Volume 3 No. 14 |April 9, 2021 |
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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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Wild & Scenic at Jupiter Lighthouse |
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Be a Vendor at the Treasure Coast Arts & Mindfulness Fest |
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Patti Callahan's Surviving Savannah |
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Martin Artisans Guild Makes a Move |
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Riverside's Performance Academy & Summer Camps |
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Spring Classes at VBAC Annex |
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Call for Cultural Council of Indian River County Artists |
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Adult Writing Workshops at Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation |
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Bookmark On the Calendar at WilliMiller.com for frequent updates. Calls for Artists, Auditions, & Volunteers are now online.
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Spoke too soon! Another week of feeling like a sluggard. I won't jinx myself again by saying I'm finally finished with it. Thank you for kind wishes and offers of delicious things, and thank you, readers, for your patience.
Had my shots, but still a masker. And no hugs, please.
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Sunday on Cultural Connection on the Air- Mark Wygonik for Crystals on the Beach; Sara Piotter for ELC's April. |
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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. NEW! Replays are now online on the Cultural Council's website.
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UPDATE: Still no luck in finding the currently cat-less person out there who can offer Arlia Almond's Kino a loving home with an empty lap and an indoor spot to curl up for a day of napping and looking out on his garden domain. He has several years of experience living with an artist, reader, and fellow napper, and will bring his own toys and dishes. Email Julie Lounibos if you have any leads. JulieLounibos@gmail.com
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Getting Wild & Scenic at Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse |
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This Saturday, April 10, you can get Wild & Scenic without getting wet and sunburned. To really get authentic, take this film festival, Resilient by Nature, outside on your phone, tablet, or laptop and watch the videos in your own special natural place.
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From Kathleen Glover at the Jupiter Lighthouse:
It’s back for a 7th year and it’s about to get ‘wild & scenic’! The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum is excited to present the Wild & Scenic Film Festival - On Tour (WSFF) to your living room on Saturday, April 10th, 6:30-9:00 pm. This year’s Virtual Film Festival Experience brings an adrenaline pumping, heart thumping, curated collection of films right to you! They capture epic international outdoor adventures & research, kindle a love for nature, and inspire environmental stewardship through the art of filmmaking.
Wild & Scenic Film Festival is one of the nation’s premiere environmental and adventure film festivals in North America. Created by the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) the “On Tour” version ‘Resilient By Nature’ is being hosted by 180 organizations around the country and by the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum for its seventh year running.
The 11 films featured in the April event are from all over the world and range from adventures in Miami, northern Norway, and Oregon, to scientific research being done in Antarctica and the Kuril Islands. They also peer into the struggles and work being done to preserve nature in the Pacific Islands and Ethiopia. The films create an awareness of our world and its wonderful possibilities, while highlighting the wonders of resilience through stunning cinematography and inspiring stories.
Every ticket holder will be automatically entered to win WSFF Door Prize drawings courtesy of local donors. Winners will be announced on the Lighthouse’s WSFF event page on Sunday, April 11.
All ticket proceeds benefit the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum and support its nonprofit mission.
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Great News! for everyone lamenting missing the opportunity to buy a ticket to Win a Masterpiece.
I asked Marshall Adams, executive director of the Backus Gallery, to confirm the rumor I'd heard that all tickets had been sold. File his reply in the Good News/Bad News files:
Well, funny thing is, we STILL HAVE 30 tickets that were turned in this morning as unsold, available for phone or in-person sales only until they're gone.
You'll have to hurry.
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Martin Artisans Guild Looking for a Place to Call Home
See the Latest Exhibit Across the Courtyard
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And while they artists are searching, they've mounted a new exhibit that will carry them through May 22, Art in the Palm Room at Café Boonma!, 3722 SE Ocean Blvd., Stuart. Gallery hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays.
This art exhibit and sale will feature over thirteen artists from the Martin Artisans Guild exhibiting a variety of media. This exhibit space is the temporary replacement of the original Palm Room across the courtyard, which the Guild has occupied with consecutive exhibits since November of 2019. The Guild is actively looking for a new gallery space to occupy so they may continue to bring quality art exhibits to the Stuart and Martin County communities.
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I was so intrigued by the glass turtles created by Palm City artist Dot Galfond for a recent Martin County event that I wanted to know more about her and her art. Our email conversation follows: |
Where is your studio? Describe it briefly:
I am incredibly blessed to have my studio at my home. It has been custom built for me over the years to accommodate my petite stature (4’10” of energy) AND to house my 5 kilns.
Is glass your only medium?
Yes and no…I only make glass art, but I craft all my own stands from stone, steel, copper, etc.
How did you get interested in glass and has that interest evolved over the years?
As my bio says, the way light shines through glass transporting colors across a room has always intrigued me to no end! I just love transparent glass for that reason. Over the years, I have worked to test the boundaries and limits of what I can make glass do in a kiln. I love experimentation and have had some epic failures, but made some wonderful discoveries along the way!
