Category: Museum

O, Miami Poetry Festival Presents: Omni-ZonaFranca 4/12/14

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O, Miami Poetry Festival Presents: Omni-ZonaFranca
Saturday, 04/12/2014 – 01:00 pm – 04:00 pm
o-miamiPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free

Join Omni-ZonaFranca, a multi-disciplinary collective of street artists from Cuba for Buscando El Sol Perdido/Searching for the Lost Sun, an afternoon of poetry, performance and interactive mural creation. Also join PAMM Free Second Saturdays Presented by Target for family related activities.

Artists Amaury Pacheco OmniPoeta, Nilo Julián Gonzalez AcetatoProducciones and Luis Eligio D Omni will be at PAMM for the event.

Presented by O,Miami

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / pamm.org/parking
Photo by Ishmahil Blagrove

Yemenwed: Mystery Lessons Investigations in Movement and Expression 4/10/14

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Yemenwed: Mystery Lessons Investigations in Movement and Expression
Thursday, 04/10/2014 – 04/10/2014 07:00 pm – 08:30 pm
yemenwedPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free with museum admission

Members of the art collective Yemenwed will screen segments of past projects, with a focus on movement and music. They will discuss the process behind the performative aspects of their work.

Yemenwed is an art collective founded in 2006 in New York City. They create collaborative works, which synthesize the artistic focus of its varying members in the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, animation, performance, and music.

The group maintains an active interest in the vocabulary of mainstream popular culture and its conventions, as well as entertainment value and notions of beauty. Each piece invariably reflects the different personal aesthetic and conceptual interests of the individual artists forming the work.

Yemenwed has released several publications and has participated in exhibitions and performances at Palais de Tokyo, Tate Modern, MOMA P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art TBA:10, Performa 09, Fake Estate Gallery, 179 Canal, Hessel Museum of Art, Asia Song Society, and Jack Hanley Gallery, among other venues.

Yemenwed are PAMM Researchers-in-Residence. This is the first of three visits, culminating in a final commissioned project in October 2014.

Free with museum admission
Open to the public
(Seating begins at 6:30)
First come, first seated.
Self-parking and valet on-site as available (rates apply) / Metromover: Museum Park station
Photo courtesy of the artist

Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science Celebrates What’s “NEXT” – From Nano to Macro, Innovation at Every Scale 4/5/14

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Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science Celebrates What’s “NEXT” – From Nano to Macro, Innovation at Every Scale
Saturday, 04/05/2014 – 04/07/2014 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
Next-FestivalPatricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link
Cost: Free with Museum admission

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science and the Ryder Charitable Foundation are excited and proud to host a new two-day festival, NEXT: From Nano to Macro, Innovation at Every Scale. At NEXT, science and techie fans of all ages can learn about how technology is rapidly adapting to accommodate society’s growing demand for “the NEXT big thing.” During the weekend, visitors will discover that innovation is everywhere – from the obvious to the discreet. Activities include the following:

•Explore the journey of new ideas from concept to reality through The NEXT Big Thing Innovation Showcase by University of Miami’s The Launch Pad, and be inspired to create from inventors of a variety of ages and interests.
•Climb in a big “green” truck from Ryder and electric cars from Tesla to learn about the latest technology in sustainable transportation.
•Learn how current technological developments are leading to improvements for individuals and the environment, from better repairs for the human body to more sustainable transportation with the “nano” talk series including prominent innovators, scientists and engineers from Ryder, BioNIUM, and UM’s Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering.
•Dive into the “Maker” movement through two challenges. At the Mutants Maker Challenge, artist and designer Ernesto Oroza demonstrates how to repurpose the old to become new. During the Belly of the Beast Maker Activity, artist Kerry Phillips uses old and found objects to create a new community art project.*
•Become the NEXT “Maker” with the Make Me a Maker activities series for kids led by REM Learning Center South
•Get animated by altering your surroundings through a visually striking projection mapping experience in the planetarium led by Phenomenal Experience Agency.
•Discover how the very small can impact the very big with nano interactives provided by NISE Network’s Nano Days, BioNIUM, and Materials Advantage FIU Chapter.
•Stimulate your musical side with sound demos and activities with Arduino Musical Hopstotch by DCR Arduino Brigade.
•Join The LAB Miami in its weekend long Hackathon Challenge with an app showcase on Sunday at 1pm. Pre-selected programming teams will have 24 hours to complete the challenge! (The public is welcome to attend the brainstorming kick-off event on Friday, April 4th at the Museum.)
•Design your own app at The App Challenge Workshop by TECKpert.
•Learn the basics of coding with a special Coderdojo workshop on Sunday from 2pm-5pm. The workshop is free, but advanced RSVP is required. Please see the Museum website for more details.

Next: From Nano to Macro, Innovation at Every Scale 4/5/14-4/6/14

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Next: From Nano to Macro, Innovation at Every Scale
Saturday, 04/05/2014 – 04/06/2014 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
NEXTevent-logoPatricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33319
Webpage Link
Cost: Free with paid museum admission

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science and the Ryder Charitable Foundation are excited and proud to host this new two-day festival. At Next, science and techie fans of all ages can learn about how technology is rapidly adapting to accommodate society’s growing demand for “the Next big thing.” During the weekend, climb into one of Ryder’s Big “Green” Trucks, get your creativity flowing with out weekend long Maker’s activities series, and discover that innovation is everywhere – from the obvious to the discreet.

Women on the Rise: Teen workshop in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art 4/17/14

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Women on the Rise: Teen workshop in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art
Thursday, 04/17/2014 – 01:30 pm – 04:30 pm
Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link
Cost: Free with paid museum admission

Sign up for this two-hour workshop on an early release day from public school to explore the intersection of gender and race relations in contemporary art. The teens, lead by MOCA facilitators, will create their own works of art while learning about the perspectives that key contemporary artists have explored through their work. Teens will work in gender specific teams of 15 – boys will explore the work of Kehinde Wiley and girls will explore the work of Shoshanna Weinberger. Following the workshop, teens will have time to explore the RACE exhibition.

For Teens ages 14 to 18. Registration deadline is April 3rd.

The History of Race in American Poetry, presented by Scott Cunningham of O’Miami 4/10/14

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The History of Race in American Poetry, presented by Scott Cunningham of O’Miami
Thursday, 04/10/2014 – 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm
Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
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Cost: $6.00 per person

Join the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in collaboration with the O’Miami annual poetry program. Visitors will have time to explore the RACE exhibition.

MCCJ Film Series: Parallel Lives 4/24/14

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MCCJ Film Series: Parallel Lives
Thursday, 04/24/2014 – 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm
Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
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Cost: $6.00 per person

Parallel Lives is a documentary detailing the lives of community historians Dr. Arva Moore Parks and Dr. Dorothy Jenkins-Fields, who experience growing up in the community in two very different ways but eventually found their professional and personal connection here in Miami, and went on to build a life-long friendship.

Join the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science for a post film discussion with Dr. Arva Moore Parks and Dr. Dorothy Jenkins-Fields as they discuss the film and their experiences in Miami. Following the discussion, visitors will have time to explore the RACE exhibition.

Miami Eats 4/19/14

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Miami Eats
Saturday, 04/19/2014 – 09:00 am – 06:00 pm
Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
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Cost: Free with paid museum admission

The art and science of how Miami grows, cooks, enjoys (and burns off) food. We all
need food to survive, but how does making healthy and green choices affect our bodies
as well as the environment? At the 2nd Annual Miami Eats event, we invite the
community to share in the art and science of Miami’s food and fitness scene.

Visitors can learn healthy new recipes through cooking demos and workshops, interact with special guest chefs, explore new technologies in aero-, hydro-, and aqua-ponics, stimulate all their senses, get moving with fun breakout exercise sessions, and give back to the community through a food drive to benefit the local community.

MiniCamp: Green Art 4/18/14

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MiniCamp: Green Art
Friday, 04/18/2014 – 09:00 am – 03:30 pm
Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
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Cost:

During teacher workdays, the Museum offers exciting and educational one-day camps that are sure to appeal to the scientist in everyone.

For Children in grades Pre-K to Fifth.

Cost: $45 for members; $55 for non-members
Before Care (7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.) $5 per camper
After Care (3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) $12 per camper

Discussion and performance: “Imaged Words and Worded Images: Production, Publication and Performance” 3/22/14

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Discussion and performance: “Imaged Words and Worded Images: Production, Publication and Performance”
Saturday, 03/22/2014 – 02:00 pm – 04:30 pm
Pérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: Free with museum admission

oin Max Schumann, Tom Phillips, Michael Basinksi and Primary Information for an afternoon of discussion and performance poetry. This program is organized in conjunction with A Human Document: Selections from the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on view at PAMM through May 25, 2014. Primary Information is currently researching the Sackner collection, a vast repository of historic and contemporary works that synthesize word and image.

2pm
Max Schumann, Associate Director of Printed Matter, New York, speaks about the distribution of artists’ books and publications.

2:45pm
Artist Tom Phillips, whose seminal work A Humument inspired the exhibition’s title, joins the discussion from London via Skype.
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​3:30pm
Michael Basinski, a poet and curator of Poetry and Rare Books Collections of SUNY, Buffalo, New York, performs a hybrid poetry reading and lecture.

4pm
James Hoff of Primary Information, a New York-based organization devoted to publishing artists’ books and writings moderates a discussion with the participants.

Free with museum admission
Space is limited. First come, first seated

PAMM Art Storytime 3/22/14

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PAMM Art Storytime
Saturday, 03/22/2014 – 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm
story-timePérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: $7-$10 plus museum admission

Every fourth Saturday at 1pm, 3-5 year-olds (and their caregivers) build on foundations of literacy with an in-gallery story reading followed by a related art activity at PAMM’s Knight Education Center. Space is limited. Pre-registration required.

PAMM members: $7 per child
Non-members: $10 per child
Plus general museum admission

Space is limited. Pre-registration required to mvickles@pamm.org / 786 354 5641

Photo by Juan E. Cabrera

Conversation: “Imagined Landscapes” with Edouard Duval Carrié and Tobias Ostrander 3/13/14

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Conversation: “Imagined Landscapes” with Edouard Duval Carrié and Tobias Ostrander
Thursday, 03/13/2014 – 03/13/2014 07:00 pm – 09:00 pm
duvalPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free with museum admission

For the opening of his solo exhibition, Imagined Landscapes, Miami-based, Haitian-born artist Edouard Duval-Carrié discusses his new work with PAMM Chief Curator Tobias Ostrander.

The dialog will address Duval Carrié’s shift in aesthetic, using an uncharacteristically dark palate, as well as how he translates his references, 19th century paintings depicting Florida and the Caribbean, into his own contemporary visual language. The artist’s response to the role of images of tropical paradise, both historically and today, in obscuring economic and social disparities will emerge from the conversation.

Free with museum admission. No registration required.
Seating begins at 6pm.
Space is limited. First come, first seated.

Edouard Duval-Carrié: Imagined Landscapes, organized by PAMM, is on view from March 13, 2014 to August 31, 2014.

Photo: Edouard Duval-Carrié, After Heade: Moonlit Landscape, 2013. Courtesy of the artist.

PAMM Presents Gatekeeper 3/20/14

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PAMM Presents Gatekeeper
Thursday, 03/20/2014 – 08:00 pm – 10:00 pm
gate-keeperPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: Free with museum admission

Every third Thursday evening, PAMM brings together an eclectic range of internationally-acclaimed DJs and musicians for an outdoor music series on the terrace by the bay. This month, PAMM Presents Brooklyn-based duo Gatekeeper.

Inspired by the sounds and visions of forgotten b-movie film scores, classic fantasy games and lurid arcade imagery, the duo of Aaron David Ross and Matthew Arkell have created their own morbidly compelling discotheque, a vividly detailed flight of fancy in which the conventions of techno, Chicago house, italo-disco and industrial are transfigured into a singular phantasmagoric adventure populated by hushed screams, Gregorian dungeon chants and cinematic washes of mammoth sound.

Free with museum admission. Drink specials are available for purchase

Vocal Performance: Stine Motland and C. Spencer Yeh 3/20/14

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Vocal Performance: Stine Motland and C. Spencer Yeh
Thursday, 03/20/2014 – 07:00 pm – 08:00 pm
VocalPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: Free with museum admission

Drawing from an expanding palette of innovative sounds, these musicians instrumentalize breath, mouth, and vocal chords to engage the physicality, variation, and sensuousness of the non-lyrical voice. C. Spencer Yeh (Brooklyn) and Stine Janvin Motland (Oslo/Berlin) improvise and compose, using the voice as a sound-making device that lies outside of speech acts and traditional modes of singing.

Established artists among a younger generation of experimental musicians, Motland and Yeh’s practices have historical precedence in movements of musique concrete, and perhaps sound poetry. Their use of non-linguistic vocal sounds in composition and improvisation may be compared to the approaches of concrete poets, who sought to elevate text above that of an impartial actor within the communication process.

Performance 7-8pm (seating begins 6:30pm)

Free with museum admission. Space is limited. First come, first seated.

PAMM Free Second Saturdays presented by Target: Ai Weiwei Animals 3/8/14

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PAMM Free Second Saturdays presented by Target: Ai Weiwei Animals
Sunday, 03/08/2014 – 03/08/2014 01:00 pm – 04:00 pm
saturdayPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: Free

Discover Ai Weiwei’s majestic Chinese Zodiac Heads on the west terrace as you approach the PAMM’s entrance. Can you identify each creature? Join PAMM’s teaching artists on the south terrace to create zodiac sundials (based on an historic palace garden sundial with zodiac animals that inspired Ai Weiwei) and animal puppets!

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / pamm.org/parking

Photos by Juan E. Cabrera

Oneohtrix Point Never featuring Nate Boyce 3/27/14

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Oneohtrix Point Never featuring Nate Boyce
Sunday, 03/27/2014 – 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm
oneohtrixPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Non-members $20, Members $16 (with promotion code at check out) Price includes museum admission.

PAMM presents an intimate concert by acclaimed electronic musician and composer Daniel Lopatin – Oneohtrix Point Never. The performance marks the musician’s Miami debut, and will feature a live, improvised mix of visuals created by video artist Nate Boyce.

Show starts at 7pm. Seating begins at 6:30pm. Seats are limited and tickets are required. Tickets not redeemed by 6:30pm will be given to those on stand-by.
*Tickets are non-refundable. Unused tickets may be redeemed for museum admission.
Non-members $20, Members $16 (with promotion code at check out)
Price includes museum admission.

Acclaimed electronic musician and composer Daniel Lopatin – Oneohtrix Point Never – performs for the first time in Miami. For his highly-praised, most recent release, R Plus Seven, Lopatin assembles the sounds of corporate design – the sort found in commercial transitions, background music, and instructional videos- into songs that are as moving as they are conceptual. Awe, doom, and wonder arise from a range of referents – pipe organs and horns to the abstract, synthesized cues for soundtracked emotions.

This performance will feature a live improvised mix of visuals created by video artist Nate Boyce. His CGI forms, some appearing as modernist sculpture or consumer products, mutate and morph in disorienting virtual space. As with Oneohtrix Point Never, Boyce uses found text, the names of towns made enigmatic and website banners cut up and layered throughout like visual poetry. The duo have toured together extensively performing together at venues, including MoMA/PS1, Walker Art Center, and Wexner Center for the Arts.

Photo by Timothy Saccenti

Race Cultural Program: For People Who Live in Bodies of every color 3/1/14

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Race Cultural Program: For People Who Live in Bodies (of every color…)
Saturday, 03/01/2014 – 10:30 am –
Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
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Cost: Free with paid museum admission

If you’ve ever felt judged or made snap judgments based on appearance, if your children or students ever tease or are teased, if you judge your own appearance harshly, come discover an engaging way to transform your views of yourself and everyone else. Presented by Anya Cordell, recipient of The Spirit of Anne Frank Award, author of Race: An Open & Shut Case, that flips preconceptions about “race” and “appearance-ism”, upside-down!

10:30am–Family friendly (Ages 6+), and educators (2 hours)

2:00pm–Preteen to adult (2 hours)

Reading Art Author Talk Geoff Dyer Some Ongoing Thoughts on Some Ongoing Moments 3/6/14

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Reading Art Author Talk Geoff Dyer: “Some Ongoing Thoughts on Some Ongoing Moments”
Thursday, 03/06/2014 – 07:00 pm –
geoof-dyewrPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: Free

Geoff Dyer will outline ideas behind and inspiration for “The Ongoing Moment,” particularly his idiosyncratic categories for organizing photographic images. Tracing some examples of particular tropes, hats for example, Dyer will ask what larger lessons can be learned from indexing photographs in a way that veers from traditional art historical chronologies and taxonomies. What is the further potential of this method? Does it reveal something about the way photographers work, about a collective optical unconscious?

“The Ongoing Moment is a masterful meditation on photographs, but what makes it particularly valuable is the way it shows how Dyer has mastered the art of the essay, understood as a piece of discursive, personal writing, in which great, often melancholy themes are raised with lightness and very dry humour.” Alain de Botton, Books of the Year, Observer

“The Ongoing Moment” is available for purchase at the PAMM store. In advance of the talk, join a discussion group on “The Ongoing Moment.”

