Good ideas remain pipe dreams unless a group of hard-working and enthusiastic people take on the task of making sure an idea comes to fruition. The BenchMark artists, sponsors, and committee members deserve an enormous thank you for the generosity, work and dedication that enabled BenchMark to flourish.

The original idea came out of a meeting of the Past Presidents of the Friends of The Contemporary Museum, who were gathered together by current President, Margery Ziffrin, to bubble up ideas about ways to celebrate The Contemporary Museum’s 20th anniversary. The ideas from that meeting evolved into BenchMark.

BenchMark is evidence of the aim of the Friends of The Contemporary Museum - to increase public awareness and provide support for TCM. We do so through a wide variety of activities and events, BenchMark being just one event. Please further explore this web site to see what else we offer for our members, and join us! We welcome people who would like to be active members as well as those who would like to cheer us on from the side-lines.