Florida Arcane
from The Society for the Preservation
of Lost Things and Missing Time
June 24 – September 19, 2010
Main Library, 2nd floor exhibition space, 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami – 305.375.2665
Reception (with Solomon Graves!): Thursday, June 24, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

The Society for the Preservation of Lost Things and Missing Time presents objects overlooked in history’s master narrative. This special installation of photographs, archival materials, and objects documenting the odd, arcane and archaic in the State of Florida is curated by TSPLTMT’s Executive Director, Solomon Graves. The exhibition includes displays on Jacqueline Cochran, the Space Coast Polymath; the Archives of Dr. Eugene Birchwood, documenting his involvement with the Godsped Airstream Community; and brand new images of a failed city in the Okefenokee Swamp!

UPDATE: The Miami-Dade Public Library System is thrilled to announce that Solomon Graves will be present at the reception. He will be at Main Library completing exhibition-related work on a rare Miami stopover between research trips.

Our Mission is to Prevent the Loss of Fringe Thought, to keep lit the Fire of Impossibility, to find that which lay Undiscovered beneath Dust and Sediment,/ out of Sight and Forgotten./Missing time was recorded and we are witness after the fact./ Its Products Whisper to Us across Timespace./It is our Mission to Thwart the all too common Demise of Things,/ Stories, Ideas, which may not fit History’s Master Narrative./ We crave the Archaic and Arcane, the Strange, the Paranormal,/ the Outer Edge, the Little Known , those Things imbued / with Magical Properties, the Folkloric, the Homemade, the Story-told, /the Other World-ly./Left-Field.
Shown: from Failed City in the Swamp, digital print, 2010

Paredolia
Derek Buckner
June 24 – September 26, 2010
Main Library, 1st floor exhibition space
New York artist Derek Buckner works obsessively on series of paintings in which he takes on a specific subject (highway, truck, landscape), shown from a birds’ eye perspective, and explores its variation on a theme. This exhibition features one of Buckner’s latest series of oil paintings portraying images of UFOs as the dominant feature; depictions of the cityscape, buildings, and the earth are implied rather than a central figure. The dreamy yet haunting works explore the poetics of the unfamiliar and accentuate the ambiguity and psychological impact of the unknown.

Derek Buckner grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He went on to study at Vassar College and received his B.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Italy, Mexico, East Hampton, and Sante Fe. His work is in numerous private and corporate collections in this country and abroad. This is his first solo exhibition in Miami, Fl.
Shown: Derek Buckner, UFO Sighting #2, 2009, oil on panel.

Miami Art Museum Presents New Work Miami
Exhibition Preview, Saturday, July 17, 2010, 6-9pm
MAM members free, non-members $20
MAM opens New Work Miami 2010, an exhibition of new and recent works by Miami-based artists. The opening festivities will feature a new performance by TM Sisters entitled “With Out You, Babe.” Also performing, Oscar Fuentes and the Gipsy Catz.
Wine for the event provided by Aveleda
(July 18 through October 17, 2010)

Exhibition Provides a Glimpse into Studios and Minds of Miami’s Art Community
With New and Never-Before-Seen Works by Miami-based Artists

June 10, 2010 – MIAMI – Miami Art Museum, a modern and contemporary art museum located in downtown Miami, FL, will provide a partial snapshot of the Miami art scene at this moment with New Work Miami, opening Sunday, July 18, 2010 and closing on Sunday, October 17, 2010. This Miami Art Museum-organized exhibition is conceived as an exuberant salute to Miami’s artistic community, which is bursting with dynamism and sophisticated artistic points of view.

Approximately 35 artists based in the Miami area will present new and recent artworks executed in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, video, environmental installation and performance. The bulk of the exhibition will be presented in Miami Art Museum’s recently unified 5,000 sq. ft. Plaza Level Gallery, with numerous performances, events and screenings to be presented throughout the exhibition’s run.

“The aim is to connect Miami Art Museum’s broad audience – which includes a full spectrum of Miami’s population, from avid art followers to the general public – with the exciting and innovative artistic developments unfolding right in our backyard,” said Peter Boswell, MAM assistant director for programs/senior curator. “Nearly every aspect of the production, from the gallery notes, to the title wall, to the sounds in the elevator, will be created by artists in an effort to activate the museum artistically as much as possible.”