Free and open to the public. Space is limited. First come, first seated.

PAMM Free First Thursdays is sponsored in part by Knight Foundation.

Geoff Dyer. Photo by Marzena Pogorzaly.

Film Screening and Tours: Ai Weiwei: Fairytale 2/27/14

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Film Screening and Tours: Ai Weiwei: “Fairytale”
Thursday, 02/27/2014 – 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm
aiweiPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: Free with museum admission

Ai Weiwei’s documentary, Fairytale, will be featured in PAMM’s auditorium with special guided exhibition tours of Ai Weiwei: According to What? at 6pm and 8pm.

Fairytale, a documentary film by Ai Weiwei, chronicles the making of a work by the same name. In 2007, Ai Weiwei invited 1,001 Chinese citizens of varying ages and backgrounds to travel to Kassel, Germany, for one week each, all expenses paid. The extraordinary event of such a large group of citizens traveling outside of China, many for the first time, enabled Ai Weiwei and the participants to discuss questions concerning identity, memory, love, dreams and the possibility of cultural dialogue. This 152-minute film describes the many challenges facing the artist and his volunteers in coordinating the work.

Free with museum admission.
Auditorium. Space is limited. First come, first seated.
No registration required.

Photo: “Ai Weiwei: According to What?” Installation view Pérez Art Museum Miami. Photo: Daniel Azoulay Photography

Screening and Conversation with Artist Yael Bartana Inferno 3/1/14

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Screening and Conversation with Artist Yael Bartana Inferno
Saturday, 03/01/2014 – 02:00 pm –
YaelPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: Free with museum admission

Shot and edited with stylistic references to Hollywood action epics, Yael Bartana’s film Inferno (2013) addresses the building of a grandiose replica of Solomon’s Temple by a Neo-Pentecostal Church in São Paulo. Following a screening of the short film in the auditorium, Bartana will be in conversation with Associate Curator Diana Nawi.

Free with museum admission
Auditorium. Space is limited. First come, first seated.

This project is commissioned by Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and the 19th Biennale of Sydney, and organized by PAMM Associate Curator Diana Nawi. This film was conceived as part of a research project initiated by Eyal Danon and Benjamin Seroussi. This film is made possible by Contemporary Art Partners, New York, and Petzel Gallery, New York. Support is provided by Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam. Additional support provided by the Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon; Centro da Cultura Judaica, São Paulo; Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam; and Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv. Additional support for PAMM’s Project Galleries provided by Jerome A. Yavitz Charitable Foundation. The presentation of this work at PAMM is supported in part by the Consulate General of Israel.

Photo: Yael Bartana. Production images from Inferno, 2013.
Courtesy of the artist; Petzel, New York; Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam; and Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv.

Reading Art Discussion The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer 2/22/14

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Reading Art Discussion: “The Ongoing Moment” by Geoff Dyer
Saturday, 02/22/2014 – 11:00 am – 01:00 pm
ongoing-momentPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
More Info Link
Cost: Non-members $15, Members $5 (member must sign-in for discount to be applied at check out) Price includes museum admission Space is limited to 25. Registration required *Tickets are non-refundable

Considering the way images are indexed in the current exhibition, Image Search: Photography from the Collection, PAMM and The Miami Rail select The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer as the Winter Reading Art book. Focusing on the ways in which canonical figures like Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Andre Kertesz, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus and William Eggleston have photographed the same things – barbershops, benches, hands, roads, signs – Geoff Dyer seeks to identify their signature styles. In doing so, he constructs a narrative in which these photographers – many of whom never met – constantly encounter one another.

-11am Book discussion on the terrace (participants receive 10% discount at Verde Coffee Bar)

-12pm Tour of Image Search: Photography from the Collection led by PAMM Associate Curator Diana Nawi

The Ongoing Moment is available for sale at the PAMM Shop.

“Truly original… A whole narrative of intensely felt and observed moments… After reading it, life seems larger.” John Berger, Harper’s Magazine

Picture Credit: Lee Friedlander, “Storefront News Stand,” circa 1962

Gelatin silver print.

5-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches

Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami, promised gift of Charles Cowles

© Lee Friedlander. Courtesy Janet Borden, Inc., New York

PAMM Art Storytime 2/22/14

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PAMM Art Storytime
Saturday, 02/22/2014 – 02/22/2014 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm
story-timePérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: PAMM members: $7 per child Non-members $10 – per child Plus general museum admission. Space is limited to 12 children. Space is limited. Pre-registration required to mvickles@pamm.org / 786 345 5641

Every fourth Saturday at 1pm, 3-5 year-olds (and their caregivers) build on foundations of literacy with an in-gallery story reading followed by a related art activity at PAMM’s Knight Education Center.

Space is limited. Pre-registration required to mvickles@pamm.org / 786 345 5641

PAMM members: $7 per child
Non-members $10 – per child
Plus general museum admission. Space is limited to 12 children.

Photo by Juan E. Cabrera

Sensory Saturday 3/8/14

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Sensory Saturday
Saturday, 03/08/2014 – 09:00 am – 11:00 am
SensorySat_Flyer_03_2014Miami Children’s Museum
980 Macarthur Causeway,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost:

Sensory Saturday is a monthly event that allows children
with special needs and their families to explore the
Museum and our exhibits in a sensory modified and
supportive setting.
Join us on the second Saturday of each month for:

• Special programming including
yoga, art, music therapy and more
• The opportunity to make connections
with other families
• Access to information from community
partners and organizations
• The ability to explore MCM with limited crowds,
sound & lighting adjustments and cool down rooms

Saturday
March 8 th
9 to 11 a.m.
Only $6 per person!

Admission to this event is at a reduced rate and attendance is limited.
RSVP is required. For more information or to RSVP please e-mail
sensorysaturday@miamichildrensmuseum.org or call 305.373.KIDS (5437).

PAMM open for Presidents Day with free exhibition tours and free admission with Metromover ride 2/17/14

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PAMM open for Presidents’ Day / Offering free exhibition tours and free admission with Metromover ride
Monday, February 17, tours at 11am, 11:30am, 2pm and 2:30pm
Perez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132
*Anyone who takes the free Metromover to PAMM on Monday, February 17, will receive FREE museum admissionIn honor of Presidents’ Day, Pérez Art Museum 
Free tours with museum admission: Adults $12 / Seniors (62+ with ID), Students (with ID) and Youth (ages 7-18) $8 / Members, Children (under 6) and Active U.S. Military (with ID) free

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / pamm.org/parking

In honor of Presidents’ Day, Pérez Art Museum Miami will offer free exhibition tours at 11am, 11:30am, 2pm and 2:30pm. The tours are led by trained museum guides and last 45 minutes.   Space is limited-first come, first served.

Pérez Art Museum Miami opened in December 2013 in downtown Miami’s Museum Park. The Museum is focused on collecting and exhibiting modern and contemporary art that represents Miami’s cultural diversity, while providing progressive educational and community programming. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the new, cutting-edge 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. For more information, please visit pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter (@pamm).

PAMM Presents Total Freedom 2/20/14

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PAMM Presents Total Freedom
Thursday, 02/20/2014, 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm
total-freedom1Pérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Entry Fee: Free with museum admission

Every third Thursday evening, PAMM brings together an eclectic range of internationally-acclaimed DJs and musicians for an outdoor music series on the terrace by the bay. This month, PAMM Presents Los Angeles-based producer and artist Total Freedom.

Adventurous, often confrontational but always playful, a DJ set from LA’s producer and artist Ashland Mines, aka Total Freedom, draws listeners into a whirlwind of ever-evolving texture and sensation. Unafraid to assault crowds with jarring shifts in mood and tempo, in his hands, R&B-concrète collides with rap, grime and ballroom house, while sung vocals abruptly dissolve into swamps of syrupy, dragged-out noise swells. As akin to real-time sonic collage as typical dance music DJing, Mines’ free-associative approach places recogniseable hip hop and R&B glimpses within abrasive, rhythmically distorting sonic space, making the familiar thrillingly unfamiliar. Alongside LA friends and contemporaries like Nguzunguzu, Kingdom and Arca, he’s poised among the vanguard of a vibrant, still evolving new aesthetic in club music.

Mines has presented sound installation and performance work around the world for institutions such as MOCA, The New Museum, LACMA, the Whitney, Carnegie Museum of Art, MCA Chicago, and Tate Modern.

The series is free with museum admission, and all galleries are open throughout the evening. Food and drink specials are available for purchase. DJ set begins at 7pm.

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / pamm.org/parking

Photo Credit: Total Freedom by Christelle de Castro, 2012

Judith Barry: Casual Shopper Screening and Conversation with the Artist 2/13/14

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Judith Barry: Casual Shopper Screening and Conversation with the Artist
Thursday, 02/13/2014 – 07:00 pm – 08:30 pm
casual-shopperPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Non-members $15, Members $5 (with promotion code)

Informed by conventions of Hollywood film and television commercials, Judith Barry’s “Casual Shopper” (1980-81) presents a female protagonist wandering through a seemingly endless array of product displays.

The woman both follows and is followed by a male figure, who appears to exist somewhere between reality and fantasy, within a carefully structured and intoxicating elevator-music-filled department store. The piece conflates romantic desire with consumer desire, as both figures perpetually search. Following a screening of the 28-minute video in the auditorium, Judith Barry will be in conversation with PAMM Chief Curator and Deputy Director Tobias Ostrander, followed by a Q&A.

TICKET INFO:
Non-members $15, Members $5 (with promotion code)
Price includes museum admission.
Space is limited. Registration recommended.
*Tickets are non-refundable.
http://bit.ly/pammcasualshopper

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / www.pamm.org/parking

Photo Credit: Judith Barry, “Casual Shopper,” 1980-1981
Courtesy of the artist

PAMM Free Second Saturdays presented by Target: Kaleido-Crabs 2/8/14

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PAMM Free Second Saturdays presented by Target: Kaleido-Crabs
Saturday, 02/08/2014 – 01:00 pm – 04:00 pm
kaleido-crabsPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free

Create colorful crabs with Miami’s TM Sisters! They are known for multimedia performance art and video. Inspired by Ai Weiwei’s installation, youth of all ages can make their own crustaceans using a swirling kaleidoscope of materials. These mini sculptures will then “come to life” in the PAMM Theater by placing them in a green screened magical background.

Free general admission 10am-6pm

For reservations to Verde, the museum’s waterfront restaurant, visit www.pamm.org/dining

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / pamm.org/parking

Photo by World Red Eye

Miami International Map Fair 2/8/14

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Miami International Map Fair
Saturday, 02/08/2014 – 02/09/2014 10:00 am – 05:00 am
flyer-hi-resHistoryMiami
101 West Flagler Street,
Miami, Florida 33130
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Cost: $15 for adults; $5 for museum members & kids 6-12.

The Miami International Map Fair, the largest map fair in the world, will return to HistoryMiami February 8-9, 2014. This year, the Map Fair will be hosted in HistoryMiami’s newly expanded facility, the former home of the Miami Art Museum, adjacent to the museum’s current location on Downtown Miami’s Cultural Plaza.

Some of the interesting, rare and decorative maps to be showcased at this year’s fair include:
• van Keulen Map (1780) – Drawn earlier in the 18th century, this 1780 edition is considered a landmark in mapping Florida, Cuba and the Western Caribbean. The level of detail was well ahead of its time, including unprecedented accuracy in mapping the Florida Keys. Also included in the map were inset charts detailing developmental plans for the city of Havana, as well as charts of Matanzas Bay & Hondo Bay.
• Popple Map (1746) – The first map to show all Thirteen Colonies, including plans for harbor development along the Eastern seaboard, as well as archaic spellings of names like the ‘Western’/ ‘Atlantick’ Ocean and ‘South’ Sea, which we know today as the Pacific Ocean. Comprised of 20 sheets, the Popple Map is considered one of the two most important large- format maps of North America published in the 18th century. At a time when colonial control of North America was by no means certain, this map made a profound statement of England’s designs for dominance of the North American continent.

Held each year during the first weekend in February, the Miami International Map Fair provides both the serious collector and casual buyer with a weekend to browse antique maps, rare books, as well as attend a series of special topical lectures.

This year’s lecturers include:
• Alex J.C. Johnson, Ph.D. – author of the new book, The First Mapping of America: The General Survey of British North America, 1764-1775 (London: I.B. Tauris, 2014). He is a recognized academic and commercial specialist in historical geography, with a particular interest in the mapping of Great Britain and her former colonies in North America and the West Indies.
• Margaret Pritchard – the senior curator and curator of prints, maps and wallpaper for the Colonial Wiliamsburg Foundation. Margaret has lectured and published on topics relating to the collection for which she is responsible. Her most recent publication was a comprehensive catalog of the map collection at Colonial Williamsburg, Degress of Latutuide: Mapping Colonial America (Harry N. Abrams, 2002)
• Susan Schulten, Ph.D. – professor and chair of the history department at the University of Denver. She is the author of Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography in the Nineteenth-Century America (University of Chicago Press, 2012) and The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880-1950 (University of Chicago Press, 2001).

Also new to the fair for 2014 is a free, ‘Map-tacular’ Family Fun Day on Saturday, February 8. The Family Fun Day is open to the public and features interactive map exhibits for the whole family, as well as a photo opportunity with Super WHY from PBS Kids.

Artist Talk: Leonor Antunes 2/1/14

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Artist Talk: Leonor Antunes
Saturday, 02/01/2014 – 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm
leornorPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free with museum admission

Leanor Antunes will open a project gallery installation at PAMM in June 2014. While visiting to research the context for this new site-specific piece, she will deliver a talk to introduce her work to PAMM’s public. Often researching important architectural histories, Antunes, now based in Berlin, has created work informed by her studies of sites in Brazil, Italy, and her native Portugal. Antunes creates elegant minimal installations often using craft techniques that correspond to measurements, material, site and memory.
Free with museum admission.

Auditorium. Space is limited. First come, first seated.

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / www.pamm.org/parking

Photo: Leonor Antunes, “the last days in Chimalistac.” Installation view: Kunsthalle Basel, 2013. Courtesy of the Artist and Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin; Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, Air de Paris, Paris; Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo. Photo: Nick Ash

Cortadito: An evening of Cuban Music celebrating Amelia Peláez: The Craft of Modernity 2/6/14

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Cortadito: An evening of Cuban Music celebrating Amelia Peláez: The Craft of Modernity
Thursday, 02/06/2014 – 07:00 pm – 09:00 pm
cortaditoPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free

Pérez Art Musuem Miami will present Cortadito, a traditional Cuban Son ensemble that performs music from the 1920-50s. Influenced by the sounds of Son Montuno, Boleros and other early Cuban musical styles, this dynamic group brings you back to a time when Trio Matamoros and Ignacio Piniero ruled the airwaves. Enjoy dancing under the stars, a rum bar on on the terrace, and see paintings by Cuban modernist Amelia Peláez along with other works on views in the galleries.

For reservations to Verde, the museum’s waterfront restaurant, visit www.pamm.org/dining

PAMM is free every first Thursday of the month

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / www.pamm.org/parking

“Cortadito,” Photo: Luis Olazabal, 2013

PAMM Free First Thursdays is sponsored in part by Knight Foundation.

Photographs of ARTcycle Exhibition Bikes Become Art Exhibit Opening at Coral Gables Museum on 1/23/14

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ARTcycle Exhibition Bikes Become Art Exhibit Opening and Artist Reception at Coral Gables Museum on Thursday, January 23, 2014.

“ARTcycle merges the Miami art scene with the Miami bike movement with an exhibition of bicycle-related artwork and sculptures made with bikes. This innovative exhibit furthers ARTcycle’s mission to raise awareness, respect and tolerance for cyclists, promote cycling and reduce the number of bike-related accidents in our city.”

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Tertulia Amelia Peláez 1/25/14

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Tertulia Amelia Peláez
Saturday, 01/25/2014 – 02:00 pm – 05:00 pm
ameliaPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Non-members $15, Members $5 (with promotion code) Price includes museum admission.

A tertulia is a literary or artistic gathering for the purpose of discussion, a sort of salon. We invite you to a three-part tertulia focused on the exhibition Amelia Peláez: The Craft of Modernity.

Part one – Amelia’s Architectural Precedents – Raul L. Rodriguez, AIA
The integration of the built environment into the work of Amelia Pelaéz is evident. Rodriguez illustrates how three cultural streams syncretized and influenced twentieth century art in Cuba.

Part two – “Magnificent Femininity”: Critical Interpretations of Amelia Peláez del Casal – Ingrid W. Elliott, Ph.D.
Contemporary critics paid a great deal of attention to Peláez’s position as a female artist; particular consideration was given to the notion of “femininity” in relation to her painting. Elliott assesses the ways in which Peláez’s expression of craft and domesticity are in dialogue with these gendered interpretations of her work by her peers.

