Cover: THE JEWEL BOX 31 Downtown Miami Cultural Venues Map The Jewel Box was designed by Ignacio Carrera-Justiz of Coral Gables, 32 Art In Unexpected Places Florida. The exterior is covered in thick hammered stained glass tapestries, designed by S.E.A.R. under the direction of Gabriel and Jacques Loire of Chartres, France and based on an abstract painting by German artist 40 Art On the Metro Mover Johannes Dietz. 44 Art Under the Metro Mover An outstanding example of modern cantilever construction, the square building is raised 47 feet off the ground by a pedestal. The two-story space cantilevers out 24 feet from its central core on all sides as each floor is hung 50 Art In Brickell from 28-foot tensor rods from a reinforced roof.

The Jewel Box has been transformed into spaces for artists to work, collaborate and create. Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide ARTS & CULTURE IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI

Downtown Miami is home to numerous arts and culture institutions both large and small. These include internationally renowned museums, non-profits, public art programs, theaters, and concert venues as well as artist studios and residency programs that offer programming that is distinctly unique to each venue. As a result, visitors and residents can experience the full spectrum of creativity from emerging artists experimenting with new practices to seeing the world’s stars in action. These institutions and organizations are the backbone to a burgeoning Downtown creative landscape.

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HistoryMiami Miami Children’s

You may think the City of Miami is a relatively new city, but it’s not. Over 10,000 years of Miami history are Museum housed at this premier cultural institution in South Florida. Open for guests since 1940, it’s the largest history museum in the state of Florida and a Smithsonian Affiliate, offering four permanent exhibitions and upto Step out of the heat and into Miami Children’s Museum (MCM). MCM offers 14 interactive and bilingual exhibit three temporary shows at a time that are sure to pique your interest. Get lost in Tropical Dreams, a permanent galleries as well as daily programming focused on arts, science, culture and community. Located on Watson Island, exhibition detailing the trials and triumphs of the early trailblazers that helped shape Miami into what it is today. near Downtown Miami and Miami Beach, MCM encourages children ages 0 to 8 years old and their families to The exhibition includes a 1920s trolley car, lost treasures from 17th- and 18th-century shipwrecks, artifacts from play, learn, imagine and create. PanAm Airlines, as well as rafts built by Haitian and Cuban migrants that tell the stories of the brave souls that crossed the Atlantic with dreams of opportunity. Miami Children’s Museum is committed to supporting the full access and participation of all visitors. To request accommodations, please contact us with your request a minimum of one week in advance of your visit. 101 W Flagler St Tours: Miami, FL 33130 Please call or visit our website 980 MacArthur Cswy Tours: Metromover: Government Center for a list of tours. Miami, FL 33132 Group Tours, Private Tours 305.373.5437 305.375.1492 Contact: Yanet Fernandez-Goncalves Private Tours: at [email protected] www.historymiami.org www.miamichildrensmuseum.org Information available at Tue-Sat 9am – 5pm., 12-5 pm on Sunday, HistoryMiami.org Closed Monday Daily, 10am-6pm Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 7 MDC Museum of Art + Design

Miami Dade College (MDC) is often praised by historic preservationists as the community’s greatest steward of the region’s most historic buildings and sites. MDC owns or oversees the operations of four historic Miami buildings: the National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower, the Koubek Center Mansion and Gardens, the Tower Theater and the Dyer Building. The Freedom Tower is the most treasured and beloved of these sites because of what it represents – freedom of the press and freedom for formerly oppressed people fleeing tyranny for democracy and in pursuit of the American Dream.

Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science

A planetarium, aquarium and science museum—explore it all on one dynamic campus at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science. Centrally located in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park, Frost Science is a leading science museum dedicated to sharing the power of science, sparking wonder and investigation, and fueling 600 Biscayne Blvd innovation for the future. Discover Miami’s newest home for the ever-curious and explore the world of science, Miami, FL 33132 technology, engineering and math (STEM) in an experiential setting with interactive exhibitions and unique shows. Frost Science is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Metromover: Freedom Tower Institution and a member of the Association of Science and Technology Centers. 305.237.7700 1101 Biscayne Blvd www.mdcmoad.org Miami, FL 33132 Metromover: Museum Park 305-434-9600 www.frostscience.org Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 9am to 5:30pm daily 9 Art Education

