UPCOMING EVENTS
CLOSED FOR INSTALLATION & MAINTENANCE
UMOCA will be closed the week of May 13 to install three new exhibitions and for maintenance. WE WILL BE OPEN FOR THE ARTIST TALK ON MAY 16 AT 7 PM. SEE LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION.
ART TALK WITH AMANDA SANFILIPPO LONG
MAY 16 | 7 PM Amanda Sanfilippo Long, contemporary art Curator, and Executive Director and Chief Curator of Fringe Projects, Amanda will present an overview of Art in Public Places’ approach to commissioning permanent public art, and share her experiences in the realm of experimental temporary public art with Fringe Projects and Locust Projects in Miami. She will also describe practical elements including the call to artist process and grants for artists through the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. Because UMOCA will be otherwise closed, please access the museum through the Northeast entrance (above the courtyard, next to Abravanel Hall).
THE POTENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD – PATTERNS OF URBAN AND SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT IN POST-WAR AMERICA
MAY 23 | 7 PM @ UMOCA In conjunction with our exhibition Shady Acres, UMOCA will host talks by Jason Wheeler, AIA, Executive Director of Assist Inc. Community Design Center and Stephen James, Director of Planning and Design for Daybreak Communities, on how future development can simultaneously acknowledge historic growth patterns while moving toward sustainable and inclusive neighborhoods and communities.
OPENING RECEPTION: MAY 24, 2019 | 7-9 PM
Join us for the opening of four new exhibitions: Deanna & Ed Templeton: Contemporary Suburbium, Andrew Dadson: Roof Gap, GLOW: 2019 Spectacle Art Auction, Out Loud 5