MIAMI –October 10, 2017 – Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), HistoryMiami Museum, and WLRN are partnering on a special project to preserve and record the history of Cuban exiles living in South Florida, in connection with PAMM’s latest exhibition, On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection.
Inspired by HistoryMiami Museum’s “Miami Stories” program, the collaboration invites members of the Cuban exile community to share their personal memories and experiences at a series of upcoming PAMM Free Second Saturdays events. HistoryMiami and WLRN will be on site during the events with a recording booth, operated by an interviewer asking a series of questions, to capture voices from Miami’s Cuban exile community.
The recordings will become a permanent part of HistoryMiami’s ongoing program, “Miami Stories,” that allows current and former Miami-Dade County residents to share their unique Miami-related experiences, with the mission to collect, preserve, and disseminate these stories to illuminate the past and enlighten the future. The edited recordings will be made accessible at WLRN.org in 2018.
The project coincides with the second and third chapters of PAMM’s yearlong Cuban art exhibition, On the Horizon. Chapter 2: Abstracting History, currently on view through January 7, 2018, includes artists whose work explores the spiritual and political histories of Cuba, and examines past and contemporary realities within the context of Cuba and its diaspora. Chapter 3: Domestic Anxieties opens January 18, 2018, and presents artworks that reflect on the stresses and anxieties of everyday life, in addition to work that uses language and graphics to create spaces of aspiration, critique, and doubt.
“Museums should serve as arenas for advancing critical dialogue and discussion to promote inclusivity across our communities, backgrounds, and experiences,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “Through this ‘Miami Stories’ collaboration, in connection to On the Horizon, we hope to engage members of the community in sharing their uniquely personal experiences and reflections about Cuba.”
“HistoryMiami Museum’s mission is to tell Miami stories. One of the ways we do that is through our Miami Stories program. We look forward to supporting our colleagues who are partnering with us and supporting our mission by collecting the stories that make Miami, Miami,” said HistoryMiami Museum Director Jorge Zamanillo.
"As South Florida's storyteller, WLRN is proud to partner with PAMM and HistoryMiami to hear the stories of Cuban exiles in South Florida. These personal experiences are part of the fabric of our community. It is important to collect, save and share them. They represent our history, but also help us understand our future," said WLRN's Vice President of News Tom Hudson.
“Miami Stories” at PAMM’s Free Second Saturdays will take place from 1-4pm on October 14, November 11, February 10 and March 10.
About On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection
PAMM opened the first chapter of On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, an exhibition of over 170 works of art, spanning painting, drawing, photography, mixed-media, and sculpture on June 9, 2017. The exhibition is on view through April 8, 2018 at PAMM.
On the Horizon celebrates the recent generous gift of Cuban artworks donated to the museum by Jorge M. Pérez in December 2016, and includes a significant number of recent acquisitions purchased during the last year with funds provided as part of Pérez’s donation.
About PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).
About HistoryMiami Museum
HistoryMiami Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is the premier cultural institution committed to gathering, organizing, preserving and celebrating Miami’s history as the unique crossroads of the Americas. We accomplish this through education, collections, research, exhibitions, publications and City Tours. Located in the heart of downtown Miami, HistoryMiami Museum is a 70,000 square foot facility and home to more than one million historical images and 30,000 three-dimensional artifacts, including a 1920’s trolley car, artifacts from Pan American World Airways, and rafts that brought refugees to Miami. For more information, call 305-375-1492 or visit historymiami.org.
About WLRN
WLRN Public Media is committed to being the most trusted source of information and entertainment in South Florida's diverse community. Licensed to the school board of Miami-Dade County, WLRN is best known for its award winning public radio and television programs, but its services go well beyond the airwaves. It's a complex media enterprise consisting of radio and television stations, www.WLRN.org and educational channels offering you a variety of high quality programming and advanced learning services making WLRN a valuable public media source.
MIAMI – October 24, 2017 – Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has appointed Gregory C. Ferrero as president to its board and has named Alia Tutor as a new trustee.
"The PAMM family is thrilled to have Greg Ferrero as its new president. Greg is a trusted advisor to some of the wealthiest families in the world. He has always been dedicated to helping the community as a volunteer. His dedication to the arts will help PAMM and all of the cultural institutions as they work together to make South Florida a better place to live,” said Aaron Podhurst, PAMM Board of Trustees chairman.
Ferrero is preceded by Jeff Krinsky, who served as president for three years. During that time, PAMM acquired a number of significant acquisitions, the creation of several endowments for strategic acquisitions, the successful integration of new technology in PAMM’s digital spaces several technological strides in the museum spaces, and a milestone attendance mark of one-million visitors.
“Our gratitude to Jeff Krinsky cannot be overstated. His presence as a trustee for the last nine years and most recently his leadership as board president has been integral to the success of PAMM,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “Jeff’s guidance and generosity has made a lasting impact on the organization and we couldn’t be more excited for the next stage in the museum’s evolution. I know Greg Ferrero’s professional and philanthropic guidance will take the institution to the next level.”
Greg Ferrero manages the domestic and Latin American Wealth Management business in Florida and serves on the IMD Portfolio Review Board. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1990 as an investment professional in New York, where he worked with a select group of families for 17 years before relocating to Miami. Greg was named managing director in 2006. Ferrero serves on the Board of Trustees of Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Board of Trustees at St. Lawrence University, the Board of Directors of the Pear Tree Point School Foundation in Darien, Connecticut, and the Board of Governors at La Gorce Country Club. Ferrero earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, a BS in Chemistry from St. Lawrence University and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University.
“Art is a vehicle by which people can have a conversation about the world we live in,” said Ferrero. “I’m honored to build on PAMM’s efforts to expand access to the museum while bringing the heritage of our diverse community to life through art.”
Alia Tutor has been described as a “tireless advocate for the welfare of children and women around the world." A philanthropist and humanitarian, Tutor established the Alia Tutor Chair in Reproductive Medicine at University of Southern California (USC), fostering groundbreaking research and treatment, and currently serves as a member of the Board of Overseers for the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and is a co-chair of the Government Relations Committee at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Tutor is a member of the Southern California Regional Board of Directors for UNICEF and serves on the board of trustees of the Aspen Music Festival and School. She received her J.D. from Columbia Law School.
“PAMM has not only developed into one of the premiere art institutions in the world, but it continues to innovate and go beyond what people think of a traditional art museum,” said Tutor. “I look forward to being part of the board and seeing the institution through to its next chapter.”
About Pérez Art Museum Miami Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).
MIAMI – November 9, 2017 – Student Balthazar Cordova, 17, of Miami, Florida was in the Nation’s capital today to receive an award from all three federal arts and culture agencies on behalf of Pérez Art Museum Miami’s (PAMM) Brick x Brick community outreach program. The program was recognized for its effectiveness in promoting learning and life skills in young people by engaging them through creative youth development programs. The after-school program received the 2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the nation’s highest honor for these programs.
The award recognizes the country’s best creative youth development programs for using engagement in the arts and the humanities to generate a wide range of positive outcomes, such as increases in academic achievement, graduation rates, and college enrollment. The awardees—chosen from a pool of 350 nominations and 50 finalists—were also recognized for improving literacy and language abilities, communication and performance skills, and cultural awareness.
First presented in 1998, the 2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award were presented through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), in cooperation with the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA).
“I’m proud to represent my peers in accepting this award for PAMM,” said Brick x Brick student Balthazar Cordova. “A lot of people think that arts education just prepares you to become an artist, but it doesn’t. Arts education can be applied to all different kinds of disciplines – giving the tools to kids like me to change lives and communities.”
PAMM is the largest provider of art education outside of Miami-Dade County School District. Its Brick x Brick program was created to reach teens in underserved communities throughout Miami-Dade County and transform lives through art. Since its founding in 2007, the program has engaged more than 600 students with art and design learning activities to discover the power of their creativity to change their circumstances and communities. In the program, students learn problem-solving skills, how to collaborate in a team, and critical thinking. The powerful impact of the program is illustrated by the many teens who find their voice, passions, and confidence through the program to change their lives and the world around them.
"These 12 creative youth development programs represent the best of the best," said Pam Breaux, president and chief executive officer of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. "They are living proof of the power of the arts and the humanities to build the skills young people need to succeed in school and in life."
The award was celebrated by long-time partners and supporters of PAMM, including Michael Spring, director of Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, The Prentice Foundation, Nordstrom, Allied Universal Security Services, and Irene and Irv Barr.
“By engaging and inspiring young people, Brick x Brick gives students not just the vision but the practical skills to apply lessons learned with arts-based learning, into their lives, families and communities,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “Led by working artists, Brick x Brick illustrates the transformative power of the arts by facilitating engagement with diverse projects tied to connecting people with their community. Hats off to Kerry Keeler for spearheading this program’s incredible growth and impact over the last decade.”
In addition to the national recognition bestowed by receipt of the prestigious award, Brick x Brick will also receive $10,000 to support its programming and engage more young people from the community.
“We hope this award will draw attention to the fact that programs like ours are essential investments, not just in the lives of our young people, but in our community,” said PAMM Deputy Director for Education Adrienne Chadwick. “We’re incredibly proud of this achievement and of our students, artist mentors, supporters, board and staff who made it possible.”
Launched with generous funding from the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Brick x Brick has been made possible by endowed funds granted by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to underwrite the museum's broad portfolio of education programs, and by gifts from additional program supporters including the National Endowment for the Arts, Barr Management Ltd, Educational Foundation of America, The Prentice Foundation, Western Union, JP Morgan Chase, Nordstrom, Best Buy and Allied Universal. Together with leadership support from Miami-Dade County, these funders enable the museum to transform the lives of young people in our community through our art education programs.
For more information about Brick x Brick, please visit pamm.org/brickxbrick. For more information about the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, visit nahyp.org.
Photos
Photos and photo captions from the Washington ceremony will be available for download via Flickr by 8 pm ET on November 9, 2017. To access the photo album, use this link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pcah_nahyp/albums
Video
A video about the program and the award, with interviews of the PAMM representatives at the ceremony, will be available upon request.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).