Many of the artists are creating works for the exhibition that reach beyond the museum walls, including the Talking Head Transmitters, who will broadcast interviews with both scheduled guests and walk-in MAM visitors over live AM radio. On the lobby monitors, a video artwork by Tatiana Vahan, which depicts scenes from the artist’s childhood embodying a typical, middle-class American family, intermittently interrupted by real TV commercials. Gean Moreno and Ernesto Oroza will turn the exhibition’s gallery notes from a traditional museum brochure format to a tabloid newspaper that will be distributed at various public locations throughout the city. Other artworks will challenge visitors’ perceptions, such as Don Lambert’s Flatland, a large sculpture with rapidly spinning circles that create the illusion of a vortex-like dept, and an optical phenomenon of suggested color. Felecia Chizuko Carlisle will return regularly throughout the run of the show to continue transforming the installation of “Sketches” in space.

“More than ever the key to participating in global cultural conversations is to speak from within one’s local conditions,” says René Morales, MAM associate curator and co-organizer of the exhibition. “In Miami, we have a richly textured artistic community, one that is increasingly able to make strong and internationally relevant contributions.”

The exhibition will provide a glimpse into the studios and minds of the artists working in Miami. In addition, it will identify and clarify to Miami Art Museum’s audiences various broad patterns in local artistic production. For example, several of the artists in the exhibition focus on aspects of urban life that exist just below the surface of what we observe from day to day, while others focus on developing new approaches to traditional artistic conventions. Among the artists whose work is presented in the gallery space are Kevin Arrow, Felecia Chizuko Carlisle, Jim Drain, Lynne Golob Gelfman, Michael Genovese, Jacin Giordano, Guerra de la Paz, Adler Guerrier, Don Lambert, Gustavo Matamoros, Beatriz Monteavaro, Gean Moreno/Ernesto Oroza, Peggy Nolan, Fabian Peña, Christina Pettersson, Vickie Pierre, Manny Prieres, Christopher Stetser, Talking Head Transmitters, Robert Thiele, Mette Tommerup, Frances Trombly, Tatiana Vahan, Marcos Valella, Viking Funeral and Michelle Weinberg.

In line with Miami Art Museum’s commitment to community outreach and education, the exhibition will be supplemented with special performance events, artist talks and interactive programs throughout the course of the project. To receive event invitations and reminders, visit miamiartmuseum.org.

New Work Miami is organized by Miami Art Museum and is supported by donations to MAM’s Annual Exhibition Fund. It is curated by Peter Boswell, assistant director for programs/senior curator, and René Morales, associate curator.

Miami Art Museum serves one of the most diverse and fast-growing regions of the country, where a confluence of North and Latin American cultures adds vibrancy and texture to the civic landscape. MAM embraces its role as a cultural anchor and touchstone in a city that welcomes countless ethnic and age groups, lifestyles and ideas. MAM’s far-ranging vision is expressed in the breadth and depth of its exhibition program, and its ambitious education and public programs. The Museum continues to build its collection of holdings from the twentieth century through the present, as it embarks on a major new building and expansion project. The new MAM designed by Herzog & de Meuron will open in downtown Miami’s Museum Park in 2013.

HistoryMiami presents “The Art of Courtroom Drawings”
Thursday, June 17th, 2010. 6:30 p.m.
HistoryMiami. 101 West Flagler Street. Miami, FL 33130
Admission: Free

Renowned sketch artist Shirley Henderson discusses the art of courtroom drawings and some of the famous cases she has worked on. Join us and hear her perspective and insights on the cases of Manuel Noriega, Willy Falcon and Sal Magluta, Elian Gonzalez, Jose Padilla, the Liberty City Six and more.
For more information, visit www.historymiami.org
HistoryMiami
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130
www.historymiami.org
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Miami Heart Gallery 2010 Exhibition Launch – Fri., June 4 @ 6 P.M.
The Children’s Trust Miami Heart Gallery Features New Portraits of Foster Children Available for Adoption in Third Annual Exhibit
Museum-Quality Photographs Taken by World-Renowned Photographers to show at HistoryMiami

The Children’s Trust Miami Heart Gallery is a traveling museum-quality exhibit featuring portraits of children in Miami-Dade’s foster care system who are available for adoption. The Art Deco theme of this year’s exhibit is inspired by Miami Beach’s historic Art Deco District where all 44 portraits were photographed. Now in its third year, the exhibit has a more than 50-percent adoption rate.

