April @ The Wolfsonian-FIU‏

"14 VIEWS OF MIAMI"

RECEPTION/BOOK SIGNING
Tuesday, April 8, 7pm
Join The Wolfsonian-FIU for an evening of art, literature and discussion, featuring the world premiere of "14 Views of Miami," a collaborative video/poetry project by John Stuart and Campbell McGrath. Stuart, an architect, video artist, and associate professor of Architecture at Florida International University, and McGrath, a MacArthur-winning poet and FIU's Philip and Patricia Frost professor of Creative Writing, combine their interests in documentary art to create this experimental investigation of urban representation.

Book signing and reception to follow in The Dynamo Café. Cocktails courtesy of RUBI REY RUM and cash wine bar available in The Dynamo Café. RSVP required: 305.535.2631 or thea@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free and open to the public.







CONTENTS

CALENDAR ON VIEW DYNAMO HIGHLIGHT UPCOMING EVENT



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MUSEUM HOURS & DYNAMO MUSEUM STORE • CAFE
Mon., Tues.: Noon-6pm
Thurs., Fri.: Noon-9pm
Sat., Sun.: Noon-6pm
Wed.: Closed

Free admission after 6pm on Fridays thanks to the generous support of:


THINKISM THURSDAYS
Join us for a tour at 6pm, and most nights include a program. Enjoy dinner in The Dynamo Café.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Fashioning the Modern French Interior: Pochoir Portfolios in the 1920s


Art and Design in the Modern Age:Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection


CONTACT US

RSVP: 305.535.2645
rsvp@thewolf.fiu.edu

MEMBERSHIP: 305.535.2631 membership@thewolf.fiu.edu

PROGRAMS: 305.535.2644
programs@thewolf.fiu.edu

INFO: 305.531.1001
information@thewolf.fiu.edu

MUSEUM SHOP: 305.535.2680
museumshop@thewolf.fiu.edu

DYNAMO CAFE: 305.535.1457
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CALENDAR


FILM
Thursday, April 3, 7 pm
LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILE (2003,France/Belgium/Canada/UK, Sylvain Chomet, 80 min, color, French/Portuguese with English subtitles, DVD)—This experimental animated film is set in a whimsical world inhabited by former vaudeville stars and others. Copresented with Consulat général de France à Miami. Free.

WOLF BOOK CLUB
Be a part of our book club! To join or to RSVP: 305.535.2644 or julia@thewolf.fiu.edu.

Friday, April 4, 7pm
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS by Gertrude Stein (1932)—Although ostensibly the autobiography of her companion, Stein reveals much about her own life and the artistic circles of Paris during the early twentieth century. Free.

FILM
Thursday, April 10, 7pm
JULIUS CAESAR—Celebrating the Handel opera, Julius Caesar in Egypt, which concludes the sixty-seventh season of the Florida Grand Opera, this evening features a compilation of film excerpts exploring the most compelling love story of all time. Copresented with FGO. Free.

DOCUMENTARY SERIES: SEARCHING FOR SECURITY IN AN INSECURE WORLD
These films expose contemporary crises. Curated by Barron Sherer and co-sponsored by The Jack D. Gordon's Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies' Program in National Security Studies.

Friday, April 11, 7pm
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES (2006, Jennifer Baichwal, Canada, 90 min, DVD)—Shot in China, this film records photographer Edward Burtynsky's process of creating large-scale photographs of nature transformed by industry. Followed by a discussion with professor John Stuart, FIU Department of Architecture. Free to members and students; $10 all others.

PERFORMANCE
Saturday, April 12, 3pm
CONCERT IV OF THE 2008 NEW MUSIC MIAMI ISCM FESTIVAL—For information on the New Music Miami Festival, call the FIU School of Music at 305.348.1998. Free.

FAMILY & EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Saturday, April 12, 9:30am-3pm

EDUCATOR INSTITUTE: ARTS INTEGRATION IN THE CLASSROOM

CINEMA 2 AT THE WOLF
An ongoing documentary film series presented in collaboration with WPBT-Channel 2.

Friday, April 18, 7pm
IN MARJORIE'S WAKE (2007, USA, Leslie Kemp Poole, 56 min color, DVD)—The documentary retraces the journey of Pulitzer winning author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings on the St. Johns River, documenting a seven day travel revisiting the places written about in her novel Cross Creek. Free.

PUBLIC TALK
Tuesday, April 22, 7pm
"SPANNING THE CENTURIES: VIENNA FROM EMPIRE TO REPUBLIC"—Incorporating materials from The Wolfsonian's collection, rare book cataloguer Nicolae Harsanyi addresses Viennese modernism at the turn of the twentieth century. Copresented with the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy. Free.