Pérez Art Museum Miami Miami Dade College

(PAMM) 1103 Biscayne Blvd Wolfson Campus Miami, FL 33132 Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is the city’s flagship art museum, Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus has a long and rich history of involvement in the cultural arts, providing dedicated to collecting and exhibiting international art of the 20th and Metromover: Museum Park South Florida with a vast array of artistic, gastronomic, and literary offerings including the National Historic 21st centuries. Exhibitions highlight Miami’s diverse community and 305.375.3000 Landmark Freedom Tower, the MDC Museum of Art + Design, Jazz at Wolfson, Lynn and Louis Wolfson II pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. In addition Florida Moving Image Archives and the Miami Culinary Institute. The Wolfson Campus is also home to the www.pamm.org to exploring the galleries, visitors can enjoy waterfront dining at Verde; renowned Miami Book Fair and the acclaimed Miami Film Festival. The Wolfson Campus Central Gallery shop a unique selection of art books, furnishings and handmade items at Mon.-Tues., Fri.-Sunday 10am-6pm space now houses artist-run gallery Dimensions Variable in a one-of- a-kind partnership pairing a nonprofit, PAMM Shop; and take in the spectacular views of Biscayne Bay, as well Thurs. 10am-9pm | Wed. Closed artist-run space with the largest educational institution in the country. as the elaborate hanging gardens. Designed by Pritzker-Prize winning architects Herzog & de Meuron, PAMM provides an educational and civic 300 NE 2 Ave Tours: forum for the County’s residents and visitors alike. Miami, FL 33132 Daily public tours Metromover: College/Bayside Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun 305-237-3000 @ 11am, 12pm, 2:30pm www.mdc.edu/wolfson Thur @ 6:30pm Tours en Español Sat @ 2pm Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 11 Miami National YoungArts International Foundation

National YoungArts Foundation’s signature program University is a competition that identifies and nurtures the most accomplished artists ages 15 - 18 in the visual, literary, design of Art & Design and performing arts, and assists them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. Through Miami International University of Art & Design has been a a wide range of programs and partnerships with some of mainstay of higher education in the heart of Miami since the nation’s leading cultural institutions, YoungArts aspires 1965. We offer a quality education in Design, Fashion, to create a strong community of alumni and a platform for and Media Arts. Located in downtown Miami, a modern, a lifetime of encouragement, opportunity and support. cosmopolitan, and multicultural city. We can offer the Every season, YoungArts presents exciting programming gallery as well as classroom space as a venue. We are for the public. . Past highlights in Miami include “Outside also open to community projects and opportunities. the Box; Romeo & Juliet,” a site-specific performance by playwright and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Tarell Alvin McCraney (1999 Winner in Theater); exhibitions 1501 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 100 by Hernan Bas (1996 Winner in Visual Arts) and Daniel Miami, FL 33132 Arsham (1999 Winner in Visual Arts); and Salon talks with Marina Bramovic and Jason Moran (1993 Winner in Jazz). Metromover: Adrienne Arsht Center 305.428.5700 www.mymiu.edu 2100 Biscayne Blvd Miami, FL 33137 Tours: 305.377.1140 School tour by appointments only. www.youngarts.org Gallery Hours: Tue-Fri, 10am-4pm Weekend tour by appointments only.

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New World School Adrienne Arsht Center of the Arts for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

