ART CIRCUITS CALENDAR

Be among the first to see our stunning new exhibition Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure, American Seduction! With free admission all day (10 am – 9 pm), happy hour specials in the café after 4pm, and tours led by collector Vicki Gold Levi and the exhibition’s co-curators, Frank Luca and Rosa Lowinger, you couldn’t pick a better date to rumba back in time to early 20th-century Cuba.

TRILATERATION: Andy Coolquitt, Tamar Ettun, Michael Loveland. Curated by Ombretta Agró Andruff. Trilateration brings together the work of Austin-based Andy Coolquitt; Israeli-born and New York-based Tamar Ettun; and Miami-based Michael Loveland. While the artists share similarities in their art-making process and modus operandi, the artworks featured in the show all have strong individual personalities that set them apart, and yet are able to engage in a fascinating dialogue amongst each other.

ArtDays Downtown this weekend. For hours & venues visit dwntwnartdays.com. CCE, Miami International University, PAMM, Main Library and more art venues. Art Days staff will be on hand  at The Hub (MCAD building) to help plan your itinerary and find the best routes to travel to each venue. There are also plenty of creative activities at the hub – design your own free Art Days T-shirt, take a live drawing class, and experience MCAD’s newest exhibition – After the Millennium: Contemporary Architecture in Ethiopia.

World Peace: International Day September 21st. Let’s mediate, dance and pray for Peace. On September 24th at 4 pm (Pacific Time) there will be a synchronized global meditation. Why not?

RPM Project Solo Exhibition: The House Inside My Head. Video, Sound and sculpture by Rhonda Mitrani, Patricia Schnall Gutiérrez and Marina Font.For centuries, social conditions have placed women and the roles associated with the feminine character, in the house.

Music historians consider The Great American Songbook along with jazz to be the most important contributions made to American music in the 20th Century. The SFSO continues the series with classic beloved songs from songwriters like Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen +.

Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Emerson Dorsch, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Pan American Projects’ Annex, and Spinello Projects invite to their signature Progressive Brunch this Sunday, December 17, 11 am to 3 pm. A traditional afternoon of gastronomic and creative nourishment. Free and Open to the Public.

Join Art in Pulblic Places Thursday, January 4 and experince Ivan Toth Depeña’s augemented reality artowrk at @PAMM Free Community Night: Tech Takeover for a tech-filled evening showcasing the best of Miami’s emerging tech start-ups. Catch cutting-edge presentations on the different ways technology is transforming our community and an interactive tech showcase featuring some of Miami’s biggest tech players.

There’s no better way to spend your Sunday than to join History Miami on this exciting experience! Hosted by Dr. Paul George, chief historian at the museum, this cruise on the Miami River takes you through Downtown and little known hidden gems in the area, all while partaking in an educational conversation about its history. The cruise has no shortage of snacks and drinks for you to enjoy along with the picturesque scenery. Although this is only a two-hour cruise ride, tickets also include admission prices for the beautiful museum, which takes you in-depth into the origins of the city. This is a family event, everyone welcome.

Miami’s Design District is the biggest up-and-coming neighborhood for the contemporary art scene of Miami, but the allure of luxury from the high-end stores does not mean that it has to be expensive! In this completely free tour, guide Margery Gordon takes the viewers on a close up look at pieces by world-renowned influential designers, architects, sculptors, muralists, and fine artists.

Take a inside look at specialized Bass exhibit along with the rest of museum members to see Karen Rifas’s work, a playful melange of space and color. Take a curated tour of current exhibitions and enjoy refreshments provided by the museum today.

Join The Frost Museum for the curators tour on the specialized exhibition–Destruction: a reordering of life, politics and art. This showcase displays the work of 12 Miami-based artists all of who dissect and analyze the most prominent contemporary themes. Led by chief curator Amy Galpin, modern social life is examined in the eyes of these local artists.

Join the FIU School of Architecture in a guided tour of featured exhibition Caracas: Modern Utopia. For the 450th year anniversary of Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, the local university is celebrating the heritage and beauty of some of the most significant modern architects from the country, and observing their legacies. In this guided tour, one can take a closer look at what design means for both the city and architecture today.

Through October 21: Photographs from the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada. Art Talk: Arthur Lubow explains how Diane Arbus and Lisette Model became friends and what they learned from the other. Lisette Model (1901-1983) is one of the most influential street photographers, best known for her direct portrayal of the peculiarities of average people captured candidly in everyday situations. She was born in Vienna and discovered photography when she moved to Paris and joined André Kertész’s circle. 

Support your community by going to the Preserve the Freedom Tower rally by Miami Dade College. The event is complete with free activities, exhibitions, guided tours and live music with food as long as you choose to cast your vote in favor of the Freedom Tower. Miami’s iconic gem is in the running to win a $150,000 grant, so join to be a valuable part of the story behind the building.

In the spirit of Halloween, HistoryMiami presents a scary October sensation with historian Dr. George. Creep around the graves of some of Miami’s finest, and learn about how their lives (and deaths) shaped our city. For this Halloween special, HistoryMiami is having two separate times for you to enjoy, so be sure to look on the website to see which one is best for you.

