On Thursday, August 15, The Deering Estate Foundation hosted Lt. Governor Jeanette Nuñez and other invited guests for a presentation of a State of Florida legislative appropriation of $200,000 to begin the renovation of a 10,700 sq. ft. field study research center. When completed, the facility will provide temporary living quarters for up to 14 [...]
A call to artists is currently available for the Deering Estate Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program for visual, literary, performing, and cross-disciplinary artists. Artists are invited to apply before the August 1, 2019, 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time deadline. The application is for studio residencies and non-studio project residencies at the Deering Estate that begin as early as December [...]
The Deering Estate Foundation’s recent fundraising and “friend-building” cruise to Portugal and Spain was a truly enriching and rewarding experience — socially, culturally, educationally, and gastronomically. 31 adventure-seeking Foundation members boarded the Azamara Pursuit in Lisbon and sailed along the Atlantic coast and up the Guadalquivir River to Sevilla, arriving at night beneath the bright [...]
On April 12, 2019, 120 CARE Elementary School students and teachers joined CARE principal Christopher Simmonds for an excursion from the Overtown neighborhood of Miami to the historic Deering Estate. With Earth Day just around the corner, the focus was on conservation and science for these inner city students, many of whom had never traveled [...]
