Solange San Francisco Museum of Modern Art April 26

Solange Knowles to Headline SFMOMA'due south Birthday Fustigate Fundraiser, April 26, 2017

Benefit also Features a Performance by Lil Buck, Installations by Judy Chicago, Clare Rojas with Barry McGee and Jacolby Satterwhite, and Activations by Helado Negro, Les Twins and DJ SOSUPERSAM

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Solange Knowles

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 22, 2017) — The San Francisco Museum of Modernistic Art (SFMOMA) announces Grammy Award–winning artist Solange Knowles will headline the museum's Birthday Bash benefit, on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in commemoration of the museum's commencement year in its newly expanded infinite. With a theme of ONE, the evening will celebrate ONE incredible commencement year with ONE vibrant community for ONE night only. A three-role fundraising evening of multi-sensory fine art experiences, food and libations, the political party will also feature performances by acclaimed Memphis jookin dancer Lil Cadet, recording and musical artist Helado Negro and his Tinsel Mammals, and dancers Les Twins, as well as interventions past artists Judy Chicago, Clare Rojas with Barry McGee and Jacolby Satterwhite. The evening will benefit SFMOMA's vibrant exhibition and education programs serving students, teachers and the customs twelvemonth round.

"What a fantastic way to celebrate this memorable first year in our new building," said Neal Benezra, the Helen and Charles Schwab Director at SFMOMA. "This i-of-a-kind evening of support volition bring together music, art, and performance, and the funds raised allow the museum to continue to invest in the next generation of art lovers through K–12 school visits for children throughout the Bay Surface area and special Teacher Institutes providing curricula and art exploration with our curators and experts. For adults, nosotros provide deep dives through highly topical symposia, easily-on fine art-making classes and an incredible digital experience within the building. Nosotros are and then grateful for the generosity of our community in supporting these programs all year."

The Parties

Chaired past Penny Coulter, Lydia P. Shorenstein and Kaitlyn Krieger, SFMOMA'south Birthday Bash will unfold in 2 concurrent parties — the Birthday Supper, a seated dinner in the museum's fifth-flooring Jean and James Douglas Family unit Sculpture Garden; the Surprise Bash, an interactive art experience in the museum's seventh-floor galleries. Both parties culminate in the Late-Night Bash featuring surprising encounters beyond the entire museum and a special performance in the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Atrium past headline performer Solange Knowles.

Guests arriving at 6:31 pm for the Birthday Supper and the Surprise Bash will be greeted by an experiential installation by the legendary Judy Chicago at the museum'southward Howard Street entrance. Titled Be No More than, the new work is an iteration of the dry out ice environments that Chicago began making in 1967 as a metaphor for a new reality. Chicago'southward blockbuster piece of work, The Dinner Party, debuted at SFMOMA in 1979.

At seven:31 pm, guests will depart from cocktails in Helen and Charles Schwab Hall for 2 different adventures. The Birthday Supper volition offer an unforgettable seated dinner amid dramatic sculptures by Ellsworth Kelly, Ursula von Rydingsvard and others in the museum'due south tented sculpture garden on the fifth floor, capped by a special operation past dancer Lil Buck, who has performed with Madonna, Yo-Yo Ma, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and with Benjamin Millepied's 50.A. Dance Project. Benefit tickets for the Birthday Supper range from $3,000 to $ten,000 per guest and include access to the Surprise Bash and Belatedly-Night Fustigate, premium reserved lounge seats on diverse floors and complimentary valet parking. [Editor Annotation: The Birthday Supper is currently at capacity; readers should email bash@sfmoma.org to exist added to the waitlist to buy tickets.]

The second party experience, the Surprise Fustigate, will be hosted in the galleries on the seventh flooring. Mission Schoolhouse creative person Clare Rojas will compose a serial of wall works featuring original Peggy Honeywell lyrics, spray painted by Barry McGee, that were written in the spirit of 1960s protest songs. Guests will besides relish a live functioning past Helado Negro and his Tinsel Mammals, presenting work from his new anthology, Individual Free energy, likewise as a dance piece by French dancer-choreographers and identical twins, Les Twins. William Kentridge'southward multi-media work The Refusal of Time (2012) will exist bachelor for viewing and guests will besides be able to compete against each other while playing Multibowl . This two-player scenario mini-game culled from 230 commercial games from the 1980s and 90s was created by Bennett Foddy and AP Thompson, and presented equally role of the PlaySFMOMA pop-up arcade during the 2022 Game Developers Conference. Gagosian Gallery will host a pop-upwards tattoo parlor called Flash Flash Flash that will offering original, readymade flash designs commissioned from Alex Israel and another yethoped-for-announced contemporary artist. Each limited edition permanent tattoo will be numbered on the skin of the recipient in editions of 3 by professional tattooists, and each design will be retired afterwards its respective editions are compete. Gourmet treats, artisanal cocktails and beverages volition be available throughout the night. Benefit tickets to the Surprise Fustigate are $i,200 per guest and include access to the Late-Nighttime Fustigate, reserved lounge seats on various floors and gratis valet parking.

Following the Altogether Bash and the Surprise Fustigate, the entire museum will open at 9:31 pm at the Howard Street entrance for the Belatedly-Night Bash, where guests volition enjoy a functioning past recording creative person, songwriter, actress and mode icon Solange Knowles in the museum's Haas, Jr. Atrium. Solange's 3rd album, A Seat at the Table (2016), received widespread critical acclaim and was a number one album in the United States. In 2017, she was awarded a Grammy Award for Best R+B Functioning for Cranes in the Heaven.

Late-Night Bash guests volition also experience the museum's galleries likewise as other activations past artists including Jacolby Satterwhite, who will present his commission, En Plein Air: Music of Objective Romance, an immersive virtual reality dreamscape based on his mother'southward annal of 12 a cappella albums, in the Gina and Stuart Peterson White Box on the fourth flooring. DJ SOSUPERSAM will spin tunes before and after Solange'southward performance in the Haas, Jr. Atrium. Craft cocktails and sweet and savory nibbles volition be available for the balance of the evening. Benefit tickets to the Belatedly Dark Bash are $200 per guest or $350 per couple.

Tickets + Information

Benefit tickets are bachelor for purchase online:

Birthday Supper tickets [currently at chapters; e-mail bash@sfmoma.org to be added to waitlist]

Surprise Bash tickets

Late Night Fustigate tickets

Suggested attire: Monochromatic – exist bold in the ONE colour of your pick.

All guests must be 21 years erstwhile or older to attend and valid photo ID is required for admission. A portion of all ticket sales is tax deductible.

The Birthday Bash Committee

The Birthday Bash Chair

Penny Coulter

The Birthday Supper Chair

Lydia P. Shorenstein

The Surprise Bash Chair

Kaitlyn Krieger

Honorary Co-Chairs

Alka + Ravin Agrawal
Dolly + George Chammas
Randi + Bob Fisher
Katie + Matt Paige
Gina + Stuart Peterson
Lisa Due south. Pritzker
Becca Powda + Daniel Lurie
The Honorable + Mrs. George P. Shultz
Helen + Charles Schwab
Norah + Norman Stone

Sponsors + Support

Supporting sponsors for the Altogether Fustigate are J. P. Morgan and TPG. Media sponsor is San Francisco magazine. Special thanks to AT&T and Maison Margiela.

Campari is the official spirits sponsor. Kim Crawford, Meiomi and Ruffino are the official wine sponsors. Corona and Modelo are the official beer sponsors.

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Source: https://www.sfmoma.org/press-release/birthday-bash/

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