Volume 3 No. 22 |June 18, 2021 |
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With Donna Roberts Mitchell |
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ARTS NEWS
& PROFILES
FROM
FLORIDA'S
TREASURE COAST & BEYOND
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Sharing our wealth of arts and culture. We're having an ARTS BLAST!
Promoting The Arts & Arts Councils Everywhere
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Notes from the editor:
From the Cultural Council of Indian River County:
Due to the Cultural Council moving offices, we are extending the deadline to Tuesday, June 22, for artwork submission to the IG Center.
Remember that Arts Blast and On the Arts Blast Calendar are on summer schedule, alternating weeks, but check our Facebook pages often for updates and bookmark On the Arts Blast Calendar for frequent additions. If you have an arts-related event coming up, scroll down for information on submitting it for a free basic listing. Limited advertising is available.
Arts Blast is accepting information about arts-related scholarship offerings for the new Scholarships page on our website. Send me what you have, making sure to include a deadline for applying and a link to detailed information.
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In This Issue
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Big Weekend at McKee Botanical Garden!
Riverside Theatre's Look Back Cast Chat with the Late Warren Kelley
Summer Evenings with the Brevard Symphony Orchestra
Museum Updates
A Fan Says Goodbye to the Foosaner
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Sunday on Cultural Connection on the Air this week: Sophie Wood, Vero Beach Museum of Art; Lynn DiMenna, Gifford Youth Orchestra. |
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Listen to Cultural Connection on the Air Sundays at 8 a.m. on WAXE 1370 AM and 107.9 FM and on iHeartRadio.com. Replays are now online on the Cultural Council's website.
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ArtWalk in Fort Pierce June 18 |
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The Wonderful World of Broadway with the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, June 19 - 7:00pm
The Scott Center at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy - 5625 Holy Trinity Drive Melbourne
Sunday, Jun 20 - 3:00pm
Community Church of Vero Beach - 1901 23rd St, Vero Beach
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Big Weekend at McKee Botanical Garden |
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The competition won't be among photographers at the Waterlily Celebration at McKee Botanical Garden this year. The 16th annual event, Saturday, June 19, will have the blooms themselves vying for attention.
They've been doing just that since McKee's early days in the 1930s, drawing amateur gardeners and professional horticulturists as well as photographers to learn about growing and caring for them. The McKee collection has more than 80 varieties, both day and night blooming, most of them potted but around 100 plants labelled free range. The garden will open at 8:30 a.m. Saturday to give visitors a chance to catch the night bloomers before they close up for the day.
Experts will be on hand for demonstrations and answering questions, and vendors will be there with aquatic plants and bromeliads.
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Sunday is McKee's celebration of Father's Day, with the gift of free admission for "all fathers (fathers, step-fathers, fathers-in-law, grandfathers and great grandfathers) with any paid admission to the Garden." McKee Botanical Garden's executive director, Christine Hobart, said, "Nothing says 'we love and appreciate you' more than a day of nature and a leisurely stroll through the majestic pathways of McKee while spending time with family."
Garden Hours: Tuesday – Saturday (10 am – 5 pm), Sunday (Noon – 5 pm). Last admission ticket sold at 4 pm. The Children’s Garden closes at 4:30 pm. The Garden Cafe will be open Sunday for Father's Day lunch treats.
The garden is open until 5 but the last ticket is sold at 4 p.m. 3501 US Hwy 1, Vero Beach.
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Riverside Theatre's Cast Chat with the Late Warren Kelley |
Riverside Theatre audiences have laughed and cried over the years when actor Warren Kelley was on stage. The sad news of his passing arrived this week; Riverside's Cast Chat with him, featured here, will be a bittersweet reminder of what we've lost. His last show in Vero Beach was The Mystery of Edwin Drood in 2018.
Oscar Sales, Riverside's marketing director, said,"Warren was in the first production of the season when I arrived in 2005. He was amazing on stage, but I loved the man he was off stage. A very generous, thoughtful, and kind gentleman (In every sense of the word). He really was a living history of Riverside having done 12 shows here since 1994. He was dearly loved by staff, actors and theatre patrons."
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A moving tribute to Warren is posted on his Facebook page, still available for friends and fans to add their memories and comments. |
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Summer Evenings with the BSO |
Brevard Symphony Orchestra's Summer Evening Series begins June 19, 7 p.m., at Suntree United Methodist Church in Melbourne.
