Volume 1 - The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum - Florida ...

Volume 1 | Summer 2008
MEMBER MAGAZINE
INSIDE THE NEW FROST ART MUSEUM
A Behind-the-Scenes Look
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INSIDE
The Frost Art Museum at Florida International University is
an AAM accredited museum and Smithsonian affiliate.
Museum Hours
The museum is currently closed to the public as we prepare
for the opening of our new building.
Expanded Hours for the Opening
From Saturday, Nov. 29th through Sunday, Dec. 7th, the Frost
Art Museum will expand hours of operation for inaugural events
and exhibitions. Expanded hours of operation for special opening
events will be published in our fall issue. On Wednesday, Dec.
10th, we will resume normal hours of operation as follows:
Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / 10am – 5pm
Saturday / Noon – 4pm
Frost Art Museum is closed on all legal holidays.
Admission is free.
Accessibility
Our main entrance is wheelchair accessible and includes
electronic doors. If you require additional arrangements,
please call us at 305.348.6186.
Parking
Museum visitors may park in metered parking spaces conveniently
located across from the Frost Art Museum in the Blue and Gold
garages. Parking is free on weekends.
Directory
General Information / 305.348.2890
Education and Student Tours / 305.348.6963
Member Services / 305.348.2254
Sculpture Park / 305.348.6283
Frost On View is published three times yearly for members
of The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum.
Editor / Kitty Dumas
Designer / Kirtland House
Contributing Writers / Ailyn Mendoza, Caroline Parker,
Kerri Riva, Stephaine Guasp, Susan Thomas
Photographers / Gloria O’Connell, Ivan Santiago
About Frost on View
Welcome to Frost On View, the new magazine for
members of the Frost Art Museum. This publication
is part of an exciting transition at the Frost with the
opening of our spectacular building in November.
To reflect the spirit, style and mission of the new
Frost Art Museum and our members, we redesigned
our newsletter, and developed Frost On View.
Thanks for looking inside. Enjoy.
On the Cover: Inside the new Frost Art Museum
sunlight floods the atrium and its unique
suspended stairway.
INSIDE THE NEW FROST
The Making of a Museum 8
A behind-the-scenes look at the
making of the new Frost Art Museum reveals
the unique architecture of this work of art
and preparations for its debut.
Director’s View 3
New Acquisitions 4
Upcoming Exhibitions 6
Modern Masters from
The Smithsonian American Art Museum
Florencio Gelabert: La Naturaleza Como
Espacio O El Espacio Como Naturaleza
Simulacra and Essence:
The Paintings of Luisa Basnuevo
Lecture Series 12
Education 13
NEWS & EVENTS 14
Art of Giving 15
Greg Viejo and Citi Private Bank
HAPPENINGS 16
frostartmuseum.org
JOIN US! 18
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MEMBERS 19

DIRECTOR’S VIEW
Dear Member,
Dr. Carol Damian
Amidst all of the excitement and frenzied activity of preparing for the
opening of our new building, I’m often reminded by our members and
staff – not to mention all the old photos and news clippings – of the
extraordinary history we bring to this breath-taking new home.
Thirty years ago when a small student gallery opened at FIU, no one
could have imagined that it would become the magnificent art museum
we know today as the Frost Art Museum. The university campus was a
rural landscape dotted with a few buildings and just as many trailers.
During the years since then, the museum’s staff, contributors and
members achieved a list of accomplishments that could only have
happened through extraordinary commitment. As an active member of
the Miami arts community for 25 years, a former chair of the School of
Art and Art History, and now the interim director, I have been awed and
inspired by that kind of dedication to art and art education.
To date, the Frost Art Museum and FIU have given Miami:
• a spectacular new 46,000-square-foot building designed by
internationally renowned architect Yann Weymouth
• more than 6,000 works of art from around the world in
its permanent collection
• more than 200 exhibitions to date
• the renowned Steven & Dorothea Green Critics’ Lecture
Series which brings some of the brightest stars of the art and
architecture worlds to Miami each year
• an education program that reaches children in our
community who might not otherwise receive exposure
to art and art education
• one of the largest sculpture parks in South Florida and
tours that educate people of all ages
• a teaching resource that supports and fosters artistic
careers for young artists, many of whom have risen to
international prominence
As we write the next chapter, with a vision for the future that is just as
exciting, daring and expansive, we sit on a firm foundation.
From there, anything is possible.
Dr. Carol Damian
Interim Director
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NEW ACQUISITIONS
The Frost Art Museum is
pleased to announce a number
of new acquisitions to both its
permanent collection and the
Sculpture Park. We thank our
donors for their generosity and
continued support.
“The support of donors like
Wendy Pagán, Alan Potamkin and
Sanford and Dolores Ziff allow us
to add variety and depth to our
permanent collection,” said Dr.
Carol Damian, interim director of
the Frost Art Museum. “We are
very grateful for these wonderful
acquisitions. They are a new
beginning for a collection that
promises to become one of the
best in South Florida.”