The Children’s Trust Miami Heart Gallery is a partnership between The Children’s Trust and Our Kids, the private agency responsible for foster care and adoption in Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys. According to the state of Florida, more than 1,500 foster children are eligible for adoption in Florida and approximately 150 of them live in Miami-Dade. These children have been removed from their biological parents for reasons of abuse or neglect with no possibility of family reunification.

Tuesday, June 8 through Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Open to the public Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. / Saturday and Sunday, noon – 5 p.m. On the third Thursday of the month, the museum opens until 9 p.m. The exhibit tours the community after July 6.

HistoryMiami
Formerly Historic Museum of South Florida
101C West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130

Museum admission fee required. Adult admission $8; Senior citizens and Students $7; Children (6-12) $5 and Children under 6 FREE. For more information, call The Children’s Trust Helpline at 211 or visit www.miamiheartgallery.org.

Join us for an evening of art and refreshments. This unique exhibition showcases our students’ many talents, while offering them gallery exhibition learning experience. Each year over 200 pieces are submitted by students of all programs hoping that their piece will be one of the 45 selected to be displayed for the exhibition. The exhibit is juried by a local Miami artist who selects three honorable mentions and one best in show.

The exhibit opens Thursday, June 3rd and runs through July 15th. A Student Exhibit reception will be held on Thursday, June 10th, from 6 to 9 pm, and is open to the public at no charge. For more information about the exhibit or Miami International University of Art & Design, please visit www.mymiu.edu.

The exhibit will be in the Main Gallery at Miami International University of Art & Design, 1501 Biscayne Blvd., in Miami. Gallery is open to the public at no cost during regular university hours from 8am – 10pm, Monday – Friday. Metered parking is available on the street and parking is available in the Omni Garage for $12.00 per hour.

For more information on this and other university events, please contact Marcia Gomez, magomez@aii.edu.

Miami International University of Art & Design is located near the heart of the arts district offering degree programs in Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Visual & Entertainment Arts, Photography, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Visual Effects & Motion Graphics, Computer Animation, and Film & Digital Production. We also offer Master of Fine Arts degree programs in Interior Design, Computer Animation, Film, Graphic Design and Visual Arts and a Master of Arts in Graphic Design. For more information on Miami International University of Art & Design, visit us at artinstitutes.edu/miami.

Miami International University of Art & Design is one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), a system of over 45 education institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, visual arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.

Historical Museum of Southern Florida 70th Anniversary Celebration and Unveiling of New Name
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at Noon
Historical Museum of Southern Florida. 101 West Flagler Street. Miami, FL 33130
Admission: Free

The Historical Museum of Southern Florida invites the public for the announcement and unveiling of their new name on Thursday, April 29th, 2010. The event will include live music by Puerto Rican ensemble Plena Es!, complimentary champagne, photography display from ilovemiami365.com, and guest speaker David Lawrence, Jr. will engage the audience and test your history knowledge.
The event begins at noon and is free and open to the public. Lunch for non-museum members is available for purchase for $8.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130
Ph: 305.375.1492
www.hmsf.org
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

MIAMI INTERNATIONAL ART COCKTAIL II
Friday April 30 Opening Night 6:30 pm
Program for international cultural cooperation
Enchanting the Limits
On view until June 3, 2010.
At Downtown Main Library
101 W Flagler St. Miami, FL 33130
MIAC (Miami International Art Cocktail) is an exhibition presented by the Miami International Cultural Alliance: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Italy, Israel, Germany, Haiti, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland & Spain, featuring 12 countries, 24 artists and 48 art pieces.

Directed and curated by Sophie Videment, MIAC II: Enchanting the Limits seeks to explore the spiritual, emotional and aesthetic border lines crossed and blurred by each of the artists.

