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Hannibal Square Portrait
Heritage Center Gallery, Upstairs
642 W. New England Ave., Winter Park PH: 407-539-2680

On display through June 28, 2008
Crealdé associate faculty member Tom Sadler and his plein air painting students have captured moments in time on Hannibal Square.

L.-r.: David McLeod, Mr. Imagination, Fairolyn Livingston,
Kimbrough Jennings, William Moore, Phylis Moore, Henry Vales,
Lynn Tomlinson, and Peter Schreyer at the unveiling.

The Memory Wall now on display
In March 2008, Mr. Imagination, an internationally collected and exhibited Pennsylvania-based folk artist, worked with groups of children and seniors and Winter Park community members to create The Hannibal Square Memory Wall, a permanent outdoor sculpture located in front of the Heritage Center. The concrete wall contains Mr. Imagination's characteristic hands, face, and angels, as well as mementos that reflect the participants' cultural heritage, personal history and neighborhood pride.

Hannibal Square Heritage Center: rediscover your heritage and neighborhood!

The real impact of the Hannibal Square Heritage Center lives in the heartbeat of the community. The mission of the center is to inspire residents and visitors alike to participate in and celebrate their own community’s history. Through learning about the story and contributions of the West Winter Park community, residents young and old have the opportunity to reconnect and learn about their own neighborhood’s history, and people from everywhere, not just Central Florida or Winter Park, will be moved to explore their own.
   Visitors may tour the many exhibitions and programs offered at the new facility including the Family History Research Library, and the beautiful historic photographs and oral histories that comprise the much celebrated Heritage Collection. Also on view is a carefully researched historical timeline highlighting contributions, successes and hardships of the city’s African American community from the arrival of the first settlers to Winter Park in 1858 to the recent dramatic redevelopment of Hannibal Square.

On display October 13 - December 15 is Winter Park Collects Folk Art, an exhibition highlighting the paintings of Southern folk artists. This special collection is displayed in the upstairs gallery and is made possible through a partnership with the Jeannine Taylor Folk Art and the generosity of Winter Park collectors.

The Family History Research Library houses the collected family histories of West Winter Park residents, and displays photographs of the 2007 Unity Heritage Festival Feature Family, The Zanders. It is open to the public and staffed by research experts to assist patrons in researching their own family history.

Through innovative programming in the arts and humanities, The Heritage Center is a neighborhood focal point, archive, and home to the Heritage Collection: Photographs and Oral Histories of West Winter Park. Staffed by community docents, the center is hosting art classes for children, adults, and seniors, traveling exhibitions, family history research and cultural programs with a focus on local history, cultural preservation, and southern folklore. These are offered in partnership with area academic institutions and other not-for-profit organizations.

In partnership with the community and the City of Winter Park’s Community Redevelopment Agency, Crealdé School of Art operates the Heritage Center under a 30-year lease as a tribute to the past, present and future contributions of Winter Park’s African American community.