Museum of Art - DeLand

Artist Talk with Paul Houzell
2022-07-15 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Presented in partnership with the Fall Festival of the Arts – DeLand, join us for our latest artist talk exploring Black art, artists, and history. Paul Houzell is an artist, teacher, and lecturer “who chooses not to create art for art’s sake, instead seeks to tell stories, communicate and touch lives through this dynamic medium…He is concerned with expressing aspects of creativity that can bring about healing and which lift the human spirit.’’ A Floridian native raised in California, Houzell’s work has been displayed in the United States, Africa, and Brazil.
EVENT DETAILS
Artist Talk with Paul Houzell

Friday, July 15, 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.
Admission is free, but RSVPs are required due to limited seating.
Call (386) 734-4371 to reserve your space.

Image: Paul Houzell, Horsing Around on the Wall at Joe Louis St. Apartments, Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in.

Clyde Butcher
2022-06-24 17:00 - 2022-09-18 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
Commissioned by the United Nations to create a portfolio of the mountainous lands of Cuba, Clyde Butcher set out on three week-long expeditions into unfamiliar lands. He explored the island country’s varied geographic regions, from the Sierra Maestra Mountains in Cuba’s eastern Granma province, to the southern coast between Manzananilo and Santiago de Cuba. He ventured to places including Baracoa in the northeast, the southern waterfalls of the Serra de San Juan, and the mogotes of the west in the Piña del Rio region. While taking photographs for the Conference for the Sustainable Habitat of the Mountains, Clyde thought about being part of an event changing history for the better, and enthusiastically saw an opportunity to make a positive difference. His photography transcends political boundaries, challenging us to work together to protect natural places across the globe.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Clyde Butcher | CUBA: The Natural Beauty
Photography Exhibition
June 24 – September 18, 2022
Museum of Art – DeLand
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5

Image: Clyde Butcher, Mogote 3, Silver Gelatin Print, 36 x 46 in.

CUBA: The Natural Beauty
2022-06-24 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 our new photography exhibition, Clyde Butcher | CUBA: The Natural Beauty at our 100 N. Woodland Blvd. gallery space.

Friday, June 24, 2022 | 5 – 7 p.m.
Museum of Art – DeLand
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $10

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

Image: Clyde Butcher, Salto el Rocio 1, Silver gelatin print

Artist Talk with Everett Spruill
2022-06-17 17:00 - 19:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Everett Spruill, painter, photographer, and print-maker, will give an artist talk at our main Museum location, part of a speaker series exploring Black art, artists, and history in collaboration with the Fall Festival of the Arts – DeLand.
EVENT DETAILS
Artist Talk with Everett Spruill

Friday, June 17, 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.
Admission is free, but RSVPs are required due to limited seating.
Call (386) 734-4371 to reserve your space.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Photo courtesy of Everett Spruill
Everett Spruill was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1954 . His exposure to museums and classical music at an early age would prove to have a great influence on his artistic development.

Spruill is most known for his “Old School Jazz and Blues Series”, inspired by the work of his favorite artists, Romare Bearden and Pablo Picasso. He creates colorful paintings and collages of the fathers of Jazz as well as African themed images with a complex variation of paints, recycled and repurposed materials. Everett is considered one of Central Florida’s biggest influences on African-American Art. He designed and created art for two of Walt Disney World’s Black Heritage Celebrations, seven works for The Amway Art Collection and currently conducts art workshops for central Florida youth through his non-profit arts foundation.
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Spruill’s approach to art is democratic and springs from his belief that art belongs to, and should be shared with, the masses, which is why you’ll be as likely to find his work in galleries, high-end department stores like Bloomingdales or neighborhood community centers, and the walls of local restaurants. He makes sure his art is where the people are. Spruill accepts both public and private commissions.

Image: Everett Spruill, Slave Owner at Age Eleven, Mixed Media On Wood, 13 x 16 in.

