Phoenix Art Museum

“The museum has a membership program that currently has 11,295 members. Regular members and circles members, each get one vote”

“Members of the governing body (board of trustees) are nominated by the museum's nominating committee and then are voted upon by the the museum membership.”

“The return will be provided to each board member to read and each will be given the opportunity to ask questions.”

“The museum's guidelines for professional practices questionnaire and compliance agreement is required to be completed and signed by trustees, presidents of support organizations, museum director, division heads, department heads, and all accounting staff annually. This process is done every year in september. The completed and signed agreements are reviewed by human resources manager for completeness. Any question that arises is discussed with the individual signing the agreement.”

“Data from other museums is used to evaluate compensation for the ceo, including from the american association of museum directors. The executive committee makes the decision. For determining the compensation of other officers or key employees, comparisons are made with other museums. Decisions made during budget process.”

“The organization financial statements are available on the website and the organization makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available upon request.”

“Phoenix art museum is a vibrant destination connecting people to great art from around the world to enrich their lives and communities. This vision is supported by four strategic pillars which are: 1. Exceptional art - to celebrate the highest quality visual art through outstanding exhibitions, acquisitions and collection stewardship. 2. Enrichment and learning - to create a nationally recognized model for enhancing experience of the visual arts through interpretation, engaged learning, and enrichment. 3. Broad audience - to attract the broadest possible audience to the museum as consistent and enthusiastic participants. 4. Fiscal stability and organizational excellence - to achieve and maintain a strong financial foundation.”

“Michelangelo: sacred and profane: twenty-six rare drawings from the renowned collection of the casa buonarroti in florence, italy, comprise one of the most important michelangelo exhibitions in america in nearly three decades. The casa buonarroti, once owned by the artist, is the world's largest repository for michelangelo's drawings, architectural studies, and memoirs. The images in sacred and profane are memorable figurative studies and architectural drawings by the hand of michelangelo. Included is one of michelangelo's most admired and complete drawings, the large madonna and child. Additional images include preparatory drawings for later paintings. The head of the madonna is a study for his painting doni tondo, and the sublime sketch of the head of leda was made for leda and the swan, a painting now lost and known today only through copies. A renowned sculptor and painter in his own time, michelangelo's legacy as an architect was no less monumental. Highlighted in the exhibition are several of his innovative architectural plans. Among them are drawings for the fa ade of san lorenzo in florence, and his innovative plan for the church of san giovanni dei fiorentini in rome. These works help demonstrate michelangelo's lasting influence on architecture, and scholar adriano marinazzo considers these designs to be "among the most fascinating architectural projects of the entire renaissance." this exhibition is an exceptional opportunity for the phoenix community and the state of arizona, as michelangelo's works rarely travel outside of italy. Sacred and profane exhibited in 2013 at the muscarelle museum of art and the museum of fine arts boston.”

“The white shirt according to me, gianfranco ferre: known as the "architect of fashion and the purveyor of "power dressing," italian fashion designer gianfranco ferre never ceased to view the white shirt as the archetypal expression of his approach to design and style. Repeatedly reconstructed and redefined in a ceaseless quest for new cultural and formal interpretations, ferre's white shirt was simultaneously a magnificent obsession, a creative diversion, a symbol of ideal beauty and a personal means of communicating the infinite possibilities of fashion and design. A constant presence and major theme throughout ferre's 30-year career, the white shirt became the designer's "hallmark of style and a "lexicon of contemporary elegance." a graduate of milan polytechnic institute in architecture, ferre began his own label in 1978 by launching a woman's pr t- -porter collection and later a men's clothing, a wide range of accessories and his own alta moda line in rome. From 1989-1997, gianfranco ferre was appointed artistic director of christian dior. Known for his classic but powerful clothes constructed in the highest quality materials, ferre's designs represent the elegance and cache of "made in italy." the white shirt according to me. Gianfranco ferre includes a selection of 27 of ferr 's most significant white shirts created over the course of his career (1982-2006). Sketches, technical designs, photographs and videos from the archives of the gianfranco ferre foundation will offer visitors the chance to go beyond the confines of fashion and examine the methods, techniques and precision ferre applied to each of his designs. This exhibition is designed, produced and curated by the gianfranco ferre foundation and by the prato textile museum foundation.”

“Super indian: fritz scholder, 1967 - 1980: fritz scholder (american, 1937-2005) was a complex artist and one of the first native americans to be recognized for his significant contributions as a contemporary artist. A second-generation pop artist, scholder first challenged cultural stereotypes of american indians in the late 1960s. He developed a personal, colorfully abstract style that combines pop art with ideas found in expressionism, and his depictions of modern-day indians revolutionized artistic representations of native peoples. The artist theodore waddell observed, scholder not only challenged assumptions but moved the needle of understanding." scholder regularly worked on a large scale, and his paintings, as well as works on paper are bold, strikingly colorful compositions. Super indian: fritz scholder, 1967-1980 is a groundbreaking exhibition featuring more than 40 works and is the first to examine the ways scholder attacked stereotypes about native americans. Included in the exhibition are items from his initial and controversial indian series, begun in 1967, when bonanza was still the most popular program on television. The exhibition concludes with his indian land paintings of 1980. Super indian demonstrates how, in little more than a decade, scholder worked against tradition and expectations to create contemporary compositions that reshaped the art of the american west. Organized by the denver art museum, super indian: fritz scholder, 1967-1980 brings together works from multiple private and public collections, including the phoenix art museum. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully-illustrated catalogue with essays by scholars, artists and collectors.”

“Acquisition of fine art -251,244.”

“The organization has not changed its oversight process for the audit or its selection process for independent auditors during the year.”