The Sculpture Park at FIU provides
a year-round outdoor exhibition
of great works from some of the
world’s most significant artists. We
are honored to receive wonderful
additions from Rosa Sugrañes
(a piece from her mother, Elisa
Alimany) and the artist Jean
Claude Rigaud. These works help
us expand the park and enhance
the beauty of this area treasure.
Nicolas de Largilliére, Portrait of La Duchesse de Berry, c. 1714
Oil on canvas, 139” x 105”, Gift of Wendy Pagán
A smaller version of this painting can be seen in the Musée de
Chantilly National de France. It is believed to be a portrait of the
Duchesse de Berry, born Marie Louise Elizabeth to the regent of
France, and was painted by Nicolas de Largilliére, a portrait artist
of the French High Baroque period. Born in Paris in 1656, he
worked in England as assistant to Sir Peter Lely, developing the
Flemish style that characterized his work – shadows, warm colors
and shades of gray. On his return to Paris, rather than choosing the
life of a court painter, Largilliére worked for Paris’s wealthy middle
class creating more than 1,000 portraits.
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Eduoard Duval Carrié
Regional Study, 2002
Mixed media on paper
80” x 60” x 2.5”
Museum purchase with funds
provided by Dr. Sanford L.
and Dolores Ziff
Eduoard Duval Carrié
Agowe, 2007
Mixed media sculpture
26” x 18” x 12”
Museum purchase with funds
provided by Dr. Sanford L.
and Dolores Ziff
These two works illustrate Carrié’s
passion for capturing island
superstitions and politics of his
native Haiti. He combines religion,
history and decorative arts to create
powerful works with an overarching
theme of migration.
Nassos Daphnis
S-10-72, 1972
Inlay (epoxy on masonite)
30.5” x 30.5”
Gift of Alan Potamkin
Nassos Daphnis
S-18-69, 1969
Inlay (epoxy on paper mounted
on masonite)
37.5” x 37.5”
Gift of Alan Potamkin
Like the Dutch painter Piet
Mondrian, Nassos Daphnis uses
pure red, yellow and blue, seeking
order and balance through
geometric forms. Born in Greece
in 1914, Daphnis was inspired by
the perfect geometric symmetry
of the Parthenon, an experience
that shaped his work.
Jean Claude Rigaud
Composition in Diamond
2004, Stainless steel, 264” x 96” x 96”
Gift of the artist
One of the most popular pieces
in the Sculpture Park at FIU is
Composition in Diamond (pictured
above), a whimsical kinetic
sculpture, located on the lawn in
front of the new Frost Art Museum.
The Haitian-born artist, Jean
Claude Rigaud creates public art,
focusing on movement.
Elisa Arimany
Dualitat, 2006, Cor-Ten Steel
96” x 48” x 48”
Gift of Rosa Sugrañes
The rectilinear structure and
composition of Dualitat is
characteristic of Elisa Arimany’s
acclaimed sculptures, which have
been exhibited in cities across
the globe. Born just outside
Barcelona, Arimany is known for
abstract work that explores motion
and sensuality and often makes a
powerful statement about political
and ideological conflict. Arimany is
the mother of FIU Trustee Rosa
Sugrañes, founder and president
of Iberia Tiles.
Betty Laird Perry
Emerging Artist
Collection
Part of the Frost Art Museum’s
permanent collection, the Betty
Laird Perry Emerging Artist
Collection is comprised of art
works obtained through purchase
awards granted to selected BFA
and MFA students graduating
from the program since 1980. The
following students were selected to
receive purchase awards:
Chaitra Garrick
paths, MFA 2008 exhibition
Dog, 2006
Video animation of charcoal
drawings on DVD
Dog, (End of Scene 1), 2006
Charcoal drawing on paper
24” x 22.25”
Dog, (End of Scene 2), 2006
Charcoal drawing on paper
24” x 22.25”
Jillian Mayer,
BFA Fall 2007 Exhibition
Aye Captain, 2007
Textile and mixed media collage
29” x 22”
All Good Dogs Go to Heaven, 2007
Textile and mixed media collage
24” x 18.5”
Shivers the Knight, 2007
Textile and mixed media collage
20” x 25”
Human Observation Society,
BFA Spring 2008 Exhibition
Untitled, 2008,
Mixed Media Sound Installation
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EXHIBITIONS
Josef Albers, On Tideland, 1947-1955, Oil on fiberboard, 24.25” x 36”. Gift of Patricia & Phillip Frost
MODERN MASTERS
FROM THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM
Modern Masters from the Smithsonian American Art
Museum examines the complex and heterogeneous
nature of American art in the mid-twentieth
century. Featuring 31 of the most celebrated artists
who came to maturity in the 1950s, the exhibition
traces the history of this epochal period through
43 key paintings and sculpture selected from the
Museum’s collection. The exhibition is organized
according to three broadly-conceived themes:
“Grand Gestures” explores the autographic mark,
executed in sweeping strokes of brilliant color
which became the expressive vehicle for Franz
Kline, Michael Goldberg, Hans Hofmann, Sam
Francis, Joan Mitchell and others who came to
be known as abstract expressionists. “Optics and
Order” highlights Josef Albers, his exploration of
mathematical proportion and carefully balanced
color, and the artists who built on his ideas: Ilya
Bolotowsky, Louise Nevelson, Esteban Vicente,
Ad Reinhardt, Anne Truitt. “New Images of
Man” includes Nathan Oliveira, Romare Bearden,
Larry Rivers, Jim Dine, David Driskell and
Grace Hartigan, each of whom searched their
surroundings and personal lives for vignettes
emblematic of larger, universal concerns.