Camp Create 2022
2022-06-13 09:00 - 2022-07-22 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
REGISTER NOW
Camp Create at the Museum of Art – DeLand is back for Summer 2022! Our 6-week summer camp program will be available for 6-12 year olds from June 13th – July 22nd.
This summer, our campers will explore all of the art-filled adventures that they can dream of. Each week a new adventure theme will ignite their creativity and imaginations. Campers will create 2D and 3D projects and will enjoy a wide variety of hands-on art experiences, excitement, and fun. Registration information can be found below.
Campers will have two sessions each day and work on multiple art projects each week. Breaks will be taken throughout the day for snacks, lunch, and games. We invite our Campers to bring their imaginations, create memories to last a lifetime, and discover the adventures that await when you make art!
Themes change each week, so Campers may register for more than one session. Children will be placed in small groups to ensure that they receive personalized attention. No previous art-making experience necessary! Visits to the Museum’s galleries will enhance the educational experience and provide additional motivation and inspiration.
Camp Create 2022 Schedule
Week 1: Magical Creatures
June 13 – 17

Unicorns, dragons, and any creature you can imagine will come alive this week as campers make 2D and 3D mixed media artworks. Students will leave with drawing and sculpting skills they can use to make any creature they can dream of!

Week 2: Game On
June 20 – 24

Campers will be leveling up this week as they make video game art! Students will create and design their own artwork based on popular games for kids. Jump, duck, and fly your way through new and familiar worlds and levels all week.

Week 3: Out in the Wild
June 27 – July 1

Journey deep into the wild this week as campers create self-portraits of themselves in the wild, explore printmaking with animal prints, collage exotic landscapes, and more!

Week 4: Under the Sea
July 5-8

Get ready to dive into water themed art projects! Students will swim, splash, and wade their way through everything in the water by painting, drawing, printing, sculpting, and more!

Week 5: Worldwide Adventures
July 11-15

Pack your bags and get ready for a fast paced adventure across the world! Campers will travel across the world through art from the pyramids to Antarctica, stopping at travel destinations along the way.

Week 6: Enchanted Kingdom
July 18-22
From castles to dragons to princesses, explore all that is inside an enchanted kingdom! Our campers will spend a whirlwind journey making 2D and 3D enchanted kingdom inspired creations.

Camp Create 2022 Registration Details

Registration begins March 1, 2022. Parents may register on this webpage at that time, or in-person at the Museum.

Camp Create sessions for 6-12 year olds run Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Children must have finished Kindergarten to enroll.

Tuition per 5 day weekly session – $190 Members / $215 Non-members and $160 Members/$185 Non-members for July 5th-8th

Register early for a $10 a week discount between March 1st – April 1st

Receive $10 a week discount for registering multiple children OR a $10 a week discount for multiple weeks.

REGISTER NOW
Camp Policies

Cancellations and Refunds

No fees will be returned or credits issued for failure to attend.
There will be no make-up classes due to a student’s illness, unanticipated travel or other reasons not the responsibility of the Museum of Art – DeLand.
If a class is canceled, students will be notified at least two (2) days prior to the date of class, and tuition will be refunded. The Museum reserves the right to substitute teachers as needed.
A refund will be issued minus a $25 processing fee for cancellation up to 7 days prior to beginning of the session. No refund will be issued after the 7 day deadline.

Check in/Check Out

Students cannot be dropped off more than 15 minutes before the start of class and students are to be picked up promptly after the end of class. Please let the museum staff know if you are running late. A fee of $1 per minute will be assessed for late pick up or early drop off.
Students can only be signed out by authorized adults with identification each day.
If any changes need to be made to authorized adults for pick up list, changes must be submitted in writing to Martha Underriner.

Lunch/Snacks

Campers should bring two snacks, a lunch, and water bottle with them in clearly labeled containers each day. No refrigeration or microwave is available.

If your child needs any type of medications during camp, please see Martha Underriner on Monday at check in.

Dress

Art camp is messy so please send your child with clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty.
Campers must wear close toed shoes each day.

