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SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Fling
DESCRIPTION:Summertime’s the perfect time to refresh your Museum membership. We’re hosting a special soirée to get our old friends back on the art scene\, and welcome new ones in! \n-Non-Members\n-Lapsed Members\n-Current Members Who Bring a Non-Member to Join \nAdmission is your cost of membership at the door\, which will help us deliver the incredible exhibits\, events\, and programs that educate and enrich the community of DeLand. (Yearly memberships start at just $35.) \nPLEASE RSVP BY JULY 23 to Pattie Pardee at:\npardee@moartdeland.org\n(386) 734-4371 \nJoin us for this evening of earthly delights and enchanting artwork.\nMore membership information is available at:\nhttps://moartdeland.org/join
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/a-midsummer-nights-fling/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190628T080000
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SUMMARY:The Richard Frank Estate
DESCRIPTION:Richard Frank\, Untitled\, No date\, Watercolor on paper\, 15 x 22 inches \nBlurring the line that divides art and nature\, Richard Frank (1947-2014) was the ultimate master of the watercolor medium. His work depicts the natural world with meticulous precision\, surrealism\, and sometimes\, a stroke of whimsy\, drawing attention to the wonders that enthrall him while hiding all traces of creative framework. \nRichard Frank was born in Great Britain and moved to the United States at the age of thirteen. He studied architecture at the University of Florida and painting and drawing at both the Tyler School of Art and John F. Kennedy University\, earning a Master of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Over the years\, Frank held positions as a museum curator\, university instructor\, gallery director\, and host for arts programming on public television. Included in numerous exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe\, Mr. Frank was the recipient of many awards and the holder of two Artists Fellowships from the State of Florida. \nA major underlying theme of Frank’s work is the concept of humankind as stewards of the natural world. His paintings are lushly layered with fragmented and cryptographic images referencing personal experiences as well as art history. Museum of Art – DeLand CEO\, George Bolge comments\, “He doesn’t copy nature or transcribe it literally\, but gives form to the patterns\, rhythms\, balances\, and movements made by the elements of nature. Frogs\, insects\, birds\, and fish are metamorphosed into detailed forms and shapes swaying\, dipping\, and moving about that are like personages in their own special way. And we will find such things as moving curves and colorful objects in such perfect balance with one another that they activate and stir vague and fugitive memories of infinite beauty within us.” \nThis exquisite exhibit highlights a total of 104 pieces selected from the artist’s estate – drawings\, paintings\, and prints\, donated to the Museum of Art – DeLand from an anonymous collector.
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/richard-frank/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191216
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SUMMARY:Permanent Collection
DESCRIPTION:James Couper\, Sawgrass Prairie\, Everglades\, 2012\, Oil on canvas\, 60 x 102 inches \n  \nSelected pieces from the Museum’s Permanent Collection. \nOn view at 600 N. Woodland Boulevard\, DeLand\, Florida 32720. \nWorks include: \n  \n \nByron Browne\, The Tall Pier\, 1955\, Casein tempera on paper\, 19 ¼ x 25 ¼ in. \n  \n \nNeil Welliver\, Islands Allagash\, 1990\, Woodcut on Kizuki Nishinouchi paper\, 31 x 32 in. \n  \n \nFred Staloff\, From 21-08\, 2013-2014\, Oil on canvas\, 30 x 40 in. \n 
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/permanent-collection/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190518T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190518T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190115T193928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T191712Z
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SUMMARY:Family Fun Saturdays
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for an entertaining family activity that will bring out everyone’s artistic side? Family Fun Saturday offers hands-on art activities that highlight the Museum’s exhibitions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month\, at 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, September through May. Children must be accompanied by an adult\, and admission to both Museum locations is free all day.\n\n\nFamily Fun Saturdays are sponsored in part by the Rotary Club of DeLand and the Orange City Blue Springs Manatee Festival.
