Museum of Art - DeLand

Artists in the Garden
2022-03-26 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | The Garden Shop at Select Growers, 4391 FL-11, DeLeon Springs, FL, 32130, United States
Mark your calendar for Artists in the Garden, an outdoor fundraiser presented by the Guild of the Museum of Art DeLand.

Saturday, March 26, 2022

9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The Garden Shop at Select Growers
4391 Highway 11 North, DeLeon Springs, Florida

No cost to attend with easy-access parking, held in beautiful grounds and covered pavilions. Event highlights include:

CASH CAFE À LA C’ART
Outdoor pop-up cafe offering a tasty array of homemade breakfast and brunch items by Guild members and our own Chef Vince. Mimosas will be the specialty beverage of the day, available for a donation as well as coffee, tea, and lemonade. Affordable pricing for food treats and proceeds to the Museum!

ARTIST BOOTHS
Artists will be selling a variety of unique pieces with a percentage of their sales benefiting the Museum of Art – DeLand.

TICKETED ARTWORK DRAWINGS
Tickets will be available for purchase. Buyers will place the purchased tickets in containers by the pieces of artwork that call to them. The more tickets you buy, the better chance you have to win that artwork!

SILENT AUCTION BASKETS
A variety of themed baskets will be displayed for people to bid on. Of course, if you MUST have the basket…you may pay the “must have it” bid value and it is yours to take home immediately!

Questions? Call (386) 734-4371.

Win a Signed Print by John Mellencamp
2022-03-23 08:00 - 2022-05-30 17:00 | FL
Take home this rebel to support a great cause. For a limited time, art lovers will have a second chance to win a signed and framed archival pigment print by John Mellencamp when they make a donation to the Museum of Art – DeLand. (Print pictured above.)
The print, “A Bed of Nails”, is not currently available for purchase, and was donated by Mellencamp to the Museum to be raffled at our recent fundraiser gala. The winners, Advent Health, have generously it donated back so one of our supporters could enjoy the piece themselves.
Tickets are limited, with a suggested donation of $20 per entry. The winner will be chosen at random on June 1 at 6 p.m. and notified by email. Winner does not have to be present at the drawing. Hurry to secure your chance to win. 100% of proceeds support the Museum of Art – DeLand, its operations, exhibitions, and programs.

THE CONTEST PERIOD HAS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DONATED AND ENTERED.

ABOUT THE MUSEUM
The Museum of Art – DeLand is a vital and interactive 501 (c) 3 non-profit visual arts museum enriching the community through its dedication to the collection, preservation, study, exhibition, and educational use of the fine arts. The Museum is a source of cultural focus and is recognized statewide by its peers for academic excellence and community outreach. It is host to several rotating exhibits, gallery talks, receptions, educational programming, master artist workshops, and special events throughout the year.
Thank you to the artist John Mellencamp and AdventHealth DeLand for making this drawing possible.

Image: John Mellencamp, A Bed of Nails, 2022, Archival Pigment Print

The German Connection: John Mellencamp
2022-03-17 17:30 - 18:30 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
John Mellencamp has said, “Discovering Max Beckmann was like discovering Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan,” and that just as folk music is the foundation of his musical voice, German Expressionism is the foundation for his visual voice.
In this special gallery talk and tour, Pam Coffman, Curator of Education will present an introduction to German Expressionism and Max Beckmann and explore their connection to artworks on exhibit in John Mellencamp: Paintings & Assemblages.
Event Details
Gallery Talk and Tour | The German Connection: John Mellencamp Paintings & Assemblages
Presented by Pam Coffman, Curator of Education
March 17, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $10
Seating is limited and RSVPs are required. Call (386) 734-4371 to RSVP.

Top Image: John Mellencamp, Fall Festival, 1993, Oil on canvas, 60″ x 24″

Gala & Fundraiser
2022-03-04 19:00 - 22:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 4!

Thank you to all who have supported the Museum of Art – DeLand by purchasing tickets to our January 13th VIP Preview Gala & Fundraiser. We are excited to announce that after the postponement of our original date, the event has officially been rescheduled for Friday, March 4. You may present your original tickets at the event if you have them, or we can check your name on our list at the door.