Opening: November 29th
Exhibition runs through March 1, 2009
Grand Galleries - 2nd Floor
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SIMULACRA AND ESSENCE:
THE PAINTINGS OF LUISA BASNUEVO
Luisa Maria Basnuevo’s solo exhibition presents
recent works from her series of paintings
inspired by eucalyptus seeds she collected in
Spain a few years ago. Basnuevo works within
an abstract genre using gestures, mask-making,
over-painting, transparent washes and tonal
variations to construct her imagery.
Opening: November 29th
Exhibition runs through April 4, 2009
3rd Floor Gallery
Agustin Fernandez, The Warrior, 1975, Oil on Canvas, 96” x 68 ¼”
Collection of the Frost Art Museum, Florida International University,
Miami, Florida. Metropolitan Collection, Gift of José Martínez–Cañas
FIGURES:
A SELECTION OF WORKS FROM
THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
The inaugural exhibition will focus on the
diverse representations of the figure as a vision
of humanity, whether earthly or divine, by
placing it within an art historical context. This
exhibition will include contemporary works,
ritual artifacts of Pre-Columbian cultures,
traditional African wood carvings and delicate
visages of Asian deities.
Opening: November 29th
Exhibition runs through 2010
2nd Floor Gallery
Florencio Gelabert:
La Naturaleza Como Espacio O El
Espacio Como Naturaleza
Florencio Gelabert has created a series of
environmentally based installations. Gelabert’s
site-specific three-dimensional works address
issues of humankind’s relationship with the
natural world and our role in the depletion
of natural resources. The work will combine
sophisticated technologies with basic materials
such as wood, glass and metal, to create complex
three-dimensional works that address the perils
facing the environment.
Opening: November 29th
Exhibition runs through February 28, 2009
3rd Floor Gallery
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THE
MAKING
OF A
MUSEUM
////////// THE FROST ART MUSEUM PREPARES FOR ITS DEBUT
Most of us think of museums as permanent icons, as if
they simply sprang from the ground fully constructed
and filled with thought-provoking, awe-inspiring art and
artifacts. It’s rare to see a museum built from the ground
up. It’s just as unusual to view a museum completely
empty, its walls and floors bare, and staff preparing for a
long anticipated public opening.
Members and supporters of The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art
Museum are being given just such a behind-the-scenes look.
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Site Plan
The Frost Art Museum site was handpicked by FIU
President Modesto A. Maidique, who wanted a prominent
location on campus for the museum and an anchor for
the cultural axis of the university. Over the years, FIU
has developed a vibrant cultural climate. The university
is recognized for its museums, as well as academic
programs that train students for careers in the arts
including visual arts, music, writing and theatre.The
building frames the Avenue of the Arts, a walk that
connects the Museum, the Wertheim Performing Arts
Center and the Management and Advanced Research
Center (MARC) on the University Park campus.
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View of lobby area from beneath the suspended staircase.
On Nov. 29, just days before the Dec. 4th start of
Art Basel Miami Beach, the new Frost Art Museum
will officially open to the public. In the meantime,
these special tours represent the museum’s first
exhibition -- the work of Yann Weymouth,
design director of Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum.
Weymouth’s list of work reads like an international
travel guide to famous places. He served under
I.M. Pei as chief design architect for the Louvre
Museum, and designed the East Wing of the
National Gallery in Washington, D.C.
What is a museum without art?
In the case of the Frost Art Museum, the answer
is – simply magnificent. The Frost features design
elements never seen in Florida museums, including
a dramatic floating staircase of steel and concrete
and a unique natural lighting system designed
specifically for the museum’s main galleries. The
building was designed with an artist’s eye – the
perfect frame for art of every description, and the
new home of a dynamic art institution.
“It is beyond anything I would ever have
envisioned,” said Connoisseur member Gail Gitin,
who enjoyed a recent tour with Connoisseurs Joan
C. Gluck, Gloria and Peter Luria, Linda Potash;
Greg Viejo, director of CitiPrivate Bank and gallery
owner Tina Spiro. “The architect did a brilliant
job,” Gitin said.
Inside The Frost
It is a striking contrast – intentionally designed to
stand out from the other buildings on the campus,
with its sparkling exterior of gray Chinese granite
(an example of a striking detail specifically requested
by Patricia Frost) and glass that affords a view of its
floating staircase and straight through to the lake in
back. The glass element encourages visual interaction
between visitors and the Frost.