MIAMI – November 13, 2017 – Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announced today that Ade Omotosho has been awarded the museum’s first Ford Foundation Curatorial Fellowship. The Ford Foundation Curatorial Fellowship at PAMM is offered to undergraduate or graduate students of color who have recently completed their studies and wish to embark on a career in the curatorial field. The program supports PAMM’s mission to encourage diversity and access in the curatorial field, and seeks to address the under-representation of people of color in positions of leadership in American museums. As PAMM’s inaugural Curatorial Fellow, Ade Omotosho will gain in-depth fieldwork experience over the course of two years, working closely with curators and museum leadership to research, design, and produce upcoming exhibitions at PAMM.
"PAMM shares the Ford Foundation’s goal of creating a space for diverse voices. As a museum, we believe that authorship in the curatorial field is better served by a varied range of perspectives,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “With his past experience in the Mellon Curatorial program and as a graduate of the UT-Austin’s art history department, Ade is poised for this inaugural position and we look forward to him joining us in our unique environment here in Miami. We are grateful for the vision and support of Ford Foundation as we work to generate exemplary scholarship.”
Ade is a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where he received his Bachelors in Art History with Honors. He is the recipient of the Fulbright-Hays Grant for intensive Yoruba language study, and spent 10 weeks at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He has previously served as a Fellow at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in the department of photography. At PAMM, Ade will work within the curatorial department to support the organization of the annual reinstallations of the museum’s permanent collection, assist with the design and production of upcoming exhibitions, and conduct extensive research in his chosen area.
About The Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit grant-making organization. For more than 80 years it has worked with courageous people on the frontlines of social change worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. With headquarters in New York, the foundation has offices in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A 33-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Instagram/Twitter (@pamm).
MIAMI – November 14, 2017 – Today, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announced an exciting collaboration with Absolut Elyx, the new presenting sponsor of PAMM Third Thursdays.
The yearlong partnership will kick off on November 16 during PAMM Third Thursdays: Poplife Social presents the Lexicon Mini-Ball, a night of vogue on PAMM’s terrace turned runway. Starting that evening, the Member’s Lounge will be transformed with cocktails and décor provided by Absolut Elyx vodka. The lounge is an exclusive benefit for PAMM Contemporaries and above-level members.
Absolut Elyx is a new definition of luxury vodka, built on the principles of quality, integrity and true craftsmanship. Every drop of Absolut Elyx is made with soft winter wheat from a single estate, Rabelof, in Southern Sweden. The wheat is then manually distilled in a vintage copper column still from 1921. The still, operated by a select few, who have inherited their knowledge and expertise from past generations of Swedish vodka makers, is made entirely from copper. The result is an award-winning vodka with a rich and exceptionally smooth mouth feel.
PAMM Contemporaries and above-level members can enjoy Absolut Elyx in the Members Lounge every Third Thursday, beginning November 16, 2017.
About Elyx
Absolut Elyx is the Single Estate, Copper Crafted, Luxury expression of Absolut Vodka. Every bottle is made with soft winter wheat and the most pristine water in the world, drawn from the aquifer deep beneath the ground, in Åhus, Sweden. Absolut Elyx is distilled using sacrificial copper and further rectified by hand using a copper vintage still from 1921. Krister Asplund, Master Distiller, and his team are knowledgeable to oversee the century-old distillation process that has been passed down through generations of Swedish vodka-makers. Absolut Elyx has joined forces with Water for People to support and raise awareness for long-term solutions to the global water crisis.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).
MIAMI – November 28, 2017 – Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will launch its first-ever Augmented Reality (AR) exhibition featuring works by Miami-based artist Felice Grodin during Art Week in December. Felice Grodin: Invasive Species is a virtually interactive, digital exhibition of commissioned works that employs the technology of augmented reality (AR), and is accessible to visitors using iOS devices in PAMM’s outdoor areas and in the Padma and Raj Vattikuti Learning Theatre on the museum’s first floor. This AR project is made possible thanks to a generous grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Starting Tuesday, December 5, visitors to the museum will be able to experience Grodin’s digital artworks, brought to life using the PAMM app, which is powered by Cuseum.
Influenced by geophilosophy—a field of thought shaped by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari that analyzes the relationship between physical and mental territories—Grodin draws on her training as an architect to explore the mutable within landscape, architecture, and her urban surroundings. Felice Grodin: Invasive Species interacts with PAMM’s architecture, evolving and transforming the museum’s environment for the duration of the exhibition.
Featuring a total of four digital works, the show launches with two AR site-specific works—Mezzbug and Terrafish (both 2017)—that engage with and virtually enhance the museum’s building. In Terrafish, Grodin overlaps PAMM’s hanging gardens on the waterfront terrace with the translucent body of a digital species she created, which is suggestive of nonnative jellyfish found in South Florida waters. By drawing on the destructive impact of invasive species and creating a new digital environment, Grodin highlights the transformative and unstable state of our ecosystem, speculating a not-so-distant future affected by climate change and overtaken by uncanny creatures.
As part of the ongoing exhibition, PAMM will launch a third digital artwork by Grodin using AR on the PAMM app during the museum’s upcoming Community Night: Tech Takeover in January 2018, and a fourth work will be made available in spring of 2018. Grodin’s work is being produced into digital renderings using Apple’s augmented reality platform called ARKit and can be viewed via the PAMM app, which is powered by Cuseum, starting December 5, 2017 through April 2018.
“As a 21st century museum, PAMM seeks to reinforce the idea of the museum as a place for experimentation and a laboratory for ideas,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “We are grateful for the support of Knight Foundation in allowing PAMM to experiment and implement this cutting-edge technology meant to enhance, refine, and further our mission: to enable visitors of all ages and backgrounds and to interact with the most progressive visual arts of our time.”
Knight Foundation’s generous grant and mentorship through the development of this project allowed PAMM to explore the use of augmented reality in the museum space and engage in a larger discussion about the intersection of technology and contemporary art. The funding is part of a Knight Foundation initiative to help museums better meet new community demands and use digital tools to thoughtfully involve visitors in compelling experiences and conversations surrounding art.
“People want their art experiences to be personalized, interactive and shareable, just as they expect of everything else in their daily lives,” said Victoria Rogers, vice president for arts at Knight Foundation. “Museums need to continue to make this cultural shift, engaging visitors on-site and on-line with their collections in innovative ways. We hope funding from Knight Foundation can help fuel the process, so that PAMM and other institutions can continue to be vibrant centers of community life.”
“It's been thrilling to collaborate with Pérez Art Museum Miami and Felice Grodin to create an experience leveraging one of the most exciting new technologies,” said Cuseum CEO Brendan Ciecko. “Augmented reality opens up a whole new world for creative, artistic, and educational pursuits – we look forward to the evolution of Felice Grodin: Invasive Species in the weeks and months to come.”
Visitors’ firsthand experience and feedback during Art Week will also be part of the AR exhibition, incorporated into this beta stage of the year-long pilot project which will assist in further refinement.
This augmented reality pilot program is one of multiple technology initiatives PAMM has rolled out in 2017, including the hiring of a full-time digital journalist—a first of its kind position—and the recent launch of the PAMM App, which enriches the visitor experience with multimedia content, video, and audio tours.
For more information on the project, exclusive interviews, and behind-the-scenes videos, visit http://pamm.org/ar.
Felice Grodin: Invasive Species is an augmented reality exhibition that can be viewed via the PAMM app, which is available for free from the App Store on iPhone or iPad iOS 11.0 or later.
Compatible with iPhone 6s, iPhone SE, iPad Pro, and newer. The museum is working to provide AR tours to those visitors who do not have access to an iOS device.
Organization and Support Felice Grodin: Invasive Species is organized by PAMM Assistant Curator Jennifer Inacio, managed by PAMM AR + Art Project Manager Monica Mesa, and supervised by PAMM Deputy Director of Marketing and Public Engagement Christina Boomer Vazquez. The program is made possible by generous funding and mentorship from Knight Foundation.
About Felice Grodin
Felice Grodin is an artist with a background in architecture. Her practice focuses on the speculative integration of art and design by developing strategies for modeling our present conditions and making meaningful imprints upon them. Through ArtCenter/South Florida and the Bureau for Cultural Strategies (BUX), she is currently participating in the fellowship The Recalibrated Institution, a laboratory for developing and testing intelligences that address emerging and long-term systemic challenges. In addition, she is a member of the collaborative A.S.T. (Alliance of the Southern Triangle), an initiative exploring how artistic and cultural possibilities can be reimagined in light of climate change and political volatility by leveraging the dynamics already in process. She has also contributed essays to various publications including The Miami Rail. She obtained her Bachelor of Architecture from Tulane University, where her thesis was a recipient of the Thomas J. Lupo Award for Metropolitan Studies, and her Master of Architecture with Distinction from Harvard University.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A 33-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Instagram/Twitter (@pamm).
MIAMI – November 21, 2017 – Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) today announced a new curatorial fellowship made possible in part by the Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative (DAMLI), funded by the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation. For this new fellowship, PAMM seeks one qualified candidate who will work within the curatorial and education department at PAMM from January 2018 through January 2020.
“The DAMLI Curatorial Fellow will develop programs and community engagement initiatives to reflect Greater Miami’s diverse community and pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “This fellowship helps us to achieve our mission and vision to create a space for diverse voices that reflect Miami’s multicultural community.”
The DAMLI Curatorial Fellow at PAMM will participate in public program development related to the museum’s exhibitions, and work with Chief Curator Tobias Ostrander and Deputy Director for Education Adrienne Chadwick with the guidance of Director Franklin Sirmans. The fellow will work with PAMM’s curatorial and education staff in all phases of public program development, symposiums, timed-based art exhibition development, community outreach, and audience research and evaluations.
The DAMLI Curatorial Fellowship at PAMM is offered to students who have recently completed graduate level studies in art history or a related field. The fellow will work on at least two major projects at PAMM over the two-year period and will generate at least four written pieces for the curatorial and education departments. The fellow will also work to initiate at least two new community partnerships in pursuit of deeper community engagement in exhibitions, programs, and/or collections.
