Wish You Were There

In 2019, Phoenix Art Museum celebrated 60 years of art, life, and community in the heart of our city, at the northeast corner of Central and McDowell. Over these past six decades, we have often heard stories from guests who experienced major life moments within the halls, galleries, garden, and public spaces of the Museum. Couples said “I do” in the Dorrance Sculpture Garden. High school seniors danced the night away with friends at their proms held in Cummings Great Hall. There were stories of breakups in the American Wing, proposals among the French Impressionist gardens, and first dates among the fireflies. As we celebrated our 60th year, we wanted to find a way to tell those stories, to capture those life moments that happened in our Museum.
Thanks to the profound generosity of The Steele Foundation, the Museum, in honor of its milestone anniversary, set out to capture the story of Phoenix Art Museum through a series of three films that would weave together the experiences of our visitors using both poetry and narrative and created in collaboration with a team of Arizona-based filmmakers, who brought with them their own perspectives as Museum visitors. We are pleased to announce the world premiere of our second film in the series, Wish You Were There. Learn more at phxart.org/blog/short-film-series/
Set in the galleries of Phoenix Art Museum, Wish You Were There illustrates the power of art to create tender moments rooted in memory, connection, and love, both old and new. We hope you enjoy this narrative journey with us.
Wish You Were There was made possible through the generosity of The Steele Foundation.

[@mammc1]

interested for sure, would like to have some more content/background

[@ericweber1969]

Wow, really powerful. Thank you!