September 3, 2010 - November 28, 2010
Gary R. Libby Entry Court

Ever seen a dog smile, admire the seemingly-simplistic artistry of a photograph of dogs at play or of dog behavior that is close to human? For these fun and fascinating facts of life, come to our latest exhibit. Contemporary portraits of dogs of all sizes, shapes and breeds celebrated through paintings by such craftsmen and artists as George Rodrigue, Ron Burns, Will Rafuse, William Wegman and others. These pieces will enliven the Museum’s Entry Court in this family friendly exhibit.

Got Feathers?

Long - term display
Karshan Center of Graphic Art

This new exhibition features not only the most beautiful Audubon bird engravings in the MOAS collection, but also selections of the porcelain bird artistry of Edward Boehm, examples of rare feathers, and serious and amusingly lighthearted bird-related objects. For example, the exhibit includes a recreation of an American Indian Chieftain’s headdress used in the Hollywood movie epic Dances with Wolves alongside a showgirl’s finery from the 1930’s; an engraving from Diderot’s 1763 Encyclopedie contrasts with a modern-day Shoecartoon.

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 atDaytona State College.

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

November 6, 2009 – May 15, 2010
Gary R. Libby Entry Court

As a complement to the museum’s major exhibition Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865 – 1965, From the Collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown, the museum’s curatorial staff has made additional selections from the largest known collection of Florida-based art. This adjunct exhibition will provide a continuous transition from the Gary R. Libby Entry Court through the adjacent hallway to the Ford Gallery where Reflections will be installed. Some of the major artists represented in the main exhibition will be also represented in this supplementary show, including Anthony Thieme, Herman Herzog and Franz Josef Bolinger. Other artists whose landscape paintings are not part of Reflections were also selected to afford visitors additional insight into the richness of Florida’s art history.

Ringling Retro:
Selections of Modern and Contemporary Works of Art from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

April 24 - October 25, 2009
Edward E. and Jane B. Ford Gallery

Ringling Retro looks at some of the most important pieces from the John and Mable Ringling Museum’s collection of modern and contemporary art, focusing on the decades of the 1960s to the 1990s. Included in this powerful display of large-scale paintings and sculptures are influential works by Jules Olitski, Frank Stella, Trevor Bell, John Chamberlain, Robert Rauschenberg, Syd Solomon, Louise Nevelson, Jackie Ferrara, David Hockney, Barbara Kruger, Thomas Struth, Alexander Calder and many other leading figures of the years spanning the modern and post-modern period.

Modernist Art from Southern Collections

April 24 – Extended through September 13, 2009

Artwork and sculpture on loan from Florida collectors and from the Museum’s collection. Artists featured include Pablo Picasso, Georgia O’Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, Thomas Hart Benton, and Charles Burchfield.

April 17 - July 19, 2009
Chapman S. Root Hall

Over 150 museum quality 19th century advertising cards representing over 35 products and services.

March 14, 2008 through August 2009
The Elaine and Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Gallery

The Classical World is a long-term loan exhibition of 200 plus rare Greek and Roman antiquities from the collection of the Tampa Museum of Art. Recognized as the finest collection of its kind in the southeastern United States, The Classical World surveys the material culture of the Mediterranean area from the Neolithic period to the Roman Imperial period, roughly 8500 BC to 476 AD.

The exhibition illustrates the types of art works characteristic of ancient Greece and Rome: painted pottery; sculpture in marble, bronze, and terra cotta; personal ornaments of bronze and gold; struck silver and gold coins; and a variety of ancient glass vessels as well as other items that illuminate interesting aspects of daily life. These rare and beautiful objects combine to lead the visitor into an intimate vision of the culture, values, and rituals of the classical world, and above all, offer an all-absorbing appreciation of classical civilization and artistic creativity. The Classical World: From the Collection of the Tampa Museum of Art is an expansive display that speaks to everyone, appealing to all senses and tastes by encapsulating history, design and beauty through many different examples of creativity.