Qualifications:
The DAMLI Curatorial Fellowship at PAMM is offered to students who have recently completed their studies at the graduate level in art history or a related field.
The museum encourages applications from members of historically underrepresented groups in the curatorial and museum profession, including art history students who are members of racial and/or ethnic minority groups, are differently abled, or are from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.
Successful candidates will demonstrate interest and expertise in a curatorial focus of their choice in modern and contemporary art that reflects Greater Miami’s diverse community and pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas.
Candidates must submit a letter of interest that includes an outline of their proposed curatorial focus, a resume, three academic or museum references, and a short writing sample.
Applications will be reviewed by an internal committee of PAMM staff, with short-listed candidates considered by a broader panel that may include external reviewers drawn from Miami’s community of academics and curators in the field.
Qualified applicants can send resume with the requirements noted above to eromero@pamm.org.
Application Deadline: November 30, 2017
About Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A 33-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Instagram/Twitter (@pamm).
MIAMI –November 29, 2017 – Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announces the PAMM Presents lineup for the museum’s signature Miami Art Week celebration. Taking over PAMM’s terrace overlooking Biscayne Bay, DJ Maseo of De La Soul will headline a one-night-only performance, featuring live music, libations, and more.
The evening will also feature a performance by Afrobeats musician Young Paris, music by metal band Holly Hunt, and spoken word by poet Aja Monet.
“Looking through our unique vantage point of a Miami lens, PAMM’s artistic program is as much local as it is international,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “We’re embracing the diversity of our hometown talent with performances by DJ Maseo, Holly Hunt, and Aja Monet, while tapping into the global sound and image of Young Paris that is also a part of our community.”
PAMM Presents takes place on Thursday, December 7 from 9pm–midnight. The event is open exclusively to PAMM Sustaining and above-level members, as well as Art Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach VIP cardholders.
For more information, or to join PAMM as a Sustaining or above-level member, visit pamm.org/support or contact 305 375 1709.
About the Performers DJ Maseo is a rapper, producer, and DJ, and one third of the iconic hip-hop group De La Soul. De La Soul burst onto the scene and innovated hip-hop by coloring outside the lines, sampling a diverse array of untouched, previously unsampled artists such as The Turtles, Hall & Oates, and Steely Dan on their critically acclaimed debut "3 Feet High & Rising." They have been a catalyst for other important acts in hip-hop history as they helped introduce the world to Mos Def, helped propel a Tribe Called Quest with "Buddy", and were among the first major acts to work with deceased hip-hop icon J-Dilla on a major single (when he was known as Jay Dee). De La Soul is perhaps the “oldest” functioning hip-hop group to still truly maintain credibility while not having “fell off” as they continue to stay relevant, collaborating with Snoop Dogg, 2 Chainz, MF Doom, Ghostface Killah, Roc Marciano, and Madlib among others. Like their album debut, Maseo's DJ sets—while rooted in hip-hop—are a diverse journey through all of his musical loves – disco, funk, soul, 80's, old school, and more.
Young Paris totes an origin story—born to Congolese parents in France and raised in New York—that blends cultures from three corners of the world, fusing traditional Afro-culture with high fashion creative style in his visionary approach to music and fashion. Through his work as an artistic director, music producer, and song writer, Young Paris has taken the media world by storm. He has been covered by Billboard, Complex, The Fader, REVOLT, BET, Vice, Paper Mag, and Pigeons & Planes, and his impact in the fashion world has been featured in Vogue, W Mag, WWD, NY Mag, Harper’s Bazaar, Coveteur, Essence, and Ebony. Young Paris’ latest accomplishment finds him as a signee to Jay-Z’s entertainment brand, Roc Nation, and one of the biggest model agencies in the world, NEXT Model Management. Young Paris’ vision is to bring a new wave of Afrobeats and international vibes to the mainstream music scene, tying in his remarkable style and roots with the times.
Holly Hunt is a two-piece instrumental band from South Florida. Drummer Beatriz Monteavaro and guitarist Gavin Perry capture the meditative power of repetition; the ecstatic joy of tempered variation; infinitely undulating riffage; and psychedelic drone paired with rock n' roll rhythm in full splendor. Though stripped down to the barest essentials, Holly Hunt produces a sound and style far beyond rudimentary tags like “heavy,” “hard,” or “brutal.”
Aja Monet, NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Literary Work-Poetry 2018, is an internationally established poet of Cuban-Jamaican decent. Harry Belafonte has called Monet “The true definition of an artist”. Her craft is an in-depth reflection of emotional wisdom, skill, and activism. The youngest individual to win the legendary Nuyorican Poet’s Café Grand Slam title, she is recognized for combining her spellbound voice and powerful imagery on stage. Monet was a featured speaker at the Women’s March on Washington DC where she read the title poem of her latest book My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter (Haymarket books 2017). Monet’s other books include Inner-City Chants & Cyborg Cyphers (2015) and The Black Unicorn Sings (Penmanship books 2010). In addition, she collaborated with poet/musician Saul Williams on the book Chorus: a literary mixtape (MTV books/Simon & Schuster).
Organization and Support
PAMM Presents is supported by Kim Crawford, La Croix, Lyft, and Miami Downtown Development Authority.
Director’s Suite at PAMM Presents is supported by Absolut Elyx, Kim Crawford, and Lyft.
Artist Toast at PAMM Presents is supported by Veuve Clicquot Rich and Lyft.
Getting to PAMM Presents
Please be aware of high attendance projections and increased traffic in downtown Miami due to Miami Art Week and related events.
Lyft is the Official Ridesharing Partner for PAMM Presents. Use code “PAMM” for $20 in new user ride credits.
Ridesharing highly recommended. Rideshare drop off/pick up will be in Museum Park.
PAMM has its own Metromover stop on Omni loop: Museum Park station (free)
Overflow parking available at Omni garage, located at Biscayne Blvd. and 15th st. (rates apply)
Visit pamm.org/parking for more information
About PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).
MIAMI – December 8, 2017 – On December 7, 2017, Pérez Art Museum Miami welcomed nearly 4,700 members and art world VIPs for PAMM Presents, the museum’s signature Art Week celebration, featuring music by DJ Maseo of De La Soul, Young Paris, and Holly Hunt.
The evening began with a Veuve Clicquot Rich toast to artists to include a special tribute to Miami-based artists, led by PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. Poet Aja Monet closed out the toast with a poetry reading of several works. Guests explored the galleries and marveled at special exhibition Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger, the artist’s first mid-career survey and the largest presentation of her work to date.
Outside on PAMM’s east terrace and beach, guests walked into a magically transformed space by Kim Crawford and La Croix, featuring interactive activations and immersive environments. The exclusive Director’s Lounge, overlooking Biscayne Bay, was equally as stunning with stylish Absolut Elyx bars featuring its signature copper accents throughout.
Local metal band Holly Hunt kicked off the festivities with an invigorating set. Young Paris kept the party going with a performance featuring a new wave of Afrobeats and international vibes. The night culminated with DJ Maseo, whose set featured an eclectic mix of disco, funk, soul, 80's, old school, and more.
Notable guests of the evening included Jarobi White from A Tribe Called Quest; reality TV star Angela Simmons; Emmy and Peabody award-winning anchor Sam Champion; industrial designer Karim Rashid; models Polina Askeri and Kristina Tsirekidze; and artists Diego Bianchi, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Elizabet Cerviño, Tomás Esson, Feilce Grodin, Hew Locke, Beatriz Milhazes, Sandra Ramos, and TYPOE.
PAMM Presents was supported by Kim Crawford, La Croix, Lyft, and Miami Downtown Development Authority. Director’s Suite at PAMM Presents is supported by Absolut Elyx, Kim Crawford, and Lyft. Artist Toast at PAMM Presents is supported by Veuve Clicquot Rich and Lyft. Lyft is PAMM’s official ride share partner.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).
LEFT: Glexis Novoa, Revolico (Jumble), 2014.
RIGHT: Los Carpinteros, Parte de parte (Part of a Part), 2008.
Both works: Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami, gift of Jorge M. Pérez
MIAMI—January 9, 2018—Domestic Anxieties, the third chapter of Pérez Art Museum Miami’s (PAMM) multi-part, yearlong exhibition dedicated to contemporary Cuban art, opens January 19, 2018. On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection features over 170 works of art spanning painting, drawing, photography, mixed-media, and sculpture and highlights a rich panorama of recent work produced by artists living both in Cuba and abroad. Chapter 3: Domestic Anxieties takes a closer look at artists whose work questions everyday life and its attendant insecurities, stresses, and anxieties.
On the Horizon is PAMM’s most ambitious Cuban art exhibition to date and celebrates the recent generous gift of Cuban artworks donated to the museum by Jorge M. Pérez in December 2016. The exhibition is organized around the metaphor of the horizon line—a motif that appears in many of the works on view—and brings together a strong view of artistic practices in Cuba from the last three decades as well as work by young, lesser-known artists working on the island and across the globe. The symbolic framework of the horizon line helps generate a larger dialogue between the works on view and the specificities of Cuba’s current physical, social, and political landscape, as revealed through each artist’s personal experience and unique aesthetics.
“PAMM’s mission is to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas on topics that resonate in our community,” says PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “On the Horizon has given us an opportunity to reflect and connect with our audience in exciting new ways, encouraging critical and thought-provoking conversations with visitors through programs such as ‘Miami Stories’, a project in collaboration with HistoryMiami and WLRN, a program that allows current and former Miami-Dade County residents to share their unique Miami-related experiences. Moreover, what we’ve seen throughout the past six months, and what I hope will continue with this last exhibition chapter, is an outpouring of support, curiosity, and meaningful dialogue about the breadth of artwork on view.”
“With On the Horizon, we set out to showcase the disproportionate amount of talent possessed by Cuban artists on the island, in Miami and around the world, and I’m happy to say the positive reception we’ve received has surpassed all of our expectations,” said Jorge M. Perez, PAMM benefactor and CEO of The Related Group. “I’m fascinated by the insightful, albeit sometimes challenging, conversations this show has sparked. The ongoing dialogue has reinforced my own belief in art’s unique capability to unite otherwise isolated communities and I cannot wait to see the conversations generated by this third and final chapter.”