Part three – Finding Amelia: Excerpts from RUM & COKE – Carmen Peláez
The artist’s great-niece performs a staged reading of excerpts from her play RUM & COKE. After seeing a Peláez painting in person for the first time, the protagonist decides to go to Cuba, hoping to discover what makes beautiful, beautiful.

TICKETS:
Non-members $15, Members $5 (with promotion code)
Price includes museum admission.
Space is limited. Registration recommended
*Tickets are non-refundable. Unused tickets may be redeemed for museum admission

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / pamm.org/parking

Amelia Peláez, “Bandeja con frutas (Sandía) (Tray with Fruits [Watermelon]),” 1941
Private Collection, Coconut Grove © Amelia Pelaez Foundation. Photo credit: Sid Hoeltzell

MCM’s One Day Camp: Ireland 2/7/14

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MCM’s One Day Camp: Ireland
Friday, 02/07/2014 – 02/07/2014 09:00 am – 03:00 pm
OneDayCamp_Ireland-pic_175x153Miami Children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: $45 for Members, $50 for Non-Members, $20 walk-in fee

Learn about the country and culture of Ireland at MCM’s One Day Camp on Friday, February 7th from 9 am to 3pm. Your children will get to make some Celtic art, watch traditional Irish dance performances, learn about Irish mythology from an “MCM leprechaun” and more! Don’t forget to bring your MCM passport to get stamped! $45 for Members, $50 for Non-Members, $20 walk-in fee. Before and after care available. To register or for more information, call 305.373.KIDS (5437) ext. 112
or email slombardi@miamichildrensmuseum.org

Symposium: Abraham Lincoln and the Constitution 1/25/14

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Symposium: Abraham Lincoln and the Constitution
Saturday, 01/25/2014 – 02:00 pm – 04:30 pm
W1006_Lincoln300dpiHistoryMiami
101 West Flagler Street,
Miami, Florida 33130
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Cost: Free

An original 2001 watercolor of Abraham Lincoln by legendary singer and painter Tony Bennett will go on view January 25 at HistoryMiami to mark the third annual Lincoln symposium co-sponsored by the museum and The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation (ALBF).

The symposium, titled Abraham Lincoln and the Constitution, will take place on Saturday, January 25 from 2:00-4:30 P.M. Pulitzer Prize-winning dean of Civil War historians, James M. McPherson, will be the keynote speaker, to be followed by a discussion among a panel of experts on the Constitutional and humanitarian issues that confronted Americans during the Civil War.

The symposium is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception made possible by ALBF Board Member Jean Soman of Pinecrest, Florida, and her husband William Soman. This year FIU College Law joins the event as a co-sponsor, and attendance at the symposium will provide CLE credits to attorneys.

Panelists include: Thomas Campbell, ALBF Treasurer and leading authority on both the legal aspects of the war and the role of Chicago during the conflict; Ediberto Roman, professor at FIU Law; Noah Weisbord, associate professor at FIU Law; and Frank J. Williams, ALBF Board Member, Lincoln scholar, and former chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. ALBF Chairman Harold Holzer will introduce the sessions and moderate the panel.

PAMM Art Storytime 1/25/14

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PAMM Art Storytime
Saturday, 01/25/2014 – 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm
storytimePérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: PAMM members: $7 per child Non-members: $10 per child plus general museum admission

Every fourth Saturday at 1pm, 3-5 year-olds (and their caregivers) build on foundations of literacy with an in-gallery story reading followed by a related art activity at PAMM’s Knight Education Center.

Space is limited. Pre-registration required to mvickles@pamm.org / 786 354 5641
PAMM members: $7 per child Non-members: $10 per child plus general museum admission

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station. www.pamm.org/parking

PAMM Art Storytime is produced by Pérez Art Museum Miami with support from Peacock Foundation, Inc., Batchelor Foundation, Inc., Publix Super Market Charities, and The Israel Rose Henry And Robert Wiener Charitable Foundation Inc.

CURATED SESSION 1 Open files with Dora García A project by Guillaume Désanges in collaboration with Dora García 1/30/14

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CURATED SESSION 1 Open files with Dora García A project by Guillaume Désanges in collaboration with Dora García
Thursday, 01/30/2014 – 01/30/2014 10:00 am – 09:00 pm
Pérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free with museum admission

Independent curator and critic, Guillaume Désanges begins a new series which proposes to curate a show over a one or two day period with an invited guest. For this session Dora García, a Barcelona-based artist, will publicly brainstorm with the curator, according to thematic links to her work, and to immediately formalize it using documents, images, texts, words, ideas, and objects placed on boards. The result of this live research is an exhibition – or a diagrammatic scheme for an exhibition – something between the actual show, its catalogue, and its working notes.

Free with museum admission
Open to the public
Vattikuti Learning Theatre (Space is limited. First come, first seated.)

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / Valet / www.pamm.org/parking

CURATED SESSION 1 : Open files with Dora García is produced as part of the PAMM Researcher-in-Residence program.

History Of Performance In 20 Minutes A performative lecture by Guillaume Désanges 1/23/14

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History Of Performance In 20 Minutes A performative lecture by Guillaume Désanges
Thursday, 01/23/2014 – 07:00 pm –
History-of-performancePérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free with museum admission

Independent curator Guillaume D̩sanges suggests that a lecture can be considered as a living exhibition. A history of performance in 20 minutes aims at dividing the history of performance into 10 gestures which are played live: 1 РAppearing, 2 РReceiving., 3 РHolding back , 4- Escaping, 5 РAiming, 6- Falling, 7 РCrying, 8 РBiting, 9- Empting oneself , 10 РDisappearing, discussing very subjectively those ten gestures.

“History Of Performance In 20 Minutes” is produced as part of the PAMM Researcher-in-Residence program.

Free with museum admission
Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / Valet / pamm.org/parking

An Anthology of Concrete Poetry Book Launch and Discussion 1/18/14

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An Anthology of Concrete Poetry Book Launch and Discussion
Saturday, 01/18/2014 – 02:00 pm –
discussiomPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free with museum admission

This conversation with PAMM Researchers-in-Residence, Primary Information, and collectors, Ruth and Marvin Sackner, will discuss two specific publications and the current exhibition A Human Document: Selections from the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry to explore sites for encounters with word and image. Considering the book as site, in addition to the archive, the exhibition, and the web, panelists will speak about how all function in their projects.

Free with museum admission
Open to the public
Auditorium (Space is limited. First come, first seated.)

An Anthology of Concrete Poetry Book Launch and Discussion is produced as part of the PAMM Researcher-in-Residence program.

PAMM Presents Laurel Halo 1/16/14

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PAMM Presents Laurel Halo
Thursday, 01/16/2014 – 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm
laurelPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free with museum admission

Laurel Halo from Ann Arbor, Michigan will be the guest DJ for Pérez Art Museum Miami’s (PAMM) third Thursday music series on Thursday, January 16, 6-9pm.

The series is free with museum admission, and all galleries are open throughout the evening. Food and drink specials are available for purchase.

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / Valet $20 starting at 4pm

PAMM Free Second Saturdays presented by Target Photo Fun 1/11/14

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PAMM Free Second Saturdays presented by Target Photo Fun
Saturday, 01/11/2014 – 01:00 pm – 04:00 pm
photofunPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: Free

Join PAMM’s Teaching Artists for art-making on the terrace! Discover the magic of cyanotypes, also known as sunprints, an early photographic process.
A family–friendly tour highlighting photographs in the galleries meets in the lobby at 2pm.

General admission to the museum is free from 10am – 6pm.

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / Valet / www.pamm.org/parking

Performance: “Marcel Duchamp,” written and directed by Guillaume Désanges and Frédéric Cherboeuf 1/9/14

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Performance: “Marcel Duchamp,” written and directed by Guillaume Désanges and Frédéric Cherboeuf
Thursday, 01/09/2014 – 07:00 pm –
marcelPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free with museum admission

Both pioneer of the founding principles of postmodern art and chess player, Marcel Duchamp remains a mystery. Between captivation and admiration, this creation personifies, invokes and evokes the inventor of the readymade. Far from an academic interpretation, this show takes us into Duchamp’s work allowing for an experience of chance and magic.

Free with museum admission
Open to the public

PAMM Auditorium (Space is limited. First come, first seated.)

Image: Guillaume Désanges & Frédéric Cherboeuf, Marcel Duchamp. 2013. Photo: GD/Work Method

Free tour Ai Weiwei According to What 1/2/14

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Free tour Ai Weiwei According to What
Thursday, 01/02/2014 – 07:00 pm –
aiPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free

: In Straight (2008-2012), comprised of 38 tons of once mangled rebar recovered from the rubble of collapsed schoolhouses, which the artist had straightened, Ai Weiwei expresses his concern over society’s ability to start afresh “almost as if nothing had happened.”

Tours at 7pm and 8pm (30 minute tours)

Meet at the M. B. Fernandez Family Gallery I on the second floor

No registration required

Presented by Citi.

Photo Credit: Daniel Azoulay Photography

Film Screening On the Way to the Sea directed by Tao Gu 1/2/14

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Film Screening On the Way to the Sea directed by Tao Gu
Thursday, 01/02/2014 – 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm
On_the_Way_to_the_Sea_filmstill2-loPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free

On the Way to the Sea is a poetic short film that weaves together fictional elements, documentary fragments and visual abstraction, investigating the dreams, memories and sensory perceptions of two earthquake survivors – the filmmaker’s parents.

Screenings at 6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm

Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station / Valet $20 starting at 4pm

Sponsored by the Knight Foundation.

Image: Still from “On the Way to the Sea,” 2010. Canada/China. Directed by Tao Gu. Courtesy of GreenGround Productions.

Photographs of PAMM Third Thursdays Music Series Presents Nguzunguzu on 12/19/13

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PAMM Third Thursdays Music Series Presents Nguzunguzu on Thursday, December 19, 2013.  I am so happy that they have brought back the third Thursday event.  What a great way to spend a Thursday evening at a wonderful museum overlooking the bay.

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Bob Marley Messenger Closing Party 1/4/14

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Bob Marley Messenger Closing Party
Saturday, 01/04/2014 – 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm
Bob-Marley-Closing-Party3HistoryMiami
101 W. Flagler Street,
Miami, Florida 33130
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Cost: $10.00

Put on your reggae dancin’ shoes and join HistoryMiami to close out the Bob Marley Messenger exhibition! Listen to DJ Waggy T spin a three-hour marathon session of Bob Marley music, Spanish-language reggae tunes from Tony G, and a Marley tribute by award-winning jazz artist Nicole Henry. Witness the creation of a Marley portrait, painted live by street artist Trek6. Enjoy lite bites, refreshments and enter a raffle to win a hotel stay in Jamaica. RSVP by January 2, 2014 to 305-375-1614 or rsvp@historymiami.org.

PAMM Third Thursdays Music Series Presents Nguzunguzu 12/19/13

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PAMM Presents Nguzunguzu
Thursday, 12/19/2013 – 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm
Nguzunguzu_111Pérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free with museum admission

Pérez Art Museum Miami Kicks Off Third Thursdays Music Series with Los Angeles-Based duo Nguzunguzu

Every third Thursday of the month, PAMM brings together an eclectic range of internationally-acclaimed DJs and musicians for an outdoor music series on the terrace by the bay. The evening series, 6-9pm, kicks off with a focus on experimental sounds and diverse cross-genre dance music. Nguzunguzu offers a unique blend of R&B, rap, club, house, kuduro, and grime. Free with museum admission. Drink specials and light bites by Verde restaurant and bar.

Nguzunguzu’s (pronounced en-goo-zoo-en-goo-zoo) otherworldly productions weave energetic polyrhythms, eerie melodies, and dramatic soundscapes to create a new emotive electronic club realm that is sad, sexy, and scary. Raised on 90s R&B/Hip-Hop radio and underground club music, the Los Angeles based duo (Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda) dig deep to complement the explicitly experimental modern sounds of international club music with some of the freshest urban pop happening now.

Nguzunguzu, which takes its name from a traditional Solomon Island figurehead used to protect against supernatural forces during canoe trips, offers a unique blend of R&B, rap, club, house, kuduro, and grime.

Photographs of Perez Art Museum Miami Opening and ABMB Party 12/5/13

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Pérez Art Museum Miami Opening Events for its new Herzog & de Meuron-designed building during Art Basel Miami Beach 2013. The cocktail party included a performance by multimedia performance duo Los Jaichackers commissioned specifically for the opening of the Museum’s new facility.

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PRESS RELEASE
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) welcomed 5,000 guests to the museum’s annual Miami Art Week celebration featuring a performance by multimedia art collaborative LOS JAICHACKERS. PAMM director Thom Collins kicked off the celebration with a special Ruinart toast to the artists whose work is presented in the museum’s opening exhibitions. Guests of the Maserati VIP Lounge observed the festivities from the third-floor terrace, while thousands of Art Miami, Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach VIPs, museum members and invited guests danced on the veranda, explored the galleries, and enjoyed the breathtaking views of Biscayne Bay from the Museum’s expansive terraces.

LOS JAICHACKERS’ performance, titled Night Shade/Solanaceae, included: two new videos in the museum’s auditorium; an ice sculpture which melted throughout the evening to reveal mysterious packages and strange, exotic night fruits; and enlisted the musical talents of TOTAL FREEDOM (Los Angeles), DJ LENGUA (Los Angeles) and Los Master Plus (Guadalajara, Mexico).

PAMM Presents LOS JAICHACKERS: Night Shade/Solanaceae was sponsored by Maserati. Support was provided by American Express with additional support provided by Miami Downtown Development Authority. In-kind support was provided by GQ. Cocktails and beverages were sponsored by LVP Sangria, Honey Jack, Finlandia, Pampelonne and Perrier. Designer furniture was provided by Zanotta.

PAMM Free Second Saturdays Presented by Target 12/14/13

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PAMM Free Second Saturdays Presented by Target
Saturday, 12/14/2013 – 01:00 pm – 04:00 pm
Second-saturday-evite-finalPérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free

Visitors of all ages are invited to kick off the museum’s free monthly program with art-making, family friendly tours, and music celebrating Miami’s new cultural port!

Hear “First Beat,” an original performance created just for PAMM: 12 female drummers from Miami and beyond stationed throughout the building and its exterior will play a composition orchestrated by Mindy Abovitz, founder and publisher of Tom Tom Magazine. Create your own percussion instruments and join in the fun!

Community Days Free admission for Miami-Dade residents 12/4/13-12/8/13

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Community Days Free admission for Miami-Dade residents
12/04/2013 to 12/08/2013
Pérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
Contact: education@pamm.org

Miami-Dade County residents receive free museum admission opening week (with ID). PAMM Community days is generously underwritten by Macy’s.

On December 4, 2013, the Miami Art Museum will reopen as the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) in its new Herzog & de Meuron-designed facility. With its reopening, the Museum will strengthen its role as a vital cultural and educational center, serving as a resource commensurate with Miami’s thriving community of artists, designers, and collectors, its art-engaged public, and the location of one of the world’s most important art fairs, Art Basel Miami Beach. The Museum will continue to serve one of the most diverse populations in one of the fastest growing regions in the country, where a confluence of Caribbean, North American, and South American cultures adds vibrancy and variety to civic activity.

PAMM’s design reflects the natural and urban landscape of Miami and responds to the city’s rapid growth as a cultural destination. The facility is situated on the northeast side, bordering the MacArthur Causeway, with its front façade oriented toward the green space of the park, the bay, and the city, making it a highly visible landmark amid Miami’s cityscape. PAMM includes 32,000 square feet of galleries as well as education facilities, a shop, waterfront café, and exterior plazas and gardens. The new building supports the institution’s expanded mission to serve local populations as a dynamic social forum, stimulating collection growth and enabling the Museum to better fulfill its role as the principal contemporary visual arts and educational resource in the region.

Wine Down Wednesday 12/4/13

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Wine Down Wednesday
Wednesday, 12/04/2013 – 05:00 pm – 07:00 pm
Bob-Marley-PhotoHistoryMiami
101 West Flagler Street,
Miami, Florida 33130
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Cost: $10

Join HistoryMiami for the last Wine Down Wednesday of the year! Sip on delicious refreshments, explore the Bob Marley Messenger exhibition, and enjoy a special poetry event, The Messengers: A Spoken Word Experience, hosted by ”Soulcialite” Ingrid B. Free parking available at the Miami-Dade Cultural Plaza Garage, 50 NW 2 Ave.

Remembering Bob Marley 11/16/13

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Remembering Bob Marley
Saturday, 11/16/2013 – 02:00 pm – 03:30 pm
Marley-web-image-croppedHistoryMiami
101 W. Flagler Street,
Miami, Florida 33130
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Cost: $8 Adults; $7 Seniors/Students; $5 Children 6-12; Children under 6 and HistoryMiami members are free

Don’t miss this chance to learn more about Bob Marley at HistoryMiami! Moderated by Pat McKay, Program Director for The Joint on Sirius XM, this panel discussion will feature speakers who were close to Marley. Panelists will include: Neville Garrick, Marley’s album cover artist; James Malcolm, pianist, composer, and Marley’s cousin; and, Lee Jaffe, harmonica player and personal friend.

