Fumecheliga: A History of the First Peoples of Florida
2022-09-23 11:00 - 2023-02-05 16:00 (America/New_York) | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Fumecheliga: A History of the First Peoples of Florida
September 23, 2022 – February 5, 2023
in the Maitland History Museum
Florida has been home to thriving indigenous populations well before it received statehood in 1845. In September, A&H will examine these important histories in the Maitland History Museum’s exhibition, Fumecheliga: A History of the First Peoples of Florida. Fumecheliga is Muscogee (or Creek), which is one of the languages spoken by the Seminoles, and translates to “muskmelon place”. In this exhibition, guests will experience Florida’s beginnings through the indigenous cultures that inhabited it.
From the indigenous Timucua, who lived among the tropical landscape well before it was known as “La Florida”, to the unconquered Seminole and Miccosukee who endured through the Seminole War era, this exhibition aims to examine the histories of these indigenous peoples and discuss the truths that history hasn’t always acknowledged. The artwork of Black Seminole descendant Johnny Montgomery will also be featured.
This exhibition is co-curated by Seminole State College professor Dr. Neil Vaz and A&H’s Exhibitions Manager Katie Benson. Our thanks to the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum for their guidance and review of exhibition text.

In Between: Painting the Post Immigrant Experience
2022-10-08 11:00 - 2023-01-22 16:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
In Between: Painting the Post Immigrant Experience
runs October 8, 2022 – January 22, 2023 in the Maitland Art Center gallery
This exhibition features the work of three extraordinary painters, Cuban-born Leo Cordovi, Filipino-born MJ Torrecampo, and Syrian American Mär Martinez. The resulting three visual narratives of the post immigration experience all unite to form a picture of modern American identity. Through explorations of memory, resilience, family, and sanctuary, these artists are redefining themselves in a space between seemingly opposing cultural forces. This sense of evolving identity, like the brushstrokes of their paintings, is layered and reworked by time.
Opening reception is October 7, 6:30-9:00pm. Tickets available here >>

Sweet, Fresh, Juicy: Florida Citrus in Art and History
2022-11-16 11:00 - 2023-03-16 17:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
The citrus industry had an enormous impact on Central Florida and Maitland in particular during the mid-20th century. This exhibition, which spans the Maitland Art Center Gallery and the Maitland Historical Museum, celebrates the region’s finest export.
In the Maitland Historical Museum, examine the rise and fall of the Central Florida citrus industry through a collection of historic citrus labels from some of Central Florida’s growers and packers, many on loan from the Orange County Regional History Center’s vast archives.
In the Maitland Art Center Gallery, we embrace Florida’s premier citrus while honoring the farmworker through a collection of citrus-themed artwork from local and national artists, as well as Maitland Art Center founder J. André Smith’s interpretations of the orange groves that once surrounded his studio.
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Free portrait of you for "Portrait of US"
2022-11-19 - 2023-01-10 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
The Nomadic Photo Ark is a converted cargo trailer that is equipped with a photo darkroom and small office space, piloted by Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher. Since July of 2021, they have been traveling throughout the US collecting 8×10 film portraits and audio stories from folks for their ongoing project Portrait of US. While in residence at the Art & History Museums of Maitland, the Ark will be photographing and gathering stories from people living in and around the Eatonville and Maitland communities. Sign up today to be a part of this ongoing project!
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Interviews and portraits take 45-90 minutes – please do not hesitate to email us with any questions or if you do not see a time that works for you at nomadicphotoark@gmail.com

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Last Wednesday: After Hours at the A&H
2022-11-30 17:30 - 20:00, 2022-12-28 17:30 - 20:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Grab a drink, mingle, and discuss the art in our gallery every Last Wednesday of the month! Enjoy free entry to the Maitland Art Center’s current gallery exhibition and a cash bar.
Become part of the cultured community that gathers in the evenings at A&H for drinks and conversation as the sun sets over our beautiful gardens.
To reserve your spot for this free event, register here >>
A tour with Chief Curator Dan L. Hess will take place during each Last Wednesday, from 5:30-6:15pm. Learn more here >>

