For a list of all of the exhibitions planned for 2009/2010, click here 

 

Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865 – 1965
From the Collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown

November 21, 2009 – May 17, 2010
Edward E. and Jane B. Ford Gallery

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Festival of Lights ’09 (Guild Event)

November 23, 2009 – December 6, 2009

Root Family Gallery

 

 The Paintings of Tom Reis

 

 

 

May 28, 2010 – August 1, 2010
Root Family Gallery

 

The museum is pleased to present the paintings of Tom Reis, a nationally known illustrator, whose art has appeared with stories in Time magazine, Rolling Stone, the Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, Business Week, Smart Money, and other prestigious publications. A 1988 Stetson University graduate, Reis began work as an art director at JP Morgan Chase in New York City, shortly after receiving his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1993. Two years later, he began working as an illustrator for a wide range of nationally-known publications. His corporate clients have included MGM, Dupont, and Colgate. Throughout his career, Reis has also worked as a fine artist, producing work with all the refinement that one would expect from a classically trained painter. His paintings are represented in numerous permanent and private collections throughout the United States. Tom Reis currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

 

 

 

Stories of Community: Self-Taught Art From the Hill Collection

May 29, 2010 – August 23, 2010
Edward E. and Jane B. Ford Gallery

This exhibition includes thirty-four works of visionary art by sixteen artists from various southeastern states.  Some of the artists included in Stories of Community are Tennessee’s Georgia and Henry Speller; Georgia’s Archie Byron; Alabama’s Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, and Thornton Dial; Florida’s O. L. Samuels and Mary Proctor; and Mississippi’s Mary T. Smith. Drawn from the larger collection of Lou and Calynne Hill donated to the Mary Brogan Museum, this exhibition evinces the vitality and originality of these important folk artists. None of the artists in this exhibition studied art in any traditional fashion, but responded to their personal experiences by creating highly idiosyncratic art that defies categorization.

 

 

Spruce Creek and the St. Johns River: Silverprint Photography of Lee Dunkel 

 

 

August 6, 2010 – November 14, 2010

Root Family Gallery

Lee Dunkel’s interest in environmental and landscape photography began in the early 1980’s. Traditional gelatin-silver black and white photography appealed to the artist because of its abstract quality, and its potential to transcend mere documentation. While living and working in rapidly growing central Florida, Dunkel sought out pockets of pristine landscape, such as the Spruce Creek and St. Johns River basins. These areas became the subject of portfolios produced between 1988 and 1996. Spruce Creek is a meandering tidal black water creek in Central Florida, that empties into Rose Bay and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It has areas of wetlands, savannah, and palm forest along its route. The St. Johns River is unique in that it flows from south to north and connects several lakes between central Florida and Jacksonville, where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the Mayport Naval Station. It encompasses estuaries, logging canals, extensive marsh areas, wetland systems, and bird sanctuaries. Dunkel currently lives and works in central Florida and serves as adjunct instructor of Photography at Daytona State College.

 

The Weird and Wonderful: Unique Decorative Arts From the Lightner Museum, St. Augustine

 

September 3, 2010 – November 28, 2010

Edward E. and Jane B. Ford Gallery

 

Unique Decorative Arts from the Lightner Museum, St. Augustine

As one of America`s Splendor Seekers, Otto C.Lightner "Collector of Collections" left behind an  outstanding legacy in the form of a rare glimpse into the Gilded Age through art objects and artifacts with international flair relating to science and industry of the late 19th century .  This exhibition explores and highlights some of his most exciting and historic purchases and includes: a rare Regency terrestrial globe; swan and Sphinx-decorated Egyptian revival furniture;oversized Oriental and European porcelains;Tiffany, Galle` and Brilliant- cut glass; animalistitic and portrait bronzes, selections from his treasury of silver and a variety of wall decorations, clocks and other richly ornamented objets d`art.