Join us for Target Wednesday After Hours on July 18, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm!

Media Contact: Emmett Young
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The Frost Art Museum’s Target Wednesday After Hours Celebrates Two New Exhibitions

Pepe Mar, Spinning Around, 2008, Mixed media, 8 feet tall, Collection of the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Gift of David Castillo

MIAMI, FL (June 28, 2012)-The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University presents This and That: Unconventional Selections from the Permanent Collection and Shared Threads: Maria Lino’s Portrait of a Shipibo Healer, on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 from 6pm-9pm during Target Wednesday After Hours. The event is free of charge and open to the public.

This and That: Unconventional Selections from the Permanent Collection presents works which, at first glance, may seem somewhat unconventional, either through the artist’s treatment of materials or subject matter. These works, which can be complex, mysterious, irreverent or fun, will challenge visitors to reconsider their perceptions of what art is, to stimulate a response and question meanings. The exhibition, selected from the Museum’s permanent collection, features artworks in a wide range of media by artists such as Guerra de la Paz, Pepe Mar, Jillian Mayer, Bert Rodriguez and Graham Hudson. The exhibit, curated by Klaudio Rodriguez, runs through October 21, 2012.

Maria Lino Drawn Stitches, 2011 Multi-channel video installation dimensions variable, Courtesy of the Artist

Shared Threads: Maria Lino’s Portrait of a Shipibo Healer is a collaborative experience where two artists from vastly different cultures and artistic traditions came together in the Amazon region, in Pucallpa, Peru. The results are an extraordinary multi-media integration of tradition, design and technique in a soulful exchange of knowledge, the majority of which occurred over the course of ten intensive days of collecting video footage in Pucallpa.

Maria Lino has twice been named a Cintas Fellow and, in 2011, was awarded a Fulbright US Scholar Grant and spent eight months working in Peru on an ongoing series of video portraits; Shared Threads is part of this larger work and includes a selection of Shipibo textiles. The exhibit, curated by Ana Estrada and sponsored by Latino Magazine, runs through September 30, 2012.

About the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University
The Frost Art Museum opened its current 46,000-square-foot state of the art building in November 2008. Over 125,000 people have visited the Museum in its new building since its opening in November, 2008. Admission to the Museum is always free. The Frost is an American Association of Museums accredited museum and Smithsonian affiliate. It is located at 10975 SW 17th Street, across from the Blue garage and adjacent to the Wertheim Performing Arts Center on the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday noon-5 p.m. Closed on Mondays and most legal holidays. For more information, please visit http://thefrost.fiu.edu or call 305-348-2890. Follow the Frost Art Museum on Twitter and Like Us on Facebook..

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