 Be a part of Florida Art and join us as we complete 2009 with a variety of programs and events for you and your family! See schedule below!
Give the gift of art with a Holiday family membership and workshop package. A Family Membership, valued at $55, along with a $50 gift certificate good toward any class or workshop held at the Museum can be yours for only $50! Holiday shopping is in the bag; don’t forget to shop at the Museum Shop and at our Holiday Showcase featuring over 24 Florida artists.
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Upcoming Events at the Museum of Florida Art Monday, November 9: Guild meeting 10:00 AM
Wednesday, November 11: Museum galleries and offices closed. Happy Veteran's Day.
Saturday, November 14: Museum of Florida Art's 7th Annual Holiday Gift Showcase; FREE and open to the public. Wine Bar, coffee, pastries and hors d'eouvres. 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, November 20: Deadline for community peace cranes to be received by 5:00 PM.
Friday, November 20: Fall Festival of the Arts Artist check-in from 5:00-8:00 PM and Artist/Patron Party from 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 21: Fall Festival of the Arts, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Downtown DeLand. Visit our peace crane booth and children's make-and-take activities on Indiana Avenue across from the historic courthouse.
Sunday, November 22: Fall Festival of the Arts, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Downtown DeLand. Visit our peace crane booth and children's make-and-take activities on Indiana Avenue across from the historic courthouse.
Sunday, November 22: Last day to see Liquid Muse: Paintings from the St. Johns Region, Prehistoric Presence: Alligators and the American Landscape and Nousphere: Photographs by Martha Strawn. Galleries will be open from 1:00-4:00 PM and admission will be free.
November 23-December 10: Galleries will be closed for exhibit installation.
Saturday, December 5, 2009: Teddy Bear Brunch; 10:00 AM-12:30 PM. $10 per person
Friday, December 11:Opening Reception for Paradoxes Portrayed: Drawings and Assemblage by Ummarid Eitharong 5:00-7:00 PM; FREE and open to the public.
Saturday, December 14, 2009: Museum of Florida Art Guild Annual Holiday Tea and Talk with the Curator; 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Thank you for making A Taste of Florida ...and More a success!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped to make A Taste of Florida ...and More such a success. Your support and attendance of this event is truly appreciated. For more photos of the event, please visit our photo page here.
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The Guild of The Museum of Florida Art presents the Seventh Annual Holiday Gift Showcase Saturday November 14, 2009 10am-5pm
Featuring: Jewelry, Paintings, Etchings, Glass Fusion, Unique Fiber Art, Pottery, Art Quilts, Mixed Media, Sculpture, and much more!
Coffee, Pastries, Wine Bar and Hors D’ Oeuvres
Just in time for the holidays! Come visit us at the Museum of Florida Art for a chance to buy unique gifts created by Florida artists. Help support the local economy as well as the local arts community by purchasing hand-crafted gifts for your friends and family this holiday season.
For more information, please contact the Museum at (386)734-4371
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Call for Art Class and Workshop Proposals
The Museum’s Education Department is requesting submission of proposals for Winter/Spring of 2010 art classes and workshops. The Museum of Florida Art’s goal is to offer a diverse range of art courses and workshops for students of all experience levels and interests. We are seeking instructors with teaching skills and expertise in a variety of media such as painting, drawing, sculpture, bookmaking, glass, jewelry, mixed media, etc. for these classes and workshops. Whether you teach singular or multiple techniques we want to hear from you. Class and workshop proposals can be offered for any ages, pre-K, youth, teens, and adults. Classes are usually scheduled in six week blocks and will begin the week of January 4, 2010. Workshops are scheduled for one or two days on Saturdays and/or Sundays.
When developing your proposal, please keep in mind that costs for our classes and workshops must be covered by the participants. The proposal form is available at the Museum or can be accessed by going to the Museum of Florida Art webpage at www.MuseumofFloridaArt.org and clicking on Education.
All proposals for the Winter/Spring session are due by November 30, 2009.
