Beats after Sunset at Bass Museum of Art on Friday, April 6, 2012. This months Beats after Sunset was sponsored by Herradura Tequila, Societe Perrier,  The Sagamore Hotel, Antigal Winery & Estates and Chalk Ping Pong & Billiards Lounge. Always a great time but this months was so more much fun and ran into so many friends.
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Miami Vinyl The History of Record-Making in Miami Part I The 1970s and earlier at Miami Art Museum on Thursday, April 5, 2012. In part one they had three amazing panelist:
Henry Stone, founder and owner of the famed TK Records, home of disco stars KC and the Sunshine Band; known for defining the “Miami sound†since the 1960s.
Willie J. Clarke, legendary Miami producer and songwriter.
Jeff Lemlich, Music historian; author of Savage Lost: Florida Garage Bands, The ’60s and Beyond; founder of Limestone Lounge Florida Music Forum.
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Visit the Antipodes
March 10th and 11th, 2012, 10am-6pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue
www.miamisci.org
Thanks to the Ocean Gate Foundation, visitors will have the opportunity to explore a real submarine, The Antipodes.
Subpilotes will also be on hand to discuss features of the submarine and research they participate in.
Antipode will be available for viewing in the Space Gallery this weekend only!
The subpilotes will give a presentation in the theater about past, current, and future research utilizing submarines at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Design, Midtown & Wynwood Experience, Inc. presented the launch event for a new art experience “The South Beach Art Tours” at the Bass Museum on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. This event was co-hosted by The Southern Florida Concierge Association.
Here is a sample of what you might expect for an “Art Experience” tour which will bring our locals and tourist to tour some South Beach Landmarks, like visiting the beautiful Bass Museum of Art, a behind the Scene of New World Symphony, the new Frank Gehry building, see artist at work in their studios at the South Florida Art Center, visit some Design/Galleries on Lincoln Road. At endyou might just end up with a 3 course lunch or dinner in a 4 star restaurant! WHat more could you ask for!!!!
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Freddy Jouwayed; Giannina Coppiano Dwin; Artist Unknown 10/29/11 – 1/29/12
10/29/2011-01/29/2012, 10am-5pm Tues-Fri; noon-4pm Sat and Sun
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
1650 Harrison Street
Hollywood, FL 33020
artandculturecenter.org
Three artists are featured in our Galleries: Freddy Jouwayed: Forks in the Wave Function; Giannina Coppiano Dwin: Nothing We Can Call Our Own; Artist Unknown/The Free World
Miami Science Museum Presents Biscayne’s Underwater Secrets Photography Exhibition By Thomas Strom
Ongoing-December 31, 2011
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33129
Ongoing Exhibition Gives Viewers a Look at the Natural Wonders in South Florida’s Own Backyard
Visitors to Miami Science Museum can get a view of the hidden natural wonders right in South Florida’s own backyard with the ongoing photography exhibition Biscayne’s Underwater Secrets by National Park Ranger Thomas Strom. The exhibition, including 23 of Strom’s photographs, explores the natural beauty of Biscayne National Park.
Strom has seen all of Biscayne National Park’s underwater nooks and crannies, and he has photographed most of them. In many cases, Strom’s pictures are the general public’s best view of the hidden beauty that makes up Biscayne National Park. Each photo in the exhibition was taken within the confines of the park itself.
“I am proud to share these portraits from where I work, and where I live,” said Strom. “I hope that they inspire people to take a closer look at the wonders in their own backyard, and hope that Biscayne’s Underwater Secrets helps them see mine.”
Strom is a former Biscayne National Park volunteer and current employee. He has captured images of the Park’s natural wonders above the water, below the water, in hidden channels and behind the scenes. He has donated 8,000 images and 800 hours to the park over the past 10 years. His abilities to convey the awesome in the ordinary, and the elegance in the extraordinary, have earned him a place as Biscayne National Park’s go-to photographer.
A self-taught photographer, Strom is a native South Floridian. After living in western Massachusetts for several years, he returned home and began volunteering at Biscayne National Park. He first served as a photographer for the park’s award-winning Family Fun Fest and renowned environmental education program, and later for all of the park’s events. His images have been featured in park brochures, on its Web site, in traveling exhibits, and many other places by such prestigious organizations as National Geographic, Nature Valley Granola Bars, the International Coral Reef Symposium and The Miami Herald.
COST: Included with Museum admission. Students (with valid ID), seniors (62+) and children 3 – 12, $10.95; adults are $14.95. Admission is free for MiaSci members and children under 3. Parking is free.
Always open at www.MiamiSci.org
Miami Science Museum Reptile Day
Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33129
Included with Museum admission. Students (with valid ID), seniors (62+) and children 3 – 12, $10.95; adults are $14.95. Admission is free for MiaSci members and children under 3. Parking is free.
Those who are reptile lovers or simply want to learn more about the fascinating creatures are invited to attend Miami Science Museum’s Reptile Day on Saturday, Nov. 5. Merging two of the Museum’s most popular events, Snake Day and Lizard Day, Reptile Day will include entertaining and interactive activities about many different reptile species. New to the event this year is the Turtle and Tortoise category.
During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to see, touch and experience several different lizard and snake species, while the reptiles’ enthusiastic owners share details about their pets.
The pet reptile competition will give select owners a chance to show off their scaly sidekicks, and compete for People’s Choice Awards such as The Largest, Best of Show, Most Unusual, People’s Pick and Junior Herpetologist.
Guests will also enjoy a reptile trivia contest, live demonstrations, face painting, build-a-snake or lizard activity, snake personality quiz, and a sampling of “Insect Cuisine†prepared by a professional chef.
Reptile Day is sponsored in part by GEICO, Tom Crutchfield, Zoo Med, and United Pet Group, Inc. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, contact Rachael Sablotsky at rsablotsky@miamisci.org.
Coral Gables Museum Inaugural Exhibits During Creating the Dream Weekend
Museum Hosts Weekend-Long Celebration, Oct. 20-22
The Coral Gables Museum will be honoring the City of Coral Gables’ historic relationship with Spain through a series of weekend events that pay tribute to George Merrick’s vision for the City Beautiful, on October 20, 21 and 22.
“The representatives from Spain were so excited to reconnect Spain to Coral Gables, where the best of Spain has been celebrated since George Merrick’s time,†said Arva Moore Parks, Acting Director of the Coral Gables Museum.
The public is invited to a grand dinner featuring the renowned chefs of the Paradores of Spain, which kicks off the festivities at The Biltmore Hotel. There will be no better place to indulge in the culinary experiences that Spain has to offer than the upcoming “Real Castles in Spain†dinner.
On Thursday, October 20th, the Museum will host the rare gastronomical event at Coral Gables’ own Giralda-inspired hotel, featuring the chefs of the Paradores, the one-of-a-kind luxury hotels located in various historic locations, including castles throughout Spain. Tickets to the “Real Castles in Spain†dinner are $250 per person. Table sponsorships are also available for $3000, including table signage and a quarter-page ad in the weekend program.
On Friday, October 21st, the Museum will honor all of the founders and sponsors who have helped bring the dream of the Coral Gables Museum to life with a special invitation-only cocktail reception. Attendees of the event will be treated to a sneak preview of the new exhibits before they open to the public as a show of gratitude for their dedication and support.
The Museum opens to the general public at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 22.
The Coral Gables Museum celebrates the civic arts of architecture, city planning, landscape architecture, historic and environmental preservation and history—the elements that define Coral Gables. It is a true public/private partnership between the City of Coral Gables and the Coral Gables Museum Corp., a private, not for profit 501.c.3 Corporation. The Museum will open its first major exhibitions in October 2011. For more information on Coral Gables Museum, or for tickets, please visit www.coralgablesmuseum.org/ or call 305-603-8067.
Fabulous First Fridays at MiaSci Wonders Of Space Free
An evening of laser lights, stars and more!
Friday, Oct. 7
7:30 p.m. – Free Planetarium Show
8 p.m. – “Pop†Laser Show (Family)
8:30-10 p.m. – Free Rooftop Observatory Viewing (Weather permitting)
9 p.m. – The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Laser Show
10 p.m. – Best of the Doors Laser Show
11 p.m. – Pink Floyd: Best of the Wall Laser Show
Midnight – Radiohead Laser Show
Miami Science
3280 South Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33129.
Miami Science Museum Offers Fun-Filled Space Exploration At
Free September/October Fabulous First Friday Events
Kids and adults alike can explore the wonders of space for FREE at Miami Science Museum’s Fabulous First Friday events in September and October. Guests can “reach for the stars†during a free planetarium show, rooftop observatory viewing, and Activity Room for children three and older. For a nominal charge, attendees can also enjoy Miami Science Museum’s exhilarating laser shows.
During both dates, the Activity Room for children ages three and older will feature supervised activities and demonstrations, starting just before 8 p.m. Also, the Ms. Cheezious food truck will be on site, and donate 10 percent of all sales to Miami Science Museum’s Upward Bound program. One of the U.S. Department of Education’s TRIO programs, Upward Bound helps low income, first-generation college bound students to be prepared for postsecondary study, and to graduate college with a bachelor’s degree in science, math, and technology related fields.
Laser Show admission is $4 per child, and $8 per adult. For more information about the Laser Shows, visit: http://www.miamisci.org/www/planetarium_laser_shows.php.
Current exhibitions at the Museum, viewable daily from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., include Earth From Space: The Magic Planet, Energy Tracker, Heart Smart, The Sea Lab, and Wildlife Center. Exhibitions are included in the Museum admission price.
The Museum is open every day from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Admission is free for MiaSci members and children under 3; students (with valid ID), seniors (62+) and children 3 – 12, $10.95; adults are $14.95. Parking is free.
Always open at www.MiamiSci.org
Fabulous First Fridays at MiaSci Wonders Of Space Free
An evening of laser lights, stars and more!
Friday, Sept. 2
7:30 p.m. – Free Planetarium Show
8 p.m. – “Pop†Laser Show (Family)
8:30-10 p.m. – Free Rooftop Observatory Viewing (Weather permitting)
9 p.m. – Best of The Beatles Laser Show
10 p.m. – Pink Floyd: Echoes Laser Show
11 p.m. – Bob Marley Laser Show
Midnight – Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon Laser Show
Miami Science
3280 South Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33129.
Miami Science Museum Offers Fun-Filled Space Exploration At Free September/October Fabulous First Friday Events
Kids and adults alike can explore the wonders of space for FREE at Miami Science Museum’s Fabulous First Friday events in September and October. Guests can “reach for the stars†during a free planetarium show, rooftop observatory viewing, and Activity Room for children three and older. For a nominal charge, attendees can also enjoy Miami Science Museum’s exhilarating laser shows.
