In The Mix - Miami Beach Urban Studios

IN THE MIXFIU COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION, ARCHITECTURE + THE ARTSCOLLABORATION HUBS IN MIAMI BEACH, WYNWOOD, AND BEYONDCARTA’S COLLABORATION HUBS ARE UNIQUE PLATFORMS TO PREPARE CARTA STUDENTS TO HAVE DIVERSE AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, BY SUPPORTING THE INTERDEPENDENT COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO PROBLEM-SOLVING NEEDED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY CREATIVE, INFORMATION, AND CULTURAL ECONOMIES.

Physical Therapy students and an architecture student with child in wheelchair working sitting near 3D printers and laptops on a new solution.

FIU AND MIAMI DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEAM UP FOR TIKKUN OLAM GLOBAL MAKEATHON AT MBUS

On April 2nd and 3rd at MBUS, the TOM: FIU Community brought together parents, teachers, administrators, children and FIU students, faculty, alumni and staff for a makeathon to develop and create new solutions for children in need. Above, FIU Architecture alumna Ligia Filgueiras works with FIU doctoral students in Physical Therapy Rafael Suarez and Emily Aguilar, on a new innovation to help Miami-Dade County Public Schools middle-school student Omar Covarrubias easily reposition his iPad while in his wheelchair.

DOCTOR OF DESIGN STUDENTS EXPLORENEW WORLD CENTER’S BUILDING AND TECHNOLOGY

On Friday and over the weekend under the leadership of Dr. Neil Leach, MBUS hosted FIU’s DDes students for presentations and a series of working tours of Miami and Miami Beach. MBUS board member, Anna Williams hosted the group at Miami’s Design District and former MBUS board member and New World Symphony VP for Business Development, Michelle Kucharczyck showed students around the architecture and technology of Frank Gehry’s NWC facility.

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WOLFSONIAN PUBLIC HUMANITIES LABWAR IN UKRAINE: GENDER & POETRY PT 1

Monday, April 4, 2022, 4:00 – 5:30PM on Zoom. Please join poets Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Kyudmyla Khersonska, and Olga Livshin discuss the multiple dynamics of poetry and war in a timely conversation moderated by FIU professor Ana Menendez. Free and open to the public.

FIU LAEUD SPRING DISCUSSIONSAURURA ALCAIDE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 6:45PM [rescheduled] in person. Join us for a discussion sponsored by FIU’s Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design (LAEUD) featuring Aurura Alcaide (MLA ’18) with LAEUD Chair, Roberto Rovira. FIU CARTA | Mana Wynwood, 318 NW 23rd St, Miami, FL. Free and open to the public with free parking for the event entered here.

Image of a man and a woman wearing black and playing the violin and the cello.

NEW MUSIC MIAMI ISCM CONCERTFIU’S NODUS ENSEMBLE

Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 7:00PM talk, 7:30 concert. In person with Facebook Live. NODUS Ensemble performs works by Cintas-winning composers from North and South America. The Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Free and open to the public. Supported in part by the City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council.

Patches of absract organic forms in blue yellow and rose.

EXHIBITION OPENING: FINAL_RENDER2022.PSDNEW WORKS OF FIU BFA STUDENTS IN DIGITAL ARTS

Thursday, April 7, 2022, 5:30–8:30PM in person. Celebrate the opening of FINAL_RENDER2022.PSD, an exhibition of 24 students in the FIU BFA program in Digital Arts and Graphic Design. The Washington Gallery at the Miami Beach Urban Studios, 1618 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Free and open to the public.

Image of large hanging metal sculptures in a gallery on the left and on the right the artist standing in a black sweater.

MBUS ART TALK: BLANE DE ST CROIX

Monday, April 11, 2022, 5:30PM on Zoom. Join MBUS Senior Special Events Manager, Colette Mello for conversation with Boston-born large-scale landscape sculptor Blane de St. Croix about his practice and processes. Free and open to the public. Supported by the City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council.

