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SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2024

Seating is limited. This event sells out quickly.

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A GALA LIKE NO OTHER

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An event like Moondance could only happen at the Heard Museum. From start to finish, the Heard’s staff and volunteer leadership will ensure that you and your guests have a wonderful time celebrating art and community under the stars.

We hope you will join us on October 26, 2024, to honor longtime Heard supporters Rose and Harry Papp and the renowned textile artist DY Begay (Diné), and to celebrate the grand reopening of the fully renovated Heard Museum Shop.

Led by a spectacular Committee chaired by Merle and Steve Rosskam, Moondance will once again fill a beautiful Arizona fall evening with cultural performances, artistic inspiration, unparalleled surroundings, and a celebration of everything that makes the Heard Museum a national treasure.

CHAIRS

Merle & Steve Rosskam

COMMITTEE

Milena & Tony Astorga

Nadine Basha

Arlene Ben-Horin

Jeri & Michael Ben-Horin

Joy & Howard Berlin

Tara & John Coggins

Libby & Joel Cohen

Erika & Russell Dickey

Marilyn Harris

Mimi Horwitz

Sharron Lewis

Janis Lyon

Carol Ann & Harvey Mackay

Mary Ellen McKee

Jean & Jim Meenaghan

Janet & John Melamed

Harry Papp

Jill & Wick Pilcher

Carol & Randy Schilling

HONOREES

GRAND REOPENING:

A NEW VISION FOR SHOPPING AT THE HEARD

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For more than 40 years, the Heard Museum Shop has played a critical role in supporting the livelihoods of countless American Indian artists, helping to generate $46 million annually in economic activity across the state of Arizona and throughout Indian Country.

Moondance attendees will be the very first to step foot in the newly-renovated Heard Museum Shop. This fully-funded renovation project will improve every aspect of the in-person shopping experience, including the entirety of its 7,000-square-foot footprint, from new flooring and state-of-the-art lighting to a new outdoor sculpture garden and a private viewing room.

PROGRAM

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6:00 p.m.*

Cocktail Reception & Grand Re-Opening of the Heard Museum Shop

Locations: Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Central Courtyard & Heard Museum Shop

Join your fellow supporters to be the very first to step foot in the newly-renovated Heard Museum Shop. Browse through one-of-a-kind jewelry, textiles, pottery, katsinam, and much more.

*5:30 p.m. early entry offered to Signature and Presenting Sponsors only
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7:30 p.m.

Dinner and Celebration of Honorees

Location: Freeport McMoRan Plaza

After exploring the new Heard Museum Shop, gather outdoors to enjoy dinner and pay tribute to the evening’s honorees.
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9:00 p.m.

Dessert and Dancing

Location: Freeport McMoRan Plaza

Enjoy dessert, dancing and a live performance!

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PHOTOS FROM PAST MOONDANCES

  • 2019 Flo Eckstein, Arlene Ben-Horin
  • Four individuals at a moondance event, with two men wearing suits and one in a cowboy hat, standing with a woman adorned with turquoise jewelry.
    2019 Oscar Ortega, Sharron Lewis, John Melamed, Wick Pilcher
  • 2019 Marina & Robert Moric, Janis Lyon
  • Indigenous person performing a traditional moondance in elaborately feathered costume.
    2019 Derrick Davis
  • Four people dressed in formal attire posing together at the moondance event called "remembering the future: 100 years of inspiring art" at the Heard Museum.
    2021 Governor Stephen Roe Lewis, Patti Hibbeler, Dina Huntinghorse, Ivan Makil
  • Two women smiling and holding awards at an evening moondance event with string lights in the background.
    2021 Denise Wallace & Mary Ellen McKee
  • 2021 Bennett & Jacquie Dorrance, John & Armity Simon, Carrie Hulburd, Katie Mueller, Erin & John Gogolak
  • 2021 Decor
  • Two individuals posing for a moondance photo in front of a backdrop with the text "substance of stars heard.org".
    2022 Gary Bohnee & Patty Ferguson Bohnee
  • Floral centerpiece on display at an outdoor evening moondance event with string lights in the background.
    2022 Decor
  • Three people posing for a photo at a moondance social event.
    2022 Mayor Kate Gallego, Colleen & John Lomax
  • Four people posing for a photo at a moondance evening social event.
    2022 Mike & Cindy Watts, Kathy & Dan Grubb
  • Guests arriving at an outdoor evening event with a mariachi band playing under a moondance.
    2023 Entrance with Mariachi Estrellas Musicales
  • Four guests seated at a banquet table during a formal moondance event.
    2023 Howard & Audrey Iseri and Merle & Steve Rosskam
  • An elegant senior woman with styled blonde hair, wearing a bright blue blouse with moondance floral detailing, smiling at a formal event.
    2023 Sharron Lewis
  • A female singer performing on stage with a microphone, accompanied by musicians, against the backdrop of a large screen displaying an American flag pattern during a moondance-themed set.
    2023 Shaylin Shabi Young

PAST HONOREES

2023

Richard Chavez

Bank of America

2019

Doug Hyde

Ellen & John Stiteler

2022

Dan Namingha

Jill & Wick Pilcher

2018

Sonwai

Joy & Howard Berlin

2021

Denise Wallace

Mary Ellen & Bob McKee

2017

N. Scott Momaday

Blue Cross Blue Shield

2020

Joy Harjo

Betty Van Denburgh

2016

Kay Walkingstick

Arlene & Giora Ben-Horin

WAYS TO SUPPORT

You can pay by credit card online, by contacting Adriana Duenas at 602.251.0236 or aduenas@heard.org, or by mailing a check and the Moondance 2024 Sponsorship Form to:

Heard Museum, c/o Development Department
2301 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004

SPONSORS

Full sponsor listing coming soon! Opportunities to purchase tickets, underwrite an element of the evening, or sponsor tables are available from $1,000 and up.

For more information about Moondance, please contact Adriana Duenas at aduenas@heard.org or 602.251.0236