While many works of art were composed in and
planned to be viewed in daylight, no Florida art
museums have ventured to exhibit paintings with
natural light; largely because of the complexity of the
process and the challenging weather of the sunshine
state. However, during the design phase, both Patricia
Frost and Director Emeritus Dahlia Morgan wanted
a dynamic lighting system that would utilize Florida’s
abundance of natural light.
A challenge for builders and contractors, the idea
yielded results that are both functional and breathtaking.
The pyramid ceilings culminate in skylights,
and are covered with “petals,” (abstract palm fronds)
custom designed to reflect the uniqueness of the
Florida landscape without becoming part of the
show. All UV is filtered out and light levels and color
carefully controlled using this array of large “leaves”
or “petals” to preferentially scatter light to the display
walls. For this system, Weymouth worked with light
consultant, Arup Lighting of London. He also worked
with Arup on the design of the Louvre.
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HOK’s uniquely designed suspended stairway and hall leading into 2nd floor galleries.
The Frost Art Museum measures 46,000 square feet
and holds nine galleries that make up about 10,000
square feet of the total space. It also includes a
children’s gallery, a members’ lounge, a lecture hall, a
café and shop. Five of the galleries utilize natural light.
“It is beyond anything
I would ever
have envisioned” - Connoisseur member Gail Gitin
The three grand galleries with their soaring ceilings
and skylights were designed to accommodate large
pieces of art. The walls of these galleries measure 26
feet 10 inches from top to bottom, and another 16
feet 6 inches from the top of the walls to the skylights,
for a total of 43 feet 4 inches.
Behind the Curtain
From the beginning of the design phase in 2002
to the groundbreaking in November 2005 to now,
members, supporters, faculty and students have
eagerly awaited the completion of the project.
While the results now speak for themselves, and
the complexities of the building project are better
understood, one question remains. Where is the art?
The answer is surprising to most people, who
expected the art to be moved in along with the
staff who arrived in January amidst a great deal of
excitement. However, the art stayed in storage. The
building actually has to “cure” before art can be
placed inside. Solvents from paint and carpeting,
and other airborne chemicals that could harm the
art must first be removed from the air to ensure
the safety of these valuable works. By early fall, the
Frost and its permanent collection of 6,000 pieces
of art will finally be in one place.
Behind the glass and steel at the Frost, Interim
Director Dr. Carol Damian and staff are preparing
for a once in a lifetime event for the museum –
The Opening.
Damian and staff are planning several opening
exhibitions and more than a week of opening events.
The centerpiece of it all is Modern Masters, a
traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian American
Art Museum, which will make its national debut in
Miami at the Frost Art Museum. The exhibitions
features 43 key works by 31 of the most celebrated
artists who came to maturity in the 1950s. Opening
week also includes a special Community Day and
culminates Dec. 7th with the Frost Art Museum’s
signature event Breakfast in the Park, which will
feature renowned sculptor Joel Shapiro.
“With the opening of our new building and our
schedule of exhibitions and events,” Damian said,
“our members and our community can look forward
to what may be our most exciting season yet.”
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LECTURE SERIES
STEVEN & DOROTHEA GREEN
CRITICS’ LECTURE SERIES
Nobel Peace Center | Oslo, Norway. Photo by: Tim Soar
DAVID ADJAYE
Internationally acclaimed British
architect David Adjaye was
the featured lecturer for the
Frost Art Museum’s Steven &
Dorothea Green Critics’ Lecture
Series, March 14th. Dubbed a
“starchitect” by the press, Adjaye
talked about the creative process
that has made him one of the
most sought-after architects of
his generation. He is known for
his use of light in creating spaces
that blur the lines between art and
architecture. His first major public
building in the U.S. is the Museum
of Contemporary Art/Denver.
Adjaye was the final lecturer of
an engaging season for the
series that included biographer
Meryle Secrest, historian
Dr. Elizabeth A. Sackler and
global curator Lance Fung.
Cao Fei, A Mirage, Still image from Cos Players
ROBERT ADANTO
Contemporary film maker, Robert Adanto, will talk about his
experiences creating his latest oeuvre, The Rising Tide. This
provocative documentary navigates complex cultural, political and
economic landscape artists face in the newly awakening China.
“The Rising Tide investigates China’s meteoric march toward the
future through the work of some of its most talented emerging artists,
whose work reflects the country’s rising influence as an economic,
political and cultural force in the global arena” Adanto said.
To produce this work, Adanto selected several prominent Chinese
artists working in photography and video to show first hand the
challenges they confront daily.
“Produced within the dual context of globalization and
urbanization, the work of artists Cao Fei, Xu Zhen, Yang Yong,
Wang Qingsong, Chen Qiulin, Birdhead, and Zhang O examines
the collision between the present and the future, and the confusion
and ambiguity that characterize the new China” he said. “The
Rising Tide captures this momentous time in China’s history while
exploring the work of artists, who comment with intelligence, wit,
foreboding and nostalgia.”
JOIN US
Steven & Dorothea Green
Critics’ Lecture Series
Robert Adanto
October 24, 2008 | 8pm
Frost Art Museum
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EDUCATION
PROGRAMS
Malkia Saint-Albin, Grade 8, Hammocks Middle School
Kid Artists Rule
at Creative Visions 2008
Miami-Dade County school children were the featured artists for the fifth
annual Creative Visions exhibition held in May at the Frost Art Museum.
