Atlantic Center for the Arts 2009 Calendar of Events

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> ONGOING > JAN - FEB > MAR - JUN

Ongoing through March 7

Breaking Boundaries:
Exploration & Collaboration          
Pabst Visitor Center & Gallery
1414 Art Center Avenue
This exhibit features new selections from ACA’s collection of works-in-progress by Master Artists-in-Residence. These works-in-progress range over multiple genres, emphasizing the process of creating art.
Sponsored by Enterprise Holdings Foundation

January 2 - February 26

Broken Promises
Jim Collins & Terri Lindbloom
Opening Reception
Saturday, January 2, 4 - 7 PM
Artists/Curator Talk & Reception
Saturday, February 6, 6 PM
Atlantic Center’s Harris House Gallery
214 S. Riverside Drive
Jim Collins and Terri Lindbloom blur the boundary between 2-dimensional and 3- dimensional work to create drawings that are sculptures, paintings that are installations and sculptures that are paintings. While their central themes differ, they both explore philosophical landscapes. Lindbloom explores the internal landscape of our minds, while Collins explores the landscape of human interaction with the environment.
Sponsored by Van & Fran Massey

March 6 - 26

Volusia County Select XVIII
Opening Reception
Saturday, March 6, 4 - 7 PM
Awards ceremony 6 PM
Atlantic Center’s Harris House Gallery
214 S. Riverside Drive
Volusia County Select is ACA’s annual juried student exhibition showcasing the work of Volusia County’s high school art students. This popular show aims a spotlight on the up and coming talent in our community.
Sponsored by Ed & Jeanie Harris

April 3 - May 28

Super Natural
Martha Jo Mahoney & Martha Lent
Opening Reception
Saturday April 3, 4 - 7 PM
Artists/Curator Talk & Reception
Saturday, February 6, 6 PM
Atlantic Center’s Harris House Gallery
214 S. Riverside Drive
This pairing of painters celebrates the differences in artists’ personal vision.
For this exhibit, artists Martha Jo Mahoney and Martha Lent have created compelling abstract paintings inspired by their individual experiences with nature and landscape. The results are fascinatingly different, yet complementary.
Sponsored by Marcia & Lou Frey

March 20 - June 12

Radcliffe Bailey
Pabst Visitor Center & Gallery
1414 Art Center Avenue
This exhibition of work by Master Artist-in-Residence Radcliffe Bailey (May 17 - June 4) will evolve over its 2 ½ months in the Pabst Visitor Center & Gallery. The exhibit will begin with a group of sculptures, and then continue with a site-specific installation that will be installed when Bailey arrives for the residency, changing it over the course of his time in residence.

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> ADULT CLASSES > CHILDREN'S CLASSES

ADULT CLASSES

A series of programs designed to interest those who wish to hone their skills or try something new. All adult classes take place in the Yurick Studios (formerly Harris House Annex), 123 Douglas St. unless otherwise noted. No experience necessary.
Bring a bag lunch. Registration Required. Information and registration: 386-423-1753

January 14 - February 4

Intermediate Swingin’
6:30 - 7:30 PM, 4 Thursdays
Joel & Lenka Green
ACA’s Roberson Dance Studio
1414 Art Center Avenue
Our swing dance classes have been so popular that we are now offering an intermediate installment. Sign up if you’ve taken Swing before and hope to further your Swingin’ skills. The 8-time Swing Dance USA winners dance duo, Joel and Lenka, return.
No partner is necessary. Ages 16 +
Fee: $10 per class ACA member; $15 nonmember. $10 deposit due at registration.

February 19 - March 26

Metal Jewelry Making
Beginner - intermediate
10 AM - 2 PM, 6 Fridays
Mary Schimpff Webb
Yurick Studios (formerly Harris House Annex)
123 Douglas Street
Make metal jewelry, like you’ve always wanted to. Our returning expert, Mary Schimpff Webb will help you create your fantasy accessory.  No experience is necessary. Materials will need to be purchased for class.
Fee: $140 ACA member; $160 nonmember

March 14 - April 4

Everyone’s Swingin’
6:30 - 7:30 PM, 4 Thursdays
Joel & Lenka Green
ACA’s Roberson Dance Studio
1414 Art Center Avenue
Beginners welcome, we’ll go back to basics for this session. Intermediate dancers join us for new steps or tighten up old ones. Joel and Lenka Green return to Swing us into spring.
No partner is necessary. Ages 16 +
Fee: $10 per class ACA member; $15 nonmember. $10 deposit due at registration.