FILM
Thursday, April 24, 7pm
THE SECRET LIFE OF ALBAN BERG (1992, UK, Dennis Marks, 50 min, color, DVD)—The dark world behind composer Berg's polished public image is revealed here. Soprano Kristine Ciesinki tracks down archival documents and speaks with people who knew Berg. Copresented with the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy. Free.

RECEPTION/BOOK SIGNING
SOUTH BEACH: THE NOVEL
Friday, April 25, 7pm—Brian Antoni explores the hysterical highs and gutter-scraping lows of the surrealistic and outrageous South Beach of the nineties. Antoni blends the histories of his outrageous characters, and weaves in the renaissance of South Beach in order to deliver a hilarious social commentary and an engaging story of redemption and renewal. Book signing and reception to follow in The Dynamo Café. Cocktails courtesy of RUBI REY RUM and cash wine bar available in The Dynamo Café. RSVP required: 305.535.2631 or thea@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free and open to the public.

FREE FRIDAYS AT THE WOLF
Free admission begins at 6pm. Join us for a guided tour at 6pm, and innovative programming at 7pm. Galleries remain open until 9pm. Sponsored by


TOURS
Each Thursday and Friday, 6pm
Consider how an array of historical, cultural, and political trends inspired design of the machine age with a guided exhibition tour each Thursday and Friday night at 6pm. Friday tours are free.


ON VIEW

FASHIONING THE MODERN FRENCH INTERIOR: POCHOIR PORTFOLIOS IN THE 1920S
ON VIEW NOVEMBER 16, 2007 THROUGH MAY 11, 2008

In order to market the moderne interior design aesthetic on the rise in the 1920s, French publishers produced limited-edition portfolios using a traditional technique — known in France as pochoir. The technique, which involved the hand application of color to a print using a series of carefully cut stencils (pochoirs), produced luminous images ideal for promoting the new approaches to interior design.

SPANNING THE DIVIDE OF CENTURIES: VIENNA FROM THE LAST HABSBURGS TO THE AUSTRIAN REPUBLIC
ON VIEW IN THE RARE BOOK AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY VESTIBULE THROUGH JULY 22, 2008

Vienna, capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, emerged at the end of the nineteenth century as one of the major centers of the modern movement. New ideas about the individual and society found expression in the work of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, composers Arnold Schoenberg and Gustav Mahler, architects Otto Wagner and Josef Hoffmann, writers Robert Musil, Hugo von Hofmannstahl, and artists Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, among many other notables. The works on display reflect the changes that occurred in Viennese society from the fin-de-siécle to the First World War.

ART AND DESIGN IN THE MODERN AGE: SELECTIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
ONGOING

The Wolfsonian-FIU holds an astounding collection of modern objects—both the rare and the overlooked — from the 1885 to 1945 era, demonstrating the active role design plays in motivating actions, expressing ideas, creating desires, and shaping identities. Exhibition themes underscore designers' responses to new materials and technologies, the role of graphic design as an instrument of political and commercial persuasion, and the nature of state-sponsored public art and architecture programs.

DYNAMO HIGHLIGHT

The Dynamo Café's eclectic menu features a delicious array of soups, sandwiches, and salads, as well as a coffee bar and special dessert and tea menus. The museum shop is the destination for unique toys, jewelry, books, fashion, accessories and housewares.


DAZZLING DAILY LUNCH SPECIAL
Shop till you drop, then lunch at The Dynamo for $10 pp, plus tax and tip. Lunch special menu varies each day and includes a main entrée, salad, dessert and drink.

THINKISM THURSDAYS
Energy Hours at The Dynamo take place from 5-7pm and include wine and bar food specials.

FREE FRIDAYS, 6-9 PM
Free admission to galleries compliments of the Miami Herald. Energy Hours at The Dynamo, 5-7pm. Wine and bar food specials. Exhibition tour at 6pm. Recharge your batteries for the weekend.



UPCOMING EVENT

PUBLIC TALK
Friday, May 9, 7pm
"THE BIG SELL: COLLECTING PROPAGANDA"—Leonard A. Lauder, chairman of the Board of The Estée Lauder Companies, art collector, and philanthropist, discusses his interest in collecting and preserving "propaganda arts." A selection of works from Mr. Lauder's recent gift to The Wolfsonian of U.S. World War II posters and ephemera is on view in the fifth floor galleries. Sponsored by Sotheby's. RSVP required: 305.535.2645 or rsvp@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free.


The Wolfsonian receives ongoing support from the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation; William J. and Tina Rosenberg Foundation; The Miami Herald; and Pistils & Petals