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The Contemporary Art Council had an outstanding 2007-2008 season with many events and a successful, third ARTrageous Auction.  The CAC is looking forward to a great 2008-2009 season with terrific local tours and our highly sought after extended tours to locations around the world. If you would like to join the CAC membership and request further information about the events planned for the CAC, please contact the CAC coordinator Lisa Wiley at 760.322.4823.

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2008-2009 Schedule of Events

September 26, 2008 - Museum Members Lecture & Preview Reception for the exhibition Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia (Exhibition sponsored by CAC)
5:30 PM – Lecture, Annenberg Theater
6-8 PM – Reception

November 6, 2008 - Preview Gallery Tour with guest curator Mark Coetzee for the exhibition: Against All Odds: Keith Haring in the Rubell Family Collection followed by a reception. Exclusive event for CAC members only (Exhibition sponsored by CAC)
5:30 PM – Preview tour and
Reception, Annenberg Art Wing

November 14, 2008 - Presentation by Artist Enrique Chagoya and Printmaker Bud Shark followed by dinner (Complimentary to CAC 1000 members)
5:30 PM – Lecture, Annenberg Theater
7 PM– Dinner, Le Vallauris

January 22, 2009 - Los Angeles Art Tour to visit Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection & private art collections with lunch and dinner
8a.m.- 10 PM

January 23, 2009 - Museum Members Lecture & Preview Reception for theexhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: Pantheon of Portraits
5:30 PM – Lecture, Annenberg Theater
6– 8 PM, Reception

January 31, 2009 - Pizazz Gala 2009

February 10, 2009 - Museum Members Lecture & Preview Reception for the exhibition Wayne Thiebaud: Seventy Years of Painting
5:30 PM – Lecture, Annenberg Theater
6– 8 PMReception

March 26, 2009 - New Members Reception and tour of special areas of the Museum
5:30– 6:30 PM – Reception, Marcuse Sculpture Garden
6:30 – 8 PM – Museum tours

April 2, 2009 - Local Art Collection Tour with cocktail party
1:30 – 5:30 PM

April 16, 2009 - Annual Meeting, Election of Officers with Program by Jordan Schnitzer & Luncheon
10:30a.m. – Meeting & Program Annenberg Theater
12 PM – Luncheon, Le Vallauris

May 2 - 10, 2009 - Extended Art Tour to Argentina – Art + Wine

October 2009 - Extended Art Tour – Art and Architecture in the Hudson River Valley


The Museum's permanent collection of more than 55,000 objects features art of the Americas and 20th-century California art. The collection includes modernist and contemporary painting and sculpture, Western American art, Native American and Mesoamerican art and artifacts, contemporary studio glass art, photography, modern architecture and design, and graphics/works on paper.








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