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Since opening its doors, Florida International University has promoted arts and culture as an integral part of the student curriculum and in offerings to general audiences. In recent years, FIU has emerged as one of South Florida’s major cultural assets, and several of its programs are nationally renowned for their excellence.

The College of Architecture + The Arts
The new college, formed in 2006, combines the existing School of Architecture; School of Art and Art History; School of Music; School of Theatre, Dance and Speech Communication; and Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum. By fusing architecture and the arts, FIU is promoting unity among the five different units and ultimately producing better-trained artists, musicians, designers and performers in South Florida.

Please visit the College of Architecture + The Arts website at carta.fiu.edu for art, design and performance event information or call 305.348.0496.

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU has garnered a prestigious reputation for its innovative exhibitions and programs. The Frost Art Museum’s Critics’ Lecture Series presents important critics, art historians and artists. ArtPark features the Martin Z. Margulies Collection, one of the world’s finest collections of modern outdoor sculpture.

The Wolfsonian-FIU
Located in Miami Beach, The Wolfsonian-FIU promotes the collection, preservation and understanding of decorative art and design from the period 1885-1945. Through exhibitions and programs, The Wolfsonian-FIU investigates the ways design shapes and reflects human experience. Assembled by Mitchell Wolfson Jr., its collection includes more than 100,000 objects.

Theatre and Dance Productions
The Department of Theatre and Dance produces a wide variety of live performances. The theatre program mounts several shows each year, ranging from classics to experimental new works to musicals. The dance faculty directs its students in dynamic presentations by choreographers representing a variety of styles and cultures.

The FIU Music Festival
The School of Music presents an annual fall series of concerts that showcase talent in a variety of genres. The festival features FIU musicians as well as distinguished visiting performers.

Writers on the Bay
Under the direction of the Creative Writing Program (ranked among the top ten creative writing programs in the country), Writers on the Bay presents noted authors and poets. Guests have included novelists Elmore Leonard, Marge Piercy and Gay Talese, and poets Maxine Kumin and Campbell McGrath (of the program’s stellar faculty).

Smithsonian
Florida International University and the internationally known Smithsonian Institution have an affiliation agreement that makes many of the Smithsonian’s 142 million artifacts and specimens available for study and display in Miami. The unique affiliation provides for the scholarly use of Smithsonian material, collaboration on national conferences and panels, and priority in securing traveling Smithsonian exhibitions.

The South Beach Wine and Food Festival
The Annual South Beach Wine and Food Festival, presented by FIU, Food & Wine Magazine, and the Food Netwrok features spectacular wine and culinary tastings, star-studded dinners and seminars.