Center For The Fine Arts
Miami Art Museum of Dade County

The CFA promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas reflecting the diversity of its community and its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas.

The mission of the CFA is to exhibit, collect, preserve and interpret international art with a focus on the art at the Western Hemisphere from the World War II era to the present.

To complement its mission and to provide a broader historical context, the CFA presents works of art outside of this time frame when appropriate.

The CFA is dedicated to education and scholarship. To this end, the CFA takes a variety or approaches including publications and other materials to interpret its collection and exhibitions for its many audiences. The CFA engages the community in lively exchange, fosters fresh ideas and conveys the excitement of the creatiue process.

The Center is a catalyst for the visual arts nationally and internationally.

Highlights:

A major highlight of the cultural life in South Florida, the CFA is situated in the Philip Johnson - designed Metro-Dade cultural complex in downtown Miami.

On the occasion of the CFA's 10th anniversary, the Trustees realized that Miami had matured into a vibrant international city. But to be a truly great city, Miami needed a central museum with a permanent collection.

The Center's Trustees voted to transform CFA from a Kunsthalle into a museum with a permanent collection that reflects Miami's growing importance internationally and its pivotal geography at the crossroads of the Americas.

To insure that the Center moves ahead with broad public participation, the CFA launched a community-wide long-range planning process in 1995: nearly 200 citizens joined in developing the Center's vision for the future.

As a sign of this new direction the Center will be renamed The Miami Art Museum of Dade County in Fall 1996. This far-reaching decision and new name will propel CFA into the next century.

Exhibits:

The 901 Arango International Design Exhibition
March 22 -May 26, 1996
refuse Good Everyday Design from Reused and Recycled Materials

NEW WORK. GERARDO SUTER
April 12 - June 30, 1996
Geografia de Ia memoria

DREAM COLLECTION
May 3 - October 13, 1996
SELECTIONS FROM THE ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY and THE COLLECTION of NORMAN & IRMA BRAMAN

LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS
June 14 - August 25, 1996
1915-1995

ALFRED STIEGLITZ'S Camera Notes
July 12 - September 29, 1994

THE SACRED ARTS of HAITIAN VODOU
September 19 - December 1, 1996

NEW WORK: Ruben Torres-Llorca
October 11, 1996 - Jarnuary 26, 1997

CONTINUITY & CONTRADICTION
Deoember 20, 1996 - February 22, 1997
A New Look at the Permanent Collection (Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego).

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