During both dates, the Activity Room for children ages three and older will feature supervised activities and demonstrations, starting just before 8 p.m. Also, the Ms. Cheezious food truck will be on site, and donate 10 percent of all sales to Miami Science Museum’s Upward Bound program. One of the U.S. Department of Education’s TRIO programs, Upward Bound helps low income, first-generation college bound students to be prepared for postsecondary study, and to graduate college with a bachelor’s degree in science, math, and technology related fields.
Laser Show admission is $4 per child, and $8 per adult. For more information about the Laser Shows, visit: http://www.miamisci.org/www/planetarium_laser_shows.php.
Current exhibitions at the Museum, viewable daily from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., include Earth From Space: The Magic Planet, Energy Tracker, Heart Smart, The Sea Lab, and Wildlife Center. Exhibitions are included in the Museum admission price.
The Museum is open every day from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Admission is free for MiaSci members and children under 3; students (with valid ID), seniors (62+) and children 3 – 12, $10.95; adults are $14.95. Parking is free.
Always open at www.MiamiSci.org
Key West Free Museum Weekend
8/20/11-8/21/11, 8:00 am on 8/20/11 to 9:00 pm on 8/21/11
Participating venues in Key West
Flagler Station Over–Sea Railway Museum 901 Caroline Street
Key West, Fl 33040
(305) 293-8716
Florida Keys Eco Discovery Center
33 East Quay Road
Key West, FL 33040
(305) 809-4750
Fort East Martello 3501 South Roosevelt Boulevard
Key West, FL 33040-5209
(305) 296-3913
Key West Art and Historical Society at Custom House
281 Front Street
Key West, Fl 33040
(305) 295-6616
Key West Art Center 301 Front Street Key West, Fl 33040
(305) 294-1243
Key West Lighthouse Museum
939 Whitehead Street
Key West, Fl. 33040
(305) 295-6616
Key West Shipwreck Museum
1 Whitehead Street
Key West, FL 33040-6634
(305) 292-8990
Old Island Restoration
322 Duval Street
Key West, Fl 33040
(305) 293-0713
The Studios of Key West
600 White Street
Key West, Fl 33040
(305) 296-0458
Truman Little Whitehouse
Truman Annex, 111 Front Street
Key West, Fl 33040
(305) 292-9911
Hemingway House 907 Whitehead Street Key West, FL 33040
(305) 294-1136
http://www.wlrn.org/key-west-museum-week/
WLRN Public Radio and Television and the Monroe County Tourist Development Council will host the first annual Key West Museum Weekend on August 20th and 21st. The event provides a free cultural pass for South Florida residents and visitors to experience the rich history of Key West by offering free admission to eleven participating museums. Attendees must log onto wlrn.org and click on the “Key West Museum Weekend†banner to print out the free weekend pass.
This is a free event brought to you by WLRN Public Radio and Television for South Florida and the Monroe Tourist Development Council
Beats After Sunset at The Bass Museum on Friday, August, 5, 2011. Â I love this event, it happens every first Friday of every Month, if you have not made it to this event you really need to.
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Wine Down Wednesdays at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Â This is such a fun event!!!!
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Beats after Sunset at the Bass Museum on Friday, July 1, 2011. Â What a great way to spend the evening at The Bass Museum.
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Miami Science Museum Celebrates Father’s Day In A Big Way and hosts Big Truck Days to launch new Moving Things exhibition
June 18 & 19th
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33129.
Admission is FREE for dads on Father’s Day (Sunday, June 19th).
Miami Science Museum announces the launch of its newest exhibit: Moving Things on Saturday and Sunday, June 18-19, 2011, as part of the inaugural Big Truck Days weekend. Big Ryder and Miami-Dade County trucks, and several gourmet food trucks will be on site, as well as several hands-on activities for people of all ages to enjoy.
At Moving Things, sponsored by Ryder System, Inc., visitors will test their own brain vs. brawn in this fun hands-on exhibition focused on how things move from place to place – sometimes easily – sometimes with great effort…but always full of surprises. Moving Things will serve as a prototype exhibition for the new Miami Science Museum, scheduled to open in Museum Park in 2014 (Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science).
Moving Things
Millions of trucks deliver billions of objects around the world each day. Tire changes, engine maintenance, refueling, vehicle speed, and location all need to be tracked to keep things moving smoothly. Without fleet management to coordinate all the details, deliveries would take longer, cost more, and, sometimes, not happen at all!
Visit Moving Things to experience:
Packing a Suitcase: Your bags are packed and you’re ready to go! But do you have all you need? The closer objects fit together, the more you can bring. Some shapes fit perfectly, leaving no gaps between them. Now that’s close packing!
Packing Parcels: Test how efficiently you can stow oddly shaped parts into two containers in relation to cost, volume, part orientation, weight and design.
Packing a Pallet: Boxes and barrels, containers and crates, parcels and pallets. If an object is odd sized or delicate, or when there are many items, you need special packaging to make moving safe and efficient. How many people pack onto a pallet? Find some friends and figure it out!
Turntable: Place different rolling objects, including rings, disks and spheres, on a rotating turntable. How long can you make them stay on the turntable without falling off?
Flow Table: Moving through air or water takes energy: the faster you go, the greater the drag. Some shapes are more efficient than others and size matters. What patterns do you see in the flow?
Traffic: Try your hand at managing a steady flow of traffic by putting discs of different shapes and sizes on an air-suspension track that moves the discs along. Can you avoid traffic-jams and tailgating?
Suitcase gyro: Pick up a suitcase from a stand and find that it moves on its own! A rapidly rotating object, such as the spinning flywheel inside the suitcase, has angular momentum, which causes the object to resist a change in its direction.
Big Truck Days, Saturday and Sunday, June 18-19th:
On display:
Miami-Dade County Hybrid Garbage Truck: The Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management was the first municipal solid waste agency in the United States to take delivery of and put into service these advanced Series Hydraulic Hybrid Powered waste collection trucks. Benefits offered by this hybrid vehicle: reduction in diesel fuel consumption, by as much as 50%; cleaner air emissions; and reduced repair costs to the vehicle’s brake system.
Miami-Dade County Hybrid Bus: The County’s New Flyer 60 ft. articulated diesel-electric hybrid bus provides the following benefits: Improves fuel mileage by 20-35%, compared to conventional buses; and Lower green house gas emissions – NOx reductions of up to 50%.
Ryder’s Detroit Diesel Demand It All Tour Trailer
Activities:
Mousetrap Car: Students from the Museum’s Upward Bound program will show visitors how to build a ‘Mousetrap Car’. Visitors can build their own Mousetrap Cars and then race them. The best design wins a prize!
Ramp Control: For very young children – Use building blocks to create different size ramps and test how fast and how far your toy car can roll.
Lego Car Prototyping space: Use Legos to build and test your own solar- or air-powered car! Then, snap a picture of your creation and post it to our gallery screens to make it part of the exhibit.
Kid in a Candy Box: Visitors can try their hand at packing and stacking different sized candy boxes into a case to see how much they can fit.
Admission
Admission is free for Miami Science Museum members and children under 3; students (with valid ID), seniors (62+) and children 3 – 12, $10.95; adults are $14.95. Entry to Stingray Sea Lab is included in the price of admission. Dads get in FREE on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19th.
Hours
The Museum is open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. daily.
More Information
For more information, visit www.miamisci.org or call (305) 646-4200. See the Museum on Facebook (www.facebook.com/MiamiScienceMuseum), Twitter (www.twitter.com/MiaSci) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/MiamiScienceMuseum).
Opening Reception and Artist Talk for Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other
Saturday, July 16, 2011 ï 6-9pm
Artist talk begins 6:30pm (Space is limited. First come, first seated.)
Miami Art Museum, 101 W Flagler St., Miami, FL 33130
MAM members free, Non-members $20
Free event parking at 50 NW 2nd Ave.
RSVP@miamiartmuseum.org or 305.375.1704
The Board of Trustees of Miami Art Museum welcomes members and guests to the opening reception for Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other. Neuenschwander will discuss her work during an Artist Talk beginning at 6:30pm. Guests will enjoy a festive reception with Fresh Fruit Caipirinhas provided by Leblon Cachaca.
Miami Art Museum Presents Brazilian Artist Rivane Neuenschwander’s First Mid-Career Survey
Artist’s Collaborations with Musicians, Forensic Artists, Bar Patrons, Nature and Exhibition Visitors Result in Poetic, Yet Playful Works
Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other
July 17 – October 16, 2011
Rivane Neuenschwander, Chove chuva / Rain Rains, 2002. Aluminum buckets, water, steel cable, ladder. Dimensions variable. Private collection. / Rivane Neuenschwander, Primeiro amor / First Love, 2005. Pencil on paper, police sketch artist, table and chairs. 11 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. each. .29 x 21 cm. Installation view New Museum, New York. Courtesy the artist, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo; and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. / Rivane Neuenschwander, Eu desejo o seu desejo / I Wish Your Wish, 2003. Silkscreen on fabric ribbons. Dimensions variable. Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Juan and Pat Vergez Collection. All images courtesy New Museum, New York. Photo by Benoit Pailley
Miami Art Museum will present the first mid-career survey of the work of Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander (b. 1967, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) focusing on over ten years of innovative practice. Neuenschwander’s work, which includes painting, photography, film, sculpture, immersive installations and participatory actions, combines conceptual rigor, sensory appeal, poetic evocation and viewer interaction. Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other (July 17 through October 16, 2011) punctuates the elements that have led to her reputation as one of the most unique contributors to contemporary Brazilian art.
Inspired by nature, time, life cycles, mysteries of perception and human exchange, Neuenschwander creates playful, sensual and often participatory artworks that blur distinctions between author, artwork and viewer. For some of the work on view, Neuenschwander is the sole creator. Other pieces are the result of collaborations with entities as varied as musicians, forensic artists, bar patrons, nature and the exhibition’s visitors. Motifs that repeat with regularity include mapping, measuring, trading and categorization.
