Due to the current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) closure, the Acquired Taste planning committee has agreed it is best to postpone this celebration until Spring 2021.
We are extraordinarily grateful to the generous event sponsors whose support would have made the 2020 Acquired Taste Celebration possible. The full list follows below.
About Acquired Taste
The Krannert Art Museum Council invites members, friends, and art lovers to come together to celebrate the museum’s collection and to help it grow in new and exciting ways. This special event brings you behind the scenes to see how new works of art are selected for the museum.
The evening includes a catered dinner and presentations of proposed acquisitions—works that the curators and directors believe will be meaningful additions to the collection. Attendees each have three votes, with opportunities to purchase additional votes in order to put a favorite at the top of the standings. The winning work of art—and possibly more—are acquired with the evening’s proceeds.
2020 Acquired Taste Celebration Sponsors
We would like to thank this year's sponsors for their generous support:
Anderson Dental
George and Sandra Batzli
Busey Bank
Champaign Jewelers
Whit and Cathy Daily
Debbie Day
Harold and Nancy Diamond
Stephen Downie and Deborah Katz-Downie
Susan Feuille
First State Bank
Terry and Sharon Harkness
Brice Hutchcraft
Abe and Lisa Kocheril
Robert and Carol Lenz
Daniel McLean and Jon Seydl
Dann and Brenda Nardi
Deena Noel-Horberg
Mike and Sheila O’Connor
Ed Perry and Marty Sierra Perry
Alice Pfeffer
Gary and Fraeda Porton
Prairie State Bank
Brian and Gloria Rainer
Cecile Steinberg
Bob and Bonnie Switzer
Ed and Nancy Tepper
Marie Tompkins
Ed and Sharon Williams
