Past Events

In October of 2022, the C4C Arts Weekend was held in the Hamptons. Collectors and exhibition artists traveled to Amagansett, NY on Long Island to spend the weekend together viewing and experiencing art. The weekend events included the Beauty in the Hamptons Exhibition which was staged in the turn-of-the-century Rowe-Mackall House. More than 60 art works by 11 artists of renown (Lu Cong, Scott Fraser, Ron Hicks, Quang Ho, Dan McCaw, Danny McCaw, John McCaw, CW Mundy, Dan Sprick, Adrienne Stein, and Vincent Xeus) were exhibited throughout the mansion. Hamptons Weekend Events included:

• Welcome Dinner for Artists
• Housing for the Artists
• Private Watercolor Lesson for Collectors
• Private Collection Tours for the Artists and Collectors
• Private Tours of Historic Artist Sites (Thomas Moran Studio and Pollock-Krasner House)
• Opening Exhibition Gala
• Educational Salon for Artists and Collectors with Presentations by:
  • Helen Harrison, Director, Pollock-Krasner House
  • Peter Trippi, Editor-in-Chief, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
  • Vincent Xeus, Fra Angelico Artist of the Year
  • Farewell Party for Artists and Collectors

In November of 2019, C4C collectors traveled to Atlanta and Savannah for the C4C Arts Weekend which included:

• Private Tour of Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) Atlanta Campus
• Private Tour of Exhibition, Fashioning Art from Paper, Isabelle de Borchgrave, SCAD Museum of Film & Fashion
• Exclusive Receptions & Tours of Homes and Private Collections of Atlanta Collectors
• Private Tours of Savannah Historic District and SCAD Savannah Campus
• Exclusive Reception & Tour of Home & Private Collection of Savannah Collector

In May of 2018, C4C collectors traveled to Paris for the Americans in Paris Exhibition (Schedule of Events) and included:

• Special Tour and Lecture by Dominque Sennelier of Historic Sennelier Art Supplies Store (supplier for the Impressionists)
• Tour & Lunch at Musee d’Orsay
• Americans in Paris Exhibition at L’Oeil du Prince Gallery
• Train to Chatou and private tour of Museum Fournaise and Lunch at La Fournaise
• Rodin Museum and Musee Jacquemart-Andre

In May of 2018, the C4C Arts Weekend was held in Denver (Schedule of Events) and included:

• Opening of Impressions, Markings & More at Space Gallery
• Exclusive Founding Connoisseur Collector Brunch & Tour hosted by Sally Duncan
• Impressions Salon at Space Gallery featuring Degas to McCaw presentation by Shannon Robinson and a Conversation with the McCaw Family with Dan McCaw, John McCaw and Danny McCaw

In October of 2017, the C4C Arts Weekend was held in NYC (Schedule of Events) and included:

• C4C National Symposium: Patronage and Collecting: Then & Now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
• Opening of Revelry & Revelation: Realism Today Exhibition at The Salmagundi Club

In June of 2017, in collaboration with the Clark Hulings Fund and Space Gallery, C4C hosted the first annual Artists’ Business Forum to provide practical advice to artists about the global art market and how to individually and collectively connect with art industry players to ensure the success and sustainability of their businesses. The Forum featured:

• “The Changing Global Art Market and the Future of the Professional Artist” by Shannon Robinson
• “Make Yourself Central” by Elizabeth Hulings
• “Harness Your Marketing Power” by Daniel DiGriz
• “Leading the Charge” by Nephi Nevin

In April of 2017, C4C hosted an exclusive Curator Tour and Program for the Masterworks Exhibition of the Mower Collection which featured:

• Viewing of Masterworks Exhibition showcasing works from the Morton and Tobia Mower private collection with major paintings by Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, Cassatt, Degas, Chagall, and Leger as well as selected Rodin sculptures.
• “Curatorial Picks” by Exhibition Curator Simon Zalkind
• “Curator Conversation with the Mowers”
• Art History Presentation by Dr. Molly Medakovich from the Denver Art Museum about Impressionism and its legacy in the context of the Mower Collection.

In 2016, the C4C Arts Weekend Schedule of Events included:

• Gala Opening of Windows to the Divine Exhibition: Abstraction & Representation: Finding Common Ground;
• C4C Abstraction & Representation: Finding Common Ground National Symposium held at Space Gallery which featured:
  • Presentation by Dr. Gwen Chanzit, Curator of Modern Art and the Herbert Bayer Collection and Archive at the Denver Art Museum and Professor of the Practice and Director of Museum Studies in Art History at the University of Denver: “The Development of Abstraction: A Brief Sampling from Cézanne to Pollock”
  • Presentation by Shannon Robinson, Chairperson of C4C: “From Abstraction to Contemporary Realism”
  • Panel Discussion re: Exhibition Theme: Albert Handell (2016 Fra Angelico Artist of the Year), Dan Jacobs, University of Denver, Director of Victoria Myhren Gallery and Michael Paglia, art critic for Westword
  • Joint Presentation by Ron Hicks & Michael Gadlin: ” Unlikely Pair”
• Exclusive Tour by Director Dean Sobel for Founding Connoisseurs of Clyfford Still Collection and Cocktail Party held at the museum residence of F/C’s, Sharon & Lanny Martin;
• Private Screening of Agnes Martin Before the Grid held at Space Gallery

In 2015, Windows to the Divine launched Collectors for Connoisseurship (C4C), a new national network for collectors and artists. C4C members engage and interact through online experiences and special events such as the C4C Denver Arts Weekend held in November of 2015 that included:

• C4C Renaissance of Realism National Symposium held at the Denver Art Museum
• Renaissance of Realism Exhibition held at Denver’s Gallery 1261; and
• Inaugural Gathering of the Founding Connoisseurs held at the home of Founding Connoisseurs, Pete & Marilyn Coors in Denver.