Frost Art Museum FIU Launches Endowment for New Latin American & Caribbean Art Program

Photography by on October 21st, 2014 in Culture

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Miami, FL – October 21, 2014 – More than 100 of Miami’s arts and community leaders made their way to the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU on Tuesday evening in honor of Dr. Carol Damian’s farewell. The fete celebrated her leadership and contributions as she steps down at the end of this month as director and chief curator. In keeping with Dr. Damian’s passions for art from the Americas, the event also served as the launch of the Frost’s new endowment for Latin American and Caribbean art, announced by museum benefactor Tony Ulloa, who established the new endowment with his lead contribution. The new Latin American & Caribbean Program (LA&C) at Florida International University’s Frost Art Museum will create the nation’s preeminent university-based resource for Latin American and Caribbean art studies by combining academics, enhanced research and diverse interpretive techniques. Luminaries at the event included Patricia Frost, Rafael Diaz-Balart, Ramon Cernuda, Jose Valdes Fauli, Cookie and Ralph Gazitua, Chris Damian, Jerry Lindzon, Dora Valdes-Fauli and Sergio Cernuda.

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Dr. Kenneth Furton, Mark B. Rosenberg, Dr. Carol Damian, & Tony Ulloa

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Mark B. Rosenberg, Vince & Dr. Carol Damian, & Chris Damian

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Dr. Kenneth Furton, Mark B. Rosenberg, Dr. Carol Damian, & Tony Ulloa

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Dr. Kenneth Furton, Mark B. Rosenberg, & Tony Ulloa

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Dr. Kenneth Furton, Mark B. Rosenberg, & Dr. Carol Damian

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Dr. Carol Damian, Guillermo Feria, & Amaryllis Feria

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Mark B. Rosenberg & Lula Folgosa

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Sharon Misdea & Angelique Hutchinson

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Eugenio Maslowski, Rafael Diaz Balart, Elba Hentdchel, & Tony Ulloa

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Dr. Carol Damian & Chris Damian

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Dr. Kenneth Furton, Chris Damian, & Dr. Carol Damian

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Ralph & Cookie Gazitua, & Dr. Carol Damian

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Carol Davy, Tara Finley, & Daniel Perron

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Elba Hentdchel, Dr. Carol Damian, & Rafael Diaz Balart

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Cookie Gazitua, Dr. Carol Damian, Penny Lambeth, & Candy Hertsch

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Dr. Carol Damian & Elvira Pupo

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Joyce Lowry, Ricardo Carbonell, Carmen Lewis, & Cookie Gazitua

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Tony Ulloa, Dr. Carol Damian, Patricia Frost, & Dr. Kenneth Furton

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