Event Summary
A limited-admission, VIP Preview Gala celebrating John Mellencamp: Paintings & Assemblages will be held at our downtown gallery on Friday, March 4 from 7 – 10 p.m. Benefiting the Museum of Art – DeLand and its programs, the evening marks our first in-person fundraising event since the onset of the pandemic, and is limited to only 100 attendees. Highlights include:

Prize drawings (including a signed limited-edition print by John Mellencamp)
Craft cocktails and hors d’oeuvres by The Table
Exclusive evening viewing of John Mellencamp: Paintings & Assemblages
Limited-admission access

Event Details
Gala & Fundraiser | John Mellencamp: Paintings & Assemblages
Friday, March 4, 2022 | 7 – 10 p.m.

Museum of Art – DeLand, Downtown Gallery
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720

Parking Details
Because downtown parking is at a premium on Friday nights, 30 spaces will be available for Gala guests on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 6:30 p.m. Please check your inbox for full parking details and the location of the lot, or call our front desk for more information. VIP parking is generously sponsored by Greene Realty.

This event is made possible by the contributions of our generous sponsors:

Image: John Mellencamp, Nurse Karen, 2020, Housepaint, oil, and charcoal on Masonite, 20″ x 16″

The Outsiders: Gallery Talk and Tour
2022-02-25 17:30 - 19:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Outsider Art enthusiasts Beth and Greg Milliken will share their 25-year journey of collecting the work of self-taught artists at a gallery talk entitled, “Outsiders: Self-Taught Artists of the American South.”
The Millikens will present an overview of the field of Outsider Art and discuss several of the pieces from their collection currently on display at the Museum. Included in the discussion will be works by Howard Finster, Sybil Gibson, Jimmie Sudduth, and Rudolph Bostic, all esteemed 20th century self-taught artists from the southern United States. Light refreshments will be served from 5:30 – 6:00 pm with gallery talk and tour from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Event Details
Gallery Talk & Tour | Outsiders: Self-Taught Artists of the American South
Presented by Greg and Beth Milliken
Friday, February 25, 2022
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Museum of Art-DeLand
600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL 32720
Admission: Museum Members Free | $10 Non-Members

Seating is limited and RSVPs are required. Call (386) 734-4371 to RSVP.

Top image: Rudolph Valentino Bostic, The Last Supper, No date, House paint on cardboard

Origami Workshop
2022-02-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
How do I love thee? With strings attached to wear close to my heart? Wrapped around a bottle of wine, soda or water? Wrapped around a gift card? We will be folding beautiful sheets of paper into various Valentines for those we love. We will also learn about the history of paper folding and uses of origami in science and medicine.
Instructor Maureen Miller-Calamo has extensive experience in teaching the art of origami including:
American Museum of Natural History
New York Public Library
Origami USA Conventions
Pacific Coast Origami Convention
Workshop Details
Saturday, February 5, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, FL 32720
Cost: $30.00 for Members | $35.00 for Non-Members
Age group: Adults
Minimum number of participants 6, maximum 15
All materials will be supplied.
RSVP required by January 28 at: (386) 734-4371 or to Pam Coffman, Curator of Education at: coffman@moartdeland.org

The Outsiders
2022-01-15 10:00 - 2022-05-08 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Featuring some of the most vibrant works in the Museum’s permanent collection, and from the private collection of Greg and Beth Milliken, The Museum of Art – DeLand presents an outstanding exhibition of 26 outsider artists – those who are formally untrained, with little to no contact with the mainstream art world.
The permanent collection of the Museum of Art-DeLand includes a significant selection of works by self-taught artists, many of them now recognized and collected throughout the world. Greg and Beth Milliken, long-time members, Museum volunteers, and avid art collectors have graciously loaned prime examples of outsider work for this exhibition, including pieces by Harold Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, and Florida Highwayman Harold Newton.
Exhibition Details
The Outsiders: Self-Taught Artists of the American South
On view through May 8, 2022
Museum of Art – DeLand
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5

Top image: Bethanne Hill, Trailer Dogs, 2005, Acrylic on wood

John Mellencamp
2022-01-14 10:00 - 2022-03-27 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida

John Mellencamp, The Stardust Sisters, 2013
Grammy award winner and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, John Mellencamp showcases a selection of paintings and assemblages for a return art exhibition at the Museum of Art – DeLand.
An accomplished painter, collector, and activist, Mellencamp exposes unsettling but beautiful truths with an attitude of defiance and narrative sensibility that echoes the earnest voice of the American heartland. In addition to more recent paintings, this exhibition includes a selection of assemblages as well, adding yet another dimension to a unique body of work.
Visit Mellencamp.com for more information about the artist and his work.