Featured artists: Ana Cristina Bojanin; Yftach Belsky, Daniel Bottero, Bram Boomgaardt, Ana Candioti, Miriam Cabessa, Maite Centol, Pascual Depuhl, Edouard Duval-Carrie, Hans Feyerabend, Eleonora Goretkin, Leni Ibarguengoytia, Jacek Jerzy Kolasinski, Josafat Miranda, Piotr Pataki, Marco Rocca, Robaldo Rodriguez, Gisela Savdie, Silvana Soriano, Justin Steinburg, Freda Tschumy, Bastien Turgo, David Wheatley, Philippe Zanolino, ZZ Team.

The Exhibition Runs from April 28-June 3 at the Miami-Dade Main Public Library.

The Cocktail Reception on April 30 (opening night) at 6 pm is sponsored by Bacardi USA, Inc.

The Last Splash MDC North Emerging Artists Student Exhibit Opens

THIRD ANNUAL MIAMI ART MUSEUM CORPORATE LUNCHEON TO HONOR
NORTHERN TRUST FOR ITS SUPPORT OF ARTS IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY

Shutts & Bowen, LLP to Receive First Special Recognition Award
2010 Miami Art Museum Corporate Luncheon
Friday, May 7, 2010, Four Seasons Hotel Miami

Miami’s cultural, business and government leaders will honor the private sector’s impact on South Florida’s cultural vitality at the Miami Art Museum Corporate Luncheon on Friday, May 7, 2010. Northern Trust Corporation, a leading provider of investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions for corporations, institutions and affluent individuals worldwide, will receive the 2010 Miami Art Museum Corporate Honors for its major impact and support of South Florida’s cultural institutions. For the first time, a Special Recognition Award will be presented, recognizing Shutts & Bowen LLP for outstanding service to Miami Art Museum (MAM). The luncheon will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, 1435 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131, from 11:30am until 2pm. All event proceeds support Miami Art Museum’s education and public programs. Miami Art Museum is Miami-Dade County’s largest provider of arts education, outside the Miami-Dade County Public School System.

“Without corporate support, Miami would not have the thriving cultural community we are so fortunate to enjoy today,” said Aaron Podhurst, chairman of MAM’s board of trustees. “This luncheon is an opportunity to recognize and thank these corporate partners, whose contributions enable Miami’s cultural institutions to provide vital public programming, enriching the lives of the entire community.”

Ambassador Paul L. Cejas, MAM trustee and CEO of PLC Investments, will serve as honorary chairman, and MAM Trustee Rafael Miyar and Pedro A. Fernandez, principal of Bernstein Global Wealth Management, will serve as luncheon chairmen. The keynote speaker will be John Wetenhall, Ph.D., M.B.A, a nationally-known museum management expert and current MAM interim director. Wetenhall’s address, titled “Museums for the Future – Now,” will discuss how museums are handling the current financial crisis and will look ahead to how Miami may be positioned to lead the next generation of cultural institutions. Wetenhall belongs to the Association of Art Museum Directors and serves on the boards of the American Association of Museums and the U.S. National Committee of the International Council of Museums.

Since its founding in 1889, Northern Trust has fostered a culture of commitment to the communities it serves worldwide. Based in Chicago, Northern has a growing network of 84 offices in 18 U.S. states and has international offices in 15 locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Northern Trust focuses on three core areas: health, education, arts and culture. In South Florida, Northern Trust has provided major sponsorship support for the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, Inc., Cleveland Orchestra, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Florida Grand Opera, Funding Arts Network, GroveHouse Artists, Miami City Ballet, Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, New World School of the Arts, New World Symphony, Partners for Artisans, Vizcaya and the Wolfsonian. Since 1997 Northern Trust has contributed significantly to the Annual Education Fund at Miami Art Museum.

Shutts & Bowen LLP is a 200-lawyer, full-service Florida-based law firm that was founded in 1910 by Col. Frank B. Shutts, who also founded The Miami Herald. The Firm represents multinational and domestic corporations, financial institutions, local and state governments and municipalities, and smaller enterprises of every nature. The Firm celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Its history of leadership in the development of Miami and community involvement is mirrored in its 25-year relationship with Miami Art Museum and its predecessor Center for the Fine Arts. The Firm spearheaded and co-sponsored the 1985 exhibition Picasso in Miami and later a Rodin Bronzes exhibition, as well as several other exhibitions and annual event underwritings. Its attorneys have provided invaluable and extensive pro bono legal advice and trustee leadership to the museum since 1988.

