Target Sponsors the 2008 Edition of MAM's Award-Winning …

        Target Sponsors the 2008 Edition of MAM's Award-Winning
           Summer Youth Program: MAM in the Neighborhood

Miami Art Museum announced today that Target will provide a grant to
underwrite this year's edition of the award-winning MAM in the Neighborhood
program.

MAM in the Neighborhood, which brings activities to neighborhood centers
throughout Miami-Dade County and children, won a 2007 Achievement Award
from the National Association of Counties. The NACO awards honor effective
and innovative programs which enhance community life by increasing services to
citizens. A program summary of MAM in the Neighborhood is now in the
organization's Model Programs database, allowing users nation-wide to benefit
from ­ and be inspired by -- MAM's experience.

"Miami Art Museum is committed to providing the children of Miami-Dade
County numerous opportunities to visit the museum and learn about art," MAM
Director Terence Riley said. "MAM in the Neighborhood is just one of our many
educational programs aimed at reaching as broad a spectrum of the Miami-Dade
community as possible. We're delighted that Target has joined us this year,
making it possible for us to reach an even greater number of children."

MAM presents MAM in the Neighborhood in collaboration with Miami-Dade
County parks, community-based associations, religious organizations and
agencies. MAM's education staff visits a wide range of community centers
throughout Miami-Dade County each summer and leads youth groups in art
activities. MAM Funpacks, filled with art supplies, are distributed to each
participant and materials for a group art project are provided for the center. MAM
invites day-camps and other groups to visit the museum for exhibition tours led
by gallery teachers. Free buses are provided on request.

This year's edition of MAM in the Neighborhood revolves around the exhibition
Shadows, Disappearances and Illusions. Activities will include creating scratch
art, photograms, and visual tricks. Previous MAM in the Neighborhood programs
include production of an award-winning video on the Overtown neighborhood and
the creation of a public mural project in East Little Havana.

This grant is part of ongoing efforts by Target to strengthen families and
communities throughout the country. Since opening its doors, Target has given 5
percent of its income to organizations that support education, the arts, social
services and volunteerism. Today that translates to $3 million every week.
"At Target, our local grants are making a difference in the communities we
serve," said Laysha Ward, vice president, community relations, Target. "We're
proud to partner with MAM as part of our ongoing commitment to give back to the
communities where our guests and team members live and work."

Additionally, Target also gives through signature programs that are designed to
inspire learning in children and families. Programs include:

   · Take Charge of Education®, a school fundraising program;
   · Target Field Trip Grants, a program that helps educators bring learning to
       life for students through the distribution of grants;
   · Target House®, which serves as a home away from home for families of
       children receiving life-saving treatment at St. Jude Children's Research
       Hospital® in Memphis;
Target team members, retirees, families and friends also volunteer millions of
hours to community projects.

About Target

Minneapolis-based Target serves guests at 1,613 stores in 47 states nationwide
by delivering today's best retail trends at affordable prices. Target is committed to
providing guests with great design through innovative products, in-store
experiences and community partnerships. Whether visiting a Target store or
shopping online at Target.com, guests enjoy a fun and convenient shopping
experience with access to thousands of unique and highly differentiated items.
Since 1946, the corporation has invested five percent of its income in the
communities it serves. Target (NYSE:TGT) gives more than $3 million a week to
its local communities through grants and special programs. Target partners with
nonprofit organizations, guests and team members to help meet community
needs.


Education at MAM

Education is at the heart of MAM's mission. The museum has established a
broad range of educational programs at the museum and in the community for
children, families and adults. MAM's offerings for teachers and students from
kindergarten through twelfth grade make up the largest art-museum education
program in Miami-Dade County. Throughout the year, MAM offers exciting
programs and activities for young people and families to learn about art and
discover new ways of seeing together ­ both at the museum and at community
centers throughout Miami-Dade County, especially in underserved areas. The
museum's schedule of lectures, tours and programs, encourages all visitors ­
novices or connoisseurs alike ­ to experience the world of contemporary art.


Additional sources of funding for MAM's educational programs include Assurant
Solutions, Blank Family Foundation, Carnival Corporation, The Heckscher
Foundation for Children, MetLife Foundation, Peacock Foundation and Wachovia
Bank.

For more information on MAM in the Neighborhood and other MAM educational
programs, please contact MAMED@miamidade.gov or call 305.375.4073.

The New MAM

In September 2006, MAM's Trustees selected Herzog & de Meuron to design a
new and expanded facility, scheduled to open in Miami's Museum Park in 2012.
The new, 125,000-square-foot MAM, which will overlook Biscayne Bay, is nearly
three times the size of MAM's current facility. It will include 32,000 square feet of
galleries, providing space for larger and more diverse displays of the Museum's
permanent collection as well as special exhibitions.

The facility being designed by Herzog & de Meuron will occupy four acres on the
north side of Museum Park, overlooking Biscayne Bay. The new space will allow
for the display of the permanent collection and special exhibitions; an educational
complex with a library, auditorium, classrooms, and workshop space; and such
amenities as a cafe and store. The new MAM will also include outdoor sculpture
installations contiguous with the Museum.

The Museum anticipates a total cost for the building project of $220 million, the
largest portion of which--$131 million--will be used to underwrite the costs
directly associated with the construction of the building and sculpture garden.
The total also includes a plan to raise $70 million for the Museum's operating
endowment and $19 million in transitional expenses related to the project.

The largest single source of funding for the project is the County's General-
Obligation Bond. In November 2004, Miami-Dade County voters overwhelmingly
approved a bond that includes $100 million for the construction of the Museum
building. The City of Miami also made a key contribution by providing the land for
the new MAM. The trustees of the Museum are committed to raising additional
funds from a combination of public and private sources, and have begun the
fundraising process. Prominent civic leaders and MAM Trustees Ambassador Paul
L. Cejas, Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Jorge M. Peréz, and Craig Robins are co-chairs
of Miami Art Museum's Capital Campaign Committee.

The Museum will remain in full operation in its current location on Flagler Street
until the new building is complete.
Museum Park

The new MAM is critical to the transformation of forty acres of underused
waterfront property on Biscayne Bay into Museum Park, which will include lawns,
public gardens, and two major museums--MAM and Miami Science Museum,
which will also host a branch of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. The
creation of Museum Park is the result of a public-private partnership with four
stakeholders: Miami Art Museum, Miami Science Museum, Miami-Dade County,
and the City of Miami.

Miami Art Museum
Miami Art Museum is dedicated to engaging the public with international art of
the 20th and 21st centuries, taking a hemispheric perspective of the Americas.
Since its founding in 1996, the Museum has exponentially built a body of
contemporary art called by Art in America "the quintessential Miami collection."

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Media Contact:
Mitch Snow
305.375.1705
msnow@miamiartmuseum.org

Miami Art Museum is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of
State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council, and the National
Endowment for the Arts; with the support of Miami-Dade County Department of
Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor and the Board of County
Commissioners. Miami Art Museum is an accessible facility. For sign language
interpretation or assistive listening devices please call MAM's Education
Department 305.375.4073 at least five days in advance. Materials in accessible
format may be requested.

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5 PM. JAM@MAM Third Thursdays until 8:30 PM. Closed Monday. Admission for
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