Design District/Wynwood art walks

Thanks for being part of the Miami FL on the Cheap community. Share your cheap tips with us at miami27@miamiflonthecheap.comThis week brings the Second Saturday of the month, and that means time for the Wynwood and Design District art walks.
Hours are 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.  Check out ArtCircuits to see what’s on exhibit and [...]

Miami Art Museum free for families

The Miami Art Museum is free for families from 1 to 4 p.m. the second Saturday of every month.
The free monthly program features hands-on activities for children and adults. Second Saturdays also include occasional live music, storytelling, guided tours, gallery games and dance performances.

Lincoln Road, Grove art walks

Two free neighborhood art walks will be Saturday, March 6.
The Coconut Grove Art Stroll is at the Promenade at Mayfair, 2911 Grand Ave., 7 to 11 p.m. The event includes art, food, drink, live music and dance performances, and painting lessons for children. Print the flyer off the MySpace page to enter to win a Miami skyline [...]

Super (Bowl) Art in the Park

This Friday, Jan. 29, in Coral Gables, celebrate Super Art in the Park, a special edition of the monthly free family event in Ponce Circle Park, 2810 Ponce Circle Blvd. The event will be 6 p.m. to midnight.
Super Art in the Park will feature live music, as well as art, sports celebrities, memorabilia, Super Bowl-themed activities for the [...]

Free Beaux Arts fest this weekend

The 59th Beaux Arts Festival of Art will bring more than 240 fine artists to the grounds of the Lowe Art Museum on the University of Miami campus 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, and Sunday, Jan. 10.
Admission and parking are free. The Lowe Art Museum will be open to the public for [...]

Free presentation on spirituality

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum’s free monthly event series, Target Wednesday After Hours, continues at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, with a lecture entitled “Engaging Wisdom and Compassion” by Venerable Gelek Rimpoche and the Mandala closing ceremony by the Monks of the Deprung Loseling Monastery.
Gelek Rimpoche, founder of Jewel Heart, is an internationally recognized spiritual [...]

Free Art Basel-related events

In case you’ve been living under a rock the last few days, let us remind you that Art Basel is this week, Thursday, Dec. 3, through Sunday, Dec. 6.
While the art fair itself charges an admission fee, there are all kinds of free events going on in conjuntion with the fair. The Miami Herald has [...]

Free screenings of ‘Art:21′

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, in partnership with Art:21, is presenting free sneak previews of the fifth season of Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century, the only prime time national television series focused exclusively on contemporary art.
The free screenings will be:

Saturday, Oct. 24, Art:21 film marathon
11 a.m.: Fantasy
Noon: Compassion, followed by free [...]

Free Family Day at Frost Museum

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, 10975 SW 17th St. on the Florida International University Campus, will have a free Family Day from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22.
Activities will include families including mask-making, portraiture, face painting, creative games, music, snacks, ChicBerry samples and more.
Lauren Cote, 16, and Joel Santana, 17, from [...]

Free outdoor jazz at MOCA

The last Friday of the month brings a free jazz concert at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 770 NE 125 St. North Miami. Featured musician at 8 p.m. Friday, July 31, is Diogo Brown with his Brazilian groove.
The museum is open by donation from 7 to 10 a.m. Admission is always free for children under 12, North Miami residents and city [...]