New World School of the Arts [NWSA] is a world-class center of excellence in the visual and performing arts, Set in the heart of Downtown Miami and designed by the wold-renowned architect Ceasar Pelli, the Adrienne providing a comprehensive program of artistic, creative and academic development. NWSA offers a high school Arsht Center for the Performing Arts is one of the world’s leading performing arts organizations and venues. Since diploma, an AA and the four year BFA and BM college degrees. NWSA also hosts gallery exhibitions, dance, music opening in 2006, the Arsht Center has emerged as a leader in presenting pad for local artists to make their mark and theater performances that are open to the public. Located on the MDC Wolfson Campus, New World School of on the international stage. The Center presents nearly 500 events each year across its flexible, state-of-the-art the Arts is a partnership with Miami-Dade Public Schools, Miami Dade College and the University of Florida. performance spaces. The Center Programs 12 signature series, including the largest jazz series in South Florida, the biggest flamenco festival on the East Coast, and a robust program of new theatrical works as well as free programming for the community and an arts education program. As Miami’s new Town Square, the Arsht Center also house Brave by Brad Kilgore a fine dining restaurant; the Café at Books & Books in the historic Carnival Tower and weekly Farmers Market. 1300 Biscayne Blvd 25 NE 2 St Tours: Miami, FL 33132 Free Tours: Miami, FL 33132 Metromover: Adrienne Arsht Center Mon & Sat: 12pm Metromover: College / Bayside Box Office: 305.949.6722 305.237.3135 Group Tours: www.arshtcenter.org Information available at www.nwsa.mdc.edu Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide ArshtCenter.org 15 AmericanAirlines Arena Bayfront Park Bayfront Park is located in the heart of Downtown Miami on beautiful Biscayne Bay. It has 32-acres of lush Since opening on December 31, 1999, the AmericanAirlines Arena, proud home of the three-time NBA Champion greenery, with a small sand beach, tropical rock garden pond and waterfall, children’s playground, fountain, Miami HEAT, has become one of the world’s premier facilities in sports and entertainment and a center of activity “Light Tower,” and many monuments that speak to Miami’s culture and history. Bayfront Park’s unique special in South Florida. Featuring state-of-the-art sound and lighting and boasting a 34,000 square-foot multi-faceted event facilities include the Bayfront Park Amphitheater and Tina Hills Pavilion. Both have hosted a wide variety pavilion, the 19,600-seat Arena ranks as one of the top 18 arenas worldwide by Pollstar. Now, visitors can enjoy the of performances and events. facility’s newest attraction in 601, an 11,500 square-foot multi-level space featuring a panoramic view of Biscayne Bay and the iconic Miami skyline while providing guests the opportunity to book weddings, parties and corporate Special Programs: Bayfront Park offers free yoga classes every Monday and Wednesday at 6pm sponsored by events. With a 5,000 square-foot private dining space as well as a Decanter bar featuring a self-serve craft beer Baptist Health South Florida and every Saturday at 9am sponsored by Team Footworks. Events hosted by the wall and a Tumbler wall showcasing mixed drinks and an extensive wine collection. 601 allows AmericanAirlines park range from popular music concerts to local ethnic festivals, charitable walks and runs benefiting charitable Arena to continue to reinvent itself as one of the premier destinations in sports and entertainment. organizations, special events, and annual, free holiday events including America’s Birthday Bash on July 4, the Holiday Tree Lighting the Friday after Thanksgiving, a Menorah Lighting Ceremony, and the Bayfront Park New Year’s Eve Celebration on December 31. Please check the website for additional information.

601 Biscayne Blvd 301 N Biscayne Blvd Miami, FL 33132 Miami, FL 33132 Metromover: Freedom Tower Metromover: Bayfront Park 786.777.1000 305.358.7550

Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide www.aaarena.com www.bayfrontparkmiami.com 17 Olympia Theater

The Olympia Theater opened in 1926 as a silent movie palace and amazed the public with its stunning Moorish architecture, perfect acoustics and simulated night sky, complete with wafting clouds and twinkling stars. It also achieved fame as the first air-conditioned building in the South. The “talkies” and Vaudeville soon arrived at the Olympia, and for more than 40 years the theater was the number one entertainment center in Miami - one of the last theaters in the country to showcase Vaudeville acts. Today Olympia Theater is owned by the City of Miami and managed by Olympia Center, Inc. a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the Olympia’s history while activating it quality programming in the heart of Downtown Miami. Olympia Theater features regular free programming and tours on Wednesday nights during our “In the Lobby Lounge” Series, and Main Stage presentations like Carlos, Vives; Tomatito; Kraftwerk, Cafe TaCuva, Damin Rice, Sufjan Stevens, and the Recent Cinema from Spain Series. Olympia Theater is home to the monthly Moth Story SLAMs, Miami Film Festival, and New World School of the Arts showcase events.

James L. Knight Center 174 E Flagler St Miami, FL 33131

James L. Knight Center is one of Greater Miami’s most functional meeting, exhibit and entertainment venues. Metromover: First Street The center, in the heart of Downtown Miami is designed to maximize convenience and flexibility, with 34 well- 305.374.2444 appointed meeting rooms, including a 444-seat auditorium, a 117-seat lecture hall, a 4,650-seat theater and www.olympiatheater.org the ability to accommodate a variety of configurations for attendees of 20 to 5,000 people. Just 7 miles from the Miami International Airport, the facility is connected to the Hyatt Regency Miami offering over 615 sleeping Box Office Hours 10am - 6pm rooms, additional meeting space, 1,450 connected parking spaces and the free Metromover for convenient 90 mins before show transportation within downtown.