Domestic Anxieties features works that focus on the everyday insecurities and personal stresses of the individual. In a video work by Havana-based artist Diana Fonseca Quiñones entitled Pasatiempo (hobby), the artist is seen stitching the shape of an airplane into the skin on her hand, a metaphor for many Cubans’ dreams of being able to travel outside the island.
Several works present images that map domestic interiors or intimate locations, while others reference details taken from the street or public buildings. A series of photographs by creative duo Atelier Morales depict deteriorating building interiors in Havana, illustrating the country’s lost architectural heritage and thus the lost stories of families who no longer inhabit these places.
Other artists use language and graphics to create spaces of aspiration, critique, and doubt. Angel Delgado’s Dream reflections (2014) depicts a man trying to push open a larger than life lock. For Delgado, an artist living and working in Las Vegas, Nevada, the theme of struggle against control and societally imposed limitations results in a poetic commentary on individual freedoms. In a work by Esterio Segura, the artist draws a human figure with open arms holding windmills, an ode to human strength and determination in the face of social despondency.
The art world, articulated as a political arena filled with specific pressures and uncertainties, is also addressed in several works. In Glexis Novoa’s Revolico (2014), the Miami-based artist mixes words like “Guggenheim”, “Phillips”, and “Revolico”, as a means of coopting familiar language to comment on the contradictory sociocultural and economic experiences for those living between Cuba and America. In a life-size sculpture by Gabriel Cisneros, the artist cheekily turned his final thesis exam for art school into a critique of the country’s institutional art system by enclosing the written thesis inside the sculpture whereby the thesis jury members could only read it by breaking the artwork itself. The jury decided not to destroy it, resulting in a piece that reflects on the artistic act and how it is evaluated.
Other artists included in Chapter 3 include Carlos Garaicoa, Los Carpinteros, Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas, Tomás Esson, Ernesto Leal, and Lázaro Saavedra.
As Miami’s flagship contemporary art museum, collecting the work of Cuban artists and documenting the Cuban Diaspora exemplifies PAMM’s mission to represent its place in the world—geographically, conceptually and intellectually. Cuba, equally a part of Latin America and the Caribbean, has been an area of sustained interest at PAMM going back to its beginnings as a presenting institution. The presentation of On the Horizon at PAMM coincides with a renewed energy internationally around Cuban art at a time when US-Cuban relations remain an active subject of discussion. Through Mr. Pérez’s gift, PAMM now holds one of the largest collections of contemporary Cuban art in any American museum.
Publications On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection will be accompanied by two publications: an exhibition guide currently available in the PAMM Shop and a fully illustrated bi-lingual exhibition catalogue with commissioned essays by Anelys Alvarez, Jorge Duany, Rachel Price, and Tobias Ostrander will be available August 2018.
Organization and Support On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection is organized by PAMM Chief Curator Tobias Ostrander. The privately-funded exhibition is made possible through the generous support of Jorge M. Pérez, and is presented by City National Bank with additional support provided by Cidade Matarazzo, Crystal & Co., and Pomellato.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).
Media contacts:
National inquiries: Taylor Maatman | FITZ & CO | tmaatman@fitzandco.art | 646 589 0926
Local inquiries: Alexa Ferra | PAMM | aferra@pamm.org | 786 345 5619
MIAMI – January 18, 2018 – On February 17, 2018, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will welcome arts supporters and the PAMM Ambassadors for African American Art to the museum for Art + Soul, an evening celebrating the fifth anniversary of the PAMM Fund for African American Art. This event also marks the one-year anniversary since the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation provided a matching grant challenge that doubles donors’ gifts and ensures that works by African American artists will always be represented in the museum’s permanent collection.
“We are proud to be a museum with a collection that is reflective of our diverse Miami community,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “Through the Fund and this annual event, we are able to continue to shape the institution’s collection of contemporary African American art and support its growth for generations to come.”
This year’s celebration will unveil the fund’s most recent acquisition, a new painting by Tschabalala Self, and will offer special evening programs in three parts. Knight Foundation will match dollar to dollar all of the proceeds generated by the event to help support the fund.
The Dinner | cocktails 7pm, dinner 8pm: The evening will begin with an intimate cocktail hour and seated dinner in Paresky Hall, with introductory remarks made by ABC Local 10 Anchor and Reporter Neki Mohan. Dinner guests will also have access to the Reveal and the Celebration. Tickets: $1,000 per person.
The Reveal | 9-10pm: The celebration will continue with a reveal of the fund’s most recent acquisition in the presence of the artist Tschabalala Self, with remarks by artist and scholar David C. Driskell. Guests will also enjoy entertainment, champagne, and dessert. Guests of the Reveal will also have access to the Celebration. Tickets: $500 for non-members (includes Ambassador membership) and $250 for Ambassador members.
The Celebration | 9pm-midnight: The festivities will conclude under the stars on the East Portico with cocktails, canapés, and dancing. Tickets: $100 per person ($50 tickets are also available on limited capacity).
The PAMM Fund for African American Art was established in 2013 with a $1 million donation, funded equally by Jorge M. Pérez and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for the purchase of contemporary art by African American artists for the museum’s permanent collection. Through the Fund, the museum first acquired works by Al Loving, Faith Ringgold, and Xaviera Simmons, which joined other significant pieces in the museum’s collection by African American artists such as Leonardo Drew, Sam Gilliam, Rashid Johnson, Lorna Simpson, James Van Der Zee, Carrie Mae Weems, Kehinde Wiley, and Purvis Young. At the last Annual Reception for the PAMM Fund for African American Art, the museum acquired works by Kevin Beasley, Theaster Gates, Sam Gilliam, Martine Syms, and Juana Valdes.
Art + Soul Committee
Deryl McKissack, chairperson; Florence and Sheldon Anderson; Suzanne and Chris Armstrong; Julia Brown; Barron Channer; Mireille Chancy and Tomas Gonzalez; Curb Gardner; Rosie Gordon-Wallace; Carole and Ira Hall; Debi and Larry Hoffman; Marilyn Holifield; Jumaane N’Namdi; Nedra and Mark Oren; Darlene and Jorge M. Pérez; Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst; Toni and Carl Randolph; and Dorothy Terrell.
For event and ticketing information, please visit pamm.org/fifthartsoul.
For more information about the PAMM Fund for African American Art, or to join the PAMM Ambassadors for African American Art, visit pamm.org/artfund.
About PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility and is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org. Find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).
MIAMI – January 29, 2017 – Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will host its fourth annual Art of the Party, the museum’s largest fundraiser event of the year, on March 17, 2018. Art of the Party 2018 will honor Teresita Fernández, one of today’s leading contemporary artists, and philanthropist Patricia M. Papper. The event, presented by Valentino, will feature three exclusive guest experiences conceptualized by Lee Brian Schrager, as well as culinary collaborations by STARR Catering Group and Chef Michelle Bernstein. Bringing together cultural philanthropists, artists, civic leaders and arts supporters, the evening will showcase the world-class museum’s unique architecture and celebrate Miami’s flagship art museum. Funds from Art of the Party directly support the museum’s robust arts education program, the largest program of its kind outside the Miami-Dade County school system.
“This year, we have the pleasure of honoring Teresita Fernández, an internationally acclaimed artist with roots in Miami. Her work and influence have been a part of PAMM’s collection and history for more than a decade,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “For the first time, we are also honoring a philanthropist in the community—Patricia M. Papper. We are extremely thankful to Pat, whose support and dedication have been vital to the growth of the museum since its founding.”
Born and raised in Miami, Teresita Fernández is a leading artist admired for her public sculptures and installations that allude to studies of perception, landscape, and minimalism. A graduate of Florida International University, Fernández made some of her early works in Miami, and her career exemplifies the tenacity and virtuosity of artists that originate from Miami. She is an activist that actively promotes diversity in American museum institutions. Several of her works belong to PAMM’s collection including Fire (America) 5 (2017), currently on view as part of On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection. Fernández’s Eclipse (2002), was exhibited as part of PAMM’s previous permanent collection display, Routes of Influence. In 2019, and in collaboration with the Phoenix Art Museum, PAMM will be honored to present the first major retrospective of Fernández’s work.
Born and raised in South Florida, Patricia M. Papper is an arts advocate and philanthropist, as well as a longtime supporter of PAMM. She was a founding member of the museum in 1983, when it was the Center for the Fine Arts, and has been involved with the institution ever since. Throughout the years, she has served on the board of trustees—including serving as president for a decade, supported many exhibitions such as Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks, donated works of art and funds for the acquisition of art, participated in several committees, and has been a part of major fundraising events such as the gala and Corporate Luncheon.
Art of the Party Chairs are Darlene and Jorge M. Pérez with Susana and Alberto Ibargüen.
PAMM’s Art of the Party will offer guests three unique experiences from which to choose:
Chef’s Tableseated dinner, 6:30pm: Chef Michelle Bernstein and STARR Catering Group will craft a three-course menu for an unforgettable dining experience held for the first time in the transformed M.B. Fernandez Family Galleries. Dinner guests will enjoy a cocktail reception before the evening’s program in celebration of philanthropist Patricia M. Papper and artist Teresita Fernández. Chef’s Table guests are also invited to extend their evening at the Supper Club dinner lounge and Remix after party.
Tables of 10 are available for $25,000. Individual tickets are also available for $2,500 per guest.
Host Committee: Arlene and Wayne Chaplin, Carol and George Crapple, Rachel Lehmann and David Maupin, Camille and Patrick McDowell, Alejandra and Luke Palacio, Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst, Sandra and Anthony Tamer, Volha and Nicholas Singer, Sarah Arison and Thomas Wilhelm, and Alexa and Adam Wolman
Supper Clubdinner lounge, 8:30pm: Supper Club offers a one-of-a-kind al fresco dining experience designed by Chef Michelle Bernstein and STARR Events, as well as live entertainment on the picturesque waterfront East Portico. Guests may reserve private seating for up to 10 guests, including dedicated tableside cocktail service. All Supper Club guests are invited to enjoy the Remix after party.
