Volume 2 No. 31 |August 7, 2020 |
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ARTS NEWS
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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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In This Issue
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New Lyric Living Room Series
Cars & Coffee at the Elliott
IRC Soup Bowl Update
Jazz Is Still Alive
News from Area Arts Councils
Calls for Art
Bits & Pieces from Around the Area & Around the Web
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Notes from the Arts Blast desk:
Happening tonight (Carry a Mask)
First Friday Gallery Stroll in the Historic Arts District Vero Beach. 5-8 p.m.
First Friday Gallery Walk in the Eau Gallie Arts District 5:30 to 8:30pm, Highland Avenue, Melbourne
Live in the Loop - Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach
Comedy Zone Experience - Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach
I'm a masker, one of the few ways I feel I can contribute to the fight against this virus. If you aren't one already, please consider joining me.
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We'll get there, but we have to wait patiently and safely and remember that "there" might not be exactly the way we remember it. Nobody said it would be easy.
From Kia Fontaine, executive director of the Lyric Theatre in Stuart:
We will get through this. It might take longer than we hope for, but I know that someday we’ll be creating those magical moments again…because the show must always go on!
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Listen to Cultural Connection on the Air at a new time and place, Sundays at 8 a.m. on WQOL, 103.7 fm.
If you miss the show Sunday, you can listen to a replay for one week at willimiller.com.
Members of Cultural Council of Indian River County are eligible to request a guest segment as time becomes available. Segments are very limited.
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Music and Art at First Pres This Weekend |
The music begins at three, when the First Presbyterian Youth String Orchestra presents a performance in the church sanctuary. The concert will be followed by an art reception in The Galleries at First Pres, the Spring into Summer art installation for artists Suzan Phillips, Donna Wares, and Keith Mills. The galleries will be open from 4 to 6 p.m. First Presbyterian Church is located at 520 Royal Palm Boulevard, Vero Beach.
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Elliott Museum Shares Cars & Coffee (and doughnuts)
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Elliott Museum's parking lot favorite, Cars & Coffee, is still on the events calendar for the second Saturday of every month. From 8-10 a.m., car aficionados gather, socially distancing, to share coffee, doughnuts, and car chat. The chat is free but there's a small charge for the refreshments. "Bring your ride" if you have one to show off, or just show up. Morning weather is usually great but in case of steady rain or thunder, the event will be canceled. |
Put on your dancing shoes, Twinkletoes. Riverside Theatre For Kids will begin dance classes for the 2020-2021 season Monday, August 17.
From Director of Dance Education, Adam Schnell:
Riverside Theatre’s dance education program features professional instructors teaching many genres of dance to ages 3 through adult. While classes begin in August, new students are accepted throughout the school year provided classes are not full. Youth and adult sessions are offered for ages 3 and up – beginner to advanced – in: Ballet, Adult Ballet, Creative Dance, Jazz, Adult Jazz, Modern Dance, Pointe, Tap and Adult Tap.
Classes begin August 17 and cover 35 weeks of instruction, with Fall and Winter breaks, and culminate with a recital in May 2021.
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Kia Fontaine, executive director of the Lyric Theatre in Stuart, sent an update about a great new series happening there, The Lyric Living Room Series. She created it "as a means to find an avenue to provide content and entertainment to our community. As we all have experienced, seeing a performance at The Lyric is so intimate and personal it's like the artist is performing just for you. The launch of The Lyric Living Room Series is to provide our community with an intimate and up-close experience in the comfort and safety of their living rooms."
Read on for a great trio of performances in the series.
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The Lyric Living Room Series - Tuesday's Tempo@2 |
There's a new collaboration going on in Stuart. Nancy Turrell, executive director of the Arts Council of Martin County, said, "We are excited to debut a new program and partnership with The Lyric Theatre with artistic talent supplied by the accomplished Lindsay Garritson! It will be a treat to your ears to listen to Lindsay play from the stage of the Lyric right in your living room." The series debuts at 2 p.m. August 11, but will be archived for your convenience afterwards on YouTube. "We are grateful to be a part of the beautiful production and collaboration. More programming like this will be headed your way as our arts and cultural sector puts their heads together to keep the creative spirit alive in Martin County." This series of performances is part of The Lyric Living Room Series.
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August 11th - Dance and Romance from Spain and Italy
Liszt "Spanish Rhapsody"
Neapolitan song: I’te vurria vasa, transcribed for piano by Roberto Piana
August 18th - Russian Classics
Tchaikovsky Dumka
Rachmaninov Preludes
Vivaldi/Bach/Feinberg Concerto in A minor
August 25th - Music from the Americas!