Creative Visions, sponsored by Commissioner Joe A. Martinez, is a juried
exhibition of artwork created by students from public schools in District
11, where the Frost Art Museum and FIU’s University Park campus are
located. Awards are given for the best entries.
More than 500 parents, children, teachers and community leaders
attended the opening reception, exhibition and awards ceremony
held at the old Frost Art Museum gallery. Students eagerly searched
for their artwork hanging on the gallery walls, while proud parents
photographed their young artists.
Jurors Brandi Reddeck, art education and community outreach
coordinator for Art in Public Places and artist Ivan Toth Depeña
reviewed some 200 entries from elementary, middle and high school
students who entered two and three-dimensional art work.
Commissioner Martinez presented 25 awards, and the Dade Art
Educators Association presented three awards to students.
Creative Visions was conceived in 2004 to highlight and encourage artistic
achievement of K-12 children in District 11, honor the art teachers who
nurture young talent and promote the visual arts in the community.
This annual exhibit is the product of a unique partnership among the
Museum, the office of Commissioner Joe A. Martinez (District 11), the
Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs Division of Life Skills – Art
Education Program and Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
Art Smart
Now second graders can be art smart
at the Frost Art Museum this fall with a
new program designed just for them.
Art Smart: Figures was inspired by the
upcoming Frost Art Museum exhibition
Figures: Selections from the Permanent
Collection. Students will receive a
tour of the exhibition, participate in
a physical, collaborative learning art
activity and independently explore the
exhibition using a gallery guide. The
program takes students on a journey
through time and place as they learn
about history, cultures and customs
through artwork from around the globe.
SCHEDULE A TOUR!
Contact the Education Department
at 305-348-6963.
CALLING ALL GIRL SCOUTS
The Sculpture Badge Program at the
Frost Art Museum offers scouting
troops the opportunity to earn badges
while learning about sculpture. The
program includes a guided tour of the
Sculpture Park at FIU, where scouts
will view some of the most significant
examples of contemporary sculpture,
learn the history of the artworks, and
discover how public sculpture adds
beauty and culture to our city.
FOR MORE INFO
Contact the Education Department at
305-348-6963 to learn more. The cost
of participation is $10 per scout. While
the program is tailored to Girl Scouts, all
scouts are welcome.
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NEWS & EVENTS
CINTAS UPDATE
Ernesto Orozoa, Statement of Necessity,
Silkscreen, 70x 50cm, 2004
WINNERS CHOSEN FOR
2008 CINTAS FELLOWSHIPS
Three talented local artists, Ernesto
Oroza, Adrian Castro and Armando
Bayolo were awarded the 2008
Cintas Fellowship Awards in the
visual arts, creative writing and
music on May 21st. The fellowship
program has been administered by
the Frost Art Museum since 2005
as part of a partnership with the
Cintas Foundation. Since 1963, the
Cintas Foundation has awarded
more than 300 fellowships to artists
of Cuban lineage who reside outside
of Cuba. The Frost Art Museum also
exhibits the work of Cintas fellows,
and stores the expansive Cintas
Fellowship Collection of art work.
The foundation, the only one of its
kind in the nation, awards fellowships
with funds from the estate of the late
Oscar B. Cintas (b.Sagua La Grande,
Cuba 1887 d. New York City, 1957)
prominent Cuban industrialist and
patron of the arts.
FOR MORE INFO
To learn more about the Cintas
Foundation and Cintas Fellowship
Awards, visit our website at
frostartmuseum.org.
Breakfast in the Park
FEATURES JOEL SHAPIRO
Renowned modernist sculptor Joel Shapiro will
be the featured artist Dec. 7th for the sixth annual
Breakfast in the Park, the Frost Art Museum’s
signature event during Art Basel Miami Beach.
This year, it will culminate more than a week of
opening events for the new Frost Art Museum,
beginning Nov. 29th. Visitors can also see two pieces
of Shapiro’s work, which will be on loan from the
Pace Wildenstein Gallery in New York City. The
pieces will be on display in the Sculpture Park.
Breakfast in the Park has become a destination for hundreds of
visitors to Art Basel each year. They enjoy an elegant complimentary
outdoor breakfast, a lecture by an acclaimed sculptor, tours of the
Sculpture Park and a look at current exhibitions at the museum.
Since his first one-person exhibition in 1970, Shapiro’s work
has been the subject of more than 100 solo exhibitions and
retrospectives. His sculptures have been regularly exhibited in
prestigious group exhibitions such as the Whitney Biennial, the
Documenta in Germany and the Venice Biennale. Commissions
and publicly sited sculptures by Shapiro are located in major Asian,
European and North American cities including the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and a major plaza in
the city of Orleans, France. His work can be found in more than
80 public collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Tate Gallery, National
Gallery of Art, Walker Art Center and Philadelphia Museum of Art.
He lives and works in New York City.
