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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
No. LTCa on-20°~ LETTER TO COMMISSION
To: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager'
OATS: March 19, 2009 ,
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SUBJECT: Arts For Learning presents "Brilliance on the Beach"
As you know the City of Miami Beach and Cultural Arts Council contract with Arts For
Learning to provide arts education programs in Miami Beach pre-schools, curriculum-based
arts programs in our elementary and high schools, and after-school and summer camp arts
classes at our schools and parks. To celebrate and showcase its seven-year history of
programming in Miami Beach, Arts For Learning will present "Brilliance on the Beach" April 1
and 2 and the Miami Beach Botanical Garden.
"Brilliance on the Beach" will include samples of student performances, integrated learning
units, and art pieces created from 2002 to the present. The exhibit will include photographs,
paintings, sculptures and performance.
On Wednesday, April 1, at 9:30 a.m. and again at 3 p.m., Arts For Learning will host field
trips to the exhibit for 120 current Miami Beach program participants. On Thursday, April 2,
from 6 p.m, until 9 p.m., there will be an official "Opening Night," free and open to the public,
featuring student drummers, art works and light refreshments in the Garden. I urge you to
make time to celebrate our youths' "Brilliance on the Beach" April 1 and 2 at the Botanical
Garden.
JMGlHMF/MAS/
C: Hilda M. Fernandez, Assistant City Manager
Max A. Sklar, Tourism and Cultural Development Director
Gary Farmer, Cultural Affairs Program Manager