During the Italian Renaissance, patrons of the arts commissioned creative minds to paint murals, sculpt statues, and construct awesome tuna-fish sandwiches. Today's Groupon puts you in the patron's chair. For $20, you get a one-year individual membership to the Miami Art Museum (a $45 value). Current members of the Miami Art Museum may purchase this Groupon to extend their current membership.
The Miami Art Museum houses an ever-growing collection of more than 600 works of art, with pieces by such art-world luminaries as Chuck Close, Joseph Cornell, and Robert Rauschenberg. Spend days getting physically lost and emotionally found in abstract landscapes of paint and perspective with a one-year membership, which includes unlimited free admission for 12 months. The one-year membership also includes invitations to exclusive members-only events and preview parties at the Miami Art Museum, giving you the chance to break out that Members Only jacket without, for once, a bit of irony. The membership also comes with a complimentary subscription to MAM Portrait, the museum's official magazine, as well as a 10% discount off all items at the MAM Store. In addition to minor benefits such as aesthetic salvation and cultural cloud-nine–ness, membership to the museum includes these privileges and perks:
- Free or reduced admission to educational programs
- Additional members-only discounts and sales at the MAM Store
- Discounts at local businesses through the MAM Business Partners Membership Discount Program
- Eligibility to join the volunteer docents
- Opportunity for members ages 21–41 to subscribe to MAM Contemporaries, MAM's young professionals support group
With the Miami Art Museum preparing to move into a new, state-of-the-art venue in 2013, now's an ideal time to lend easel-like support to the museum as it strives toward global art supremacy. Call the Miami Art Museum to arrange your annum of artistic adventures.
Reviews
Yelpers give the Miami Art Museum 3.5 stars, while the city experts at Frommer's praise the eclecticism of its exhibits.
- The Miami Art Museum (MAM) features an eclectic mix of modern and contemporary works by such artists as Eric Fischl, Max Beckmann, Jim Dine, and Stuart Davis…Almost as artistic as the works inside the museum is the composite sketch of the people -- young and old -- who attend these events. – Frommer's
- A wonderful reprieve in the middle of the city. – Larry M., Yelp
Groupon Says
Knowing Art
The vast majority of human beings do not know art. There are only a few major types of art, and with a little bit of study, you'll be able to identify them. Here is a guide to the types of art so that you can join the ranks of those who "know art":
Painting: These two-dimensional art objects involve the application of colors to a surface, usually a canvas or a child's face. Most paintings depict people in robes, flowers that resemble inappropriate body parts, or clocks that are not accurate and/or melty. All good paintings smell like their subjects.
Sculpture: Sculptures are three-dimensional representations of naked people carved from blocks of stone using tiny hammers and patience. A good number of counterfeit sculptures are made from ice or are just people who are good at standing still, but real statues shouldn't be able to melt or go home at night. The world's two most famous statues, Michelangelo's David and the Venus de Milo, are married to each other.
Performance Art: If it's happening at a museum but it looks like two people having a loud argument with each other, don't call security, call the art reviewer for the local paper. Beards, trash cans with wood in them, and flags covered in anything are also common signs of performance art.
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