“Rivane Neuenschwander is a very unusual artist in that many of her artworks are collaborations with ‘partners’ over which she has little or no control–rain, gravity, ants, the public,†said Peter Boswell, assistant director for programs/senior curator, Miami Art Museum. “She initiates situations and then lets them go, giving up control. That kind of generosity and openness is pretty rare and the results are often amazingly poetic.”
The exhibition, presented in Miami Art Museum’s plaza-level gallery, will include two of Neuenschwander’s immersive, viscerally beautiful installations, Rain Rains (2002) and I Wish Your Wish (2003). Rain Rains is an environment of dripping buckets, suspended from the ceiling to create an artificial rain environment. I Wish Your Wish is inspired by a tradition of a church in Bahia, Brazil, in which the faithful bind ribbons to their wrists and to the gates of the church; according to tradition, their wishes are granted when the ribbons wear away and fall off. In Neuenschwander’s version, visitors choose from thousands of ribbons printed with the wishes from past visitors to the installation and replace them with wishes of their own, turning private aspiration into collective responsibility.
The importance of film and literary sources can be seen in The Conversation (2010), a skewed homage to Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 film, and First Love (2005), a psychologically complex adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s novella by the same name. The Conversation, realized especially for this exhibition, is an immersive installation that investigates paranoia in an age in which privacy is no longer an individual’s natural right. In Neuenschwander’s First Love, visitors describe their ‘first love’ to a police sketch artist. The pencil sketches hang in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition, creating a very personal portrait gallery of perpetrators. In another work, A Thousand and One Possible Nights, Neuenschwander creates a calendar of constellation-like collages made by punching holes in pages of The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Miami Art Museum has organized a satellite installation at Miami Dade College InterAmerican Campus, featuring a video art work in Miami Art Museum’s permanent collection entitled Quarta-Feira de Cinzas/Epilogue (Ash Wednesday/Epilogue). The video depicts ants laboriously hauling glittering pieces of multi-colored confetti into their holes, a reference to the aftermath of Carnival festivities in Brazil. The installation will be on view at InterAmerican Campus, 627 SW 27th Ave., Miami, FL 33135, from July 14 through August 7, 2011.
Wine Down Wednesday at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Â I love this monthly event it is free and you get to see the museum (which is a awesome museum) and you get to meet some great people. Â Â FREE General Admission & Free Parking Available at 50 NW 2nd Avenue and $15 open wine and food bar or $5 per drink.
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Nineteenth Annual Miami International Map Fair
Saturday, February 4 and Sunday, February 5, 2012 from 10 am to 5 pm
HistoryMiami
101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami, FL
This annual event showcases antique maps, rare books, panoramas and atlases from around the world.
Peruse and purchase antique maps from some of the finest map dealers in the world. Learn about maps through a series of lectures by experts in the field and enjoy special events held throughout the weekend.
Proceeds from Map Fair go toward maintaining and improving HistoryMiami exhibitions, educational programming and community outreach programs.
HistoryMiami Members: $5 Non-Members: $15
Tickets may be purchased at the door.
Admission includes entrance to the international dealer’s marketplace, access to expert opinions on your own map(s) and the opportunity to win door prizes.
For more information regarding HistoryMiami’s Miami International Map Fair, call 305-375-1492 or email mapfair@historymiami.org.
The Fitzgerald & Kanner Trust for Historic Maps was established to endow the Miami International Map Fair, to support the growth of HistoryMiami’s map collection, and to foster an appreciation of historic maps through exhibitions, publications and educational programming.
In 1990 an anonymous donor established the Joseph H. Fitzgerald Trust for Historic Maps as a part of the museum’s endowment. The Trust is named after Joseph H. Fitzgerald in honor of his long service to HistoryMiami and avid interest in maps. The Trust has grown through donations of generous friends and map enthusiasts.
To make a contribution to the Trust, call 305-375-1615 or email development@historymiami.org.
Family Fun Day: Come Fly With Us
Saturday, July 9 From Noon – 5 pm
HistoryMiami
101 West Flagler Street
Miami
HistoryMiami invites you to join our special guest Wings Over Miami Air Museum and enjoy a thrilling day exploring our brand-new exhibit Aviation in Miami: The First 100 Years. See how this industry has influenced our region, and continues to be a vital part of our economy. Make vintage, gliding model airplanes and fly them on our plaza.
Free and open to the public.
For more information call: 305-375-1492
HistoryMiami Event Listings – Spring/ Summer 2011
Wine Down Wednesday
HistoryMiami, 101C West Flagler Street
First Wednesday of the Month
June 1 from 5 pm – 8 pm
Stock up on those business cards and join HistoryMiami’s Flagler Street Society and the 11th Judicial Circuit Historical Society along with members of the Young Professionals Network for an evening of wine, food and networking.
Members & County Employees Complimentary Glass of Wine
FREE General Admission & Parking Available at 50 NW 2nd Avenue
$15 wine and food bar or $5 per drink
Culinary Treats and Drinks provided by 2B Asian Bistro
RSVP by May 30
Call 305-375-1614 or email rsvp@historymiami.org
Tropical Adventures Summer Camp
Beginning June 10 to August 19 from 9 am – 5 pm
HistoryMiami’s Summer Camp is a unique program designed to engage campers in thematic programs and activities that allow them to learn while having fun. For 10 weeks, campers are exposed to indoor and outdoor hands-on activities, including gallery games, music, arts and crafts, drama, field trips to historic sites and many more exciting summertime experiences.
Members: $165/week Non-Members: $190/week
Free before and after care (8:30-9 am and 5-5:30 pm)
To register, call 305-375-1629, email: education@historymiami.org, or online at www.historymiami.org.
Miami River Boat Tour
Saturday, June 11 10 am – 1 pm
Bayside Marketplace, 401 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
Enjoy this leisurely boat ride with HistoryMiami’s historian Dr. Paul George four miles upriver along the same banks where ancient Tequesta Indians settled. Discover the hidden communities, parks, restaurants, freshwater springs and the site of the rapids. Advance reservations and payment required.
Members: $44 Non-Members: $49 Children: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org
Family Fun Day: The Majestic Andes
Saturday, June 11 from noon – 5pm
Join the Masis Bolivian Cultural Center at HistoryMiami for an exciting performance of traditional music and dance from the Andean regions of South America. Then, get the chance to make your own beautiful Inca jewelry.
Free and open to the public.
Info: Call: 305-375-1629
Aviation In Miami: The First 100 Years
Thursday, June 30 5:30 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami
Fly away with HistoryMiami for an evening of celebration and discover how aviation has impacted Miami and its residents in the 20th century. Enjoy live music, hors d’oeuvres and bar.
RSVP by June 17 to 305-375-1618 or membership@historymiami.org.
Free general admission
The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography Exhibition to Debut at Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale on June 5
The Museum of Art is located at One East Las Olas Boulevard at Andrews Avenue and is always open at www.moafl.org.
Ticket prices for The Art of Caring, which includes general Museum admission, are $10 for adults, $7 for seniors 65 and older and Military, $5 for students 6-17. Children 5 and under are free. Special Group rates are available by calling 954-262-0241. The Museum is open daily 11am – 6 pm, Thursdays until 8pm, Sunday 12-5pm, Closed Mondays.
Exhibition’s More Than 200 Photographs By Acclaimed Photographers Including Annie Leibovitz, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and Tina Barney Chronicle Pivotal Life Moments Since the 1940s
Featuring photographs spanning slightly more than a 60-year time period, the Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale’s exhibition The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography examines the moments that shape our being and how key events in life are celebrated and honored. It also explores how pivotal decisions are made by different cultures throughout the world. The exhibition will be on view at the Museum June 5-Sept. 25, 2011.
The Art of Caring’s more than 200 photographs are organized into seven thematic sections: Children and Family, Love, Wellness, Healing, Disaster, Aging, and Remembering. The exhibition opens with a group of compelling images by Annie Leibovitz that she personally selected to represent all seven themes.
Inspired in part by the legendary photography exhibition The Family of Man, organized in 1955 by Edward Steichen for New York’s Museum of Modern Art, The Art of Caring is entertaining, thought-provoking and inspiring. The exhibition’s photographs have been lent by artists, museums, private collectors, and from the holdings of the Time/LIFE Picture Collection, which includes a number of classic images by legendary photographers such as Alfred Eisenstaedt, Gordon Parks, W. Eugene Smith, and Margaret Bourke-White.
Beginning with photos taken at the conclusion of World War II, the images allow viewers to witness many of the great events that shaped the last half-century, as well as those that are shaping the new millennium.
From intimate family scenes to a startling image of a dog and a large brood of hungry young puppies, the exhibition’s contemporary photos are memorable, insightful and beautiful. Works by well-known contemporary photographers such as Tina Barney, Nan Goldin, Sally Mann, Duane Michals, Nicolas Nixon, and Neal Slavin are combined with works by many younger artists including Elinor Carucci, Albert Chong, Loretta Lux, Walter Martin and Eliza French. Additional acclaimed contemporary photographers featuring works in the exhibition are Jessica Todd Harper, Catherine Opie, Peter Granser, and William Wegman.
Irvin Lippman, Executive Director of the Museum of Art, announced, “In conjunction with the exhibition, the Museum of Art is partnering with The United Way of Broward County to invite health and social service organizations to partner with us on a diverse array of programs. The Museum has a history of making community-based partnerships a cornerstone of our exhibition and educational programs. The Art of Caring provides a compelling opportunity to reflect upon how art reflects life: looking at aging, new family norms, environmental awareness, human rights issues, civil and military preparedness, acceptance of diversity, and our global economy.â€
Organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art and guest curated by art historian Cynthia Goodman, Ph.D., the exhibition is accompanied by a fully-illustrated catalogue with an extensive essay by Dr. Goodman, which is available in Books & Books in the Museum’s lobby.
Wine Down Wednesday at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.  We enjoyed live music by Raffa & Rainer and delicious mini cupcakes by Nom! Nom! Nom! Cupcakes.
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2011 Summer Savings Pass is Back!
May 15 – September 30, 2011, 9:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.
