Bringing NSU Art Museum to you!

NSU Art Museum brings the museum to you: Take a Virtual Museum Tour! While the museum is temporarily closed, enjoy a virtual tour and explore the current exhibitions, 'Happy!' and 'I Paint My Reality: Surrealism in Latin America'. The museum will be bringing more free programs for online users to enjoy over the next coming days. Click here for the Virtual Tour.

Become A Spoken Soul Festival Featured Artist

Spoken Soul Festival prides itself on working very hard in support of women artists. Selected featured artists are expected to commit time and energy to represent themselves and the mission of the festival professionally and with integrity. Spoken Soul Festival is excited about seeing submissions from Women Artists whose work is cutting edge, interactive, site specific, with audience participation and with a strong point of view. Each selected artist will receive a budget that will assist with their presentation / installation. Apply Now!

Who Can Apply?

South Florida, women visual & performance artists of all ages, especially those whose work is site-specific, interactive and includes audience participation, but it is NOT required. Artist must be serious about her craft!

Facts you need to consider before applying

SSF 2020 Theme: A Woman’s Right To Vote

“A Woman’s Right To Vote” – Selected featured artists may be commissioned to create NEW work and or may be teamed up with another featured artist to create NEW work. Collaboration and teamwork are required and of the upmost important quality to have as a selected featured artist.

Rehearsal & Performance Dates: March 18-22, 2020

Vendor’s Fee: None

Venue: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Artist MUST Attend: 

• An orientation meeting and and venue tour which will take place at the beginning of February 2020.  Exact date and location TBA.
• All 3 events: SWAN Community Program, SWAN Spoken Soul Showcase and Vanessa Baez Memorial Women’s Brunch
• Any press interviews and/or picture opportunity set up by the marketing team
• Featured artists will be given a small budget (Amount TBA) to cover the production of their showing / performance.

Artist Products: 

• Featured artists must provide one (1) donated service or product for our yearlong donation and auction campaign (free of charge to SSF)
• Optional! Featured artists are asked to provide ten (10) original promotional items for SSF VIP – Media gift bags (allowed artist budget may be applied towards promo materials).

Media:

• Featured artists are required assist with SSF grassroots social media promotions for all events of the festival.
• Featured artists are required to provide a blog entry (slide show, video or written) for Spoken Soul Community Program about the year’s community service theme.

Community Program:

Featured artists are required to participate in Spoken Soul Community Program on March 20, 2020 Exact activity, locations and time TBA

Apply Now! If you face technical difficulties with your submission below email us at  spokensoulfestival@gmail.com. Please write SUBMISSION in the subject line. Application Deadline is January 30, 2020.

The 7th Art Festival of Miami 2018

The 7th Art Festival of Miami 2018 on Sunday, October 21st from 1 – 6:30pm join us at The 7th Art Festival of Miami by Kingston5 Productions, offering opportunities to film students and emerging filmmakers from around the world.

The competition will provide an opportunity for filmmakers to connect with Film Festival and Marketplace attendees. Accepted competition films will have an opportunity to have their short film and documentary film screened.

Mingle, network and meet cool creatives. Purchase TICKETS. Still accepting film submissions at: www.withoutabox.com

3M™ Window Films are Perfect for Protecting Fine Art and Design in Homes, Galleries and Museums

3M™ Window Films help block harmful UV rays, protecting fine art and design in homes, galleries and museums. 3M Window Film helps extend the life of artwork, paintings and furnishings by reducing 99% of UV rays, the largest cause of fading. Outsmart the sun with superior protection using 3M Window Film. Sunlight can fade paintings, photographs and other valuables when unfiltered sunlight comes through windows exposing both occupants and furnishings to damaging effects of the sun, including harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. While no film can stop fading completely, 3M films dramatically slow the progress of fading to keep your home and valuables looking beautiful longer.   Museums and historic registered buildings around the world count on 3M™ Window Films to help protect their valuable collections from the damaging sun. Many historic buildings are equipped with old, single-pane windows that are inefficient at blocking UV rays that can harm the building’s many historical artifacts. The challenge then, is upgrading windows while preserving the look and feel of the building. In the case of museums, galleries, and art collectors where their mission is to protect priceless, irreplaceable artifacts, and expensive works of art, minimizing the sun’s damaging UV rays is essential. In both instances, 3M Window Films offers protection from UV rays, while preserving the building’s original architecture. The film’s virtually invisible appearance helps maintain existing aesthetic looks.3M authorized dealers are proven experts in helping solve problems like issues with fading, temperature imbalances and excessive glare. Visit one today at http://www.3M.com/WindowFilm/

Free Fridays at The Wolfsonian-FIU!

