kristina Newman-Scott, Wayne Seaton, and Esta Stecher.
May 27, 2025
Local Views at the Art Station: Threads of Identity: A Communal Fiber Arts Workshop
event
Adult and General Public
June 6, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Pérez Art Museum Miami Announces “Marking the Way Home”: An Intimate Documentary on José Parlá’s Triumphant Return Home and to the Canvas
press release
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce the premiere of “Marking the Way Home,” a powerful short documentary chronicling artist José Parlá’s artistic journey, his life-threatening battle with COVID-19, and his triumphant return to Miami through his first major hometown exhibition.
May 19, 2025
Thursdays at PAMM: Pride Night with Ballyhoo Media featuring “Wicked”
event
Adult and General Public and Thursdays at PAMM
June 12, 2025, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Myriads, Only By Dark, 2014
artwork
Aquatint and spit bite on four panels
100 Highlights and African and African Diaspora
© Julie Mehretu. Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery
500, 2014
artwork
Ten glazed earthenware boxes
© Nicole Cherubini
Curator’s Corner with Franklin Sirmans, Sandra and Tony Tamer Director at PAMM
event
Adult and General Public
June 5, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Victoria Ravelo
person
Victoria Ravelo is PAMM’s Digital and Interpretive Content Associate.
More Than Meets the Eye: How PAMM Crafts Visual Descriptions by Armando Zamora and Victoria Ravelo
post
How would you describe a piece of art to someone who can’t see it? Visual descriptions are a written, or spoken, guide of what we can objectively see in works of art.
Education
Pérez Art Museum Miami Announces Open Call for Digital Art Commissions
press release
Inaugural program calls for experimental digital artwork from the crossroads of the Americas. Launching April 30, 2025.
April 30, 2025
Open Call for Digital Art Commissions
page
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announces the inaugural open call for digital art commissions from the crossroads of the Americas.
Screening and Q&A: “Marking the Way Home” with José Parlá
event
Adult and General Public and Films
May 24, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Teacher Appreciation Week at PAMM
event
Students & Teachers
May 5, 2025, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
Past Events
Antonio Obá, Os infantes – irreverência (The Children—Irreverence), 2020
artwork
Oil on canvas
African and African Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Antonio Obá. Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
Emanoel Araújo, Oxumaré, 2021
artwork
Wood, automotive paint, iron, neon, shells, mirrors, beads, and glass
African and African Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© The Estate of Emanoel Araújo. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Simōes de Assis, São Paulo
Nádia Taquary, Oriki Omolú, 2020
artwork
Centenary ipê wood, Nigerian lagidigbás beads, straw, glass beads, and copper
African and African Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Nádia Taquary
Abraham Cruzvillegas, Blind self portrait listening to ‘Our delight’ by Dizzie Gillespie, watching some nice videos -sent by IsadoraHastings- of Garifuna ladies dancing in frenzy during a ceremony in Trujillo, Honduras, after reading EmilianoMonge’s ‘La superficie más honda’, 2017
artwork
Enamel on newspaper clippings, cardboard, photographs, drawings, postcards, envelopes, tickets, vouchers, letters, drawings, posters, flyers, cards, recipes, napkins, and steel pins
Latin American and Latinx
© Abraham Cruzvillegas. Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Ellsworth Kelly, Blue Black Red Green, 2001
artwork
Lithograph on Lanaquarelle 640 gram paper
© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation and Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
PAMM Free Second Saturdays: Juneteenth Celebration
event
Family & Community and Second Saturday
June 14, 2025, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Thursdays at PAMM: Juneteenth Celebration with The Harden Project Duo
event
Adult and General Public and Thursdays at PAMM
June 19, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Pérez Art Museum Miami Appoints Karen H. Bechtel As Board President and Announces New Trustees
press release
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen H. Bechtel as president of the museum’s Board of Trustees, alongside new trustees Alexander P. Adams, Patricia Howell, Kristina Newman-Scott, Wayne Seaton, and Esta Stecher.
May 27, 2025
Local Views at the Art Station: Threads of Identity: A Communal Fiber Arts Workshop
event
Adult and General Public
June 6, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Pérez Art Museum Miami Announces “Marking the Way Home”: An Intimate Documentary on José Parlá’s Triumphant Return Home and to the Canvas
press release
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce the premiere of “Marking the Way Home,” a powerful short documentary chronicling artist José Parlá’s artistic journey, his life-threatening battle with COVID-19, and his triumphant return to Miami through his first major hometown exhibition.
May 19, 2025
Thursdays at PAMM: Pride Night with Ballyhoo Media featuring “Wicked”
event
Adult and General Public and Thursdays at PAMM
June 12, 2025, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Myriads, Only By Dark, 2014
artwork
Aquatint and spit bite on four panels
100 Highlights and African and African Diaspora
© Julie Mehretu. Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery
500, 2014
artwork
Ten glazed earthenware boxes
© Nicole Cherubini
Curator’s Corner with Franklin Sirmans, Sandra and Tony Tamer Director at PAMM
event
Adult and General Public
June 5, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Victoria Ravelo
person
Victoria Ravelo is PAMM’s Digital and Interpretive Content Associate.
More Than Meets the Eye: How PAMM Crafts Visual Descriptions by Armando Zamora and Victoria Ravelo
post
How would you describe a piece of art to someone who can’t see it? Visual descriptions are a written, or spoken, guide of what we can objectively see in works of art.
Education
Pérez Art Museum Miami Announces Open Call for Digital Art Commissions
press release
Inaugural program calls for experimental digital artwork from the crossroads of the Americas. Launching April 30, 2025.
April 30, 2025
Open Call for Digital Art Commissions
page
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announces the inaugural open call for digital art commissions from the crossroads of the Americas.
Screening and Q&A: “Marking the Way Home” with José Parlá
event
Adult and General Public and Films
May 24, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Teacher Appreciation Week at PAMM
event
Students & Teachers
May 5, 2025, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
Contact us for more information
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.
