June 11 (opening event 6 – 9 p.m.) – July 18, 2010: ILLUSION, METAPHOR, AFFINITY: SALLY WOODS-ALEXANDRES  St. Cloud artist Sally Woods-Alexandres' art is driven by ideas eloquently expressed through painting and collage as representational, stylized or non-objective forms. She lived in Greece 15 years and is inspired by nature from without and within. Symbolism, mythology, color and form are celebrated as she articulates the greatest meanings in things, including social and political concerns.

July 23 (opening artist’s talk 6 – 9 p.m.) – Aug. 22: NATURAL RECLAMATION: BYRON WALKER, sculpture built from nature’s leavings of wood, silica, stone, ore and more. A master of recycling to create unique visual images, Walker entices viewers to look things and see new possibilities while reclaiming discards.

Aug. 27 (opening artist’s talk 6 – 9 -.m. ) _ Sept. 19: FUTURAMA DRAMA: STEPHEN AG CAREY, this 21-year-old Orlando artist emerged in 2009 with futuristic assembled sculptures and paintings that immediately strike a chord with forward thinking viewers. His MY FIRST CRIB ON MARS assemblage took first place in LEMA’s inaugural PAPER WORKS 4 ME national competitive exhibit and is featured in the exhibit.

Sept. 24 (opening artist’s talk 6 – 9 p.m.) – Oct. 24: INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH: JASON BURRELL. Burrell, a UCF art professor, meticulously draws and paints the metal, brawn and bricks that build a city and a society. His large two-dimensional works, many giving a unique perspective on New York City, are compliment by an animate feature that offers insight into his artistry as his works evolve on the video screen. Ever the teacher, Burrell, without a word, shows us the foundations and functions that make the American experience.
   
Oct. 29 – Dec. 5, 2010. MYTH, MAGIC & MADNESS: DOUG RHODEHAMEL. Oct. 29, 8 p.m. opening artist’s talk coincides with ADULTS ONLY ticketed Halloween Midnight at the Museum II fundraising event. $40 per person, 8 p.m. – midnight Oct. 29. Orlando conceptual artist Doug Rodehamel claims acclaim by systematically covering the planet with paper mushrooms. His transformation of ordinary objects such as a banana, a cork and a puppet into uniquely dark version of Frankenstein’s monster, make Rodehamel the ideal Halloween exhibitor.  He doesn’t stop there with his eclectic, fun bag of fine art tricks to install a “must” adventure in fine art through Dec. 5.

Dec. 10 (6 – 9 p.m. opening event) – Jan. 9, 2011, PAPER WORKS 4 ME II exhibit featuring selected entries from the art museum’s second annual national paper works juried completion. Purchase awards will be made during the Dec. 10 opening event.

Jan. 14, 2011 (6 – 9 p.m. opening artist’s talk.) – Feb. 20: FLYING ARMADILLOS & FLORIDA ODDITIES: CARL KNICKERBOCKER. Self-taught, Knickerbocker paints passionate, primal, poetic, primitive postcard of the Florida that was before bulldozers and the Mouse. His deceptively playful approach entertains while enlighting viewers to the nature and battle behind Paradise Lost. His short film “A Dog Goes from Here to There” is featured throughout the exhibit.

Sunday Feb. 6, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. ART ESCAPADE III a Free United Arts ArtsFest event featuring FLYING ARMADILLOS & FLORIDA ODDITIES: CARL KNICKERBOCKER with painted primal odes to Florida, his “Element of Surprise” art car and short film “A Dog Goes from Here to There” featuring Heather Henson puppets. WACKO III, Gesa Barto’s exhibit of art by anything-but-wacko high-functioning autistic youngsters, along with art by Eustis Kool Kids and music by young Bay Street Players are featured.  

Feb. 25 (6 – 9 p.m. opening artist’s talk) – April 10: VIBRANT VISTAS & VISIONS: LUKE ANDREWS. Leesburg-born Andrews is equally at home in Italy or the U.S. He recently returned from Milan after a decade spent perfecting his vision and painter’s voice. His unique paintings resound with an even-more-vibrant 21^st century echo of Van Gough. His spirit and passion for color fill often uniquely shaped canvasses with hot cityscape nights from Milan to Orlando, Eustis and Miami, where LEMA first saw his work during Art Basel 2009. City lights and the human form embody new meaning at Andrew’s skilled hand.

Thursday March 24, 5:30 p.m. – 9 FRIENDS WINE-A-FARE annual ticketed evening of fund-raising fun, food, wine and fabulous silent auction of art and other valuable goods and services to benefit nonprofit Lake Eustis Museum of Art. Call 352-483-2900 for information on tickets available in advance or at the door, to donate an item or art for the silent auction or to financially help sponsor the event. All donations are tax deductible.

April 15 (6 – 9 p.m. opening artists’ talks) – May 22: IN THE WHITE: BRIGAN GRESH & DINA MACK. Gresh and Mack create a compatible, collaborative, melded exhibit to explore and articulate the revealed and concealed inherent in the color white, with a strong, quirky edge. Some work is mixed media, 2-D in each artist’s individual style of self-expression, while other work is 3-D installations or assemblage. A video further explores the processes of these two premier Central Florida artists.

May 27 (6 – 9 p.m. opening artist’s talk) – June 26: PASSION, PERCEPTION, SYMBOLISM: PRINCESS RASHID. Tampa artist Rashid translates her passion for physics, astronomy and math into abstract forms and symbols using vibrant color and canvas. Fascinated by the science behind eye-to-brain communication that allows visual perception, she intuitively chooses flowing acrylic colors to brush, pour and drip with vigor to build power, beauty and emotion.

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 June 30 – Aug. 12 at the art museum.

Thursday & Friday June 30 – 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

 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’s talk) – Dec. 11: MASTER OF MYTH & MEANING: GRADY KIMSEY. Kimsey’s investment in painting and assembling dreams and visions doesn’t stop at his Winter Park studio door. He is teacher and inspiration to an endless roster of fine artists including Henry Sinn, John Whipple, Kyle and Susan Loden. Revered nationally for unique clay work, sculpture, assemblage and most recently masterful paintings, Kimsey finds new meaning in objects and images that merge into the ultimate in fine art for the ages.