Zoo Miami
12400 SW 152 Street
Miami, FL 33177
www.zoomiami.org
Lion Country Safari, Miami Seaquarium, Museum of Discovery and Science, and Zoo Miami will be offering a ‘Summer Savings Pass’ for the third year in a row. It will provide its buyers unlimited admission to all four attractions throughout the summer! 4 attractions…4 months of fun…1 low price. For complete information, please visit www.zoomiami.org. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity – there’s no better – or more inexpensive way – to beat the heat!
Rockin Photo Contest and Mother’s Day Event at Miami Science Museum hosted by the MiaSci Moms
Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8th, from 12-4 p.m
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33129
MiaSci Moms, the new Miami Science Museum advocacy group made up of local moms, is hosting Moms Rock @ MiaSci this Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8th, from 12-4 p.m. at the Museum. Moms and their families are welcomed to enjoy chocolate samplings, massages, chocolate art, the science behind chocolate, hands on activities and much more. Moms are invited to attend the event for FREE!
Chocolatiers, including Le Chocolatier, Wendy’s Chocolates, Cao Chocolates and Romanicos will be providing tasty chocolate treats, Starbucks will be sampling their VIA ready to brew coffee and iced teas and Elemis Spa will be on site with massage tables and will conduct a “Science of Flawless Skin†workshop and will also have recipes for homemade masks. Other activities include, Blind Chocolate Taste Testing, Chocolate Process Tasting (tasting chocolate in its different forms from bean to final product), Chocolate Art and a talk on the Origin of Chocolate presented by Le Chocolatier.
In addition to the Moms Rock @ MiaSci event, MiaSci Moms has launched a Facebook photo contest to celebrate moms! Entrants are asked to submit their most fun and creative family photos between April 25th and May 27th. The entries will be uploaded to the MiaSci Facebook page: http://Facebook.com/MiamiScienceMuseum, where friends and family will be invited to “Like†each photo. The photo with the most “Likes†by May 27th will win a Family Four Pack to any Disney World theme park in Orlando, FL. Contest rules and regulations are available online: http://MiamiSci.org/MiaSciMoms
MiaSci Moms is a diverse group of moms who not only serve as ambassadors for the Museum but also take a look at the Museum from an insider perspective and help the Museum provide better programs, exhibits and events for its visitors. The group meets once a month for a different Museum experience, including Wildlife Encounters, a new Museum presentation and conversation with CEO Gillian Thomas, preparation and planning for the Moms Rock @ MiaSci Mother’s Day event and Moms Rock Photo Contest. The group also engages in an open dialogue to discuss each experience and, using that feedback, the Museum works to enhance the visitor experience.
For more information about MiaSci Moms, Moms Rock @ MiaSci and the Moms Rock Photo Contest, please visit: http://MiamiSci.org/MiaSciMoms
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon of Miami Science Museum Goes Green Energy Happy Hour on Thursday, April 21, 2011.
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.
Buy One, Get One Free: During May, all visitors and locals will be offered “Buy One, Get One Free” admission at participating museums.
Join One, See Them All: During this month-long program, membership at any one of these participating museums will work as a free pass to any of the other museums.
Whether you just joined or have been a member for years, this is an incredible opportunity to museum hop and experience the Miami cultural scene.
To join a museum, or with questions specific to a participating museum, please find their information on the participants’ page and contact them directly.
The cultural scene in Greater Miami and the Beaches is unique and diverse. During May, celebrate Miami Museum Month. This is an incredible opportunity to experience the area’s inspiring museums.
2011 Participating Museums
¤ Ancient Spanish Monastery
¤ Art Center/South Florida
¤ Bass Museum of Art
¤ Black Police Precinct & Court House Museum
¤ Coral Gables Merrick House
¤ Coral Gables Museum
¤ The Haitian Heritage Museum
¤ HistoryMiami
¤ Jewish Museum of Florida
¤ Lowe Art Museum
¤ Miami Art Museum
¤ Miami Children’s Museum
¤ Miami Science Museum
¤ Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
¤ The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
¤ Wings Over Miami Air Museum
¤ The Wolfsonian—FIU
Souvenir Maps and Plates Opening Reception at HistoryMiami on Thursday, April 21, 2011.
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Held Over by Popular Demand, Vatican Splendors Exhibition at Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale Granted Special Permission from the Vatican to Extend Through May 8, 2011
The Museum of Art
One East Las Olas Boulevard
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
www.moafl.org.
Due to Its Popularity & High Attendance, Vatican Splendors to Remain On View at Museum Through Mother’s Day in Rare Touring Extension of the Objects on Display from the Vatican
Exhibition Presented by Holy Cross Hospital in Association with PNC Bank and AutoNation
Since its opening on Jan. 29, 2011 at the Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale – Nova Southeastern University, the major exhibition Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art, presented by Holy Cross Hospital in association with PNC Bank and AutoNation, has attracted record-breaking numbers of visitors and critical acclaim. Due to its tremendous popularity and high attendance levels, Vatican Splendorshas been granted special permission from the Vatican to extend its tour at the Museum to allow even more families and individuals to enjoy the exhibition. The final day the exhibition will be on view is now Mother’s Day, May 8, 2011 – two weeks after the original close date of April 24. After May 8, all of the precious objects must return to Italy.
The special exhibition extension permitted by the Vatican will also allow visitors to be in the presence of personal items of Pope John Paul II and objects representing his likeness after his Beatification on May 1, 2011. Visitors will even be able to put their hand on the bronze cast of the Blessed Pope John Paul II’s hand.
Presented by Holy Cross Hospital in association with PNC Bank and AutoNation, Vatican Splendors is one of the largest collections of art, documents and historically significant objects from the Vatican ever to tour North America.
Irvin Lippman, the Museum’s Executive Director, said, “We anticipated that Vatican Splendors would be extremely popular, but the high attendance numbers have far exceeded our expectations. We’re very pleased that the exhibition’s time on view at the Museum has been extended with special permission from the Vatican by two weeks. It’s uniquely intriguing to a large number of people because it is highly uplifting, whether for religious, political, cultural, or historical reasons.”
Tickets are on sale at the Museum Box Office and online at ticketmaster.com as well as by phone at 1-877-2VATICAN (1-877-282-8422).
Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art presents spectacular paintings by artists such as Giotto and Il Guercino and sculpture by Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini, along with unique objects illustrating the Catholic Church’s impact on history and culture. The exhibition’s nearly 200 objects, many of which have never been on public view, are presented in the Museum’s galleries and in specially-created environments that enhance the visitor’s understanding of both the historical as well as the artistic significance of each work. Objects include paintings, mosaics, sculpture, jewels, intricately embroidered silk vestments, uniforms of the Papal Swiss Guard, as well as an elaborately decorated gold and silver reliquary containing bone fragments of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Organized and circulated in conjunction with the Congregazione per l’Evangelizzazione dei Popoli of the Vatican City State, Vatican Splendorsis produced by Evergreen Exhibitions in association with the Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale. The exhibition is designed to take visitors on a journey into the heart of Vatican City – one of the world’s smallest states, but also one of the richest in history, tradition and culture. The collections are organized to provide a window to the Vatican’s role in the world, with objects marking events throughout 2,000 years of history and tradition. The Vatican has played a central role in creating and preserving Western art and the exhibition includes major works created specifically for the Church. Collectively, they illustrate the evolution of the Church and its papacy beginning with Saint Peter, with special emphasis on art and historical objects reflecting significant events and periods relating to Christianity.
Tickets to Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art, which include general admission to the Museum, are priced at $20 for adults, $17 for seniors, and $13 for children. Museum members are able to purchase ANYTIME tickets at the special rate of $15 for adults and $11 for children age 6 through 12. Members at the Reciprocal ($150) level and above receive two free ANYTIME admissions to the exhibition. To purchase tickets, please call 877-2Vatican. For Museum membership information, please call Membership Development Associate Shelley Edwards at (954) 262-0221.
Group tickets (for groups of 15 or more) are available for $17 per adult group ticket and $8 for a student who is part of a school group. To arrange a group tour, please contact our helpful Group Sales Office at moagroupsales@moafl.org or by phone at (954) 262-0202. To arrange a group event please contact Special Events Manager Gail Vilone at 954-262-0249 or gvilone@moafl.org.
Hours for Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art are daily from 11 am until 6 pm, with extended hours on Thursday evenings until 8 pm. Special early pre-opening hours are available for group and school tours by prior arrangement by calling the Group Sales Office at (954) 262-0202. Descriptive labels throughout the exhibition are bilingual in both English and Spanish, as is an audio tour, which is available for an additional fee.
Funding for the exhibition in Fort Lauderdale has been provided by Presenting Sponsor Holy Cross Hospital, and Associate Sponsors PNC Bank and AutoNation. Additional support is provided by the Amaturo Family Foundation. In-kind support is provided by the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six, RoboVault and Castronovo Vineyards. Media support is being provided by the Sun-Sentinel and Clear Channel. Additional marketing support is provided through partnerships with the Riverwalk A & E and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Visitors and Convention Bureau.
Funding for the Museum of Art is provided, in part, by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
Organized and circulated in conjunction with the Congregazione per l’Evangelizzazione dei Popoli of the Vatican City State, the exhibition is produced by Evergreen Exhibitions in association with the Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University.
Since its founding in 1958, the Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale has served our growing community as a gathering place for friends and neighbors, a lifelong learning center for children and adults, and as a dynamic hub for the cultural life of Broward County. Housed since 1986 in a distinguished modernist building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, the Museum is South Florida’s premier destination for quality exhibitions and programs that encompass every facet of civilization’s visual history. During the past five years, more than 11Ž2 million visitors have enjoyed remarkable exhibitions like Cradle of Christianity, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, and American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell. In 2008, the Museum became part of Nova Southeastern University, the seventh-largest not-for-profit independent institution in the nation, to form an expanded arts campus that joins the school’s Davie location with the Museum’s downtown Fort Lauderdale address.
HistoryMiami Exhibitions
HistoryMiami
101C West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33130
Estampas Del Caribe Nicaragüense
Portraits Of The Nicaraguan Caribbean
On View February 24, 2010 Through April 3, 2011
Journey to the Nicaraguan coast through the lens of award-winning documentary photographers MarÃa José Alvarez and Claudia Gordillo. Often described as the forgotten region of the country, Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast is home to a diversity of cultures that include Creoles, Sumos, Miskitos and GarÃfunas.
This exhibition encompasses over thirty-five photographs offering an anthropological view of the region, its people and their cultural practices.
