Opening reception "The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl" / Panel discussion / DJ Le Spam March 17, 2012

Miami Art Museum hosts an opening party for the first museum exhibition to explore the history of vinyl records within the context of contemporary art, featuring a panel discussion followed by a special performance by guest DJ Le Spam.

Panel discussion begins 6:30pm, doors open 6pm (limited seating):
* William Cordova - Artist in the exhibition
* René Morales - MAM associate curator
* Trevor Schoonmaker - organizer of The Record as curator of contemporary art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
* Xaviera Simmons - Artist in the exhibition

MAM members free, non-members $10
Free event parking at 50 NW 2nd Ave.
RSVP@miamiartmuseum.org

"The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl" was organized by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and is curated by Trevor Schoonmaker, Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art.

"The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl" is made possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Major support is provided by Marilyn M. Arthur, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Duke University's Council for the Arts, the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, Charles Weinraub and Emily Kass, E. Blake Byrne, Barbra and Andrew Rothschild, Christen and Derek Wilson, and the Graduate Liberal Studies program at Duke University. This program is supported in part, by public funds from the Netherlands Cultural Services. Additional support is provided by Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Allen, Catherine Karmel, Peggy and John Murray, Francine and Benson Pilloff, Caroline and Arthur Rogers, Olympia Stone and Sims Preston, Angela O. Terry, Richard Tigner, Nancy Palmer Wardropper, Peter Lange and Lori Leachman, Lauren and Neill Goslin, and Merge Records.

The Miami presentation is supported by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of its Knight Arts Challenge.

Official Website: http://miamiartmuseum.org/exhibition_the-record.asp