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The Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale, founded in 1958, is housed in a building designed by noted American architect Edward Larrabee Barnes and completed in 1986. In 2003, the Museum inaugurated its Studio School, offering classes in painting, drawing, design, and other disciplines taught by professional artists. Through the generosity and support of AutoNation, our Studio School has been renamed the AutoNation Academy of Art + Design and is expanding its offerings to include classes in ceramics, sculpture, computer graphics and culinary arts. In September 2011, the Academy will move into the historic South Side School, which has undergone a spectacular renovation thanks to the efforts of the Mayor and City Commissioners Fort Lauderdale.
During the past eight years, the Museum has become well known for its exhibitions, which have ranged from Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs to American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell, and for its highly regarded Artist-in-Residence Program, which broadens the sphere of conversation about contemporary art in our community. The Museum of Art has become one of the area’s leading cultural attractions; since 2003, it has broken all South Florida museum records by hosting more than one and a half million visitors. The Museum’s collection of more than six thousand works is international in scope, while strongly reflecting the creative expression of the cultures of South Florida and the Caribbean. The collection includes significant works by the American painter William Glackens, by the artists of the northern European CoBrA movement, and by contemporary Cuban artists. It is the mission of the Museum to explore the broadest spectrum of visual culture at the highest level of quality.
The Museum’s two floors have a total of more than 21,000 square feet of space - not including the Glackens galleries – that are available for installations and exhibitions. The Norma and William Horvitz Auditorium, with a seating capacity of 256, is a versatile facility that can be used for lectures, concerts, plays, films, and other activities. Our Miriam and Bernard Peck Sculpture Terrace offers roughly 2,800 square feet for art installations as well as a setting for receptions, wine tastings, weddings and other events. The auditorium, sculpture terrace and other selected Museum facilities are available for rental for private functions. The Museum is located in the center of a thriving downtown Fort Lauderdale at One East Las Olas Boulevard at the foot of the Andrews Avenue drawbridge over the New River.
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