December 19, 2008 – June 13, 2009
Center for Florida History

Florida’s ancient history comes alive in Land Beneath Our Feet opening December 19th through June 13th, 2009. On loan from the South Florida Museum in Bradenton; Land Beneath Our Feet explores the fascinating and unique geological history of Florida. Beginning millions of years ago when Florida was formed to current environmental issues, the exhibit provides an excellent base for study of rocks and minerals, fossils, and water that will be utilized by students, independent learners and families looking for an educational adventure.

All That Jazz: Louis Armstrong & the Greats

February 6, 2009 – April 5, 2009
Chapman S. Root Hall

On display in the Root Gallery is a collection from one of America’s pioneers in photojournalism, Herb Snitzer. A Philadelphia native, Snitzer spent his early years as a painter and student. It was his time spent in the Korean War that opened his eyes to his lifelong obsession, photography. After returning from the war, Snitzer left Philadelphia for the vibrant art, colorful street life, and the cultural pull of New York City. While in New York, Snitzer was drawn into the vibrant world of Jazz, which the City’s underground clubs and world famous jazz players allowed. Giants of the genre; like Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, and Duke Ellington have all been immortalized by Sniter’s unique eye for photography.

In celebration of the Barbie® doll’s 50th birthday a retrospective story of this most enduring toy icon of American culture will be told through the spectacular display of over 400 dolls from the private collection of Jo Anne Winspur. It will feature vintage Barbie® dolls modeling everything from casual sportswear to Parisian haute couture dating from 1959 into today.

First introduced to the world at the 1959 American Toy Fair in New York City, Barbie® was intended to be a teenage fashion doll. Despite some initial controversy about the Barbie® doll’s figure, she quickly became a favorite for girls and the Barbie® dolls many fashions chronicled the styles of the day. These dolls, representing more than just toys, give girls a chance to dream about a future with endless possibilities and opportunities.

Opening December 5, 2008
Chapman S. Root Hall

Opening in the Root Gallery but designed to travel to other museums, university art galleries and libraries. This fascinating exhibition draws the visitor into a world of inspiration, creativity and good old American business acumen as it unfolds the story of the “drink that changed the world” through a wide variety of 2D images. Cases of Coca Cola® memorabilia complete this not-to-be missed display that complements the famed Root Family Museum.

September 19, 2008 – November 7, 2008
Edward E. and Jane B. Ford Gallery
"Shows Americans another side of Iran" - Condoleeza Rice, US secretary of State

Organized by Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C. in partnership with the Tehran University Art Gallery, this exhibition outstanding in its historical and avant-garde approaches to the contemporary scene, introduces young, emerging Iranian artist to America. The 30 artists, aged 22-40 bring the vibrant young Iranian Art scene through abstraction, portraiture, minimalism and video art. Not only does this exhibit illustrate current contemporary Iranian trends; it introduces us to the artist’s dreams of the past and their concern and anxiety for the future of their beloved country.

To compliment this exhibition a display of Persian Miniatures from the MOAS permanent collection will be on display.

Click here to view a video of comments made by Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of State at the opening of Wishes and Dreams in Washington, D.C.

December 7, 2007 - September 1, 2008 (extended by popular demand)
The Edward E. and Jane B. Ford Gallery & The Gary R. Libby Entry Court

This must-see exhibition has received rave reviews from the Wall Street Journal, London’s Art Newspaper, the Miami Herald and many other noteworthy publications.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Cuban Foundation Museum, MOAS is proud to present over ninety important Cuban artworks selected from the Ramos Collection. Included are life-size paintings, elegant portraits, romantic landscapes, and still lifes filled with ripe, luscious fruits.

Great Masters of Cuban Art showcases paintings filled with movement and emotion that focus on five major themes beloved by Cuban artists: portraits, landscapes, music, religion, and the history of Cuba. Together these themes present the observer with visions of a lost Cuba. Featured Artists Include: Leopoldo Romañach, Esteban Valderrama, Antonio Sanchez Araujo, Evelio Garcia-Mata, Armando Menocal and Oscar Garcia-Rivera.