Friday, April 16

Creating Stories for Children
5 - 7:30 PM
Jan Godown Annino
Yurick Studios (formerly Harris House Annex)
123 Douglas Street
Jan Godown Annino, author of the children’s picture book biography, She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader, and former ACA artist-in-residencewill guide adult participants as they learn to use a visual language to tell a story. For more information about this author, visit www.bookseedstudio.com. The author will also sign copies of her picture book.
Registration required. Free/Public Invited

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CHILDREN’S CLASSES

Students 6 - 12 years old
Those wishing to participate must register in advance. Information and registration, 386-423-1753. Bring a bag lunch and wear comfy clothes with closed-toe shoes. Supplies are provided.
Scholarships available!

Saturday, February 20

Freaky Fish
Annemarie Guzman
10 AM - 2 PM
Yurick Studios (formerly Harris House Annex)
123 Douglas Street
All ages welcome! Participants will make a freaky fish friend out of clay. Parents are invited to stay and make a fishy friend of their own. Projects will be fired after class and available for pickup the following week. 
$25 ACA member; $30 nonmember

Saturday, March 20

Soft Self Portraits
Peggy Imbert
10 AM - 2 PM
Yurick Studios (formerly Harris House Annex)
123 Douglas Street
Participants will cut, fuse and use simple stitches to create expressive and whimsical self portraits from a variety of fun fabrics.
Fee: $25 ACA member; $30 nonmember

Saturday, April 17

She Sang Promise
Jan Godown Annino
10 AM - 2 PM
Yurick Studios (formerly Harris House Annex)
123 Douglas Street
Jan Godown Annino, author and former ACA artist-in-residence, will guideparticipants as they learn about Seminole artwork, clans, and cultural crafts inspired by her children’s picture book biography, She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader (illustrated by Lisa Desimini). Crafts will include a model of a Seminole chickee hut, patchwork design projects and more.
Fee: $25 ACA member; $30 nonmember

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> CULTURAL ESCAPADES > NEWS

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated

Tuesday, January 19

Kelle Groom
“Five Kingdoms”
Book Release Party
7 PM
Atlantic Center’s Harris House Gallery
214 S. Riverside Drive
Kelle Groom, a poet and memoirist, is the author of three books: Underwater City (University Press of Florida, 2004),
Luckily, a Florida Book Award winner
(Anhinga, 2006), and Five Kingdoms
(Anhinga, 2010). Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and Poetry, among others. Of her work, Tony Hoagland said, “Kelle Groom's poems are like underwater songs, sung from the submerged continent of the inner life, the life we don't often expose to the outer world, the one we don't speak of. They are wry, artful, sad, loving, and moving. A true pleasure.” Groom is a resident of New Smyrna Beach. She will read from her new poetry collection, Five Kingdoms.
Free/ Public Invited

IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts

Saturday, January 30
9 AM - 5 PM
Sunday, January 31
10 AM - 5 PM
Riverside Park, downtown New Smyrna Beach
One of the top shows in the Southeast, IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts is a juried fine art festival with 220 artists, held in picturesque Riverside Park, New Smyrna Beach. Bring a friend, bring your wallet, and plan to enjoy an outstanding weekend of the arts! Free and open to the public
Information: 386.423.4733

2010 Images Poster and T-shirt

Wednesday, February 10

Residency#136 Preview
Brown Bag Series
12 - 1 PM
Yurick Studios (formerly Harris House Annex)
123 Douglas Street
This popular staff activity is now open to
the public! Learn about the Master Artists participating in ACA’s February residency. Excerpts of their work will be presented and discussed over a bring-your-own brown bag lunch.
Free/Public invited

Thursday, February 11

Swing Dance Party
7 - 10 PM
Joan James Harris Theater
1414 Art Center Avenue
Come dancing! Show off your moves
or witness the fun as it happens.
Watching our talented instructors,
Joel and Lenka Green, will inspire you
to join the fun. Ages 16 and up are welcome. Light refreshments.
RSVP requested. 386.423.1753
Free/Public invited

Monday, February 22

Keith Ratzlaff
Reading & Book Signing
6 PM
Atlantic Center’s Harris House Gallery
214 S. Riverside Drive
Keith Ratzlaff's books of poetry are Dubious Angels: Poems after Paul Klee; Man Under a Pear Tree; and Across The Known World. His awards include the 1996 Anhinga Prize for Poetry, the Theodore Roethke Award, and a Pushcart Prize. He is Professor of English at Central College in Pella, Iowa, where he teaches writing and literature. He will read selections from his newest book, then, a thousand crows, followed by Q & A and a book signing. Free/Public invited

Thursday, April 15

Jan Godown Annino
Reading & Book Signing
3:30 PM
New Smyrna Beach Regional Library
1001 S Dixie Freeway
Jan Godown Annino, author and former ACA artist-in-residencewill tell the stories behind the pictures in her children’s picture book biography, She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader. All ages welcome. This event is offered through a partnership with the NSB Regional Library. For more information, phone (386) 424-2910
Free/Public invited

Cultural Escapades

January 11, 12, 13 and 14

Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers’ Conference
Public readings & book signings
7:30 PM
ACA’s Joan James Harris Theater
1414 Art Center Avenue
Join acclaimed authors and national participants of the Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers' Conference for four evenings of intimate readings and book signings.