Box Office 305-416-5978 Metromover: Knight Center www.jlkc.com Box Office Hours Mon-Fri 10am – 5:30pm Open 12pm on weekend event days. Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 19 Galleries

Avant Gallery CCEMiami

Avant Gallery offers an evolving collection of extraordinary objet d’art, ranging from investment-quality furniture Centro Cultural Español de Cooperación Iberoamericana, Inc. (CCEMiami) was founded in 1996. CCEMiami is a accent pieces, contemporary art, lighting, sculpture, wall decor, mixed media, limited edition photography, and non-profit organization that aims to promote and make tangible the cultural presence of Spain andLatin other unique collectibles. Avant Gallery represents, promotes and showcases world-renowned, mid-career, as American countries in Florida through a culturally relevant and multidisciplinary annual creative program. well as emerging talent from the disciplines of art, design, and passionate manufacturing. Their mission is to CCEMiami emphasizes the support of local creativity, encourages collaboration with other local cultural inspire their clients, to electrify their spirits, and to let their personalities illuminate through forward-thinking art institutions and promotes the values that contribute to the improvement of coexistence and respect of human and cutting-edge lifestyle design. and cultural rights. CCEMiami belongs to the network of 19 Cultural Centers of AECID (Spanish International Agency for Cooperation and Development) has throughout Latin America and Africa. CCEMiami is also home to Microtheater Miami, a thrilling experience where audience members watch 15 minute short plays performed in shipping containers.

1490 Biscayne Blvd 270 Biscayne Blvd Way Gallery Hours: Gallery Hours: Tours: Miami, FL 33132 Suite 102 Miami, FL 33131 11am - 8pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Gallery Tour by appointment Metromover: Adrienne Arsht Center Metromover: Knight Center Micro Theater Hours: 786-220-8600 305.448.9677 Thur, 8pm-11pm Fri-Sat, 8pm-1am wwww.avantgallery.com www.ccemiami.org Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide Sun, 8pm-11pm 21 Artist Spaces

Nina Torres Fine Art Dimension Variables Dimensions Variable (DV) is an exhibition space in Miami committed to the presentation and support of In 2011, Nina Torres Fine Art opened in its new location on North Bayshore Drive, at the center of what promises contemporary art. Through a collaborative exchange with artists and institutions, DV develops an exhibition to be Miami’s most important cultural area: The Arts & Entertainment District. As the only waterfront gallery to program that engages the community and promotes new and experimental ideas. We engage diverse audiences open in the city, it serves both the local and international community as a meeting point where art enthusiasts, and advance contemporary art through exhibitions, projects, lectures and educational programming. collectors, and the general public gather for interactive events in a bright and welcoming space. For over 20 years, Nina Torres has specialized in Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art and Mexican Culture. Dimensions Variable is made possible through a partnership with Miami Dade College. Support for Dimensions Variable is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and by Cannonball through its WaveMaker Grants program, which is part of the Andy Warhol Foundation’s Regional Re-granting Program. WaveMaker Grants is supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the 1800 N Bayshore Dr Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. Addition support for Dimensions Variable is provided by The Miami, FL 33132 Design District, MDC Live Arts and direct individual contributions from the community. Metromover: Adrienne Arsht Center 300 NE 2 Ave, 3rd floor 305.395.3599 Miami, FL 33132 www.ntfineart.com MDC Building 1 305-615-3532 dimensionsvariable.net

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Miami

The Cultural Institute of Mexico in Miami (ICM Miami) is part of the Consulate General of Mexico. It has as its mission to disseminate the cultural richness and diversity of Mexico in South Florida. In its location in the Brickell area, it has an art gallery and a library with publications on art, history and literature, among other subjects. In the gallery, visual arts exhibitions, conferences, book presentations, movie screenings, and more take place. ICM Miami also promotes the presence of Mexican artists and productions in festivals art fairs and other projects.