Private lounge seating with butler service is available for $10,000; Individual tickets are also available for $750 per guest or $1,500 per couple
Host Committee: Martina and Fabian Basabe, Allie LaSorte and Seth Browarnik, Yolanda and Jorge Colindres, Gingi Beltran and Karla Dascal, Lorena Dezer, Vivian and Miguel Dueñas, Eliza and Benjamin Elias, Manny Machado and Ray de Leon, Erin Michelle Newberg, Andrea and Lucho Noboa, Caroline Vreeland and Jason Odio, Bibi Pestana, and Jilian Lourdes Sanz
Remix after party, 10:30pm: As the evening culminates, the al fresco Supper Club dinner lounge will be transformed into a vibrant dance club. Chef’s Table, Supper Club, and Remix guests will join together for a late night dance party under the stars on the East Portico, enjoying cocktails and decadent desserts.
Individual tickets are available for $125 per guest.
Host Committee: Christopher Adeleke, Jennifer Chaplin, Lizabeth Coppolecchia, Christina and Omar DeWindt, Katherine Fenwick, Michele Hanash, Charmel Maynard, Emily McKenzie, Maria Pienkowski, Aileen Quintana, Lawrence Raab, and Cristina Scarano
The evening’s entertainment is presented by Faena. Wines and support for Chef’s Table and Supper Club are generously provided by Kim Crawford.
About PAMM: Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).
MIAMI – February 8, 2018 – Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announced today that Naiomy Guerrero has been awarded the museum’s inaugural Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative (DAMLI) Curatorial Fellowship. This two-year fellowship, made possible by the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation, is offered to students from historically underrepresented groups in the curatorial and museum profession who have recently completed graduate level studies in art history or a related field. The fellow will have the opportunity to work on at least two major projects at PAMM and will generate at least four written pieces for the curatorial and education departments. The fellow will also work to initiate at least two new community partnerships in pursuit of deeper community engagement in exhibitions, programs, and/or collections.
“We’re happy to welcome Naiomy to the PAMMily as the new DAMLI Curatorial Fellow,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “Her background and experience in public programming, exhibition installation, public speaking, and more, will be valuable assets to this institution and help us to achieve our mission and vision to create a platform for diverse voices that is reflective of Miami’s multicultural community. We are grateful for the extraordinary support of the Walton Family and Ford Foundations and thankful to be playing a role in the diversification of the field.”
Guerrero has a B.A. in Art History from Depauw University and has begun graduate research and coursework towards a Master’s in Social Thought. The founding editor of the blog GalleryGirl.nyc (2016-present), she has also contributed to several publications and served as a panelist and speaker at functions related to art and writing. Over the course of her two-year fellowship, she will work with PAMM’s curatorial and education staff in all phases of public program development, symposiums, time-based art exhibition development, community outreach, and audience research and evaluations.
About The Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit grant-making organization. For more than 80 years it has worked with courageous people on the frontlines of social change worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. With its headquarter in New York, the foundation has offices in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
About the Walton Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation is a family-led foundation that was established in 1987 with the mission of tackling tough social and environmental problems in order to create access to opportunity for people and communities. The foundation works with urgency to make an impact that improves lives today, while also focusing on long-term approaches to ensure that these changes live on to benefit future generations.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Instagram/Twitter (@pamm).
The renowned and prestigious Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is partnering with WPLG-TV Local 10 for its first eARTh Day Art Contest. The museum, located at 1103 Biscayne Boulevard, will display the original works of art of the ten contest finalists. South Florida art teachers and students, from grades K-12, are invited to create an original painting or sculpture that incorporates themes and elements inspired by nature.
“PAMM has been the site for several conversations related to the intersection of art and the environment,” said Director Franklin Sirmans. “Our own building has been internationally recognized as an example of leadership in sustainable energy and environmental design. We are excited to work with Local10 and the many talented art students in this community on this outreach initiative with art as a catalyst for important conversations.”
To enter, art teachers, representing their students and schools, must complete an entry form and submit a photo of the original artwork online at local10.com. Only one entry permitted per school. Entry deadline is 11:59 p.m. on March 11, 2018.
Local 10 will choose ten finalists and their work will be displayed at PAMM from April 16-22. Viewer votes will select the winning entry from among the finalists. The winning school will be announced on Earth Day, Sunday April 22, on Local 10 News and will receive $4,500 in art supplies for their school’s art department.
For contest rules and details, visit local10.com. The Local 10 eARTh Day Art Contest is proudly sponsored by Publix, where every day is Earth Day.
WHAT: To celebrate the opening of its newest exhibition, The Words of Others: León Ferrari and Rhetoric in Times of War, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has joined forces with local community figures, artists, and actors to host a live public reading of Argentinian artist León Ferrari’s 1967 publication “The Words of Others” on Thursday, February 15 from 1-9pm.
Written during the Vietnam War, The Words of Others was composed as an extensive dialogue among various characters, including President Lyndon B. Johnson, Adolf Hitler, Pope Paul VI, and God. By means of a cut-and-paste exercise of quotations selected from history books, the Bible, newspapers, and magazines, the work associates the atrocities of war and the representations of redemption and punishment in religion.
WHO: During eight hours, a cast of 33 readers will give a contemporary voice to the text. Some of the readers participating include:
Adler Guerrier, Local renowned artist
Aidil Oscariz, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy at Catalyst Miami
Alexandre Arrechea, Local contemporary Cuban artist
Carmen Peláez, Award-winning local actress
Cathy Byrd, Local curator of Fresh Art International
Felice Grodin, Local artist whose augmented reality exhibition, Felice Grodin: Invasive Species, is on view at PAMM
Francesca Menes, Director of Policy and Advocacy at Florida Immigrant Coalition
Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, Miami filmmaker and Director of Third Horizon Film Festival
Judi Wertheim, Renowned Argentine artist
Leopoldo Maler, Argentine film director and artist who directed the first reading of an excerpt of “The Words of Others” in 1968 at the Arts Lab in London
Mark Handforth, Renowned sculptor, in PAMM’s collection, on view at ICA Miami
Meena Jagannath, Co-founder of Community Justice Project/movement lawyer
About The Words of Others: León Ferrari and Rhetoric in Times of War
Originally organized as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (2017–18), an initiative of the Getty Foundation, this exhibition presents works by León Ferrari (b. 1920, Buenos Aires; d. 2013, Buenos Aires)—one of the most emblematic and provocative figures in 20th-century Latin American art. With a particular emphasis on the literary collages that played a central element of Ferrari’s practice, such as The Words of Others, this exhibition presents works that remain unpublished or have experienced minimal circulation as limited editions or sketchbooks. It offers a new perspective on Ferrari’s work while exploring the aesthetic forms of political intervention that emerged in Latin America in the 1960s. This profoundly contemporary project examines the obscenity of war, the ways the media represents conflict, and the role of political and religious discourse in the expansion of Western culture.
WHEN: Public reading: Thursday, February 15, 1-9pm
Exhibition open to the public beginning Thursday, February 15, 1-9pm
WHERE: Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132
PRICE: General museum admission ($16 adults, members free)
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES: Interview requests facilitated by Alexa Ferra aferra@pamm.org or 786 345 5619 in advance.
MIAMI – February 21, 2018 – Saturday night at Pérez Art Museum Miami’s Art + Soul Fifth Anniversary Celebration of the PAMM Fund for African American Art, nearly 350 guests attended the historic evening in support of the Fund. The evening kicked off with an intimate dinner in Paresky Hall emceed by Local 10 Anchor Neki Mohan. Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, welcomed supporters and announced that Knight Foundation would match every dollar raised this year in an effort to help PAMM create an incredible collection of African American Art. Throughout the evening, more than $250,000 was raised towards the match—more than $500,000 total, ensuring that works by African American artists will always be represented in PAMM’s permanent collection for generations to come.
“We are thrilled to see how this Fund has evolved and grown over the past five years. By offering a match, we hope this encourages the Miami community to contribute to our shared goal of building a collection of great art by African American artists that will inspire and connect us all,” said Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of Knight Foundation.
During the evening’s celebration, PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans also revealed the fund’s newest acquisition, a painting by Tschabalala Self—a renowned 26-year-old female artist whose work celebrates the Black female body in contemporary culture.
“We are continually grateful for Alberto and Jorge’s contributions to this Fund, which grants us the incredible opportunity to continue to build a great collection of contemporary African American art that our audiences can enjoy for generations to come, and we are overjoyed to add Tschabalala’s work to our collection this year.”
Self said a few words about her work, Chopped Cheese (2017), which explores the environments of identity politics by focusing specifically on bodegas—public storefronts that serve as a hallmark of lower-income Black and Latinx communities throughout New York City. Known for her collage and assemblage paintings, Self’s work examines contemporary perspectives on femininity, race, and gender.
The lively event also featured special musical performances by Cellist Guy Michel, songstress TXS, and DJ She-J Hercules. The program also included art historian and artist David C. Driskell, inaugural Art + Soul Dinner Host Deryl McKissack, and celebrity chef Amaris Jones. Notable guests included Knight Foundation VP/Arts Victoria Rogers, Director of Arts Bahia Ramos, and Director of Journalism LaSharah Bunting; Mayor of Tallahassee Andrew Gillum; songwriter and producer Rico Love; playwright and actor Tarell Alvin McCraney; former White House Social Secretary for President Obama Desirée Rogers; and PAMM collection artists José Bedia, Adler Guerrier, and Tomás Esson.
The PAMM Fund for African American Art was established in 2013 with the donation of a $1 million grant, funded equally by Jorge M. Pérez and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for the purchase of contemporary art by African American artists for the museum’s permanent collection. Through the Fund, the museum first acquired works by Al Loving, Faith Ringgold, and Xaviera Simmons. These works joined other significant PAMM collection objects by artists such as Leonardo Drew, Sam Gilliam, Rashid Johnson, Lorna Simpson, James Van Der Zee, Carrie Mae Weems, Kehinde Wiley, and Purvis Young, among others.
The Fifth Annual Reception for the PAMM Fund for African American Art was supported by Knight Foundation, Microsoft, and Kim Crawford.