History Talk: Black Self-emancipators of Florida
2022-11-30 18:30 - 19:30 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
This Fall’s Maitland History Museum exhibition, Fumecheliga: A History of the First Peoples of Florida, was co-curated by Exhibitions Manager Katie Benson and Dr. Neil Vaz. Dr. Vaz is a professor of Humanities/History at Seminole State College and specializes in the history of Maroon communities and the African Diaspora. This talk by Dr. Vaz is in conjunction with the exhibition. The History Museum and Art Center gallery will be open 5:30-8:00pm on this day, as part of our monthly Last Wednesdays.

About the speaker:

Neil Vaz was born on November 3, 1983, in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jamaican father and Grenadian mother. He is the third child of four boys. His family moved to Casselberry, Florida, just shy of his second birthday. Neil and his brothers, attended Seminole County Public Schools, including Casselberry Elementary, South Seminole Middle, and Lyman High School. For College Neil attended Seminole Community College, between 2002 and 2005, where he met great professors such as Dr. Stephen Caldwell Wright, Trent Tomengo, and Raphael Jackson. All three of these professors in college, who were Neil’s first experiences with African American males instructing him in academia, inspired him to take his schooling seriously and pursue a degree in the area of social sciences focusing on the history of his ancestors.

After graduating from Seminole in 2005, Neil attended Florida State University. He majored in political science and minored in history. His passion for history continued to increase, and after graduating with a bachelor’s in 2007, and working as a substitute teacher and a JV boy’s basketball coach at his former high school between 2008 and 2009, Neil’s passion for teaching also developed.

In 2009, Neil was accepted to Howard University’s Master’s program in history, in Washington, D.C., where he majored in African History. After graduating in 2011, he stayed at Howard for the Doctoral program in African diaspora history, focusing on eighteenth century African resistance to enslavement in the Caribbean. In 2016, Neil defended his dissertation entitled Dominica’s Neg Mawon: Maroonage, Diaspora, and Transatlantic Networks, 1763-1814. After graduating, Neil moved back to Florida to raise his children and secured a job at his alma mater, Seminole State College. Neil’s passion is to continue to uncover and tell the stories of those communities of African descent throughout the diaspora that fought for their freedom from slavery in spite of all the odds stacked against them, many of which are still with us today.

National Historic Landmark Tour
2022-12-08 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-12-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-12-22 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-01-07 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-01-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-01-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-01-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-02-04 10:00 - 11:00 and 1 more date | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Step out of time into the fantasy architecture and lush gardens of Greater Orlando’s only National Historic Landmark, the Maitland Art Center. Now home to the Art & History Museums of Maitland, the Maitland Art Center was founded in the 1930s by visionary artist J. André Smith as an artists’ retreat. On this guided walking tour, you’ll pass thousands of sculptures, carvings, and murals while hearing fascinating stories about the history they represent. This tour is appropriate for all ages but recommended for ages 13 and up.
This tour is offered 1st & 3rd Saturdays + 2nd & 4th Thursdays of every month, except holidays.

If you are an A&H member, this event is free! Just enter the code from your membership card at checkout. If you’d like to become a member of A&H and enjoy all the exciting free and discounted programming offered to our members, visit here
Los tours en español se ofrecen el último sábado de cada mes: obtener entradas

Space is limited. Advance registration is required, and includes admission to the 3 main campus museums >>

