{"id":17839,"date":"2017-04-22T18:39:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T18:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=17839"},"modified":"2017-04-22T18:39:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T18:39:41","slug":"public-art-fund-celebrates-40-with-annual-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/public-art-fund-celebrates-40-with-annual-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Art Fund Celebrates 40 With Annual Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"
On April 20th, the Public Art Fund<\/a> held their annual fundraiser and raised more than\u00a0$1.6 million dollars. The funds raised from the evening will benefit the incredible work PAF is doing; bringing contemporary art to a broad audience by mounting ambitious free exhibitions that offer the public powerful experiences with art and the urban environment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The\u00a0f\u00eate, which took place at Metropolitan West, treated guests to festive cocktails and a 450-person seated dinner, which was followed by cakes with the number 40 to celebrate PAF’s 40 years of funding public art in NYC.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After desserts, the after-party kicked off with music by iconic DJ and personal favorite, Lady Bunny. The evening also included a special 40th Anniversary Public Art Fund\u00a0film<\/a>\u00a0and four new artist projects:\u00a0Jesse Hamerman\u2019s whimsical\u00a0plaster workshop invited guests to create casts and take home a one-of-a kind sculpture: a mold of their own finger, Oliver Herring\u2019s\u00a0interactive installation invited guests to transform live models into large-scale tin foil sculptures.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n