Gem and Mineral Show 10/26/13-10/27/13

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Gem and Mineral Show
Saturday, 10/26/2013 – 10/27/2013 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
Minerals-Show-Flyerx1Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link
Cost: Free with museum admission

Miami Science Museum and the Miami Mineralogical Lapidary Guild are hosting the annual Gem and Mineral Show. On display will be rocks, gems, mineral specimens, artisan jewelry, fossils and more. Visitors will enjoy an array of classes, workshops, and demos. They will also have the opportunity to interact with vendors and enthusiasts.

Photographs from Miami Marine Stadium Concrete Paradise at Coral Gables Museum on10/17/13

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Miami Marine Stadium Concrete Paradise at Coral Gables Museum on Thursday, October 17, 2013.  What a wonderful exhibition and a great way to learn the history of the Miami Marine Stadium.  I really hope that they are able to raise the money to bring back the Miami Marine Stadium to its former glory and it was be so awesome to have a waterfront stadium for concerts and other activities.  This exhibition will run from October 17, 2013 – January 5, 2014.

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Photographs of Bob Marley Messanger Celebration at HistoryMiami on 10/10/13

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Bob Marley Messanger Celebration at HistoryMiami on Thursday, October 10, 2013.

Bob Marley Messenger will be at the HistoryMiami from October 11, 2013 – January 05, 2014.  The show uses artifacts, photographs and interactive displays to show us his life and music.  This is a wonderful exhibition one that should not be missed.

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Miami Science Museum to Take Visitors Out Of This World 10/12/13

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Miami Science Museum to Take Visitors Out Of This World
Saturday, 10/12/2013 – 10/12/2013 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
Miami Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami , Florida 33129
Webpage Link
Cost: After 6 p.m., $6 per person.

In honor of National Astronomy Day, Miami Science Museum will present AstroJam: Mission to the Future. Perfect for kids and adults alike, AstroJam will explore the links between science, technology, and imagination. Some of the science and technology imagined in science fiction stories – hover crafts, smart robots, and bionic limbs – have started to become reality. Visitors will go on a mission to the future, learning about technology, experimenting with hands-on activities, enjoying 3-D printing demos and imagining what the next innovation might be.

Presenters include Dr. James Webb, professor of Extra-Galactic Astronomy at Florida International University in Miami. During his talk titled “The Science of Star Trek,” Dr. Webb will discuss the real science behind science fiction stories: what is possible, what’s not, and what technology from science fiction has actually become reality.

The event’s door prize is a high-quality Celestron telescope.

“French Weeks Miami”: FIU presents a tour of the Frost Museum in French 11/5/13

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“French Weeks Miami”: FIU presents a tour of the Frost Museum in French
Tuesday, 11/05/2013 – 05:00 pm – 06:00 pm
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU
10975 SW 17th St.,
Miami, Florida 33199
Webpage Link
Cost: Free

“French Weeks Miami” highlights the rich partnership of France and Miami through cultural programs, economic networking, festivals, economic organizations, cities, and schools. Dr. Maria-Antonieta Garcia, French Program Coordinator and Senior French Instructor at the Department of Modern Languages at the Florida International University is pleased to offer you a tour of the Frost Art Museum… in French! This event is free and open to all.

Reptile Day 11/2/13

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Reptile Day
Saturday, 11/02/2013 – 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link
Cost: Included with Museum admission

Reptile lovers and those who want to learn more about the intriguing creatures are invited to attend Miami Science Museum’s Reptile Day on Saturday, Nov. 2. Reptile Day will include entertaining and interactive activities about many different reptile species including:
• Eyes and Ears (invasive reptile detection and reporting training) presentation by Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ECISMA)
• Live invasive reptile display by ECISMA
• Reptile artifacts from MSM Collection Vault
• Live python animal presentation by MSM herpetologist
• Turtle race
• Eat Like a Reptile by Chef Kat Duran
• Pet reptile contests: Attendees can enter their pet reptiles in several contests for prizes. Each pet entry will receive two free admission tickets (limit one pet entry per family).
• Arts & crafts activities: Activities will include a sea turtle craft, spiral snake craft, and chameleon camouflage challenge (learn how camouflage is used as a survival technique as you color the chameleon to make it disappear into the background.)

Cardboard Carnival for the Global Cardboard Challenge 10/5/13

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Cardboard Carnival for the Global Cardboard Challenge
Sunday, 10/05/2013 – 02:00 pm – 04:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link
Cost: Members only: Annual Miami Science Museum membership fees are: Individual – $40, Family – $95; Young Patron – $100 for one or $175 for two; Contributor – $250; Donor – $500; Benefactor – $1,000. For more information about Miami Science Museum memberships, visit www.miamisci.org/www/membershipjoin.html.

Junior Miami Science Museum members will be utilizing their love of engineering, costume designing and carnivals to create pieces for the Cardboard Carnival at the museum. Participants and their families at this members-only event will create their own carnival rides, costumes, food stands and more out of cardboard. Miami Science Museum will provide materials, as well as snacks and refreshments.

Volunteers from Makeshop Miami, a shared resource space for tinkerers, creatives, artisans, aspiring entrepreneurs, and community seekers, will be at the event, acting as helpers/guides for the activities.

The event is being held in conjunction with the 2nd annual Global Cardboard Challenge worldwide celebration, organized by the Imagination Foundation. Inspired by the short film Caine’s Arcade, the Global Cardboard Challenge is a worldwide celebration of child creativity and the role communities can play in fostering it. Kids are challenged to create and build using cardboard, recycled materials and imagination. Oct. 5 marks the anniversary of the flash mob that came out to make Caine’s day in the short film, as well as the day that communities all around the world will come together and play!

First Fridays at the Museum Café Music and Lunch on the Plaza 10/4/13

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First Fridays at the Museum Café Music and Lunch on the Plaza
MOAFL-Plaza-photo-by-Robin-Hill-c-HI-RES-9Friday, 10/04/2013, 12:00 pm-02:00 pm
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
Venue Address
1 E Las Olas Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

Come listen to live music while enjoying lunch from the Museum Café. Each month will feature a different musician and specials from the café. You can also take time to browse in the store for the latest must have items and find out about the upcoming author appearances.

For more information contact Museumstore@moafl.org or 954-262-0255

AstroJam: Mission To The Future 10/12/13

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AstroJam: Mission To The Future
Saturday, 10/12/2013 – 10:00 am – 05:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link
Cost:

Blast off on October 12th for AstroJam: Mission To The Future, an event to honor National Astronomy Day! Have you ever looked up into the night sky and wondered about rovers exploring the surface of Mars, how Galileo used a small telescope to discover four moons of Jupiter, or how astronomers create those beautiful images of galaxies? At AstroJam: Mission To The Future, you’ll find out, and discover lots more amazing things about the Universe and how it works.

Fabulous First Friday 9/6/13

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Fabulous First Friday
Friday, 09/06/2013 – 08:00 pm – 12:00 am
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link
Cost: $4.00 per child, $8.00 per adult

Join us for an evening of laser lights, stars, and more. Free Planetarium Star Show (7 p.m.) and rooftop observatory viewing (8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m., weather permitting.)

Later in the evening, check out Miami Science Museum’s famous Laser Shows in the Planetarium.
Laser Show admission:
$4.00 per child, $8.00 per adult

8:00pm “Pop” (Family Laser Show)
9:00pm Best of the Beatles
10:00pm Pink Floyd: Echoes
11:00pm Bob Marley
Midnight Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

Check out our Activity Room for kids, a fun alternative for your little ones! Swing by the Space Gallery for a few hands-on activities and demonstrations! Kids ages 3 and up. (8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

End of Summer Party 8/31/13

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End of Summer Party
Saturday, 08/31/2013 – 07:00 pm – 09:00 pm
MOA_SF_CulturalConsortium_EBLASTMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
1 E Las Olas Blvd ,
Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33301
Webpage Link
Cost:

Join us as we welcome our new Director Bonnie Clearwater and celebrate the last weeks of the 2013 South Florida Cultural Consortium exhibition Who Am I To You? with hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and live music.

This event is free for Museum members; $5 for non members. RSVP to kmedlin@moafl.org or 954-262-0227.

Shuttle service to the Fat Village Art Walk will be available during this event.

Photographs of Wine Down Wednesdays at HistoryMiami on 8/7/13

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Wine Down Wednesdays at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, August 7, 2013.  Together HistoryMiami and the Consulate General of Jamaica of Miami celebrated Jamaica’s birthday and the countdown to the Bob Marley, Messenger exhibition set to open on October 11. We enjoy live Jamaican mento music and a sneak peek at Bob Marley memorabilia.

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Photographs of Beats After Sunset Urban Surf Party at Bass Museum of Art on 8/2/13

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Beats After Sunset Urban Surf Party at Bass Museum of Art on Friday, August 2, 2013.  This month’s Beats after Sunset was the launch of FIAT’s series of Urban Surf Parties. The Urban Surf Party featured a silent disco with beats by DJ Seamstar. DJ Seamstar was spin directly into wireless headphones creating a silent disco for you to listen to as you danced around the museum.

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Nova Southeastern University’s AutoNation Academy of Art and Design Open House 9/2/13

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Nova Southeastern University’s AutoNation Academy of Art and Design Open House
Saturday, 09/07/2013 – 09/07/2013 10:00 am – 02:00 pm
Nova Southeastern University’s Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
1 E Las Olas Blvd ,
Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33301
Webpage Link
Cost: Free

Join us for our Open House where you will have the opportunity to rotate through our studios and disciplines, including: Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Computer, Graphic Arts, Printmaking, and Textiles. Meet and speak with our Academy Director Anthony Lauro and his faculty members about their respective course offerings and workshops.

ATN Silent Auction 9/19/13

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ATN Silent Auction
Sunday, 09/19/2013 – 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
silent-auctionNova Southeastern University’s Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Peck Terrace
1 E Las Olas Blvd ,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link
Cost: The event is free for ATN members; $10 + free drink for non-members.

Join us for an evening of art and items as ATN auctions off local donations and artwork on the Peck Terrace. This night is complete with light refreshments and entertainment, while members silently bid. There will also be a raffle during the evening.

Fabulous First Friday 8/2/13

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Fabulous First Friday
Friday, 08/02/2013 – 07:00 pm – 12:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link
Cost: $4 per child; $8 per adult

Miami Science Museum is presenting its Fabulous First Friday, a fun-filled evening of laser lights, stars, and more for the entire family. The event includes a free Planetarium Star Show, rooftop observatory viewing, and the museum’s famous Laser Shows in the Planetarium. Perfect for the little ones are the hands-on activities and demonstrations for kids ages 3 and older in the Space Gallery.

7 p.m.: Free Planetarium Star Show
8-9 p.m.: Hands-on activities and demonstrations for kids ages 3 and older in the Space Gallery
8:30-10 p.m.: Rooftop observatory viewing (weather permitting)

Laser Shows:
8 p.m.: “Pop” (family laser show)
9 p.m.: Best of Pink Floyd
10 p.m.: Led Zepplin
11 p.m.: Bob Marley
Midnight: Radiohead

For more information about Fabulous First Friday and other Miami Science Museum events, visit www.miamisci.org or call (305) 646-4200.

Photograph of Opa-locka: Mirage City Exhibition Opening at HistoryMiami on 6/27/13

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Opa-locka: Mirage City Exhibition Opening at HistoryMiami on Thursday, June 27, 2013.  This is an amazing exhibition I had no idea that Opa-Locka had such an interesting and wonderful history.  The exhibition runs from June 28, 2013 – September 08, 2013, this a must see.

“Opa-locka: Mirage City explores one of South Florida’s most unique architectural communities. Based on stories and names of characters from the Arabian Tales, Opa-locka presents itself as both eccentric dream; an exotic Middle-eastern urban oasis in a subtropical paradise, and tourist’s kitsch; an architectural conceit more akin to a Hollywood film set. Founded in the 1920s in an undeveloped area of northwest Miami-Dade, the city is a highly romanticized interpretation of an exotic cultural milieu popularized by Hollywood films and archeological discoveries of its time. The exhibition presents original drawings and architectural models that reintroduce the original fabled vision, aiming to rouse interest in the city’s iconic structural design and encourage efforts to preserve its endangered architectural heritage.”

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Kindergarden Kickoff 8/3/13

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Kindergarden Kickoff
Saturday, 08/03/2013, 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
Miami Childrens Museum
980 MacArthur Causway,
MIami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost:

Get ready for school with Miami Children’s Museum! Our 1st Annual Kindergarten Kickoff will prepare children and their parents for this important transition to school through playful practice and minimize the anxiety associated with this day. Highlights include being able to get on a real bus, practicing before-school and at school procedures, exploring a real classroom, participating in a circle time and more. There will also be lots of community institutions on hand to display their resources for parents and their children.
General Admission: $16, State of FL Residents: $12
Children 1 year and under: Complimentary
MCM Members: Complimentary
For more information, please call (305)373-KIDS (5437) or visit www.miamichildrensmuseum.org.

Hot Nights Cool Jazz with Paul Ayick Quintet 6/28/13

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Hot Nights Cool Jazz | Paul Ayick Quintet
Friday, June 28, 7-9
jazzBass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL  33139

Paul Ayick Quintet
Trumpet player Paul Ayick performs mainstream jazz compositions using the traditional jazz quintet format. The group will consist of trumpet, tenor saxophone, upright bass and drums, and will be performing both Mr. Ayick’s original compositions as well as selections from the American Song Book. Paul Ayick was born in New Jersey and spent a considerable amount of time on the New York jazz scene before moving to Broward County. This will be a rare oportunity to listen to one of South Florida’s hidden treasures.

Gov. Scott Accepts UEL Award for “Unraveling Florida’s Environmental Regulations”

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Last night’s Orchids and Onions event, organized by the Urban Environment League (UEL) of Miami and hosted by the Coral Gables Museum, presented Orchids (those are the good awards) to Miami’s leading civic and environmental activists – people who have spent the better part of the last decade, or in the case of Sallye and Jim Jude, their entire lives, preserving Miami-Dade’s historic landscapes and landmarks alike. Some other deep-rooted members of the community received a less glamorous kind of recognition. Continue reading “Gov. Scott Accepts UEL Award for “Unraveling Florida’s Environmental Regulations”” →

Fabulous First Friday 7/5/13

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Fabulous First Friday
Friday, 07/05/2013, 08:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
3280 South Miami Avenue, Florida 33129
Webpage Link

Join us for an evening of laser lights, stars, and more. Free Planetarium Star Show (7 p.m.) and rooftop observatory viewing (8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m., weather permitting.)

Later in the evening, check out Miami Science Museum’s famous Laser Shows in the Planetarium.
Laser Show admission: $4.00 per child, $8.00 per adult

Check out our Activity Room for kids, a fun alternative for your little ones! Swing by the Space Gallery for a few hands-on activities and demonstrations! Kids ages 3 and up. (8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

For more information, call 305-646-4234

Photographs of Miami Art Museum Closing Party BBQ on 6/1/13

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Miami Art Museum Closing Party BBQ on Saturday, June 1, 2013. This was Miami Art Museum’s last party at the Cultural Center Plaza as the museum is preparing to move to their new home, Perez Art Museum in downtown Miami’s Museum Park to reopen in December.  Entertainment curated by the end, a nomadic artist project in the closing exhibition, New Work Miami 2013.  Community radio station Hot 97.7 DJs  were there playing through their 17’ wall of speakers and Sparky’s Roadside Barbeque provided the food and it was all amazing.

As part of New Work Miami 2013, NWM2013 programs are organized by SPRING BREAK/the end, a nomadic project that presents artist-driven educational and performance events at different venues throughout Miami.

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Feel the Force: Hurricane and Other Hazards Day 6/1/13

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Feel the Force: Hurricane and Other Hazards Day
Sunday, 06/01/2013, 11:00 am – 06:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link

Are you prepared? The International Hurricane Research Center and the Miami-Dade County Emergency Management Department have joined forces with the Miami Science Museum to deliver a full day of activities and informative speakers. Join us to learn how best to protect yourself, your house, and your pets!

Fabulous First Friday 7/5/13

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Fabulous First Friday
Sunday, 07/05/2013, 07:00 pm – 12:00 am
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link

Join us for an evening of laser lights, stars, and more. Free Planetarium Star Show (7 p.m.) and rooftop observatory viewing (8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m., weather permitting.)
Later in the evening, check out Miami Science Museum’s famous Laser Shows in the Planetarium.
Laser Show admission:
$4.00 per child, $8.00 per adult
Check out our Activity Room for kids, a fun alternative for your little ones! Swing by the Space Gallery for a few hands-on activities and demonstrations! Kids ages 3 and up. (8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
For more information, call 305-646-4234

Orchestra Miami Performs Oceanophony, a Delightful Combination of Music and Science for Children 5/26/13

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Orchestra Miami Performs Oceanophony, a Delightful Combination of Music and Science for Children
Sunday, 05/26/2013, 04:15 pm – 06:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link

Children and their families are invited to plunge into a world of undersea wonders with Oceanophony, merging beautiful music and science! In this piece by award-winning composer Bruce Adolphe, performed by eight musicians from Orchestra Miami, conducted by Artistic Director Elaine Rinaldi and with visual images by Michael Greenberg, children will learn about undersea life, coral reefs, biodiversity and more through music and poems. Attendees will discover answers to questions such as: What happens when you poke a pufferfish? Do seahorses mate for life? What exactly is a cleaning station? Is marine snow cold?

