It can sometimes be difficult to explain art historical movements, or even the lives of certain artists, to children. For the recent Take pART event, I was asked to write about Vincent van Gogh and his painting “Starry Night” for a kid’s art activity. Here’s what I came up with… Vincent van Gogh was a […]
Read more "Kids & Vincent van Gogh"Take pART: A Festival of the Arts took place this past Saturday and I am so very pleased with the results. When you spend months planning an event, the minutes before the doors open can be the most nerve-wracking… there is that sad and scary thought, “What if no one shows up???” Thankfully, attendance was not […]
Read more "Artist Alley"My class, “Art History in Pop Culture,” kicked off last week at the Rollins Center for Lifelong Learning and I had two very special students in attendance. Lisa Garza (reporter) and Red Huber (photographer) work for the Orlando Sentinel and they both sat in on the first session of my class. Today they posted a […]
Read more "Meme School"I am so honored to be a special guest speaker in St. Luke’s summer programming series, Wednesday Nite Lite, this Wednesday, July 11th. Wednesday Nite Lite offers the St. Luke’s congregation and the local Central Florida community a relaxed atmosphere to enjoy a home-cooked meal, fun learning opportunities and activities for every member of the […]
Read more "Special Guest"To all those who have been following this blog for a while, you know that this has been an extraordinarily busy summer for me… and I LOVE it! I am working on a variety of art projects, researching new lecture topics, hosting the Art Lovers Book Club AND teaching classes as part of the Rollins […]
Read more "Fall Lecture Preview #1"I am honored to have been asked to contribute to the 3rd Annual Wine Box Art Show benefiting the Zebra Coalition of Orlando, FL. If you recall, one of last summer’s art projects was to paint a wine box – with any theme chosen by the artist – to be auctioned off at a fundraiser […]
Read more "3rd Annual Wine Box Art Show"This past Sunday I was invited to paint LIVE during two services at St. Luke’s UMC in Orlando, FL as a way of promoting their upcoming Take pART event. I am honored and humbled to be a member of the planning committee for this event and the curator of the Fine Art Gallery area of […]
Read more "Explore Your Creative Side!"I recently visited The Alfond Inn for the first time and was stunned by what I saw! This modern, boutique hotel, located in the heart of Winter Park, FL and a brief walk from the campus of Rollins College, is full of ART. In fact, it is the home of an art collection approaching 500 […]
Read more "The Alfond Inn"Currently on view at the Orange County Regional History Center is this piece memorializing the 49 victims of the Pulse massacre. Created by Orlando artist, Georgia Williams, each colorful ceramic tile depicts the portrait of one of those lost on June 12, 2016. Art can help when coping with traumatic events. The reasons behind war, […]
Read more "Art as Memorial"On your next visit to the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, be sure to check out the exhibition, “My Myopia,” by artist Trong Gia Nguyen. With Nguyen’s work hanging from the ceiling, the curators at CFAM transform a plain and empty room into a mesmerizing art installation. Guests are free to move about each piece offering […]
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