JOIN US
Breakfast in the Park
December 7, 2008 | 9:30am - Noon
Florida International University
Joel Shapiro,
Untitled, 2007
Bronze
9’4” x 4’ 7-7/8”
x 2’ 11-1/2”
Cast Edition 1 of 3.
Edition 3 + 1AP.
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ART OF GIVING
GREG VIEJO
AND CITI PRIVATE BANK
While the worlds of banking and art may be very different, as a director
of Citi Private Bank, Greg Viejo brings the two together. Viejo, who
graduated from Florida International University in 1991, and Citi Private
Bank provide time as well as financial resources to fund important Frost
Art Museum programs and events that further the cause of art education.
Citi Private Bank is one of the world’s leading private banks, providing
lending services to some of the nation’s wealthiest individuals and
families. The bank is also a source of funding for technology and real
estate entrepreneurs as well as principals of venture capital, private
equity and hedge fund firms. Citi Private Bank, Viejo said, is also a
strong supporter of the arts.
Viejo is known in Miami’s banking community for his hard work,
affable style and strong loyalty to his alma mater. He is poised to
take the helm as chairman of the President’s Council this year when
current Council Chairman Morris Hollander’s term ends. A graduate
of Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Viejo was born and grew up in
Miami. At FIU, he majored in finance.
Today, he is still amazed by the growth of the university, which includes
the new Frost Art Museum. Years after he graduated from FIU, he said,
“I came to an event, and I got lost.” Today, he knows his way around,
having become a welcome presence at the university. After joining Citi
Private Bank six years ago, he became an active supporter of FIU. He
joined the President’s Council, formerly known as the Council of 100,
where he is serving his fifth year. The Council provides leadership and
promotes the mission of the university. A select group of business and
civic leaders serve as ambassadors by reaching out and involving other
members of the community.
“I like the arts. It’s something I think people from every walk
of life can enjoy.”
However, Viejo says, it is his wife Luz who provides the real knowledge of
art in the family. Luz, who was born in the Dominican Republic, attended
an art school there, and formerly worked for an art gallery in Miami. His
wife, Viejo said, has given him a greater appreciation for art.
“Art that the Frost showcases is very different from other museums in town,”
he said. “I like that.” He also predicts that the new Frost Art Museum will
be a gift to the Miami community and beyond. “There is nothing like it in
Miami. This new museum will be a destination for people.”
Greg Viejo, ’91
Director of Citi Private Bank
“I like the arts. It’s
something I think people
from every walk
of life can enjoy.”
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HAPPENINGS
MEMBER RECEPTION
Connoisseur members Amaryllis and Guillermo Feria opened
their Coral Gables home for a Frost Art Museum member reception
for British architect David Adjaye.
President Modesto A. Maidique, wife Nancy Maidique
and Dr. Carol Damian, Interim Director
Guillermo Feria, David Adjaye, Amaryllis Feria and Darryl Milstein
Rita Cole, Robert Post and Amaryllis Feria
Carlos & Marian Coto, Dr. Orlando Valdes, Glades Valdes and Marta Gutierrez
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WORKS OF ART
Museum members and guests attended the Frost Art Museum’s first
event in the new museum May 31st – Works of Art, an open house
Dr. Arturo & Liza Mosquera, Cookie Gazitua and Vincent Damian
designed to showcase the arts at FIU. The President’s Council and Citi
Private Bank presented an evening of stellar student performances in
music, dance, theatre, design and the visual arts in the galleries of the
spectacular new building.
Debra Frank, Amy Pollack, Debra Scholl,
Dennis Scholl and Richard Pollack
Morris, Irene & Joel Hollander
Erin Anding, Kathleen Wilson and Volker Anding
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JOIN US!
BECOME A MEMBER
AND SEE WHERE
ART MEETS WORLD
The new Frost Art Museum
will open to the public Nov. 29,
2008. Leading up to our exciting
opening celebration, we will host
special previews for our members in
appreciation of their support.
In anticipation of the opening of
Miami’s newest architectural gem
and the 2008-2009 season of exciting
exhibitions and events, we are expanding
our member benefits and offering new
ways to become a member at whichever
level is right for you!
As a member of the Frost Art Museum,
you support the only museum in all
of Miami that continues to present its
programs free and open to the public.
By offering important exhibitions and
engaging programs for people of all
ages, the Frost Art Museum serves to
enrich the students, faculty and staff
of Florida International University, the
Miami-Dade community and students
of Miami Dade County Public Schools.
Your membership is critical to the
continuation of the vital programs
and services we provide. Over the
coming weeks, you will receive a
reminder about our new membership
program, a short membership/renewal
application and a return envelope.
Please return the information quickly
so that we may include you in all our
special pre-opening events. Be a part
of the Frost as we move toward a great
moment in our history.