4:15 p.m., 5 p.m. performances: Free with museum admission
5:45 p.m. performance: Free and open to the public, no museum admission required

Museum Admission: Adults: $14.95 Seniors(62+):10.95 Students w/ID & Children 3-12: $10.95 Children 2 & under: Free

Moms Rock! Miami Science Museum Offers Mother’s Day Special 5/12/13

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Moms Rock! Miami Science Museum Offers Mother’s Day Special
Sunday, 05/12/2013, 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
600px-Moms-Rock-copyMiami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link

In honor of all moms, Miami Science Museum is offering moms free entry for the day with a paid child’s admission on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12. Moms and their children/families can enjoy a fun-filled day at the Museum, which features a wonderful array of family-focused exhibits, a historic planetarium, rehabilitative Wildlife Center and Clinic, award-winning educational programs, and much more.

Miami Museum Month May 2013

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miamimuseummonthMiami Museum Month
May 2013
www.MiamiMuseumMonth.com

Take in Greater Miami and the Beaches’ Special Exhibits, World-Class Permanent Collections, Memorials & More with Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) and  "Join One – See Them All" Offerings
                                                                           
Art, history and culture are ingrained in every Greater Miami and the Beaches experience from sipping mojitos amidst iconic Art Deco buildings and strolling through murals along the Wynwood Walls to exploring the emerging Design District and browsing during Art Basel.  To celebrate its rich attractions and evolving art scene, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) brings Miami Museum Month to visitors and residents again this May 1 – 31:

BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE (BOGO): An ideal time to add a museum visit to your vacation or business trip itinerary or for families to spice up weekend plans, the "Buy One, Get One Free" gives admission to two for the price of one to any participating museum.

JOIN ONE, SEE THEM ALL: Absolutely the best time to join! When purchasing a membership at any one of the participating museums you can visit any of the other participating museums for free during Miami Museum Month. This saves visitors more than $50 per adult.

"The diverse experience that Greater Miami and the Beaches offers to our business and leisure visitors continues to evolve and it’s wonderful to see the growing popularity of our museums and cultural attractions," notes GMCVB President and CEO William D. Talbert, III, CDME.   "While visitors continue to enjoy our year-round sunshine and stunning beaches, we gladly welcome them to stay longer to enjoy more of what the destination has to offer – restaurants, nightlife, hotels, and spas as well as our new, emerging and heritage neighborhoods."
 
Participants to-date in this year’s Miami Museum Month program include:
Art Center/South Florida
Bakehouse Art Complex
Bass Museum of Art
City of Miami Police & Courthouse Museum
Coral Gables Merrick House
Coral Gables Museum
The Dezer Collection
Gold Coast Railroad Museum
The Haitian Heritage Museum
HistoryMiami
Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach
Jewish Museum of Florida – FIU
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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
Wings Over Miami Air Museum
The Wolfsonian – FIU
World Erotic Art Museum

This year’s program features a special kick-off event themed "Miami Then and Now," a retrospective look at Miami through the years.  "Miami Then and Now" will take place on May 1, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at The Coral Gables Museum located at 285 Aragon Avenue and will also serve as a platform to unveil the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau’s newest Heritage Guide Book.
 
The program will also feature a special "Night at the Museum" promotion where a lucky winner will have the chance to invite a group of friends for a sleepover and private dinner party while screening the film "Night at the Museum" at the History Miami Museum.  The group will spend the night surrounded by the exhibits and will be immersed in history as the destination’s founders come to life during an enchanted evening.  To learn more about how you can win a "Night at the Museum," visit the website.
 
Miami Museum Month is part of the GMCVB’s Temptations Program, which takes a thematic focus on the best that Miami has to offer throughout the year at attractive prices.  Other Temptations promotions include Shop Miami Month, Miami Film Month, Miami Golf Month, Miami Romance Month, Miami Spa Month, Miami Spice, Miami Attractions Month and Miami Live Music Month.  For more information on the Temptations Program please visit www.MiamiTemptations.com .

Don Pascual Apaza Flores, Peruvian High Andean Wisdom Keeper of the Q’ero Nation 5/4/13

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Don Pascual Apaza Flores, Peruvian High Andean “Wisdom Keeper” of the Q’ero Nation
Friday, 05/03/2013, 11:30 am – 01:30 pm
Don-Pascual-Apaza-FloresMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

The Peruvian shaman will share his ancient wisdom and bless the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale’s exhibition Wari: Pre-Inca Lords of Peru. The event is hosted by Carey Stokes.

Don Pascual Apaza Flores is visiting South Florida for the first time. He will share the opportunity to experience balance and harmony on a personal and global level. Flores was born in the southern highlands of Peru, a place where it is said that the spiritual energy and essence of the Andes is conserved. He gained much his knowledge from his spiritual master, the Alto Misayoq Don Manuel Quispe Apaza, and from lengthy days spent in the quiet heart of the mountains.

This event is free and open to the public.

Author Appearance and Book Signing | Chris Raschka and Bob Staake 5/4/13

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Author Appearance and Book Signing | Chris Raschka and Bob Staake
Bluebird-book-image1Saturday, 05/04/2013, 11:00 am – 01:00 pm
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

Chris and Bob are talented, award-winning artists in their own right and will incorporate drawing/painting demonstrations into their presentation.

In Chris’s latest EVERYONE CAN LEARN TO RIDE A BICYCLE: Learning to ride a bike is one of the most important milestones of childhood, and no one captures the emotional ups and downs of the experience better than Chris Raschka, who won the 2012 Caldecott Medal for A Ball for Daisy. Using very few words and lots of expressive pictures, here is a picture book that not only shows kids how to learn to ride, but captures what it feels like to fall . . . get up . . . fall again . . . and finally “by luck, grace, and determination” ride a bicycle!

Bob Staake’s latest BLUEBIRD: In this emotional picture book, readers will be captivated as they follow the journey of a bluebird as he develops a friendship with a young boy and ultimately risks his life to save the boy from harm. Bob Staake has been working on this book for 10 years, and truly believes he was born to write this story.

This event is brought to us by Random House Unplugs: Random House is committed to helping schools, libraries and bookstores nationwide UNPLUG and Read during Screen Free Week to raise awareness about the importance of balancing screen time against other developmentally important tasks, like reading.

To pre-purchase books or for more information contact 954-262-0255 or Museumstore@moafl.org

Author Appearance and Book Signing | Dana Buckley author of the Living Desert 5/2/13

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Author Appearance and Book Signing | Dana Buckley author of the Living Desert
Thursday, 05/02/2013, 06:00 pm – 08:00 pm
Dana_Buckley_coverMuseum of Art Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

Award-winning photographer, Dana Buckley recently released her second fine art photography book, Living Desert. In her new book, Dana traveled to some of the nation’s most undiscovered terrain and captured plant life that has thrived in the most rugged conditions, including cacti, agaves, aloes and shrubs.

In the book Living Desert, Buckley captures plant life that has thrived in the most rugged conditions where life is a struggle and beauty is even harder won.

To pre-purchase a book or for more information call 954-262-0255 or Museumstore@moafl.org

Author Appearance and Book Signing | Augusten Burroughs, author of THIS IS HOW: Surviving What You Think You Can’t 5/4/13

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Author Appearance and Book Signing | Augusten Burroughs, author of THIS IS HOW: Surviving What You Think You Can’t
Saturday, 05/04/2013, 04:00 pm – 06:00 pm
This-Is-How-bookMuseum of Art Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

If you believe life has a grudge against you, if you have ever wondered –How am I supposed to survive this? This is how.

Augusten Burroughs is the number one New York Times bestselling author of A Wolf at the Table, Possible Side Effects, Magical Thinking, Dry, Running with Scissors, and Sellevision.

This is a ticketed event. You will receive a free ticket with the purchase of the book ($15.00). Additional tickets may be purchased for $5.00 each. You must pre-purchase your book from Books & Books at the Museum to enter the signing line. Books and tickets can be purchased by calling 954-262-0255 or Museumstore@moafl.org

Monthly Art Roundtable 5/14/13

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Monthly Art Roundtable
Tuesday, 05/14/2013, 12:00 pm – 01:30 pm
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

A complimentary event for members at the Museum Enthusiast ($150) level and above

Join our curatorial staff, faculty, and educators for a fascinating and informal behind-the-scenes discussion on the inner workings of our Museum of Art. To RSVP and for more information, contact Lee Ledegang at lee.ledegang@moafl.org or 954-262-0221. Lunch is available at our own Museum Café and a discount applies for Museum members. Please pre-order by Friday, May 10.

AutoNation Academy of Art + Design Open House 5/18/13

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AutoNation Academy of Art + Design Open House
Saturday, 05/18/2013, 10:00 am – 02:00 pm
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

Join us at the AutoNation Academy of Art + Design Open House where you will have the opportunity to rotate through our studios and disciplines, including: Drawing and Painting, Ceramics, Computer / Graphic Arts, Printmaking and Textiles.

Meet and speak with our Academy Director Anthony Lauro and Faculty members about their respective course offerings and workshops.

For more information and to RSVP please contact 954-262-0239 or education1@moafl.org

Author Appearance and Book Signing | Ella Cisneros, author of Pulses of Abstraction in Latin America 5/18/13

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Author Appearance and Book Signing | Ella Cisneros, author of Pulses of Abstraction in Latin America
Saturday, 05/18/2013, 03:00 pm – 05:00 pm
ellen-cisnerosMuseum of Art Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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Join us as we welcome Ella Cisneros, a Venezuelan –born major art collector, who runs the Cisneros Fontanels Foundation in Miami.

If anything defines the adventure of twentieth-century art it is its liberation from the pursuit of beauty as an end in itself. It was a moment of change in which art and artists arose as researchers and producers of knowl¬edge, reflection and experience. In this convulsive panorama that shook the very foundations of art, as we can see in Pulses of Abstraction in Latin America, we find some of the most inspiring experiences and ex¬plorations ever to occur in the history of art.

There will be a conversation between Ella Cisneros and Peter Boswell, Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale Curator at Large.

To pre-purchase a book or for more information, contact 954-262-0255 or Museumstore@moafl.org

Eve Sussman Rufus Corporation Video and Photography Stills Opening 4/12/13

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Eve Sussman Rufus Corporation Video and Photography Stills Opening
April 12, 2013 through August 11, 2013.
sussmanbass museum of art
2100 collins avenue
miami beach, fl 33139

The Bass Museum of Art is proud to present the exhibition Eve Sussman | Rufus Corporation, a presentation of the video artist’s recent projects. This exhibition will present two major video installations, including an entirely new exploration of her noted film The Rape of the Sabine Women. A feature-length video-musical, The Rape of the Sabine Women is a contemporary reinterpretation of the eponymous Roman legend. Presented in a traditional five act operatic format set in the 1960s, each of the film’s acts takes place in different locations, including Berlin’s Pergamon Museum and Tempelhof Airport, Athens’ Agora meat market, a classic modern 60’s dream house overlooking the Aegean and Athens’ Herodion Theatre. For this exhibition, Sussman and her team have reedited the film, and she is presenting it in a five-part installation, where each act of the film runs simultaneously in separate spaces.

Also on view will be her 89 Seconds at Alcázar, a twelve-minute film based on the Diego Velazquez’s enigmatic Las Meninas, 1656.  In her work, Sussman uses film to elucidate the circumstances of the exact moment that the painting aims to portray. By using a 360º Steadicam, Sussman is able to probe the quotidian scene that has become immortalized in one of Western culture’s most-discussed paintings.  In addition to these video works, Sussman will present photographic stills from these films alongside historical portraits from the collection of the Bass Museum of Art.

Eve Sussman founded the Rufus Corporation in 2003. Along with Rape of the Sabine Women, 2004, and 89 Seconds at Alcázar, 2007, the company has collaborated on other projects including Yuri’s Office, 2009, and whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir, 2011. Rufus Corporation’s works have been exhibited and screened internationally and are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Margulies Collection, Miami; Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona; and Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Eve Sussman is a 2010 recipient of the Anonymous was a Woman Award.

Lecture | Textile Artist Maximo Laura and Art Andes 4/4/13

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Lecture | Textile Artist Maximo Laura and Art Andes
Thursday, 04/04/2013, 06:00 pm – 08:00 pm
Art-Andes-photo-of-Maximo-LauraMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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Textile Artist Maximo Laura is one of South America’s most accomplished weavers. He is a fifth-generation master weaver who learned the traditional style of ancient weaving, known as Cumbimayocs, from his parents and grandparents – all master weavers from Ayacucho, Peru. While he is ultimately respectful of the iconography and colors of the ancient Huari culture (which predates the Inca culture), it is his juxtaposition of those traditions with his own design elements and narrative that have earned him many international awards, distinctions, and exhibits. Laura is a scholar of textile art and has traveled the world exploring and teaching in his field.

This lecture is complimentary for museum members and $15 for non- members. Reservations are required. RSVP to achadwick@moafl.org or 954-262-0241.

Lecture | Archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo, Ph.D 4/6/13

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Lecture | Archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo, Ph.D
Saturday, 04/06/2013, 02:00 pm – 03:00 pm
LuisJaimeCastilloMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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Luis Jaime Castillo, Ph.D, is one of the foremost experts on the Moche culture. An archaeologist at Peru’s Catholic University in Lima, he has conducted excavations for the last 20 years, particularly at San Jose de Moro, a remarkable Moche cemetery yielding incredible ancient burial sites. Dr. Castillo’s discovery of the Tombs of the Priestesses in 1991, with their extraordinary richness and complexity, was one of the most significant advances in Peruvian archaeology. He is co-editor of the recently published New Perspectives on Moche Political Organization.

This lecture is complimentary for museum members and $15 for non- members. Reservations are required. Please RSVP to Kelly Medlin at kmedlin@moafl.org or call (954) 262-0227

Reception honoring Archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo, Ph.D 4/6/13

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Reception honoring Archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo, Ph.D
Saturday, 04/06/2013, 03:00 pm – 04:30 pm
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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Complimentary event for members at the Academy Supporter ($250) level and above

Join us for a private reception to meet Luis Jaime Castillo, Ph.D., one of the foremost experts on Moche culture and archaeologist at Peru’s Catholic University in Lima. Hear Dr. Castillo’s enlightening lecture, Discovering Peru: Excavating the Lost Cultures, between 2:00 – 3:00 pm followed immediately by the reception.

Please respond by April 1st. To RSVP, contact Camile Moseley at camile.moseley@moafl.org or (954) 262-0296.

Monthly Art Roundtable: Repairing the Future with Rebecca Bradley and Gage Couch of Cadence 4/9/13

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Monthly Art Roundtable: Repairing the Future with Rebecca Bradley and Gage Couch of Cadence
Tuesday, 04/09/2013, 12:00 pm – 01:30 pm
CadenceMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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Rebecca Bradley and Gage Couch of Cadence led a discussion of how art, design, business and connectivity woven together properly have the power to fix our future. Cadence is a full service Landscape Architecture and Urban Design firm based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The Cadence team has a focus on urban projects that reimagine the way South Floridians experience their living environments.

This is a complimentary event for members at the Museum Enthusiast ($150) level and above. Reservations are required. To RSVP and for more information contact Lee Ledegang at lee.ledegang@moafl.org or 954-262-0221.

Lunch is available at our Museum Café and a discount applies for Museum members. Please pre-order by Friday, April 5.

Lecture | Have You Ever Heard of the Wari? 4/11/13

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Lecture | Have You Ever Heard of the Wari?
Thursday, 04/11/2013, 07:00 pm – 08:00 pm
Carol Damien 2008Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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Dr. Carol Damian, Director of The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University

In the ancient world of the Andes, the Wari Empire is quite known to the general public, eclipsed by the Incas. However, the Wari reigned for 400 years as the largest dominant culture before the Inca took over their territory. Who were they and what happened to them? What can we learn from the artifacts that remain? This talk will introduce the Wari, the objects of their culture now described as art, and their relationship to the Inca Empire that followed almost 200 years later.

This lecture is complimentary for museum members and $15 for non- members. Reservations are required. Please RSVP to Kelly Medlin at kmedlin@moafl.org or call (954) 262-0227

Film Series | Wari: Pre-Inca Lords of Peru 4/25/13

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Film Series | Wari: Pre-Inca Lords of Peru
Thursday, 04/25/2013, 05:00 pm –
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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Please join the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale this month as we continue our film series in conjunction with our newest exhibition, Wari: Pre-Inca Lords of Peru. The Museum will be featuring films in our Horvitz Auditorium documenting the unique Peruvian culture with special screenings of exciting Wari-based motion pictures on the Peruvian people and their extraordinary history.

