Public Lecture

Join The Bass for a public talk with artist Cara Despain! Join us for a public talk with film and video, sound, sculpture, photography and installation artist Cara Despain as she discusses her new exhibition at The Bass, Specter. Cara Despain’s works in challenge American frontier psychology, addressing the persistent and problematic romanticism of land […]

Please join us for a conversation with Ira Giller and his daughter Sarah Giller Nelson on Thursday, September 15 at 7:00pm. Ira and Sarah will discuss the life and work of Norman M. Giller, one of the founders of Miami Modern (MiMo), a regionalized style of Modernist architecture. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Giller on Giller: An […]

Heat, humidity, and mosquitos—these are the conditions that inspired the design of 20th-century Florida houses. Features of what came to be known as the "tropical home," such as Florida Rooms and screened patios, were outcomes of a fantastic range of local architectural experiments that persisted even after innovations like air conditioning redefined the relationship between […]

Modern artists have shaped our understanding of geography. A prime example is the innovative approach to map design and data visualization in Herbert Bayer's 1953 World Geo-Graphic Atlas, a source of inspiration for generations of designers. Art historian Ben Benus, author of a forthcoming book about the Atlas, will examine how Bayer developed his imaginative design solutions […]

Carlo Mollino was a remarkable protagonist of 20th-century Italian culture. As an architect, designer, educator, photographer, sportsman, and author, he defiantly embraced and embodied modern eclecticism. He is known for his building, interior, and furniture designs—and also for a stash of erotic Polaroids from the 1960s recovered among his personal effects after his death. In […]

The Wolfsonian's Turn the Beat Around exhibition explores how Afro-Cuban genres like rumba, mambo, and cha-cha-cha made lasting contributions to U.S. music and dance. Dig deeper into this topic at an on-campus panel with three experts! Panelists will examine how tourism and Hollywood movies first acquainted American audiences with Afro-Cuban music, how the salsa movement was controversially […]

Where did salsa style come from? Ethnomusicologist Robin Moore answers that question by addressing both musical lineages and political changes. In the 1950s, mambo, cha-cha-cha, and the conjunto sound of Arsenio Rodríguez put Cuban music and musicians at the center of New York City nightlife, sparking a flow of influences between the two countries that continued far […]

You are cordially invited to attend a special lecture on "Morris Lapidus and his influence in the Caribbean" by Deborah Desilet. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 26 at 7:00 PM at the Scott Galvin Community Center located at 1600 NE 126th St, North Miami, FL 33161. As part of the lecture, attendees […]

Lecture by Peter Kanavos. Culture Crawl @ Art Deco Museum 5/18, 6:30-7:00 pm. "Miami Beach is in the midst of a two-decades-old population decline. When residents vanish, neighborhoods deteriorate. The economic basis for architectural preservation, maintenance, and innovation suffers commensurately. The city at large and the city center, in particular, are increasingly dependent on a […]

 Monday, March 25 at 7:00pm to 9:00pm  Jewish Museum of Florida 301 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33199 United States The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU invites you to its upcoming lecture Jews and China: Dr. Xun Zhou. In this talk Dr. Xun Zhou will present an overview of the global history of Chinese and Jewish encounters, from the […]

Tuesday, March 26 at 3:00pm to 4:00pm  Virtual Event In tribute to Women’s History Month, Marcia Jo Zerivitz, LHD, Founding Executive Director of the Jewish Museum of Florida–FIU will present a PowerPoint lecture that tells stories of outstanding women in Florida Jewish history. In 60 minutes, you will “meet” Florida Jewish women who made history in […]

 Monday, April 8 at 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm  Jewish Museum of Florida 301 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33199  Operation Moses was the covert rescue of more than 10,000 Beta Israel – the Ethiopian Jews – from the 1984 famine and civil war. Thousands of members of this community, who lived for centuries in the […]

 Tuesday, April 9th at 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm  Virtual Event We can agree that Jewish life since October 7, 2023, is no longer the same. Antisemitism has ginormously increased here in the US and globally and has become normalized, especially on college campuses, and mostly based on conspiracy theories. Florida hosts the nation’s second-largest number […]

 Monday, April 15th at 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm  Jewish Museum of Florida 301 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33199 United States The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU invites you to its upcoming lecture Jews and India: Professor Nathan Katz. Jews have lived in India for two thousand years and have exerted a surprising influence over this vast […]