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Chairman Rocco Landesman Releases the Schedule for
his Visit to Miami, Florida, for February 1, 2010
Visit will be the latest stop on the "Art Works" tour across America
January 27, 2010
MEDIA ADVISORY
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Contact:
Sally Gifford
202-682-5606
giffords@arts.gov
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Washington, DC — In his latest stop on the "Art Works" tour across America, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman and Senior Deputy Chairman Joan Shigekawa will visit Miami, Florida at the invitation of Michael Spring, Director of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. On Monday, February 1, 2010, Chairman Landesman will be in Miami to learn the role of architecture and design in creating and sustaining liveable communities, and over the course of his day, he will be joined by arts advocates and patrons such as Lin Arison and artist Francie Bishop Good. The day's events are:
8:30 a.m. |
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A visit to the award-winning Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) in the heart of Miami's Design District where Chairman Landesman will make an announcement with principal Dr. Stacey Mancuso. |
10:00 a.m. |
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Gallerist David Castillo and architect Terry Riley lead a tour of the Design District and Wynwood Arts and Design District, including the De La Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space with Rosa de la Cruz. The group will also visit the Little Haiti Cultural Center, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli, the future downtown home of the Miami Art Museum, designed by the firm Herzog and de Meuron, and the Miami Science Museum, designed by Grimshaw Architects. |
1:00 p.m. |
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A tour of the construction site for the New World Symphony campus, designed by Frank Gehry and visit to an innovative Lincoln Road parking garage, also designed by Herzog and de Meuron. Stops also include the Bass Museum of Art, which features a new addition by architect Arata Isozaki, and the Miami City Ballet, designed by the Miami firm Arquitectonica. |
4:00 p.m. |
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A roundtable discussion, “Greater Miami – A New Cultural Capital Shaped by Design, Architecture and Arts Pioneers,” hosted at The Wolfsonian – Florida International University, along with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. The discussion is moderated by Dennis Scholl, Knight's Miami Program Director, and will include: NEA Chairman Landesman; President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities member Ricky Arriola; artist Edouard Duval-Carrié; real estate developer and arts activist Tony Goldman; Adolfo Henriques, businessman and current chair of the Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council; Cathy Leff, director of the Wolfsonian; and Michael Spring. |
5:30 p.m. |
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Reception with the arts community to follow |
CONTACT: Media must RSVP to Sally Gifford at (202) 682-5606 or giffords@arts.gov to attend media opportunity events.
About "Art Works"
Chairman Landesman has summarized the guiding principle that will inform his work at the agency in two words - "art works" - which Chairman Landesman means in three ways:
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"Art works" is a noun. They are the books, crafts, dances, designs, drawings, films, installations, music, musicals, paintings, plays, performances, poetry, textiles, and sculptures that are the creation of artists.
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"Art works" is a verb. Art works on and within people to change and inspire them; it addresses the need people have to create, to imagine, to aspire to something more.
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"Art works" is a declarative sentence: arts jobs are real jobs that are part of the real economy. Art workers pay taxes, and art contributes to economic growth, neighborhood revitalization, and the livability of American towns and cities.
About the National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Arts Endowment is the largest annual national funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases. Please visit the NEA website.
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