Black background with the words: The Humanities Edge Presents Flying Solo with Artist "X" A tribute by Theatre Professor Phillip Church. Logos by FIU, Miami Dade College

FIU HUMANITIES EDGE AND FIU THEATRE’S PHILLIP CHURCH PRESENT TRIBUTE TO ARTIST XAVIER CORTADA

Monday, April 11, 2022, 7:00PM conversation, 8:00PM performance by FIU Theatre students, alumni and colleagues. In person. Join FIU’s Phillip Church for this exciting celebration of the art and environmental activism of Xavier Cortada. Pinecrest Gardens – Banyan Bowl, 11000 SW 57th Ave., Pinecrest, FL. Free and open to the public.

Close up picture of a fingers pushing a miniature metal elephant through the eye of a needle.

TWO ARTISTS ART TALK ORGANIZED BY FERESHTEH TOOSI,WITH DEMETRA ENGLEZU + SOPHIA HADJIPAPA

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 6:00 – 8:00PM in person. Enjoy light refreshments and a lively conversation between Demetra Englezou and Sophia Hadjipapa, visiting artists from the European University Cyprus. Organized by FIU Professor of Art + Art History, Fereshteh Toosi. FIU CARTA | Mana Wynwood. 318 NW 23rd Street. Free and open to the public with free parking for the event entered here.

Close up image of a large-scale abstract work that is gray and looks like a rough cut piece of marble or granite.

MBUS ART TALK WITH AMY SCHISSEL

Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 6:30PM on Zoom. Join us for a conversation between the Miami-based Canadian artist and Joan Mitchell Award-winner Amy Schissel and MBUS Senior Special Events Manager, Colette Mello about the artist’s large-scale paintings and drawings. Free and open to the public. Supported by the City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council.

Close up of a 40-ish smiling man wearing a leather jacket in front of a brick wall.

NEW MUSIC MIAMI ISCM CONCERTCARLOS SANCHEZ-GUTIERREZ

Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 7:00PM talk with 7:30PM concert. In person. Hear the NODUS ensemble play works by, among others, the renowned Mexican-born and New York-based composer Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez for the final concert in this year’s New Music Miami ISCM series. The Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Free and open to the public. Supported by the City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council and FIU’s Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center.

Images of overlapping sketchbooks including a sketch of a foot, a hand, a cardinal, other notes. All blue on blue.

CULTURE CRAWL +RECEPTION FOR EMERGENT, A BFA STUDENT EXHIBITION

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 6:00PM in person. Enjoy light bites and refreshments celebrating the opening Emergent an exhibition of 18 students in the BFA program in Visual Arts. The opening and reception are part of the City of Miami Beach’s celebrated Culture Crawl, evenings of coordinated cultural events across the city. The Washington Gallery at the Miami Beach Urban Studios, 1618 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Free and open to the public.

Image of a gallery with light stone walls and posters on the walls.

GRAPHIC DESIGN DIGITAL DESIGN EXHIBITIONFINAL_RENDER2022.PSD

On view through April 11, 2022. Miami Beach Urban Studios, Washington Gallery, 1618 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach. A Black History and Women’s History Month celebration of digitally produced images of Black women engaged in leisure activities. Sponsored by the City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council.

Image of black and white photos hanging from a wall of Refusenik family groupings.

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONGARY MONROE’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF REFUSENIKS IN THE 1980S

On view through April 30, 2022. Miami Beach Urban Studios Lincoln Gallery, 420 Lincoln Road, Suite 440. Exhibition of remarkable photographs of Jewish immigrants who fled Russia for Miami Beach. In partnership with The Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab and funded by the Florida Humanities Council.

Hundreds of images of people collaged together and presented together as a patchwork.

MBUS VIRTUAL GALLERY

MBUS Distinguished affiliate and world-renowned photographer Robert Zuckerman showcases his latest series, Planet Portraits, curated by Colette Mello. Click image to learn more about Robert Zuckerman through FIU’s Inspicio magazine.

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