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Arts Updates, Interviews, Calendar, Calls for Artists and Volunteers, Auditions --- It's All Here in Arts Blast, Arts Blast on the Air, and on Facebook. | Supporting The Arts & Arts Councils Everywhere | |
Volume 4 No. 45| December 9, 2022 | |
Bookmark On the Calendar at WilliMiller.com for frequent updates. Calls for Artists, Auditions, & Volunteers are on the website, too. Catch up with events at Willi Miller's Arts Blast on Facebook and pick up some laughs and interesting info on the Willi Miller's Arts Blast Extras page. | |
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The Titanic in Legos
Coming next week: Anthony Horowitz and a giveaway
It’s Happening in Brevard
A Merry Little Christmas at First Pres
Bid for Ballet Vero Beach
Gallery Veritas
Cultural Council of IRC
Stuart Historian & the Barn
The Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast
Vero Beach Art Club
Garden Club Ornament
A.C.T. Studio Theatre
Roaming the Web
Sandi, a Really Big Tree
ArtsFest
Heathcote Gardens
Magic of McKee
Free Trees
VBMA Call for Artists
Tidbits
... and more!
CHECK THE ARTS BLAST CALENDAR ONLINE FOR DAILY ADDITIONS
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The Barn Theatre is excited to announce that it is re-introducing its Studio Series Productions this season. These special event performances, part of the Barn's fundraising initiatives, are presented as staged readings in a black box setting, and provide an opportunity to explore interesting, different, and often off-beat theater. As a bonus, it gives experienced actors who are unable to commit to main stage productions an opportunity to perform. The Barn also encourages acting novices to join in the fun and learn the craft.
Holidays with a Twist includes four short plays, all with a holiday theme. The plays are quirky, humorous and contain adult themes and language. These four plays will leave you laughing and in appreciaton of the joy of the season.
Mrs. Claus - The stress of the holidays through the eyes of Mrs. Claus.
Jingle Bell Express – Holiday Village Santa employee meets a co-worker for happy hour at local tavern.
Epiphany – A modern version of the three wise men at the nativity scene
Re-Gifters – Friends re-gift a seemingly worthless holiday present
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The dates for the first production, Holidays with A Twist, are Friday & Saturday, December 9th and 10th at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, December 11th at 2:00 p.m.. General admission tickets are $20 and will help the Barn provide the community with something fun and different for the holidays.
To purchase tickets for our special event, visit the Barn online at www.barn-theatrte.com or call our box office at 772-287- 4884. Proceeds from our Studio Series Productions are earmarked to help pay for the Barn’s capital improvement projects.
Photos of Cast Members:
Mrs. Claus – Hope Hiott
Jingle Bell Express – Left to Right: Patty Palusis, Martha Kelly, & Rick Philips
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Riverside Theatre for Kids! Ideal for kids aged 2-5, but entertaining for parents and the whole family, too! Our theatre’s student performers will present original interactive fairy tale plays. Throughout the shows, young audience members will be encouraged to join in the stories in fun and exciting ways.
December 10, 11 a.m. THEATRE - Holiday Fun
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Last Call!
Bid for Ballet Vero Beach
Our auction team has worked harder than ever this year to assemble a collection of nearly forty items and packages. Everything has been fully donated, so 100% of the proceeds benefit the expansion of our education and community engagement programs in our 10th Season, and beyond. Bidding is open only through December 11.
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Gallery Veritas and Art Library at 1420 20th Street in downtown Vero Beach is associated with Studio on 60, a collective of artists, and shows the work of each of them. On exhibit until the New Year are the large, expressive paintings of MaryLou Mullan, who often paints outdoors, “capturing the landscapes and seascapes of our county in a vibrant style reminiscent of Vincent Van Gogh,” said gallery owner Xaque Gruber. In January, Gallery Veritas will feature a group show of the artists of Studio on 60.
Gruber rescued the art library formerly housed at the Vero Beach Museum of Art in 2017, when the library was being phased out. Gruber said, “The name ‘Veritas’ means ‘the truth’ in Latin as well as being the root of the word ‘Vero.’ Annual membership in the lending library is ten dollars.