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/family-fun-saturdays-4/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Featured,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190509T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190509T193000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190425T195134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T191809Z
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SUMMARY:DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts - Patron Event
DESCRIPTION:The DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts and BYTE  are hosting an event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.\, Thursday May 9\, 2019 exclusively for current and prospective 2019 Fall Festival Patrons. \nIf you have already pledged to be a patron\, we look forward to seeing you there. Please RSVP.  The event will be held Upstairs at BYTE located at 145 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, Florida. \nIf you are not a patron yet\, when you RSVP please let us know if you’d like to pay in advance or at the May 9th event. \nBONUS! BONUS! BONUS! \nAs a part of this event\, we are pleased to continue our 2019 bonus incentive program.  Recruit a  new patron and receive an additional $25 in art dollars to spend at the Festival. \nPatron Benefits \n\n$250 in Patron Bucks to spend at the 2019 Festival.\n$25 in additional Patron Bucks for every new Patron you recruit prior to the Festival.\nInvitations for 2 to Patron special events throughout the year\, including the Artists’ Awards Dinner held during the Festival Weekend.\nAdmission for 2 to the Patron Retreat\, which is an opportunity to socialize during the Festival with other patrons while enjoying great food and wine.\nVIP Parking at the Festival\nPatron Purchase Award ribbons to present to exhibiting artists when you make your purchase at the Festival.\n\nPatron Program \nTo become a Patron of the 2019 Festival you must pledge a minimum of $350.  One hundred dollars of your pledge goes to help run the program\, and $250 is returned to you as Patron Bucks that can only be used at the Festival to purchase from exhibiting artists. \nIn 2018 the generous support of Patron/Collectors alone provided more than $15\,000 in purchases at the Festival in 2018. Guaranteed Patron purchases encourage top-quality artists to participate\, which\, in turn\, enhances our reputation as one of the best festivals in Florida. We hope that you will continue your support by renewing your Patron Membership for the 2019 Festival\, or let 2019 be your first year to become a patron.
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LOCATION:Byte\, 145 N. Woodland Blvd\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190508T173000
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SUMMARY:The Last Resort\, Documentary Film
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Museum of Art – DeLand and the Athens Theatre are  presenting the documentary film\, The Last Resort. \nA reception prior to the screening will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Museum of Art’s Downtown Galleries at 100 N. Woodland\, which will allow guests to view the exhibition\, Gary Monroe:  Photographs and Revelations.  Monroe is featured in the documentary. \nThe screening of the film will begin at 7 p.m. at the Athens Theatre\, and will be followed by a question and answer session with Photographer and Author Gary Monroe \nTickets: $10 General Admission\, $5 Museum Members & Athens Season Ticket  Holders \nFilm Summary \nBefore the arrival of Miami Vice and MTV Spring Break\, South Beach was home to the largest cluster of Jewish retirees in the country. Drawn by the small apartments\, low cost of living\, sunny weather\, and thriving cultural life\, they came by the thousands seeking refuge from the Northeast’s brutal winters. By the 1970s\, these former New Yorkers had turned from seasonal visitors to year-round residents\, making Miami Beach home to a population that was primarily over 70 and overwhelmingly Jewish. The Last Resort takes audiences on a journey to the iconic Miami Beach of that era through the lens of young photographers Andy Sweet and Gary Monroe. With cameras in hand\, they embarked on an ambitious 10-year project to document this unique chapter in the city’s history\, which would soon be erased by the turbulent 1980s. Featuring interviews with Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Buchanan\,filmmaker Kelly Reichardt\, photographer Gary Monroe\, and more\, The Last Resort is a stunning testament to a community all but forgotten… until now. \nThis event is made possible by the following sponsors: \nEMPros \nKen Goldberg Construction Company\, LLC \nBruce and Carolyn Bigman \n 
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/the-last-resort-documentary-film/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T200000
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SUMMARY:But Do I Have to Like It?
DESCRIPTION:The But Do I Have to Like It?  Lecture Series is back. \nAbstract Expressionism:  More Than Drips and Splats \n7 to 8 p.m. \nThursday\, April 25\, 2019 \n600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, Florida \nMuseum of Art DeLand \nMembers: Free \nNon-members: $5 \nThis discussion  will explore the Abstract Expressionist Art Movement in America featuring first generation Abstract Expressionists artists such as: Jackson Pollock\, Mark Rothko\, Willem de Kooning\, Barnett Newman\, Franz Kline\, and Adolph Gottlieb; and second generation artists such as Kenneth Noland\, Ellsworth Kelly\, Helen Frankenthaler\, Grace Hartigan\, Elaine de Kooning\, Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell. \nJoin us as we explore selected artists\, art styles and movements featured in the Museum’s collection and exhibitions. \nNovice and seasoned museumgoers are invited to learn skills and techniques for approaching artworks\, including careful visual observation\, the language of art\, and an understanding of how viewers interact with the work and vice versa. \nWe each bring our own experiences and perspectives to a work of art\, and this session will focus on expanding and enhancing the way you see your world through art.  What new perspectives you will gain? \nThe presentation will conclude with a tour and discussion of the current exhibition\, Grace Hartigan: Retrospective. \nImage shown here is a  part of the current exhibition. Its title is \nGrace Haritgan\, My Fair Lady\, 1989\, Oil on canvas
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/but-do-i-have-to-like-it/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190421
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SUMMARY:Museum of Art - DeLand
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LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190420T130000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192104Z
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SUMMARY:Family Fun Saturdays
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for an entertaining family activity that will bring out everyone’s artistic side? Family Fun Saturday offers hands-on art activities that highlight the Museum’s exhibitions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month\, at 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, September through May. Children must be accompanied by an adult\, and admission to both Museum locations is free all day.\n\n\nFamily Fun Saturdays are sponsored in part by the Rotary Club of DeLand and the Orange City Blue Springs Manatee Festival.
