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Joyner, Pamela J. print view role Collector dates 1957/1958- city Chicago state IL other cities Sonoma, CA; San Francisco, CA; Cambridge, MA sex F historical notes Pamela J. Joyner is a contemporary art collector from San Francisco who, along with her husband Alfred J. Giuffrida, has amassed a collection of works by artists of the African diaspora. The couple's collection of over 400 works, mainly abstract paintings, is intended to rewrite the role that artists of color have played in art history. The collection includes Jack Whitten, Sam Gilliam, and Mark Bradford and has also expanded to include artists from Africa and the global African diaspora, such as El Anatsui, William Kentridge, and Wangechi Mutu. In recent years, the couple has also begun to focus on Afro-Brazilian artists such as Rubem Valentim and Emanoel Araujo. Joyner is a trustee of the J. Paul Getty Trust, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the latter to which Joyner and Giuffrida have donated 31 works by 20 American artists, such as Elizabeth Catlett, Beauford Delaney, Norman Lewis, and Richard Mayhew. Joyner is also a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities and a trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago. She previously served on the board of the MacDowell Colony of New Hampshire, the oldest artist’s colony in the nation. decades of activity 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2020 2020-2030 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:32 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details see also: Giuffrida, Alfred J. «  back