Where will it take you in the future?
I’ve been doing more experimentation with shaping glass in unusual ways in my kilns. I’d like to see how far I can run that aspect of my art. I love doing large, sculptural wall pieces and I believe this would be a wonderful concept for those pieces.
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Do the materials used in your work change/improve or has glass in art remained fairly stable?
The glass has basically stayed the same. What has changes is the equipment - mainly the kilns - that we use now. Firing glass is such a long process and larger more efficient kilns are helping with that, somewhat.
What do you like most about working with glass?
I love working with clients to make something that will become a part of their home for (hopefully) many years. I’ve always been a people person and I love the solitude o my studio, but still being able to work with people who appreciate art.
Is there any part of it you don’t care for?
OMG!! Waiting days for pieces to fire in the kiln. It kills me!! ARG!
How do you avoid cutting yourself, or do you? What safety precautions must a glass artist use?
Just general safety precautions. Closed toed shoes, heavy gloves when unpacking large wholesale glass orders, etc. I actually only required stitches once; I tried to catch a piece of falling glass. I’ll never do that again! ;). I’m probably more careful about my eyes than anything.
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Patti Callahan's Latest - Surviving Savannah |
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When she puts on her historical fiction hat, as she did for Surviving Savannah, she's Patti Callahan. We've known her for years as Patti Callahan Henry, a fan favorite, award-winning author at Florida book signings. I remember one in particular at the Vero Beach Book Center. All of her many books were propped up on a table in the order they were published. The audience had a chuckle when we realized that the first one used huge type for the title with her name in very small print. By the time they got to the last one, her name took up most of the cover with the title much smaller. The photograph is Patti at Waldo's for a lunch break before that signing. |
She carved out time for an email Q&A about Surviving Savannah, her latest.
Very recently released, Surviving Savannah tells the story of a steamboat, the Pulaski, that sank off the coast of North Carolina in 1838, but with a modern-day twist.
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What drew you to the Pulaski and her tragic story?
A local Bluffton mariner friend of mine told me about it and after the third time, I listened! As soon as I became interested about this fascinating and lost to time steamboat disaster, I discovered that a shipwreck crew had found it off the coast of North Carolina! Finding untold stories if one of my favorite things and if it involves the area and land I love – Savannah, Georgia – all the better! I knew I wanted to tell a story about a very specific family who boarded the ship together and follow them while at the same time having a modern day story with a museum curator bringing up the artifacts of the ship!
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How does a writer go about researching something that happened close to 200 years ago?
Oh the research! One goes about it with great care – digging through old boxes at the Georgia Historical Center, interviewing museum curators and finding ancient newspapers articles.
I often ask an author what she hopes readers will take away from a book. What did YOU take away from researching this disaster and the people who became your characters?
The theme that bubbled to the surface for me was this overarching question: how do we survive the surviving? When I discovered a young boy who had survived this tragedy in really miraculous ways to go do terrible things with his life, I questioned all I’d believed about fate and meant-to-be. I wanted to explore what we do with our lives after surviving – who do we choose to be and what do we choose to do with our lives?
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How difficult is it to write fictionalized history and why decide to go that route?
I truly enjoy writing about history. I love finding the untold pieces of a story and thereby expanding your view of the experience in a time you thought you knew about but didn’t. There are so many hidden pieces of history that help us not only know that time better but illuminate our time now!
How are you adjusting to the virtual author appearances? When/if things ever do get back to normal, will you want to go on the road again and meet your readers in person?
With the show Friends and Fiction, I have really become accustomed to virtual, but I miss being on the road. I miss seeing people face to face. I miss interactions and questions and deep discussions. But I do believe that in the future we will find a way to do both. There are certain positive things to virtual – for example someone who could never come in real life to an event can do attend virtually.
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Talk a bit about Reunion Beach, your podcasts, and Friends and Fiction, which seems to have taken off like a rocket!
Oh, yes, there are so many projects I’ve been working on during the Pandemic and I think all of them have kept me tethered to the written word and to my work. It’s the only thing we had any control over, isn’t it? Reunion Beach was the brain child of Dorothea Benton Frank’s editor, Carrie Ferron. Dottie’s new book was to be called Reunion Beach, so Carrie gathered a few of her author pals to write a short story each with a reunion and a beach. It comes out April 27th and already has a starred review!
Friends and Fiction (with Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey and Mary Alice Monroe and me) has taken off like you said – like a rocket! A weekly web show where we interview authors and talk about stories, publishing and writing, we have tapped into and joined an astounding group of readers and writers to build a community that has sustained us all. It is also a podcast! We are live every Wednesday night on our Friends and Fiction Facebook page and on You Tube.