The collection was formed by Cuban born, Miami art collectors, Roberto and Carlos Ramos who have amassed over 400 Cuban oil paintings. The Ramos brothers focused on recovering the works of a generation of artists whose well-documented accomplishments are indicative of a thriving pre-1958 cultural environment. The Ramos brothers overcame the challenges posed by distance, time, and governmental impediments to rescue both the artworks and the archival art history of the Cuban Republic (1902-1958).

Wayne David Atherholt, MOAS Executive Director notes, “When Chief Curator, Cynthia Duval and I first visited with Roberto in Miami, we were overwhelmed with the vibrant colors, lyrical landscapes and dazzling portraits in his collection as well as the amount and depth of research and archival material he and his team have established.”

The Cuban Foundation Museum, housed at the Museum of Arts & Sciences, is home to one of the most important collections of Cuban fine and folk art outside of Cuba. The collection chronicles 300 years of Cuban history and art in more than 200 objects.

August 8 - 28, 2008
Chapman S. Root Hall

An exhibition of fifty Chinese kites will be on view for one month from August 8, 2008 in the Root Gallery, in honor of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. These elegant kites will be installed to float and flutter from the high ceiling transforming the Root Gallery into a dreamlike wonderland.

Varying in size from around three inches square to two feet by ten feet, the kites depict great soaring birds, forest animals and symbolic Chinese designs created in glorious color by the young master kite maker Sheng-li Gao, who will be an honored guest demonstrating the craft of kite making throughout the show.

April 4, 2008 to August 17, 2008
The Karshan Center of Graphic Art

Almost two hundred reporters and photographers fanned out around the globe to cover World War II for The Associated Press. As the main source of war news for most of the nation’s newspapers, The AP offered Americans a daily view of the conflict through photographs by its own photographers and by photographers in the U.S. Armed Services, as well as images from the world press that otherwise would not have been seen.

The best of these images make up this exhibition. The over 130 black and white photographs chosen for the exhibition were culled from tens of thousands of pictures in The AP Archives, including material that had not been seen since the war. The photographs chosen bring to life the immense scope as well as the individual tragedy and challenge of World War II.

V for Victory Dress Pins

This exhibition also features a showing of "V for Victory Dress Pins" from the private collection of Port Orange resident and Museum patron Ruth Bon Fleur. These unique dress pins were created during World War II exclusively for the woman waiting at home for her son, brother, husband or sweetheart to return victorious from the European or Pacific front.

December 12, 2007 – March 23, 2008
The Karshan Center of Graphic Art

Art in Ruins includes 18th and 19th century drawings, watercolors, and prints from the Museum’s permanent collection. Sites illustrated in the exhibition include Pompeii, Monte Alban, Greek Temples, Roman structures, Egyptian pyramids, the Coliseum, and European churches.

Awe accompanied the discovery of the archeological remains of ancient civilizations. This wonder inspired numerous detailed records of the sites from the villas of Pompeii to the temples of Monte Alban. The French expeditions to Greece and Egypt produced suites of drawings and engravings bound into subscription publications which influenced the Neoclassical movement and the styles of the period.

The Catherwood and Stephens expedition in 1839 to Mayan ruins resulted in an enormous document of pre-Columbian sites. Giovanni Piranesi is probably the best known of the artful “archeologists”. His (and his son Francesco) are duly famous for their renderings of classic sites.

Careful attention to the structural details of ancient architecture is the hallmark of these works.

November 2, 2007 - January 20, 2008
Chapman S. Root Hall

A selection of 20 works from the Irish-born, Florida painter whose realistic impressionist style of painting captures the light and color of the Florida landscape. Born in 1963, McNamara's artistic talent became obvious at an early age. Raised in Ireland, he earned his degree in Dublin at the National College of Art and Design. For a time he worked in the animation department at Disney, an enviable position offered to very few artists. During this time he began to paint various locations in the U.S.A. and Florida.