If you need additional information or assistance in developing a proposal contact Pam Coffman, Curator of Education at (386) 734-4371, Coffman@MuseumofFloridaArt.org.
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Paradoxes Portrayed: Drawings and Assemblages by Ummarid Eitharong On Exhibit December 11, 2009 – Feb. 28, 2010. Free opening reception Friday, December 11, 2009 from 5:00-7:00 pm.
This exhibition communicates the artist’s desire to portray humanity and illuminate both the price of peace and the price of war. The exhibit and the themes in his work invite us to re-sensitize ourselves to the human experience, both good and bad. It is our hope that this exhibition can be a catalyst for dialogue about our challenges as we consider conflict in the world as well as the beauty of humanity, as portrayed in his images of family contrasted by the paradox of conflict.
"It’s about something we never learn. We continue doing it,” explains Eitharong.
A full range of community and educational events will occur with the exhibition entitled Picturing Peace: A Community Vision involving both students and the community at large with a targeted focus on involving community military groups and family members of both active military and veterans.
In addition, Eitharong is creating a large-scale installation work specifically for this exhibit, entitled Winds of Change: Totem for Sadako that will feature a suspended mushroom cloud made from 1000 peace cranes in honor of the Hiroshima survivor/victim that initiated the “peace crane” project worldwide. A community “fold-in”, inviting members of the public to fold a crane for this collaborative work, will be held during the 2009 DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts.
Additionally, the Museum is accepting peace cranes folded by community members to hang on the trees outside the Cultural Arts Center.
Featured Left: Godzilla Puzzle by Ummarid "Tony" Eitharong. Graphite and dry point on paper. From the collection of the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia.
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In Other News...The Museum of Florida Art held its 58th Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 17th. At this meeting, the newest addition to the Legendary Florida collection was unveiled. Visionary in the Pines by Legendary Florida Collection artist Jackson Walker is a depiction of John B. Stetson. The acquisition of Visionary in the Pines was made possible through the generous support of Stetson University, Lilis and Richard George, the DeLand Rotary Club, Gary R. Libby Charitable Trust and The Legendary Florida Society. Visionary in the Pines is dedicated to the memory of H. Douglas Lee for his visionary leadership in support of the arts and to his wife, Margaret Lee, for her tireless effort to advance artistic endeavors.
Oil Painting instructor Jennifer Houdeshell's Let Me Tell You a Story will be on exhibit at the African American Museum of the Arts through November 21, 2009. The African American Museum of the Arts is located at 325 South Clara Avenue, DeLand, FL. For more information, please visit their website.
Curator of Education, Pam Coffman, judged the Seasonal Stream exhibition at the Artists Workshop in New Smyrna Beach, and she was the guest speaker for their November meeting. Seasonal Stream will be on exhibit November 2-25, 2009 at the Artists Workshop 115 Canal Street, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168.
The Bartram Trail Conference Biennial meeting was held at the Museum of Florida Art on October 23 and 24. The keynote speaker was Dr. Daniel Schafer, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Florida and the author of numerous works on British East Florida. Conference participants were able to tour the Museum's current exhibits and hear a talk from Legendary Florida artist Jackson Walker on both the Legendary Florida collection as a whole and specifically on his depiction of William Bartram.
Featured Right: Visionary in the Pines by Jackson Walker. Oil on Canvas |  |
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Join us for:
Liquid Muse: Paintings from the St. John's Region, Prehistoric Presence: Alligators and the American Landscape and Nousphere: Photographs by Martha Strawn on display through Sunday, November 22, 2009.
Visit the Volusia County Historic Courthouse for:
Legendary Florida: Florida History Paintings by Jackson Walker
The Museum of Florida Art offers a venue where:
- creativity is fostered.
- appreciation of art is nurtured.
- all people are welcomed.
The mission of the Museum of Florida Art is to promote and showcase Florida Art and emerging and established Florida Artists through exhibitions and educational and interpretive programming made available to a diverse statewide audience of all ages; to collect and preserve works of art for this purpose; to publish books and other materials concerning the foregoing; and to make such resources available for the public.
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