MATRIX Council

For over fifty years, BAMPFA has offered a vital platform to artists at pivotal moments in their careers—artists like Paul Chan, Nan Goldin, Mark Manders, Julie Mehretu, Adrian Piper, Kiki Smith, and Cecilia Vicuña among many others.

Today, you can play an essential role in sustaining and expanding this important legacy as a founding member of the MATRIX Council—a new group for contemporary art lovers and supporters at BAMPFA.

Exclusive Benefits

  • Opportunities for exclusive engagement with artists and curators through exhibition previews, tours, and private receptions at BAMPFA.
  • Three or more unique off-site events, including artist salons, studio visits, intimate dinners, and private collection tours.
  • VIP passes to national and international art fairs, with special curator-led visits to select fairs, biennials, and other exhibitions.
  • Complimentary catalogs for BAMPFA exhibitions.
  • Concierge service for tickets to all BAMPFA artist talks, film screenings, and public programs.
  • Connections to local and national networks of artists, galleries, curators, and collectors.

Additional Benefits

  • MATRIX Council members are also eligible for all benefits of BAMPFA Curator’s Circle, including exhibition tours, Director’s Receptions, and other opportunities to engage with the museum’s dynamic art and film program.
  • Reciprocal admission at major museums across North America, including SFMOMA, MCA Chicago, MOCA Los Angeles, Pérez Art Museum, Walker Art Center, Guggenheim Museum, and more.

Join Today

MATRIX Council members are asked to make an annual gift of $10,000 in support of contemporary commissions, exhibitions, acquisitions, and public programs at BAMPFA. To learn more, contact Alexis Gordon, Individual Giving Officer, at alexisgordon@berkeley.edu. Thank you!

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