El Paso Museum of Art
Collectors' Club

The Collectors' Club is a membership level organization at the El Paso Museum of Art which currently has 78 Members. The Club supports the EPMA and provides a forum for art enthusiasts to travel together and also gather and learn about art, art collecting, and investing. Its primary mission is to contribute financial and other support to acquire works of art for the Permanent Collection at the EPMA. Club dues are used mostly for this purpose. Annual membership dues are $250 for individuals and $400 for couples. Please call Jeff Romney, Head of Development at (915) 532-1707 x 13 for more information.

Past Trips and Activities - Trip to New York City, September 22 - 26, 2009

The CClub visits Socrates Sculpture Park	A visit to the Noguchi Museum	Artist studios and galleries all over town were a real treat
CClub members learn to guild frames at Eli Wilner and Company	Mid-Town Manhattan at night	Herman Doomer by Rembrant, Metropolitan Museum of Art
CClub members on a tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art	CClub members shop around at Christie's Auction House	Christina Hunter of Art Horizons International leads a tour at the Museum of Modern Art
A visit to the Mallin Family private collection	A sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, Noguchi Museum	CClub members learn the art of wood frame cutting at Eli Wilner and Company

Past Trips and Activities - Trip to Dragoon, AZ, and Silver City, NM, July 23 - 25, 2009

CClub members enjoy lunch at the Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, AZ	Mexican Colonial Period art, Amerind Foundation	CClub shop the Blue Dome Gallery, Silver City, NM
A fun work of art at the Blue Dome Gallery, Silver City, NM	The Silver City Gallery Assoc. hosted the CClub at a great reception	Interesting art murals can be found throughout Silver City
CClub members shop local studios, stores, and galleries	Enjoying dinner at Isaac's Bar and grill	CClub visits the studio of artist Robert Winston, Silver City
Mexican Colonial Period carved doors, Amerind Foundation

Past Trips and Activities - Trip to Washington, D.C., November 8-12, 2008

CClub Members approach the White House	President George W. Bush waves to CClub Members and the Press	CClub Members on the White House South Lawn Balcony
Curator Bill Allman (L) gives Members a tour of the White House	Curator Bill Allman (C) introduces Members to the Oval Office	Viewing Tom Lea paintings at the US Army Center for Military History
Tour members at the Mexican Cultural Institute	Members view collections at the National Museum of Women in the Arts	The Capitol Building
CClub Members join a tour of the Rembrandt Gallery, National Gallery	Our group listens to accounts of the 9-11 attack on the Pentagon	Enjoying modern art at the Hirshhorn Museum

Past Trips and Activities - Trip to Mexico City August 19 - 24, 2008

Club Members admire murals by Diego Rivera, Palacio Nacional, Mexico City	Tlaloc (Rain God) vessel made by the Aztecs, Museo Templo Mayor, Mexico City	A portion of a mural by Diego Rivera, Palacio Nacional, Mexico City
Robert Belk and Carol Johnson at the reception for Annabelle Livermore, Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City	Adair Margo (L) Chair of the President's Committee on the Arts and Club Members speak with artist James Magee (R), Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City	Gilded decor inside the Catedral de Tonantzintla, Puebla, Edo. de Puebla
Club Members Julie Lama (L), Sally Andrade (C), and Winfrey Hearst (R) shop for Talavera in Puebla, Edo. de Puebla	Fresco on a wall of the Convento Acolman (1530's AD), Edo. de Mexico	Club Members tour Teotihuacan, Edo. de Mexico
Everyone enjoying lunch at Mexico Lindo outside of Teotihuacan, Edo. de Mexico	Some Club Members tour the Aztec Room at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City	Effigy pot made by the Maya, Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City
Statue of Diego Rivera, Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City     Home of Frida Kahlo (Casa Azul), Mexico City

Past Trips and Activities - Trip to Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico June 2-3, 2007

CClub Members shop Juan Quezada's store in Mata Ortiz, Chih	(L to R) Jack Maxon, Debbie Hamlyn, Elsa Borja, Mark Thompson, Angela Mora, Michael Tomor at Paquime	CClub Members tour La Hacienda de Don Terrazas in San Diego, Chih.
CClub Members enjoy dinner in the Mormon town of Col. Juarez, Chih	Noel Quezada demonstrates painting techniques in Mata Ortiz, Chih.	Mexican Folkdancers perform for the CClub at Las Guacamayas

CClub Members tour Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico July 10-13, 2008

Julie Vanzant Lama (L) and Ruth Bishop Sapp (R) at ART Santa Fe	Tour Members outside of Site Santa Fe	The Group at the Millicent Rogers Museum Taos, New Mexico
The Church at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico	Museum Outreach Coordinator Diane Vera at Taos Pueblo	John and Joanne Gnauck at Taos Pueblo
Enjoying the displays at the Hacienda de los Martinez, Taos     Our new Friends at ART Santa Fe

CClub Members tour Philadelphia October 19-22, 2007

The CClub visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art	CClub Members enjoyed lunch at a private home in Philadelphia	Inside the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia
Some of the Trip Members outside the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia	The beautiful Sugar Maples of Pennsylvania	A statue of George Washington outside of Independence Hall, Philadelphia
(L-R) Ruth Bishop Sapp, Jack Maxon, Mary Jo Melby at the Liberty Bell House	CClub Members tour Colonial buildings in downtown Philadelphia	Outside the Barnes Foundation, home to the largest collection of French Impressionists in the World

CClub Members tour Chihuahua City, Mexico February 22-24, 2008