Free and open to the public.

To RSVP, contact Kelly Medlin at kmedlin@moafl.org or 954-262-0227.

Author Talk and Signing with Ben Katchor, author of Hand Drying in America and other stories 4/25/13

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Author Talk and Signing with Ben Katchor, author of Hand Drying in America and other stories
Thursday, 04/25/2013, 06:00 pm –
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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Ben Katchor is one of the most original and imaginative American cartoonists at work today. HAND-DRYING IN AMERICA is a collection of graphic narratives on the subjects of urban planning, product design, and architecture—a surrealist handbook for the rebuilding of society in the twenty-first century.

BEN KATCHOR is the author of The Cardboard Valise, The Jew of New York; Julius Knipl & Real Estate Photographer: The Beauty Supply District. He teaches at Parsons The New School for Design and has contributed to The New Yorker, The Forward, and Metropolis. The first cartoonist to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, he is the subject of the documentary The Pleasures of Urban Decay.

For more information and to pre-purchase a book, contact Museumstore@moafl.org or 954-262-0255.

Lecture | Arbus and the Extraordinary 4/27/13

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Lecture | Arbus and the Extraordinary
Saturday, 04/27/2013, 02:00 pm –
Foto-Ft-LauderdaleMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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What makes Diane Arbus’s photographs so enthralling? Is it subject matter or creative style, or a combination of both? George Slade, consulting curator of photography at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, offers insights into the distinctive qualities of this ground-breaking American photographer in conjunction with the Diane Arbus exhibition on view as part of Foto Lauderdale.

This lecture is complimentary with paid admission. For more information regarding this event and to RSVP, please contact Kelly Medlin at kmedlin@moafl.org or 954-262-0227.

Lecture and Book Signing with Richard Blanco 4/27/13

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Lecture and Book Signing with Richard Blanco
Saturday, 04/27/2013, 06:00 pm –
Blanco2Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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Join us as we welcome Richard Blanco, as he reads from a selection of his poems and participates in a Q & A session. Blanco was selected to write and read the inaugural poem for President Obama’s second swearing-in on January 21, 2013. He is the first immigrant, Latino, and openly gay poet chosen to read at an inauguration and at 44, also the youngest.

This event will be followed by a book signing. Books & Books at the Museum will have a selection of his titles available for purchase.

This is a ticketed event. One Free Ticket with purchase of Richard Blanco’s Book Looking for the Gulf Motel ($15.95) or $10.00 each, (without book purchase). To purchase book or tickets contact 954-262-0255 or Museumstore@moafl.org.

Author Talk & Signing | Augusten Burroughs, author of THIS IS HOW:Surviving What You Think You Can’t 5/4/13

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Author Talk & Signing | Augusten Burroughs, author of THIS IS HOW:Surviving What You Think You Can’t
Saturday, 05/04/2013, 04:00 pm –
This-Is-How-bookMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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If you believe life has a grudge against you, if you have ever wondered –How am I supposed to survive this? This is how.

Augusten Burroughs is the number one New York Times bestselling author of A Wolf at the Table, Possible Side Effects, Magical Thinking, Dry, Running with Scissors, and Sellevision.

This is a ticketed event. You will receive a free ticket with the purchase of the book ($15.00). Additional tickets may be purchased for $5.00 each. You must pre-purchase your book from Books & Books at the Museum to enter the signing line. Please visit the Museum store to purchase any books and tickets, or by calling 954-262-0234.

NWM2013/Spring Break presents Planetarium Krautrock: a Multimedia Audio Visual Timeline 4/6/13

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NWM2013/Spring Break presents Planetarium Krautrock: a Multimedia Audio Visual Timeline
Saturday, 04/06/2013, 07:00 pm – 09:00 pm
nwm2013_krautrockMiami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
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NWM2013/SPRING BREAK presents Planetarium KRAUTROCK: a Multimedia Audio Visual Timeline. Artist Kevin Arrow and Musician Romulo Del Castillo present an audio and visual experience on Krautrock, an umbrella term for the rock and electronic experimental music that originated in Germany in the late 1960s. The term is a result of the English-speaking world’s reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one particular scene, style, or movement, as many who came to be known as krautrock artists were not familiar with one another.

Largely divorced from the traditional blues and rock & roll influences of British and American rock music up to that time, the period contributed to the evolution of electronic dance and ambient music as well as the birth of post-punk, alternative rock and New Age music. Key artists associated with the tag include Can, Amon Düül II, Ash Ra Tempel, Faust, Popol Vuh, Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Neu!, and Kraftwerk.

This presentation will be accompanied by the technical support of Mark Bennett, Robert Cruz, Dylan Römer and Barron Sherer.

Krautrock at the Planetarium is presented by Miami Art Museum and Miami Science Museum in collaboration with SPRING BREAK as part of MAM’s New Work Miami 2013 exhibition.

Miami Science Museum, 3280 South Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33129. $8, MAM and Miami Science Museum members free. #NWM2013

Miami Children’s Museum Summer Camp 3/18/13

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Miami Children’s Museum Summer Camp
Monday, 06/10/2013, 09:00 am – 03:00 pm
Miami children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Miami Children’s Museum Summer Camp
June 10 – August 16
980 MacArthur Causeway Miami FL 33132
www.miamichildrensmuseum.org
(305) 373-KIDS (5437)

Summertime at Miami Children’s Museum means a new educational adventure every week!
Campers ages 3 to 11 will enjoy a fun-filled learning experience as they explore the museum from top to bottom while developing new interests and making new friends. Children will experience fun and educational weekly themes through special programming offered for Pre-K (3 years) – 2nd Grade and 3rd – 5th grades.

Camp hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, weekly beginning June 10th and ending August 16th.

Cost is $198 per week for museum members and $220 for non-members. Before and after care are also available for a fee.

To learn more or to register, please visit www.miamichildrensmuseum.org or call (305) 373-KIDS (5437) ext. 112.

Sensory Saturday 3/13/13

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Sensory Saturday
Saturday, 04/13/2013, 09:00 am – 11:00 am
Miami children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Miami Children’s Museum Sensory Saturday
Saturday, April 13th
9:00 – 11:00 AM
One Saturday a month from 9:00 am -11:00 am, Miami Children’s Museum will turn into an environment designed specifically for children with special needs and their families. MCM will be closed to the public to avoid large crowds and will provide modified lighting, sound adjustments and “cool down” rooms for children to relax in. Special programming includes yoga, art, music therapy, and more. Admission for this special event will be at a reduced rate and space is limited. Pre-registration for this event is required. Please email sensorysaturday@miamichildrensmuseum.org to register.
To learn more, please call (305) 373-KIDS (5437) or visit www.miamichildrensmuseum.org

Brain Fair 3/23/13

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Brain Fair
Saturday, 03/23/2013, 10:00 am – 04:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
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The Brain Fair is a free educational event sponsored by the University of Miami at the Miami Science Museum. The Brain Fair is designed to teach children and their parents about how the brain and spinal cord functions. The children will get to participate in hands-on learning activities such as building a neuron from clay, dissecting and holding a real brain, playing with visual illusions and finding out if they are “super tasters.” Additional fun activities will include face painting and puppet shows about how the brain works. Free bike helmets will be given away and free bike helmet fittings will be available. There will also be lectures for adults given by University of Miami neuroscientists on topics such as which apps are best for kids to learn, signs of autism, and the best food choices for kids to eat to help their brains grow.
Cost: Free

DNA Day 4/21/13

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DNA Day
Sunday, 04/21/2013, 10:00 am – 05:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
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The University of Miami and the Miami Science Museum have teamed up to bring you another exciting day of hands-on activities. Ever wonder what DNA is and what it looks like? What are genetic traits? How does DNA help solve crimes? Find out the fun way at DNA day!
Cost: Free with paid museum admission
Museum Admission: Adults: $14.95 Seniors(62+):10.95 Students w/ID & Children 3-12: $10.95 Children 2 & under: Free

Fabulous First Friday 4/12/13

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Fabulous First Friday
Friday, 04/12/2013, 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
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Join us for an evening of laser lights, stars, and more. Free Planetarium Star Show (7 p.m.) and rooftop observatory viewing (8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m., weather permitting.)

Later in the evening, check out Miami Science Museum’s famous Laser Shows in the Planetarium.
Laser Show admission: $4.00 per child, $8.00 per adult

Check out our Activity Room for kids, a fun alternative for your little ones! Swing by the Space Gallery for a few hands-on activities and demonstrations! Kids ages 3 and up. (8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

Science Eggstravaganza 3/19/13

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Science Eggstravaganza
Sunday, 03/31/2013, 10:00 am – 05:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
miami, Florida 33129
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Ready for some Eggcellent Eggsperiments and an Eggciting Egg Hunt? Then join us for a day of spectacular science fun at the Miami Science Museum! There will be a total of five eggs containing golden tickets up for grab throughout the day –find one to win an exciting grab bag from the Museum Store.
Cost: Free with paid museum admission
Museum Admission: Adults: $14.95 Seniors(62+):10.95 Students w/ID & Children 3-12: $10.95 Children 2 & under: Free

Marine Mania Spring Camp 3/25/13

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Marine Mania Spring Camp
Monday, 03/25/2013, 09:00 am – 03:30 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
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Do you love the ocean? So do we! Join us this Spring Break to learn why the ocean is so special. Using our Sea Lab and Wildlife Center as backdrops, campers will learn about ocean habitats (like mangroves, seagrass and corals), common and bizarre marine organisms, and the roles we can play to help conserve and protect these incredible and wet natural resources.

Monday, March 25th: Coastal Treasures
Tuesday, March 26th: Reef Relief
Wednesday, March 27th: Slippery, Slimy, and Spineless
Thursday, March 28th: Secrets of the Deep

Friday, March 29th: Shark Bait

For Children in grades Pre-K to Fifth.

Cost: $45 for members; $55 for non-members
$200 (Members)/ $250 (Non-members) for a full week
Before Care (7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.) $5 per camper
After Care (3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) $12 per camper

All Ages Can Become “Brainiacs” @ Miami Science Museum 3/23/13

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All Ages Can Become “Brainiacs” @ Miami Science Museum
Saturday, 03/23/2013, 10:00 am – 04:00 pm
Miami Museum of Science
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link

Sponsored by the University of Miami, the Brain Fair at Miami Science Museum is a free, educational event designed to teach children and their parents about how the brain functions and the fascinating discoveries being made in the field of neuroscience.

Children can participate in fun, hands-on learning activities including:
•Brain anatomy – build a neuron from clay, brain puzzles
•Brain models of difference species – match the brain to the animal
•Visual system – explore visual illusions
•Sheep brain dissections – handle a sheep brain with a glove and dissect with a plastic knife
•SpikerBox – demonstrates how neurons work by sending electrical impulses
•Foods for Thought – explains how foods contribute to neurological functioning
•Reflexes – teaches how reflexes work
•Action potentials – demonstrates how neurons use electricity and memories are facilitated by context
•Supertaster and Taste – count how many taste buds on the tongue; model of tongue, taste buds; taste a jelly bean with or without the nose closed
•Spinal cord injury – build a simple vertebral column and spinal cord to demonstrate the need for protection
•WalkSafe, BikeSafe, SkateSafe – teaches methods of safe street crossing practice, how the brain needs protection from injury
•Pediatrics and FAAST iPad learning programs
•Mind games and brain teasers
•Sebastian the Ibis

Additional fun activities will include face painting, “Brain Minders” puppet shows about how the brain works, a science video and a coloring/storytelling area. Free bike helmets will be given away and free bike helmet fittings will be available at the Pilot Club of Miami table.

When they arrive, participants will receive a Brain Passport, which will be stamped at each exhibit once they complete one of its activities. Upon completion of all activities, children will receive a pencil and brain eraser, and one ticket for a raffle to win a $10 iTunes card.

The event will also include lectures for adults given by University of Miami neuroscientists on topics such as which apps are best for grow.

The Miami Brain Bee, open to high school students grades 9-12, is similar to a spelling bee, except that it tests knowledge of the brain. Winners will receive cash prizes. Registration is necessary for participation in the Miami Brain Bee.

Brain Fair sponsors are Miami Science Museum, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Pilot Club of Miami, Society for Neuroscience Miami Chapter, University of Miami Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, Brain Awareness Week, Kidz Neuroscience Center, Nova Southeastern University Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, St. Thomas University School of Science Technology & Engineering Management, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami Neuroscience Center at Larkin, Mailman Center for Child Development Department of Pediatrics, Barry University, Larkin Community Hospital, and FAAST (Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology).

Sensory Saturday 2/19/13

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Sensory Saturday
Sunday, 03/09/2013, 09:00 am – 11:00 am
Miami children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link

Miami Children’s Museum Sensory Saturday
Saturday, March 9th
9:00 – 11:00 AM
One Saturday a month from 9:00 am -11:00 am, Miami Children’s Museum will turn into an environment designed specifically for children with special needs and their families. MCM will be closed to the public to avoid large crowds and will provide modified lighting, sound adjustments and “cool down” rooms for children to relax in. Special programming includes yoga, art, music therapy, and more. Admission for this special event will be at a reduced rate. Pre-registration for these events are required. Please email sensorysaturday@miamichildrensmuseum.org to register.
To learn more, please call (305) 373-KIDS (5437) or visit www.miamichildrensmuseum.org

Miami Children’s Museum Spring Camp 2/19/13

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Miami Children’s Museum Spring Camp
Monday, 03/25/2013, 09:00 am – 03:00 pm
Miami children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link

March 25–29
Join us for a road trip across America!
Discover the 50 states through fun and educational activities that reflect American songs, dance, food, art, and stories of historical characters! Campers will go on mini-adventures to our newest exhibit Weebles: Coast to Coast. There, they will take a ride in a hot-air balloon over New Mexico, go whitewater kayaking in Idaho, camp in the mountains of West Virginia, and much more! To register and for more information, please call Yanet at 305.373.KIDS (5437) ext. 112 or email Yanet@miamichildrensmuseum.org.
PreK4 – 5th grade
Members $195/Non-Members $220 (9:00am – 3:00pm)
Before Care (for the week) $25 (8:00am – 9:00am)
After Care (for the week) $60 (3:00pm – 6:00pm)

Dr. Seuss’ 109th Birthday 2/12/13

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Dr. Seuss’ 109th Birthday
Friday, 03/01/2013, 10:00 pm – 06:00 pm
Miami children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Friday, March 1st
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
This event is offered FREE to the public through the generous support of The Children’s Trust

Join Miami Children’s Museum as Read Across America’s official East Coast host location as we welcome The Cat in the Hat from his National tour in celebration of Dr. Seuss’ 109th birthday on Friday, March 1st! This FREE day-long celebration, generously supported by The Children’s Trust, will include celebrity readers, performances, appearances by Dr. Seuss characters, Seuss filled activities, and of course, birthday cake! Free to the public from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM. To learn more call 305.373.KIDS (5437) or visit www.miamichildrensmuseum.org.

Zoo Miami To Open National Geographic Crittercam Exhibit 1/18/13

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Zoo Miami To Open National Geographic Crittercam Exhibit
Sunday, 01/18/2013, 10:00 am – 05:00 pm
penguin2Zoo Miami
12400 SW 152 Street,
12400 SW 152 Street, Florida Miami
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Swim through tropical landscapes with turtles, dive beneath the ice with penguins and forage in the forest with a family of bears — experience life as animals do in a new traveling exhibition opening at Zoo Miami.

“National Geographic Crittercam: The World Through Animal Eyes,” a 6,000-square-foot traveling exhibition developed by the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., will run from January 18 through May 5, 2012 at Zoo Miami. Crittercam, invented by National Geographic marine biologist Greg Marshall, is a scientific video- and data-gathering tool safely worn by wild animals, offering researchers insights into animal behavior and clues to protecting animals and the world we share.

Through interactive displays, firsthand footage and evocative environments, visitors to the exhibit can explore the many stories and animals that are part of the science and adventure of Crittercam. The exhibit focuses on Crittercam’s deployment on seals and sea lions, sharks, sea turtles, whales, penguins, bears and lions.

In the seals and sea lions section, a series of viewing and listening stations show how these animals communicate, hunt, feed, care for their young and attract mates. Visitors then move to the sharks section for a close-up view of an 18-foot-long great white shark model and displays that illustrate the hunting and migratory behaviors of several shark species. A shark fin model features the latest way of attaching the Crittercam — via a fin clamp. As visitors feel the rough sandpaper that keeps the clamp in place, they can watch a video depicting daring deployments, from early tether systems to a researcher deploying the fin clamp by hand.

The sea turtles section offers insights into how turtles search for mates, different foraging behaviors and how the animals avoid becoming a meal themselves. From atop a life-size model of a leatherback, children and adults can watch point-of-view footage from a female leatherback, while other displays show life as seen by loggerhead and hawksbill turtles.