Please have your child leave all personal items at home, as we cannot be responsible for them.

If you have any questions or need additional information you may contact the Associate Curator of Education, Martha Underriner at Underriner@MoArtDeLand.org.

For more information contact Martha Underriner, Associate Curator of Education, at underriner@moartdeland.org

Interested in volunteering for Camp Create? Fill out an application here.

Scholarships for Camp Create are also available. Fill out an application here.

Want to donate to our upcoming Camp Create and other educational programs? Consider purchasing supplies from our Dick Blick wishlist here. All material donations directly benefit our students enrolled in our camp and educational programs.

Camp Create Teachers
Our teachers for Camp Create are all highly skilled and experienced art teachers. Read a little bit more about each of them below:
Martha Underriner is the Associate Curator of Education at the Museum of Art – DeLand. She holds an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Florida, a Master of Art Education degree from Texas Tech University, and a BFA in Studio Art from the University of North Texas. She has taught art at all levels for 14 years and has presented on her teaching methods at state and national conferences. She is also an adjunct professor in Creative Arts at Stetson University. When not in the classroom, Martha is in her studio welding or working with clay and glass. Martha is the camp coordinator and will be teaching every week.
Gwen Petersohn has been teaching for 35 years in various positions such as elementary and high school, general education, and ESE. She currently teaches at Osteen Elementary School. Her favorite thing about her job is to inspire each child to create amazing artwork and enjoy the process. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Art and Elementary Education, a master’s degree in Varying Exceptionalities, and is gifted endorsed. She is an educator, author, and professional artist who works in acrylics and has work in the VJL Gallery in Daytona. She is very enthusiastic to work at the museum this summer for Camp Create! Gwen will be teaching in week 1.
Ashley Hess is the art teacher at Heritage Middle School where she has been teaching since 2021. Prior to teaching in Volusia County, she worked as Museum Educator at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. She grew up in Georgia where she received a bachelor’s in Sequential Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She also holds a Masters of Archeology, Art History, and Museum Studies from Paris-Sorbonne University. She specializes in watercolor, acrylic, pen and ink, as well as mandala designs. Ashley will be teaching weeks 1 and 2.
Tiffany Warren is a born and raised Floridian and loves living and working here. She is a teacher in Volusia County and is entering her 8th year of teaching and 3rd year of teaching in art. One of her greatest loves is for fine arts and she loves drawing, painting, and using mixed media to make fun, colorful, and funky pieces. Her favorite things to create with her students tie in pop culture and relevant things to what they may enjoy. Her personal style mixes surrealism and abstract with natural elements. While not teaching and creating, she enjoys spending time with her husband and three children at home or traveling. Her hobbies outside of art are playing video games, antique hunting, and collecting neat and unusual things. Tiffany will be teaching in weeks 2 and 3.
Krystal Freer is an experienced teacher who currently teaches at Edgewater Elementary and she has also taught lessons at Hobby Lobby and Michael’s. She has studied art therapy at the master’s level, but started teaching elementary art and loved it so much she put her master’s degree on hold to pursue her love of teaching art. She paints with oil and acrylics and also makes and sells jewelry and beeswax candles. Krystal will be teaching in weeks 3 and 4.
Sarah Marzilli has been in education for 14 years and is currently the art teacher at Pine Trail Elementary School. She has previously worked as an activity director at a beach resort in Ormond Beach and is a graduate of the University of Central Florida. She is a wife and mother of three children. She is very excited to teach the Under the Sea camp and is looking forward to making wonderful under the sea creations using watercolors, mixed media, and more! She loves exploring different types of media with students and inspiring a love of art. Sarah will be teaching in week 4.
Kristen Kinsella-Brinley currently teaches at DeLand High school in grades 9 through 12. She teaches Photography, Studio Art, Drawing and Painting, Portfolio Development, and Advanced Placement Studio Art classes. She has been living her dream as an art teacher since 2003. She graduated from Syracuse University with a master’s degree in art education and began teaching elementary school art and later moved into teaching at the high school level. She spent her summers teaching art camp at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse for 8 years and is excited to get back to teaching summer art camp here in DeLand! Kristen will be teaching in week 5.
Bryan Carson has been teaching for 17 years, 16 of those at DeLand High School. Throughout his career, he has mostly taught International Baccalaureate art program classes, and also teaches all levels of Photography, Drawing, and Design. When he is not teaching he creates his own artwork based on threatened and endangered animals, generally in the media of oil and acrylics. His other passion is travel and he has currently been to 52 different countries or territories. He has a strong desire to learn about diverse cultures throughout the world, experience various foods, and explore different landscapes below the surface of the ocean to the top of beautiful mountain peaks. Bryan will be teaching in week 6.
Rex Hammack is an art teacher from Orlando, Florida. He holds a BFA in Studio Art from UCF with a concentration in painting. He especially loves working with rich colors and making paintings that make him laugh. His goal is to help students embrace their imaginations by first introducing useful tools and observation techniques and then allow students to work more intuitively. He feels that as an instructor, his job is to help students cultivate a series of work that they are passionate about. He finds that every artist is different but pushes students beyond their perceived limitations to help them gain confidence and success. Rex will be teaching in weeks 5 and 6.