For more information about the PAMM Fund for African American Art, or to join the PAMM Ambassadors for African American Art, visit pamm.org/artfund.
Long Caption: [Name] at Art + Soul Fifth Anniversary Celebration of the PAMM Fund for African American Art
Short Captions: [Name] at Art + Soul Celebration of the PAMM Fund for African American Art Photos by Lazaro Llanes and WorldRedEye.com
About PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Instagram/Twitter (@pamm).
Chris Beas. The Kidd's Alright, 2008. Photo courtesy the artist.
MIAMI – March 12, 2018 – Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) presents The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art, an exhibition dedicated to the intersection of art and the most popular sport in the world—fútbol. On view from April 13 through September 2, The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art is an art-based exhibition on the subject of soccer, or fútbol, and its interactions with societies around the world. Planned to overlap with the 2018 World Cup, the exhibition will explore how the sport has stimulated artists to reflect upon its implications on society. The first exhibition of its kind in Miami, it engages with the city’s special passion for the global game.
The exhibition will feature 50 works of art ranging from video and photography to painting and sculpture by more than 30 artists including Andy Warhol, Vik Muniz, Maria Lassnig, Kehinde Wiley, Miguel Calderón, Robin Rhode, Taryn Simon, Quisqueya Henriquez, Antoni Muntadas, Melanie Smith, Hank Willis Thomas, and others.
“The subject of fútbol has been universally addressed by contemporary artists for quite some time. Many of them engage with the game as a form of common connection between people around the world—a connection that is exceptionally evident here in South Florida, where a widespread passion for fútbol is vibrantly palpable,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “This exhibition highlights the intersection of popular culture and fine art and presents the art of the game as much as the game of art. As Miami prepares to welcome David Beckham and his partners’ new Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise, we also highlight the fact that many of Miami’s most fervent fans root for teams far away from their hometown.”
Played regularly by more than 240 million people in more than 200 countries, fútbol is considered the most popular sport in the world. PAMM seeks to present the many forms of art connected to and inspired by the game of soccer, in which social, cultural, and political issues of identity, nationalism, globalism, and mass spectacle play out visually. The geographic range represented in PAMM’s exhibition reflects the global reach of the sport, with artists hailing from Argentina, Ghana, Italy, Mexico, and Brazil, in addition to several Miami–based artists.
Works featured in The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art include Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of the renowned Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto’o, who won the African Player of the Year award a record four times. Wiley’s created the portrait on the occasion of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The exhibition will also feature LA-based artist Chris Beas’ photo-based paintings of former Manchester United stars Brian Kidd, George Best, and Sir Bobby Charlton. Beas grew up loving the British team from afar in Los Angeles, and his designs are evidence of how children continue to find heroes in faraway places.
Taryn Simon’s series of large format photographs, Paperwork and the Will of Capital, centers on images of floral arrangements recreated to resemble the centerpieces that accompanied the singing of major political treaties, agreements, contracts, and decrees. The exhibition at PAMM will include an image dedicated to FIFA’s 2014 agreement to outlaw third-party ownership of soccer players’ economic rights.
Other works allow artists and fans to play out their fantasies. In a film by Miguel Calderon, Mexico trounces Brazil 17-0—an unprecedented feat that is accompanied by celebrations on a national scale. For Melanie Smith, born in England but a resident of Mexico City since 1989, Mexico’s cultural fabric lies at the heart of her film installation, named after the country’s largest and most famous arena, the Azteca. Built for the politically-charged 1968 Olympics, the Azteca has hosted some of the game’s most memorable triumphs and defeats.
Another famous stadium has a starring role in a work by Nelson Leirner that features Brazil’s largest and most popular field, the Maracana. Leirner has transformed the audience, filling the stands with hundreds of small statuettes of religious and pop culture figures from across the globe. Battalions of Buddhas are placed alongside legions of Roman cavalry and troops of Disney cartoon characters. The figure of Jesus himself embraces the scene, lining the arena walls with outstretched arms. Within the context of a sporting event, these characters have the opportunity to play strikingly different roles. Maracana is a commentary on the futile nature of the World Cup today, evoking the threats facing this institution, which is at odds with the imperialism of military power. At the same time, Maracana addresses secular culture’s transformation into modern day religious identity.
“How do you spell Pele?” a Sunday Times journalist inquired of a fan after the 1970 football final against Italy. “G-O-D” was the answer. Such was the legend Warhol took on in his 1978 portrait of the Brazilian soccer superstar Pele. Throughout the 1970s, Warhol attached himself to ubiquitous figures in pop culture, fascinated with their societal influence. In 1978, Warhol teamed up with art collector Richard Weisman to create his Athlete Series, featuring 10 famed athletes that together represent the broad spectrum of American sports culture, including boxer Muhammad Ali and basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, among others.
Amidst record yearly transfer fees and the international corporate stakes, it is sometimes easy to forget that the game is most often played for fun. Isolating some of the more absurd aspects of players “diving” as they attempt to gain a penalty or an unfair advantage, Paul Pfeiffer’s video, Caryatid (2003), is sure to provoke laughs. Likewise, Antoni Muntadas highlights the unabashed joy involved in playing the sport in a film titled Celebration (2009), which presents footage of nothing but the immediate aftermath of goals scored.
The late Austrian artist Maria Lassnig made colorful expressionist paintings of the human body that depict average human beings with brutal honesty rather than the models of advertising. In effect, she created surreal psychological portraits of interior lives, such as her depiction of a footballer who seems to have lost his shorts, which will be on view as a part of this exhibition.
The show also highlights works by several Miami-based artists including Alexandre Arrechea, Adler Guerrier, Jamilah Sabur, Sinuhe Vega Negrin, and Bhakhti Baxter. The celebrated Miami filmmaker Gaspar González will also create a new film about the game as it is played in Miami, from pickup to the pros.
Exhibition Artists
Alexandre Arrechea, Gustavo Artigas, Bhakti Baxter, Lyndon Barrois Jr., Chris Beas, Miguel Calderón, Mary Ellen Carroll, Nicola Costantino, Stephen Dean, Gabriele Di Matteo, Darío Escobar, Kendell Geers, Generic Art Solutions, Gaspar González, Roberto Guerrero, Adler Guerrier, Lyle Ashton Harris, Quisqueya Henríquez, Satch Hoyt, George Afedzi Hughes, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Espoir Kennedy, Dr. Lakra (Jerónimo López Ramírez), Maria Lassnig, Jaime Lauriano, Nelson Leirner, Antoni Miralda, Priscilla Monge, Vik Muniz, Antoni Muntadas, Paulo Nazareth, Paul Pfeiffer, Ronny Quevedo, Robin Rhode, Jamilah Sabur, Taryn Simon, Melanie Smith and Rafael Ortega, Hank Willis Thomas, Gastón Ugalde, Sinuhé Vega Negrin, Igor Vidor, Andy Warhol, Wendy White, and Kehinde Wiley.
Organization and Support The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art is organized by PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans with the support of PAMM Assistant Curator Jennifer Inacio. This exhibition is supported by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Relevent Sports, LLC., and CONCACAF. Lead individual support received from Patricia and William Kleh, Jerry Lindzon, Nedra and Mark Oren and Stephen M. Ross is also gratefully acknowledged.
About PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Instagram/Twitter (@pamm).
The Words of Others: León Ferrari andRhetoric in Times of War February 15–August 12, 2018
Originally organized as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (2017–18), an initiative of the Getty Foundation, this solo exhibition of the Argentinian artist León Ferrari (b. 1920, Buenos Aires; d. 2013, Buenos Aires) focuses on his influential practice from the 1960s to the 1980s. With a particular emphasis on his literary collages—works that incorporate text excerpts from different sources that are reassembled to create an altogether new message—the exhibition features the first full live reading of his seminal 1967 publication Palabras ajenas (The Words of Others)—an important Vietnam-era anti-war piece written in the form of a dramatic script.
Palabras ajenas was Ferrari’s first literary collage, composed as an extensive dialogue among various characters, including President Lyndon B. Johnson, Adolf Hitler, Pope Paul VI, and God. By means of a cut-and-paste exercise, the work associates the atrocities of the Vietnam War, the horrors of Nazism, and the representations of redemption and punishment in religion through quotations selected from history books, literature, the Bible, newspapers, and magazines. The result is a chorus of contemporary voices that recite and interpret the text, which will be read in full in PAMM’s auditorium on February 15 from 1 to 9pm.
The Words of Others: León Ferrari andRhetoric in Times of War is curated by Ruth Estévez, Director and Curator, Gallery at REDCAT, Los Angeles; Miguel A. López, Director, TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica; and Agustín Díez Fischer, Director, Fundación Espigas, Buenos Aires. Andrea Giunta served as advisor. It is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, an initiative of the Getty Foundation. Support for this exhibition and publication is provided through grants from the Getty Foundation. Special thanks to Fundación Augusto y León Ferrari Arte y Acervo (FALFAA) and the Silvia and Hugo Sigman Collection, Buenos Aires. The presentation of this exhibition at Pérez Art Museum Miami is coordinated by Assistant Curator Jennifer Inacio.
Meiro Koizumi: Battlelands March 23–August 19, 2018
Pérez Art Museum Miami is pleased to present a newly-commissioned video work by Meiro Koizumi (b. 1976, Gunma, Japan; lives in Tokyo). Working primarily in video and performance, Koizumi’s works investigate the boundaries between the private and the public, between authentic and staged emotions. They often present everyday situations transformed into sites of tension, involving conflicts between duty and desire. In this new work, Koizumi is working for the first time with non-Japanese subjects, engaging United States veterans from the Iraq and Afganistan wars. Five veterans recount traumatic experiences during these past military conflicts, while wearing body-cams that record images of their current domestic spaces and everyday landscapes in the US. The video poetically articulates how these difficult memories of war continually mix with daily life for these individuals, creating emotional, psychological battlelands.
Meiro Koizumi: Battlelands is organized by PAMM Chief Curator Tobias Ostrander. This exhibition is presented by Bank of America with additional support provided by Knight Foundation.