Aviation In Miami: The First 100 Years
On View At The Museum From
June 24, 2011 Through January 15, 2012
On July 21, 1911, all of Miami gathered to witness an extraordinary event. Hired by Mayor Everest Sewell, aviator Howard Gill climbed into the cockpit of a wood and cloth-winged biplane furnished by the Wright Brothers and flew it up, up and away into the blue skies above the Miami Golf Links – performing the very first flight in the area. The rest, as they say, is history.
Aviation in Miami: The First 100 Years goes behind-the-scenes to explore the extensive engagement Greater Miami and its residents have had with the industry since this historic first flight. The exhibition addresses the evolving concerns of the aviation industry throughout the twentieth century and how they were tackled by the developers, the promoters, the pilots and the hundreds of thousands of Miamians who were employed or participated in the development of the field.
On view are artifacts from famed aviators such as Glenn Curtiss, Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker and Amelia Earhart and airlines such as Pan American World Airways and Eastern Airlines.
Souvenir Maps And Plates Of Florida
On View April 22, 2011 Through September 24, 2011
For more than a century, tourists have visited Florida attractions and admired our sub-tropical landscapes. Many returned home with a souvenir plate or pictorial map as a keepsake. Souvenir maps and plates often feature a picturesque scene and often boast tiny and often whimsical drawings of people, animals and landmarks. Popular during the twentieth century, some have become highly collectible antiques, while others are simply fun kitsch—mementos of a vacation in the sun. Be prepared to be charmed. This exhibition features a selection of maps and plates from the museum’s extensive collection – many on display for the first time.
Tropical Dreams: A People’s History Of South Florida
On Permanent Display
Explore 12,000 years of South Florida history as you wander through the permanent exhibition. Visit a re-creation of the Miami Circle and view a sea turtle shell and other artifacts from this 2,000 year-old settlement at the mouth of the Miami River. Climb aboard a 1920s trolley and take a video tour of historic Downtown Miami, Miami Beach and Coral Gables. View photographs of various communities and neighborhoods and learn the diverse ways that they arrived to the Magic City. Also on permanent display are original prints from John James Audubon’s The Birds of America.
Vatican Splendors Uncrating at Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, January 20, 2011. Â The three pieces that were uncrated this morning were magnificent. Â I am so looking forward to seeing the full exhibit which opens to the public on January 29, 2011.
Vatican Splendors presents spectacular paintings by artists such as Giotto and Il Guercino and sculpture by Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini, along with unique objects illustrating the Catholic Church’s impact on history and culture. Objects include paintings, mosaics, sculpture, Papal jewels, intricately embroidered silk vestments, uniforms of the Papal Swiss Guard, as well as an elaborately decorated gold and silver reliquary containing bone fragments of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
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Books & Books Coming to Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale
January 13-16 Grand Opening Celebration to Feature Free Admission to Museum,
Special Events and Author Appearances
One East Las Olas Boulevard at Andrews Avenue
www.moafl.org
Thursday, Jan. 13
Museum opens at 11 am with free admission until 8 pm
6 pm lecture event: John Wilmerding, former Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Art and highly respected authority on American art, speaks about the exhibition Tom Wesselmann Draws. Free admission, however reservations are requested. Call Holly Guiliano (954) 262-0241.
Friday, Jan. 14
Museum opens at 11 am with free admission until 5 pm
12 pm – 1 pm Jacob Jeffries Band performance: Declared “(one) of Miami’s best and most buzzed-about independent artists, singer songwriters,†by the Miami Herald, the Jacob Jeffries Band has released a series of albums engineered and produced by Grammy Award-winning producers Sebastian Krys and Dan Warner and published by Warner Chappell. Jacob Jeffries, considers among his musical influences Ben Folds, the Beatles, Tom Petty, Gavin Degraw and Jellyfish. Free. Bookstore/café.
1 pm event: An informal “Conversation†with Chef Allen Susser of Chef Allen’s and the Museum’s new café along with radio/television host Linda Gassenheimer. Linda Gassenheimer is the author of the best-selling cookbook, Dinner in Minutes. She has also written ten other cookbooks, produces and hosts a weekly segment, “Food News and Views,†on WLRN National Public Radio and makes many guest appearances on numerous radio and television programs throughout the United States and Canada. Free. Lobby/Café.
2 pm – 3 pm Jacob Jeffries Band performance: See prior listing. Free. Bookstore/café.
Saturday, Jan. 15
Museum opens at 11 am with free admission until 5 pm
11 am storytelling event: Co-author Pablo Cartaya shares his yummy new picture book for little ones, Tina Cocolina, Queen of the Cupcake. Immediately following the storytelling, guests will enjoy coloring chef’s hats and receive a complimentary mini-cupcake provided by Sugarsweet Dreams Cake Company. Free. Bookstore/Café.
2 pm storytelling event: A story time for young readers, family tour, and sketching in the galleries celebrates Tom Wesselmann Draws featuring stories with a short family tour. Free. Wesselmann Gallery.
3 pm City Theatre Free Reading Plays for Summer Shorts Festival: This popular free play reading series, entering its 15th season in association with Books & Books, previews scripts culled from among the 1,200+ plays submitted annually by national and local playwrights as part of the National Ten-Minute Play Contest. The readings feature a rotating company of South Florida’s finest actors, and are led by City Theatre’s artistic staff. Audiences enjoy participating in the process of a play’s development by being among the first to hear and evaluate a new work. Free. Bookstore/café.
Sunday, Jan. 16
Museum opens at noon with free admission until 5 pm
1-2 pm Inside Out Theatre Performance: Inside Out Theatre Company will present its newest and original musical on bullying, “Nowhere to Hide.†The show, performed by youth for youth ages 8-12, runs approximately one hour and will include a post performance discussion with the audience. Free. Horvitz Auditorium.
1-3 pm Local Author Open House: A lively, informal “Meet and Greet†with local authors featuring live music and food. Authors in attendance include: Kristy Kiernan, James Grippando, Evelina Galang, Lynne Barrett, Michael Hettich, Fabiola Santiago, Steven Raichlen, Thomas Swick and Adrian Castro. Free. Bookstore/café.
3 pm Poetry Collective event: Members of the Miami Poetry Collective, including Peter Borrebach, Parker Phillips, David Svenson, and Patsy Warman, will be reading poems that speak from the spaces between the arts, utilizing ekphrasis (poetry written after specific works of visual art) as a tool to recognize that the lyric process is one that both precludes and transcends the experience of art. Free. Bookstore/café.
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is pleased to announce that Books & Books, one of the nation’s most well-respected bookstores, has entered into an agreement with Nova Southeastern University to bring noted authors, books and programming to the Museum. With the addition of a café with sandwiches and salads prepared by Chef Allen Susser, the Museum will become an even more popular destination in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
“This new relationship broadens our reach into the community,†said Museum Executive Director Irvin Lippman. “This year we celebrate the 25th anniversary of our building and the completion of a major renovation of our new, urban outdoor plaza with café seating. This will transform the plaza into a lively and visually stimulating new venue.â€
Since 1982, Books & Books, which originated in Coral Gables, Fla., has hosted local, national and international writers as part of its award-winning Reading Series. Past guests range from first-time authors to critically acclaimed writers such as Carlos Fuentes, Frank McCourt, Kurt Vonnegut, Eric Carle, Walter Cronkite, President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush and Rudolf Giuliani.
“We are proud to bring Books & Books to the Museum where the community as well as our students, alumni, faculty and staff will be able to meet authors, hear writers and view art, all in one place,†said George L. Hanbury, Ph.D., President of NSU.
The Museum is hosting a Books & Books grand opening weekend Jan. 13-16, which includes free Museum admission, special events, author appearances and $2 off Vatican Splendors exhibition pre-sale tickets, which opens January 29th. Events include:
Thursday, Jan. 13 — Museum opens at 11 am with free admission until 8 pm
6 pm lecture event: John Wilmerding, former Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Art and highly respected authority on American art, speaks about the exhibition Tom Wesselmann Draws. Free admission, however reservations are requested. Call Holly Guiliano (954) 262-0241.
Friday, Jan. 14 — Museum opens at 11 am with free admission until 5 pm
12 pm – 1 pm Jacob Jeffries Band performance: Declared “(one) of Miami’s best and most buzzed-about independent artists, singer songwriters,†by the Miami Herald, the Jacob Jeffries Band has released a series of albums engineered and produced by Grammy Award-winning producers Sebastian Krys and Dan Warner and published by Warner Chappell. Jacob Jeffries, considers among his musical influences Ben Folds, the Beatles, Tom Petty, Gavin Degraw and Jellyfish. Free. Bookstore/café.
1 pm event: An informal “Conversation†with Chef Allen Susser of Chef Allen’s and the Museum’s new café along with radio/television host Linda Gassenheimer. Linda Gassenheimer is the author of the best-selling cookbook, Dinner in Minutes. She has also written ten other cookbooks, produces and hosts a weekly segment, “Food News and Views,†on WLRN National Public Radio and makes many guest appearances on numerous radio and television programs throughout the United States and Canada. Free. Lobby/Café.
2 pm – 3 pm Jacob Jeffries Band performance: See prior listing. Free. Bookstore/café.
Saturday, Jan. 15 – Museum opens at 11 am with free admission until 5 pm
11 am storytelling event: Co-author Pablo Cartaya shares his yummy new picture book for little ones, Tina Cocolina, Queen of the Cupcake. Immediately following the storytelling, guests will enjoy coloring chef’s hats and receive a complimentary mini-cupcake provided by Sugarsweet Dreams Cake Company. Free. Bookstore/Café.
2 pm storytelling event: A story time for young readers, family tour, and sketching in the galleries celebrates Tom Wesselmann Draws featuring stories with a short family tour. Free. Wesselmann Gallery.
3 pm City Theatre Free Reading Plays for Summer Shorts Festival: This popular free play reading series, entering its 15th season in association with Books & Books, previews scripts culled from among the 1,200+ plays submitted annually by national and local playwrights as part of the National Ten-Minute Play Contest. The readings feature a rotating company of South Florida’s finest actors, and are led by City Theatre’s artistic staff. Audiences enjoy participating in the process of a play’s development by being among the first to hear and evaluate a new work. Free. Bookstore/café.