Luncheon sponsorships are available, ranging from $5,000-10,000 for a table of ten. Individual tickets range from $150 for a single ticket to $2,500 for six tickets. For additional information, or to reserve seats, please contact MAM’s Assistant Director for Major Gifts, Brooke Minto, at (305) 375-1791 or by email at bminto@miamiartmuseum.org.

Miami Art Museum
Miami Art Museum, located at 101 W Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130, serves one of the most diverse and fast-growing regions of the country, where a confluence of North and Latin American cultures adds vibrancy and texture to the civic landscape. Miami Art Museum embraces its role as a cultural anchor and touchstone in a city that welcomes countless ethnic and age groups, lifestyles and ideas. Miami Art Museum’s far-ranging vision is expressed in the breadth and depth of its exhibition program, and its ambitious education and public programs. The Museum continues to build its collection of holdings from the 20th century through the present, as it embarks on a major new building and expansion project. The new Miami Art Museum, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, will open in downtown Miami’s Museum Park in 2013. Miami Art Museum is located at 101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130. Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10am – 5pm; Saturday through Sunday, Noon – 5pm; Closed Mondays. Admission is free for MAM members, children under 12 and students (with valid ID); adults $8; seniors $4; Second Saturdays are Free for Families. Parking is $5 (with museum validation) at 50 NW 2nd Ave. Metro: Government Center Station.

MAM Contemporaries Social
Thursday, May 13, 6-9pm
MAM members and participating organizations free;
Non-members $10
Miami Art Museum
Join MAM Contemporaries and other young professionals from Miami’s non-profit and cultural organizations, business councils and alumni associations for an engaging evening of networking and festivities! This year we are thrilled to collaborate with 10×10 Miami on an event that presents the images and works of 10 creative minds from Miami in a fun and fast-paced presentation. For more info. contact Mabel Perez at 305.375.3018 or MAMContemporaries@miamiartmuseum.org. Membership Info.

New World School of the Arts’
2010 BFA
Visual Arts exhibition highlighting the work of the College graduating class

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 10, 7:00 – 10:00 PM
CIFO
1018 N. Miami Avenue
Free and open to the public

Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón President, Miami Dade College invites you to a special exhibition
Miami Dade College Instruments of Torture through the Ages
Monday, April 5, 2010, 6:30 p.m.
Miami Dade College’s Freedom Tower
600 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
Complimentary parking at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus Building 7
500 N.E. Second Ave.
(Entrances to the parking garage are on N.E. 6th Street and N.E. 5th Street)
Present this invitation to the parking attendant.
For information please contact: MDC Art Gallery System at 305-237.7700 or galleries@mdc.edu

NWSA Presents PAPER CANVAS PIGMENT Visual Arts Exhibition – Opening Reception: April 8, 6-9 p.m., New World Gallery, Downtown Miami
New World School of the Arts presents
PAPERCANVASPIGMENT
Opening Reception
Thursday, April 8th, 6 PM-9 PM
New World Gallery
25 NE 2nd Street, downtown Miami
Exhibit will remain open though Tuesday, April 27
Show is free and open to the public

The Reading Room
A Temporary Space for Artists’ Books, Publications and Multiples
Friday, April 9, Noon – 2 p.m.
Main Library Children’s Room, 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami
With special guests:
Adalberto Delgado, filmmaker, artist
Gustavo Matamoros, experimental composer, sound artist, artistic director of isaw / Subtropics