In preparation for Halloween, get spooky with HistoryMiami’s event, taking you through the haunting true stories that now lay buried in the city’s past. Visit the Miami Cemetary, the front of the famed Versace mansion, and the set of the Miami Vice tv series in a coach ride through the criminal past of the most notorious mobsters, drug smugglers, and high profile kidnappings that the city has ever known.

Enjoy an exclusive look into the Frosts new exhibition for free with a tour by chief curator Amy Galpin! Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean archipelago explores the similarities and differences between 21st-century island art. Understand heritage, depth, and pattern with these pieces and their explanations given by Galpin.

Enjoy a day of beauty and relaxation with the Coral Gables Museum on the Miami canals. Starting the day off with a self-guided audio exhibition tour, the day will proceed with a bus ride to the waterways where a stunning amount of natural beauty, wildlife, architecture and hidden gems of the city can be seen and admired.

Tuesday, December 11th; 1-2pm; Frost Museum FIU 

Join the chief curator of the Frost Art Museum at FIU Amy Galpin for a tour of their newest exhibition Connectivity: Selections from the Collection of the Frost Art Museum. With this free tour, visitors will be guided through the exhibition to look at it in a new light, learning about how art objects; created across cultures anachronistically can correlate to influence the art world.

Sunday, December 16th; 11:30-1pm; Panther Coffee Wynwood

Join HistoryMiami for a guided tour of Wynwood, one of the most artistically important neighborhoods in Miami, home to beautiful street art, murals, graffiti and gallery spaces. Thom Wheeler Castillo, resident historian, will talk about how this textile warehouse and immigrant neighborhood, formerly known as “Little San Juan,” is quickly becoming the world’s largest outdoor art gallery.

Wednesday, December 19th; 6-9pm; Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Join Vizcaya Museum and Gardens for their community event! For the Christmas Season, the museum will be decorating the house in 1920s luxury decor and offering visitors a night of holiday festivities and cheer featuring crafts like ornament and holiday-card making, caroling from the Girl Choir of South Florida, hot chocolate and free tours of the Main House and formal gardens. This event is open to members only; if you are not a member of Vizcaya, make sure to join for the new year to enjoy the benefits of countless events and fun activities.

Saturday, December 22nd; 6-8pm; Island Queen at the Bayside Marketplace 

Enjoy a relaxing, cool December night with HistoryMiami as their resident Historian Dr. George takes visitors on a trip for a view of the Miami River. This cruise will not only show some of Miami’s most beautiful sights, hidden gems, and historical sites but will also tell about the story behind these place and the evolution of the city as a whole from the 19th century to now. This is an exciting experience for tourists and locals alike as they embark upon this cruise before the holidays.

Wednesday, January 23; 6-9pm; Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Celebrate the beauty of Vizcaya with this community program! Everyone is invited to take explore the magnificent gardens with a glass of wine provided by the museum, listen to live music, take a tour of the historic location, watch the sunset and the moon rise while looking along the Biscayne Bay.

Sunday, January 27th; 9:30 am-1 pm; Coral Gables Museum

Enjoy a day of beauty and relaxation with the Coral Gables Museum on the Miami canals. Starting the day off with a self-guided audio exhibition tour, the day will proceed with a bus ride to the waterways where a stunning amount of natural beauty, wildlife, architecture and hidden gems of the city can be seen and admired.

Wednesday, March 6th; 11:30-1:30; NSU Art Museum Ft. Lauderdale

Join the NSU Art Museum in celebrating the William Glackens and Auguste Renoir exhibition with the friends of the museum with a prosecco reeption and silent auction. Lunch will be catered by Chef Remy Gautier and docent led-tours of museum exhibitions will be given after the luncheon.

Friday, February 8th; 6-7:30pm; Calle Ocho

Join HistoryMiami for a look into Miami’s most famous neighborhood–Little Havana. Explore the public art and mingle with local artists as you stroll down vibrant Calle Ocho. Explore Cuban art from Modernismo to the Contemporary. Discover the significance of the Ceiba Tree, learn the art of cigar rolling at a local tabaqueria, and reflect upon the words of renowned poet José Martí. Join the historians to learn about what Little Havana means to Miami, and the beauty that lies within it.

Tuesday, February 12th; 1-2 pm; Frost Museum FIU

Enjoy a curator’s tour of the Frost’s newest exhibition “LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family”, a series of documentative photographs that show the effects of the Flint water crisis in the most honest way. Maryanna Ramirez, Manager of Strategic Initiative, will take visitors through the pieces for an in-depth look into the exhibition and the social commentary behind them.

Thursday, February 14th; 5:30-9pm; Perez Art Museum Miami

Today, join PAMM and your partner for a romantic night at the museum! This special event will include a delicious four-course meal, live entertainment, wine pairing, a tour of the museum and some of the best contemporary art in Miami, of course. There are three separate times to choose from so that you can surprise your love with the best Valentine’s Day an art lover can ask for.

Thursday, February 14th; 6:30-9:30 pm; Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Join the Vizcaya Museum for a night of exquisite food, socializing, romance and mystery with the Moveable Feast. Start off the evening with wine and hors-d’oeuvres and a tour of the farm and functional buildings. Visitors get to choose between two entrees, five different types of liquor, a strawberry bread pudding and several type of butler passed savories for the ultimate luxurious meal.