Museum of Art - DeLand

REYNIER LLANES: WHEN THERE IS NO FRONTIER
2022-05-20 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Please join us for the evening opening reception of REYNIER LLANES: WHEN THERE IS NO FRONTIER at our 600 N. Woodland Blvd. gallery space.

Friday, May 20, 2022 | 5 – 7 p.m.
Museum of Art – DeLand
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $10

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

Image: Reynier Llanes, Destiny, 2019, Oil on Canvas, 96 x 76 in.

Puppy Love: Kids' Origami Workshop
2022-04-30 10:30 - 12:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Join us for a special pre-Mother’s Day gift-making workshop for kids aged second grade and up. Origami artist Maureen Miller-Calamo will show students how to fold a simple heart that will be inserted into a pop-up puppy card. Additional hearts in varying sizes and patterns will be folded for gifts to give to grandmas, aunts, and other special women in their lives.
Workshop Details
Puppy Love: Mother’s Day Gift-Making Workshop with Maureen Miller-Calamo

Saturday, April 30, 2022 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Museum of Art – DeLand
600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL 32720
Cost: $20.00 for members | $25.00 for non-members.
Age group: Children second grade and up.
Minimum number of participants 6, maximum 12.
All materials will be supplied.

Pre-registration is required. Last day to register is April 22, 2022.
To register call the Museum at (386) 734-4371.
About the Instructor
Maureen 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

Artist Talk with Weldon Ryan
2022-04-28 17:00 - 19:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Join us for an evening Artist Talk with painter, photographer and sculptor Weldon Ryan.
With contemporary realism influenced by the exuberant excesses of the Carnival season, this Caribbean-born artist uses texture, color, and realistic rendering of the subject to create a unique interpretation of the world around him.
EVENT DETAILS
Artist Talk with Weldon Ryan
Thursday, April 28, 2022 | 5 – 7 p.m.
Museum of Art – DeLand
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Reception begins at 5 p.m.

Artist Talk begins at 5:30 p.m.

This presentation is part of a series exploring Black art, artists, and 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 ARTIST
Born in 1962 in The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, home of Carnival and the Steel Drum; Weldon Ryan came to the United States at the age of six. He grew up in the Bronx where he spent his childhood. With his mother’s encouragement he pursued an art education, attending The High School of Art and Design in 1977, 1981 the State University of New York at New Paltz, and then Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. He had a short stent at The Art Students League of New York as well. When paste-‐up and mechanical and marker comps jobs slowed in 1987 he worked as an Urban Park Ranger for the NYC Parks Department, where he created murals for the Pelham Bay Environmental Nature Center. Two years later Weldon joined the NYPD. Weldon Ryan is the first African American to be appointed to the New York City Police Department Composite Artist Unit.
At the same time he served as one of NYC finest, Weldon painted vigorously in his studio in the D.U.M.B.O art district in Brooklyn. Several of his commercial illustrations graced the cover and pages of magazines. After 18 years of service and solving numerous crimes with his drawing skills he retired from the NYPD on December 1, 2004 and relocated with his family to Palm Coast, Florida.
Committed to serving his community for several years Weldon coached youth football, served on the PAL executive board, and even started a team in Bunnell, an underserved area in Flagler County. In 2010 he served as the president of the Flagler County Art League. In 2011 he earned the honor of the Gargiulo Art Foundation Flagler County’s Artist of the Year. In 2012 Weldon and his wife, Richlin curated art shows at the PAC gallery at Bethune-‐Cookman University. And in 2013 they were instrumental in setting up the gallery system, and curated art shows at the Yvonne Scarlett Golden Cultural and Educational Center.
Weldon Ryan’s art is an “interfuse” of many techniques. He uses texture, color, and realistic rendering of the subject to create a unique interpretation of the world around him. He has the ability to master any medium he chooses, be it oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastels, digital illustration, photography, or chavant clay. He uses the old masters’ techniques to create masterpieces.
His art has found a home in Palm Coast. Presently he studio at the Calypso Fine Art Gallery. and is exhibited in numerous venues through out the state of Florida.
Learn more about Weldon Ryan and his work at: www.weldonryan.com

Image: Weldon Ryan, BLM: Miami Carnival, 2016, Oil on canvas, 60”x48”

Where We Find Ourselves
2022-04-09 17:00 - 2022-06-12 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
The Museum of Art – DeLand presents a powerful immersive art exhibition showcasing the work of early photographer Hugh Mangum.
Hugh Mangum, Untitled 06, 2021, Archival Pigment Print, 17 x 11½ in
Hugh Mangum was an itinerant self-taught photographer from Durham, North Carolina, from the early 1890s until his death in 1922 during the influenza pandemic. He traveled a rail circuit through North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia making photographs on glass plate negatives. Magnum used a variety of equipment during his career ranging from the “Penny Picture” camera which produced images the size of a penny to a Cirkut panorama camera capable of producing images 8″X 40″ without enlargement.
Mangum photographs are distinctive for the level of comfort exhibited by his subjects in front of the camera. Though the south of his era was marked by disenfranchisement, segregation and inequality, Mangum’s multiple-image, glass plate negatives reveal the open-door policy of his studio and an artistic freshness unusual for the time period.
After his death, many of Mangum’s glass plate negatives were lost for almost fifty years, stored in the tobacco pack house in Durham, where he built his first darkroom. Fortunately the images that did survive – from more than 900 plates – were salvaged and moved to the Duke Special Collections Library, where they were scanned and made digitally available.
In Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897–1922, some of the pictures have been scanned and enlarged using digital technology and printed in full color, something unimaginable in Mangum’s time. The deterioration of the negatives caused by the ravages of time and the elements are preserved in the images and to see them in large scale underscores the magical story of their survival and lends a distinctive sense of modernity to the photographs.

Exhibition Details
Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897–1922
On view April 9 – June 12, 2022
Museum of Art – DeLand
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5

Top Image: Hugh Mangum, Untitled 10, 2021, Archival Pigment Print, 28 x 42 in

Where We Find Ourselves: Hugh Mangum
2022-04-09 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 Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897 – 1922 at our downtown DeLand gallery space.
Event Details
Saturday, April 9, 2022 | 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: Hugh Mangum, Untitled 09, 2021, Archival Pigment Print, 22 x 28 in

Artists in the Garden
2022-03-26 09:00 - 15:00 | 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
