Your Passport to Seven of Miami’s Art Museums

The Miami arts community came together to form a museum collaboration, the directors of seven South Florida art museums have created the Miami Art Museums Alliance (MAMA). The organization aims to ensure that public museums are part of the life of all Miami-Dade residents and visitors and contributes to the community’s success. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, it will work to engage and build audiences for its institutions, expand funding sources for the museum sector, explore opportunities for collaboration and find ways to openly share information and expertise. “MAMA. I love the name, it’s one of the things I like about it,” said Dennis Scholl, the vice president of arts for the Knight Foundation. The foundation’s grant accounts for $35,000 to the alliance over the next two years, Mr. Scholl said. Although the name ‘MAMA’ is great, the alliance didn’t win a grant from the Knight Foundation for their name. The foundation was impressed by the amount of “sweat-equity” the seven museum directors had put in before even applying, Mr. Scholl said.

Hoping to leverage their collective efforts, the directors of seven Miami art museums have gained more strength through a unified voice. The original museum directrs are Silvia Karman Cubina of the Bass Museum of Art, Carol Damian of the Frost Art Museum-FIU, Brian Dursum of the Lowe Art Museum-UM, Alex Gartenfeld of the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Thomas Collins of the Perez Art Museum Miami, Joel Hoffman of Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, and Cathy Leff of the Wolfsonian-FIU. There’s no question that the museums that work together increase the quality of programming for the community, Mr. Scholl said. “We have a really excellent group of museum directors in our community right now, and that excellence is reflected in their being smart enough to know that they will all benefit from collaboration.”

The Miami Art Museums Alliance Passport – Your passport to seven of Miami’s art museums! Get your passport stamped at all seven of Miami’s art museums listed in this passport and enter a drawing to win VIP passes to Miami’s hottest art fairs during Miami Art Week in December 2014, memberships to all seven Miami art museums, and more fabulous prizes and art experiences. Turn in your stamped passport to the visitor services representative at the admission desk of the final museum you visit, to be entered into the drawing.

Pick up your passport at any of the seven participating museums.

Or, download an electronic version here.

*General admission fees apply.
**Valid from May 1 through September 1, 2014.
***Drawing will be held on September 4, 2014, winners
****will be notified via email.