Website: http://www.kevinmcnamara.us

October 12, 2007 - January 18, 2008
The Elaine and Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Gallery

The exhibit will feature over 30 model ships such as the May Flower, USS Constitution, Cutty Sark and the Nantucket Lightships. The exhibit will also include ship portraits and and historical maps from the MOAS permanent collection. All of the model ships on display have been handcrafted by members of the Port Orange Model Builders Association.

September 28, 2007 - November 25, 2007
Edward E. and Jane B. Ford Gallery

The Florida Watercolor Society (FWS) hosts an annual exhibition each year in one of the state's most prestigious galleries or museums. Artists have an opportunity at this time to exhibit with their fellow watercolorists from around the state. Over 80 of Florida's finest watercolor artists submit works to be juried that illustrate cityscapes, the natural world, creative interiors, portraits and abstracts. Each year a nationally known watercolor expert is asked to jury and judge the show and conduct an educational workshop. The exhibition is recognized to be among the top watercolor exhibits in the country.

In 1972, Guy Beattie, Director of the Maitland Art Center, invited Florida watercolorists to contribute their work to an exhibition. Miles Batt, AWS, who juried and judged the show, selected 84 paintings from those submitted. Because of interest in the show the Florida Watercolor Society was founded, with 26 artists becoming charter members. Membership has now grown to over 1,100 members from all corners of the state.

Website: http://floridawatercolor.org

September 28, 2007 - November 25, 2007
The Anderson C. Bouchelle Court

Chocolate Pots and Marrow Spoons explores the magnitude and magnificence of Victorian tableware. It was a time of enormous creativity: how to eat that pickled egg, that fruit salad or souffle, that game pie, or those creams. The assortment and variety of eating utensils, tableware, and glassware in this exhibit will amuse and entertain.

September 7, 2007 - November 11, 2007
Karshan Center of Graphic Art

Fruits and Flowers includes 24 botanical photo-lithographs utilizing actual 19^th century botanical prints with whimsical charm that display classic Dali techniques and thought provoking icons.

Tilting at Windmills includes Salvador Dali's 1946 illustrations and 1957 lithographs and additional etchings and engravings
of the 1605 novel Don Quixote. The works consist of ten illustrations made with watercolor, and almost three dozen illustrations executed in ink.

Dali consistently found inspiration in the creativity of other artists. This exhibition focuses on the breadth of his artistry.
*Image courtesy of www.graphpaper.com

June 8, 2007 - Sept. 23, 2007
The Anderson C. Bouchelle Court

Featuring stunning examples from the world-renowned art glass studios of Paolo Venini in Venice, Italy, this show contains over 40 works spanning 50 years of design work by the studio.

HISTORY: In Murano 1921 Paolo Venini, a Milanese lawyer, and Giacomo Cappellin, a Venetian antiques dealer, founded a company to manufacture decorative objects together with Andrea Rioda, a master glassblower and a handful of other glassmakers, like those of the Barovier family. Glassmaking was in Venini's blood: his forebears from Como had owned a glassworks. The company was called 'Vetri Soffiati Muranesi Cappellin-Venini + Co.' Vittorio Zecchin became the artistic director. He was one of the greatest protagonists and innovators of Murano art glass.

The partnership lasted less than five years, but around them the intense renewal of a genre took place, an aesthetic language was
transformed and glass production became a modern business. Venini opened the doors to young artists and designers. He appears to have been a sort of 'talent scout'. Long-standing collaborations, taste and perfection were the two guiding principles of the venini line.Paolo Venini died in 1959. Ginette Gignous Venini and Ludovico Diaz de Santillana carried on his work. Today Venini is part of the Royal
Scandinavia Group.

INSIDE THE COMPANY: The Murano company Venini is built on a tradition of matching the artist's creativity with industrial production. Venini has always eschewed production for the mass-market, emphasizing the production of artistic pieces with vast creative possibilities.

