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Five unique books created by elementary school students will be on display in the lobby of The Wolfsonian–FIU beginning on Thursday, May 12. The exhibition will remain on view through Sunday, June 12. Admission is free and open to the public. The show is the final product of “Page at a [...]
![Pamphlet, Modern Reklameschriften [Modern Calligraphy in Advertising] by Gerhard Hantzsch, c. 1935](http://news.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/XC2008.07.17.110.jpg "Modern Reklameschriften [Modern Calligraphy in Advertising]")
It is April, the month of shoures soote – and The Wolfsonian-FIU is channeling Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales because the fourth month of the year also happens to be the month of O, Miami, a brand-new, county-wide poetry festival. The festival’s goal: for every person in the county to encounter a poem during [...]
Name: Steve Sauls Hometown: I was born and raised in Lakeland, Fla., as a fifth-generation Floridian, but consider my hometowns Washington, D.C., and Miami Beach. Job Title/Department: Vice President for Governmental Relations, Office of Governmental Relations. Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus. But I have a special feeling for Biscayne Bay [...]
The Wolfsonian-FIU will unveil on Friday, April 15, “ Art for All: British Posters for Transport,” an exhibition that explores the evolution of transport posters in 20th century Britain and features outstanding examples executed for both the London Underground and the British railways. The exhibition, which will be on view at [...]
![Book, La fin du monde, filmée par l’ange N.-D. [The End of the World, Filmed by the Angel N.-D.] by Blaise Cendrars, 1919](http://news.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/84.2.615.jpg "84.2.615")
The Wolfsonian-FIU will present, beginning on Thursday, April 7, “Rewriting the World: Primers and Poetry in the Age of Confusion,” a new exhibition organized by curatorial research assistant Matthew Abess that will be on view through June 5 in the museum’s Rare Book and Special Collections Library Vestibule. Drawing on the Wolfsonian’s holdings [...]
Jon Mogul, The Wolfsonian-FIU‘s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation academic programs coordinator, has been appointed chairman of the Association of Research Institutes in Art History (ARIAH), an international consortium that comprises 22 member institutions. “We are extremely pleased with Jon’s recent nomination and achievement,” said Cathy Leff, the museum’s director. “The Wolfsonian has been [...]
The Wolfsonian–FIU is developing a Web-based curriculum utilizing game-based learning to initiate conversations with teens about what freedom means today. The project, “Four Freedoms: Teen Thoughts on Democracy Online,” is an extension of the museum’s “Thoughts on Democracy” exhibit, which was shown in 2008 with funding from a Funding Arts Network/Knight [...]
Antiques Roadshow viewers may have caught an appearance by The Wolfsonian-FIU Jan. 17 on PBS when the museum made a cameo on the show’s third episode of the ongoing 15th season. Host Mark L. Walberg met with appraiser Eric Silver at the Wolfsonian to examine its large collection of World’s [...]
PUBLIC TALK
Friday, January 21, 7pm
The Wolfsonian welcomes Greg LeMond, three-time winner of the Tour de France, the best known and most prestigious three-week bicycle race in the world. LeMond shares his views on challenging and conquering speed limits through his experiences with the Tour and his years at the top of the cycling world. As the first American to capture the event, LeMond revolutionized the sport in the 1980s and early 1990s. He was the first successful professional to use clipless pedals, cycling eyewear, modern high tech helmets, and aero bars. To put LeMond’s accomplishments in context, the evening kicks off with a glimpse the tour before LeMond conquered it, as we screen Vive Le Tour (1962, France, Louis Malle, 19 min, French with English subtitles, color, DVD). For more information or to RSVP: 305.535.2644 or lydia@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free for Wolfsonian members, $10 all others.
Blue-and-gold enthusiasm is building for the Spring 2011 semester. Here is a guide of information with dates and events that will come in handy in the next couple of weeks and beyond. Monday, Jan. 3, FIU will welcome back to its campuses students, faculty/staff and administrators looking forward to a [...]
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