Sunday, Jan. 16 — Museum opens at noon with free admission until 5 pm
1-2 pm Inside Out Theatre Performance: Inside Out Theatre Company will present its newest and original musical on bullying, “Nowhere to Hide.†The show, performed by youth for youth ages 8-12, runs approximately one hour and will include a post performance discussion with the audience. Free. Horvitz Auditorium.
1-3 pm Local Author Open House: A lively, informal “Meet and Greet†with local authors featuring live music and food. Authors in attendance include: Kristy Kiernan, James Grippando, Evelina Galang, Lynne Barrett, Michael Hettich, Fabiola Santiago, Steven Raichlen, Thomas Swick and Adrian Castro. Free. Bookstore/café.
3 pm Poetry Collective event: Members of the Miami Poetry Collective, including Peter Borrebach, Parker Phillips, David Svenson, and Patsy Warman, will be reading poems that speak from the spaces between the arts, utilizing ekphrasis (poetry written after specific works of visual art) as a tool to recognize that the lyric process is one that both precludes and transcends the experience of art. Free. Bookstore/café.
Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art, one of the largest collections of art, documents and historically significant objects from the Vatican to ever tour North America, will be on view at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University, from Jan. 29-April 24, 2011. The renowned exhibition is presented by Holy Cross Hospital, in association with PNC Bank and AutoNation.
Since its founding in 1958, the Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University, has served our growing community as a gathering place for friends and neighbors, a lifelong learning center for children and adults, and as a dynamic hub for the cultural life of Broward County. Housed since 1986 in a distinguished modernist building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, the Museum is South Florida’s premier destination for quality exhibitions and programs that encompass every facet of civilization’s visual history. During the past five years, more than 1½ million visitors have enjoyed remarkable exhibitions like Cradle of Christianity, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, and American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell. In 2008, the Museum became part of Nova Southeastern University, the seventh-largest not-for-profit independent institution in the nation, to form an expanded arts campus that joins the school’s Davie location with the Museum’s downtown Fort Lauderdale address.
The Museum of Art is located at One East Las Olas Boulevard at Andrews Avenue and is always open at www.moafl.org.
Books & Books is an independent, locally owned bookstore with three locations in South Florida, plus stores in Grand Cayman, Miami International Airport and Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The bookstore, founded in 1982 by Mitchell Kaplan, is a community of writers and readers, hosting 60 author events a month and featuring a carefully curated selection. For more information, visit www.booksandbooks.com.
Chef Allen’s dramatic translation of the bounty of South Florida’s foodstuffs became known as New World Cuisine, an innovative signature and important contribution to American culinary craftsmanship. In addition to his Aventura restaurant “Chef Allen’s,†Allen has written several books, and publishes a monthly newsletter and created a number of gourmet products available in his New World Products store. For more information, visit www.chefallens.com.
Miami Art Museum and Miami-Dade County Public Schools Present 2011 Scholastic Art Awards and Exhibition
Awards Ceremony
Sunday, January 23, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m
Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130
miamiartmuseum.org
The opening reception of the annual 2011 Scholastic Art Awards and Exhibition, features student artworks in all media, including painting, photography, video and sculpture. Hundreds of students in grades 7 – 12 will attend the January 24, 2010 kick-off ceremony and exhibition preview, giving children an opportunity to experience the museum as artists. This event is free and open to the public.
Miami Art Museum will host the 2011 Scholastic Art Awards and Exhibition for the 15th consecutive year, in collaboration with Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The annual exhibition, on view at the Miami Art Museum from January 23 through February 13, 2011, features approximately 250 Miami-Dade County middle and high school student artworks. Part of MAM & Schools presented by Target, the exhibition will kick off with an awards ceremony on Sunday, January 23 at 3pm when school district officials announce awards in each category as well as artworks and portfolios that will be submitted for national competition.
Of more than 2,200 student artworks submitted by teachers, approximately 250 are selected by a jury for the Scholastic Art Awards regional exhibition at Miami Art Museum. Every year, local award winners compete on the national level in New York City. Students from Miami-Dade County schools consistently rank among the top winners at the national level, and have set records for the number of awards won by the students of a single school district. In 2010, students from Miami-Dade County won 10 national awards.
“Education is at the heart of Miami Art Museum’s mission, and we are proud to have hosted the prestigious Scholastic Art Awards since 1996,†said MAM Director Thom Collins. “Miami Art Museum and Miami-Dade County Public Schools work together very closely to ensure that the students in Miami-Dade County have the opportunity to experience art and the Museum.
Miami Art Museum’s educational programming currently reaches more than 30,000 annually, with the largest youth art education program outside the Miami-Dade County public school system. The Museum serves thousands of children through its free program: free buses to visit MAM, free guided museum tours for students and their teachers, free classroom visits, free support materials for teachers at Teacher Workshops, and more. Miami Art Museum’s new facility in Museum Park, scheduled to open to the public in 2013, will include an educational complex with space to further expand MAM & Schools and other art education programs.
The Scholastic Art Awards are the largest and longest-running assessment and recognition programs for the visual arts in the United States. Founded in 1923 by Scholastic Inc., the nation’s leading publisher of children’s books and educational materials, the awards have been administered since 1992 by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a not-for-profit corporation. The awards are open to students in grades 7-12 in the United States, Canada, U.S. Territories and U.S.-sponsored schools abroad. Entry materials reach 12 million students in 99% of America’s schools (public, private, and parochial) and attract more than 250,000 entries each year. Miami-Dade County Public Schools is the regional sponsor of The Awards.
At the conclusion of this Miami-Dade County regional exhibition, one of 92 across the country, top award-winning artworks are forwarded to the national program in New York City. A distinguished panel of prominent artists and arts professionals selects the national awards. National awardees are honored at the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall. Award-winning artwork is installed in galleries in New York; and at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. adjacent to the White House.
The 2011 Scholastic Art Awards and Exhibition is part of MAM & Schools presented by Target. Additional support for this program is provided by The Heckscher Foundation for Children, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Citizens Interested in Arts, Inc. and MAM Annual Education Fund Donors.
Miami Art Museum
Miami Art Museum, a modern and contemporary art museum located in downtown Miami, FL, is dedicated to collecting and exhibiting international art of the 20th and 21st centuries with an emphasis on the cultures of the Atlantic Rim—the Americas, Europe and Africa—from which the vast majority of Miami residents hail. Recently, Miami Art Museum has presented exhibitions of works by Janet Cardiff and George Buress Miller, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Quisqueya Henriquez, Guillermo Kuitca, Wifredo Lam, Susan Rothenberg (November 2010) and Yinka Shonibare, and its Permanent Collection includes works by Doug Aitken, José Bedia, Mark Dion, Marcel Duchamp, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Ann Hamilton, Arturo Herrera, Alfredo Jaar, Sol LeWitt, Vik Muniz, Wangechi Mutu, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, Tomas Saraceno, Lorna Simpson and Rachel Whiteread. The new Miami Art Museum at Museum Park, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is scheduled to open to the public in 2013. The new facility will provide room to showcase growing collections, expanded exhibition space to bring more world-class exhibitions to Miami-Dade County, and an educational complex, which will be a resource for the entire community. For more information about Miami Art Museum, visit miamiartmuseum.org or call 305.375.3000.
Miami Art Museum is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts; with the support of Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners. Miami Art Museum is an accessible facility. For sign language interpretation or assistive listening devices please call Miami Art Museum’s education department 305.375.4073 at least five days in advance. Materials in accessible format may be requested.
MIAMI SCIENCE MUSEUM HOSTS FREE* COMMUNITY DAYS WEEKDAYS IN SEPTEMBER
Residents of Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami are invited to the Miami Science Museum FREE of charge during MiaSci Community Days.
Miami Science Museum is proud to announce the launch of MiaSci Community Days, a series of free admission opportunities on select weekdays to ensure that each and every member of the community has the opportunity to visit the Museum. Residents of Miami-Dade County are invited to visit the Museum on weekdays between 3-6 p.m. from Monday, August 30th–Thursday, September 30th, excluding Labor Day. To celebrate the launch, the community-at-large is invited to a special event at the Museum on Sunday, August 29th, from 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., free of charge.
“We are so pleased to invite the residents of our community to visit the Museum during MiaSci Community Days,†said Gillian Thomas, President and CEO, Miami Science Museum. “We are really looking forward to welcoming residents of the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County to the Museum to enjoy our current facility and learn what the future has in store for MiaSci.â€
The event series was created to ensure that all community members are given the opportunity to visit and connect with the Museum. Guests will enjoy the Museum’s exhibits and programming as well as fun and exciting giveaways and activities. In addition, visitors will have a chance to hear about the new building, slated to open in Downtown Miami in 2014.
*Residents of Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami will be given free admission to the Museum with proof of address (driver’s license, voter registration or light bill) on designated days and times (August 30-31st and weekdays in September from 3-6 p.m. daily, excluding the Labor Day holiday). One proof of address is valid for up to four immediate family members. Offer only valid during designated MiaSci Community Days.
The Miami Science Museum aims to make a difference in people’s lives by inspiring them to appreciate the impact that science and technology can have on every facet of our world. For over 60 years, MiaSci’s award-winning educational programs, family-focused exhibits, historic planetarium, and rehabilitative Wildlife Center and Clinic have enriched locals and tourists alike. In 2014, the legacy continues, as MiaSci will be moving to a new world-class, state-of-the-art facility designed by Grimshaw Architects in the heart of downtown Miami. The Museum will remain operational at its current location on South Miami Avenue until completion of the new building. MiaSci is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. For more information about the Museum and our New Museum project, visit www.miasci.org/blog or call (305) 646-4200.
Miami Science Museum is located at 3280 South Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33129. The Museum is open every day from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm. Admission is free for MiaSci members and children under 3; students (with valid ID), seniors (62+) and children 3 – 12, $10.95; adults are $14.95. Parking is free.
Film Screening: Scene of the Crime
Sunday, August 29
2:00 p.m. / Free and open to the public
Resident historian Dr. Paul George and Rene Ramos, Director of Maimi Dade College’s Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives screen and discuss television news coverage of crime in Miami.
Presented in conjunction with Miami Dade College’s Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives’ Rewind Fast Forward Film and Video Festival 2010.
