The Bass Announces 2026 Programming and Events in Miami Beach
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The Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach has outlined a full schedule of exhibitions, member events, education programs, and family activities for spring and summer 2026, spanning evening fundraisers, workshops, youth camps, and a new satellite gallery in Collins Park.
Night at the Museum Returns With Masked Reality Theme
Night at the Museum: Masked Reality, the museum’s members-only annual event, will take place on April 23, 2026 from 8 to 11 p.m. at The Bass. This year’s Black and White edition invites attendees to explore a setting of visual contrasts and hidden identities, with a dress code that calls for bold black and white attire and masks.
Active membership at the Affiliate level or higher, at The Bass is required to attend. Members can join or renew online. The event is presented with support from I’ve Been Framed, We Ship Art, H&C Collective, Las Tapas de Rosa, After Hours Photoshoot, and Go2Events.
Workshops, Family Programs, and Camps Announced
Workshops @ The Bass will feature Poetry Field Day on April 18, 2026 from 2 to 4 p.m., a poetry and collage session for adults 21 and over. Participants will tour the exhibition Jack Pierson: The Miami Years, create collages in small groups, and then use typewriters to develop collaborative poems using the Exquisite Corpse method. Registration is available through the museum’s website.
Family Day | STEAM+ Celebration will be held on April 26, 2026 from 2 to 4 p.m. at The Creativity Center. The program invites families to respond to installations including Social Assembly: The Communal Table and Haegue Yang’s Coordinates of Speculative Solidarity, translating weather and plant patterns into environmentally minded designs using recycled materials. Guests can RSVP online for the event.
Bass Babies, a weekly art program for children ages 2 to 4 and their caregivers, runs through April 30, 2026 from 11 a.m. to noon. Led by teaching artist Paloma Dueñas, the sessions introduce young participants to colors, shapes, patterns, numbers, and letters through art and music-based activities. Registration is available on the museum’s Bass Babies page.
Summer Art Camps at The Bass Creativity Center will run from June 8 to August 7, 2026, serving children ages 4 to 12 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with aftercare available until 5:45 p.m. Campers will work with teaching artists on projects in sculpture, painting, design, and related disciplines, and may enroll for individual weeks or the full season. Details and registration are posted on the Summer Art Camps webpage.
New Rotunda Gallery and Ongoing Exhibitions
The Bass has opened The Rotunda, a satellite gallery in Collins Park that offers free admission year-round. The space adds a new public-facing venue for exhibitions and projects adjacent to the museum campus. Visitors can learn more about The Rotunda and its development on the museum’s site.
Current exhibitions at The Bass include Lawrence Lek: NOX Pavilion, on view through April 26, 2026, which presents immersive works that consider artificial intelligence, self-driving vehicles, and other intelligent machines as narrative subjects. The show is curated by Associate Curator of New Media Art Claudia Mattos and is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation New Media Initiative.
The museum is also presenting Faire Foyer: Sarah Crowner in Dialogue with Etel Adnan, on view through July 26, 2026. The project combines new work by Sarah Crowner with a large-scale ceramic mural by Etel Adnan, installed within a semicircular, carpeted foyer designed by Crowner as a transitional threshold between exterior and interior space. The exhibition is organized by former Curator at Large James Voorhies with support from the Arison Arts Foundation and Phillips.
External Youth Filmmaker Camp in Downtown Miami
FilmGate Miami will host its Youth Filmmaker Summer Bootcamp for teens ages 13 to 18, offering Narrative and AI Filmmaking from June 15 to 26, 2026 and Documentary plus Podcasting from July 20 to 31, 2026. The weekday program, based at FilmGate Miami’s Downtown Media Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with meals provided, culminates in a screening at the FilmGate Free-For-All Festival on August 26, 2026 at Silverspot Cinema. Families can learn more and enroll via FilmGate Miami’s website.