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Zerbe Zelebration is a prelude to Chain of Parks Art Festival
Special to the Tallahassee Democrat
The citywide Zerbe Zelebration launches this weekend with a multi-media exhibition of Expressionist Movement artist Karl Zerbe’s works as LeMoyne Arts, 125 N. Gadsden St., marks the 50th anniversary of his retirement from FSU.
The Zelebration will kick-off LeMoyne's Chain of Parks Art Festival for 2021. As a world-renowned artist and FSU professor, Zerbe entrusted LeMoyne Arts with the largest collection of his artwork in the world. The Zelebration runs April 9-18, event times vary, with the Artists in the Park on April 17-18.
LeMoyne Arts will be showing eight never-before-seen pieces for the Zelebration, along with hosting lectures and round table discussions on civil rights, Zerbe’s art journey, and birding. Zerbe is best known in Tallahassee for his collection of bird lithographs, inspired by his time at St. Marks Wildlife Sanctuary.
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FSU College of Fine Arts faculty featured in virtual exhibition ‘What it Takes’
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In a first-of-its-kind virtual faculty exhibition, Florida State University’s Museum of Fine Arts (MoFA) has brought together the six schools and departments in the College of Fine Arts for a celebration and exploration of the power of research in the arts.
“What It Takes” features work from faculty across the college, showing the strengths, visions and skills of its many esteemed artists, performers, choreographers, designers and historians.
“Not only does this exhibition highlight the diverse accomplishments and research pursuits of CFA faculty, but it also underscores our college’s basic educational mission of encouraging students to see and experience differently and engage the world critically,” said Michael Carrasco, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts. “Its web-based presentational format demonstrates the resiliency of the arts’ response to the pandemic crisis, and in a way that offers an opportunity to reach an even larger community than a conventional exhibition.”
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FSU’s Museum of Fine Arts announces guest lecture series
The Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts (MoFA) will host a series of guest lectures that will highlight speakers who utilize diverse approaches to their creative practice and lead discussions that are vital to the arts and the community.
Meredith Lynn, MoFA’s assistant curator and director of galleries, said that the museum is thrilled to bring these artists to the FSU community.
“Although they work across different media, Earlonne Woods, Nigel Poor, Hank Willis Thomas and Wendy Red Star have all illuminated historic and structural inequalities and shaped our ongoing conversations about the impacts of mass incarceration, colonialism and institutional racism,” Lynn said. “Our students are currently contending with these issues in their lives and in our classrooms, and it is our hope that these programs will inform and uplift the vital work happening in our community.”
North Florida Museums Interact With Public Despite COVID-19 Challenges
By Franki Rosenthal
January 8, 2021
Walking through the empty gallery halls at the Matheson History Museum in Gainesville every day hurts Dixie Neilson to her core. The museum has been closed to visitors since March, and as quiet as museums typically are, these bare walls and silence felt different.
“It’s a challenge for us both physically and emotionally,” said Neilson, the executive director. “We love the public, and we really want them to share things with us.”
But they all are facing significant financial hits as the pandemic continues to ravage the nation.