The Reading Room, March 2010
Left to itself art would have to be something very simple – it would be sufficient for it to be beautiful. But when it’s useful it should spill out of just being beautiful and move over to other aspects of life so that when we’re not with the art it has nevertheless influenced our actions or our responses. – John Cage, from “The Aesthetics of John Cage: A Composite Interview,” 1987
John Cage made you realize that there wasn’t a thing called noise, it was just music you hadn’t appreciated. – Brian Eno
Safeness lurks wherever we turn… Show me dangerous music. – Lukas Foss
(all quotes from www.subtropics.org)
On the second Friday of each month, a secret room in the Children’s Room at the Main Library becomes The Reading Room. In this cozy space, visitors can stop by any time between 12 and 2pm to get up close and personal with selections from the Library’s collection of artists’ books, publications and multiples. Experience these objects without having to look at them through a display case, engage in conversation over coffee and cookies, and see living-room style screenings of video and new media art (usually).
This installment of The Reading Room promises both discussion and activity. We’ll talk about a new project up right now at Sunny Isles Branch Library: In Parentheses – A Collaborative Site-Specific Installation by Adalberto Delgado and Maria I. Amores. In Parentheses uses video, sculpture and sound to explore the relationship between the interpretation of symbols and their meaning in language. And Gustavo Matamoros of will temporarily turn the space into an immersive environment in which to demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of sound.
For more information about exhibitions and programs at the Miami-Dade Public Library System, visit http://mdpls.org/news/exhibitions/exhibitions.asp

900 Biscayne Bay
Cordially invites you to celebrate “Art in the Sky”
The Art Of Internationally Acclaimed Leonardo Hidalgo
Hor d’oeuvres by Puntino
Location: Penthouse 5907 @ 900 Biscayne Bay
Time: 6:30pm – 9pm
“I want everyone to feel like I do…. To be in touch with their inner child!” – Leonardo Hidalgo

Floyd the Rock Artist Art Show at Renee Gallery

Members Preview: Carlos Cruz Diez: The Embodied Experience of Color
Thursday, March 18, 6:30pm
Exclusively for MAM members
Carlos Cruz Diez Lights up Miami with Exhibition of Interactive Chromatic Installations
Artist Recently Chosen to Create Signature Artwork for New Marlins Stadium Introduces his Groundbreaking Work to South Floridians
Carlos Cruz Diez: The Embodied Experience of Color
March 19 – June 20, 2010
WHAT: Artist Carlos Cruz Diez, one of Latin America’s most important living masters, and Miami Art Museum curator Rina Carvajal, will lead an exclusive media preview of MAM’s newest exhibition, Carlos Cruz Diez: The Embodied Experience of Color. On view at Miami Art Museum from March 19 through June 20, 2010, the exhibition invites visitors to become participants in the artwork, experiencing color through their interactions with four light installations, including the groundbreaking Cromosaturación (Chromosaturation), 1968. Carlos Cruz Diez recently made headlines when he was selected to create a major artwork feature for the new Miami Marlins Stadium.

Carlos Cruz Diez: The Embodied Experience of Color explores the artist’s pioneering contribution to experimental practices with color and perceptual structures in the 1960s and 1970s that proposed new definitions for the art work as a field of participation. For more information, visit miamiartmuseum.org or call 305.375.1705. More Information.

WHO: Carlos Cruz Diez: Media will have the rare opportunity to speak with Cruz Diez in a Q&A session.
Rina Carvajal: Miami Art Museum adjunct curator will lead a tour of the exhibition.
WHEN: Thursday, March 18, beginning at 10:30am
WHERE: Miami Art Museum, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130
Parking at Cultural Center Garage, 50 NW 2nd Ave.

Members Preview
BETWEEN HERE AND THERE: Modern and Contemporary Art
from the Permanent Collection
Saturday, February 27, 7pm
Exclusively for MAM members
Miami Art Museum
Miami Art Museum puts the permanent collection on long-term display in its largest exhibition space. See how far MAM has come assembling a “Miami point of view” on art of the 20th and 21st centuries. An initial offering of the regularly changing Anchor Gallery will be the unveiling of Galaxies Forming Along Filaments, Like Droplets Along the Strands of a Spider’s Web, 2008, a remarkable, large-scale installation by Tomás Saraceno.
Miami Art Museum | 101 West Flagler Street | Miami | FL | 33130