EVENT DETAILS
John Mellencamp: Paintings and Assemblages
January 14 – March 27, 2022
Museum of Art – DeLand, FL
100 N. Woodland Blvd.
DeLand, FL 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $10

Top image: John Mellencamp, Driving in the Rain, 2020, Oil on canvas, 56 x 72”

2021 Annual Membership Meeting
2021-11-04 17:30 - 19:30 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Join us for the Museum’s Annual Membership Meeting, hosted in-person at our main location at 600 N. Woodland Blvd.
Meeting Details
Thursday, November 4, 2021, 5:30 p.m.
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720

Open to current Museum members
Please RSVP to Darlene Shelton at (386) 734-4371 or contact@moartdeland.org if you plan to attend. Light refreshments will be served after the meeting.
Proxy Voting Details
If you’re unable to attend the meeting, we ask that you please vote on our Board of Trustees candidates via proxy by Wednesday, November 3, 2021. Click here to access the online proxy voting form.

Docent Program Interest Meeting
2021-10-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Are you an art lover, a history buff, enjoy public speaking, have extra time, like to meet new people…? If you answered yes, then we invite you to attend the Docent Training Informational Meeting.
Docents are a vital link between what’s displayed in the Museum and how visitors respond to what they see. Our docents are a diverse group of volunteers who share a passion for art and the community. They are active, enthusiastic, imaginative, and knowledgeable. Historically, a docent was a tour guide who talked while visitors listened. Today, docents do so much more than just talk. Our docents help visitors of all ages discover the world of art by creating inquiry-based field studies and tours centered on the art.

To qualify as a docent you should have:

An abiding interest in the visual arts
Good public speaking skills
Ability to work well with children and adults
Flexibility, dependability, time, and commitment

Docent candidates must also participate in a comprehensive training course and be available for a specific number of volunteer hours per annum. Our training program includes classes and workshops in: Theories of teaching and learning, museum education, art history, methods of interpretation, field study and touring techniques, information on current and permanent exhibitions, principles and elements of art and design and studio practices.

Informational Meeting for Docent Training Program
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
10:00 – 11:00 am
600 N. Woodland Blvd, DeLand
RSVP requested. Call 386-734-4371to RSVP.

Humanity in Art
2021-09-24 17:00 - 2021-12-26 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
The son of the distinguished illustrator Morris Weiss, Jerry Weiss was influenced by cartoons and illustration art before he studied classical drawing. His initial focus was the simple, straightforward and compassionate depiction of people; while still a student he became interested in plein air painting as well. Weiss teaches figure drawing and painting year-round at the Art Students League of New York, as well as intensive workshops around the country. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions in museums and galleries, and his paintings are represented in public, private and corporate collections.
Exhibition Details
Jerry Weiss, Lorre with Champagne, 48 x 36, oil on linen, 1994-5
Humanity in Art: Paintings by Jerry Weiss
September 24 – December 26, 2021
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Members Free | Non-Members $5

Top image: Jerry Weiss, Kirstan, Oil on linen, Circa 1992, 50 x 40 in. (Cropped)

Humanity in Art: Jerry Weiss
2021-09-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
Please join us for the evening opening reception of Humanity in Art: Paintings by Jerry Weiss at our downtown DeLand gallery space.

Friday, September 24, 2021 | 5 – 7 p.m.
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Member Admission: Free
Non-Members: $10

Reservations appreciated at (386) 734-4371 or contact@moartdeland.org.