1399 SW 1 Ave, 3rd Floor Miami-Dade Miami, FL 33130 Metromover: Brickell Public Library 786.268.4910 The Main Library shares its home with HistoryMiami in the Cultural Plaza. Each of the library’s many departments icm.sre.gob.mx/miami contain extensive collections spanning a variety of media. In addition to rare books and documents, it houses the Mon-Fri 9am-2pm / 3pm-6pm Gleason Waite Romer collection of 17,500 photographic negatives and prints recording Miami’s history from pioneer days through to 1950. Other collections include Social Sciences; Humanities and Young Adults; Fine Arts; Business and Science; Foreign Languages; Genealogy; Urban Affairs; and the Vasari Project. There are also a number of artworks exhibited throughout the library including a permanent mural by world-renowned artist Ed Ruscha titled “Words Without Thoughts Never to Heaven Go (1985)” in the library lobby.

101 W Flagler St Miami, FL 33130 Metromover: Government Center 305.375.2665 www.mdpls.org Mon-Sat 10am - 6pm Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 25 Welcome Center

Miami Center for Architecture & Design (MCAD)

The Miami Center for Architecture & Design (MCAD) is the place for everyone interested in design and the built environment, with community meeting space and educational programs to enhance public appreciation for architecture and design. MCAD is home to AIA Miami as well as a Downtown Miami Visitors’ Center, in partnership with the Miami Downtown Development Authority. The Visitors’ Center offers “everything” Miami—cultural events, attractions, maps, history and more. MCAD also houses flexible exhibition/gallery space that accommodates lectures, seminars and meetings. Freedom Tower

Built in 1925, the Freedom Tower is modeled after the Giralda bell tower on the Cathedral of Seville. The building first housed the Miami News, the city’s first newspaper. From the early 1960s through the 70s it was the site where hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees fleeing communism and oppression got their first taste of America.

The Freedom Tower stands as an enduring symbol of freedom and today is home to many creative organizations including the MDC Museum of Art and Design, the Cuban Exile Experience & Cultural Legacy Gallery and the operations of the Miami Film Festival, Miami Book Fair and MDC Live Arts.

600 Biscayne Blvd Miami, FL 33132 310 SE 1 St Tours: Miami, FL 33131 Metromover: Freedom Tower Historic Walking Tour Urban Sketch Tour 305.237.7700 Metromover: Bayfront Park Photography Tour www.mdcmoad.org P: 305.448.7488 www.miamicad.org [email protected]

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Special Programs: Bayfront Park offers free yoga classes every Monday and Wednesday at 6pm sponsored by Baptist Health South Florida and every Saturday at 9am sponsored by Team Footworks. Events hosted by the park range from popular music concerts to local ethnic festivals, charitable walks and runs benefiting charitable organizations, special events, and annual, free holiday events including America’s Birthday Bash on July 4, the Holiday Tree Lighting the Friday after Thanksgiving, a Menorah Lighting Ceremony, and the Bayfront Park New Year’s Eve Celebration on December 31. Please check the website for additional information.

Additional comments: Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide Facebook: Bayfront Park Miami, Twitter: @bayfrontparkmia, Instagram: bayfrontparkmia 29 MIAMI CIRCLE PARK Through a routine archaeological MUSEUM investigation in preparation for residential construction, in 1998, archaeologists discovered the PARK foundation of a large, prehistoric structure known today as the Miami Circle.

Believed to have been part of a larger Tequesta Indian Village, the circle is characterized by a patterned group of large and small holes cut into the subsurface limestone bedrock, with two dedicated entrances. The structure is believed to have served as a Council House or ceremonial structure for its inhabitants, painting a picture of some of the earliest known occupants of Downtown Miami.

Today, the Miami Circle is designated as a National Historic Landmark, featuring a 2.2 acre park where visitors can learn more about the daily life of the Tequesta, early trade patterns between Native Americans, and the influence of other Miami pioneers and people who have occupied or visited the site in its 2,000 year history. BRICKELL PARK Brickell Park contains both a pre- Columbian archaeological site and a historic mausoleum associated with the Brickell family. As early as the 1860s, pre- Columbian sand mounds were noted here as part of a large hammock extending south from the Miami River.