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This new endeavor for the artist is located just behind Coffeehouse 1420 on SR 60 in downtown Vero Beach. Studio on 60, is next door to the gallery. Gruber shared space in the studio until recently with artist Barry Shapiro.
A member of Cultural Council of Indian River County, Vero Beach Art Club, and Friends of Contemporary Art (FOCA), Gruber teaches watercolor, mixed media, printmaking, and art history at the Vero Beach Museum of Art and was among the first art therapists to teach to chemotherapy patients in Florida, at Florida Cancer Specialists. Call 323-547-1188 for an appointment to visit Gallery Veritas and Art Library.
Photos: Works of MaryLou Mullan.
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The Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast (TCM) is in the heart of Indian Riverside Park in Jensen Beach. The Children's Museum opened in August 2008 and has welcomed over 400,000 visitors and over 50,000 students have experienced the power of education through our field trip and outreach programs. The museum continues to grow and flourish each year. Future plans include: expansion of the explorers gallery.
With a mission to offer children and families a place to explore and learn through hands-on, interactive activities, the Children’s Museum exhibits will reflect Florida’s unique character.
The Children’s Museum is a family-friendly place that features bright, creative and hands on exhibits designed to spark discovery and creative thinking. Like children’s museums throughout the country, the Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast, exists to support the very simple, but profound truth, children learn through play and that for the youngest among us, play provides the essential foundation for lifelong learning.
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A.C.T. Studio Theatre celebrates the holiday season with Andrew J. Fenady's radio play "Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus" Dec. 9 - 18. "Virginia" (Sophia Staniec) writes her letter asking if Santa Claus exists. Show features a cast of 14. Tickets and info: actstudiotheatre.com; (772) 932-8880. Tickets $26. Students' and children's tickets available. Photo courtesy of A.C.T. Studio Theatre. | The 2022 Garden Club of Indian River County Christmas Ornament | This is the 31st year for the Garden Club of Indian River County's Christmas Ornament. Each one has featured a familiar place or event in Indian River County. This year, the colorful brass ornament celebrates the 20th anniversary of Gardenfest!, the February event that has grown to attract an audience of 20,000 visitors to Riverside Park in Vero Beach. Gardenfest! 2023 is scheduled for February 4&5. Check the website for the list of vendors. |  |  | |
The Cultural Council of Indian River County is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to its board of directors.
Adam Conard is a noted fine artist with a degree in business management and extensive experience in gallery management and curation. While serving on arts foundations he helped institute many public arts projects and developed emerging artists programs for young artists.
Professionally, Conard has toured the country as a mural artist, and has had solo gallery exhibits and numerous inclusions in gallery shows including a museum show alongside works by Andy Warhol.
Since moving to Vero Beach, he has become active in the arts community including an advisory position for the Vero Beach Art Club, co-chair of Under the Oaks Art & Craft show and as an administrator for the Art in Public Places program for the Cultural Council.
Frank Morse is the managing director at Carter Morse & Goodrich. He has spent more than 35 years in the financial services industry. Past not-for-profit involvement include St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Junior Achievement, United Way of Eastern Fairfield County, CT and Barnum Museum.
Morse recently retired from over 20 years of active participation with Jewish Senior Services in Bridgeport, CT. His roles included Executive Committee, Finance Committee and Board Member. In 2020, Frank was awarded the Arthur & Gladys Lunin Humanitarian award for outstanding service to the community.
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Kristin (Kiki) Rohr has lived in Vero Beach since 2018 following her retirement from a career in marketing communications and campaigns for companies mainly in the real estate and hospitality industries.
Rohr served on a number of non-profit boards including the National Cherry Blossom Festival, the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, Woodley House, Inc., a system of residential mental health treatment centers and the Edes Home Foundation, a grant-making fund serving low-income residents of Washington, D.C.
Since moving to Vero Beach, Rohr has served on the boards of the Vero Beach Yacht Club and Impact 100 of Indian River County.