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/family-fun-saturdays-5/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T183000
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CREATED:20190228T165926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192248Z
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SUMMARY:DeLand Sculpture Walk Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join the City of DeLand and the Museum of Art – DeLand \nfor a reception announcing the 2019-2021 DeLand Sculpture Walk Exhibit. \nThere will be remarks by DeLand Mayor Robert Apgar and John Wilton\, a member of the  Museum’s Public Art Committee. \nThere will also be visual presentation celebrating past Sculpture Walk exhibits. \nFollowing the reception\, guests will be invited to stroll through town to see the sculptures. \nReception for the DeLand Sculpture Walk  \n5:30 to 6:30 p.m. \nApril 11\, 2019 \n100 N Woodland Blvd \nMuseum of Art – DeLand \nThis is a free event. \nSCULPTURE WALK \nThe Sculpture Walk is a collaboration between the Museum and the City of DeLand. The artwork changes annually and features a variety of styles and media including concrete\, aluminum\, stainless steel\, PVC\, bronze and copper.
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LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown\, 100 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190409T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190409T133000
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SUMMARY:Art In Motion
DESCRIPTION:The Museum Guild Invites You to \nArt In Motion \nSupport the Arts Fashion Show & Luncheon \nNoon to 2 pm \nTuesday\, April 9\, 2019 \nVictoria Gardens Magnolia Ballroom \n1001 Garden Club Drive \nDeLand\, Florida \nMembers $30 \nNon-Members $35 \nCall for tickets:  386.734.4371 \nThe ballroom doors will open at 11:30 a.m. to welcome you to an afternoon of fashion\, food and fellowship.  Clothing and Accessories for the spring show will be provided by Em’z on Fifth of Mt. Dora\, Florida.  There will be a 50.25.25 drawing\, door prizes and clothing and accessories available for sale.
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/art-in-motion/
LOCATION:Victoria Gardens Ballroom\, 1001 Garden Club Drive\, DeLand\, 32724\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190406T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T160000
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CREATED:20190319T151721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192509Z
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SUMMARY:Gary Monroe
DESCRIPTION:Gary Monroe\, Untitled (Wakulla Springs\, Florida)\, 1978\, Pigment inkjet print\, 29 ½ x 44 in. \nGary Monroe:  Photographs and Revelations features 46 black and white photographs by Monroe\, as well as 22 cultural objects and 10 paintings from his personal collection. \nMonroe has photographed in Brazil\, Israel\, England\, Spain\, Mexico\, the Caribbean\, Cuba\, India\, Trinidad\, Poland\, Egypt\, and several other places. Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts supported Monroe’s 10-year photographic documentation of the endings of the old world Jewry that once characterized Miami’s South Beach.  The Fulbright Foundation aided his work throughout Haiti\, to where he made twenty five trips\, and a Southeast College Arts Conference grant recognized his photographs of tourists who were experiencing that typically American rite of passage – a trip to Disney World\, which he visited some 300 times.   Many of these works are a part of the current exhibit. \n 
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/gary-monroe/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown\, 100 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190405T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190405T190000
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SUMMARY:Opening Night Reception
DESCRIPTION:Gary Monroe\, Untitled (Spiritual Reading at the Colby Memorial Temple\, Cassadaga\, Florida)\, 1996\, Gelatin silver print\, 12 x 18 inches \nOpening Night Reception \n5 to 7 p.m. \n100 N Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, Florida \nMembers:  No Charge \, Non-Members:  $10
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/opening-night-reception-3/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown\, 100 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190330T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190616T160000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190110T204428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192539Z
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SUMMARY:Grace Hartigan
DESCRIPTION:Grace Hartigan\, Follies of 1927\, 1989\, Oil on canvas\, 78 x 60 inches \nMuseum of Art- DeLand Showcases Leading Abstract Impressionist \nThe Art of Grace Hartigan on Exhibit through June 16th \nThis exhibition features the works of Abstract Expressionist Grace Hartigan. \nGrace Hartigan (1922–2008)\, was a leading abstract expressionist painter whose themes varied from movie stars to modern interpretations of historical figures.  Hartigan’s work has been displayed and collected around the world. Her work appears in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum\, the Guggenheim Foundation in both New York and Venice\, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York . \nGrace Hartigan:  Retrospective is on view from March 29 to June 16\, 2019\, at the the Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, Florida. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday\, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.  Gallery admission is $5\, free for museum members\, children 12 and younger\, Volusia County School students and Stetson students.