The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art April 13–September 2, 2018
The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art is an art-based exhibition on the subject of soccer, or fútbol, and its interactions with societies around the world. Planned to overlap with the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the exhibition will explore how the sport has stimulated artists to reflect upon its implications on society. With approximately thirty artists working in video, photography, painting, and sculpture, the aim of this exhibition is to create an experience where the viewer/spectator can use a universal theme to engage with the work of contemporary artists from around the world. Through visual art, PAMM seeks to present the art form of soccer—a place where social, cultural, and political issues of identity, nationalism, globalism, and mass spectacle play out vibrantly. The exhibition celebrates the commonality of human experience through a sport that has been one of the few common languages worldwide.
The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art is organized by PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans with the support of PAMM Assistant Curator Jennifer Inacio. This exhibition is supported by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Relevent Sports, LLC., and CONCACAF. Lead individual support received from Patricia and William Kleh, Jerry Lindzon, Nedra and Mark Oren and Stephen M. Ross is also gratefully acknowledged.
william cordova now’s the time: narratives of southern alchemy April 27–October 7, 2018
Including a selection of older and newer works, this exhibition presents an overview of the artist’s practice focusing on a series of concepts central to the artist such as transcendence, alchemy, and transmission in PAMM’s Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer Focus Gallery. Early on in his career cordova worked with the figure of Túpac Amaru both in music and language. cordova has been significantly influenced by the performer and activist Túpac Amaru Shakur. The famed rapper was named after 18th century Andean revolutionary, Túpac Amaru II, who was killed after leading an indigenous uprising against Spanish rule in modern-day Peru. In his works, Cordova often creates intersections between these two figures, pointing to their similarities and important roles in affecting the contemporary artist’s worldview. The two Túpacs embody notions of activism, collaboration, and political transgression. Other works presented in the exhibition deal with the impact that Third Cinema and Afro-Peruvian poetry and music has had on cordova’s practice. Combining different motifs into one drawing or sculpture, Cordova considers how vernacular cultures specific to the South of the United States, the Andean region in South America, and the Caribbean are essential as strategies to transcend political, racial, economic, and cultural oppression. Cordova, who began making art in the streets as a form of activism while attending Miami Central High School, will create two new works to be placed outside the museum. Collectively, these works illuminate cordova’s commitment to current cultural intersections in relation to alternative narratives, ritual, language, and other commonalities, as a way to encourage a new transcendental space.
william cordova now's the time: narratives of southern alchemy will be accompanied by the artist’s first museum catalogue with an essay by the exhibition’s curator María Elena Ortiz, who will give an overview of cordova’s practice framed by identity, Miami’s context, and the exhibition. Leslie Hewitt, artist and longtime collaborator, will contribute an interview with cordova. Jeff Chang, cultural critic, has agreed to provide a reflection of Miami’s Hip Hop culture in relation to a wider history of Hip Hop in the US. Candice Hopkins will provide an analysis of his sculptures and installations in connection to spirituality.
william cordova now’s the time: narratives of southern alchemy is organized by PAMM Associate Curator María Elena Ortiz. Lead individual support received from Estrellita B. Brodsky is gratefully acknowledged.
Sid Grossman May 25–October 28, 2018
Sid Grossman (b. 1913, New York; d. 1955, Provincetown, Massachusetts) was a founding member of the Photo League, a group of primarily Jewish photographers active in New York who used their medium to shed light on issues of social inequality in the urban environment. Grossman created humanizing and intimate documentary portraits of everyday people on the street and experimented with more artful, stylized image making as well.
Drawing from PAMM’s collection, this exhibition presents a series of photographs of New York—specifically the Lower East Side—depicting street scenes, tenements and architecture, and daily life. A selection of photographs produced while Grossman was stationed in Panama will also be presented along with additional works from a trip he took in the early 1940s to document life in the Dust Bowl. This exhibition focuses on Grossman’s overall body of work and his move between socially focused documentary photography to experimental approaches.
Sid Grossman is organized by PAMM Assistant Curator Jennifer Inacio.
Liliana Porter: El hombre con el hacha y otras situaciones breves June 8, 2018–September 29, 2019
El hombre con el hacha y otras situaciones breves (2014/2017) is a large-scale installation by Argentine-born, New York-based artist Liliana Porter. Originally produced in 2014 and recently re-installed for the 2017 Venice Biennial, this piece has been recently acquired by PAMM. Spread across multiple stages made up of white bases of varying levels, the installation presents numerous vignettes involving figures, toys, broken furniture, and other textured materials and objects. The dramatic range of scales of these elements, from the miniscule to the gigantic, play with perspectives and the viewer’s perceptions in unusual ways. The title of the piece “The man with the axe and other brief situations,” refers to a tiny plastic figurine of a man wielding an axe that is positioned prominently near the front-center of the installation. In the scene, his tiny axe appears to have created a deep cut in the white ground and large pile of broken materials. This “brief situation,” is one of many that appears in the installation, creating a landscape of mini-narrative scenes across this expansive white stage-structure.
Liliana Porter is a pivotal artist within the history of Conceptual Art in Argentina and since the 1960s has been making work in diverse media that deconstruct our understanding of how representation functions. She began as a print-maker and was a founding member of the experimental New York Graphic workshop (1964–70). Expanding around notions of the multiple, her practice has included prints, photographs, assemblages, installations, films, and recently several theater productions. Known for her work with toys and other found-objects taken from popular culture and domestic contexts, Porter’s works engage humor and playful situations to ask grand philosophical questions about language and our search for purpose and meaning.
Liliana Porter: El hombre con el hacha y otras situaciones breves is organized by PAMM Chief Curator Tobias Ostrander.
Felice Grodin: Invasive Species December 5, 2017–April 21, 2018
Felice Grodin: Invasive Species is a virtually interactive, digital exhibition of commissioned works by Miami-based artist Felice Grodin. The series employs the immersive technology of augmented reality (AR), and is accessible to visitors using iOS devices in PAMM’s outdoor areas and in the Padma and Raj Vattikuti Learning Theater on the museum’s first floor. This AR project is made possible thanks to a generous grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Influenced by geophilosophy—a field of thought shaped by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari that analyzes the relationship between physical and mental territories—Grodin draws on her training as an architect to explore the mutable within landscape, architecture, and her urban surroundings. Felice Grodin: Invasive Species interacts with PAMM’s architecture, evolving and transforming the museum’s environment for the duration of the exhibition.
Featuring a total of four digital works, the show launches with two AR site-specific works—Mezzbug and Terrafish (both 2017)—that engage with and virtually enhance the museum’s building. In Terrafish, Grodin overlaps PAMM’s hanging gardens on the waterfront terrace with the translucent body of a digital species she created, which is suggestive of nonnative jellyfish found in South Florida waters. By drawing on the destructive impact of invasive species and creating a new digital environment, Grodin highlights the transformative and unstable state of our ecosystem, speculating about a not-so-distant future affected by climate change and overtaken by uncanny creatures.
Felice Grodin: Invasive Species is an augmented reality exhibition that can be viewed via the PAMM App which is available for free from the App Store on iPhone or iPad. iOS 11.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone 6s, iPhone SE, iPad Pro, and newer.
Felice Grodin: Invasive Species is organized by PAMM Assistant Curator Jennifer Inacio, managed by PAMM AR + Art Project Manager Monica Mesa, and supervised by PAMM Deputy Director of Marketing and Public Engagement Christina Boomer Vazquez and IT Director Rafael Sotolongo. The program is made possible by generous funding and mentorship from Knight Foundation.
Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger November 3, 2017–March 4, 2018
PAMM presents the first major career survey of the work of Dara Friedman (b. 1968, Bad Kreuznach, Germany; lives in Miami). Friedman is best known for film and video installations that combine the techniques and principles of Structural filmmaking with a strong emotional charge and an intuitive approach to subject matter. Her work unravels cinematic conventions, laying bare the materiality and mechanics of film production while harnessing the accidents that occur as light passes through lens and celluloid. The results strip away and demystify film’s illusionistic tendencies, distilling uncanny fragments from the everyday world and transforming them into the raw material for sensual—often euphoric—encounters. Spanning more than 20 years of creative production, this immersive exhibition is Friedman’s first mid-career survey, and the largest presentation of her work to date. The exhibition is accompanied by a full-color, bilingual catalogue.
Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger is organized by PAMM Curator René Morales and presented by Citi with generous support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Lead individual support received from Dennis Richard and Susan Bell Richard, Mark and Nedra Oren, and George Lindemann. Support from Veuve Clicquot is also gratefully acknowledged.
Steve McQueen: End Credits November 17, 2017–March 11, 2018
Steve McQueen (b. 1969, London; lives in Amsterdam and London) is a film director, producer, screenwriter, and video artist whose work focuses on historical narratives, politics, race, and other themes concerning a deep social consciousness. In the video installation End Credits, McQueen pays homage to the African American singer, actor, and Civil Rights activist Paul Robeson (1898–1976). An anti-imperialist committed to fighting inequality, Robeson was watched in the 1950s and blacklisted by the FBI—a government organization that kept an extensive archive on the Civil Rights leader and mass media performer. During the McCarthy era, the FBI compiled thousands of pages on Robeson, now a public archive which McQueen used to create End Credits. This work shows the significantly censored pages read by male and female voices. McQueen creates a compelling visual composition that brings forth the perverse nature of politically driven discrimination and persecution.
Steve McQueen: End Credits is organized by PAMM Associate Curator María Elena Ortiz. This exhibition is presented by Bank of America with additional support provided by Knight Foundation. It is made possible through a generous loan from the collection of Eric J. Schimmel, Miami Beach.
On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection Chapter 3: Domestic Anxieties: January 19–April 8, 2018
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) presents On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, an exhibition of over 170 works of art, spanning painting, drawing, photography, mixed-media and sculpture. The exhibition—PAMM’s largest dedicated Cuban art exhibition to date—is presented in three parts over the course of a year, and features a rich panorama of recent work produced by artists living both in Cuba and abroad. On the Horizon celebrates the recent generous gift of Cuban artworks donated to the museum by Jorge M. Pérez in December 2016, and includes a significant number of recent acquisitions purchased during the last year with funds provided as part of Pérez’s donation.