The current board of directors is Yvonne Steere, Chair, Caesar Mistretta, Vice Chair, Patricia Willis, Secretary and Lois K. Work, Treasurer. Directors are Kathy Bantleon and Joy Jackson.
The Cultural Council of Indian River County, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, promotes visual, literary and performing arts through education, collaboration, marketing and advocacy to enrich the lives of residents and visitors. For more information visit www.Cultural-Council.org or phone 772-770-4857.
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LEGOs are not only for stepping on in bare feet or creating a futuristic city. For the gift giver with deep pockets, there’s now the LEGO Titanic! At $680, it probably won’t appear under everyone’s tree this year. And, according to the LEGO website, the 9090-piece kit is on backorder but expected to be available in January.
The slightly more affordable Colosseum, at $550 and 9036 pieces, is ready for stuffing in stockings right now, according to the website.
Thanks to the website mymodernmet.com for the lead to this.
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Hang on to that stash of old postcards!
From The Source, USVI:
In a recent lecture in St. Thomas, Katherine Hamilton-Smith, founding curator of the world’s largest public collection of postcards, Teich Archives, explained the documentary power and significance of picture postcards worldwide.
Hosted by the Caribbean Genealogy Library, the lecture highlighted the digitization of the Michael and Jane Sheen Danish West Indies-U.S. Virgin Islands postcard collection.
The lecturer shared the significance of postcards, detailing how postcards serve as some of the only images of what has happened historically.
“If it were not for the phenomenon of picture postcards … we would likely not have images remaining to us,” said Hamilton-Smith. “The very commonness of them is what gives them their documentary power.”
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Before Retreating From Kherson, Russian Troops Emptied One of Ukraine’s Top Museums of Nearly 15,000 Objects
They also targeted other cultural venues in the region in recent weeks.
Taylor Dafoe, November 14, 2022
According to the Ukrainian military’s National Resistance Center, Russian soldiers looted nearly 15,000 objects from the Oleksiy Shovkunenko Kherson Art Museum and other cultural venues in the region two weeks ago. The move came just days after Vladimir Putin imposed martial law in Kherson and three other Ukrainian territories, effectively legalizing the “evacuation” of cultural heritage.
The Kherson Art Museum confirmed the theft in a Facebook post ….
Prior to the incident, the museum’s collection included religious paintings from the 17th and 20th centuries, Ukrainian art from the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and contemporary art from the last 100 years. In a media briefing addressing the theft, the head of the Kherson City Council’s Department for Culture, Svitlana Dumynska, called it “one of the most impressive collections of regional museums in Ukraine.”
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Philly is a Lot More Than Sports!
Philly isn't exactly my home town but it's close. I recently subscribed to The Philadelphia Inquirer and discovered arts and entertainment writer Peter Dobrin's features. I have a lot of catching up to do!
For the many seasonal residents and permanent transplants from the Northeast in Arts Blast land, here's your link to do the same. He wrote about the Philadelphia Orchestra's archives in the December 9 edition of the paper.