Top image: Jerry Weiss, Lorre with Champagne, 48 x 36, Oil on linen, 1994-5 (Cropped)

Artist Talk & Reception
2021-09-15 17:00 - 19:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Join us for a special evening Gallery Talk and Reception with artist Tim Adebule. This presentation is part of a series exploring Black art, artists, and art history in collaboration with the Festival of the Arts – DeLand.
Event Details
Artist Talk with Tim Adebule
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Reception: 5:00 p.m.
Artist Talk: 5:30 p.m.
Admission is free, but RSVPs are required at (386) 734-4371 due to limited seating.
About the Artist
Tim Adebule, nickname “Bushman#1” is an artist and painter living in Orlando. He operates the Three Masks Art Gallery and event center with the motto, “Sharing Africa from within.” The center is a popular and lively shop full of art and music, dance, poetry, drum class and art talks.
Photo c/o: Tim Adebule, Three Masks Art Gallery

James V. Freeman
2021-08-27 10:00 - 2021-11-28 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
James V. Freeman, Twilight Stand, Oil on panel, 12 x 12 ½ in.
James V. Freeman has built a substantial following for his oil paintings, which are a luminous and sculpturally realistic combination of landscape and still-life created largely from memory and dreams. He has had numerous solo shows, a solo museum show and has been in many juried exhibitions hosted by museums and arts organizations. Mr. Freeman has received numerous awards: highlights include twice earning a Grand Prize in International Artist Magazine, inclusion in New American Paintings, American Art Collector, Poets & Artists magazines, and Best in Show awards at several museums. In 2002 he was included in Doris Brandes’ book “Artists of the River Towns”, a survey of select artists living and working in communities along the Delaware River, published from New Hope, Pa. He currently has a studio in Williston, Fl. where he lives.
Exhibition Details
James V. Freeman: Curious Observations
August 27 – November 28, 2021
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Located in the Chris Harris Gallery
Members Free | Non-Members $5

Top Image: James V. Freeman, Crown of Fir on Shore, Oil on panel 16 ½ x 15 in

Artist Talk & Reception with Michel Delgado
2021-06-29 17:00 - 19:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Join us for a special evening Gallery Talk with artist Michel Delgado. This presentation is part of a series exploring Black art, artists, and art history in collaboration with the Festival of the Arts – DeLand.
EVENT DETAILS
Meaningful Uncertainty: Artist Talk & Reception with Michel Delgado
Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission is free, but RSVPs are required at (386) 734-4371 due to limited seating.
STATEMENT FROM THE ARTIST
Growing up in Senegal, on the west coast of Africa, life and art shared the same space. They were indistinguishable. As a young boy in Dakar, I learned that art is the tool I have for a direct and honest conversation with my own heart. Art always has been my rescuer, my liberator – creatively, emotionally, spiritually. I’m a self-taught painter, able to create in any media, always painting work that is straightforward and personal, work coming from a place within me that is constantly loud and growing. My work has been called naive. I fill my canvases with intense and basic colors, crisply painted shapes, and meticulous detail; I make work without conventional representational techniques; my work is free of metaphor, irony and paradox. I paint straightforward narratives, stories of my journey and memories of everyday experiences. Everything I create and paint comes through my relationship with the world around me, my direct response to my fantasies, my wonder and my spiritual growth. No journey in my life remains as straightforward as painting.

You can learn more about the artist and his recent work at: micheldelgado.com

Image courtesy of the artist, Michel Delgado.

Artist Talk with Adam Straus
2021-06-19 17:00 - 18:30 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
The Museum of Art – DeLand hosts an evening gallery talk with artist Adam Straus, discussing his current exhibition of paintings, Out of Paradise, currently on view at our downtown gallery.
Event Details
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Galleries open at 5 p.m. | Artist talk from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Members Free | Non-Members $5
Reservations required at (386) 734-4371. We thank our guests for continuing to wear masks on behalf of our staff and visitors.

Top image: Adam Straus, Big Rock Candy Mountain, 2018, Oil on newspaper and shopping lists transferred and adhered to paper 40 x 60 in.

Works of Heart
2021-06-18 17:00 - 2021-12-26 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
As we celebrate our first opening reception since the world was put on pause last year, we’re honored to display the art pieces created as part of our Works of Heart fundraiser, on view at our downtown gallery.
These meaningful, community-made art pieces were created to help benefit the Museum of Art – DeLand during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. We extend our deepest gratitude and appreciation to all the patrons and advocates who made a much-needed donation to the Museum in the early days of the crisis. The outpouring of generosity we received from our simple appeal for support will never be forgotten.
Come see and celebrate these heartfelt and creative pieces while you’re enjoying the Out of Paradise opening and exhibition at our downtown gallery.
Details
Works of Heart: Benefit Art Showing
June 18 – December 26, 2021

100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Located in the upper gallery’s south window enclave.

