2012 Crealde Calendar of all events

See below for exhibitions through 2012.

n CREALDÉ  2011-2012 Proposed EXHIBITION CALENDAR

ALICE & WILLIAMS JENKINS GALLERY:

Recognizing Established Artists from Florida , the Nation, and Beyond

Formally opened in 1980, the Jenkins Gallery mission is to exhibit the work of noted and established Florida artists, as well as to introduce national and international artists to the Central Florida region. Each of the four to six annual exhibitions are professionally curated by Senior Gallery Curator Rima Jabbur, a member of the Crealdé Gallery Committee or a guest curator.

2012 Exhibitions:

January 13 – March 10

Beyond the Vessel – Figures and Urns by Helaine Schneider

Helaine Schneider will present a solo exhibition of ceramics, figures and urns. The Orlando-based artist has an extensive background in figurative work which has become increasingly narrative in scope. Figures ranging in height from two to four feet assume poses conveying attitudes that the artist wants to explore. These pieces will be accompanied by urns which provide a vehicle for examining her feelings about loss and mortality, and the tenuous relationship between the tangible and the intangible.

March 16 – May 26

Natural Rhythms/Interlacing Forms: Florida Landscapes by Mollie Doctrow and Lee Dunkel

Doctrow’s monochrome woodcuts and Dunkel’s black and white silver print photographs reveal the subtle rhythms of vegetation and topography in the Florida landscape. Images of trees, grasses and palmettos create intricate patterns that capture the richness and density of our subtropical environs. (Below from left to right: Afterburn II by Mollie Doctrow, and photograph by Lee Dunkel)

June 8– August 31
32nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Juried by guest jurors, the exhibition features some of the year’s best student work in painting, drawing, photography, ceramics and sculpture; curated by Crealdé’s department directors: Rick Lang, Henry Sinn and Vincent Sansone. Opening reception coincides with the Annual Membership Meeting. Awards ceremony, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. followed by a reception till 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 8.

September 14 – December 29  
Keeping Haiti in Our Hearts
An exploration of Haitian art, culture and history will be presented through paintings, sculptures and folk art from the collections of the University of Central Florida in Orlando and the collection of Butler H. Smith, Jr. and Betty Ford-Smith in Sebring, Florida. The two-venue exhibition will be held at the Jenkins and Community Galleries at Crealdé’s main campus and the Heritage Center Visiting Exhibition Gallery. The exhibition will also include Crealdé’s newest segment of Storytellers XV Documentary Photography program which features the work of teen photographers from the local Haitian community in Orlando’s historic Parramore neighborhood; in partnership with the New Image Youth Center. Curators Natalia DeSilva, Haitian Creole fellow with the U.S. Department of Education, and Crealdé Painting & Drawing Director Henry Sinn will be aided by an advisory committee which includes Haitian native cultural experts, anthropologist Dr. Gerald Murray and folklorist Dr. Kristin Congdon.

Opening night, Friday, September 14, includes a panel discussion from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., reception at the Jenkins Gallery from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. and a reception and Haitian music performance at the Heritage Center from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m.

SHOWALTER HUGHES COMMUNITY GALLERY:

Celebrating the art of Crealdé’s community

Established in 2000, The Showalter Hughes Community Gallery highlights four to five exhibitions annually, featuring work by students, faculty and emerging artists and outreach programs. For artists’ lectures there is seating for 80.

2012 Exhibitions:

January 13 – April 28
Director’s Choice II
This exhibition features the recent work of eight artists from Crealdé’s diverse faculty, including artists long associated with the school as well as new additions to the faculty. The work is selected by the executive director and the school’s three artistic directors representing photography, painting, drawing, ceramics, and sculpture. For nearly four decades the artists who make up the Crealdé faculty of over 50 working artists have represented some of Central Florida’s most influential arts educators and accomplished artists. Opening reception on Friday, January 13 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

May 4 – August 11
The Art of Fellowship in Ceramics, Sculpture and Photography
Emerging artists from the Painting and Drawing department show a diverse palette of artwork. Since 1978, the Crealdé Fellowship Program has mentored hundreds of students through this work-study exchange; many former Fellows have become professional exhibiting artists. Curated by Vincent Sansone, Ceramics & Sculpture Department Director and Rick Lang, Photography Department Director.Opening reception, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, May 4.