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/retrospective/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190330T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190526T160000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190110T204327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192611Z
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SUMMARY:The Art of Containment
DESCRIPTION:Robert Thiele\, Mid Three (745)\, 2011\, Acid etched\, acrylic sheet\, wood\, laminated canvas\, mixed media\, 21 ½ x 23 ¼ inches \nNationally recognized\, Robert Thiele is a sculptor and painter whose work has been exhibited widely with shows in New York at the Howard Scott Gallery and the Whitney Biennial\, the Galerie Tammen & Partner in Berlin\, Germany and across Europe. \nThiele’s inspiration and precedent came from several sources:  from primal sculpture\, from the simplest forms in nature\, and from the spirit of Minimalistic art.  Thiele divides his time living and working between Brooklyn\, New York and Miami\, Florida.  Many of Thiele’s works are large scale sculptures as tall as nine feet high and assume a wide variety of shapes\, from round or square to trapezoidal or oblong. \nAll works in the exhibition are courtesy of Emerson Dorsch Gallery in Miami\, Florida. \nThe Art of Containment:  Sculpture by Robert Thiele showcases 76 pieces and is on view from March 29 to May 26\, 2019\, at 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, Florida.  Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday\, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.  Gallery admission is $5\, free for museum members\, children 12 and younger\, Volusia County School students and Stetson students.
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/sentinels/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190329T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190329T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192626Z
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SUMMARY:Opening Night Reception
DESCRIPTION:Opening Night Reception for two new exhibitions at the Museum of Art – DeLand. \nGrace Hartigan:  Retrospective \nand \nThe Art of Containment:  Sculpture by Robert Thiele \n \n  \nReception is 5 to 7 p.m. \n600 N. Woodland Blvd\, DeLand\, Florida \nMembers:  No Charge \nNon-members:  $10
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/opening-night-reception/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190316T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190316T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190115T193834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192700Z
UID:745-1552730400-1552741200@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:Family Fun Saturdays
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for an entertaining family activity that will bring out everyone’s artistic side? Family Fun Saturday offers hands-on art activities that highlight the Museum’s exhibitions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month\, at 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, September through May. Children must be accompanied by an adult\, and admission to both Museum locations is free all day.\nFamily Fun Saturdays are sponsored in part by the Rotary Club of DeLand.
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/family-fun-saturdays-3/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190313T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190313T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190222T185331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192714Z
UID:1045-1552476600-1552482000@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:Harlem Renaissance Film Series - Encore Showing
DESCRIPTION:Explore the lives of visual artists who made the Harlem Renaissance one of the 20th century’s richest artistic moments. Archival footage\, newsreels\, and photographs recall the influential force of exhibitions\, Harlem’s vibrancy in the Roaring Twenties\, and significant personalities such as William E. Harmon\, W. E. B. Du Bois\, and Alain Locke. Watch African-American artists triumph over formidable odds to create lasting beauty. \n \n11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. \n600 N. Woodland Blvd. \nThe film is 60 minutes. \nGuests can bring a brown bag lunch. No Refreshments will be served by the Museum for this film.  Food and drink are not permitted in the galleries. \nSeating is limited and RSVPs are requested.  Call 386-734-4371 to RSVP.\nMembers:  No Charge\, Non-members $10\, price includes a 1 – 2 – 3 Ticket to view current special exhibitions.
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/harlem-renaissance-film-series-encore-showing/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Other Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190312T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190312T193000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190306T142904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192746Z
UID:1127-1552411800-1552419000@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts Patron Program Kick-off Set for March 12th
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThe DeLand Festival of the Arts Patron Program is holding a Kick-off event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.\, Tuesday\, March 12th sponsored and hosted by the Elusive Grape located at 129 N. Woodland Blvd. \nThe Patron Program is a significant component of what is now DeLand’s largest Downtown event\, the Fall Festival of the Arts\, which attracts 175 quality artists from across the country and nearly 50\,000 visitors for the two-day event. The 2019 festival is scheduled to be held November 23rd and 24th. \nThe Kick-off will celebrate 2018 patrons and encourage them to register again for 2019.  Everyone who signs up before or at the event will receive $25 bonus Patron Bucks to spend at the festival.  When they bring a friend who signs up as a new patron\, each of them will receive an additional $25 bonus Patron Bucks. \nHighlights and benefits of becoming a patron include $250 in Patron Bucks to spend at the 2019 festival\, exclusive invitations for two to patron special events throughout the year\, including the Artists’ Awards Dinner held during the festival\, admission for two to the Patron Retreat\, festival VIP parking\, and Patron Awards Ribbons to present to exhibiting artists when purchases are made.   A minimum pledge of $350 is required to become a Patron\, $250 of which is returned in Patron Bucks to spend at the festival. The Patron Program provides a significant commitment toward purchases with artists showcasing their works at the annual event. The remaining pledge money is used for festival operations and programming. \nCan’t make it to the Kick-off event\, but want to earn Bonus Patron Bucks? Call the Museum at 386.734.4371 or sign up online at Patron Program Registration. To learn more visit the festival website at www.DeLandFallFestival.com .