Gershwin/Wild The Man I Love
Ponce Scherzino Mexicano and Intermezzo
Nazareth: Odeon
Piazzolla Milonga del Angel
Novacek Piano Rag: Intoxication
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Indian River County Soup Bowl Update
Maria Sparsis sent this update from Indian River Clay last week. She has been one of the very generous clay artists who have made Soup Bowl possible for many years.
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Indian River Clay has partnered with the Samaritan Center to create the 2020 soup bowls, the first big event in the studio's new location, 1239 16th St., Vero Beach. This is the 28th year for this community-based fundraising event, which supports the Samaritan Center for Homeless Families.
Sparsis said, "The annual Soup Bowl effort has always been a much-anticipated event by both the local potter community and the public." In years past, the soup bowl production was hosted by the Vero Beach Museum of Art. Volunteers from the community and from Samaritan Center helped the potters maximize production, dozens of restaurants donated soup, and over 40 locations served soup and sold bowls on the first Thursday in November. Last year, Indian River clay participated, for the first time, in our original location, and we were able to produce 500 bowls, and served as a soup location.
With COVID-19, 2020 is a much different year, Sparsis said. "The Vero Beach Museum is unable to host the event, and the Samaritan Center considered canceling this year’s beloved Soup Bowl. But, as our studio manager Ginny Piech Street keeps reminding us, every set-back hides an opportunity, and potters are a resilient, resourceful lot." This year’s event will go forward with some significant modifications.
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The 2020 soup bowl has been renamed “Empty Bowls, Full hearts” to reflect the tone of the year. The Samaritan Center will highlight and thank the many restaurants, caterers and country clubs that have, over the years, donated hundreds of gallons of soup to the event, but, in recognition of the hardship to these soup suppliers, will not be asking for soup donations. Indian River Clay will oversee the soup bowl production, and on November 5, the Heritage Center, in downtown Vero Beach, will be this year’s soup bowl outlet.
If you are interested in financially contributing to this effort, please go to indianriverclay.org, where you can sponsor one of our volunteer potters, or help defray some of the other expenses associated with this effort.
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Jazz Lives!
Despite the loss of some jazz jam venues — temporarily, we hope — it's a genre that will not be deterred as long as there's a jazz musician ready to swing. Last week, I heard from Jim van Voorheis about Notes' closing, but this week saw Jim and colleagues playing The Music of Our Lives at DeLITEful Kitchen at Sewall's Point. They're hoping it will become a regular thing, so stay tuned for updates.
And then there was the Jupiter Jazz Society announcing the end of its Sunday jams. This week I got an email from them reminding me to tell readers about the PRO JAZZ Jams by the Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society at the Ft. Pierce Yacht Club. They're scheduled for August 11 and 25, September 8 and 22, and October 13 and 27, all from 7-10 p.m. This series welcomes professional musicians and singers to sit in. There's a $10 cover charge, with a discount for members.
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Still Time for the Tiny Art Challenge |
August 15 is the deadline for entries in the Tiny Art Challenge, a collaboration with The Gilt Complex and Crescent in Stuart. It's open to all artists 16 and older in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee and Palm Beach counties. Get details from Katie Gianni at 772-463-0125 or katie@thegiltcomplex.com |
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Space Coast Symphony Wind Orchestra presents the second in the SCSO's series of drive-in concerts next weekend. Hear Sweet Land of Liberty at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, August 14 at Pathway Church in Vero Beach and Saturday, August 15 at The Avenue Viera, 2261 Town Center Avenue, Melbourne. The concert will honor all those who have worn our nation's uniform as well as our defense workers. "The annual patriotic concert is filled with jaunty marches, anthems and American-inspired themes. Attendees are invited to wear red, white and blue in a show of patriotic solidarity."
Tickets for the drive-up concerts are $10 per person or $25 per carful of adults at spacecoastsymphony.org. Admission is free for ages 18 and under or with a student ID. Advance online ticket sales are encouraged, to help limit social interaction with parking attendants. For more information, call toll free to 855-252-7276 or visit SpaceCoastSymphony.org.