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS & BENEFITS
All Frost Art Museum members enjoy these privileges:
Subscription to Frost Bytes, Add-on Membership to the Smithsonian
Institution with subscription to Smithsonian Magazine and
discounts at Smithsonian shops
Complimentary subscription to Frost On View
Alumni & Family | $75
Invitation to community & family days
Contributor | $125
The benefits above plus:
Special preview tour on select dates prior to the opening
of each exhibition
Two complimentary tickets to Art Miami opening
Sustainer | $250
The benefits above plus:
Priority seating for The Steven & Dorothea Green Critics’
Lecture Series
Membership in North American Reciprocal Program, which provides
entry and discounts at participating museums nationwide
One exhibition catalogue per year
Invitations to members-only receptions at the Frost Art Museum
Patron | $500
The benefits above plus:
Day passes for two to the Palm Beach-3 Art Fair
Access to select private Art Basel events
Access to the Dahlia Morgan Members Lounge in Museum
Tickets for two for Arte Americas
Connoisseur | $1,000
The benefits above plus:
Invitation to Art Basel Vernissage, Scope, Pulse and
PhotoMiami Art Fairs
Exclusive access to Steven & Dorothea Green Critics’
Lecture Series’ receptions
Discount on Museum facility rental (service fees and gratuity
not included in discount)
Invitation to the Director’s Lecture Series for one
Connoisseur Couple | $1,500
The benefits above plus:
Invitations to the Director’s Lecture Series for two
*University Faculty, Staff and Alumni receive a discount of 10% on
any level of membership beginning at the sustainer level.
**A portion of your membership is not tax deductible.
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Alumni
Gayle Bainbridge
Angela Puentes-Leon & Jesse
Leon
Mireya Muniz
Angela Sanchez
Suzanne & Henry Stolar
Cecilia & Rodrigo Arboleda
FrienDS
Doris Bass
Mary Lou Bunger
Betty & Alvah Chapman
Sandy-Jo & Mark Gordon
Barbara & Harvey Peretz
Linda Schejola
Ann & Ray Stormont
Pinki & Allan Wesler
Connoisseurs
Gonzalo Acevedo
Helene & Irwin Adler
Sheila & Michael Ashkin
Virginia & Raul Benitez
Helene & Adolph Berger
Marla & George Bergmann
Bobbi & Stephen Berkman
Carol & Myles Berkman
Madeline Berlin
The Blank Family Foundation
Elizabeth & Bernard Blum
Judith & David Blumenthal
Irma & Norman Braman
Sheila & Arnold Broser
Joan & Vincent Carosella
Trudy & Paul Cejas
Nercy & Ramon Cernuda
Gala & Stanley Cohen
Rita Coll & Robert Post
Maureen & George Collins
Carol & George Crapple
Aldona Czernecka
Carol & Vincent Damian
Paulette & Bernard Darty
Marta & Jose de la Torre
Roxana & Felipe Del Valle
Maria Christina Del Valle
Marcia & Herb Dunn
Elvira & Julio Escribano
Teresa & Alfred Estrada
Amaryllis & Guillermo Feria
Tara Ana Finley
Polly & Martin Fischer
Mary & Howard Frank
Marvin Ross Friedman
Patricia & Phillip Frost
Linda & Martin Gallant
Cookie & Ralph Gazitua
Ella Gelvan
Judith & Phillip George
Yetta & Irving Geszel
Joan & Irving Getz
Maxine & Ben Gilbert
Gail & Eugene Gitin
Dalia & Saul Glottmann
Pamela & Gary Goldfaden
Barbara & Barry Goldin
Dorothea & Steven Green
Marta Gutierrez
Karen & Anthony Hai
Diane & Ernest Halpryn
Rebecca Haug
Florence Hecht
Karen & Ken Heithoff
Diane & Daniel Heller
Jane & Richard Herron
Robbie & Jerome Herskowitz
Nancy Herstand & Jacques Teze
Helen & Jeffrey Horowitz
Tilly Fox & Jeffrey Horstmyer
Patricia & Jerry Hubbard
Susan & Larry Jay
Kimberly Jones, The Fortress
Jane & Gerald Katcher
Areta & Jeffrey Kaufman
Joyce & Michael Katz
Jean & Jay Kislak
Evelyn & Bernard Korman
Jacqueline & Irwin Kott
Helene & Solomon Lanster
Rochelle & Steven Lanster
Lois & Alvin Lapidus
Harriet & Ronald Lassin
Gerri & Bennett LeBow
Lorraine Letendre
Donna & Robert Litowitz
Heidi & Jack Loeb
Lilia Ana Lopez
Gloria & Leonard Luria
Martin Z. Margulies
Heather & Max Millard
Virginia Miller Gallery
Sandra & Stephen Muss
Sunny & Jim Neff
H. Jeanne Nicastri
Marilyn Ostrow
Inga & Mario Palenzona
Linda & David Paresky
Rita & David Perlman
Betty Laird Perry
Jonlee Peterson
Maxine & Isidore Pines
Barbara & Robert Pinkert
Diana Cronin Platz
Dorothea & Aaron Podhurst
Amy & Richard Pollack
Mary Ann Portell
Claudia & Alan Potamkin
Linda & Irwin M. Potash
Nancy & Herb Praver
Elvira & Jorge Pupo
Toni & Carl Randolph
