ARLIS/NA 24TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE Doral Ocean Beach Hotel Miami Beach, Florida April 25-May 1, 1996

	WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 [Top of File]
7:30 am - 9:00 am [Foyer Left]	REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
8:00 am - 4:00 pm [Regency Conference Room]	EXECUTIVE BOARD POST-CONFERENCE SESSION (Open to membership on a seating available basis.)
	HALF-DAY/ALL DAY TOURS (Preregistration required; all times listed include travel times to/from event.)
8:00 am - 11:00 pm	TRIP K: DAY TRIP TO EXCITING KEY WEST (Meet at lower level street entrance of hotel and board bus at 7:30 am; bus departs promptly at 8:00 am.) This fully narrated tour will take you over the famous Seven-Mile Bridge offering a panoramic view of the island dotted waters of both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. At the end of the highway, you'll find Key West, an intriguing city which retains much of the adventure and romance of a past that includes Calusa Indians, Spanish Conquistadors and pirates. There are sidewalk cafes and restaurants, intimate bistros, art galleries and handicraft shops, plus places of historic interest such as Hemingway House. You will board the Old Town Trolley and see the best of Key West on a 90 minute tour. You will enjoy a buffet dinner on the return trip.
8:00 am - 12 noon	TRIP L: ART DECO DISTRICT TOUR (w/breakfast) (Meet at lower level street entrance of hotel and board bus at 7:30 am; bus departs promptly at 8:00 am.) Miami Beach has the largest Art Deco district in America with buildings being restored daily. The tour begins with breakfast followed by a comprehensive tour of the nation's youngest historic district. With 800 plus buildings, the square mile Art Deco district is the only 20th century historic area listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. This area was rapidly developed during the 1930s, leading to a concentration of buildings with similar styles, setback and scale. The most notable change in the area is the blooming of pastel colors on the facades of buildings throughout the district. The Deco area has become a haven for television commercials, film-making and photographers.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm	TRIP M: METRO-DADE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES / CENTER FOR FINE ARTS / LOUIS WOLFSON II MEDIA HISTORY CENTER (Meet at lower level street entrance of hotel and board bus at 7:30 am; bus departs promptly at 8:00 am. Box lunch will be served following morning portion of the tour.) Miami-Dade Art in Public Places (8:30 am - 12 Noon). Busses will transport participants to the Metro-Dade Stephen P Clark Government Center, Open Space Plaza at the sculpture "Dropped Bowl with Scattered Slices and Peels" by Oldenburg/van Bruggen. Metro-Dade County's nationally recognized "Art in Public Places" program offers a professionally guided tour of site specific artworks located at the Metrorail and Metromover transit stations. Art installations visited will include the work of regional and international artists such as: Claes Oldenburg/Coosje van Bruggen, Carlos Alfonzo, Betye Saar, Connie Lloveras and Buster Simpson. The tour will illustrate the process of public art which is based on community involvement, site specific, and the enrichment of public space. Center for Fine Arts, Metro-Dade Cultural Plaza (1:30 pm - 2:30 pm). The Center for Fine Arts will have the following exhibitions: "Refuse: Good Everyday Design from Reused and Recycled Materials." With over 200 objects from 15 countries designed entirely from recycled garbage, this exhibition attempts to inform the public how REFuse can be ReUSED. Organized by Arango Design Foundation. "New Work: Gerardo Suter." Mexican photographer, Gerardo Suter, will recreate a site-specific intermedia installation entitled, "Anahuac" (radiographs of a valley). Organized by the Center for Fine Arts. Louis Wolfson II Media History Center at the Main Library, Metro-Dade Cultural Plaza (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm). One of the largest film and video archives in the country, the Louis Wolfson II Media History Center's mission, important to the local, state and national community, is to collect, preserve and make accessible, film and video materials that document Florida history and culture.
9:00 am - 11:00 am	TRIP N: BICYCLE TOUR OF ART DECO DISTRICT (Tour departs from the Miami Beach Bicycle Center, 601 5th Street, Miami Beach (305-674-0150). Please note that transportation to the Center is NOT provided. Assistance will be provided by the Miami Beach Convention and Visitor Bureau personnel at the registration desk. Fee includes equipment rental and guided tour.) Enjoy the Miami Beach Architectural District on a leisurely bicycle tour (rollerblades optional) of the largest and most cohesive concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world. The tour provides a unique opportunity to explore Deco-age arts and architecture, examine historic preservation efforts and experience the excitement of South Beach (SoBe).
9:30 am - 4:00 pm	TRIP O: PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Craig Robins Collection, Miami Beach, and Rosa & Carlos de la Cruz Collection, Key Biscayne (Meet at lower level street entrance of hotel and board bus at 9:00 am; bus departs promptly at 9:30 am.) Craig Robins, a young real estate developer who led the renaissance of Miami Beach's Art Deco District, pursues work with a conceptual bent. This provocative collection starts with major 1970s paintings and photographs by California conceptualist John Baldessari and continues through the present with works by emerging artists, Andrea Zittle, Rachel Lachowicz, Lorna Simpson, and Nan Golden. Works by Miami artists Ruben Torres-Llorca, Quesqueya Henriquez, and the late Carlos Alfonzo are also featured. Robins' two-story apartment in the imaginatively renovated Art Deco Webster Hotel is the perfect setting for this adventuresome collection. Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz are major movers and shakers in Miami's art community. Their support of artists of Latin American heritage and of institutions that share their vision has had a tremendous impact on the city's cultural life. Ana Mendieta, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jose Bedia, and Alfredo Jaar are among the artists collected in depth by the de la Cruzes. As much of what they collect is a large-scale or installation work, the de la Cruzes are currently building an addition to the house that will provide amply gallery space.
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	TRIP P: MIAMI HIGHLIGHTS (Meet at lower level street entrance of hotel and board bus at 12:30 pm; bus departs promptly at 1:00 pm.) The best way to get a feel of the city you are visiting and how it's people live, is to go out and see it for yourself. This tour will let you experience beautiful, exciting Miami from the comfort of an air-conditioned motor coach. You will be driven along the ocean, under the canopy of trees in Coral Gables and across the causeway with the best view of downtown Miami and Biscayne Bay. Enjoy the famous Art-Deco district where you will see the pastel colors on the facades of buildings throughout. A guide will share our city's history and future plans with you. Having seen all that Miami has to offer, we hope you'll be back for another visit soon.

Text by Stephen A. Patrick
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March 14, 1996