Holiday Studio Show
2022-12-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Enter through the newly restored Main Garden gate to enjoy this FREE event featuring holiday music and jazz standards by Steamin’ Jazz. We’ll have a bar with beer, wine and sodas;. You’re welcome to bring your own picnic foods and blankets to relax amongst the beautiful new garden landscaping. Bring friends or a date!
Most of the Artist in Action studios will be open for visitors, along with some of our Art School classrooms. Chat with artists and art instructors while you enjoy a stroll around campus, drink in hand!
Plus, we’ll have a table with museum store merch, so you can even do a little holiday shopping.
This event is a gift to our community from the A&H, and generously sponsored by Stewardship Matters.
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Free Family Day: Winter Wonderland
2022-12-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Winter Wonderland Family Day Art Workshop at A&H
Saturday December 10, 2022
10:00 am – 1 pm
Your family is invited to celebrate the arrival of a new season at our Winter Wonderland Art Workshop! Children will create wintery snowflake art mobiles in our main garden of our beautiful and historic campus, using the colors of winter, treasures from nature and handprinted monoprint snowflakes!
Our monoprint snowflakes are inspired by A & H’s founder, Jules Andre’ Smith – a master printmaker who loved experimenting with art. Children will learn that monoprints are the simplest form of printmaking. And just like there are never two snowflakes that are exactly alike, the same can be said with monoprints! Each hand-printed snowflake used in the mobiles will be unique and a one-of-a-kind piece of art! Mobiles will be ready to take home at the end of the workshop to display at your holiday celebrations. So, take a break from shoveling sunshine, and get a little creative and wintery with us! Space is limited.
Family Day is free of charge and brought to you by the Art & History Museums, Maitland.
(Registration link coming soon)

A&H Book Club
2022-12-11 16:00 - 18:00 | A&H’s Lake Lily Campus, 820 Lake Lily Dr, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Make new friends at the A&H Members-Only Book Club! Join A&H Director of Advancement Jessi VanPelt every other month in our scenic Cottage at Lake Lily to share your opinions on fascinating topics in the realms of art and history. At the end of each meeting, we’ll vote on what book to read together next.
At our third meeting, we’ll discuss The Secrets of Art: Uncovering the mysteries and messages of great works of art, by Debra N. Mancoff. A book full of surprises, discoveries, forgotten treasures and lost tales, The Secrets of Art takes us on a journey through the art world’s mysteries to reveal that works of art are not always what they seem. Drawing upon the findings of advanced technology, new research, scientific analysis and old-fashioned curiosity, The Secrets of Art unveils the layers of meaning beneath the surfaces of great works of art in a collection of tales that are fully based in fact but are as fascinating as fiction.
You can find this title on Amazon as well as many online used bookstores. Choose us as your Amazon Smile charity and we’ll receive 0.5% of all your Amazon purchases as a donation: https://smile.amazon.com/Secrets-Art-Messages-Meanings-Mysteries/dp/0711248745
Book Club meetings are just $5 (which includes snacks and sodas). Space is limited so you must register in advance. If you’re not a current A&H member, you must join or renew before Book Club date. Membership payments cannot be accepted at the event.
If you have any questions or need to verify your membership status, contact Jessi at jvanpelt@artandhistory.org. (Send your recommendations for what book to read next here too!)
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Tour de Monumento Histórico Nacional (Tour in Spanish)
2022-12-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-01-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Salte fuera de tiempo y entra a la arquitectura de fantasía y los exuberantes jardines del único Monumento Histórico Nacional en la gran ciudad de Orlando – el Maitland Art Center. Ahora hogar de los Art & History Museums of Maitland, el Maitland Art Center fue fundado en 1939 por el artista y visionario J. André Smith como un retiro de artistas. En este tour guiada a pie, pasarás por miles de esculturas, tallas y murales mientras escuchas los cuentos fascinantes sobre la historia que representan. Este tour es apropiado para todas edades pero se recomienda para mayores de 13 años.

