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. Join us for our monthly DEN NIGHTS, the second Thursday of the month at The Wolfsonian, and for excursions into Miami’s outstanding design community. For more information, contact 305.535.2631 or thea@thewolf.fiu.edu.
Thursday, January 8, 7pm
WOLF PACK DEN NIGHT GAME NIGHT—Tapas, two-for-one drink specials, and all your favorite board games.
WOLF BOOK CLUB
Be a part of our book club! Participants must be Wolfsonian members and will receive a twenty percent discount on book club selections purchased in The Dynamo Museum Shop. To join or to RSVP: 305.535.2644 or education@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free.
Friday, January, 9, 7pm
THE FEAST OF THE GOAT by Mario Vargas Llosa (2002)—Recounting the end of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo’s regime and the birth of a terrible democracy, Vargas Llosa gives voice to Trujillo and his victims, both innocent and complicit, who were drawn into his deadly orbit. Co-sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University.
PUBLIC TALK
Thursday, January 15, 7pm
DOWN ARGENTINE WAY: SETTING THE STAGE FOR ART DECO ARCHITECTURE—Mark D. Szuchman, professor and chair of the Department of History at Florida International University, explores the social, economic, and political currents at work in pre-1920s Argentina and sets the stage for this year’s Art Deco Weekend’s Argentine focus. Co-presented by Miami Design Preservation League. Free.
PUBLIC TALK
Friday-Sunday, January 16-18
DOWN ARGENTINE WAY: DECO, VINO, TANGO—Miami Design Preservation League’s Art Deco Weekend brings lectures and films to The Wolfsonian as it explores the rich culture of Argentina and its capital city of Buenos Aires. Visit www.artdecoweekend.com for details. Free. Art Deco Weekend is January 16-18, 2009 on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach.
TOUR
Tuesday, January 20, 7pm
CURATOR’S TOUR AND RECEPTION—Join curator Sarah Schleuning for a tour of Gridnik: Wim Crouwel and Modern Typography and a reception in the The Dynamo Café. RSVP required: 305.535.2631 or rsvp@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free for members; $10 for members’ guests.
DOCUMENTARY SERIES: TECHNOLOGY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION
This film series explores the impact of technology on our lives. Curated by Michael Laramee, a graduate student in Film Studies at the University of Miami, it is co-sponsored by FIU’s Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies. Free to members and students; $10 all others.
Friday, January 23, 7pm
WE FEED THE WORLD (2005, Austria, Erwin Wagenhofer, 96 min, German with English subtitles, color, DVD)—The world has the capacity to feed all its inhabitants, but does not. Follow the flow of food around the globe and find out where it ends up and why.
FILM
Thursday, January 29, 7pm
BUCKMINSTER FULLER: THINKING OUT LOUD (1996, USA, producer/directors Kirk Simon and Karen Goodman, 94 min, color, DVD)—In Buckminster Fuller’s world, cars had three wheels, houses were to be delivered by blimps, and cities were to be built inside floating spheres. Discover one of the twentieth century’s most innovative and controversial visionaries in this award-winning documentary. Free.
TOUR
Fridays, January 30, 6pm
DECO AND DESIGN TOUR—This two-hour adventure begins with a walking tour of the Art Deco District, then moves inside to explore American Streamlined Design. Limited to twenty participants. RSVP and one-week advance ticket purchase required: 305.535.2648 or education@thewolf.fiu.edu. Tour begins and ends at The Wolfsonian. $10 for members; $20 all others.
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
AMERICAN STREAMLINED DESIGN: THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
Organized and circulated by the Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design, Montreal
ON VIEW THROUGH MAY 17, 2009
Surveying a particularly American version of Modernism, American Streamlined Design presents over 185 works in diverse materials, from Bakelite to stainless steel, organized thematically around the spheres of American life in the 1930s‒50s: the kitchen and bath, the living room, the office and workroom, manual labor, and recreation. The exhibition is drawn from the Eric Brill Collection, the largest known on this subject, and supplemented by works from the Stewart Collection of 20th-Century Design and The Wolfsonian.