In the whales section, visitors enter into a chamber of bubbles to see the cooperative behavior of humpbacks known as bubble net or lunge feeding. Other highlights include an up-close look at the toothed whales of Hawaii and footage of the mysterious “unicorn of the sea,” the narwhal.

In the penguin pod, exhibition-goers enter the world of Penguin Ranch, the main research site of the Crittercam team in Antarctica, to investigate a penguin’s life beneath the ice and learn about research with penguins trained to wear Crittercam. Visitors can squeeze into an observation tube to watch a video of penguins soaring underwater, while youngsters can crawl through a tunnel and pop up in a bubble to come face-to-face with a penguin wearing a working Crittercam. On exiting the tunnel, children can view footage of themselves from the penguin’s perspective.

The terrestrial version of Crittercam is the newest development in the program. In the land animals section of the exhibition, visitors learn about the trial-and-error process of developing the land-based technology, from deployments on domestic dogs and cats to partnering with animal rehabilitation centers. Visitors also learn about the unique challenges of studying land animals, from penetrating the dense forest habitat of the grizzly bear to getting the Crittercam collar to pass the lion cub “chew toy” test. Point-of-view footage shows a young Alaskan bear cub napping, feeding and traveling with its family, as well as a lioness hunting, tending to her cubs and sharing a meal with them.

The final section of the exhibition focuses on Crittercam technology, with information on how it works and the original inspiration that led to its development. Visitors can design their own Crittercams using Build-a-Cam, touch a Crittercam model and examine deployment methods such as an adhesive patch, penguin harness and suction cup. Youngsters can try their hand at a Crittercam puzzle. There is also a “What’s New” kiosk that features recent deployments and findings on species such as the tree kangaroo and Humboldt squid.

From January 18-May 5, 2013, Crittercam will be open at Zoo Miami’s Dr. Wilde’s World from 10 am to 5 pm daily. Crittercam is included with Zoo admission. Zoo Miami is located at 12400 SW 152 street; Miami, FL 33177. General Zoo Admission is: $15.95 plus tax, per adult and $11.95 plus tax, per child (3-12). Hours are 9:30 am – 5:30 pm; ticket booths close at 4 pm. Parking is free. Annual pass holders and children under 2 are also free. For more information, please visit www.zoomiami.orgor call 305.251.0400
“National Geographic Crittercam: The World Through Animal Eyes” is organized, produced and traveled by the National Geographic Museum.

The National Geographic Society is one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. Founded in 1888 to “increase and diffuse geographic knowledge,” the Society works to inspire people to care about the planet. The National Geographic Museum produces exhibits based on National Geographic projects, which are displayed at the Society’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. and travel to museums around the world.

Miami Children’s Museum One Day Camp – Camp Around the World Series 2/1/13

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Miami Children’s Museum One Day Camp – Camp Around the World Series
Friday, 02/01/2013, 09:00 am – 03:00 pm
Miami children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link

Friday, February 1st – Explore the Indonesian Island of Bali
9:00 am to 3:00 pm (before and after care is available)
Pre-K (4) – 5th Grade
Join us as we dive into Balinese culture!
• Watch a Balinese Dance show and a Topeng (masked) Drama put on by The MCM Players!
• Paint your own mask (topeng).
• Play a Gangsa (musical instrument) from the Gamelan orchestra.
• Sing and move to the Monkey Chant.
• Taste traditional Balinese food such as krupuk (shrimp chips) and gado-gado salad.
Campers who wear yellow or orange will receive a special gift!
$45 – MCM Members
$50 – Non-Members
(There will be a $20 fee for walk ins)
To register and for more information, call Yanet at 305.373.KIDS (5437) ext. 112 or email Yanet@miamichildrensmuseum.org

Engineering Day 2/1/13

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Engineering Day
Saturday, 02/23/2013, 08:00 pm – 05:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link

Join the Miami Science Museum as we celebrate Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day! Join us for a memorable day of fun engineering activities, career awareness and talks for young and old alike. The day will include career panels featuring successful women engineers sharing their stories of and keys to success, showcases by local engineering organizations and students, and hands-on activities and workshops. So grab your daughter, granddaughter, niece, or cousin to show them how creative and collaborative engineering is and how engineers are changing our world.

MiniCamp 2/1/13

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MiniCamp
Friday, 02/01/2013, 09:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link

During teacher workdays, the Museum offers exciting and educational one-day camps that are sure to appeal to the scientist in everyone.

For Children in grades Pre-K to Fifth.

Cost: $45 for members; $55 for non-members
Before Care (7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.) $5 per camper
After Care (3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) $12 per camper

Fabulous First Friday 2/1/13

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Fabulous First Friday
Friday, 02/01/2013, 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link

Join us for an evening of laser lights, stars, and more. Free Planetarium Star Show (7 p.m.) and rooftop observatory viewing (8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m., weather permitting.)

Later in the evening, check out Miami Science Museum’s famous Laser Shows in the Planetarium.
Laser Show Admission: $4.00 per child, $8.00 per adult

Check out our Activity Room for kids – a fun alternative for your little ones! Swing by the Space Gallery for a few hands-on activities and demonstrations! Kids ages 3 and up. (8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
For more information, call: 305-646-4234

The Art of Wine and Food Series 1/24/13

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The Art of Wine and Food Series
Thursday, 01/24/2013, 06:00 pm – 07:30 pm
Red and white wine, with bunches of grapesMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

Pump Up your Palate with a Wine Tasting Workout to start the New Year: Learn to Break Down and Identify the Components of Wine and Up Your Tasting Acumen!

This monthly series will be hosted by Stephanie Miskew, certified sommelier and wine educator. The guest chef of the month will pair perfect flavors with these fine wines making our tastings the talk of the town.

Reservations are required and seating is limited. RSVP to gvilone@moafl.org

Wine Reception 1/10/13

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Join us for a private wine reception following the lecture by Carol Troyen,
Kristin and Roger Servison Curator Emerita of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

This is a complimentary event for Museum members at the Benefactor ($1,000) level and above.

RSVP is required to Camile Moseley at (954) 262-0296 or camile.moseley@moafl.org.

Family Day: Winter in the City 1/17/13

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Family Day: Winter in the City
Saturday, 01/19/2013, 10:00 am – 01:00 pm
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

Explore urban landscapes and wintry cities in the early 1900’s while you observe works in our Return to the Ashcan exhibition. Families will enjoy turn of the century games, dress up and music.
Join Broward County Main Library Youth Services team for Story Time and collaborative, interdisciplinary activities by Art Explosion: A Family Oriented Workshop.

Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale Lobby

Free with museum admission.

Wine Reception 1/10/13

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Join us for a private wine reception following the lecture by Carol Troyen,
Kristin and Roger Servison Curator Emerita of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

This is a complimentary event for Museum members at the Benefactor ($1,000) level and above.

RSVP is required to Camile Moseley at (954) 262-0296 or camile.moseley@moafl.org.

Lecture on the Ashcan School 1/10/13

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Lecture on the Ashcan School
Thursday, 01/17/2013, 06:00 pm – 07:00 pm
Lecture-on-Ashcan-Image-Spring-PlantingMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

Lecture by Carol Troyen, Kristin and Roger Servison Curator Emerita of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

This event is complimentary for all Museum members; $10 for nonmembers.

RSVP is required to Lee Ledegang at (954) 262-0221 or lee.ledegang@moafl.org.

Talk and Book Signing: Sherry and John Petersik authors of Young House Love 1/10/13

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Talk and Book Signing: Sherry and John Petersik authors of Young House Love
Thursday, 01/10/2013, 06:00 pm –
Book-Signing-ImageMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

Books & Books at the Museum of Art

Join us as we welcome John and Sherry Petersik as they discuss their book Young House Love. The book is over 300 pages filled with tons of ideas, projects and step-by-step tutorials for showing your home some love (in the same don’t-take- yourself- too- seriously DIY spirit of their blog!)There are big picture decorating ideas all the way down to small sprucing projects and quick-fixes- all written with the same dorked out , budget-friendly, and ceramic-animal-lovin’ approach that they are known for.

To pre-purchase your book please contact Museumstore@moafl.org or 954-262-0255

AutoNation Academy of Art + Design’s Open House 1/5/13

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AutoNation Academy of Art + Design’s Open House
Saturday, 01/05/2013, 10:00 am – 02:00 pm
Jan-open-house-imageAutoNation Academy of Art + Design
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

Come and visit our renovated studios and receive hands-on introduction to the Autonation Academy of Art + Design and its exciting expanded disciplines!

A studio photography session will be set up with celebrity photographer Bette Marshall where you can participate in short demonstrations and receive instruction on lighting , set up and camera functions. You will also have the opportunity to rotate through the studios and disciplines , including Drawing and Painting, Ceramics, Computer / Graphic Arts, Printmaking and Textiles. You will also meet and speak with our Academy Director, Anthony Lauro and Faculty Members.

For more information and to RSVP contact education1@moafl.org

First Friday’s at the Museum Café 1/4/13

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First Friday’s at the Museum Café
Friday, 01/03/2013, 12:00 pm – 02:00 pm
First-Friday-ImageMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

Music and Lunch on the Plaza

Join us for our First Friday’s on the Plaza and enjoy our daily special and live entertainment. Don’t miss out of the fun.

For more information contact the Museum Café at 954-262-0255 museumstore@moafl.org

Film Series: Surfing and Sharks 1/3/13

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Film Series: Surfing and Sharks
Thursday, 01/03/2013, 05:00 pm – 06:00 pm
Film-Series-SURFING-AND-SHARKSMuseum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

Horvitz Auditorium

Surfing and Sharks is a film about facing fears in South African waves! This documentary goes up close with Pro Surfers Lungani, Andrew and Avuyile, their family’s traditions and tribulations along side a hand selected group of the best shark experts from the region to uncover the real secrets and stories that surround the shark stigma that exists in South Africa. (55 minutes)

Free with admission. For more information contact achadwick@moafl.org

Shark Exhibition Closing Party 1/3/13

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Shark Exhibition Closing Party
Thursday, 01/03/2013, 10:00 am – 03:00 pm
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

Museum Lobby

Over winter break families can celebrate the closing of SHARK. Enjoy face painting from 10am-12pm, a family friendly movie “The Shark Riddle” at 11am, a lecture by Sara Brenes, the Shark Whisperer, at 1pm and ongoing story time and art activities inspired by our friends under the sea!

Free with Admission. For more information contact achadwick@moafl.org

ARTtuesdays Panel Discussion 12/18/12

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ARTtuesdays Panel Discussion
Tuesday, 12/18/2012, 07:00 pm – 09:00 pm
MehretuJulie-RogueAscension-detail-6401Girls’ Club
117 NW 2nd Street,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

In conjunction with ARTtuesday/Miami, a monthly gathering of artists, arts professionals and aficionados, Girls’ Club hosts a panel discussion to consider the role of drawing in the current contemporary art environment.

Enjoying a close proximity to the artist’s hand and thought, drawings have historically been defined as intimate. With little technological advancement since the 19th century, the medium is often eclipsed by new media and large-scale projects in the contemporary art market.

Join us as we discuss the trajectory of and prognosis for contemporary drawing.

Panelists:
Carol Jazzar, curator/gallery owner Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Virginia Fifield, visual artist, Hollywood, FL
Tyler Emerson-Dorsch, curator/gallery director Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
Emmy Mathis, visual artist/educator, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL

Image: Julie Mehretu, Rogue Ascension (detail), 2009

Photographs of Wine Down Wednesdays at HistoryMiami on 11/7/12

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Wine Down Wednesdays at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, November 7, 2012..  I love  HistoryMiami, always has the best exhibits and Wine Down Wednesday is the best time to go and see the museum.  Clos Bistro & Cafe has been catering with some amazing wines, empanadas and dessert.  Remember it is the first Wednesday of every month.  See you next month!!

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Mini Monday Mornings 11/5/12

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Mini Monday Mornings
Monday, 11/05/2012, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Miami Children’s Museum
980 Macarthur Causeway,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link

Join MCM Educators every Monday morning in November for a special time just for the littlest members of the family! Mini Monday Mornings are designed for children three years and under to have a quiet time to explore the museum and enjoy programs made just for them. Children will engage all of their developing senses with painting, participating in sand play, story times, and more with MCM Educators! (To better accommodate our smallest friends, MCM will be school group-free on these mornings)

Reptile Day 11/3/12

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Reptile Day
Saturday, 11/03/2012, 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link

Reptile lovers and those who want to learn more about the intriguing creatures are invited to attend Miami Science Museum’s Reptile Day on Saturday, Nov. 3. Reptile Day will include entertaining and interactive activities about many different reptile species including:
• Meet and greet with Animal Planet’s Gator Boys celebrities Chris and Ashley
• Python Control in the Everglades presentation by Shawn Heflick, host of National Geographic’s Python Hunters
• Live venomous snake handling show by Venom One
• Eyes and Ears (invasive reptile detection and reporting training) presentation by Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ECISMA)
• Alligator aquaculture presentation by Gatorama
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission airboat display
• Live invasive reptile display by ECISMA
• Reptile artifacts from MSM Collection Vault
• Live python animal presentation by MSM herpetologist
• Turtle race
• Eat Like a Reptile by Kat Duran
• Outdoor tables featuring Venom One, FWC, ECISMA, Shawn Heflick of National Geographic’s Python Hunters, Gatorama, Animal Planet’s Gator Boys celebrities Chris and Ashley and Gator Boys merchandise sale, Zoo Med prizes, Eat Like a Lizard

Arts & Crafts activities will include a sea turtle craft, spiral snake craft, and chameleon camouflage challenge (learn how camouflage is used as a survival technique as you color the chameleon to make it disappear into the background.)

Fun-filled floor demos at Reptile Day will be:
• Alligator vs. Crocodile – Think you know the difference between the two? Complete our venn diagram to identify the characteristics of each, then visit them in our Wildlife Center.
• Sea Turtle Bingo – Grab a “turtle egg” and follow the life stages of a sea turtle as you play this game of survival.
• Reptile Scavenger Hunt – Complete the scavenger hunt to learn more in-depth info about our reptile residents.
• Feeding Frenzy – Match the prey item to its reptile predator.
• Guess the Number of Eggs – Clutch size (the number of eggs laid in a nest) differs greatly among lizard species. Can you guess how many eggs each species lays?
• Lizard Personality Quiz – Lizards have interesting personalities, just like we do! Take this personality quiz to find out which lizard you fit in best with.

Reptile Day is sponsored in part by Venom One, ECISMA, Gatorama, MSM Collection, Zoo Med, GEICO, Tom Crutchfield, and United Pet Group, Inc. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, contact Donald Uricchio at duricchio@miamisci.org.

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 Miami Science Museum members and children under 3. Parking is free.

Warhol and Cars: American Icons 11/10/12

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Warhol and Cars: American Icons
Saturday, 11/10/2012, 07:00 pm –
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd. ,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Webpage Link

This is the first exhibition to examine Andy Warhol’s enduring fascination with automobiles as products of American consumer society. Featuring more than forty drawings, paintings, prints, photographs and related archival material spanning the years 1946 to 1986, the exhibition traces the development of Warhol’s work with cars throughout his career.

Miami Children’s Museum One Day Camp – Fall Fun 10/26/12

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Miami Children’s Museum One Day Camp – Fall Fun
Friday, 10/26/2012, 09:00 am – 03:00 pm
Miami Children’s Museum
980 Macarthur Causeway,
miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link

Friday, Oct. 26th
9 AM – 3 PM

Who says there can’t be fall in Miami? Children in Pre-K (4) – 5th Grade are invited to join us for pumpkin painting and other fun fall related activities. Before and after care are available.

$45 – MCM Member
$50 – Non-MCM Member

To register, please call Yanet at (305) 373-5437 ext. 112 or email Yanet@miamichildrensmuseum.org.

Photographs of Beats After Sunset at the Bass Museum on 10/5/12

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Beats After Sunset at the Bass Museum of Art on Friday, October 5, 2012.  We enjoyed complimentary Grey Goose Vodka cocktails and music by DJ Josef K.  Also, we got to visit their current exhibitions, including “UNNATURAL,” “John Cage: Variations VII, 1966” and the Egyptian Gallery. For the first time, Bass Museum of Art partnered with a nonprofit organization, this month benefited the Humane Society of Greater Miami’s young professionals group, PetNet.   Beats after Sunset has complimentary admission for members and basspass holders and only $10 museum admission for non-members.  If that was not enough fun there is an afterparty at Chalk Ping Pong and Billiards Lounge, located at 1234 Washington Ave., from 11 p.m. to midnight.  Those that attended Beats get to enjoy one complimentary beverage and ping pong, make sure to get your wristband at the Bass Museum.

Make sure to make it out next month, Friday, November 3rd, Life Is Art and Soul of Miami will be hosting Beats After Sunset.