Where We Find Ourselves
2022-06-03 17:30 - 18:30 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
Join the Museum of Art – DeLand and the West Volusia Historical Society for a collaborative interactive gallery tour and historical reenactment. We’ll take a step back in time to explore the intriguing photographs of Hugh Mangum from Durham, North Carolina, from the early 1890s until his death in 1922 and experience some “living history” of DeLand residents from the same time period.
Mangum was an itinerant photographer who traveled a rail circuit through North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia making photographs on glass plate negatives with a “Penny” camera. 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. Seen and experienced in the present, the portraits hint at unexpected relationships and histories and also confirm how historical photographs have the power to subvert familiar narratives.
DeLand counterparts from Mangum’s era will present brief tableaux and stories as we tour the gallery. “Where We Find Ourselves,” the theme of the exhibit, will feature local reenactor/storytellers sharing of their lives and times in the blossoming Athens of Florida.
FEATURED REENACTORS
Blaire N. Carswell
Cheryl Floyd
Stanton O’Neal
Jaidyn Richardson
D’Montrae Harris
EVENT DETAILS
Gallery Tour & Historical Reenactment
Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897-1922
Friday, June 3, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 P.M.
100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Museum Members and West Volusia Historical Society Members Free | Non-Members $5
Seating is limited. RSVPs requested at (386) 734-4371 or contact@moartdeland.org.

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Image: Hugh Mangum, Untitled 01, 2021, Archival Pigment Print, 16 x 12 in.

Photographs of Hugh Mangum
2022-05-27 17:30 - 18:30 | Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, 32720, United States
Learn more about the Museum of Art – DeLand’s current exhibition, Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897 – 1922 at a historical perspective gallery talk presented by Curator Tariq Gibran and Curator of Education, Pam Coffman.
EVENT DETAILS
Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897 – 1922 | A Historical Perspective Gallery talk with Tariq Gabrian and Pam Coffman
Friday, May 27, 2022 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Museum of Art – DeLand
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5

Seating is limited. RSVPs required at (386) 734-4371 or contact@moartdeland.org.

Image: Hugh Mangum, Untitled 20, 2021, Archival Pigment Print, 40 x 52 in.