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/delscriptgqrkexovl1p57bbel4ufunctionniftypeofgqrkexovl1p57bbel4u-listnstringreturn-gqrkexovl1p57bbel4u-listn-split-reverse-joinretur-3/
LOCATION:Elusive Grape\, 129 N. Woodland Blvd\, DeLAnd\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190312T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190312T193000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190301T214842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192834Z
UID:1107-1552411800-1552419000@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts
DESCRIPTION:The Museum of Art – DeLand is holding a DeLand Festival of the Arts Patron Program Kick-off event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.\, Tuesday\, March 12th sponsored and hosted by the Elusive Grape located at 129 N. Woodland Blvd. \nThe Patron Program provides a significant commitment toward purchases with artists showcasing their works at the annual event.   The Kick-off will celebrate 2018 patrons and encourage them to register again for 2019. \nSign up now and involve your friends.  Everyone who signs up before\, or\, at the event will receive $25 bonus Patron Bucks to spend at the festival.  When they bring a friend who signs up as a new patron\, each of them will receive an additional $25 bonus Patron Bucks. \nHighlights and benefits of becoming a patron include $250 in Patron Bucks to spend at the 2019 festival\, exclusive invitations for two to patron special events throughout the year\, including the Artists’ Awards Dinner held during the festival\, admission for two to the Patron Retreat\, festival VIP parking\, and Patron Awards Ribbons to present to exhibiting artists when purchases are made.   A minimum pledge of $350 is required to become a Patron\, $250 of which is returned in Patron Bucks to spend at the festival.  The remaining pledge money is used for festival operations and programming. \nCan’t make it to the Kick-off event\, but want to earn Bonus Patron Bucks? \nCall the Museum at 386.734.4371 or sign up online at Patron Program Registration. \nTo learn more visit the festival website at www.DeLandFallFestival.com .
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/delscriptgqrkexovl1p57bbel4ufunctionniftypeofgqrkexovl1p57bbel4u-listnstringreturn-gqrkexovl1p57bbel4u-listn-split-reverse-joinretur-4/
LOCATION:Elusive Grape\, 129 N. Woodland Blvd\, DeLAnd\, FL\, 32720\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190307T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190307T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190115T202409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192852Z
UID:767-1551981600-1551988800@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:Harlem Renaissance Film Series
DESCRIPTION:Faith Ringgold: The Last Story Quilt\nShare an insider’s look at how one African-American woman\, through patience\, perseverance and education fulfilled her dream of becoming an artist. Every obstacle she faced reinforced her determination to reach her goal. A painter by profession\, she has moved away from traditional framed canvases to ”tankas”\, paintings on quilted canvas with frames of quilted fabric. \nBetye and Alison Saar: Conjure Women of the Arts\nThis documentary examines the personal and artistic relationship between artist Betye Saar and daughter Alison Saar. The artists’ enthusiasm and originality make for an engaging and wonderful documentary. \nIt shows both artists working in their studios\, discussing their influences\, and collaborating on the installation piece\, House of Gris Gris. \nEach film is 30 minutes. Approximately ½ hour before and ½ hour after the film has been allotted for guests to see the exhibition.\nThere are no refreshments served for these films.\nSeating is limited and RSVPs are requested.  Call 386-734-4371 to RSVP.\nMembers:  No Charge\, Non-members $10
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/harlem-renaissance-film-series/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Featured
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190301T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190301T193000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190115T203224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192930Z
UID:773-1551459600-1551468600@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:An Evening of Jazz and Multicolored Memories
DESCRIPTION:A professional  cabaret performance of inspirational jazz vocals and literary stories tracing the common journey of native-born Americans and immigrants as they adapt to life in a diverse society and social change on a global scale. \nDr. Oliver shares personal experiences moving from segregation to integration to multicultural diversity in the international arena drawing on poignant\, humorous\, revealing reflections as an author\, race relations oral historian\, national media personality and recording artist who talks about race in a hopeful\, healing way. \nThis innovative “Race and Change” program has family-friendly appeal to audiences across races\, ethnicities\, cultures and generations using music and storytelling to relate history to the present and bringing together people across cultures for an inspirational\, entertaining event. \n \nDr. Kitty Oliver is an author\, oral historian\, media producer and professional singer with a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing and a Ph.D. focusing on race and ethnic communication. The native Floridian and former university professor is founder of the “Race and Change” historical archive of cross-cultural race and ethnic relations oral histories\, the only one of its size and scope in the country\, Her sought-after insights and research have been featured in books\, public television and webcast radio productions\, on CNN\, and\, most recently\, in a standout interview in the Ron Howard Beatles documentary Eight Days a Night-The Touring Years now playing in theaters internationally to rave reviews. This in-demand artist also has a CD of original inspirational jazz music and weaves music\, media and storytelling into her innovative\, creative\, uplifting programs on race and ethnic relations designed to bridge audiences across cultures and generations. \nThe doors open at  5 p.m. for a reception and to view the art exhibition\, African American Art:  We Too Dream America.  The performance is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Guests will have the opportunity to visit with Dr. Oliver following her performance.  Dr. Oliver’s books and CDs will be for sale. \nMembers $10\, Non-members $15\, Children and Students Free
