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Event:	Second Saturdays are Free for Families
Date/Time:	05/11/13 01:00PM - 04:00PM
Description:	Look for a pattern of painted figures by artist Bhakti Baxter in the galleries. How are they alike and different? What might they represent? Try your hand at forming an imaginative, symbolic figure in clay and a mix of materials in the hands-on workshop. Free.
Event:	A Talk with Underground Cartoonist Mike Diana
Date/Time:	05/16/13 06:30PM - 08:30PM
Description:	In 1994 Mike Diana (b.1969) became the first artist ever to receive a criminal conviction for obscenity for artwork in the United States. This is the first time in 15 years Diana will return to Florida. Diana will deliver an illustrated talk reflecting on his experiences both prior, during and after the conviction. Follwed by Miami-based quartet Baby B Strings, who will debut their original arrangement of one of Modest Mussorgsky's most famous works, "Pictures at an Exhibition."
Event:	Sixth Annual Miami Art Museum Corporate Luncheon
Date/Time:	05/17/13 11:00AM - 01:30PM
Description:	Miami Art Museum celebrates the business community's integral support of the arts in South Florida at the sixth annual MAM Corporate Luncheon Presented by South Motors. Sponsorships $500-$20,000. Mandarin Oriental, Miami. If you have any questions, or wish to make your MAM Corporate Luncheon reservation by phone, please contact 305.375.1704, or by e-mail at nmartinez@miamiartmuseum.org. Learn more/reserve here: http://bit.ly/MAMCL13
Event:	International Museum Day
Date/Time:	05/18/13 12:00PM - 05:00PM
Description:	Enjoy free admission and docent-led tours of "New Work Miami 2013" and "Frames of Reference: Latin American Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection." Tours at 2pm and 3pm.
Event:	MAM @ Books & Books: Reading Art
Date/Time:	05/28/13 06:30PM - 08:00PM
Description:	Join MAM's book club for a discussion of Arthur Danto's "After the End of Art: Contemporary Art and the Pale of History." More than fifteen years ago, Arthur Danto announced that art ended around 1964. The essays in this book, originally presented as the Mellon Lectures in 1995, question notions of the aesthetics of arts and the nature of museums. For more information, email education@miamiartmuseum.org.