Summer Soirée with Ron Tarver
We are pleased to invite you to a Summer Soirée! Join us for our spring fundraiser with special guest Ron Tarver, a Pulitzer Prize-winning, Philadelphia-based photographer.
The evening will begin at 5:30pm with delicious hors d’oeuvres and summer cocktails. Guests will also enjoy a final look at America Today: Voices in Contemporary Print and a sneak preview of our fall exhibition.
6pm, Exhibition Tour
Experience an intimate, guided walkthrough with Jensen Bryan Curator Lauren Rosenblum.
6:45pm, Remarks
Hear about our fall exhibition, The Long Ride Home, Black Cowboys in America from Ron Tarver, who will share stories about his multi-decade project on Black cowboy culture.
Supporters will enjoy cocktails and conversation with Tarver and tour of America Today. ($250 per person)
Patrons will enjoy the perks listed above, plus a signed first edition of the award-winning The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America with a 9 1/2” x 11”, editioned print of Worn Felt Hat, 1994. ($600 per person, $750 per couple)
Benefactors will enjoy the perks listed above, plus a signed, 26” x 17” print of Sunflower Trail Ride (edition of 25). ($2,600 per person; $2,750 per couple)
To purchase your ticket, click here, or contact Rebecca Arthur at 215.735.6090 x2 or rarthur@printcenter.org.
Donations: Please consider sponsoring a Supporter ticket for an artist, or making a tax-deductible contribution to The Print Center here.
Ron Tarver is a Philadelphia-based, internationally recognized photographer. Born in Oklahoma, he has a BA in Journalism and Graphic Arts from Northeastern State University, OK and an MFA from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist from his years at The Philadelphia Inquirer; he also received awards from World Press Photos and the Society of Professional Journalists, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is included in collections including: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; Studio Museum in Harlem; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He is Associate Professor of Art, Swarthmore College.