The selection includes multiple images of the horizon, and these works serve to structure the conceptual framework of the exhibition. The diverse meanings placed on the horizon—which include it as a symbol of longing, containment, or desire—radiate across the additional works on view. Produced in various media, such as painting, sculpture, drawing, video, and installation, these contemplative artworks help generate a discussion regarding the specificities of Cuba’s current physical, social, and political environment, as revealed through each artist’s personal experience and unique aesthetics.
On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection is organized by PAMM Chief Curator Tobias Ostrander. This exhibition is presented by City National Bank with additional support provided by Cidade Matarazzo, Crystal & Co., and Pomellato.
from the truer world of the other: Typewriter Art from the PAMM Collection November 17, 2017–April 29, 2018
This exhibition presents a selection of works acquired from the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry through a combined gift and purchase made possible by the generosity of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner, and the Sackner Family Partnership. Featuring the work of approximately 15 individuals—including Carl Andre, Henri Chopin, Dom Sylvester Houédard, d. a. levy, Françoise Mairey, and Gustave Morin—the exhibition explores how artists and poets have transformed the typewriter, a machine for mundane office work, into a tool for experimental artistic and poetic expression. Harnessing the machine’s inherent precision while defying its physical limits, these artists create a dizzying array of optical effects and novel forms of geometric abstraction.
from the truer world of the other: Typewriter Art from the PAMM Collection is organized by PAMM Assistant Curator Jennifer Inacio and PAMM Curator René Morales.
Haroon Mizra: A C I D G E S T July 21, 2017–July 29, 2018
Haroon Mirza (b. 1977, London; lives in London) is a multimedia artist who works with audiovisual materials, electronic equipment, amplifiers, and found objects to create immersive environments and kinetic sculptures. His work amplifies phenomena that are often imperceptible––such as electricity––and seeks to create or distort the relationship between optics and acoustics, giving unexpected visual and sensorial analogs to what we hear. Mirza uses a particular visual and material vocabulary to modify architectural spaces, including colored neon and sculptural acoustic foam, creating installations that offer a precise, highly mediated experience of sound and light.
PAMM has commissioned Mirza to produce a new work for its double-height gallery. For this project,
A C I D G E S T, Mizra created a specialized technical system that transmits an electrical current through speakers and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that act in coordination with one another so that different colors are activated by corresponding noise frequencies. This system produces a choreographed experience of sound and light based on a concrete poem the artist has created, which serves as a score for a dynamic installation that redefines our phenomenological experience of the space.
Haroon Mirza: A C I D G E S T is organized by PAMM Associate Curator Diana Nawi. This exhibition is presented by John Varvatos with additional support provided by Knight Foundation.
MIAMI – March 19, 2018 – On Saturday, March 17, 2018, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) welcomed more than 900 cultural philanthropists, artists, civic leaders, and arts supporters to its fourth annual PAMM Art of the Party presented by Valentino, the museum’s largest fundraiser event of the year. The event, which honored one of today’s leading contemporary artists Teresita Fernández and philanthropist Patricia M. Papper, raised more than $1.3 million. All funds will directly support the museum’s robust arts education program, the largest program of its kind outside the Miami-Dade County school system.
The evening program commenced with a cocktail reception in celebration of the honorees, followed by one of three exclusive guest experiences conceptualized by Lee Brian Schrager with culinary collaborations by STARR Catering Group and Chef Michelle Bernstein, and wines generously provided by Kim Crawford.
At Chef’s Table, PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans celebrated acclaimed contemporary artist Teresita Fernández, who is admired for public sculptures and installations that allude to studies of perception, landscape, and minimalism. Several of her works belong to PAMM’s collection, including Fire (America) 5 (2017), which is currently on view as part of On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection. The evening also celebrated arts advocate and philanthropist Patricia M. Papper, who was a founding member of the museum in 1983 and was a member of its board of trustees, serving as president of the board for a decade. Throughout the years, Papper has supported many exhibitions at PAMM such as Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks, donated works of art and acquisition funds, participated in several committees, and been a part of major fundraising events such as the gala and Corporate Luncheon.
Following Chef’s Table, guests were treated to a one-of-a-kind al fresco dining experience at the Supper Club dinner lounge on the museum’s picturesque East Portico. Partygoers enjoyed spectacular live entertainment presented by Faena, including music by DJ Funky Therapy, as well as tango, juggling, and contortionist performances.
The evening events culminated with the Supper Club dinner lounge transforming into the Remix after-party dance club, where guests enjoyed music by DJ Fabian Giannattasio, cocktails, and decadent desserts under the stars.
Bringing together cultural philanthropists, artists, civic leaders, and arts supporters, the evening showcased the best of Miami as well as the world-class museum’s unique architecture and position as Miami’s flagship art museum.
Among the prominent guests in attendance were: City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez; Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sally Heyman; City of Miami Commissioners Joe Carollo and Keon Hardemon; Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs Director Michael Spring, representing the office of Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez; Michael Spring; Sarah S. Arison, Arison Arts Foundation president; Rachel Lehmann, co-founder of Lehmann Maupin Gallery; Anthony Meier, Anthony Meier Gallery; H.R.H. Princess Firyal of Jordan; clothing designer Naeem Khan; artists Alexandre Arrechea,Carlos Betancourt, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Dara Friedman, and Mark Handforth; model Caroline Vreeland; influencer Jae Joseph; renowned photographer Iran Issa Khan; and influential architect Rene Gonzalez.
Art of the Party chairs were Darlene and Jorge M. Pérez with Susana and Alberto Ibargüen.
Chef’s Table host committee: Arlene and Wayne Chaplin, Camille and Patrick McDowell, Suzanne McFayden, Anthony Meier, Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst, Sandra and Anthony Tamer, Alexa and Adam Wolman.
Supper Club host committee: Fabian and Martina Basabe, Gingi Beltran and Karla Dascal, Lorena Dezer, Vivian and Miguel Dueñas, Erin Michelle Newberg, Andrea and Lucho Noboa, Manny Machado and Ray de Leon, Caroline Vreeland and Jason Odio, Bibi Pestana, and Jilian Lourdes Sanz.
Remix host committee: Christopher Adeleke, Greg Boan, Ysset Boan, Jennifer Chaplin, Liz Coppolecchia, Cristina and Omar DeWindt, Katherine Fenwick, Maile Gamez, Michele Hanash, Shana Kaufman, Aramis Lori, Charmel Maynard, Emily McKenzie, Maria Pienkowski, Aileen Quintana, Lawrence Raab, Cristina Scarano, Ashley Sebok, and Tanya Valiente.
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About PAMM Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).
About Maison Valentino
Maison Valentino was founded in Rome in 1960 and since then represents one of the maximum expressions of savoir-faire couture and of the Made in Italy excellence. Grace, refinement and the pure dedication to the sartorial culture, pervade the vibrant and ethereal atmosphere of the atelier of Palazzo Mignanelli, where pieces characterized by timeless elegance come to life every day. In 2016, the exclusive responsibility of the Creative Direction was entrusted to Pierpaolo Piccioli, that in the full respect of the Valentino tradition, continues to guide the innovation of the Maison, taking inspiration from a humanistic conception of creativity, as an individual and at the same time choral process. Unique Haute Couture pieces, women’s and men’s ready to wear collections, accessories, furs, soft accessories, eyewear and fragrances: the Valentino offer today spreads the culture of Couture globally, thanks to an extensive retail network and to an aesthetic proposal in constant evolution.
MIAMI – March 22, 2018 – Today, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announced the launch of the PAMM Student Pass, in partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), which grants free admission to the museum for all M-DCPS Pre-K - 12th grade students.
Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho and PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans made the historic announcement at a news conference and explained that the Student Pass holders may also bring one adult guest for free with them.
“Education is at the core of what we do and we try to make that a part of every single thing that we do. We call ourselves a 21st century museum because we believe that 21st century museums are dynamic spaces and here to be a part of conversations that are important to our community. It begins with our thought-provoking exhibitions and arts education programs,” said Sirmans.
"I believe strongly that early exposure to art not only opens a child's heart and mind to creativity and ingenuity, but also sharpens critical thinking and other skills that help students learn content across the educational disciplines," said Carvalho.
During the morning announcement, Adler Guerrier, a Haitian-born, Miami-based artist, who graduated from M-DCPS Design and Architecture Senior High (DASH) and who is a PAMM permanent collection artist, also spoke about the importance of an arts education in a young person’s life. Special guests in attendance included PAMM trustees, Miami-Dade School Board members, art teachers as well as students from South Miami K-8 Center, who were led on a tour of the museum by PAMM’s talented teaching artists after the news conference.
To enroll in the program, students should follow the PAMM Student Pass link in the student and/or parent portal located at dadeschools.net, complete and print the online form, and then bring it to the museum. PAMM Student Pass applications also will be available at the museum’s front desk during regular museum hours. A pass card will be provided to the student at the time of the first visit.
PAMM Student Passes expire on August 31st each year. Beginning September 1st, students may re-enroll as long as they are still attending a Miami-Dade County public school.
As the flagship museum for Miami-Dade County for almost 35 years, PAMM believes art has the power to enrich the lives of all people, and is an integral part of the development of all students.
With this program, PAMM hopes that M-DCPS students nurture or discover their love and appreciation for the arts.
PAMM Student Pass is supported by Pérez Art Museum Miami. PAMM education initiatives are made possible by endowed funds granted by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Heckscher Foundation for Children to underwrite the museum’s broad portfolio of education programs. Together with leadership support from Miami-Dade County, these funders enable the museum to transform the lives of young people in our community through our art education programs.
About PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Instagram/Twitter (@pamm).
About Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is America’s fourth-largest school system. With a diverse enrollment of more than 356,000 students from more than 100 countries, M-DCPS offers innovative educational programs at its more than 465 schools, including elementary, K-8 centers, middle, senior high schools, and alternative, specialized and vocational centers. Students and their families have an active voice in choosing learning opportunities that foster academic excellence, school-to-career pathways and real-world learning with more than 600 choice options.