Adam Straus
2021-06-18 17:00 - 2021-09-12 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
Out of Paradise is an exhibition of paintings by artist Adam Straus, presenting and distorting idealized scenes of the natural world with incisive social commentary and a signature wry humor.
Adam Straus, Market Forces, 2018
Seductive and gloomily romantic with views of skylines and seascapes, fields, and mountains, the paintings go beyond contemplation, and articulate his concerns about the cruel reality of our planet. In his oils, Straus represents the struggle and survival of mankind and mankind’s effect on nature.
This exhibition of Straus’s work will feature a collection of older pieces as well as more recent ones with a particularly timely relevance. Paintings displayed from his latest series contrast current events from 2016-2020 with an optimistic view of nature’s resilience. They juxtapose classic romantic landscapes of National Parks and images inspired by 19th-century artists with layers of recent newspaper coverage of politics, racial tensions, immigration, human rights, and other issues dominating current events.
Don’t miss this eye-opening exhibition of the paintings of Adam Straus at our downtown gallery this summer.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Adam Straus: Out of Paradise
On view June 18 – September 12, 2021
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Adam Straus is an American artist based in Riverhead, New York. Starting as a photographer and sculptor in the the late ’70s and early ’80s, he began making small paintings in 1986 of nocturnal landscapes inspired by his surroundings in north Florida. These paintings were often instilled with a dark humor, social commentary, and framed in the sheet lead he had been using on sculpture.
His technique has evolved throughout the years, but always with a marked personality. In framing the paintings in lead or steel he adds a unique touch, and more recently, his pixelating technique evokes the particulate matter suspended in the air and water.
Straus has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and internationally. His works can be seen in such collections as City of Orlando, FL, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA, The Art Museum at F.I.U., Miami, FL, American Express, Fidelity Investments, Boston, Lavandoo Corporation, Geneva, Switzerland, among others. Straus received his B.A. at Miami-Dade Community College, Miami and a B.S. in Mathematics at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He later received his M.F.A. from Florida State University, Tallahassee. Since 1990, he has lived and worked in New York.

Top Image: Adam Straus, Out of Paradise: After Heade, 2018, Oil and graphite on newspaper transferred and adhered to wood, framed in lead, 34 x 50 x 2 in.

Adam Straus: Out of Paradise
2021-06-18 17:00 - 19:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
Please join us for the evening opening reception of Adam Straus: Out of Paradise at our downtown DeLand gallery space.
Friday, June 18, 2021 | 5 – 7 p.m.
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Member Admission: Free
Non-Members: $10

Reservations appreciated at (386) 734-4371 or contact@moartdeland.org. We thank our guests for continuing to wear masks on behalf of our staff and visitors.

Top image: Adam Straus, Old News in the Garden, 2017, Oil and graphite on newspaper transferred and adhered to canvas, 65 x 60 x 2 in.

Gallery Talk with Lauren Austin
2021-05-21 17:00 - 18:30 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
Join us for a special evening Gallery Talk with artist and activist Lauren Austin, exploring Faith Ringgold and Aminah Robinson’s drive for self expression and self agency in art and in life. We’ll also discuss their impact and influence on other Black women artists.
Event Details
Gallery Talk with Lauren Austin
Self Expression & Self Agency: Faith Ringgold & Aminah Robinson
Friday, May 21, 2021, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, FL 32720
Gallery opens: 5:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Talk: 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
This presentation is part of a series exploring Black art, artists, and art history in collaboration with the Festival of the Arts – DeLand.
Admission is free, but RSVPs are required due to limited seating.

Call (386) 734-4371 to reserve your space. We thank our guests for continuing to wear masks on behalf of our staff and visitors.

About the Speaker
Lauren Austin has been designing and making quilts for over 30 years. Prior to turning to art and art education full time, Lauren worked as a US diplomat in Latin America, as a human rights and civil rights lawyer and as a legal writing professor at Syracuse University College of Law. Lauren was the Community Artist in Residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida until 2009. She then lived in China for 5 years, working on quilts, learning Chinese and providing art demonstrations and workshops to area community groups and schools before returning to the US. Lauren’s work is in private and public collections all over the country and abroad, and catalogued in several art quilt books. Check out Lauren’s website at: www.thatblackgirlart.com

Video courtesy of Lauren Austen.
Top Image: Aminah Robinson, People of the Book – Jericho Girl, 2000, Oil, watercolor and fabric on heavy stock, 53 x 42 in.