All Venini pieces are individually signed. All are individually dated. Many collections are issued in limited editions, each piece numbered and signed by the designer. All are hand-made by a distinguished roster of
highly specialized artisans.

CREATING IN GLASS: The challenge of creating in glass carries a high element of risk, and therein lies its attraction. The experience of collaborating with master-glass blowers and their vast heritage of technical skill inspired contemporary artists to try new forms.

Glass- this fragile medium is perfect to show consideration to the excellent workmanship, which craftsmen have perfected over the centuries (in harmony with certain precepts which remained unaltered, such as the constant laws governing the material and furnace regulations).The Venini name is synonymous with great design. The company has worked with many major artists over the years including Vittorio Zecchin, Gio Ponti, Carlo Scarpa, Fulvio Bianconi, and Ettore Sottsass.

' It seems to me that Venini's unmistakable style was the fruit of a magic blend of exclusive techniques, a few exceptional designers, and the choice of certain colors. I tried to immerse myself in this tradition, to fit myself into these limits...' Alessandro Mendini

'Glass is the finest of all materials, the way it can be worked the way it achieves its form, is unique among materials. It metamorphoses from a viscose mass to a clear crystalline object. It is capricious and difficult; it is a material which lives many lives.' Timo Sarpaneva

'I like to design objects in glass, and stay in Murano (that island near Venice) and watch the five men (fathers of many children) blowing the glass, helping each other in a silent, metaphysical ballet. They all wear tennis shoes.' Ettore Sottsass

May 11, 2007 - August 19, 2007
The Karshan Center of Graphic Art

A selection of works on paper that exemplify the many techniques and styles of drawing from the 16^th century to the 20^th century from Near East, Europe and the Americas.

May 18, 2007 - Sept. 3, 2007
Edward E. and Jane B. Ford Gallery

The Florida Artists Group (FLAG) was established in 1934, incorporated in 1949 and hosts an annual exhibition each year in the State of Florida. This juried show features over 100 works in various media including sculpture, painting, mixed media and carvings.

The original membership included Fred Messersmith (then head of the Stetson University Art Department), Hilton Leech, Lois Bartlett Tracy, and at least a dozen more of the most prominent artists in the Gulf Coast region. Though initially known as the Gulf Coast Artist Group the gradual inclusion of a wider membership base led to the eventual name change of Thee Florida Artist Group. In 1949 FLAG was incorporated as a State not for profit organization.

Prospective members are juried once yearly in January, and every spring the group holds a members exhibition and symposium in a different Florida location, bringing in prominent out of state judges and speakers.

Over the years the group has exhibited in several museums around the state of Florida, such as the St. Pete Museum of Art, the Miami Metropolitan, Cornell and the Boca Raton Museum of Art.

In addition to the annual exhibit and symposium, smaller, localized exhibits are held periodically at regional venues such as Arts on Douglas and The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach. The declared goal of the group is to stimulate attainment of the highest standards of creative art within the state of Florida.

February 16 through May 20, 2007

While most of us know the legendary Anthony Quinn (1915-2001) as actor and larger than life celebrity, he considered himself at core, an artist. To his immense body of sculpture, painting and drawing he brought a driving, creative spirit, a love for color, texture, form and line, and above all, a good eye. With the wealth and success brought to him by his acting ability, Mr. Quinn amassed a substantial art collection and worked on perfecting his own artistic style.

Upon his death in 2001, his collection had grown to over three thousand items ranging from ancient Roman artifacts to Modern art. Anthony Quinn's Eye: A Lifetime of Creating & Collecting Art reveals an international collection of human ability and creativity based on Mr. Quinn's own complex understandings of connoisseurship and art history gathered over his 86 years of life.

Over his lifetime, Mr. Quinn appeared in over two hundred films in America and abroad and won two Oscars. His heritage was Mexican-Indian and Irish. He fathered thirteen children, the two youngest with his surviving widow, Katherine Quinn.

