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For Immediate Release
Contact:
Lee Ortega, Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Phone: 305.673.7530
Fax: 305.673.7062
E-mail: lortega@bassmuseum.org

RETRATOS FAMILY DAY OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL

AT THE

BASS MUSEUM OF ART

Saturday, September 24

10:00AM-5:00PM

MIAMI BEACH, FL (October 3, 2005) - Over 2,000 people attended the Bass Museum's community outreach event Retratos Family Day Open House Festival on Saturday September 24. Free admission included a fun-filled day of educational and unique art projects, live Latin music, performances, complimentary refreshments and tours of the blockbuster exhibition Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits in English and Spanish.

Original works of art created from the Retratos "Portraits in Motion Project" are currently on view steps away from the Bass Museum at the Miami Beach Public Library. The "Portraits in Motion Project" was one of several education and outreach projects the Museum provided throughout the exhibition.

This program was made possible by Ford Motor Company Fund in conjunction with its support for the nationally touring exhibition Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits. For more information please contact Lee Ortega, Director of Marketing and Public Relations 305.673.7530 x2001.

Photos from Retratos Family Day
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Ten busloads of elementary and
middle-school children came from
all over Miami-Dade County

Young people in front of the "Ford
Art Reach Van" that was provided by Ford as part of the "Portraits in Motion Project"

Group of children touring the museum.

Bass intern Irene Koyada gave tours of the blockbuster exhibition
Retratos throughout the day.

Original works of art created from the "Portraits in Motion Project" that were currently on view steps away from the Bass Museum at the Miami Beach Public Library. Also on view were works of art by the third and fifth grade classes of Sunset Park Elementary.

Kids enjoying empanadas, pastelitos and other types of Latin treats in the Bass cafe.
Lela Lombardo gave a stunning and inspiring performance that captured the imagination
of onlookers.

Lela Lombardo gave a stunning and inspiring performance that
captured the imagination of onlookers.

Gabrielle Peters and Jose Pizzaro from the PRNA Dance Theatre
Company performed a Latin
medley in honor of the Retratos.

Young people creating self portraits.

In this corridor of the Museum kids
enjoyed hands-on projects such as
creating clay figures, mixed media portraits and "earth drawings"