The Patricia Phillip Frost Art Museum Miami Beach
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| Established | 1977 |
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| Location | Florida International Academy University Park, Florida, U.s. |
| Coordinates | 25°45′xiii″N 80°22′23″Due west / 25.75365°N 80.37306°W / 25.75365; -80.37306 |
| Type | Art museum, Sculpture park[1] |
| Director | Jordana Pomeroy |
| Website | thefrost |
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum (only known as the Frost Art Museum) is a museum located on the Modesto A. Maidique campus of Florida International Academy (FIU) in Miami, Florida.
Founded in 1977 as The Art Museum at Florida International University (TAM/FIU), it has grown to attain official recognition as a major cultural institution of the State of Florida for its unprecedented collection of Latin American and 20th century American art, its innovative exhibitions that draw on or enhance the collection, and its unparalleled service to South Florida'southward diverse audiences. In 2003, the museum was officially renamed The Patricia & Phillip Frost Fine art Museum.
In 1999, the museum received accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). From the customs, the Frost Fine art Museum has earned the accolade "Miami's Best Museum" (Due south Florida's New Times, 1996, 1994, 1993) and Miami's Best Art Museum 2009 (Miami New Times [2]). It has assumed a central role in the FIU community and in the cultural life of Southward Florida as a whole through its mission to serve the broadest audience possible and to evangelize all programs and services free of accuse. The Frost Fine art Museum is also an chapter within the Smithsonian Affiliations program.[3]
Highlights from the Frost Fine art Museum'due south collection include Haitian paintings, American modern sculptures, paintings, and photographs.[1]
Chief collections [edit]
The Frost Art Museum's Permanent Collection includes nearly six,000 objects from several distinctive collections: the Full general Collection, the Metropolitan Museum and Art Center Drove and the Betty Laird Perry Emerging Artist Collection.
- The General Collection holds a strong representation of American printmaking from the 1960s and 1970s, photography, Pre-Columbian objects dating from 200-500 AD, and a growing number of works by contemporary Caribbean and Latin American artists. The Museum continues to aggrandize the drove through private donations, purchases and acquisitions.
- The Metropolitan Museum and Art Center Drove, was donated to the Frost Fine art Museum in order to ensure its intact survival in 1989, when the Metropolitan Museum and Art Center of Coral Gables closed. This collection of more than 2,300 objects includes sculptures, photographs, and paintings by major 20th century figures, an extensive collection of American prints from the 1960s; major sculptural works; important photographs; rare Japanese Netsukes and ancient bronzes from Asian and African cultures.
- In support of the Academy's studio arts program, the Betty Laird Perry Emerging Creative person Collection comprises artworks obtained through buy awards granted to selected BFA and MFA students graduating from the program since 1980. Numerous honor recipients have continued to garner national and international recognition equally mature artists.[4]
Architecture [edit]
From 1977 to 2008, The Museum was housed in less than vii,000 interior square feet of Primera Casa, an FIU administration edifice, located in the center of the campus. Adamant to reach "the broadest audience possible," The Frost Art Museum expanded its premises to create an outdoor sculpture program, containing 57 works by sculptors of the contemporary fine art world.
New building [edit]
The new Frost Art Museum was designed by Yann Weymouth of Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum (HOK). The 46,000-square-pes (4,300 yard2) facility opened in November, 2008.
The structure features a three-story glass atrium entrance and a suspended staircase leading to the 2d and third floors containing over 9,000 sq ft (840 kii). of exhibition space. Three of the 9 galleries are dedicated to the permanent drove, while the remaining half dozen galleries will feature temporary exhibitions. Amid various interior design highlights is the prominent use of natural daylight in the galleries. Large "leaves" or "petals" are constructed to diffuse ultraviolet by preferentially handful light to the walls. This unique gallery lighting was designed by ArupLighting.
Ample storage room for the collection in the new building allows proper space for conservation, inquiry and training of artwork. On the ground floor the Kenan-Flagler Family Discovery Gallery and Museum Terrace serve as the center of the Museum's educational and community outreach. Also on the first level visitors will find the Steven & Dorothea Green Multi-Purpose Auditorium and Lecture Hall, the Dahlia Morgan Members' Lounge, the café and museum shop.
The realization of a commencement-form facility provides increased accessibility to the visual arts to FIU'south multicultural pupil body, the growing local population and Miami's visitors. The new museum is destined to get the cultural heart of the campus and an essential part of Miami's growing arts community. On its tranquil lakeside site, the new building frames the "Artery of the Arts." Accentuated by selected works from the Museum'due south outdoor sculpture collection, the Avenue of the Arts connects the Museum, the Wertheim Performing Arts Centre and the Management and Advanced Research Center (MARC) on the Modesto A. Maidique campus.
Exhibitions [edit]
Equally the new museum strives to develop its international standard, the Frost Art Museum has held exhibitions showcasing piece of work from a diversity of regions including: the Caribbean, East Asia, Republic of india and S Florida. In addition to its cultural diverseness, the museum has also paid close attention to the wide range of styles in the world of contemporary fine art.
See as well [edit]
- Pedagogy in Miami
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Frost Art Museum: About". ARTINFO. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-28 .
- ^ "Archived re-create". Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2009-06-10 .
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Sonia Tita Puopolo (2011). "Robert Farber at the Frost Art Museum". Blog. Haute Living. Retrieved 15 Jul 2011.
- ^ "Florida International University - Frost Art Museum Collections". 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-18. Retrieved five May 2012.
External links [edit]
- Official website
- Article on Miami's only free Museum
- The Sculpture Park at Florida International University
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost_Art_Museum