For my own podcast, I have one that has just been released called The Untold Story Behind Surviving Savannah. I interview experts about shipwreck hunting, the mysteries of Savannah and so much more.
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What do you enjoy doing when you aren’t working?
Reading; hiking, spending time with my family and friends, which I hope to do even more now that the world is opening up!
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From the Laura Riding Jackson Foundation:
April & May Adult Writing Workshops
Registration is open for our upcoming Adult Writers Workshops. We will be conducting the workshops via Zoom, so everyone can attend from the comfort of home, wherever that might be. We have stellar instructors offering a wide range of writing interests to get you writing and exploring. Each workshop is $35 and lasts for 90 minutes.
- Archives as Literary Inspiration with Ralph Eubanks on April 24
- How to Build Suspense (In Whatever Genre You Like) with Libby Fischer Hellmann on May 22
For more information about these workshops and to register, please visit our website.
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Introducing Riverside's Performance Academy |
Summer Camps are split into two, a Junior Academy for younger performers (ages 6-11) in June, and a Senior Academy for older students (ages 11-18) in July. These in-person camps divide the day between technique instruction in singing, acting, and dance in the mornings with rehearsals for a show in the afternoons. Each Academy culminates in a final performance of a different show at the end of each camp! |
The Riverside Theatre Education Tuition Assistance and Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to qualifying students.
Applications for the Summer Camps are due May 7. Online form will be available soon.
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CCIRC Members Only - Call for Artists |
Not an artist member of the Cultural Council of Indian River County? Join now at cultural-council.org.
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From the Cultural Council of Indian River County:
Hello! Artists,
Exciting news! We will be shaking things up a bit as we prepare to change out the current exhibit in the IRC Administration Buildings. No particular theme – artist’s choice.
Building A will be a Group Show – Please submit up to five (5) images for consideration.
Building B will be a Solo Show – If you would like to be considered for the solo installation, please submit a minimum of fifteen (15) and a maximum of twenty-five (25) images. Depending on the size of the artwork, a selection will be chosen to fit the available space.
Please email your artwork to Elise@Cultural-Council.org by the deadline, Monday, May 17, including the Title, Medium, Size and Price. Download the specifications and Hold Harmless.
Thank you!
Location: IRC Administration Buildings A & B, 1801 27th Street, Vero Beach
Theme: Group Member Exhibit in A Building
Solo Member Exhibit in B Building
Call Date: April 8, 2021
Submission Deadline: Monday, May 17, 2021
Notification of Selection Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Delivery Date and Time: Wednesday, May 26, 11-12noon
NOTE: If you are currently exhibiting artwork here, Pick-up is Wednesday, May 26, between 10-11am
Exhibit Start Date: May 26, 2021
Exhibit End Date: September 29, 2021
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On the March of Museums website, pick an area of Florida and click on the map to find and read about a museum you'd like to visit.
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Get the Whole Picture on the Calendar
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Indian River County
Through May 2 - Poetry of Nature at Vero Beach Museum of Art.
Through April 30, 2021 - Chul Hyun Ahn: New Light - n the Stark Rotunda and Stark Gallery at Vero Beach Museum of Art.
Through May, 2021 - Dance classes ongoing at Riverside Theatre.
****Through May 2 - Poetry of Nature: Hudson River School Landscapes from the NY Historical Society at Vero Beach Museum of Art.
Through May 26 - CCIRC Member Exhibit at Indian River County Administration Complex
Ongoing - Riverside Theatre’s virtual Putting it Together series. See the website for the link.
April 7-25 - Sister Act at Vero Beach Theatre Guild
April 9, 7 p.m. - “One Night in Memphis” The #1 Tribute to Presley, Perkins, Lewis & Cash at the Emerson Center, Vero Beach
April 9, 7:30 p.m. - Mike Block and Hanneke Cassel in concert at First Presbyterian Church, Vero Beach, in McAfee Hall. $20 donation is suggested. Proceeds will benefit the Mike Block Strings Camp Scholarship Fund.
April 9-10, 5:30-8 p.m. - Keeping the Arts Alive: Made in the USA - at Indian River Shores Community Center, 6001 SR A1A, Indian River Shores
April 10, 10 & 11 a.m. -Once Upon an Orchestra series with the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra - for kids at McKee Botanical Garden
April 11 12-3 p.m. - Keeping the Arts Alive: Made in the USA at Indian River Shores Community Center, 6001 SR A1A, Indian River Shores
April 9-10 - Live in the Loop and the Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre
April 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Vero Beach Art Club’s Art in the Park at Humiston Park,
3000 Ocean Drive
April 14, 11:30 a.m. - Groundbreaking for the Environmental Learning Center's Thomas R. Schidel Education and Event Pavilion. *****The public is encouraged to attend virtually via Facebook live at 11:30 on April 14 at https://www.facebook.com/discoverelc
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Brevard County
Through April 11 - Nunsense A-Men! at Titusville Playhouse
Through April 11 - Space Coast State Fair, Viera - Space Coast Daily Park
Through April 18 - Rock of Ages at The Henegar Center
Through April 19 - Phyllis Shipley's Inner Vision - Inner Strength at Upside Gallery, Melbourne
Through April 30 - Vashti Verschoor: April Spotlight Artist at Downtown Art Gallery, Titusville.
