Community Talks

6:30 PM Welcome Bubbles sponsored by Freixenet, 7:00 PM program starts Program: Fellow Travelers, the journey. Community Conversation In collaboration with Art Deco Museum, Miami Beach Pride, and SAVE Foundation. We are all fellow travelers, forming bonds of empathy across community groups supporting our basic human wants and needs. All of our relationships are established […]

Join us at the Art Deco Museum for a new series of community talks. Meet your fellow neighbors and visitors and hear from one of our local guides! Joel Levine is the featured speaker of this event: Fleeing from Nazi persecution in the 1930’s, architects influenced by the Bauhaus School built a city of comfortable […]

Known for his "sleepy eye" graffiti, artist David Anasagasti (aka Ahol Sniffs Glue) makes art out of the everyday. Join the wait list for this FIU-led panel to hear about his practice: click here.

Saturday, May 14 • 10am-12pm Second Saturday Seminar: Restoring the Everglades Using GIS Nicole Strickland, a PhD student at FIU, will talk about our precious Everglades and her research to help restore it. Nicole is conducting research in Everglades National Park to help conserve South Florida’s unique but vulnerable landscape. Come learn what makes our […]

Few collections bear witness to the power of typography better than The Wolfsonian's. From attention-grabbing adverts to books, posters, and pamphlets, word-centric works convey information and emotion through the design and layout of type. Explore a selection with our resident type enthusiasts—Bookleggers Library director Nathaniel Sandler and Wolfsonian senior graphic designer Brittany Ballinger—who will illustrate […]

The No Place For Hate banner presentation, sponsored by the City of Miami Beach in partnership with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), will take place on Thursday, June 2, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. The presentation of the ADL No Place for Hate banner to each public school in the Miami Beach […]

At the Jewish Museum-FIU: Please join us for a conversation with Ira Giller and his daughter Sara Giller Nelson on Thursday, June 16th at 7:00pm. Ira and Sara will discuss the life and work of Norman Giller one of the founders of Miami Modern (MiMo), a regionalized style of Modernist architecture. The program is presented […]

Join expert tour guide and Treasurer of the Miami Design Preservation League Joel Levine as he reconstructs the fascinating history of Sunny Isles Beach. Using vibrant postcards, price lists, and other precious archival material and videos, Levine will time travel from the original 1920 purchase of the town by Harvey Baker Graves to the post-WWII period of […]

Second Saturday Seminar: Water Issues in our Landscapes, Gardens, and Parks Saturday, August 13 • 10:30AM – 12PM All about water and flooding issues in South Florida presented by UF IFAS Miami Dade Urban Horticulture Program. Along with Sea Level Rise, increased rainfall events coupled with paved and non-porous surfaces challenge our daily lives and […]

Join us for Lecture 1 in our Fall Lecture series titled The Art of Architecture. Architect Richard Heisenbottle will discuss historic preservation projects on Miami Beach and beyond. Please note: Registration is free, but seating is limited. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. About Richard Heisenbottle Richard J. Heisenbottle is the founding Principal […]

Join us for Lecture 2 in our Art of Architecture Fall Lecture Series. Architect Kobi Karp will discuss historic preservation projects on Miami Beach and beyond. Please note: Registration is free, but seating is limited. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. About Kobi Karp Kobi Karp is the Founder and Principal of […]

Join us for Lecture 3 in a series highlighting historic preservation projects in Miami Beach and beyond. Architects Jacqueline Gonzalez Touzet and Carlos Prio-Touzet of Touzet Studio will discuss historic preservation projects on Miami Beach and beyond. Please note: Registration is free, but seating is limited. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. […]

Join us for an evening of story gathering, sharing, and listening! Help us beta-test our new digital interactive, which uses short oral histories to map the migration stories of community members in South Florida. Afterwards, stop in the Design Store for happy hour specials and a talk led by Christopher Norwood, founder of Hampton Art […]

Join us for Lecture 4 in a series highlighting historic preservation projects in Miami Beach and beyond. Architect JJ Wood of Urban Robot Associates will discuss historic preservation projects on Miami Beach and beyond. Please note: Registration is not required. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. About JJ Wood, AIA JJ Wood, […]

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/13th-annual-cada-panel-discussion-on-contemporary-african-diaspora-art-tickets-474240485057?aff=efbneb The Annual CADA (Art Basel) Panel Discussion on Contemporary African Diaspora Art is held in Miami, Florida. The event was created by Ludlow E Bailey, Global Curator, and Managing Director of CADA, (Contemporary African Diaspora Art & Culture), in 2009 at the University of Miami during the Art Basel festivities in South […]

Art Deco World Congresses are back! The Miami Design Preservation League and the Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches along with ICADS will host the 2023 Congress in April. To give us a talk on Miami Art Deco architecture, as well as a preview of the upcoming gathering of Art Deco organizations from around […]

Preservationist Nancy Liebman presents excerpts from her memoir "Another Landmark Bites the Dust: A Deco Preservationist's Scrapbook" as part of Miami Beach Culture Crawl. Talk will take place from 630pm-7pm. Thursday, March 16, the Museum will be open from 6 to 9 pm.

Virtual Community Meeting: Thursday, June 1 at 6 p.m. Please join the City of Miami Beach for a virtual community meeting to discuss the Ocean Drive Pedestrian Promenade. City staff will present and obtain input on the alternative configurations for the promenade. Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 6 p.m. Via Zoom webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81587553290 Or join […]

Citizens, make your voices heard! An upcoming artistic intervention inspired by the language and bureaucracy of local government becomes Agenda Item #1 at this interactive open forum grounded in conceptual art and para fiction. Hear from Department of Reflection (DoR) director Misael Soto about Bridge Deconstruction, Miami Beach's next major deconstructive infrastructure project, one that […]

Sept 27th: In partnership with the Art Deco Neighborhood Association, join us at the Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center to meet with the Miami Beach Commission candidates. A forum will take place with questions focused on Art Deco District stakeholder issues. Free event - registration required! Please note - the Mayoral candidates event will […]

October 4th: In partnership with the Art Deco Neighborhood Association, join us at the Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center to meet with the Miami Beach Mayoral candidates. A forum will take place with questions focused on Art Deco District stakeholder issues. Free event – registration required!

Join Contemporary African Diaspora Art (CADA) and friends for a 'light bites' brunch and a lively informative panel discussion about the art collections of Spelman, FMU, and the University of the Virgin Islands. RSVP by Dec 7th

Join us for our ongoing series highlighting historic preservation projects in Miami Beach and beyond. José Gelabert-Navia will talk on his historic preservation projects as well as his recent publication "Miami Beach" (ORO Publishers), a folio of 20 drawings on watercolor paper. The book will be available for purchase at the event, with MDPL receiving […]

Join us for our ongoing series highlighting architects who work in historic preservation and resiliency. Our featured speaker is Jason Hagopian, AIA. President and founder of Neuvio Architects. Jason will discuss various projects including the Axel Beach Hotel, Rao's at the St. Moritz Hotel, the Royal Palm Hotel, Citibank at 5th and Jefferson, ALDO on […]