On the program: Sasha Korczynski and her group Golden Arrow Musicwill present music of Dvořák, Debussy & Disney. Dates for the remaining concerts are July 17 and August 14.
Symphony Under the Stars returns July 4, 8 p.m., at Cocoa Riverfront Park, with fireworks beginning at 9:15. Admission to the park is free. Picnics are welcome but food vendors will be on site.
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From the Maltz:
After being closed since Spring 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Theatre’s Goldner Conservatory of Performing Arts is joining forces with visual art studio Kids Need More Art to open a one-of-a-kind collaborative fine arts space in Juno Beach. The space-sharing cooperative will allow students to resume classes while the Theatre works to complete the Conservatory’s permanent space as part as of its current expansion project.
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A Fan's Personal Reflection on the Closing of the Foosaner Art Museum |
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If you're an executive director of an art museum, chances are pretty good you've experienced a fair number of them as you grew in your career. When you find one special one that becomes an old friend through all the changes in its life, it's a sad, sad day when it closes for good.
J. Marshall Adams is executive director at the A.E.Backus Museum & Gallery in Fort Pierce but wrote this tribute to the Foosaner Museum as a fan, a civilian, on his Facebook page this week and has given Arts Blast permission to share it.
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A #museumclosing story - This is a tough one, trigger warning to my friends who are part of this story. And it's a long one.
We made a last pilgrimage yesterday afternoon to the Foosaner Art Museum (née Brevard Museum of Art and Science, née Brevard Art Museum, née Brevard Art Center and Museum) in Melbourne in its final days as an operating arts institution, to say goodbye.
Carrie worked here from 1997-2002-ish, officially doing PR / marketing stuff. As anyone who has worked in a small institution knows, keeping everything going is an all-hands-on-deck labor of love. She recalls with fondness when the museum was alive with activity -- the creative exhibitions, the lectures, the studio programs, the kids' summer camps, receptions and parties -- laughing about "chopping broccoli", mastering the folding tables and chairs, serving at bistro dinners, coordinating 5Ks, and hauling beer coolers for Jazz Fridays back in the day. Emily was the "museum baby" who was lucky to be fussed over by the staff and volunteers. The place and its people were special to Carrie. And some of her friends there later became my friends and professional colleagues.
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Later in 2011, Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) took over the museum, after opening the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts on campus in 2009, and a new era was illumined. It seems now that it wasn't sunlight at the end of the tunnel. Closing the Foo was a slow and faltering pre-COVID decision, but the abrupt closing last May of the Funk Center (named for the delightful patron of the arts who frequently came to my programs in Vero) was a startling and fatal bolt that pierced the cultural sector. |
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At the Funk, the campus and the community suffered a sudden and shocking amputation. At the Foo, that community's arts district has had its institutional heart, the art museum, severed from it. The body is still in spasms, lurching about, not fully aware of the critical loss as the spirit hovers uncertainly above.
The case study for this dreadful episode will include breaks in leadership; the changing dynamics of support (generational, transient, transactional); the effects of drought and erosion on grassroots efforts; the pitfalls of partnership and the mis-match of institutional needs; the breach in public trust for a nonprofit institution serving the community; questions of stewardship with donors and the spirit of their intent; talented staff scattered and drained away; heart-rending and difficult efforts to responsibly transfer collected works of art to other institutions and to communities that will value them more; the heroically sad final programming of producing an emotional closing video, a community response board, installations and memories from many years of art school teaching, old exhibition banners, volunteer scrapbooks and displays, including a special display for the Funk Center that never had time for a farewell ... and one final art exhibition to close 43 years of beauty, struggle, creativity, laughter, inspiration, and priceless contributions by a talented few to the quality of life for all.
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It's a shame that some people see "priceless" and some people see "worthless." It's a loss. It's a warning. It's a wound and it's a trauma.
I'm thinking of my Foo and Funk friends, I'm remembering Ruth, I'm worried as a 25-year career museum professional. I'm full, and I'm empty.
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Flag Day has been celebrated in America on June 14th since the Gilded Age, with the first celebration being held in Wisconsin in 1885.
Museum visitors will find examples of the 20 versions of the American flag that flew over our country during Henry Flagler's lifetime (1830-1913) on display in the Flagler Kenan Pavilion from Tuesday, June 15th through Sunday, July 4th.