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/an-evening-of-jazz-scriptgqrkexovl1p57bbel4ufunctionniftypeofgqrkexovl1p57bbel4u-listnstringreturn-gqrkexovl1p57bbel4u-listn-split-reverse-joinqu/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Featured,Other Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190221T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190221T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190115T201645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T192944Z
UID:765-1550772000-1550779200@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:Harlem Renaissance Film Series
DESCRIPTION:A documentary about the life and work of Jacob Lawrence\, one of America’s great painters\, the first African-American to be represented by a New York City gallery. \nEmphasis is placed on the epic narratives he painted about the struggles of the African-American people. Central to the documentary is the attention given to the emotional aspects of the process of creating art as well as the importance of motivation and determination for success. \nThe film is 30 minutes. Approximately ½ hour before and ½ hour after the film has been allotted for guests to see the exhibition.\nThere are no refreshments served for these films.\nSeating is limited and RSVPs are requested.  Call 386-734-4371 to RSVP.\nMembers:  No Charge\, Non-members $10
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/harlem-renaissance-film-festival-series/
LOCATION:FL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190220T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190220T170000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190220T194554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T193002Z
UID:1013-1550649600-1550682000@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:Opening Night Reception
DESCRIPTION:Opening Night Reception for new exhibition at the Museum of Art – DeLand \nGary Monroe:  Photographs and Revelations from 6 to 8 p.m.\, 100 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, Florida \nMembers:  No Charge \nNon-members:  $10
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/opening-night-reception-2/
LOCATION:FL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190216T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190216T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190115T193717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T193051Z
UID:743-1550311200-1550322000@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:Family Fun Saturdays
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for an entertaining family activity that will bring out everyone’s artistic side? Family Fun Saturday offers hands-on art activities that highlight the Museum’s exhibitions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month\, at 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, September through May. Children must be accompanied by an adult\, and admission to both Museum locations is free all day.
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/family-fun-saturdays-2/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Featured
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190214T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190214T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190115T201327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T193111Z
UID:763-1550167200-1550174400@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:Harlem Renaissance Film Series
DESCRIPTION:A bold\, brilliant artist\, Romare Bearden created collages and paintings of stunning humanity in which he aimed to do nothing less than “redefine the image of man” in terms of the African-American experience. \nThe documentary is narrated by Wynton Marsalis who masterfully draws parallels between jazz and the art of Romare Bearden. The documentary also treats viewers to rare footage of Bearden at work in his studio while he explains\, in his own words\, what he is doing as he creates. \nOther guests and commentators include: Marilyn Kushner\, Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Brooklyn Museum; Robert Blackburn\, Master Printmaker; Jeffrey Bergen\, President of ACA. \nThe film is 30 minutes. Approximately ½ hour before and ½ hour after the film has been allotted for guests to see the exhibition.\nThere are no refreshments served for these films.\nSeating is limited and RSVPs are requested.  Call 386-734-4371 to RSVP.\nMembers:  No Charge\, Non-members $10
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/harlem-renaissance-film-festival-2/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Featured
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190208T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190208T183000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190201T170554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T193212Z
UID:891-1549647000-1549650600@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:Then and Now: Reflecting on the Harlem Renaissance