In 1995, with his wife Katherine and their young daughter Antonia, Mr. Quinn relocated to Bristol, Rhode Island, a natural paradise in which to work, live, and for the first time, bring together his art collection, which had previously been located at different properties around the world.

February 10 - May 7, 2007

The forty photographs in this exhibition were taken by the world-renowned photographer Gordon Parks (1912-2006) whose images artfully captured with compassion and empathy the situation of the black American in the mid-20th century. His subjects included Harlem street gangs, black workers and the civil rights movement. The subjects in this suite are the streets of Daytona Beach in 1943.

Midway: Portrait of a Daytona Beach Neighborhood was an assignment for the federal Office of War Information. Parks' strong compositional sense, ability to visualize the image in gray tones as he was working and his commitment to exposing racial injustice make each of the images a compelling social document. Although many of the intersections still exist, some have changed radically. The series is a set of small time capsules, holding the moments of particular places in time. However, the emotions in each scene conveyed to us by the skill of a great artist continue to feel true.

By portraying the people who suffered most from the effects of racism, poverty and bigotry, Parks used his camera to make images that exposed larger audiences to the problems inherent in discrimination. Parks said in an explanation of the title of his 1965 autobiography, A Choice of Weapons: "I have always felt as though I needed a weapon against evil." The camera was Parks' "weapon."

Gordon (Alexander Buchanan) Parks was born in Ft. Scott, Kansas on November 30, 1912 but spent his youth in Minnesota. During the Depression, a variety of jobs, including stints as a musician and as a waiter on passenger trains, took him to many parts of the northern United States. He taught himself photography during his travels. By 1937 he became a professional fashion photographer in Minneapolis and Chicago.

In 1942, an opportunity to work for the Farm Security Administration brought him to the nation's capital; Parks later recalled that "discrimination and bigotry were worse there than any place I had yet seen." Though he had experienced racial discrimination outside the South, it was in the "southern" city of Washington, D.C., that Parks said he "found out what prejudice was really like."

From 1948 to 1961, he worked for Life magazine as a photo-journalist. Afterwards he returned to free-lance photography, eventually adding novels, movie-scripts and poetry to his later career. Moments Without Proper Names was his last publication combining his photographs and poems. Parks died March 7, 2006.

The photographs owned by the Museum were printed from the original negatives in 1999. This exhibit is available to be rented from the Museum.

For more information on Parks, visit these websites:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662953/
http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/parks/

October 20, 2006 - February 25, 2007

The objects included in "Pre-Columbian Art From The Mississippi Museum of Art" originate from two continents and date from over a two thousand year period. Pre-Columbian civilizations living across Peru, Mexico and Central America flourished prior to the arrival of Europeans, including Christopher Columbus, in the New World. An array of archaeological cultures developed, several of which are represented in the collection of art and artifacts exhibited here.

These objects are drawn from the Mississippi Museum of Art's Permanent Collection, supplemented by works from the private collection of Sam Olden of Yazoo City, Mississippi.

The majority of the artifacts in this exhibition came from elite burials and offerings, which explains why they are so marvelously preserved. These objects were meant to be taken into the afterlife or given as offerings to divine forces. Many of the objects are, therefore, not simply symbols of the complex philosophy that combined god, human and nature into one, but are the very currency of that relationship. These were the possessions of religious figures, warrior priests and divine kings. Ultimately, they were meant to be carried between the natural and supernatural worlds, helping to bridge the gap between the living and the dead.

Added to the presentation are other extraordinary examples of Pre- Columbian ceramics from the MOAS collection including recent donations of Mexican and Costa Rican objects.

October 20, 2006 - January 28, 2007

A flash of quiet, dark water is all that most of us see of the Tomoka River while zooming over it on I-95. This limited view of the waterway minimizes our appreciation of its grandeur and ecological importance. Our schedules rarely give us more time to watch the sunrise reflected in its stillness or to observe a rookery of woodstorks in cypresses along its banks. Fortunately, a fuller perspective of the Tomoka's beauty (and a statement of environmental concern) will be available in the Karshan Gallery beginning on October 20 in an exhibition appropriately titled TOMOKA!.

