Celebrate Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places’ 50th anniversary with a panel discussion followed by a reception. Learn about commissions of public artworks in some of Miami-Dade County’s most iconic public places.
The panel will feature artists Michele Oka Doner, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Rosario Marquart, Roberto Behar (R & R Studios), Cristina Lei Rodriguez, Magnus Sodamin, and GeoVanna Gonzalez. It will be moderated by Jennifer Inacio, associate curator at Pérez Art Museum Miami and Marie Vickles, senior director of education at Pérez Art Museum Miami, both current Art in Public Places Professional Advisory Committee members.
About Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places
Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places, a program of the Department of Cultural Affairs, is one of the first public art programs in the country. It was established in 1973 with the passage of an ordinance allocating 1.5% of capital costs of new local government buildings for the purchase or commission of artworks, educational programs, and collection maintenance. The Art Trust Fund is administered by a County Commission-appointed citizens board and the Art in Public Places Trust is in consultation with its Professional Advisory Committee.
The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council develop cultural excellence, diversity, access, and participation throughout Miami-Dade County by strategically creating and promoting equitable opportunities for artists and cultural organizations, and our residents and visitors who are their audiences. Through staff, board, and programmatic resources, the department, the council, and the trust promote, coordinate, and support Miami-Dade County’s more than 1,000 not-for-profit cultural organizations, as well as thousands of resident artists through grants, technical assistance, public information, and interactive community planning.
The Department directs the Art in Public Places program and serves its board, the Art in Public Places Trust, commissioning, curating, maintaining, and promoting the County’s art collection. The department receives funding through the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, The Children’s Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Florida through the Florida Department of State, Florida Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Peacock Foundation, Inc., the Taft Foundation, and The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation. Other support and services are provided by TicketWeb for the Culture Shock Miami program, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, the South Florida Cultural Consortium, and the Tourist Development Council.