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MiaSci Hurricane Andrew Day of Remembrance Event 8/25/12

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MiaSci Hurricane Andrew Day of Remembrance Event
Saturday, Aug. 25 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Miami Science Museum
3280 S. Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33129
For more information on “Hurricane Andrew Remembrance Day”, please visit www.MiamiSci.org.
COST: Free with paid Museum admission.

Miami Science Museum Remembers Hurricane Andrew During 20th Anniversary Event on Aug. 25

Special Event to Feature Planetarium Show About Andrew, Panels & Stories with Renowned Weather & Emergency Management Officials, News Footage, Kids’ Activity Stations and More

Twenty years after Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida on Aug. 24, 1992, Miami Science Museum is hosting a day of remembrance and activities through its event “Hurricane Andrew Remembrance Day.” Event sponsors are State Farm®, Florida International University (FIU), and WLRN Public Radio and Television.

“Hurricane Andrew Remembrance Day” will feature the following:

Planetarium Show: Remembering Andrew Under the Stars: 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
There will be two showings of this presentation, which includes WLRN stories, at the Museum’s Planetarium. This special presentation of WLRN’s Remembering Andrew radio program will be presented in its entirety in the Museum’s Planetarium, with the stars “dialed” back to August 24, 1992.

Hurricane Forecasting Then and Now Panel Discussion: 12 – 12:45 p.m.
Frank Marks, director of the HRD and Chris Landsea, science and operations officer with the National Hurricane Center, will present 5-minute presentations and conduct a Q&A session.

Hurricane Andrew Remembered: 1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
The following acclaimed hurricane experts will share their Hurricane Andrew experiences: Max Mayfield, former hurricane specialist and director of the National Hurricane Center, now hurricane consultant on WPLG Channel 10 – Miami; Stan Goldenberg, survivor and hurricane researcher at NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division (HRD); and Bryan Norcross, former meteorologist with WFOR Channel 4 – Miami and presently on The Weather Channel.

The Aftermath of Hurricane Andrew: 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Kate Hale the former director of Miami-Dade Emergency Management and Richard Ford of the Salvation Army Disaster Relief Team will share their post-Hurricane Andrew experiences.

Theater Video Presentations: Andrew Specials: 11:20 a.m., 12:50 p.m., 2:20 p.m., 3:50 p.m.
These will include footage from WTVJ NBC 6, The Weather Channel, and others, covering Andrew before, during and after the storm struck.

Tropical Weather Briefings at the Magic Planet: 11:45 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:45 p.m.
Visitors can hear about the current state of the tropics by a meteorologist.

Kids’ Activity Stations
These will include a hurricane spin-up activity, create a hurricane competition, etc.

Community Involvement Activities
Visitors can tell their Andrew stories, write their experiences on cards to be placed on a pin-up board; kids can draw their own Hurricane Andrew, etc.

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, Miami Science Museum’s award-winning educational programs, family-focused exhibits, historic planetarium, and rehabilitative Wildlife Center and Clinic have enriched locals and tourists alike. In 2015, the legacy continues with the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, a new world-class, state-of-the-art facility designed by Grimshaw Architects in the heart of downtown Miami. Miami Science Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. For more information about the current Museum or our future home, the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, visit www.miamisci.org or call (305) 646-4200.

Miami Science Museum is funded with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

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Photographs of Beats After Sunset at The Bass Museum on 8/3/12

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Beats After Sunset at The Bass Museum on Friday, August 3, 2012.  One of most favorite events, this month we enjoyed complimentary cocktails by Herradura Tequila and great music by DJ kace 101. The museum is always open during Beats after Sunset so we checked out the current exhibition’s “MENS SUITS” by Charles LeDray and “Erasey Page” by Miami-based artist Jillian Mayer in collaboration Eric Shoenborn.  The after party was at Chalk Ping Pong and Billiards Lounge were we got to play complimentary ping pong, I love ping pong.

Sponsors: Herradura Tequila, Societe Perrier, The Sagamore Hotel and Chalk Ping Pong & Billiards Lounge

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Photographs from Wine Down Wednesday at HistoryMiami on 8/1/12

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Wine Down Wednesdays at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, August 1, 2012.  I love  HistoryMiami, always has the best exhibits and Wine Down Wednesday is the best time to go and see the museum.  Clos Bistro & Cafe has been catering with some amazing wines, empanadas and dessert and beautiful live music by Cat Shell.  Remember it is the first Wednesday of every month.  See you next month!!

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Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Museum Day Live 9/29/12

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Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Museum Day Live!
Saturday, September 29, 2012, 10am to 5pm
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
1 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
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In the spirit of Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale is participating in Museum Day Live!, an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket for free.

All in the Family Paintings and Works on Paper by Members of the Glackens Family

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All in the Family: Paintings and Works on Paper by Members of the Glackens Family
On View Until October 7, 2012, The Museum is open daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. with extended hours on Thursdays until 7 p.m. Sundays 12-5 p.m. Closed Mondays.
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale – NSU
One East Las Olas Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
www.moafl.org

The Museum of Art is the repository of the estate of American painter William Glackens, a member of The Eight and a transformative artist at the turn of the twentieth century. Installed in the Museum’s Glackens Galleries, this exhibition includes works by each of the artists in the Glackens family, with a large concentration of the art of William Glackens, the family’s most celebrated painter.

Associates and Inspiration: The CoBrA Movement and the Arts of Africa and New Guinea

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Associates & Inspiration: The CoBrA Movement and the Arts of Africa and New Guinea
On View Until September 1, 2012, The Museum is open daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. with extended hours on Thursdays until 7 p.m. Sundays 12-5 p.m. Closed Mondays.
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale – NSU
One East Las Olas Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
www.moafl.org

This lively and thought-provoking installation juxtaposes paintings, sculptures and works on paper by artists of the CoBrA movement. Masks, totems, and carvings created by the South Pacific island of New Guinea and the continent of Africa are also on display.

Wall Paintings: Installations by Arturo Herrera, Jen Stark and Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt

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Wall Paintings: Installations by Arturo Herrera, Jen Stark and Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt
Now until Dec 31, 2013, The Museum is open daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. with extended hours on Thursdays until 7 p.m. Sundays 12-5 p.m. Closed Mondays.
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale – NSU
One East Las Olas Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
www.moafl.org

Four art installations on exterior of Museum of Art ⎪ Fort Lauderdale. Largest installation is 30×50 foot mural by internationally-known Venezuelan painter Arturo Herrera on the Bernard and Miriam Peck Terrace. Other artists include Jen Stark and husband and wife team Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt.

Cost: Adults (18 +): $10.00, Seniors (65 +), Military: $7.00, Children (6-17): $5.00, Children 5 and under FREE., Museum Members FREE, College Students with a current, valid student ID FREE, NSU Student, Faculty and Staff with Current Shark ID: FREE

Photographs of Opening Reception for Transcultural Pilgrim Three Decades of Work by Jose Bedia at Miami Art Museum on 5/23/12

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Opening reception for Transcultural Pilgrim: Three Decades of Work by José Bedia at Miami Art Museum on  Wednesday, May 23, 2012.  I have to say Jose Bedia is one of my favorite artist and has been for years.  If you have a chance go by Miami Art Museum and see this wonderful exhibition of his work, truly awesome!!!

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Miami Museum Month May 2012

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Miami Museum Month
May 2012
miamimuseummonth.com

Buy One, Get One Free: During May, “Buy One, Get One Free” admission at participating museums.

Join One, See Them All: Membership at any one of the 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.

*Please check individual participating museum pages for exclusions and limitations.
¤ Ancient Spanish Monastery
¤ ArtCenter/South Florida
¤ Bakehouse Art Complex
¤ Bass Museum of Art
¤ Coral Gables Museum
¤ Dezer Collection Automobile Museum
¤ Gold Coast Railroad Museum
¤ The Haitian Heritage Museum
¤ HistoryMiami
¤ Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach
¤ Jewish Museum of Florida
¤ Lowe Art Museum
¤ Miami Art Museum
¤ Miami Beach Botanical Garden
¤ Miami Children’s Museum
¤ Miami Science Museum
¤ MOCA—Museum of Contemorary Art
¤ The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
¤ Wings Over Miami Air Museum
¤ The Wolfsonian—FIU
¤ World Erotic Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed cellist Ian Maksin performs at the Bass Museum of Art 5/20/12

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Internationally acclaimed cellist, Ian Maksin
Bass Museum of Art
Sunday, May 20 – 3pm
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL. 33139
Concert is free with the price of admission to the museum.

Internationally acclaimed cellist and composer Ian Maksin will be presenting a unique performance at the Bass Museum of Art. Gaining accolades as one of the most versatile and innovative musicians of his generation, Maksin is quickly gaining international recognition as a cellist, composer and producer. Having appeared with such artists as Andrea Bocelli and Sting, Maksin takes the concept of the cello way beyond its traditional span. His program will encompass classical, Latin, jazz and world music. He will be joined by celebrated South Florida singer Susana Behar and guitarist Federico Bonacossa. Seating is limited to the first 70 guests, so be sure to arrive early for this one-of-a-kind performance.

The Bass Museum of Art is located in Miami Beach, the Bass Museum of Art offers a dynamic year-round calendar of exhibitions exploring the connections between contemporary art and works of art from its permanent collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture, textiles, Apulian Vessel Gallery and Egyptian Gallery. Artists’ projects, educational programs, lectures, events, concerts and free family days complement the works on view. Founded in 1963 when the City of Miami Beach accepted a collection of Renaissance and Baroque works of art from collectors John and Johanna Bass, the collection was housed in an Art Deco building designed in 1930 by Russell Pancoast. Architect Arata Isozaki designed an addition to the museum between 1998 and 2001 that doubled its size from 15,000 to 35,000 square feet. Most recently, the museum selected internationally acclaimed Oppenheim Architecture + Design to lead its first phase of design and renovation tied to the 2010 completion of Miami Beach’s Collins Park. Oppenheim redesigned and relocated the museum’s arrival area to flow from and into the new park on Collins Avenue. For more information, please visit www.bassmuseum.org.

Photographs of Wine Down Wednesday at History Miami on 5/2/12

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Wine Down Wednesdays at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, May 2, 2012.  I love  HistoryMiami, always has the best exhibits and Wine Down Wednesday is the best time to go and see the museum.  Remember it is the first Wednesday of every month.  See you next month!!

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Photographs of Bass Museum of Art Annual Fundraiser A Night At The Museum on 4/26/12

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Bass Museum of Art hosted their annual fundraiser A Night At The Museum on Thursday, April 26, 2012.

Third Annual “A Night at the Museum” Bass Museum of Art’s Annual Fundraiser
The Bass Museum of Art, one of Miami Beach’s key cultural landmarks, along with a select group of the city’s leading arts patrons and philanthropists rang in its annual fundraiser on April 26, 2012. With over 500 guests in attendance, “A Night at the Museum” was a night to remember.

Guests enjoyed hors d’oeurves by TiramesU, cocktails and refreshments from Mandarine Napleon, Kanon Organic Vodka, Yardbird , Zonin Prosecco, Breezette, Vie Vite, and Perrier and sweet treats from Stella’s Sweet Shoppe. While guests sipped and noshed, they were entertained with beats by DJ Sample & Saxophonist Natty Rico. Celebrating the museums’ latest exhibition: “Charles LeDray: Bass Museum of Art” curated by Bass Museum of Art adjunct curator, Steven Holmes, guests enjoyed a private preview of the institutions newest exhibition, featuring LeDray’s most ambitious piece, “MENS SUITS”.

The museum continues its mission: “to inspire and educate by exploring the connections between our historical collections and contemporary art”. In doing so, on view in the Taplin Gallery are selections from the permanent collection in dialogue with contemporary works on loan. There was also a silent auction filled with art experiences such as: a studio visit and lunch with artist Carlos Betancourt, Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 VIP Package and Wynwood art and design tour with Nina Johnson of Gallery Diet, among many others.

Notable attendees included: Executive Director and Chief Curator Silvia Karman Cubiñá and Bass Museum of Art Board President George Lindemann; A Night at the Museum event co-chairs Criselda Breene & Christina Getty-Maercks; exhibiting artist Charles LeDray and local artists: Augustina Woodgate, Manny Prieres, Frances Trombly, Leyden Rodríguez- Casanova, Carlos Betancourt, and Christina Lei Rodriguez; gallerists Fred Snitzer, Nina Johnson, David Castillo, and Anthony Spinello; collectors Charles Cowles, Constance & Marty Margulies, and Kathryn Mikesell; Anthony Shriver, Belkys Nerey, Terence Riley, Fernando Wong, Alison Zhuk, Suzi & Walid Wahab, Fabian Basabe, JP Souto, Lisa Pliner, Nicole Lozano, Patty & Leonard Fluxman; Bass Museum of Art Board Members: Cathy Vedovi, Alan Randolph, Ali Matlick, Hugh Bush, Jonathan Z. Kurry, Jose Miguel Net, Laura Paresky Gould, Lida Rodriguez-Taseff, Ramiro E. del Amo, Richard Toledo, Brian Ehlrich, Sarah Harrelson and husband, interior designer Austin Harrelson, and Tom Murphy.

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Celebrate the Opening of The New Young At Art Museum 5/4-6/12

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Celebrate the Opening of The New Young At Art Museum!
May 4th – Gala (tickets holders only!)
Saturday May 5th- & Sunday 6th, 12 – 6pm
The new Young At Art Museum
751 SW 121 AVE
Davie, FL 33325

Be the first to experience the new YAA before it opens to the general public, become a Founding Member today!

Free and open to the public

Join Us…..To Celebrate the opening of
The New Young At Art Museum!

“Giants In The City ”
Monumental inflatable Sculpture Public Art Project

The 55,000 square-foot GOLD LEED-certified Museum will be the epicenter of cultural arts education for families.
The Museum will feature four permanent exhibit galleries:

GreenScapes
CultureScapes
WonderScapes
and ArtScapes.
The new facility will also include a 10,000 square-foot Broward County Library, a National Traveling Exhibition Gallery, Presentation Theatre, Teen Center & Recording Studio, Museum Gift Shop, Creative Cafe and a preschool classroom to accommodate 22 children.

Photographs from Beats after Sunset at Bass Museum of Art on 4/6/12

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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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Photographs of Miami Vinyl The History of Record Making in Miami at Miami Art Museum on 4/5/12

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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 3/10-11/12

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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.

Photographs of South Beach Art Tours at Bass Museum on 1/24/12

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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

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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 through 12/31/11

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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 11/5/11

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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 10/20-22/11

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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 10/7/11

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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 9/2/11

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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 8/20-21/11

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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

Big Truck Days at MiaSci and Free Father’s Day admission 6/18-19

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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 7/16/11

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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.

Photographs of Wine Down Wednesday at HistoryMiami on 6/1/11

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Wine Down Wednesday at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.  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.   FREE General Admission & Free Parking Available at 50 NW 2nd Avenue and $15 open wine and food bar or $5 per drink.

(Primary camera is in the shop. Backup camera courtesy of Mike LaMonica.)

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Nineteenth Annual Miami International Map Fair 2/4-5/12

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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 7/9/11

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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 Program Listings June, 2011

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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 exhibition debuts at MoA/FL 6/5/11

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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.”

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.

2011 Summer Savings Pass is Back May 15 – September 30, 2011

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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!

Moms Rock Event at Miami Science Museum for Mother’s Day 5/8/11

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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

Miami Museum Month May 2011

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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

More Information.

Spend Easter Sunday, Mother’s Day and More at the Vatican (Exhibition!)

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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.

Upcoming Exhibitions at HistoryMiami

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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 María 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 Garífunas.
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.

Photographs of Vatican Splendors Uncrating at Museum of Art on 1/20/11

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Vatican Splendors Uncrating at Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, January 20, 2011.  The three pieces that were uncrated this morning were magnificent.  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 and Books at Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Grand Opening 1/13-16/11

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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.”

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 1/23/11

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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

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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.”

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.

Scene of the Crime Screening and Discussion 8/29/10

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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 9/17/10

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‘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.

Photographs by Anthony Jordon of Sexual War Politics at World Erotic Art Museum on 8/2/10

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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,”.  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.

Bass Museum presents Tracey Moffatt The Cabinet 1/23/10

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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.

Work in Progress: A Talk with Herzog & De Meuron 10/21/09

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Work in Progress: A Talk with Herzog & De Meuron

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

Lincoln Theater | 541  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

Sunday July 26! Free Family Fun At The Bass Museum 7/26/09

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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.

Miami Art Museum 4th Of July 2 – For – 1 Admission 7/4/09

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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 7/9/09

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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.

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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.”

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.”

“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.

www.moafl.org

Bass Museum Of Art Free Admission And Florida Grand Opera Outdoor Mother’s Day Concert In Collins Park 5/10/09

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Bass Museum of Art
FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION & FLORIDA GRAND OPERA OUTDOOR MOTHER’S DAY CONCERT IN COLLINS PARK
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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

Miami Museum Members Month May 5/1-31/09

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{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

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www.MiamiMuseumMonth.com

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/

Renaissance and Baroque Painting and Sculpture from the Bass Museum of Art Collection Now on View

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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