Flagler Museum is a Blue Star Museum.
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Flagler Museum Returns to Pre-pandemic Admissions Experience
PALM BEACH, FL - The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum (One Whitehall Way, Palm Beach, FL) is returning to its pre-pandemic admission procedures.
The Museum no longer requires visitors to pre-purchase tickets or to choose an entry time for general admission. The Museum has also lifted limitations on party size. Cash is being accepted again both at the admissions kiosk and in the Museum Store.
Masks or face coverings are optional for visitors. Hand sanitizer stations remain strategically in place throughout Whitehall and the Flagler Kenan Pavilion, and the Museum is continuing its stringent cleaning protocols per its accreditation as a GBAC Star Facility.
Complimentary audio tour wands are once again being offered as one of the Museum's multi-lingual, self-guided tour options. A new, enhanced cleaning procedure is in place for these important interpretive devices. Other options include the Flagler Museum app (available for download to personal devices) and paper self-guide brochures. Language options include English, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese.
Group and school tours have not yet resumed. The Museum continues to offer its previously announced Exclusive Access Package for parties of up to 10 people who are interested in a private touring experience at Whitehall.
Now on display
Visitors may view examples of the 20 versions of the American flag that flew over our country during Henry Flagler's lifetime (1830-1913) in the Flagler Kenan Pavilion. The flags will be on display through Sunday, July 4th.
The Museum's permanent Lace Exhibit, located on the second floor, is once again open to visitors. The Museum's collection of lace was built around the personal collection of Henry Flagler's granddaughter and Museum founder, Jean Flagler Matthews.
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Summer Film Program “Yes, We Cannes”
Join host and filmmaker Xaque Gruber for a selection of internationally acclaimed films in connection with the summer exhibition A Tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Tom Golden Collection. During brief introductory remarks, Xaque presents on the cinematic importance of each film and shares his personal connections to and experiences with the Cannes Film Festival.
Tickets: $16 members, $18 non-members, per person, per film.
Tuesday, July 13 | 7pm, Leonhardt Auditorium | The Piano (1993)
The feature film is preceded by a brief introductory lecture and the short film The Pistol(2018).
Tuesday, July 20 | 7pm, Leonhardt Auditorium | Anna (1987)
The feature film is preceded by a brief introductory lecture and the short film Anna(2019).
Tuesday, July 27 | 7pm, Leonhardt Auditorium | Persepolis (2007)
The feature film is preceded by a brief introductory lecture and the short film 12 Zloty(2018).
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Vero Beach Museum of Art
National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum
Elliott Museum
House of Refuge
Flagler Museum
Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Museum of Florida Art - Deland
VT&M - Museum of Military History - Kissimmee
Polk Museum of Art
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Calling All Regional Artists for the 31st Annual All Florida Juried Art Show |
Contact Email: Jhearn@martinarts.org
Call Type: Exhibitions
Eligibility: Regional
State: Florida
Entry Deadline: 7/31/21
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The Vero Beach Art Club is looking for corporate sponsors for the 2022 Under the Oaks Fine Arts and Crafts Show, March 11-13, 2022. Contact Sue Dinenno 772 321-8701
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Helping People Succeed’s Art for Living Calendar
Area artists are invited to submit examples of their original art work through June 28 for inclusion not just in this year’s perennial favorite, the Art for Living Calendar, but also to hang in the Art for Living Virtual Gallery.
The current gallery as well as all guidelines, criteria, and responsibilities, plus an application, can be found at www.hpsfl.org.
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Get the Whole Picture on the Website
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Indian River County
ONGOING - Video submissions accepted for Indian River’s Got Talent at the Environmental Learning Center. Indian River County residents only.
Through June - Spring Back show at The Galleries at First Pres - Joyce Simonton-Clamp, Michele Loftus-Trzcinski, and Donna Ware.
Through June 29 - The Promise of Spring - CCIRC Art in Public Places at Intergenerational Recreation Center
Ongoing - Riverside Theatre’s two virtual series, Putting it Together and Cast Chats. See the website for the link
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June 3-Sept. 10 - 12 x 12 Summer Squared at Gallery 14
June 7-July 23, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Weekly Creative Art Camps for Children and Teens at the Vero Beach Art Club Annex & Gallery
June 18-19 - Live in the Loop and The Comedy Zone at Riverside Theatre
June 19, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. - 16th Annual Waterlily Celebration at McKee Botanical Garden. Open early for photo ops.