Stefanie & Evan Reed,
Art Basel
Sheila & Sorrel Resnik
Joyce & Steven D. Robinson
Elizabeth & Mark Rogers
Hazel & Larry Rosen
Michelle & Herbert Rosenfeld,
Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery
Wendy & Ira Rothfield
Lois & Howard Rukeyser
Francien Ruwitch
Gloria Scharlin
Barbara Schiff
Besty Sherman
Diane & Irving Siegel
Lois Siegel
Susan & Gerald Silver
Emanuelle & Allan Slaight
Sanrda & Joseph J. Slotnik
Joan & Harry Smith
Peggy & Stan Smith
Macarena Spittler
Clara Sredni
Lesta & Matthew Stacom
Florence & Sidney J. Stern
Axel Stein, Sotheby’s
Laura & Arch Sturaitis
Patricia Strawgate
Rosa Sugrañes
Cricket & Martin Taplin
Sheila Elias Taplin
Marjorie & John Tedesco
Glades & Orlando Valdes
Greg Viejo, Citibank
Private Bank
Anabelle & Ken Viyella
Judith & Sherwood Weiser
Carol & Norman Weldon
Nicolette Wernick
Elaine Wolfson
Ray Ellan & Allan Yarkin
Evelyn Yudowitz
Dolores & Sanford Ziff
Donors
Irma & Norman Braman
Jan Cowles
Teresa & Alfred Estrada
Joy & Jack Fisherman
Patricia & Phillip Frost
Ideal Gladstone
Kimberly Green
Dorothea & Steven Green
Jane Hsiao
Richard Krasnow
Gloria & Leonard Luria
Martin Z. Margulies
Liza & Arturo Mosquera
Wendy Pagán
Betty Laird Perry
Alan Potamkin
Jean-Claude Rigaud
Francien Ruwitch
Wilma & Jesse Siegel
Jewel Stern
Rosa Sugrañes
Carol & Norman Weldon
Member Reception Hosts
Bette Blum
Judith & David Blumenthal
Joan & Vincent Carosella
Paulette & Bernard Darty
Shelia Elias Taplin
Amaryllis & Guillermo Feria
Gary Nader Fine Art
Amy & Richard Pollack
Gloria G. Scharlin
Deborah & Dennis Scholl
Patricia Strawgate
Francien Ruwitch
Judy Weiser
Board of Trustees
Cesar L. Alvarez
Jorge L. Arrizurieta
Betsy S. Atkins
Albert E. Dotson, Sr.
Patricia Frost
Bruce Hauptli
R. Kirk Landon
Miriam López
Albert Maury
Arthur “AJ” Meyer
David R. Parker
Claudia Puig
Rosa Sugrañes
MEMBERS
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
Modesto A. Maidique, President
Ronald M. Berkman, Executive Vice
President and Provost
Sandra Gonzalez-Levy, Vice President,
University and Community Relations
and Interim Vice President, University
Advancement
Rosa L. Jones, Vice President, Student
Affairs and Undergraduate Education
Vivan A. Sanchez, Chief Financial Officer
and Senior Vice President, Business &
Finance and Human Resources
Stephen A. Sauls, Vice President,
Governmental Relations
George E. Walker, Vice President, Research
and Dean of University Graduate School
Douglas Wartzok, Vice President,
Academic Affairs
Corinne M. Webb, Vice President,
Enrollment Management
Min Yao, Vice President, Information
Technology and Chief Information Officers
Frost Art Museum
Carol Damian, Director
Alison Burrus, Miami-Dade Public School
Museum Educator
Etain E. Connor, Director of Development
Kitty Dumas, Director of Communications
Nicole Espaillat, Museum Educator Intern
Annette B. Fromm, Museum
Studies Coordinator
Elisabeth Gonzalez, Administrative Assistant
Stephanie Guasp, Assistant Manager of
Cintas Fellows Collection
Catalina Jaramillo, Assistant Curator
Debbye Kirschtel-Taylor,
Curator of Collections / Registrar
Ailyn Mendoza, Communications Coordinator
Caroline Parker, Curator of Education
Amy Pollack, Special Projects Coordinator
Ana Quiroz, Museum Assistant
Ivan F. Reyes, Senior Accountant
Kerri Riva, Communications Assistant
Chip Steeler, Exhibition Designer
Susan Thomas, Membership Coordinator
David Urbina, Assistant to Senior Accountant
Andy Vazquez, Preparator
Sherry Zambrano, Assistant Registrar
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MODERN MASTERS
FROM THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM
OPENING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29th
THE NEW FROST ART MUSEUM
Ad Reinhardt, Untitled, 1940. Oil on fiberboard, 46 x 24 inches. Gift of Patricia & Phillip Frost.
10975 SW 17th Street
Miami, FL 33199
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ongoing support from the Miami-
Dade County Department of Cultural
Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council,
the Mayor and the Miami-Dade Board
of County Commissioners, the Steven
& Dorothea Green Endowment,
Funding Arts Network, Dade
Community Foundation,
Citi Group Foundation, Citi Private
Bank and the Friends of the
Frost Art Museum.
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