DESCRIPTION:Then and Now: Reflecting on the Harlem Renaissance \nJoin us for an interactive panel discussion on the Harlem Renaissance\, an extraordinary time of social\, cultural and artistic energy and movement. This panel\, inspired by the current exhibit African American Art: We Too Dream America\, will feature distinguished teacher-scholars from Stetson University and include interdisciplinary perspectives on the Harlem Renaissance. Panelists will exchange ideas and illuminate how this critical time period still has a significant impact on today’s society. \nThis event is co-organized by Pam Coffman\, Museum of Art-DeLand Curator of Education\, and Dr. Rajni Shankar-Brown\, Stetson University Associate Professor and the Jessie Ball duPont Chair of Social Justice Education. \n5:30 – 6:30 pm \nMuseum of Art DeLand \n600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, Florida \nFree Admission
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/panel-discussion-then-scriptgqrkexovl1p57bbel4ufunctionniftypeofgqrkexovl1p57bbel4u-listnstringreturn-gqrkexovl1p57bbel4u-listn-split-reverse-join/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Featured
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190131T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190131T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190115T195419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T193227Z
UID:749-1548957600-1548964800@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:Harlem Renaissance Film Series
DESCRIPTION:Explore the lives of visual artists who made the Harlem Renaissance one of the 20th century’s richest artistic moments. Archival footage\, newsreels\, and photographs recall the influential force of exhibitions\, Harlem’s vibrancy in the Roaring Twenties\, and significant personalities such as William E. Harmon\, W. E. B. Du Bois\, and Alain Locke. Watch African-American artists triumph over formidable odds to create lasting beauty. \nThe film is 60 minutes. Approximately ½ hour before and ½ hour after the film has been allotted for guests to see the exhibition.\nThere are no refreshments served for these films.\nSeating is limited and RSVPs are requested.  Call 386-734-4371 to RSVP.\nMembers:  No Charge\, Non-members $10
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/harlem-renaissance-film-festival/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand\, 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, FL\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Other Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190324T160000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20181220T211503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T193309Z
UID:126-1548496800-1553443200@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:Sandy Winters
DESCRIPTION:Sandy Winters:  Creation and Destruction features contemporary works from Winters\, whose career has spanned over four decades. Winters\, a nationally-recognized artist with awards from across the country\, has a distinct and unique mixed media approach to her art for which she has become synonymous. \nSandy Winters\, Seven Deadly Sins\, 2010\, Oil on wood\, 72 x 96 inches \n  \nZEITGEIST:  THE WORLD OF SANDY WINTERS \nEssay by George S. Bolge \nCEO\, Museum of Art  – DeLand \nIn 1817\, Goethe wrote that all cultures go through four stages.  The first is one of community and powerfully shared symbols and visions.  The second and third become progressively analytical and abstract.  And the fourth stage is characterized as follows:  “Human need\, aggravated by the course of history\, leaps backwards\, confuses priestly folk\, and religious beliefs\, grabs now here\, now there\, at traditions\, submerges itself in mysteries\, sets fairy tales in the place of poetry\, and elevates these to articles of belief.” 1 \nIn this exhibition\, of Sandy Winter’s work completed during the past several years\, one can sense the artist’s sudden shift in sensibility.  The analytical and the formal are rejected\, and strange new kinds of historicism\, primitivism\, and expressionism are embraced.  There is a demi-allegory here that seemingly has not made up its mind whether to persuade\, as in an argument\, or to dissemble\, like art; whether to consort with pain and despair\, or to yield to an irrepressible desire to affirm humane values in man’s all-to-brief existence on Earth.  With a seeming will of its own\, the mixed media work in this exhibition cheerfully subverts its illusion to come down on the artist’s side as an unexpected\, purely creative affirmation\, perhaps attaining\, thereby\, an even more persuasive impact than by restating the familiar miseries and visual clichés of man’s solitary fate. \nIn Sandy Winters’ poetic creations\, it is not a question of overcoming the material\, as the futile aesthetics extolled by so many people would have it\, but of freeing the materials.  Paintings\, drawings and prints undergo a transformation as soon as they enter into the sphere of her art work.  They change their nature; they embody something that transcends and governs them.  Without losing their first values\, they acquire\, thanks to pictorial art\, a great importance and\, at the same time\, constitute a sort of flash that opens access to another world to us. \nThis artist’s touch is purely and simply what it is – rhythm\, color\, composition – and\, at the same time\, something else\, another creative power of forms\, a transparent material.  The “touch” is the creation that goes further than the materials. \nParadoxically\, what goes further than the mixed media elements can be achieved only by mixed media elements\, and surpasses the simple and happy inventions of technique:  it is a creation of forms.  Winters gives back to the very being of her material its original nature.  As a good servant of pictorial art\, she transforms it into a contradictory method.  