Free Fridays at The Wolf

August 11 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Friday, August 11th from 6-9pm join us at The Wolfsonian-FIU for a staff-led tour of the galleries at 6pm, and indulge in happy-hour specials in the Wolf coffee bar beginning at 4pm. Learn more about The Wolfsonian and related art and design themes during this 45-minute free guided tour of the permanent collections / temporary exhibitions. Free and open to the public.

May is Miami Museum Month

Expand your cultural horizons this May by visiting many of Miami’s incredible museums. Throughout the month of May, guests will be offered “Buy One, Get One Free” admission or “Join One Museum, See Them All” at participating museums during Miami Museum Month, museum hopping at its finest. 

Participating museums include:

Ancient Spanish Monastery: Built in Segovia, Spain in 1141, the Monastery Cloister is the oldest building in the Western Hemisphere. Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst brought the pieces to America, and in 1952 Miami developers reassembled the monastery on its current site.

Art Center/South Florida: Advancing the knowledge and practice of contemporary visual arts and culture in South Florida as a creative and learning center, and internationally recognized as a world class-cultural center.

Bakehouse Art Complex: The Bakehouse provides juried emerging and mid-career artists with affordable studio spaces, exhibition opportunities, educational and artist advancement programming and common workshop spaces in Miami’s historic art deco bakery building.

The Bass: This museum in the heart of the historic Art Deco District offers an overview of major European paintings, sculpture and textiles, plus temporary exhibitions of contemporary art from around the world. Its varied permanent collection spans more than 500 years and four continents.

Historic Black Police Precinct & Courthouse Museum: This museum acquires, preserves, displays, and promotes collections of a historical nature that will be of educational value to the preservation of African American history as it relates to the struggles and accomplishments of Black Police Officers in Overtown, as they served during the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1940′s, 50′s, and 60’s.

Coral Gables Museum: This museum focuses on architecture, urban design, sustainable development and preservation, with events, programs and tours. It also offers meeting and event spaces. Open Tuesday-Sunday.

Gold Coast Railroad Museum: Houses a collection of historic railroad cars and memorabilia. The permanent exhibit, the presidential Pullman car Ferdinand Magellan, was used by former presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Reagan. Other features include the model train exhibit and Thomas the Tank Engine tables for children.

Haitian Heritage Museum: This not-for-profit organization is committed to highlighting and preserving Haiti’s rich culture and heritage. The museum is a mecca for Little Haiti, where the community here and abroad can enjoy a collection of beautiful Haitian art, historical artifacts, music, film and literary works.

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum: The Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum is located in the original Town Hall of the City of Homestead, built in 1917. It is located across the street from Losner Park, just a short distance from the newly-restored Seminole Theater.

History Miami: This premier cultural institution is committed to gathering, organizing, preserving and celebrating Miami’s history as the unique crossroads of the Americas. It accomplishes this through exhibitions, city tours, education, research, collections and publications.

Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach: This inspiring memorial, designed by Kenneth Treister F.A.I.A., is a tribute to the six million Jewish victims of Nazi terrorism before and during World War II. Around the monument, the walls of a tunnel-like passage chronicle the images of the death camps.

Jewish Museum of Florida: This museum is comprised of two adjacent, restored, former historic synagogues, connected with a skylighted bistro. The museum first opened in the 1936 Art Deco synagogue, which features 80 stained glass windows, Deco chandeliers and a Moorish copper dome. In 2007 the museum expanded into Miami Beach’s first synagogue, built in 1928-1929.