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❄️🌲⛄️ Holidays in Brevard! | |
Thru Dec 11: Miracle on 34th Street, Henegar Center, Downtown Melbourne
Dec 9-11 & Dec 16-18: Museums of Brevard 3rd Annual Holiday Tour of Historic Homes featuring eight different historic homes throughout Brevard (some participating homes require reservations),
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Dec 9: Holiday Dance, Melbourne Municipal Band, Melbourne Auditorium
Dec 9: Little Roy & Lizzie Show: Bluegrass Concert, Shepherd’s Hall, Titusville
Dec 9: Zlatomir Fung, Cello and Dina Vainshtein, Piano, Melbourne Chamber Music Society, St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Indialantic
Dec 9-18: Who’s Holiday, Shuler Stage - Titusville Playhouse
Dec 10: Brevard Community Chorus: Gloria! A Christmas Celebration, King Center
Dec 11: Ryan Waszmer Trio Jazz Concert, Space Coast Jazz Society, Veterans Memorial Center, Merritt Island
Dec 11: An Old Fashioned Christmas Concert, Riverside Presbyterian Church, Cocoa Beach
Dec 11: Community Christmas Concert, Suntree United Methodist Church
Dec 15-18: Holiday Spectacular: Season’s Greetings, Henegar Center,
Dec 16: Sing We Now of Christmas, Indialantic Chamber Singers, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, Pam Bay
Dec 16: Sal Valentinetti: Christmas with Sal, King Center
Dec 16-18: The Galmont Ballet: Nutcracker, Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse
Dec 17: Classic Albums Live: The Lithium Experience, King Center
Dec 17: A Rockapella Christmas, King Center, Melbourne
Dec 18: Sing We Now of Christmas, Indialantic Chamber Singers, Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Indialantic
Dec 21: A Night to Remember: A Christmas Musical, King Center
Dec 21: Film: It’s A Wonderful Life, Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse
Dec 21 & 22: Snow in Love Concert, Melbourne Community Orchestra, Melbourne Auditorium,
Dec 24: Surfing Santas, behind Coconuts, Cocoa Beach, SurfingSantas.org
Dec 30: Melbourne City Ballet Theatre: Sleeping Beauty, King Center
Dec 31: New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner & Dance, Melbourne Municipal Band, Hilton Melbourne Rialto Place
Through Dec. 18- Irving Berlin's White Christmas at Titusville Playhouse
Through Dec. 24 - Studios Holiday Pop-Up Shop at Studios of Cocoa Beach
Through Dec. 31- Comfort & Joy - 40th annual holiday fine craft show at Fifth Avenue Art gallery
Through Dec. 31- Studios' Annual Members Exhibition at Studios of Cocoa Beach
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From MartinArts:Tuesday, December 13
5:30PM
Sunset Concert: "A Christmas Holiday Concert"
With the renowned Treasure Coast Flute Choir under the direction of Al Hager. Come ring in the holidays with the glorious sounds of the family of flutes of all shapes and sizes! An annual favorite.
Registration is encouraged. Free for MartinArts members; $5 donation for non MartinArts members.
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ArtsFest returns to downtown Stuart February 11-12 from 10AM - 5PM featuring a wide variety of visual artists, musicians, singers, and top area chefs. Tickets can be purchased at the gate for
$5 for adults, with children 18 and under free.
Consistently named one of the area’s Top 20 Events by the Southeast Tourism Society, ArtsFest will continue its 36-year history and showcase a diverse selection of arts to be enjoyed by residents and visitors. On the visual artist front, a juried art festival with submissions from across the nation will feature top artists in the categories of painting, drawing, mixed-media, photography, ceramics, glass, wood, sculpture, and jewelry are selected according to workmanship, originality, and artistic conception.
In addition to the juried art show, attendees can watch the popular CHOPPED event showcasing the inventive talents of renowned Treasure Coast chefs and listen to performances by the greatest talent on the Treasure Coast.
“We always aim to surprise and delight guests who attend Artsfest, and this year will be no different,” said Nancy Turrell, CEO of MartinArts Foundation. “ArtsFest is truly an extension of the expansive arts community we have on the Treasure Coast, and we love this opportunity to highlight their accomplishments.”
Leading up to ArtsFest, Martin County Office of Tourism and MartinArts are partnering again to host the Hidden Turtles scavenger hunt. Glass turtles, made by Palm City based glass artist, Dot Galfond can be found near cultural venues, art in public places venues and other popular spots in Martin County. Find a gold turtle and register it at MartinArts.org to secure two VIP ArtsFest Tickets. All other turtles secure a discount “buy-one-get-one free” ticket offer for ArtsFest.
Annually, ArtsFest draws over 7,500 people and over the past 3 years has generated more than a $1 million dollars to the local economy. For more information, access the website at MartinArts.org or call 772-287-6676. MartinArts is located at 80 SE Ocean Boulevard in the Court House Cultural Center in downtown Stuart.
| Holiday Hours for the Magic of McKee | |
Celebrate the holiday season at McKee Botanical Garden, Vero Beach, during the Magic of McKee Festival of Lights Thursday, December 15 through Saturday, December 17, Tuesday, December 20 through Friday, December 23, and Wednesday, December 28 through Friday, December 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. each night. The last admission ticket sold at 7:30 pm.
the Garden will be closed on Christmas Eve, Saturday, December 24, and Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, and New Year’ s Eve, Saturday, December 31, and New Year’s Day, Sunday, January 1, 2023.