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From the Vero Beach Theatre Guild, where volunteers are needed in many areas:
We will be back up and running again!. We are forging ahead with the thought that we will combat this virus and reopen "Jesus Christ Superstar" on January 8, 2021. We are also scheduled to present the 3rd and final show of our 2019 - 2020 Apron Series, An Evening with Arthur Miller. His classic "Death of a Salesman" directed by Arthur Pingree will take the stage December 4, 5 & 6, 2020 and should we be allowed to open sooner, we will be bringing back a fully staged version of the hilarious comedy "Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight", directed by Jon Putzke for three weekends in November. Keep an eye on our website for up-to-date happenings around our entire campus. verobeachtheatreguild.com
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Remember the contest from the Laura Riding Jackson Foundation? Here's the latest:
"Representative work from our school and poetry competitions has been preserved in our new book, In the Quarantined Room: Reflections on the COVID-19 Experience in Indian River County, FL 2020.
This is a limited edition run of 250 copies and 42 are already spoken for! Grab your copy at the Vero Beach Book Center or at the Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation Writing Center downtown starting on Monday, August 10, or reserve your copy by paying online through our website lrjf.org.
A donation of $10 per copy helps us cover the cost of the publication.
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Updates from the St. Lucie Cultural Alliance!
Deadline extended to August 16!
Call for Junior Art
All K-12 and college students, don't forget to enter our Young Hearts to Arts contest to get your artwork exhibited county-wide and win prizes. Please, submit your work with a short video describing the inspiration behind it by August 16.
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Heathcote Botanical Gardens is looking far ahead to the holiday seasons. A call has gone out for volunteers to work on the annual Garden of Lights.
"Areas of involvement include marketing and sponsorship outreach, construction of critters and flowers, installation of beds and vinettes, setting up the event the week prior to Thanksgiving, and staffing during the event nights."
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For updates on gallery openings and classes in Melbourne and surrounding Brevard County, check the Brevard Cultural Alliance website and individual gallery social media.
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Aesop and Other Fables is the exhibit at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery through Aug. 29.
Also through the 29th, Eau Gallery features "Celebrating Abstracts."
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Call for Art from BCA:
Brevard Cultural Alliance is requesting submissions of art for its September magazine cover. Theme: Current pandemic. Contact lynne.brezina@artsbrevard.org for details. Deadline Aug. 14.
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Florida & Beyond, art by Kathie Benson, is set to open on August 31, 2020, at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery. There will be a First Friday Opening Reception to meet the artist and mingle with the gallery members on September 4, from 5:30-8:30 pm.
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Animal Nature: Recent Works by Linda Mitchell opens at the Foosaner Art Museum in Melbourne Aug. 8, on view through Oct. 24. Hours Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Foosaner Art Museum, 1463 Highland Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32935
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Riding the Wave will be on exhibit in the Atrium of the Airport August through December 2020
This display captures Florida’s Surf Culture, showcasing the artwork created by our local artists. There you will find a Bronze Sculpture of Internationally Famous Kelly Slater created by Natasha Drazich. Other artists include Jeff Buthker, Kevin Cook, Terrance Cope, Erin Cox, David Cruey, Brad Fowler, Rene Griffith, Jamie MacKenzie, Annette Schetzen, Waterworks Group, and two pieces on Loan from The Florida Surf Museum of Cocoa Beach.
Melbourne International Airport, One Terminal Parkway, Melbourne.
Curated and installed through the Brevard Cultural Alliance Art in Public Places Exhibit Program.
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Call for Central Florida Artists from Polk Museum of Art:
Central Florida artists are invited to participate in the upcoming online exhibition, Hindsight 2020: Art of This Moment.
Hindsight 2020 will showcase art produced since March 2020 and that represents a diverse spectrum of perspectives, ideas, and reflections upon the past five months of our lives. Submissions should be related but not limited to the COVID-19 pandemic, experiences in isolation, social justice, the Black Lives Matter movement, and any other aspect of this novel 21st century moment.
The eligible counties are Hillsborough, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Pinellas, Polk, and Seminole. Deadline to apply is August 31 at 5 p.m.
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Arts Council of Martin County updates from Executive Director Nancy Turrell:
"Our plans involve getting back in the Court House Cultural Center in late August, preparing for “Art Out of the Closet” for late September, and then hosting the 35th Annual All Florida Juried Show in October. We are excited to get the gallery space back open and available, with certain restrictions and attention to CDC recommendations, to the public."
Nancy Turrell, executive director of the Arts Council of Martin County, steered me to these Calls for Artists on their website, martinarts.org. Many other artist opportunities are listed there along with news of events and links to resources for artists.