August 18 – September 8
Summer ArtCamp Student Exhibition
Since 1982, Crealdé has presented an annual exhibition featuring one work of art from each of the 300 Summer ArtCamp participants, ages four to 17. The exhibition includes paintings, drawings, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture and photography. Curated by Crealdé’s Summer ArtCamp faculty. Opening reception, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Sat. Aug. 18.

September 14 – December 29  
Storytellers XV: Parramore - Our Home
Storytellers is an outreach program which Crealdé School of Art created to bring dignity to and raise awareness about marginalized communities though their teens’ artistic expression. During the program, teens learn the process of documentary photography from perception to documentation to exhibition. Storytellers XV will feature the work of photographers from the local Haitian community in Orlando’s historic Parramore neighborhood; in partnership with the New Image Youth Center. This exhibition will coincide with Holding Haiti in Our Minds (working title) held at Crealdé’s main campus and the Hannibal Square Heritage Center. A tentative addition to this exhibition is the inclusion of work by teens living in rural Haiti, in partnership with St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Winter Park and its Haitian sister parish, St. Michaels.

HERITAGE CENTER VISITING EXHIBITION GALLERY:

Exploring heritage and folklore through the visual arts and humanities

Established in 2007, the Heritage Center Visiting Exhibition Gallery at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center campus hosts three to four annual exhibitions that explore local history, cultural preservation, the African American experience and southern folklore, through educational and visual arts mediums including documentary photography, painting, and textiles.

2012 HERITAGE CENTER VISITING EXHIBITIONS

January 20 – April 21
The Art of Missionary Mary Proctor
Prior to becoming an artist, Mary ran a junk and odds and ends store in rural north Florida. Told by God that “the door is the way,” she began to paint on an old door lying in her yard, and thereafter her focus turned to art making. Using found objects from her junkyard, (now her American Folk Art Museum & Gallery), Missionary Mary crafts three dimensional assembled works from buttons, mirrors, jewelry and other trinkets. Some works are inspired by bible scripture and others by memories of her grandmother or her childhood and most include written messages of spiritual truths or life lessons.

Mary has exhibited her work nationally through galleries, festivals and in visiting and permanent collections in museums including the Museum of African American Art in Tampa, the Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee, the AmericanVisionaryArt Museum in Baltimore, and at the House of Blues in Orlando, Chicago and New Orleans. She has won numerous Best in Show awards, and has been featured in the New York Times, and the Smithsonian Magazine, Raw Vision Magazine, and Modern Maturity Magazine.

April 21
3rdAnnualHannibalSquareHeritageCenter Folk Art and Craft Festival
The Festival features work for sale by Florida folk and traditional craft artists, including the original Florida Highwaymen painters, and Crealdé ceramicists, as well as live folk music, local soul food, displays by vendors and a free, hands-on “Kid Folk” Storybook Workshop that combines art and poetry for ages 5 and up. (See photos below.) Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on April 21.

Images from past years of the Hannibal Square Folk Art Festival.

May 11 – September 1
The Sage Project: Hannibal Square Elders Tell Their Stories
A photographic documentation of Winter Park’s historic yet marginalized African-American community and the corresponding exhibition “The Sage Project: Hannibal Square Elders Tell Their Stories.” Established in 1882 and incorporated in 1887, west Winter Park, also known as Hannibal Square, will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2012. Through the art of documentary photography by Heritage Center founder Peter Schreyer, and oral histories collected by Center historian Fairolyn Livingston, the memories and stories of elders from one of the nation’s oldest African-American townships will become an exhibition at Crealdé’s Hannibal Square Heritage Center. It will also be added to the permanent collection of the Center, reaching local residents and visitors of all ages and backgrounds.
Images to come after January 1, 2012.

September 14 – December 29  
Keeping Haiti in Our Hearts
See Jenkins Gallery for complete information.