Wolfsonian Visionaries to host 11:11:11 to benefit The Wolfsonian-FIU


The Wolfsonian Visionaries will host 11:11:11, the second annual Visionaries’ fundraiser to benefit The Wolfsonian-FIU on Friday, Nov. 11, from 7-11 p.m., at the landmark 1111 Lincoln Road garage.

The evening, which also marks the museum’s 16th anniversary, will feature signature dishes from Miami’s top restaurants and caterers, as well as top-shelf spirits from Bacardi. DJ Mauricio Parra will man the turntables, and the images of artist Emilio Chapela will be on display in a site-specific installation. The evening will also include a surprise interactive event to mark 11:11 p.m.

Tickets are $150 per person. For more information about 11:11:11, or to purchase tickets, contact Nelly Farra at 305-535-2626 or nelly@thewolf.fiu.edu or click here.

The Wolfsonian-FIU opened its doors on Washington Avenue in Miami Beach on Nov. 11, 1995, and the Visionaries – a group of young professionals from Miami’s arts and business communities committed to promoting the museum through innovative events and design-related programming – have embraced this special date as the theme for their yearly fundraiser.

“Nov. 11, 2011, is a very special, transcendent moment of good will, and we’ve designed the 11:11:11 party with an emphasis on a feeling of euphoria, on celebrating a celestial moment,” said Jose Zaldivar, a member of the Visionaries host committee. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime moment. We’re celebrating the moment, the here and now, and making this party a true celebration of life.”

Zaldivar has designed the space on the seventh floor of the 1111 building to feel heavenly, “like a cloud of light.” It will be illuminated by images from a book on the theme of 11:11:11 by the artist Emilio Chapela, commissioned for the event.

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