June 19, 5-7 p.m. - Artist Meet & Greet at Environmental Learning Center. Artists Jessica Hanson and Chad Periman. Exhibit continues through June.
June 20, 3 p.m. - The Wonderful World of Broadway - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at Community Church of Vero Beach
June 20 - McKee Botanical Garden will offer free admission to all fathers (fathers, step-fathers, fathers-in-law, grandfathers and great grandfathers) with any paid admission for Father's Day.
June 21-July 9 - Three separate weekly sessions of Write in the Middle - Creative Writing Summer Camp - Laura Riding Jackson Foundation historic home at IRSC and the Brackett Library
June 23 - Little Wonders, a free nature enrichment and early literacy program for children 18 months to 4 years at Environmental Learning Center.
June 26, 2 p.m. - Let Freedom Ring - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at The Emerson Center, VB
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Brevard County
Through June 26 - RUST - An Invitational Exhibit at 5th Avenue Art Gallery, MLB
Through June 30 - Abstraction: Retrospective Memories. The final show at the Foosaner Art Museum
Through June - Spotlight on Space at the Downtown Art Gallery in Titusville
June 19, 7 p.m. - The Wonderful World of Broadway - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at The Scott Center, Melbourne
June 19, 7 p.m. - Brevard Symphony Orchestra 2021 Summer Evenings concert: Dvorak, Debussy & Disney at Suntree United Methodist Church, Melbourne
June 26, 7 p.m. - Let Freedom Ring - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at The Scott Center, Melbourne
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Martin County
Limited classes are ongoing at the Artists Nook at Stuart Art Supply
Through Oct. 31 - Portfolios - Jane Lawton Baldridge, A Sea Story Girl at the Elliott Museum
Through July 24 - Martin Artisans Guild Summer Salon at the Court House Cultural Center.
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St. Lucie County
Through June 18- Through the Eye of the Camera Juried Exhibition at Backus Museum & Gallery
June 17-19 - Hooray for Hollywood - IRSC Musical Salute to the Movies - McAlpin Fine Arts Theatre
June 18, 5-8 p.m. - Art Walk Friday in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce. Wine reception at the Cultural Alliance Gallery
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Beyond the Treasure Coast
Through June 26 - Voices and Visions - An Arts4All Exhibition at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers
Through July 18, 2021 - Explore the Vaults: Abstraction and the American Scene at Museum of Fine Art St. Pete
Through July 31 - Beats & Brushes: Artists of Color exhibit at Lake Wales Arts Council
Through Aug. 22 - Antioch Reclaimed: Ancient Mosaics at the MFA - Museum of Fine Art St. Pete
Sundays at 2 - Upstairs Downstairs Live Theater at the Plant Museum
Through Aug. 29 - 2021 Rollins Faculty Biennal at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
Through Aug. 29 - Multiple Voices/Multiple Stories at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
Through Aug.29 - Path to Paradise: The Artistic Legacy of Dante's Divine Comedy at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
Through Aug. 29 - Uptown/Downtown: Richard Lindner's Fun City at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
Through Aug. 29 - Creatures in the Margins at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
Through Dec. 23 at the Plant Museum - "When the Train Comes Along": Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino
June 19 - Part two of a two-part workshop - Paster Paper for Hand Stitched Books and Origami Star Lanterns at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers
Free streaming videos of operas from the Metropolitan Opera are available at 7:30 p.m. each night and for the following 23 hours. The site also offers many and short performance videos.
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No. Palm Beach County
Through June 25 - Celebrating Black Florida at The Norton - live performances, virtual programs, art workshops, tours of works by artists of African descent, and more
Through July 31 - The New Normal: COVID Times at Palm Beach Photographic Centre
Through Aug. 7 - Summer Home at Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery
Through Sept. 5 - Boca Raton Museum of Art - An Irresistible Urge toCreate: The Monroe Family Collection of Outsider Art
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Event schedules can change, often at almost the last minute. Verify, double check, and then do it again before you head out the door. And when you do go out, take a mask. Without one, you risk being turned away. |
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In the body of the listing, sometimes called Description, make sure to include all dates in each upload. For example: Performances are on March 12-31; or the exhibit is open March 12, 14, 15, and 17. That information should be in all dates you post individually.
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The deadline is MONDAY - 10 days prior to the Wednesday publication.
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