PROGRAMS
Guided exhibition tours every Thursday and Friday at 6pm. Free gallery
admission on Fridays from 6–9pm with the generous support of the
Miami Herald. All programs take place at The Wolfsonian, unless
otherwise noted.
PUBLIC TALK
Thursday, November
6, 7pm
AFTER
“HOME DELIVERY”: PASTS AND FUTURES OF PREFABRICATED HOUSING—A
week after the close of
the MoMA exhibition
Home Delivery:
Fabricating the Modern Dwelling,
Barry
Bergdoll,
MoMA’s Philip Johnson Chief
Curator of Architecture and Design, reflects on current experiments in
digital fabrication, factory fabricated homes, and the house in the era
of global warming and the sub-prime crisis. Co-presented with University
of Miami School of Architecture. Book signing follows. Free to members
and FIU and UM communities; $10 all others.
WOLF BOOK CLUB
Be a
part of The Wolfsonian’s book club! We explore literary works whose
subjects are relevant to current exhibitions and collection themes.
Participants are expected to have read the selection in its entirety
prior to the discussion. To join or to RSVP: 305.535.2644 or education@thewolf.fiu.edu.
Free.
Friday, November
7, 7pm
THREE
NEW DEALS: REFLECTIONS ON ROOSEVELT’S AMERICA, MUSSOLINI’S ITALY, AND
HITLER’S GERMANY, 1933-1939
by Wolfgang
Schivelbusch (2007)—A groundbreaking work that investigates Franklin
Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal programs in the 1930s and contrasts them to
programs of the regimes of Mussolini and Hitler. The work explores the
shared elements of these three “new deals,” focusing on their
architecture and public works projects, to offer a new explanation for
the popularity of Europe’s totalitarian systems. (Note that the author
is speaking at the museum on November 20.)
THE WOLF PACK
The
Wolf Pack is a group of young professionals with a ravenous appetite
for architecture and design. Members gather regularly to interact with
Wolfsonian curators and other leaders in Miami’s design and architecture
communities for enlightening discussions and exceptional feasts. Join us
for our monthly
DEN NIGHTS,
the second Thursday of the month, and for frequent excursions into
Miami’s outstanding design community. For more information, contact
305.535.2631 or thea@thewolf.fiu.edu.
Thursday, November
13, 7pm
WOLF PACK DEN NIGHT—Movie
Night
Enjoy
tapas, two-for-one drink specials, and classic movie favorites.
FILM
CINEMA 2 AT THE WOLF
is an
ongoing documentary film series presented in collaboration with WPBT–Channel
2. Free.
Friday,
November 14, 7pm
e˛
DESIGN: THE ECONOMIES OF BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS
(USA,
Tad
Fettig, 2007, Color, DVD, 87 min)—e˛
design
is a documentary series about
solutions to environmental problems. Narrated by Brad Pitt, the series
showcases the innovators, inventors,
and
architects who are working toward
a
better, cleaner world for all. The
three segments being screened are:
“Affordable Green Housing,” “Bogota:
Building a Sustainable City,” and “Architecture 2030.”
MEMBER EVENT
CANCELLED
Tuesday, November 18, 11am
CURATOR’S TOUR AND LUNCH
MEMBER EVENT
Thursday, November 20–Sunday, November 23
MEMBERS’ APPRECIATION WEEKEND—Get
an early start on
holiday
shopping at The Dynamo
Museum
Shop. Members receive a twenty percent discount, certain restrictions
apply.
Join The
Wolfsonian!
Not a
member? Then it’s time to join! As a member, you’ll enjoy free admission
to our galleries, free or reduced admission for our programs,
invitations to our exhibition openings and other special events, member
promotions at The Dynamo Museum Shop and Café, and much more. For
membership information or to join, contact us: 305.535.2631 or thea@thewolf.fiu.edu.
PUBLIC TALK
Thursday,
November 20, 7pm
A
CONVERSATION WITH WOLFGANG SCHIVELBUSCH: THREE NEW DEALS—Historian
and author
Wolfgang
Schivelbusch
and
Alex Lichtenstein,
FIU associate professor of History, discuss Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s
New Deal programs, contrasting them to programs of the regimes of
Italy’s Mussolini and Germany’s Hitler. The exchange focuses on
architecture and public works projects to offer a new explanation for
the prevalence of Europe’s totalitarian systems. (Note that
Three New
Deals
by Wolfgang Schivelbusch is the topic of our book club on
November 7.) Book signing follows. Free to members and FIU community;
$10 all others.
FREEDOM FRIDAY
What
does “freedom” mean today? Join us for a series of entertaining and
thought-provoking events that explore the notion of freedom. Generously
supported by the Knight New Work Award from the Funding Arts
Network(FAN), in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation. All events are free.
Friday, November
21, 7pm and 8pm
FREE TO
LOVE: “SILENCIO”—This
theatrical dance event by
Danilo de
la Torre
and
David
Rohn,
presented by Miami’s new performance group, HOMO SAPIENS, celebrates the
triumph of love and the human spirit over institutional constraints
imposed by the military, politics, and religion. A hypothetical U.S.
Detention Center is the setting for exploring a complex, cross-cultural
“love that dare not speak its name.”
EXHIBITIONS
Art and Design in the Modern Age:
Selections from the Wolfsonian Collection
Ongoing; updated throughout the season
Our programs are presented in collaboration with the following FIU schools and departments: Honors College, School of Architecture, Department of Art and Art History, Women's Studies Center, Department of History, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
