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Arts and culture

When creative minds express themselves at Miami Dade College, beautiful things happen.The five Literary Magazine produced entirely by MDC students, have won several prizes since the day they were created. The magazines, in all of its ways, serve as a healthy platform for students to discover their artistic and literary freedom while promoting a connection to the entire community.

Evoking the atmosphere of literary cafes and the coffee culture of Hialeah, Café Cultura - an award-winning arts magazine - showcases the creative talents of Hialeah Campus students. Estuaries showcases poems, essays, short stories, visual art, and photography by Homestead Campus' student body. Miambiance Magazine, this award-winning literary and arts publication showcases the creative talents of Kendall's students. Axis is the award-winning magazine showcasing the creative talent of North Campus students. URBANA v5's from Padron, goal this year is to reflect as best as possible that crossroads of diversity, knowledge,experience and talent.

Miami Dade College has been collecting art at its individual campuses since the 1960s. Over the years, the collection has grown to more than 1,600 works in all mediums and genres, including painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, video, film, installations, art magazine and public sculpture. MDC Hialeah Campus opened an Art Gallery in late 2018 in Hialeah, Florida.

Miami Dade College Hialeah Campus Arts & Cultural Programs are partially supported by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

The college has an "Emerging Artist Annual Exhibition" which allows student to display their art in the "Art + Design" museum. Miami Dade College also has an "MDC live Art"event which allows student to perform on stage and inspire others through their performance of art; both are open to the community. As a matter of fact, MDC North campus is home home to a prestigious collection of sculptures produced by renowned artists such as Alfredo Halegna, Rafael Consuegra, William King and Mario Felipe Almaguer.

"MDC Galleries of Art + Design" is a network of headquarters and initiatives on the eight university campuses throughout South Florida. The Galleries encourage the appreciation and understanding of art and its role in society through direct commitment to original works of art and creative processes related to art.

The Museum of Art and Design is Miami Dade College's flagship institution dedicated to the presentation and exhibition of visual art and design, housed within the National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami. MOAD at MDC provides its patrons and visitors access to unique cultural, historical, and educational exhibitions that enrich the greater community while building and preserving an expansive permanent art collection, Freedom Tower archives, and newly established design collection.

Annually since 1964, Miami Dade College has awarded the Francis Wolfson Art Scholarship. More than 200 students from Miami Dade College and its outreach center, the New School of the Arts, have received this scholarship. The winners in 2018 each received $1,500.