Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs has been selected as a finalist in the running to receive up to $1 million as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge, a program that aims to foster creative collaboration, address civic issues, and support local economies through public art. More than 200 cities applied, and Miami-Dade County, along with 13 other communities, has been invited to submit a full proposal. The Department of Cultural Affairs’ proposal “Climate Sync Miami” explores the issue of rising seas through public art projects.

The Underline, Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation & Open Spaces and Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs’ Art in Public Places program announce the inaugural public art program for The Underline, a planned world-class linear park below Miami-Dade’s Metrorail.

Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places, The John. S and James L. Knight Foundation, and Locust Projects, are pleased to announce the launch of Lapse, a major public art commission and mobile application by Miami native, Charlotte-based artist Ivan Toth Depeña. 

MIAMI, June 18, 2014 -  Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places was recognized at the Americans for the Arts Conference, held in Nashville, TN, June 11-15, 2014, for commissioning the most innovative and exciting examples of public art in America.

(Miami – July 2, 2013) The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs has won two 2013 National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Awards which recognize innovative county government programs that modernize government and increase services to county residents. The Department was honored for its “Going to the Show” guide for new audiences, and for its newly designed, creative and interactive Art in Public Places website www.miamidadepublicart.org.

(Miami - May 20, 2014) Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs' Art in Public Places announces the completion of the Richmond Heights Pioneers Monument by Dinizulu Gene Tinnie located at the intersection of Lincoln Boulevard/Olivia L. Edwards Boulevard and Madison Street.