Artist Talk with Bryce Hammond
2021-04-16 17:00 - 19:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
The Museum of Art – DeLand hosts an evening gallery talk with artist Bryce Hammond as he discusses his current exhibition, Second Chance. Interpreted through the experiences of students and educators over the COVID-19 pandemic, Hammond’s powerful series explores the new directions we’re compelled to take when confronted by unexpected change.
Hammond has been a professional artist for 26 years, and a Middle School, High School, and College Art Professor for the past 12. In 2013, he brought his MFA thesis installation, Transient Motel, to Alan Avery Art Company in Atlanta. Since then, he’s continued teaching and is now the K-12 Visual Art Curriculum Specialist for Volusia County Schools.
Event Details

Artist Talk with Bryce Hammond | Museum of Art – DeLand
Friday, April 16, 2021
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5
Please RSVP to reserve your space at (386) 734-4371.

Top image: Bryce Hammond, Distance Learning Coke, 2020

Storytellers
2021-03-26 10:00 - 2021-06-06 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
Storytellers: Faith Ringgold + Aminah Robinson is a two-artist exhibition featuring a mini survey of mixed media artworks by legendary African American female artists Faith Ringgold and Aminah Robinson.
Aminah Robinson, People of the Book- Jericho Girl, 2000, Oil, watercolor and fabric on heavy stock, 53 x 42 in.
Faith Ringgold, who grew up in New York City, is a painter, sculptor, teacher and author of numerous award winning children’s books. Aminah Robinson, an Ohio native, creates drawings, cloth paintings, woodcuts, books and sculptures and grew up in Ohio.
Storytelling has always been a powerful medium for communicating ideas, documenting history, and sharing knowledge with others. Ringgold and Robinson are visual storytellers who have a deep connection to the stories of their ancestors, both literal and figurative and share a passion for teaching us about our communities, our histories, ourselves, and the African American experience.
Art Exhibition Details
Storytellers: Faith Ringgold + Aminah Robinson
March 26 – June 6, 2021
100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: $5 per person | Free for Museum Members

*Please note: Due to continued COVID-19 precautions, there will be no opening reception for this exhibition.

Top Image: Faith Ringgold, The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles, 1997, Silkscreen, 28 x 31 in

Artist Talk with Renato Rampolla
2021-02-26 17:00 - 18:30 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Join us and Renato Rampolla, photographer behind the photo series, Dignity – The Light Within, for an evening artist talk on his current exhibition at the Museum of Art – DeLand.
Rampolla’s work sheds light on a group that many of us tend not to notice: America’s homeless populations. In creating the project, Rampolla says, “Like many, I used to think the homeless needed to get a job, responsibility and gray hair like the rest of us. I learned those people could have been me. It could be me.”
Seating is limited and guests must RSVP to reserve their space. Masks are required. You can read more about Rampolla’s work and the photo exhibition HERE.

EVENT DETAILS
When: Friday, February 26, 2021
Where: Museum of Art DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL 32720
Gallery Opens: 5:00 p.m.
Artist Talk: 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5
RSVP Required at: (386) 734-4371

Second Chance
2021-02-26 10:00 - 2021-05-02 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Artist, Teacher, and Visual Art Curriculum Specialist, Bryce Hammond presents a powerful and timely solo exhibition created in collaboration with students over the past 7 years.
Bryce Hammond, Steak Sandwich, 2019, Acrylic and Polyurethane on panel, 20 1/8 x 26 1/8 in.
Originally conceptualized around a body of work entitled “Beautiful and Broken”, this unique exhibition took a U-turn when the 2020 pandemic brought the collaboration to a halt. Content and context had to be rediscovered. “Beautiful and Broken” had to be re-imagined, re-purposed, and re-built through the lens of a SECOND CHANCE.
With artworks including teacher calendars, student hall passes, and architectural subject matter, Hammond went back to unfinished work and repurposed, recycled, and re-imagined the outcomes. He revisited unfinished multimedia projects and completed them. He went to the restaurants he had recently designed, now closed due to COVID-19, and pulled all of the work to show in a re-contextualized setting. Everything in this exhibition, including the artist himself, aims to explore a SECOND CHANCE.