Investigate the facts and fictions behind Miami’s unique criminal history in our upcoming exhibition, Crime in Miami. Learn about prohibition-era rumrunners and infamous gangsters such as Al Capone, unsolved murder cases of the 1950s and the drug wars of the 1980s. On display are artifacts, photographs, and documents from the musem’s collection along with material from other institutions, including the Miami-Dade County Clerks Office and the Florida Department of Corrections.
‘Speed Limits’ To Open At The Wolfsonian–FIU September 17, 2010
Upcoming Exhibition Celebrates The Hundredth Anniversary Of Italian Futurism
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University presents Speed Limits, an exhibition which explores the role of speed in modern life and celebrates the hundredth anniversary of Italian Futurism. In 1909, the “Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism†proclaimed that “the world’s magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed.†A century later, as the tempo of life continues to accelerate, Speed Limits asks critical questions about the impact of speed on our daily lives. The exhibition, on view from September 17, 2010 through February 20, 2011, is co-organized by The Wolfsonian and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) and is curated by Jeffrey T. Schnapp, CCA Mellon senior fellow and professor at Stanford University.
“This exhibition reflects on the legacy of the Futurist movement’s celebration of speed, and moves beyond art and literature into the realms of material culture, the built environment, popular entertainment, and everyday life,†explains Marianne Lamonaca, The Wolfsonian’s associate director for curatorial affairs and education. “It also brings into focus some of the key issues that affect each of us in our daily lives, such as the ubiquity of portable communication devices and the proliferation of nutritionally deficient food.†To inaugurate the show, The Wolfsonian will organize a happening on September 16, 2010, and a formal event celebrating the museum’s fifteenth anniversary on November 11, 2010.
Speed Limits presents more than 200 works from the collections of The Wolfsonian and the CCA and features a variety of media, including posters, books, drawings, clocks, paintings, and video installations. Critical rather than commemorative in spirit, the exhibition explores a single Futurist theme from the standpoint of its contemporary legacies and probes the powers and limits of the modern era’s cult of speed in five key domains: circulation and transit; construction and the built environment; efficiency; the measurement and representation of rapid motion; and the mind/body relationship.
CIRCULATION AND TRANSIT
Multiple perceptions of traffic and its models are vital to an understanding of the city and society. The exhibition bears witness to the prevalent dream of an urban space with freely-flowing traffic, and illustrates the concept of the grid or network that governs the movement not only of objects and goods but also of information. This is juxtaposed with the breakdown of circulation—the traffic jam. The overcrowding of city streets is captured in a series of photographs taken by John Veltri in New York City in 1938 and in the print by Benton Spruance from 1937. Visual records are accompanied by archival documents and studies of transportation efficiency and accident patterns related to increasing speeds.
CONSTRUCTION AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Architecture is a motive force behind the speeding-up of life, reflected in the increasing efficiency of construction processes. The phenomenon is illustrated through photographic sequences capturing the erection of the Irving Trust Building (New York), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), and Rem Koolhaas’s China Central Television building (Beijing). The fast pace of construction of these and other buildings can be analyzed by studying dated sequential images. Prefabrication served as a major drive towards increasing construction efficiency, and is represented by various trade catalogs of homes and other building types, as well as photographs documenting their assembly.
EFFICIENCY
Examining how notions of efficient production evolved over time, the exhibition focuses on two types of space transformed by speed, one public and the other domestic: the office and the kitchen. Filing systems, processors, and office furniture play a central role making work spaces fast and efficient. A remarkable 1936 project by Josef Ehm features an electrically-powered mechanical classifier, allowing workers of the Central Social Institution in Prague to access large-scale card catalogs via mechanized desks on lifts. The exhibition also includes photographs by Balthazar Korab that capture the modernized workspaces of the 1960s, as well as studies of the productivity of workers and their equipment such as Frank B. Gilbreth’s films of American workers in the 1910s and ‘20s. Photographs of Christine Frederick show her testing and demonstrating kitchen efficiencies in the early 20th century, when electrification, new equipment and appliances, and a redesigned space increase the speed of domestic activities. Alongside commercial artifacts and documentation, the exhibition includes architects’ studies such as drawings by Le Corbusier analyzing kitchen dimensions.
THE MEASUREMENT AND REPRESENTATION OF RAPID MOTION
Addressing the cognitive challenges with which humanity is surrounded, the exhibition features material about information compression through strata of signs, signals and messages, or diagrams that reduce complex traffic data to a usable visual representation. Increasingly, humans are processing complex overlapping of information including time and related data. This growth is reflected in a collection of clocks illustrating the tempo of modern life, and the increasing sophistication and number of instruments and devices that measure motion: accelerometers, altimeters, odometers, speedometers.
Also presented are posters and graphics whose design captures the notion of speed in order to more effectively promote cars, tires, oils, and other products or services built celebrating new levels of speed.
THE MIND/BODY RELATIONSHIP
The exhibition suggests different ways in which acceleration is associated on the one hand with pleasure—ecstasy, the search for powerful sensations, and overstimulation—and on the other with exhaustion, risk, and injury. Representations of the body in motion include the transformation of the body itself into a speeding object, gymnastics and popular athleticism in the early 20th century, the current cult of the body, natural and artificial improvements in physical culture, stimulants and tranquilizers, and the remedies associated with stimulants. Among speed’s pharmaceutical avatars are caffeine, cocaine, amphetamines, and the active ingredients in energy drinks.
The exhibition is accompanied by a publication of the same title, edited by Schnapp and co-published by The Wolfsonian, the CCA, and Skira Editore, Milan. The catalog includes new essays by Timothy Alborn, Yve-Alain Bois, Edward Dimendberg, Maria Gough, Antonino Mastruzzo, Jeffrey L. Meikle, Pierre Niox, Marjorie Perloff, Mark Seltzer, and Anthony Vidler; an anthology of historical texts; the visual essay “Rush City” by Schnapp; and studies of the impact of speed on contemporary society. The 320-page catalog ($39) is available in The Dynamo Museum Shop. To purchase, contact paola@thewolf.fiu.edu or 305.535.2680.
The Wolfsonian thanks the following supporters for making this exhibition possible: James Woolems and Woolems Inc.; Rene Gonzalez Architects; the Funding Arts Network; Continental Airlines, the Official Airline of The Wolfsonian–FIU; The Wolfsonian–FIU Alliance; the Frances L. Wolfson Fund at Dade Community Foundation; and FPL FiberNet, a leading provider of fiber-optic solutions.
The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is an international research centre and museum founded in 1979 on the conviction that architecture is a public concern. Based on its extensive collections, the CCA is a leading voice in advancing knowledge, promoting public understanding, and widening thought and debate on the art of architecture and its history, theory, practice and role in society today. Twenty years after opening its doors to the public, the CCA is celebrating its anniversary with an ambitious series of activities presented by Phyllis Lambert, Founding Director and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Mirko Zardini, CCA Director and Chief Curator. They consist of programs and initiatives that underscore the achievements of the CCA throughout 2009 and are intended to increase its influence and its role as a unique cultural institution. Further information about the CCA is available at http://www.cca.qc.ca/en.
The Wolfsonian is a museum, library, and research center that uses objects to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design, to explore what it means to be modern, and to tell the story of social, historical, and technological changes that have transformed our world. The collections comprise approximately 120,000 objects from the period of 1885 to 1945—the height of the Industrial Revolution to the end of the Second World War—in a variety of media including furniture; industrial-design objects; works in glass, ceramics, and metal; rare books; periodicals; ephemera; works on paper; paintings; textiles; and medals.
The Wolfsonian is located at 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Admission is $7 for adults; $5 for seniors, students, and children age 6 -12; and free for Wolfsonian members, State University System of Florida staff and students with ID, and children under six. The Wolfsonian, presently on a Summer Schedule through September 15, 2010, is open Thursday from noon-6pm; Friday from noon-9m; Saturday and Sunday from noon-6pm; and is closed Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Contact us at 305.531.1001 or visit us online at www.wolfsonian.org for further information.
The Wolfsonian receives ongoing support from The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; the William J. and Tina Rosenberg Foundation; Continental Airlines, the Official Airline of The Wolfsonian–FIU; Bacardi USA, Inc.; and Arrowood Vineyards & Winery.
Sexual War Politics at the World Erotic Art Museum on Miami Beach on Monday, August 2, 2010.  Intriguing and provocative, attacking wars in the Middle East, Africa and other distant countries, the seductively-oriented work of Miami artist Rosemarie Romero was seen in the premiere of her newest exhibit, “Sexual War Politics,â€.  Rosemarie’s exhibit will be at WEAM for a month.
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his facebook page, click here.
Starting January 23, Bass Museum invites guests to experience Australian artist Tracey Moffatt’s exhibition, The Cabinet. Using video and photography as her chief media, she presents a story directly based on images and memories that she has retained from watching TV and movies during her childhood. Known for works focusing largely on the human condition as a widespread situation, Moffatt’s presentations are held in the collections of the Tate, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Los Angeles, and The National Gallery of Australia. The exhibition is on display through May 2.
From our friends at the Jewish Museum of Florida:
Judy Chicago Retrospective at Jewish Museum of Florida Family Fun Day
Work in Progress: A Talk with Herzog & De Meuron
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Lincoln Theater | 541Â Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Pierre de Meuron, founding partner of Herzog & de Meuron, designers of the new Miami Art Museum at Museum Park, and Christine Binswanger, partner in charge of the project, present the initial design for the new, MAM on Biscayne Bay…Director Terence Riley will have a conversation with them following the presentation.
Tickets: MAM members $10/Non-members $15
Advance ticket purchase is recommended. To purchase tickets please call 305.375.1704 or email RSVP@maimiartmuseum.org
Program begins at 7:30 p.m./Auditorium doors open at 7 p.m.
Nearby garage parking on 17th Street between Pennsylvania & Meridian
KEEP IT SIMPLE KEEP IT GREEN
Habits Hobbies Habitats
FAMILY FUN AT THE BASS MUSEUM
Sunday, July 26, 2009, 2:00-5:00PM
OFFERING FUN WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS!
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Screening of HOME, 3:00PM
Reception to follow
Bass Museum of Art
2121 Park Avenue (in Collins Park)
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
T: 305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org
The Bass Museum of Art is generously funded by the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; with additional support provided by Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners; State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; and Friends of the Bass Museum, Inc.
