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July 1 (6 – 9 p.m. opening artists’ talks) – Aug. 14: ROOTS & REFLECTION: WERONICA ANKARORN & CHERYL BOGDANOWITSCH. With paint and wood both Winter Park artists explore the personal histories and environments that formed them and their artistry. Ankarorn returns to her native Sweden for summer infusions of Northern Lights and Viking/Bronze Age influence to reflect on the nature, mythology and history she illustrates in dramatic paintings. Bogdanowitsch reflects on a childhood as a Mid-Western wood nymph, whose enduring affinity for nature inspires sculptures of found twisted branches that suggest human forms she is inspired to give fine art portrait-faces. ROOTS & REFLECTION coincides with and is the basis for Art & Vision Summer Art School for Children July 14 – Aug. 12 at the art museum.Some scholarships may be available to full or partially cover the $120 per child tuition. Register by July 1. Work created by the students will be exhibited Saturday Aug. 13 from 1 p.m. - 3, along with the main exhibit.

Thursday & Friday July 14 – Aug. 12, at Lake Eustis Musuem of Art: Art & Vision Summer Art School for Children. Children, directed by a professional art teacher, will explore and be inspired by the coinciding fine art exhibit and will illustrate their personal histories by creating their own art influenced by environmental and life concerns. See LakeEustisMuseumofArt.org or call 352-483-2900 for more info.

Aug. 19 (6 – 9 p.m. opening artist’s talk) – Sept. 25: THROUGH THE KEY HOLE: JEANINE LeCLAIRE. Philadelphia artist LeClaire peeks inside and documents the drama and beauty of life beyond closed doors with eloquent paintings, drawings and prints. Painting life is in reaction to her fear of forgetting her life, with memories worn thin with age. Depth, light and detail make the common-place extraordinary through LeClaire’s singular, masterful visual language.

Sept. 30 (6 - 9 p.m. opening artist talks) – Oct. 30, 2011: THANATOS to EROS: E. SHERMAN HAYMAN & JULIE MARDIN. Hayman of Philadelphia nad Mardin of New York City explore the reversal of fortune between death and love over the centuries, with each of life’s inevitabilities cast as a social taboo by one generation only to be elevated to cult obsession status by another. Hayman shatters one’s death-fear and exalts inevitable mortality. Her exquisitely crafted tiny, memento -embellished coffins of the famous and infamous, with respect, grace and humor, profoundly connect life to death. Mardin, with photos and video of original assemblages of culture symbols and archetypes of sex and war, explores and counteracts today’s blatant obsession with sex, violence and commercialism. Exhibit sponsor: Harden/Pauli Funeral Home, Eustis. For Hayman see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouRh4Mscx_A

Nov. 4 (6 - 9 p.m. opening artist talks) – Dec. 4, 2011: ALLEGORY ECHOES: MAURY HURT, WILLIAM ORR, HAL MCINTOSH. This sage Florida trio showcases individual masterful works that reflect shared roots in the iconic Andre Smith’s Research Studio, established as a unique artists’ haven in mid-20th century Maitland. Hurt’s fascination with the human-animal connection and the evolution of life dominates surreal paintings, while McIntosh loves the natural world and explores it with an abstract/impressionistic approach. Orr thrills equestrians and art lovers with dramatic paintings of race horses. Each of these Bok Fellows endures and excels as artists, mentors and teachers who inspired next-generation-artists and patrons.

Dec. 9 (6 – 9 p.m. opening artist talk) – Jan. 15, 2012: BRAIN ON ART: PARKER SKETCH. Quirky Orlando painter Parker Sketch explores the vista of the contemporary intellectual with ties to gamming and a high-tech life. His painterly skills and insight celebrate pop culture with vibrant color and a jumble of open-graphic touchstones, symbols, signs and icons that define and drive our world, like it or not. His bachelor’s degree in fine art is from the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As a production artist, Sketch created for Disney, Ford, Motorola and the Chicago Bulls. He emerges with whimsy, humor and a shining sharp edge as the artist to watch on the Central Florida scene.

Jan. 20, 2012 (6 – 9 p.m. opening artist talk) – Feb. 26: ABSTRACT ATTITUDE: Patricia HK Zalisko: Zalisko’s vibrant, compelling abstract paintings recall textures of the outside world, explore relationships between forms and document the icons of life to evoke powerful memories and perceptions. A retired lawyer, Zalisko, of Port Orange, commands the painter’s brush with zeal. Inspired by music that quiets her analytical mind and stirs her spiritual internal realm she creates a visual language that emphatically speaks of life’s meaning and transitions.

March 2 (6 – 9 p.m. opening artist talk) – April 8: DANCING WITH LIGHT: BARBARA TIFFANY: With awe and wonder, Tiffany, explores in surreal and hyper-real the complex and the simple in nature, as long as there is light. A masterful painter, mentored by the revered master Maury Hurt, Tiffany is inspired to explore the subject before her, seeking all that light reveals of the natural world. Often, her renderings are more real than the real subject as her brush dances with light and paint across canvas to craft a love note to art and nature.

April 13 (6 – 9 p.m. opening artist talk) – May 27: MONUMENTAL MONOCHROME: JOSH GARRICK & JEFF PENDERGRASS: Garrick’s black and white photographs of ancient Greek monuments are a perfect contrast to Pendergrass’ contemporary natural stone and metal sculptures. Ancient Greek monuments, some uniquely photographed only by Garrick from the roof of the Parthenon, show man’s dominance of nature can endure thousands of years. The natural Florida field stone centerpieces of Pendergrass’ sculptures cause contemplation of the question, which will ultimately dominate, man’s footprint on nature or nature itself?

June 1 – July 29: PAPERWORKS PERMANENT COLLECTION: Showcasing award winning and donated works from PAPERWORKS 4 ME I & II, with additional works in various mediums donated to the Permanent Collection by past exhibitors. Artist include: Stephen AG Carey, Henry Sinn, Sally Woods Alexandres, Debra Mixon, Earl Weydahl, Jr., Hooshang Khorasani, Princess Rashid, Susan Mulholland, Patricia Zalisko, Betty Morris Parker, Robin Maria Pedrero, Diana Barringer, Donne Bitner, Dorothy Blondin, Margaret Parsons, Anna-Maria Vag, Jennifer Myers-Kirton, D.B. Stovall, Stephen Barnwell, Anita Wexler, Luciano Trigos, Doug Rhodehamel, RV, Byron Walker, Luke Andrews, Chad Pollpeter, Dina Mack, Brigan Gresh, Stefan Alexandres, Douglas J. Nesbitt, Kyle, Donovan Wesner, Parker Sketch, Weronica Ankarorn, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Mike Malone, Donte K. Hayes and Mark Blanchette.

August 3 (6 – 9 p.m. opening artist talk) – Sept. 30: AN ARTIST’S EYE FOR CRIME: BARBARA MAXWELL: Umatilla courtroom sketch artist Maxwell eye has been has been on crime for six decades as a “human camera,” documenting trials of the notorious and dangerous with her sketch pad and swift pencil where cameras were forbidden. She opens her archives that document the demeanor and expressions of infamous killers Ted Bundy and Judy “The Black Widow” Buenano. Recent additions to her files include actor Wesley Snipes and poser Lou Pearlman in federal court for white collar crimes. Finding Bundy to be “very scary” and one who “enjoyed killing,” ever the professional, Maxwell put personal fears and feeling aside to tell the true trial story.