The newly renovated Museum Park, formerly known as Bicentennial Park, reopened to the public in 2014. The park, is a spectacular 21-acre waterfront site adjacent to the cruise ship turning basin in Biscayne Recently, intact deposits of midden material (or refuse) associated with the pre-Columbian Tequesta Bay. The Miami Science Barge, occupies a spot on the park’s eastern seawall. The Science Barge is a occupation were identified within this area. Several Native American burials also were identified that floating marine laboratory and public environmental education center that celebrates local efforts to build a may be related to the inhabitants of the Miami Circle site. In fact, the density of burials suggests that this sustainable Miami. The barge hosts a variety of living systems and marine experiments that display cutting- area was deliberately selected as a cemetery. edge science and engage the public with their environment. Adjacent to the park’s south side is the seven acre FEC Slip, whose seawall is designed to host tall ships and other water dependent events. The park is The Brickell family located their mausoleum on this land, which used to belong to the founding family. also home to the Pérez Art Museum Miami and the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science. The mausoleum is the only surviving structure associated with one of Miami’s most important families. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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TH RD IN Eduoard Duval-Carrie ART UNEXPECTED PLACES “Lady of Miami” 2003-2005 The Miami Riverwalk At One Miami Tinted Resin, Fiberglass and Aluminum

On the tranquil north shore of the Miami River overlooking Duval-Carrie is a Haitian-born artist living and Brickell Key, the Miami Riverwalk invites visitors along a one-mile working in Miami. He is known for his monumental long art adventure around the beautiful One Miami condominium. sculptures that reference Haitian spiritual tradition In 2004, as part of an early effort to develop this walkway, The and practices. Related Group did a call to artists to create work specifically for the site. This was a courageous move and it paid off! The call attracted many celebrated contemporary artists, and with the help of a six person national jury The Related Group decided on a group of prolific artists, many of whom live and work in Miami, to make works for the site. The artworks on view are for public enjoyment and include large-scale sculptures, drawings, mosaics and site-specific installations that reference themes pertinent to Miami as well as the context of their location. Here are six of Miami Riverwalk’s highlights: Location: 325 S Biscayne Blvd Miami, FL 33131

Jose Bedia “Dueños de las Estrellas [Keeper of the Stars]” Glexis Novoa 2003-2005 “N.E.O. (New Economic Order)” Corten Steel and Epoxy 2003-2005 Graphite on Marble Jose Bedia is a Cuban-born artist living and working in Miami. He is renowned for his unique style depicting mythological characters as seen in this large steel sculpture, “Dueños de las Estrellas”. For the Miami Riverwalk, Cuban-born artist Glexis Novoa created a highly detailed and futuristic glass-encased drawing of Miami’s skyline suggesting its perpetual development. Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 35 Liliana Porter “Alice Goes Back” 2003-2005 Glass Mosaics

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Liliana Porter is best known for her whimsical sculptures and paintings that have been translated in to mosaic in “Alice Goes Back”.

Maria Fernanda Cardoso “Grass On Wall” 2005 Virgin PTFE Teflon Rods Michelle Weinberg Born in Bogota, Colombia, Maria Fernanda-Cardoso created a site-specific installation of organic forms inset in “Paseo [Path]” to the One Miami Riverwalk wall to suggest grass growing from its walls. 2003-2005 Glass Mosaics

Born in Brooklyn, New York, artist Michelle Weinberg uses colorful and vibrant forms to create an abstracted landscape of glass mosaic tile that echoes its surroundings.

Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 37 Isamu Noguchi “Slide Mantra”

“Slide Mantra” is a 10-foot high, white carrara marble slide weighing 29 tons. This slide demonstrates Noguchi’s long held belief that play could lead to a new appreciation of sculpture.

Isamu Noguchi “The Challenger Memorial”

“The Challenger Memorial” is a white metal pipe tower that rises approximately 100 feet out of the park’s ground in the southwest corner. The sculpture is dedicated to the memory of the Challenger astronauts, and makes allusions to the double helix DNA molecule and the twisting contrails of NASA’s doomed spacecraft, “The Bayfront to Museum Park Challenger”.

Bayfront Park was designed in the early 1980’s by prominent Japanese-American landscape artist and designer, Isamu Noguchi. Located across a 32-acre expanse along the bay, Bayfront Park is an ideal location for public sculptures. This park extends to Bayside Marketplace and the AmericanAirlines Arena, which continues on to a second 20 acre green space, Museum Park (formerly known as Bicentennial Park). These public gardens are home to Pérez Art Museum Miami and the future Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, and is a hub of cultural activity that includes an array of sculptural installations. Tony Lopéz “Claude Pepper” Isamu Noguchi “The Light Tower” The 9ft-tall, bronze monument sculpted in 1989 by Tony Lopéz depicts a full-length figure of Claude Pepper. Claude Pepper “The Light Tower” is representative of Noguchi’s early represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951 work that used monumental shapes and interacted with and later Miami in the United States House of Representatives from light. The forty-foot, aubergine tower makes references 1963 to 1989. In 1982, Pepper received the Award for Greatest to Japanese lanterns as well as the full moon over Miami. Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged. This sculpture pays tribute to Pepper’s vast contributions to the Florida community.

Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 39 Vittorio Di Colbertado “Christopher Columbus”

This 9ft-tall bronze statue of Christopher Columbus historically considered to be the discoverer of America was made by Italian artist, Count Vittorio Di Colbertado. The statue was commissioned by the Miami Citizens Committee and unveiled on October 12, 1953.

At the far end of Museum Park at the Pérez Art Museum Miami’s sculpture garden, two large public sculptural Eugene Daub and Rob Firmin installations by Paris-based artist Jedd Novatt investigate formal tropes of Minimalist sculpture. The rectangles (Daub & Firmin Sculpture Studios) appear like frames stacked at angles so they appear to be moving, possibly falling. Framing the landscape the cubes “Julia Tuttle” lend action to what would traditionally following Minimalist concerns be a more static exploration of form, mass and space. The pieces in this way provocatively make order chaotic. This sculpture of Julia Tuttle depicts ‘the mother of Miami’ symbolically offering fresh orange blossoms to Henry Flagler, supposedly done so she could prove to him that the local crop did not freeze. Julia Tuttle’s orange blossoms have become a symbol of her persistence as well as her vision for the future greatness of the City of Miami. The bas-relief visible around Tuttle’s skirt tells the legendary story of the city’s founding.

Cundo Bermudez “Flora la Recogedora de Sueños (Flora, The Gatherer of Dreams)” 2010 Bronze

Cuban painter Cundo Bermudez created this sculpture as a tribute to Miami, a city he felt has shown him great kindness. As a symbol of hope for fellow immigrants, Bermudez made the sculpture from concepts and imagery inspired by his many paintings of which he is most commonly known for. Standing 20 Jedd Novatt Jedd Novatt Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda feet high in front of the bay between the AmericanAirlines Arena Chaos Bizkaia, 2013 Chaos SAS, 2013 Jaume Plensa, 2017 and Museum Park, this sculpture is in dialogue with Miami’s Bronze Stainless steel Monumentalizing everyday landmark Freedom Tower that was once a Cuban Assistance Collection of Pérez Art Museum Collection of Pérez Art Museum individuals, as well as youth Center, offering relief to Cuban refugees seeking political asylum. Miami, in loving memory of Sash Miami, in loving memory of Sash and femininity, Awilda presents A. Spencer from his wife Mary. A. Spencer from his wife Mary. the artist’s large-scale portrait Photo courtesy Robin Hill. Photo courtesy Robin Hill. of a young girl from his native Barcelona.

Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 41 School Board Metromover Station

Noreen Morelli and D.A.S.H. students “Vision of Peace”

Noreen Morelli and D.A.S.H. students ART collaborated to create a series of positive images to symbolize the ON THE students’ striving toward the future. In METRO this way, “Vision of Peace” depicts an ideal future achievable through peaceful cooperation—an aspirational ideal for both the artists and commuters alike. MOVER Station Address: 50 NE 15 Street

Eleventh Street / Freedom Tower Metromover Stations

Buster Simpson “Public art in transit stations defines the urban “Moving Over” environment, promotes transit use and has a profound impact on transit patrons. In the mid-1990’s, Buster Simpson created sculptural Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places commissioned seating for two stations on the a series of integrated public artworks for the Omni route of the Metromover. His Metromover, a free people mover system that loops platform benches have been crafted around Downtown Miami. Throughout the system, from remnants found on the street riders can discover works of art embedded in station below. The artist incorporated debris canopies or relax on artist-designed benches. Not collected after hurricane Andrew, to be missed is the iconic Red M (1996) located at which he inlaid into the terrazzo. the Riverwalk Metromover Station by Miami based This debris is overlaid with gestures artists Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt. of mangrove roots that symbolize The intrigue of the Red M is that it is a model of multiple rebirth, expressing hope as well as meanings and has been described by the artists as the exuberance of Miami’s culture. representing Miami, magic, Metromover, motherhood, Station Addresses: mystery and memory but ultimately the secret meaning 1098 NE 2 Avenue is open to the viewer.”

Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 43 Riverwalk Metromover Station

Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt “M”

Designed as an entranceway to the Riverwalk Metromover station, the red “M” site-specific structure creates an intimate scale within the station’s lofty eight-story structure. Located in front of the turnstiles on the east side of station, the artwork invites multiple interpretations—“M” for Metromover, Miami, Monument or perhaps the word Mother. Station Address: 88 SE 4 Street

Brickell City Centre Metromover Station

Carlos Alves “Ventana Solar [Solar Window’]”

Carlos Alves is a Miami-based ceramicist who uses found objects and broken tiles. In 1994 he created two installations at the Eighth Street Metromover station. On the south side of the station, a Brickell Metromover Station ceramic royal palm tree rises from ground level to the top of the station. On Connie Lloveras the north side, “Porton de Sentimientos” “Reaching for Miami Skies” (Gate of Emotions) symbolizes the gateway to Calle Ocho (8th Street). Connie Lloveras’s ceramic mosaic within the Brickell Station’s coffered ceiling is designed to produce a patchwork Embedding recycled ceramics and items quilt effect. People representing Miami’s multicultural community imprinted their handprints directly into the raw collected from Calle Ocho merchants clay tile contributing to the work. In this way, “Reaching for Miami Skies” is intended to evoke a feeling of unity. in clay, “Ventana Solar (Solar Window)” Lloveras title references the saying “the sky is the limit,” and delivers a hopeful message that there is no end to represents a window to the area. what can be achieved with peace and solidarity among people in Miami.

Station Address: Station Address: 1200 SW First Avenue 59 SE 8 Street

Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 45 ART UNDER THE METROMOVER

Miami Downtown Development Authority and Beefree Media reviewed over 30 proposals from a call to artists to be featured on Biscayne Green. This was a opportunity for artists to participate in the improvement and restoration of Downtown Miami. Below are the 16 selected winning designs and artists. Each design was assigned one column under the Metromover walkway in front of Bayfront Park.

Courtney Einhorn Golden 305

Eddie Mendietta Humbert Fleitas Dania Sierra Carlos Gonzalez

Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 47 Courtney Einhorn Sean Teixeira Leah Guzman Amir Santiago

Eric Karbeling Jose Gordo Ibañez Akimgraff Paul Kettlewell

Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 49 Drew Cooper Natalia Valera Paola Gracey Gianna DiBartolomeo

Downtown Miami Arts & Culture Guide 51 Bust of Mary Brickell Brickell Ave median between SE 6 & 7 St

ARTinBrickell Three groups, The Mary Brickell Garden Club founded by Carmen Petsoules, the Roads Association, and the Pioneer’s Club of Miami pioneer families raised $18,000 to establish this monument to Mary Brickell. The money was raised by selling $25 bricks and $100 foundation tiles imprinted with the names of the donors that form the base of the sculpture. West Palm Beach artist Beto Alvarez was commissioned to sculpt the bust of Mary Brickell that sits atop its base. Erected in 1998, this monument pays tribute to the work of Mary Brickell, a woman who made huge contributions to the growth of Miami as a city.

The Pillar of History El Centinela Del Rio SE 2nd Ave, Brickell Avenue Bridge 848 Brickell Key Dr

Manuel Carbonell won a competition in 1992 and Created by Manuel Carbonell, is a 21-foot was selected to create the 53-foot bronze monument bronze sculpture depicting a Tequesta Indian “The Pillar of History” located at the Brickell Avenue blowing a conch shell carved out of alabaster, Bridge. Created in 1992 the monument reflects the located at Tequesta Point in Brickell Key. The history of the settlers of Miami, from the indigenous statue serves as a welcoming site to all at the to its pioneers. The monument consists of a 36- entrance of the mouth of the river and the city foot high bronze bas-relief column that graphically of Miami and very near to the “Miami Circle.” narrates the lives of the Tequesta Indians, Miami’s first inhabitants and features 158 figures. At the top stands a 17-foot bronze sculpture, “Tequesta Family” portraying a Tequesta Indian warrior aiming an arrow to the sky with his wife and child at his side. In the niches at the supporting piers are four 4-foot by 8-foot bronze bas reliefs honoring the quintessential Miami pioneers Henry Flagler, Dana A. Dorsey, William and Mary Brickell, Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Julia Tuttle, depicting them in their historical perpetual settings. Twelve bronze bas-reliefs of Florida fauna are located at the base of the flagpoles on the walk ways of both sides of the bridge.

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