Si eres miembro de A&H, ¡este evento es gratuito! Simplemente ingrese el código de su tarjeta de membresía al momento de pagar. Si desea convertirse en miembro de A&H y disfrutar de toda la emocionante programación gratuita y con descuento que se ofrece a nuestros miembros, visite aquí
Este tour se ofrece en inglés cada primer y tercer sábado y segundo y cuarto jueves, encuentre boletos aquí

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Stackable Ring Set | One Day Workshop
2023-01-08 10:00 - 13:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Sunday, January 8 | 10am- 1pm
Instructor: Jim Hosner
Location: Studio 5 at the Maitland Art Center
Cost: $60 + $15 materials fee
If you have little or no experience in metal work, this workshop is for you! You will learn the three steps of cut, weld, and polish to create a set of three rings in your size and style. This 3-hour workshop is appropriate for beginners.
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Winter Roses | One Day Workshop
2023-01-14 13:00 - 16:00 | The Cottage, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, 32751, United States
Saturday, January 14 | 1-4pm
Instructor: PJ Svejda
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: Registration is $60. Please note that a materials fee of $20 (in cash) is due to the instructor at the start of the workshop OR you can bring your own supplies, including your own 10 X 20 canvas (see required supply list at www.artandhistory.org/classes).
Come create a loose and expressive representation of a rose filled flower arrangement in this one-day acrylic workshop. This workshop will focus on interest in mark-making, composition, and color study, all while creating a beautiful contemporary floral painting. Workshop is for adults ages 18 and over.
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Little Creatives and Me
2023-01-18 10:00 - 23:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Songs, stories and art time, especially for babies and toddlers and their very special person.
Join us in the main garden on the historic grounds of the Art & History Museums. We’ll have a themed circle and story time plus an art activity especially for littles! A snack will be provided too. Recommend age: under 3, and their very special person (parent, grandparent, caregiver). Older siblings are always welcome!
Space is limited and registration will close 2 days before the program date. Register>>
Please arrive about 5 minutes early to give yourself time to park and walk over to the main garden. We will begin promptly at 10 am. If you’d like, please bring a picnic blanket for your family.
This program is brought to you free of charge by the Art & History Museums of Maitland.

Lunar New Year Block Printmaking | One Day Workshop
2023-01-20 18:00 - 21:00 | The Cottage, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, 32751, United States
Friday January 20 | 6-9pm
Instructor: Sage Squire
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $50+$10 material fee
During this hands-on workshop, students will learn to draw, carve, and print common Lunar New Year icons and designs on lucky red envelopes! We will review introductory block printing techniques and discuss the cultural importance of Lunar New Year. You will be guided through the entire process step-by-step and all tools and materials needed to complete the project will be provided. This is a beginner class and is open to all experience levels.
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A Taste of Silk Painting | One Day Workshop
2023-01-21 09:30 - 12:00 | The Cottage, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, 32751, United States
Saturday, January 21 | 9:30am-12pm
Instructor: Peggy Wertheim
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $55 + $20 materials fee
Discover, enjoy, and create fine radiant art on silk using the Gutta Serti Technique. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Everyone is successful! DESIGNS PROVIDED! This is an incredible artform where no mistakes can be made. Students will delve into and learn resist application, color blending, salt techniques, and paint applications to create one or two 14” hooped silk paintings ready to take home to enjoy & hang on your wall. A wealth of design ideas and reference books provided.
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A Taste of Silk Painting | One Day Workshop
2023-01-21 13:00 - 15:30 | The Cottage, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, 32751, United States
Saturday, January 21 | 1-3:30pm
Instructor: Peggy Wertheim
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $55 + $20 materials fee
Discover, enjoy, and create fine radiant art on silk using the Gutta Serti Technique. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Everyone is successful! DESIGNS PROVIDED! This is an incredible artform where no mistakes can be made. Students will delve into and learn resist application, color blending, salt techniques, and paint applications to create one or two 14” hooped silk paintings ready to take home to enjoy & hang on your wall. A wealth of design ideas and reference books provided.
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Opening Reception for (Un)Common Form
2023-02-03 18:30 - 21:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Celebrate the opening of this new exhibition with music, a food truck, and the artists on our beautiful National Historic Landmark campus!
Meet the featured artist and the curator, and enjoy the A&H’s beautifully lit campus at night as you explore the new exhibition! The party will also feature Burgers & Booch food truck, music by DJ Monegro, and a bar.
Free for A&H members (promo code via email on January 5); $10 general ($15/door)
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Silk Painting Galore | One Day Workshop
2023-02-04 10:00 - 16:00 | The Cottage, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, 32751, United States
Saturday, February 4 | 10am-4pm
Instructor: Peggy Wertheim
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $120 + $30 materials fee
Discover, create, and explore the exciting techniques of silk painting. Everyone is successful! Students will learn resist application, color blending, color mixing, paint, and salt techniques. You will create a Long Silk Scarf or Silk Wall Art to frame or to use in pillows/quilts, etc. A wealth of designs, reference books and handouts provided. No experience necessary. Fun, easy, and creative art form!
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(un)Common Form
2023-02-04 11:00 - 2023-04-02 16:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
20The concept for (Un)Common Form began as an experiment, a question that we posed to ourselves. Could we craft an exhibition that would reveal the unspoken conversations between a sculptor and their chosen material choices, revealing the how and why, along with the history and the relevance of their physical palette? Our answer came in the form of this solo exhibition of work by Bahamian sculptor Kendra Frorup. Her work speaks of the influence of the culture of the Bahamas on her identity, of her travels, of her deep understanding of material processes and of how common everyday objects can be liberated from their original constraints to speak of higher things. (Un)common Form is the first in a series of five exhibitions in 2023: a diverse season of artists, mediums, conversations, and voices, all revolving around the theme of (Un)common Conversations.