When: February 26 – May 2, 2021
Where: 600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: $5 Non-Members | Members Free
Please note: Due to ongoing COVID-19 precautions, there will be no opening reception for this exhibition.

About the Artist
Bryce Hammond has been making artwork on a professional level for 26 years. He has been a Middle School, High School and College Art Professor for the past 12. In 2013, Hammond brought his MFA thesis Installation/Exhibition, Transient Motel, to Alan Avery Art Company in Atlanta. Since then, he has continued teaching and is now the K-12 Visual Art Curriculum Specialist for a County in Florida.

Top image: Bryce Hammond, We Meant to Stay, 2019, Acrylic on Wood, 38 x 28 in.
Video credit: WUCF Artisodes Shorts

A Deeper Understanding of Homelessness
2021-02-18 17:30 - 18:30 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Please join us at the Museum of Art DeLand for an interactive presentation on homelessness by scholar-educator and human rights artivist Dr. Rajni Shankar-Brown, featuring Tampa-based Renato Rampolla’s new photo exhibition Dignity – The Light Within.
Dr. Rajni Shankar-Brown Photo/Scott A. Miller
Dr. Shankar-Brown, Jessie Ball duPont Chair of Social Justice Education at Stetson University and an Executive Board Member of the National Coalition for the Homeless, has spent most of her life dedicated to addressing, ending, and preventing homelessness through intersectional justice approaches. This presentation will provide an intimate view and deeper understanding of homelessness, along with an equity-centered call to action. In juxtaposition with Rampolla’s powerful photography exhibit, Shankar-Brown will weave together historical and current research, diverse narratives, and original poetry from her new collection Tuluminous. Richard Blanco, Presidential Inaugural Poet and Education Ambassador of the Academy of American Poets called Tuluminous “a marvelous and meaningful testimony of the power of language to heal and transform.”
Event Details
When: Thursday, February 18, 2021, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Where: Museum of Art DeLand – 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL 32720

RSVP: Required

Admission: Free
Seating is limited and RSVP is required by Feb. 17, 2021. Call (386) 734-4371 to reserve you space.

Top image: Day of Wrath, Renato Rampolla, Archival pigment print

Knowing What I Like
2021-01-15 10:00 - 2021-03-14 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
George S. Bolge is not the kind of collector who “collects for profit pure and simple, who buys works of art in wholesale lots, only to stash them away in a warehouse where they have risen in value.” Rather, our former CEO (and current Board of Trustees member) collects art for art’s sake, seeing each acquisition as “the record of a vivid experience, either a long pursuit or a struggle, in which mounting desire has conquered prudence and economy.”
Henri-Cartier Bresson, Behind the Gare Saint-Lazara, 1932, Gelatin silver print, 14 ½ x 9 ¾ in
With few exceptions, most of the works in Bolge’s collection are small to medium in scale, but covering an extensive artistic scope in terms of cultural and aesthetic content, technique, style, and media. The art represented in this impressive exhibition was assembled over 40 years of personal interactions with artists – those with both national and international reputations, and those whose talents have yet to be discovered. Familiar names include M.C. Escher, Henri-Cartier Bresson, Denis Smith, and Arnold Newman.
In Bolge’s words, “This exhibition is an attempt to select, from as personal point of view as possible, a group of painters, sculptors, and photographers who have given me – each in his or her own way – experiences that are pleasurable. All of these are for me unique, because each one makes a visual statement quite of their own making.”
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Knowing What I Like: The Private Collection of George S. Bolge
January 15, 2021 – March 14, 2021
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5
Please note: Due to continued COVID-19 considerations, there will be no opening reception for this exhibition.

George S. Bolge is Director Emeriti of the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida.