FAMILY DAY: FREEZE FRAME
Lowe Art Museum University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Sunday, July 19, 2009, 12-9 PM
Photography, Art, Activity, Exhibition Tours
$5 ADMISSION; FREE FOR LOWE MEMBERS
www.lowemuseum.org
MIAMI ART MUSEUM WILL BE OPEN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
2 – for – 1 Admission
Miami Art Museum will be open on the 4th of July and throughout the weekend.
Come cool off and enjoy an alternative to your picnic.
NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith and Recent Acquisitions are the exhibitions currently on view.
Miami Art Museum is located at
101 W Flagler St. Miami, FL 33130
Hours are: Tuesday – Friday 10- 5pm
Saturday and Sunday 12 – 5pm
Adults $8
Seniors $4
MAM members, children (under 12) and students Free
Miami Art Museum | 101 West Flagler Street | Miami | FL | 33130
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale and Nova Southeastern University Present: “The Muscular Body as Living Art†A live art exhibition and discussion
On Thursday, July 9, at 6:00 p.m., the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University and the 2009 NPC Southern States Fitness, Figure, Bikini & Bodybuilding Championships will unite to present “The Muscular Body as Living Art.†The special event will be held at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale’s Horvitz Auditorium and outdoor Sculpture Terrace in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This summer’s event is inspired by the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 1976 live exhibition, “The Body as Art,†which featured Arnold Schwarzenegger, Frank Zane, and Ed Corney.
Photo credit: Copyright www.frankzane.com, used with permission
Photo credit: Michelangelo’s The David. Courtesy of Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
Ellie Rodriguez, the entertainment reporter for Deco Drive, will host “The Muscular Body as Living Art†– a fun, live exhibition featuring NPC Bodybuilding Champions with commentary by noted faculty from Nova Southeastern University. The faculty will discuss male and female muscular body images throughout art history from sculpture to pop art. During the discussion, NPC Bodybuilding Champions will bring iconic sculptures such as The Thinker, Diana (goddess of the hunt), Hercules (of the Theatre of Pompey), and Michelangelo’s David to life-posed on pedestals. The audience is invited to participate in what promises to be a lively discussion on male and female muscular body images in society.
“Artists for centuries have studied the human body, its contours, beauty, and power,’’ said Irvin Lippman, Executive Director of the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale. “Now, front and center for the first time, and guaranteed to be a one-day blockbuster, we offer you what promises to be an exceptional exhibition of muscular energy.â€
The event will be followed by an outdoor party with refreshments featuring bodybuilders posing, live musical performances and an extravagant wall-to-wall screening of the Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary “Pumping Iron.â€
“This event will be an exciting pre-event to our 2009 NPC Southern States Championships,†commented Peter W. Potter, NPC National Vice-President & Promoter. “From the classical times of the Greeks & Romans to the present, a muscular physique has been the subject of artists and sculptors world-wide. The participating bodybuilders will exhibit the finest physiques of the present, as they will be in contest shape ready for the July 10-11 2009 NPC Southern States Championships contest.”
“The Muscular Body as Living Art†will be an excellent preview to NPC Southern States Fitness, Figure, Bikini & Bodybuilding Championships on July 10th and July 11th at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale. The NPC Southern States Fitness, Figure, Bikini & Bodybuilding Championships is the largest, regional national qualifier east of the Mississippi and includes teenage, adult and senior competitors (both men and women) from ten different states plus Puerto Rico. The NPC Southern States Fitness, Figure, Bikini & Bodybuilding Championships is open to any athlete registered by the NPC (National Physique Committee) which is a part of the International Federation of Body Builders, an international amateur sports organization. For more information about the 2009 NPC Southern States Competition please visit www.npcsouthernstates.com.
For tickets to “The Muscular Body as Living Art†and additional information contact Emily McCrater at (954) 262-0236 or e-mail her at emccrater@moafl.org. With advance notice, reduced ticket prices are $20 (will call). Ticket prices at the door are $25. Tickets for Members of the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale and Nova Southeastern University students and faculty with a valid university I.D. are $15.
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale is located at One East Las Olas Boulevard at Andrews Avenue in Downtown Fort Lauderdale.
ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF ART | FORT LAUDERDALE
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, a division of Nova Southeastern University, is open daily 11 am — 5 pm with extended hours on Thursdays until 8 pm. Summer Hours (run May 25th through November 16th) are Tuesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm with extended hours on Thursday until 8 pm and closed on Mondays. Suggested admission is $10 adults; $7 students (6 to 17) , military and seniors (65+). College students with a valid ID, children 5 and under, students 6 to 17 with a Broward County Library card and Museum members are admitted free. On the Third Thursday of each month: Free admission from 5 to 8 pm. The Museum of Art is located at One East Las Olas Boulevard at Andrews Avenue in Downtown Fort Lauderdale. The Studio Arts Creative Art Academy for adults and students (grades 1 to 12) offers a 10-week program, taught by professional artists. Courses on painting, drawing, design, art history, and musical theater. For more information call 954-262-0239 or email: education1@moafl.org. The Museum also features a Café Bar, which offers illy coffee, wines and beers.
MUSEUM FUNDING SUPPORT
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale is a division of Nova Southeastern University. Funding for the Museum us provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council. In addition, the Museum is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts; and the City of Fort Lauderdale.
Bass Museum of Art
FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION & FLORIDA GRAND OPERA OUTDOOR MOTHER’S DAY CONCERT IN COLLINS PARK
Sunday, May 10 – Free Bass Museum admission 3:00-5:00PM. Concert begins at 5:00PM
Florida Grand Opera will present a free outdoor concert in Collins Park at the Bass Museum of Art on Sunday, May 10, 2009. The concert will begin at 5:00 p.m., and attendees can come early and enjoy free admission to the Bass Museum of Art from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on the same day.
Cast members from Florida Grand Opera’s current production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly will perform selections from some of the world’s best loved operas, accompanied by FGO Resident Conductor Andrew Bisantz. The singers will include soprano Shu-Ying Li, who is currently performing the title role of Madama Butterfly, soprano Kate Mangiameli, who performs Kate Pinkerton, baritone Jake Gardner, who sings the American consul Sharpless, and tenor Jeffrey Halili, who performs the role of Goro, the marriage broker.
Please join us for a wonderful afternoon. What a great way to celebrate Mother’s Day!
Bass Museum of Art
2121 Park Avenue (in Collins Park)
Miami Beach, FL 33139
T: 305.673.7530
bassmuseum.org
{Collected here all the Museum Month offers we have gotten so far. Miami has some fun museums, we recommend you get out and check them out!}
Participating Institutions:
¤ Art Center/ South Florida
¤ Bakehouse Art Complex
¤ Bass Museum of Art
¤ The Haitian Heritage Museum
¤ Historical Museum of Southern Florida
¤ Jewish Museum of Florida
¤ Lowe Art Museum
¤ Miami Art Museum
¤ Miami Beach Botanical Garden
¤ Miami Children’s Museum
¤ Miami Science Museum
¤ Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
¤ The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
¤ Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
¤ The Wolfsonian-FIU
LOWE ART MUSEUM
Please contact Yina Balarezo to join the Lowe Art Museum, or for more information: yaba@miami.edu or 305.284.1540
In addition to the Lowe’s events, for the entire month, The Lowe Museum Store will be offering a 10% discount to all Museum Members!
Lowe Museum Month Calendar
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BASS MUSEUM
Not a member? There are 4 easy ways to join: call 305.673.7430 x 9-1013; email dwolpert@bassmuseum.org; fax to Denise Wolpert 786-394-4029; or join online www.bassmuseum.org
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BAKEHOUSE ART COMPLEX
Join the BAC today!
As a valued member of the Bakehouse Art Complex, your membership here will work as a free pass to any of the other participating institutions for the entire month of May!
This is an incredible opportunity to museum hop and experience the Miami cultural scene!
MEMBERSHIPS STARTING AS LOW AS $45.00!
JOIN NOW!!
Any Questions? Call us at 305.576.2828 or email to info@bacfl.org
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http://www.miamimuseummonth.com/
MOCA Book Club – Wednesday, January 14th at 7:00 pm
The Bass Museum presents new installations of paintings and sculptures from the permanent collection, installed in two pristine galleries on the first level. The first exhibition showcases The Sacred and Sublime: Renaissance and Baroque Art from the Collection, that highlights important examples of Northern European Renaissance and Baroque art. Works on view span three centuries and include religious paintings by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Gerard Seghers (1591-1651) and Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (1562-1638). Also see the museum’s 16th century tapestry masterpiece The Salute before the Tournament, a prime example of King Henry’s favorite artistic medium that was purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in the early twentieth- century before it came into John Bass’s collection.
The South Gallery is the newest addition to the Bass galleries. Overlooking Collins park, this intimate space showcases Reflections of the Renaissance and Antiquity, that includes works such as Benjamin West’s Anne, Countess of Northampton, and Her Daughter and Eduard Veith’s The Holy Family (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) which are direct references to Italian Renaissance compositions. Also on view are works by artists such as John Hoppner, Thomas Barker and Paul Manship that celebrate the lasting influence of the Italian Renaissance.
Both installations are curated by Ruth Grim, Curator of Collections
Bass Museum of Art
2121 Park Avenue (in Collins Park), Miami Beach, Florida 33139 T: 305.673.7530 F: 305.674.5475 www.bassmuseum.org
Admission
Currently by donation. Beginning Thursday, December 4th $8 general admission/ $6 seniors and students. Free for members and children under 6
Museum Hours and Docent Tours
Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm, Sunday 11 am-5 pm, closed Mondays and holidays. Docent tours by request; free with museum admission. To schedule a group tour call 305.673.7530 x9-1005.
Bass Museum Shop
An eclectic selection of art, architecture and photography books; folk art from around the world; one-of-a-kind decorative and gift items; jewelry by local and international artisans; postcards; and educational toys. Open during museum hours and selected special events.
Bass Museum Café
Open during Art Basel Miami Beach from 11:30 – 4PM Thursday December 4 through Sunday December 7 offering light fare. Catered by Talula Restaurant. Free Wi-Fi
Café Bustelo in Collins Park
Open during Art Basel Miami Beach from 12 – 5PM Thursday December 4 through Saturday December 6. Free Bustelo coffee and Wi-Fi
Parking
Metered parking lot on site. Additional metered parking is available on perimeter streets.
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council, Friends of the Bass Museum, Inc.
Bass Museum of Art
2121 Park Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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