Little Haiti Cultural Center: The Little Haiti Cultural Center offers a unique opportunity for residents and visitors to gain exposure to Afro-Caribbean culture, entertain and develop new talent, and expand their knowledge of the arts.

Lowe Art Museum at University of Miami: Temporary exhibitions are drawn from the museum’s vast collection as well as traveling exhibitions. Permanent exhibits include Italian Renaissance and Baroque, Greco-Roman Antiquities, 17th-21st century Art of the Americas and Europe, and Asian, African and Native American art.

MDC Museum of Art + Design (MOAD): Miami Dade College’s flagship institution dedicated to the presentation and exhibition of visual art and design, housed at the National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College in Downtown Miami.

Miami Children’s Museum: Play, learn, imagine and create on Watson Island with the museum’s 14 interactive and bilingual exhibit galleries, as well as daily programming for the whole family. The museum also offers seasonal camps and classes, custom birthday party packages and more. Pick up a unique souvenir from Kid Smart Educational Gift Shop, and lunch at Subway.

Miami’s Auto Museum & Event Space: This large and unique automobile museum and event space at the Dezer Collection features the largest eclectic transportation collection in the world. Guests take a once in a lifetime journey down memory lane as they trace the evolution of one of mankind’s greatest inventions. The space features 1,200 vehicles including The James Bond Exhibition, Hollywood Cars of the Stars, and American/European Classics.

Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami: MoCA is known for its provocative and innovative exhibitions, and for seeking a fresh approach to examining the art of our times. Offers an active exhibition schedule, presenting several annual exhibitions along with a variety of public educational programs, including “MoCA by Moonlight”, its new series of Wednesday evening lectures, forums, and art classes.

Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum: The museum opened its current 46,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art building in November 2008. Admission is always free. The AAM accredited museum and Smithsonian affiliate is located across from the Blue garage and adjacent to the Wertheim Performing Arts Center on the Modesto A. Maidique Campus.

Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Science: Frost Science will celebrate its grand opening in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on Monday, May 8, 2017. This museum will help to inspire people of all ages and cultures to enjoy science and technology in order to better understand ourselves and our world.

Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM): Miami-Dade County’s flagship modern and contemporary art museum presenting international art of the 20th and 21st centuries. The museum’s new state-of-the-art facility is now open to the public in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park alongside Biscayne Bay.

Vizcaya Museum & Gardens: This National Historic Landmark was built by agricultural industrialist James Deering, who wintered on the property from 1916-1925. Today, the extraordinary European-inspired estate includes a Main House filled with art and furnishings, 10 acres of gardens on Biscayne Bay, a hardwood hammock (native forest), and a historic village.

Wings over Miami Air Museum: Located at the Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport in southwest Miami-Dade County, this museum serves as a tribute to those veterans and aviators who pioneered military and civilian aviation. Military memorabilia from World War II and other conflicts are on display.

The Wolfsonian-FIU: Located in the heart of the Art Deco District, the museum showcases American and European decorative and fine arts produced between 1885 and 1945. From propaganda posters to World’s Fair memorabilia, the array of objects offers visitors a thought-provoking journey through the modern age.

Contact the museums directly for more information or to purchase a membership / tickets.

Discover how a soup has become the symbol of freedom for the Haitian People

Novel filmmaker and Haitian historian Dudley Alexis of epyllion studios announces Liberty in a Soup Premiere at Little Haiti Cultural Center, a one-hour documentary that looks back at events during the Haitian Revolution to highlight the significant ritual embodied in the eating of “Soup Joumou” on New Year’s Day. Offering an insightful view of the anti-slavery insurrection that gridlocked the former French colony of Saint Domingue, Liberty in a Soup chronicles the slave uprising that led to the founded sovereign state of Haiti and the subsequent establishment of Soup Joumou which annually acknowledges its independence. “Throughout this process, I wanted to sharply focus on telling the story of the Revolution in a way that illuminated its importance and paid homage to those who contributed to its insertion into history books,” said Alexis. Join us at the premiere of this monumental documentary at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex on Sunday, October 9th from 6-9pm, Liberty in A SOUP challenges the negative stereotype of a nation that should stand valiant and proud in history.
www.libertyinasoup.com