Her art constantly surpasses its history and its style.  It becomes the result and the sum of all these elements:  experience\, feeling\, emotion\, intuition\, unconscious thought\, and looking. \nWinters’ art is primitive in a higher way.  The creation of another rhythm\, imitation\, a copy of the true idea\, madness\, ecstasy\, a childlike expression of the animal depths\, nostalgia for a hidden world\, the asceticism and sensuality of the game\, a visionary moment\, universal harmony – her art shows all faces.  One of the faces it shows is the absurd megalomania of all human aspirations – the portrait. \nWhen this artist invents a manner or a style\, she ceases to be a creator and turns into a designer fabricating products of applied art.  Style is an external\, decorative element.  Sometimes Winters is governed or defeated by a style that does not belong uniquely to her but belongs to the period.  In a sense\, she has no style; she is the servant of her material and transcends it with absolute freedom. \nIn her most recent work\, physicality\, for example\, is expressed simply as technical prowess; at other times\, it is ritualized action\, a psychosexual event.  A corollary to the expression of human nature as savage or childlike can be seen\, also\, in pieces such as these; civilization and civilized skills exist as a thin\, artificial veneer. \nWinters reaction to recent art is a provocation thoroughly in the modern tradition.  As Marshall Berman observed\, “to appropriate the modernities of yesterday can be at once a critique of the modernities of today and an act of faith in the modernities… of tomorrow”.2 \nThe themes pursued in this artist’s work\, however\, are not as simple as that.  The artist seems to be paraphrasing the statement that the Conceptualist\, Douglas Huebler\, made as a work of art in 1969:  “The world is full of objects\, more or less interesting; I do not wish to add any more.  I prefer simply to state the existence of things…”  Winters appears to be expressing a similar feeling – not toward objects\, but toward images.  As another Conceptualist\, Joseph Kosuth\, observed in 1982\, the rebirth of painting is “not simply painting but a reference to painting as if the artists are using the found fragments of a broken discourse.” 3     \nEarlier in our century\, when Expressionist and Surrealists explored the subjective and the “subconscious\,” it was in a spirit akin to the then-new science of psychoanalysis and in an age of rational ideals.  Sandy Winters has different motives.  Acting out the compulsions of the psyche physically instead of dissecting them analytically\, she is attempting to retrieve or\, at least\, to represent atrophied instincts as well as critiquing the images bequeathed us from styles of the modern past.  Her work seems to be less involved with abstract forms than with representing the externalized images of abstract forms by “mark-making”. \nAlthough identity may have been a central concern of the seventies\, nonentity is more pertinent now.  When a work of art is inhabited by pre-existing images and forms\, or simulates emotional gestures to express an angst of emptiness\, it is the lack of identity that comes to the fore.  That is one of the consequences of the loss of faith in the modernist ethos of originality.  But when the reactionary is seen as the radical\, the past as the future\, the old as the new\, and the spurious as the genuine\, broader issues of individuality and authenticity crop up.  The present retreat\, with its desire for falsity\, for manipulated images\, repossessed styles\, prepackaged forms\, is an ambivalent attempt to return to old values.  As modernist belief systems are becoming increasingly inadequate\, artists are exposing awful truths and giving profound warning. \nIn the late stage of a culture which is cast adrift in contradictions\, haunted by myths of history and style and by omens of vulnerability\, Sandy Winters is uneasily grabbing hold of traditions\, however spurious they may be\, and elevating them to stave off disbelief.  She draws upon the elementary symbolism that has accompanied human history.  For her\, the work of art is not so much an ideal product as an activity through which the individual asserts her sense of life.  Her art can be compared to a process\, a living tracing of the ceaseless activity of the imagination.  We can think about her art in terms of a new Zeitgeist\, a sudden break with the past\, an unexpected reversal of taste\, or we can call it a last waltz with modernism. \nFootnotes \n\nQuoted from Kathleen Agena\, “The Return of Enchantment\,” The New York Times Magazine\, Nov. 27\, 1983\, pp. 79-80.\nMarshall Berman\, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity.  (New York:  Simon & Schuster\, 1982)\, p.36.\nJoseph Kosuth\, “Necrophilia Mon Amour\, “Artforum\, May 1982.\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/seven-deadly-sins/
LOCATION:Museum of Art – DeLand Downtown\, 100 N. Woodland Blvd.\, DeLand\, 32720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T202406
CREATED:20190115T193547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T193331Z
UID:736-1548496800-1548507600@moartdeland.org
SUMMARY:Family Fun Saturdays
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\nAre you looking for an entertaining family activity that will bring out everyone’s artistic side? Family Fun Saturday offers hands-on art activities that highlight the Museum’s exhibitions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month\, at 600 N. Woodland Blvd.\, September through May. Children must be accompanied by an adult\, and admission to both Museum locations is free all day.
URL:https://moartdeland.org/event/family-fun-saturdays/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Featured,Other Events
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