Top image: Robert Rauschenburg, Tropic Magazine Cover, 1979, Lithograph, 12 x 21 in

Renato Rampolla
2021-01-08 10:00 - 2021-03-28 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
With a humanist understanding of a group so many choose not to notice, Renato Rampolla is a Florida-based artist best known for his “Dignity” series of photographs – a compilation of portraits of the people he encounters, most of them homeless, while walking the streets with his camera.
Renato Rampolla, Doug, 2017, Archival pigment print, 23 x 23 in
From roadsides to over-passes, makeshift camps to alleyways, Rampolla hears their stories and photographs their telling faces in cities across the country, with the artistic objective of capturing the light within. This eye-opening photographic exhibition serves to articulate the subject of human dignity: not just the dignity of the homeless, but of all of us, and our fundamental needs of belonging, love, respect, and kindness.
The son of figurative artist Frank Rampolla, Renato Rampolla evokes the heavy aspect of his father’s paintings while observing his subjects through the lens of humanity.
“I want my viewer to connect eye-to-eye with [the homeless], with their soul. I use a small lens and get less than a foot away because, to me, every wrinkle captured tells a story,” he says. “I want you to feel what they feel. With a bit of understanding, people can build on empathy and compassion.”

EXHIBITION DETAILS
Renato Rampolla: Dignity – The Light Within

January 8, 2021 – March 28, 2021
Museum of Art – DeLand
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5
Please note: Due to continued COVID-19 considerations, there will be no opening reception for this exhibition.

Top image: Renato Rampolla, Apollo, 2018, Archival pigment print, 33 x 33 in

Places & Faces
2020-12-16 10:00 - 2021-02-14 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Fred Staloff, Sixth Avenue, circa 1978, Oil on canvas
This diverse selection of permanent collection pieces explores the broad-reaching subjects of places and faces. From landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes, to photography and portraiture spanning Primitive, Cubist, and Abstract Expressionist movements, our Places and Faces exhibition is an exhilarating adventure in the richness and variety of the world we live in.
Highlights include: Elsie Freund’s spontaneous watercolor landscapes, Harold Garde’s Iconoclass panel, and a Jack Mitchell photograph of John Lennon and Yoko Ono – from the final comprehensive photo session of Lennon’s life, taken one month before his death.
Don’t miss this beautiful and transportive showcase right here in our DeLand gallery.

When: October 1, 2020 – February 14, 2021
Where: 600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32744
Admission: $5 Non-Members | Members Free

Top image: Jack Mitchell, John Lennon + Yoko Ono, 1980, Selenium toned gelatin silver print

American Collage
2020-12-15 10:00 - 2021-01-03 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
From Andy Warhol to John Mellencamp, Grace Hartigan to Romare Bearden, some of the world’s most notable names in art are featured in this outstanding selection of over 50 American collages. Don’t miss your chance to view the work of some of modern history’s most renowned artists from 1930 to the present.

John Mellencamp, Easy Target, 2017, Mixed media collage and paint on plywood, 58 ½ x 35 ½ in
ART EXHIBITION DETAILS
American Collage: 1930 to Present
September 25, 2020 – January 3, 2021
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5

Please note: Due to continued COVID-19 considerations, there will be no opening reception for this exhibition. Thank you for understanding.

On loan from ACA Galleries, New York City.

Top image: Philomena Marano, MA EST IDE (World’s Longest Spook Ride), 2012, Dimensional cut paper collage, 32 x 40 x 3 in

Poetic Visions
2020-12-14 08:00 - 2020-12-27 17:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Phil Parker, Spoken Words Fly Away, circa 2010, Assemblage, 32 x 12 ¾ x 3 ½ in
The Museum of Art DeLand, Creative Happiness Institute, and MainStreet Art & Culture Slam of DeLand are proud to present The 2020 Poetic Visions Art and Poetry Exhibition.
Earlier this summer, poets were asked write original pieces prompted by 34 different pieces from the Museum of Art – DeLand’s permanent collection. A panel of judges curated a selection of the submitted poems (one poem per piece of artwork) to be published in the 2020 Poetic Visions Anthology and displayed next to the piece in our corresponding art exhibition.
From August 21 – November 15, the museum-going public will have a chance to view and vote on the selected poems alongside the artwork they represent. On November 20, the Museum will host a limited-admission, Awards Ceremony reception to announce the winner and toast all participants. Don’t miss this enriching crossover experience and come celebrate the transformative power of the arts.

EXHIBITION DETAILS

Exhibition on View: August 21 – December 27, 2020
Contest Voting Period: August 21 – November 15, 2020
Location: 600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5

Please note: Due to continued COVID-19 considerations, there will be no opening reception for this exhibition. Thank you for understanding.
Top image: Caroline Cleere, State of Mine, 2009, Mixed media on wood panel, 60 x 44 in (Detail)