Artist Talk with Brian R. Owens
2022-05-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Brian R. Owens, a second-generation professional artist; a sculptor and painter, will give an artist talk at our main Museum location, part of a speaker series exploring Black art, artists, and history in collaboration with the Fall Festival of the Arts – DeLand. Owens is schooled in the methods and materials of classical, traditional fine art, and has won highly competitive grants, scholarships, and commissions both public and private.
EVENT DETAILS
Artist Talk with Brian R. Owens
Thursday, May 26, 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.
Admission is free, but RSVPs are required due to limited seating.
Call (386) 734-4371 to reserve your space.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Photo courtesy of Brian Owens.
Brian R. Owens belongs to a small fraternity of artists who use classical techniques to depict contemporary subject matter. Within this is an even smaller group: Artists that have won highly competitive grants, scholarships and commissions both public and private. And within this, a still smaller group: Artists that can both sculpt and paint.
From Michigan to Florida; from applied scientist to sculptor; Owens has made an improbable journey into the world of art and the continent of his soul. He was born in Detroit, MI in 1958 to Katherine J. Owens, an educator and Carl C. Owens, a freelance illustrator and Staff Artist for the Detroit Board of Education. He grew up in a pleasant lower middle- class neighborhood on Detroits west side. Carl C. Owens became one of America’s first self-employed African American illustrators to contract directly with national corporations such as Ford Motor Company. With his father’s encouragement, Owens held his first 2 man exhibit at the age of 16 at a fine art gallery in Detroit. As a young adult, he set his artwork aside to pursue other interests. Years passed before his need to create art took hold again.
Owens relocated to Florida to work for a defense contractor in 1981. He continued his art education by assisting professional sculptors at their studio foundries where he learned how to cast bronze and continued to develop through private instruction, non-matriculated courses, open studio sessions and workshops. Interest grew into obsession until a mass layoff catalyzed the beginning of his artistic career at the age of about 33.
During the ’90s, Owens created his first line of limited edition sculpture based on an exploration of his heritage. This was during a decade of unprecedented interest in and sales of art by African Americans, known to many as the “Black Arts Movement” and Owens was represented by galleries in Atlanta and Orlando. His self-styled education included traveling to meet and seek the advice of nationally prominent sculptors. He competed heavily for grants and public art projects resulting in a number of awards, including his first major public art commission for the Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta (CODA) in 1996, called the Historic Auburn Avenue Relief Project. This involved creating four bronze relief sculptures of historic figures.
In the early 2000s, Owens was cited six times in the Journal of the Portrait Society of America for bronze portraits worthy of example to its members. Owens has won six individual artist grants including the George Sugarman Grant in 2006, a competition that involved thousands of visual artists from many nations. In 2007, he helped found the Florida Sculptors Guild along with founders Amy Wieck and Linda Moore.
Owens is known as a sculptor who works mostly on a commission basis. But a closer look reveals his range as a visual artist, including works in oil, acrylic, pastel and pencil. In 2010, he completed a mural that included 16 portraits for a private client.
In 2011, Owens completed the St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Monument that is now a permanent feature of historic St. Augustine, FL. In the fall of 2012, Owens was cited for the fifth time in the Journal of the Portrait Society of America and won the Florida Historical Societys David C. Brotemarkle Award. He completed a life-size bronze of Dr. Arthur Harold Parker for Birmingham Board of Education in 2013. In 2017, Owens completed work for multiple clients including a collaborative sculpture with Richard Bennett for MSU College of Law and a monument to Frankie Muse Freeman for NAACP St. Louis.
During the last decade, Owens interests expanded to include audio podcasting and writing. “Art is not something I do, it’s who I am”, said Owens. “I didn’t choose to be an artist, it chose me. William H. Gass predicted my own feelings when he said that people like myself are here to add to the worlds’ objects and ideas those delineations, carvings and symphonic spells as ought to already be there. To make things whose purpose is contemplation and appreciation”.
Learn more about Brian R. Owens and his work at: brianowensart.com.