GRIDNIK: WIM CROUWEL AND MODERN TYPOGRAPHY
ON VIEW THROUGH MARCH 10, 2009
In honor of contemporary Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel’s 80th birthday, The Wolfsonian is collaborating with Mr. Crouwel on an exhibition, drawn from collections of The Wolfsonian, Stedelijk Museum, and private lenders. The graphic works of “Gridnik”, as Crouwel is known in the design community, will be examined within the context of design, and specifically typography, innovations of the early twentieth-century, especially within The Netherlands. Crouwel’s self-professed knowledge and appreciation for the history of art, design, and architecture (as illustrated by his career as an artist, designer, professor, and museum director), serves as a perfect complement to The Wolfsonian’s mission—to explore the impact of design on everyday life. By juxtaposing a selection of his work, with The Wolfsonian’s early twentieth century Dutch and European graphic design collection, the museum and Crouwel hope to create a dynamic interplay between the present and the past.
THOUGHTS ON DEMOCRACY
ON VIEW THROUGH JANUARY 6, 2009 IN THE MUSEUM’S LOBBY
Thoughts on Democracy is an initiative intended to foster an ongoing dialogue between The Wolfsonian’s graphic and propaganda arts collections and contemporary artists and designers. The museum invited sixty leading artists and designers to create a new graphic design inspired by Norman Rockwell’s
1943 “Four Freedoms” posters, a recent addition to the collection. Rockwell’s images, reproduced by the U.S. Office of War Information for mass dissemination, communicated FDR’s vision of “a world founded upon four essential human freedoms”—Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from
Want, and Freedom from Fear.
To contribute to the conversation on democracy, and to learn more about the project, visit www.thoughtsondemocracy.blogspot.com
A BITTERSWEET DECADE: THE NEW DEAL IN AMERICA, 1933-43
ON VIEW THROUGH JANUARY 19, 2009
This exhibition, which commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the New Deal, considers the impact of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s programs on American culture and explores how the government’s patronage of art, design, and architecture were integral parts of the larger project of the New Deal, which aimed to spur recovery from the Great Depression and change American society.
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND NEW DEAL AMERICANA
ON VIEW THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY 2009
Organized by Florida International University history students studying the Great Depression and the New Deal era in Film and History, this selection of rare books and printed ephemera is presented in conjunction with the exhibition, A Bittersweet Decade: The New Deal in America, 1933-43. An expanded version of the students’ exhibit of Great Depression and New Deal materials will travel to the Green Library on FIU’s main campus this coming April/May. The student projects will be on display in the third floor library lobby and can also be seen via the web at: http://www.librarydisplays.wolfsonian.org.
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 includes a Chef’s entrée of the day and iced tea.
THINKISM THURSDAYS
Energy Hours at The Dynamo take place from 6-9pm and include two-for-one drink specials, a tapas menu, and all your favorite board games.
FREE FRIDAYS, 6-9 PM
Free admission to galleries from 6-9pm. Energy Hours at The Dynamo take place from 6-9pm and include two-for-one drink specials, a tapas menu, and all your favorite board games. Exhibition tour at 6pm. Recharge your batteries for the weekend.
For more information on menus or to reserve your table at The Dynamo, please call 305.535.1457 or email dynamo@lyonandlyon.com.
UPCOMING EVENT
SPECIAL EVENT
Saturday, February 21, 7pm and Sunday, February 22, 7pm
GALA FUNDRAISING EVENING HONORING BARONESSE PHILIPPINE DE ROTHSCHILD, WITH CELEBRITY CHEF DANIEL BOULUD—Join us for an intimate culinary extravaganza celebrating the intersection of the visual arts, gastronomy, and wine in conjunction with the exhibition Mouton Rothschild: Paintings for the Labels. Dinner, prepared by Daniel Boulud, features wines from Château Mouton Rothschild. A wine auction follows. Baroness de Rothschild leads a tour of the exhibit of more than sixty original paintings commissioned for the wine labels; artists represented include Picasso, Dali, Chagall, and Miró. Proceeds from the Feb. 21 event are shared by The Wolfsonian–FIU and the FIU School of Hospitality and Tourism; the Feb. 22 event benefits The Wolfsonian–FIU exhibitions and public programs. Space is limited to 75 guests per evening; tickets are $600 and available for Feb. 21 through www.sobewineandfoodfest.com or 877.762.3933. Tickets for Feb. 22 are available through thea@thewolf.fiu.edu or 305.535.2631.