Artopia
Presented by Miami International Film Festival in Association with Miami Downtown Development Authority
February 11, 2010, 7pm-11pm
Art: Francesco LoCastro, JC Bravo, Adam Schrimmer
Music: Otto Von Schirach, Afrobeta, BFGF, Notorious Nastie Emcee
Fashion: Luis Valenzuela
Film: Miami International Film Festival
Performance: Circ X
MASTERMIND Grant to be awarded night of event
Complimentary Sonnema VodkaHERB
$15 Pre Sale
$20 at the door
Must be 21+ To Party
A Donation will be made to benefit United Way
All Ticket Purchases FINAL No Refunds
More Info
Buy Tickets Here

JAM at MAM Celebrating the Holidays
Thursday, December 17, 5-8:30pm
Members free; non-members $10
Miami Art Museum
Galleries remain open after dark for happy hour with an artful twist. Enjoy a drink from the donation bar and sample gourmet snacks while listening to the sounds of local bands and DJs. For more information call 305.375.1704.
Miami Art Museum | 101 West Flagler Street | Miami | FL | 33130

International Committee Welcome Reception
Tuesday, December 1, 7pm
By invitation only
In celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach 2009, Miami Art Museum welcomes its International Committee with a private cocktail reception. For more information on MAM’s International Committee contact Brooke Minto at 305.375.2617 or via email at bminto@miamiartmuseum.org.

Party on the Plaza
Thursday, December 3, 8-11pm
By invitation only
Miami Art Museum’s signature Art Basel event celebrating the unveiling of Arab Woman, 2006/2009, an outdoor project by Shepard Fairey on MAM’s exterior. Approximately 1,700 Art Basel VIPs and other invited guests will enjoying live music, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres under the stars. Open to: Art Basel Miami Beach exhibitors’ pass, VIP card and special VIP card holders, PULSE VIP card holders, as well as Contributing ($250) and above MAM members and MAM Contemporaries. To become a Contributing and above member, contact membership@miamiartmuseum.org or call 305.375.1709.

Shepard Fairey, Arab Woman
Public art project
Thursday, December 3 through Sunday, December 6
Free to the public
Miami-Dade County Cultural Center Plaza
101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130
Street artist Shepard Fairey unveils a new variation of Arab Woman on MAM’s exterior during Art Basel Miami Beach. The project will be visible from the Miami Dade Cultural Center Plaza at 101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130. Produced in conjunction with Country Club gallery and the Fountainhead Residency, the project coincides with an outdoor project 2700 NW 2nd Ave.

MAM Ball
Saturday, December 5, 7pm-12am
Individual tickets: $750 – $1,000
Tables: $7,500 – $25,000
Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach
This year’s MAM Ball will celebrate the completion of the design and development of the new Miami Art Museum at Museum Park. Lin Arison will serve as the Honorary Ball Chair and Solita and Steven Mishaan as Ball Chairs. MAM’s Ball continues to be one of the season’s premier social events and the Museum’s single most important fundraising event of the year. The MAM Ball provides support for the programs that bring art to life for thousands of visitors of all ages annually. For more information, please contact events@miamiartmuseum.org or call 305.375.5935.

Parodi Lecture in the Philosphy of Art: John Rajchman “Diagrammatic Spaces”
Sunday, December 6, 11am
Free admission to lecture; Light refreshments following lecture
Miami Art Museum
Miami Art Museum will hold the annual Parodi lecture in Philosophy of Art on Sunday, December 6, at 11am. This year’s lecture, titled Diagrammatic Spaces will be given by philosopher John Rajchman. Rajchman, adjunct professor, Department of Art History at Columbia University, will look at the relationship between space and image in contemporary art. The Parodi lecture is offered in conjunction with the University of Miami, Department of Philosophy. The lecture is free. Refreshments will be served following the lecture. For more information contact education@miamiartmuseum.org or call 305.375.3000.

Free Guided Tours on Sundays
Sunday, December 6, 2pm
Free with museum admission
Miami Art Museum
Miami Art Museum offers free, guided tours by museum docents and trained guides every Sunday at 2pm. Drop-in visitors meet in the musuem lobby. Group tours are available in English and Spanish year-round, by appointment. For group tours details and rates, contact MAM’s education depatment at 305.375.4073.

