NSU ART MUSEUM FORT LAUDERDALE LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE STORE

 Every purchase helps support the Museum’s exhibitions and education programs

January 11, 2021 – NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale has launched a new online store that makes shopping for unique and artful gifts easier than ever. Accessible at nsuartmuseum.org, the online store offers an exciting array of specially curated items from fun stocking stuffers to exclusive limited editions and designs. All purchases directly support NSU Art Museum’s exhibitions and education programs.

“Because of Covid, we accelerated all our virtual programming and services and the online store is now one of ways that we can better connect with and serve our ever-expanding audience,” said Bonnie Clearwater, NSU Art Museum director and chief curator. “We have also been well aware of the economic hardships that so many in our creative community have been facing this year and have increased the number of items we feature in the Museum Store by local artists and makers.”

The store’s delightful selection of merchandise is curated to enhance the overall Museum experience and includes handcrafted jewelry, ceramics and textiles, distinctive accessories for home and office, toys, puzzles, t-shirts, handbags, limited edition art books for children and adults and exhibition catalogues. Shipping is available on all purchases.

NSU Art Museum members receive 10% off on their purchases as well as a 20% discount during members double discount days. Through the Museum’s New Members Portal (accessible at nsuartmuseum.org with password), members also receive special advance access to new shipments of high-demand items such as KAWS Companion vinyl toys and other collectibles. Beginning in February, members will have first dibs on an exciting selection of limited edition designs by Anna Sui, whose much-anticipated retrospective exhibition and pop-up shop will be at NSU Art Museum from February 28 through September 19, 2021.  To become an NSU Art Museum member, visit nsuartmuseum.org/join

NSU Art Museum is located at 1 East Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL. For additional information, visit nsuartmuseum.org or call 954-525-5500. Connect with the Museum on social media @nsuartmuseum

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale was founded in 1958 and is a premier destination for exhibitions and programs encompassing many facets of civilization’s visual history. Located midway between Miami and Palm Beach in downtown Fort Lauderdale’s arts and entertainment district, the Museum’s distinctive 83,000 square-foot modernist building, which opened in 1986, was designed by renowned architect Edward Larrabee Barnes and contains over 25,000 square feet of exhibition space, the 256-seat Horvitz auditorium, a museum store and café. In 2008, the Museum became part of Nova Southeastern University (NSU), one of the largest private research universities in the United States. NSU Art Museum is known for its significant collection of Latin American art, contemporary art with an emphasis on women, Black and Latinx artists, and African art that spans the 19^th to the 21^st-century, as well as works by American artist William Glackens, Danish artists who resisted German occupation during World War II and the Cobra group (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam) of artists that emerged in the war’s wake.  The Museum draws from its collection for exhibitions exploring issues that resonate with the South Florida community and contribute to productive discussions that address identity, inequalities and injustices, encourage empathy and compassion, and inspire wonder.  Two scholarly research centers complement the collections: The Dr. Stanley and Pearl Goodman Latin American Art Study Center and the William J. Glackens Study Center.

Exhibitions and programs at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale are made possible in part by a challenge grant from the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation. Funding is also provided by the City of Fort Lauderdale, AutoNation, Community Foundation of Broward, Funding Arts Broward, Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is accredited by the American Association of Museums.

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