For a complete listing of dates and times of all the activities, please visit our website at www.mckeegarden.org.
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Vero Beach Theatre Guild announces audition dates for The Boy from OZ: January 9, 10, 11, 7 p.m.
- 7 females/all singers (1 plays Judy Garland, 1 plays Liza Minelli) ages 21 – 60+
- 6 males/all singers 6 ages 21 – 35
- 2 males 35+ & 65+
- 1 boy (sings solo &; dances) age 12 (or a small 14 – 15-year-old.)
| The Master Chorale of South Florida presents Comfort & Joy - Dec. 16, 8 p.m. at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale and Dec. 17, 8 p.m., at St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church, Boca Raton | A.C.T. Studio Theatre celebrates the holiday season with Andrew J. Fenady's radio play "Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus" Dec. 9 - 18. "Virginia" (Sophia Staniec) writes her letter asking if Santa Claus exists. Show features a cast of 14. Tickets and info: actstudiotheatre.com; (772) 932-8880. Tickets $26. Students' and children's tickets available. Photo courtesy of A.C.T. Studio Theatre. | |
Mingle & Jingle
Current and future members of The Delray Beach Historical Society will celebrate the holidays in jolly style December 16 at 6 p.m.
They'll visit the gardens and historic cottages decorated for the holidays.
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Vero Beach Art Club's Holiday Plans
The Holiday Showcase this year runs through December 22. Holiday ornaments and a festively decorated tree will be on display and auctioned off at the Vero Beach Art Club Gallery & Marketplace, 1903 14th Ave, Vero Beach.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Open during First Friday Gallery Stroll December 2, 5-8 p.m.
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Barn Theatre's Studio Series Productions
Holidays With a Twist
staged readings (with scripts on stage).
Performance dates are Dec. 9 and 10 at 8:00 p.m., Dec. 11 at 2:00 p.m.
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The Vero Beach Choral Society is in need of vocalists in both Tenor and Alto ranges. Anyone who can read music and has experience singing in a vocal ensemble is welcomed to join the group by audition. Visit the group’s website, www.VeroBeachChoralSociety.org, and click on “Audition” to apply.
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Free trees available at the Audubon House in Vero Beach:
- 7 ft Southern Live Oaks in 3g pots -Produces the most insects for birds
- 6 ft Pond Cypress in 3g pots-Grows in dry soils also
- 3 ft Dahoon Holly in small pots- Small tree that needs irrigation
Visit our Pelican Island Audubon Society’s Audubon House at 195 9th St. SE (Oslo Rd) Vero Beach on Sun, Wed, or Fri from 9-11 a.m. to pick up trees. Also, Native Plants for sale! Hummingbirds will come! See our websites:
https://pelicanislandaudubon.org/home-page/free-trees-available-at-audubon-house/
https://pelicanislandaudubon.org/home-page/trees-for-life-plants-for-birds/
or call PIAS: 772-567-3520
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Instructions for PIAS Birds Need Plants Photo Contest
- Each month you can submit up to 3 photos for the Birds Need Plants Contest with emphasis on birds pursuing, consuming, using plants, or near plants and prey. To submit a photo for this month, the deadline is the last day of the month.
- A Florida bird must be pictured in your photograph (priority to action shots with or pursuing, using plant, food sources, habitat, and that demonstrate relationship to plants, insects, animals, natural foods).
- The photo must be taken in Florida.
- A photographer may submit 3 digital images per month.
- A photographer will submit only photographs that have never won an earlier award in any contest or exhibit anywhere.
- PIAS requests that you provide the highest resolution possible of your jpg digital images.
- Deadline: The last day of the month
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Email to piaudubon@yahoo.com
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