• Monday, January 11
  Nick Flynn
• Tuesday, January 12
  Gregory Orr
• Wednesday, January 13
  Rick Moody
• Thursday, January 14
  Terese Svoboda

Each reading: $8 ACA members; $10 nonmembers
Reading series: $28 ACA members; $35 nonmembers

February 15 – March 7

Residency #136
Master Artists-in-Residence
Rosellen Brown, author (Pabst Endowed Chair for Master Writers)
Jean-Marc Bustamante, visual artist
David Felder, music/composition

Outreach Schedule

Friday, February 19
Reception for Associate and Master Artists-in-Residence
5 - 7 PM
ACA Pabst Visitor Center & Gallery
Free and open to the public

February 22, 7:30 PM
Jean-Marc Bustamante - Inreach
ACA’s Joan James Harris Theater
1414 Art Center Avenue
Illustrated Talk - followed by Q & A

Monday, March 1
David Felder - Outreach
7:30 PM
Timucua White House
2000 S. Summerlin Avenue, Orlando
www.timucua.com
Live performance
Free and open to the public

Tuesday, March 2
Rosellen Brown - Outreach
7:30 PM
University of Central Florida
Reading/Talk - followed by Q & A
For more information please contact
Elizabeth Sloan at 407-823-5329
Free and open to the public

Friday, March 5
INsideOUT
Residency #136
7 PM
Joan James Harris Theater
1414 Art Center Avenue
Meet the Artists-in-Residence as they share their works-in-progress in an informal "open studio" setting. Refreshments
Free to members; $10 nonmembers
Reservations requested. 386.427.6975

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ATLANTIC CENTER’S ANNUAL REVIEW

The 2008 - 2009 Annual Review will be available online in February at www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org.

ACA’s salon in 2010

Atlantic Center for the Arts provides opportunities for artists to gather to exchange ideas and to stimulate new ways of thinking. Le salon strives to do the same for its members. The idea behind Le salon is based on Les salons Litteraires, which took place in France at the beginning of the 20th century – friends who gathered informally on a regular basis to converse on a myriad of interesting topics.  This is the essence of what is achieved through Le salon, a group of ACA members who meet in someone’s home or at a special venue, to spend an evening of intellectually challenging conversation often facilitated by ACA’s Master Artists-in-residence.
We kick off the New Year with our first salon at Mad Cow Theatre on Thursday, January 14! Join us for an open rehearsal of Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead." This delightful evening is hosted by Howard and Lenny Roland, Margie Pabst and Charlotte Everbach.
In February, le salon will take place in Winter Park, with artists participating in Atlantic Center’s 136th Residency Program.

Annual salon level membership is $250 per person, and each member is entitled to bring a guest. There are six salons a year.  All proceeds are 100% tax deductible. Contact
ACA’s Director of Advancement, Nancy Lowden-Norman for details. Phone 386.427.6975 or email nlowden@atlanticcenterforthearts.org

MASTER ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM #136

February 15 - March 7
Artists participating in Atlantic Center’s Artists-in-Residence program include author Rosellen Brown, visual artist Jean-Marc Bustamante, musician/composer David Felder, and Associates.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Many thanks to outgoing Board of Trustee Barbara Bailey, who has made significant contributions during her long history with Atlantic Center. Barbara was a founding member of ACA’s Harris House Steering Committee in 1991, helping us shape community and children’s programming, programs that now reach thousands of Central Floridians annually. She continued her involvement, joining the ACA Volunteer League, and, in 2007, becoming a Trustee, actively working on the Governance and Advancement Committees.  We are grateful for Barbara’s grace and insight, and for her presence at almost every event over the years, and also to her husband, Ed, for his active participation and enthusiastic support. We are thrilled that Barbara will remain active on the Horsin’ Around Committee.

We are delighted to welcome incoming Trustee, Gary D. Vasquez, an attorney at Vasquez & Tosko, LLP in Orlando.  Gary will participate on the Advancement Committee. He and his wife, Mary Margaret are active members of ACA’s salon program.  We look forward to working with Gary, integrating his expertise and leadership into ACA’s exemplary Board.

FUNDING NEWS

Residency Program Awarded 2010 NEA Grant
ACA’s world-renowned residency program was recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts with a $30,000 grant to support interdisciplinary residencies for talented artists.

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