DECEMBER 2009 MARKS A SERIES OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN SOUTH FLORIDA EACH OF THEM CAN BE EXPERIENCED AT ONE LOCATION: MIA AT BISCAYNE
Since opening the doors to the public Mia at Biscayne has been wowing patrons with an eclectic series of events. From fashion driven to music driven functions, each day has represented a unique event at this new spot. During the month of December this newly proclaimed art and entertainment complex- supper club will leave guests with their eyes wide open.

December 1, 2009 Mia at Biscayne along with Creativas Group Public Relations invites the public to a spectacular event while welcoming Art Basel to South Florida. The event will mark Downtown Miami’s new art night: Galleria “A World Seen through Art.” Art lovers may come and experience a digital art exhibit which will kick off the new art movement in Downtown Miami featuring an array of talent. Kicking off the series will be a handful of renowned artists: Carlos A. Navarro, Mano, David Fonseca and Carla Fache. The evening will also feature a cocktail reception courtesy of Chivas 18 between 8:00-10:00pm. This event is the first of its type and an effort to provide a platform for local artists to showcase amazing work via Mia at Biscayne’s technology. Partners for this event include: Leukemia Foundation, Creative Children Therapy,  Welcome Channel, Soul of Miami Mag, Next Miami, 880TheBiz. The event will take place every Tuesday at Mia and local artists are encouraged to participate. For more information: lmsantana@creativasgroup.com.

Wednesday December 2, 2009 Art takes a different form as Mia at Biscayne and Ema Savahl Couture present: “When Art Becomes Wearable,” a collection embellished with CRYSTALLIZED™ Swarovski Elements. VIP guests will enjoy a reception courtesy of Chivas 18 between 7:30 and 10:00pm. Partners for this event include Star Media, Lamborghini Miami and Venue Magazine. For more information: cgonzalez@miabiscayne.com.

Tuesday December 8, 2009 Blackstone and Mindstorm would like to invite professionals and proprietors of Miami nightlife venues and bars to a launch event commencing at 2.00pm through 5:00pm. Mindstorm brings surfaces and spaces to life with a range of innovative, multi-touch and interactive solutions. Now Mindstorm has entered the USA with a new Value Added Partner, Blackstone, and a new reference customer, Mia at Biscayne, in Miami, Florida. The event will serve as a showcase, and tutorial on interactive surfaces, and provide an opportunity to see the most unique, advanced products in action while learning more about how they can increase a venue’s revenue and profit. What does this mean? With iPhone like precision and features, and able to detect hundreds of touch points, hanging out at the bar will never be the same. Guests can see how the iBar allows customers to make their own drinks on the interactive surface and enables club owners to up sell and cross sell other products. Currently, customers are seeing margin increases of 20-25%.
Mia at Biscayne also features the Mindstorm Eclipse interactive wall. This is a curved wall, and these unique capabilities have generated television and print coverage for Mia at Biscayne and made the venue a “must see” hotspot in Miami. To view one piece of coverage: http://www.aubreyaquino.com/2009/09/mia-biscayne/. The launch event will feature the following agenda: a firsthand experience of Mia at Biscayne and their benefits from using Mindstorm’s interactive surfaces as well as an introduction to Blackstone and their nation-wide sales and service capabilities, a presentation on Mindstorm’s newest products (Vortex, Aurora and and Supercell), customer case studies in hospitality, retail and exhibitions/events and finally a demo of new software for self-ordering and “mix your own” drinks. For more information: adurand@blackstoneonline.com
Located in the heart of Downtown Miami, Mia at Biscayne was created as a reflection of the warmth, and diversity Miami represents. A tantalizing blend of color, mixed layout, bold fixtures, and the highest quality of audio visual capability, the venue is a culmination of four unique concepts intricately meshed to comprise one entertainment complex. Lounge, restaurant, sidewalk café and club, this location was created with the guest in mind. During the holidays, Mia will open its doors also featuring special signature cocktails (just for the season) as well as delicious creations by Executive Chef Gerdy Rodriguez. Complete with the highest standard of culinary elements, the menu at Mia was created to reflect all that is Miami, its people and picturesque landscape. When guests dine at Mia they will experience “concept dining” at its best. The location and menu were designed to create a full visual and palate-pleasing experience that will provoke social intimacy and conversation. Mia is where a potpourri of hues, spices, flavors, and cultures meet, as is Miami. http://www.miabiscayne.com.