Deadline to apply: October 1, 2020
The Arts Foundation for Martin County invites artists to apply to be an exhibitor at our 34th annual ArtsFest on February 20 & 21, 2021 in beautiful Memorial Park in Downtown Stuart. ArtsFest Stuart has been chosen annually as a Southeast Tourism Society "Top 20 Event" since 2016!
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Deadline to apply: August 19, 2020
The Arts Council of Martin County, Florida invites artists residing in Florida to participate in its 30th Annual All Florida Juried Arts Show. Selected works will be exhibited at the Court House Cultural Center from Tuesday, October 13 through Saturday, December 12, 2020.
Read the spring/summer issue of MartinArts Magazine online, but be aware that it was published before all this happened. |
From the Cultural Council for PalmBeach County: |
Although the Cultural Council's building remains closed to the public, the Council is now offering Virtual Summer Programs to highlight works by local visual & performing artists while giving community members the chance to enjoy an arts-filled summer from the comfort of home.
These free programs run through September and include the first-ever
virtual Summer Performing Arts Series and virtual exhibitions.
The Council will showcase each virtual exhibition on its Facebook & Instagram channels and website. To view the artwork up close, access artist interviews and more, please follow the Council (@palmbeachculture) or visit
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From the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach:
In celebration of the centennial of the ratification of the United States' 19th Constitutional Amendment, the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum (1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach) will be offering a virtual lecture for free to the public on August 18 at 3 p.m. titled "And Yet They Persisted: How American Women Won the Right to Vote." Guest speaker Dr. Johanna Neuman is the author of a new book of the same title, and will talk about the importance of the states in securing the right to vote for women, and shed light on why it took two centuries for most women in America to earn the right to vote.
The virtual lecture will broadcast live from the Flagler Museum via Facebook Live as well as Vimeo Livestream. A recording of the lecture will be available for viewing immediately following the hour-long lecture on the Museum's Livestream page. Visit the Museum's website at www.flaglermuseum.us/programs/special-lectures for instructions to access the Livestream broadcast and recording. Facebook users who wish to watch via Facebook Live should "like" or "follow" the Flagler Museum on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FlaglerMuseum in order to participate. Dr. Neuman will be answering questions posed by Facebook Live participants at the conclusion of her lecture.
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FINAL WEEK
Community Arts Program (CAP)
2020 VIRTUAL Summer Concert Series
7:30 p.m. (EST)
EVERY Thursday through August 13
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From Frost School of Music at University of Miami: |
Friday Nights @Frost presents Christine Jobson, soprano, Aug. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
The recital features the art song compositions of an underperformed and underrepresented group within the realm of classical music: African Americans.
Discover the male and female African American composers and the various poets who wrote these texts. Each group of songs represents different aspects of humanity: love, dreams, hope, death, and beauty. The last two songs are Negro spirituals: songs that were birthed from the horrors of slavery imposed upon Africans in America.
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From My Modern Met for Frida Kahlo fans:
How much do you know about Frida Kahlo?
You might be familiar with her beguiling paintings, but the celebrated artist had a fascinating personal life, too.
A fortnight gradually turned into two years that Freund spent living in the home of Kahlo and Rivera.
During that time, Freund captured hundreds of photos documenting the couple’s private lives as well as the rich culture of Mexico. View this selection of the powerful images, and you'll see how Kahlo was an unforgettable figure until the very end.
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From the Boston Symphony Orchestra:
Boston Symphony launches first-ever Summerlong Tanglewood Online Festival this week at WWW.TANGLEWOOD.ORG
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From Florida Humanities:
To assist our state’s most at-risk and critically important museums, libraries, historical societies and other cultural partners, Florida Humanities proudly opens these new grant opportunities to support our partners’ vital – and virtual - public humanities programming in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The new grant opportunities include:
Apply now for up to $2500 in funding to purchase (either print or digital) democracy and civics-themed books for circulation. NEW! This grant opportunity is now open to Florida libraries, K-12 libraries, educational institutions and cultural organizations with widely accessible literary collections.
Deadline to apply: September 23, 2020
Questions about these additional grant opportunities or want to discuss your proposed project? Reach out to Florida Humanities staff – we’re here to help!
Lindsey E. Morrison
Florida Humanities Grants Coordinator
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Dr. Marcos Daniel Flores is a piano performance graduate from The Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico B.M., The Eastman School of Music M. M., and Arizona State University where he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Flores is an active performer as well as an experienced and inspirational piano teacher.
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