April 10, 2021, 7:30 p.m. - Brevard Symphony Orchestra Season Finale, Terrence Wilson piano at the King Center.
April 10, 11:30-2:30 p.m. - Spring Central Florida Car Show - Historic Cocoa Village
April 10, 12:30-3 - Wasamatter You: A Study of Matter Workshop at American Space Museum
April 11, 4-6:30 - p.m. - Free virtual recital: Midori, violin; Leva Jokubaviciute, piano. Melbourne Chamber Music Society
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Martin County
Through May 31 - The Lure of Florida Fishing at the Elliott Museum.
Through May 31 - Martin Artisans Guild at Elliott Museum
Through May 22, Tue.-Sat. 12-6 p.m. - Martin Artisan Guild's April/MayExhibit - NEW LOCATION - Next to Cafe Boonma, Harbour BayPlaza, 3722 SE Ocean Blvd., Stuart
April 10, 10 a.m. - Cars & Coffee in the Elliott Museum parking lot.
April 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Jensen Beach Art League's Second Sunday Art Show in the Elliott Museum's parking lot. Final event for the season.
April 16-18 - Come Fly With Me, fundraiser at The Barn Theatre, Stuart. Ticketed.
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St. Lucie County
Through April 25, 2021 - TOP: Anniversary Invitational Exhibition at Backus Museum & Gallery
Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m. - Pro Jazz Jams in the Black Box at Sunrise Theatre. Professional musicians & singers only are invited to sit in. Wear a mask at all times. Cover charge.
April 8 & 10 - Art, a comedy, at MCAlpin Fine Arts Theatre - IRSC
April 9 & 11- The Revolutionists at MCAlpin Fine Arts Theatre - IRSC
April 9, 8 p.m. - The Gin Blossoms at Sunrise Theatre
April 10, 7 p.m. - Jimmy Shubert in the Comedy Corner at the Sunrise Theatre
April 11, 7 p.m. - Funniest Man in America-James Gregory at Sunrise Theatre
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No. Palm Beach County
Through April 23 - Art From Isolation - Lighthouse ArtCenter's 43rd annual Members' Show and Sale
Through May 9 - María Berrío: Esperando mientras la noche florece (Waiting for the Night to Bloom) at Norton Museum of Art.
Through May 30 - Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.): The Krome Drawings at Norton Museum of Art.
Through May 30 - Art Finds a Way at Norton Museum of Art
Through May 30 - Boca Raton Museum of Art - Paul Gervais: Faces and Forms
April 9 - Carving the Divine: Buddhist Sculptors of Japan film documentary at Morikami Museum. Ticketed
April 10, 6:30 p.m. - Wild & Scenic Film Festival at Jupiterlighthouse.org
April 10 - Dailey & Vincent, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers - 15th anniversary Bluegrass in the Pavilion at Flagler Museum
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Beyond the Treasure Coast
Through April 11 - What Remains at The Bass
Through April 11 - Robert Reedy: Revival at Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park
Through April 16 - Requiem for Steam: The Railroad Photography of David Plowden at Naples Depot Museum.
Through April 19 - Forgotten Florida: Photos from the Farm Security Administration at Immokalee Pioneer Museum.
April 6 & 13 - “Belonging in Opera: Learning from Our Past, Engaging with Our Future” - a two-night symposium exploring the rich canon of Black composers
April 8-10 - Bible HerStory - Youth Theatre Production on the GreenMarket Stage- ArtInLee.org
April 8 - Online Wine and Paint Night with David Acevedo - ArtInLee.org
April 9, 7 p.m. - CenterState Bank Concerts Under the Stars at Bok Tower Gardens - Gary Mule Deer
April 10, 8 p.m. - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap at Barbara Mann Performing Arts Hall, Fort Myers.
April 10-May 9 - 2021 Senior Student Exhibition at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
April 10-Aug. 22 - Antioch Reclaimed: Ancient Mosaics at the MFA = Museum of Fine Art St. Petersburg
April 10, 11 a.m. - Virtual Journey to the Met Cloisters with Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College - Ticketed
April 11, 4:30 p.m. - San Antonio Book Festival & Miami Book Fair present: Isabel Allende TICKETED
April 11 - Final day for From Chaos to Order: Greek Geometric Art from the Sol Rabin Collection
April 13, 5:30 p.m. - The George Nickson Percussion Ensemble at Selby Gardens
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