The show is an exploration of artist Kendra Frorup’s Bahamian roots as well as a conversation about her travels throughout the African diaspora. Gallery guests will encounter everything from discarded wood and broken lamps to the hands of a Haitian Voodou Priest, cast from the wax of his own prayer candles.
Frorup’s work pulls guests into conversation with her art through augmented reality and physical interaction with her sculptures. “Pecking Order” invites visitors to gently rock a kettle to set a sea of chickens pecking below a towering wave of text that speaks to the sculptures’ origins. “If I Fall Asleep” invites viewers to bend low and put themselves as off-balance as the artwork itself appears to be. “Collecting Plates” is an installation of more than 50 dishes. It uses augmented reality to bring members of The Links Inc., whose membership numbers thousands of women of African descent, face-to-face with gallery visitors to share stories of their successes.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Artist Kendra Frorup was born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas, and embodies her memories of this time in her work. She earned her BFA in Sculpture at the University of Tampa and her MFA at Syracuse University. She is currently an assistant professor of sculpture at the University of Tampa. Gil DeMeza, one of her former professors at the University of Tampa, describes Frorup as “the collector,” stating that her “unique ability to take the old, used, and discarded and turn them into other-worldly, exquisite moments in time is like a magical talent.” Frorup states that her work “delves into a personal history formed by different cultural motivations and through the investigation of the evocative qualities of a variety of materials.”
In 1989, she embraced an opportunity to study art and live in the United States. “In an atmosphere of possibility and experimentation—combined with traditional methods of casting, carving, and construction—I began to create representational images or the essence of forms that are considered a commonality within my culture. The progressive concept of repetition in my work implies that repeated effort may be necessary to accomplish things but that the accomplishment is worth the struggle. The mindset of a collector and an affection for disdained items, urban refuse, and industrial materials is central to the process of art-making to me as an artist. The objects used within the artwork maintain their integrity to reflect where they have been, and the artwork I create is reflective of who I am.”
Frorup has also traveled extensively throughout Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania. I gained familiarity with issues—with terms and concepts involved in discussing African art—and I analyzed selected African art forms, artists, and regions.” Elements of all these experiences—the memories and the history, as well as all the learned processes—are reflected in Frorup’s work. Her work can be found in major international collections.
