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March 2018
Indigo Waves
Artists: Tory Tepp, Jill Altamore and Kim Reighter Indigo Waves is an interactive public art project that incorporates the growing of plants into an installation designed for the creation of art. Here we follow a process of art making that begins with seeds, sun and water. Once the plants have matured, they can be harvested and processed to make dyes, inks, pigments and fibers. These materials can then be incorporated into the making of many different types of art. In…
Find out more »May 2018
Enchanted Florida: Picturing Contemporary Landscape
'Banyon as Metaphor: Grounded Paths' by Lilian Garcia-Roig The Enchanted Florida exhibition in A&H's Maitland Art Center presents paintings, photographs, and video art by Florida artists whose works show that they search and long for pristine nature, only to encounter a changing landscape blighted by urban and suburban developments. Featured artists include Lilian Garcia-Roig, Bruce Marsh, Alexander Diaz, and Corey George. They represent Florida’s land- and seascape inspired by their real experiences, as well as through the historical lens of early-twentieth-century renditions of untouched…
Find out more »September 2018
Soldier’s Home: Veterans’ Art in Central Florida
J. A. Smith, Untitled (Peace), 8x8”, 1918 In 1917, upon America's entry into World War I, J. André Smith, founder of the Maitland Art Center (formerly known as the Research Studio), enlisted in the Army Reserve and received officer’s training. He first served with a camouflage unit and then joined as the senior officer and commander in a war art program, consisting of eight professional artists to document the activities of the American Expeditionary Force in France. Smith designed the…
Find out more »January 2019
Maitland and African American Experiences
by J. André Smith From the 19th century to the present Maitland’s African-American experiences are intertwined with neighboring Eatonville. Those early tales are brought to life through the words of Zora Neale Hurston and the art of Jules André Smith, while living voices and talents bring the stories of today. Come discover an exhibition so important that it spans two museums – The Maitland Art Center and the Maitland History Museum. Visit the Plan Your Visit page for hours &…
Find out more »May 2019
Pressed Editions: Experimental Contemporary Prints
Pressed Editions: Experimental Contemporary Prints presents the rich complexity of, and technical and material innovations in contemporary printmaking. It showcases works by innovative individual printmakers based in Central Florida and by UCF’s Flying Horse Editions, a nationally acclaimed printmaking-publishing research studio that has collaborated with internationally renowned artists. This exhibition comprises mixed media works, 3D multiples, and prints made with experimental processes of such traditional printmaking techniques as intaglios and photogravures, as well as with a use of digital technologies…
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