An artist works as guests mingle in the Kimball Art Center courtyard during the annual gala on July 13.
2Getting the Party Started
An artist works as guests mingle in the Kimball Art Center courtyard during the annual gala on July 13.
3Art-inspired Fare
Done to Your Taste catering went above and beyond the call of duty with the Gala menu, creating a feast for both the eyes and the taste buds with every course.
4Art-inspired Fare
Done to Your Taste catering went above and beyond the call of duty with the Gala menu, creating a feast for both the eyes and the taste buds with every course.
5Homage to a Master
Current and alumni students of the Kimball’s Young Artist Academy created a series of chairs inspired by the work of Richard Serra (on display now through August 20 at the Kimball Art Center). The chairs were auctioned at the gala, proceeds of which will support the YAA.
6Homage to a Master
Current and alumni students of the Kimball’s Young Artist Academy created a series of chairs inspired by the work of Richard Serra (on display now through August 20 at the Kimball Art Center). The chairs were auctioned at the gala, proceeds of which will support the YAA.
7Smiles All Around
The Kimball Art Center Gala is one of the most anticipated and well-attended fund-raising events of the year in Park City.
8Smiles All Around
The Kimball Art Center Gala is one of the most anticipated and well-attended fund-raising events of the year in Park City.
9Honoring its Roots
Jeff Kimball, son of Kimball Art Center founder, Bill Kimball, speaks about his father’s legacy during the gala.
10Honoring its Roots
Jeff Kimball, son of Kimball Art Center founder, Bill Kimball, speaks about his father’s legacy during the gala.
11Who Its All About
Kimball Art Center Board member Stefani Kimche takes the stage with a student from the center’s Elementary Visual Arts program. E.V.A. is a partnership between the Kimball Art Center and the Park City Education Foundation to bring high quality visual art curricula into Park City-area schools.
12Who Its All About
Kimball Art Center Board member Stefani Kimche takes the stage with a student from the center’s Elementary Visual Arts program. E.V.A. is a partnership between the Kimball Art Center and the Park City Education Foundation to bring high quality visual art curricula into Park City-area schools.
13The Next Chapter
Former Kimball Art Center Executive Director Robin Marrouche (right) with the center’s new ED, Lindsie Smith.
14The Next Chapter
Former Kimball Art Center Executive Director Robin Marrouche (right) with the center’s new ED, Lindsie Smith.
Since its inception almost 50 years ago, the Kimball Art Center has served as Park City’s visual arts backbone. The community’s deep affection for this beloved organization was evident a couple of weeks ago during the center’s biggest fundraiser of the year, its annual Gala. Event chair Vanessa Di Palma Wright and co-chair Maren Mullin took cues from the center’s current exhibit, Richard Serra: Prints, for the event’s black-and-white theme.
This year’s event was particularly exciting in that earlier in the week, the Kimball’s next chapter was revealed when Park City Municipal announced its plans to purchase 5.25 acres in Bonanza Park East to create an arts and culture district anchored by the Sundance Institute and the Kimball Art Center.
But, as outgoing executive director Robin Marrouche noted during the event, none of the more than $100,000 raised at the gala will be spent on purchasing land or building the new center; all funds raised that evening will go directly to support what’s made the Kimball Art Center such a vital part of this community: in-school programming, the Young Artists Academy, summer camps, and much, much more.Â