Image: Brian R. Owens, Island, Oil on canvas, 30″ x 40″

Artist Talk
2022-05-21 17:30 - 18:30 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Join us for a special evening gallery talk as artist Reynier Llanes discusses his current exhibition at the Museum of Art – DeLand, WHEN THERE IS NO FRONTIER.
EVENT DETAILS
Artist Talk with Reynier Llanes
Saturday, May 21, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Museum of Art – DeLand
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5
RSVP required at (386) 734-4371

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Considered one of the most complex and lucid artists of his generation following the Cuban tradition of narrative symbolist painting, Reynier Llanes was born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba in 1985. He attended the city’s school of art (Instructores de Arte) and was tutored by one of the country’s most recognized realist artists, Juan Miguel Suárez. In 2005, he moved to Havana where he continued his studies and collaborated with various artists. The capital was a thriving mecca of art and culture, and the museums the grounds for inspiration.
In 2007, LIanes moved to the United States, first settling in Naples, Florida. There, he introduced his work in a major exhibition entitled “Strange Visitor” at the Kapo Maestro Gallery. In 2009, he relocated to Charleston, South Carolina where he was granted an artist in residency at the Jonathan Green Studios.
Llanes was awarded a “Mayor’s Purchase Award” for a piece now in the art collection of the city of Charleston. In 2011, he received first place at the Moja Art Festival Juried Exhibition. In 2012, Oxford America recognized him as one of the “New Superstars of Southern Art.” His work was featured in a traveling exhibition The Vibrant Vision Collection at the Morris Museum in Augusta, Georgia and the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina.
In 2015, Llanes relocated with his family to Miami, home to a large community of intellectuals, collectors, and fellow artists who welcomed Llanes into their cosmopolitan scene. His first solo exhibition in the city took place at Miami Dade College West, entitled “Preserving Cultural Heritage,” which featured a large collection of coffee paintings.
In 2017, Llanes presented his series “Marble Trace” at the North Western State University in Louisiana, and the following year he was offered an artist in residency. He was recently invited to showcase his work in a solo exhibition at the University of Houston for the Latino Art Now Conference in Houston, Texas.
His art is on permanent exhibition in the Denver Art Museum – Denver, CO, Cornell Fine Arts Museum Rollins College, Snite Museum of Art – South Bend, Indiana, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL, The Arkansas Arts Center, Museum of Fine Arts – Little Rock, Arkansas, Museum of Art – DeLand – DeLand, FL and Museum collection of Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC.
His work has been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries throughout the east coast, among them the Naples Museum of Art in Naples, FL.
For more information on Reynier Llanes and his work, visit the artist’s website at: reynierllanes.com.

Image: Reynier Llanes, I Can Breathe, 2020, Oil on Canvas, 62 x 74 in.

REYNIER LLANES
2022-05-20 17:00 - 2022-08-28 16:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
WHEN THERE IS NO FRONTIER is an exhibition of fantastical paintings in oil, watercolor, and coffee by Miami-based painter Reynier Llanes.
Reynier Llanes in his studio
Regarded as one of the most complex and lucid artists of his generation following the Cuban tradition of narrative symbolist painting, Llanes blends ideas and images to present vivid symbols in sweeping settings with a haunting semblance of reality. His visual wit is on full display, infusing tropical idioms with irony and humor.
Llanes’ work stems from a fascination with the creation of parallel universes as a means of escaping reality. Responding to collective crises that permeate our daily consciousness, he presents viewers with a painted realm of magical landscapes, still-lifes, and portraits into which we can temporarily escape and find amusement.
Discussing the role of symbolism in his work, Llanes says, “When I discovered metaphors I was very young I think it was 13. That poetry changed my perception; the visual implement that I was using in my work at the time. I could create a symbolism and interpret it to a different reality – to create a different concept that I always use in my work. There is a context and evolution of my work that started happening just in the beginning of 2020 to the current times. I feel to be a journalist to describe our society, to describe our cultural changes.” (From Reynier Llanes Chronicles)
Exhibition Details
REYNIER LLANES: WHEN THERE IS NO FRONTIER
May 20 – August 28, 2022
Museum of Art – DeLand
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32720
Admission: Members Free | Non-Members $5

Image: Reynier Llanes, Last Winter, 2020, Oil on Canvas, 40 x 36 in.

REYNIER LLANES: WHEN THERE IS NO FRONTIER
2022-05-20 17:00 - 19:00 | 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.