Two Florida artists, painter Daniel Ambrose and photographer Jeff Ripple, present the splendor of the Tomoka not only as an exciting visual experience, but also as a method of raising our interest in its conservation. The works which were specially created for this exhibition focus on the unique natural beauty of the Tomoka and its tributaries. Like many small rivers in Florida, the Tomoka is threatened by increasing urbanization on its banks. The exhibition draws attention to the need to preserve the wild areas of the river's course. Accompanying text panels present the history of the area and the dilemma of development versus preservation.

Ambrose, a Florida native, captures environmental subjects unique to Florida. In the rarely-used medium of egg tempera paint on panel, he creates sublime atmospheric landscapes illuminated by the clear Florida light including the intricate forms of endangered wildlife.
He has won acclaim from collectors and awards from judges for his paintings. His intimate association with his subjects, lets him capture not only the beauty and intrigue of Florida, but also the true essence of Florida itself.

Ripple, landscape photographer and natural history author, grew up in south Florida. He has devoted nearly half his life to exploring and documenting the natural wonders of Florida and the South.
Ripple's primary camera is a 4x5 field camera, which allows him to capture the subtleties of the natural landscape with amazing clarity.
His photographic images reflect his devotion to protecting the natural environment, his fascination with the ephemeral play of light on textures and forms in the landscape, and a reverence for wild places. He hopes that through his work people will develop an appreciation for the natural heritage of Florida.

Like Ambrose, Ripple is self-trained - an unusual path for someone working in a medium which is normally dependent on formal schooling and workshops. Using techniques he has developed, he brings together the dynamic elements of a powerful composition, shifting light, varied textures, the sometimes unpredictable effects of long film exposures, several seconds to a minute-duration, and the inherent spirit in the landscape. He then makes traditional photographic prints without additional manipulation or enhancement. The large format film that he uses enables him to make photographs up to 48 x 96 with exquisite detail. His color photographs are printed on long- lasting Chromogenic photographic papers with an expected life of 60+ years. A presentation by each artist in the exhibition has been scheduled.

Daniel Ambrose will talk about his work technique and philosophy on Sunday, November 19 at 2 pm. Jeff Ripple will present on Sunday, December 10 at 2 pm. For more information on each artist, go to their individual websites. Ambrose is available at www.danielambrose.com.
Ripple can be accessed at www.jeffripple.com.

Many of the works in the exhibition will be for sale. Check with the Museum Store for a pricelist.

Through March 11, 2007

If they were only for sale, these would be the most splendid holiday gifts you could ever give the Person-Who-Has-Everything because the PWHE would certainly NOT have these. Working with the curatorial staff of the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History, Cynthia Duval, Curator of the Florida International Museum and MOAS's Gary R. Libby Curator of Art David Swoyer assembled an exhibition of jewels and precious metals in both their natural and their man-altered forms. A magnificent array of objects was selected from specimen jadite and elaborately carved Chinese jade disk to specimen gold and a jeweled and sheet gold mailbox.

Objects of Desire: Jeweled Treasures From the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History is an exhibition of rare and dazzling oddities like ivory camels with ruby-studded saddles, a life-sized turtle carved from a solid jade block, corn cob made with pearl "kernels," and a diamond studded pomegranate, a Nokia cellular telephone covered in precious stones and the ultimate sardine tin complete with beautiful fish crafted with 55 cut diamonds. The objects are arranged with gorgeous, uncut chunks of jades, amethyst and quartz to juxtapose the materials' natural state and man-made refinements. An example: the "turtle" is paired with a breath-taking slab of natural jade.

The newer treasures are by the eccentric Sidney Mobell, a famous San Francisco jeweler. The objects are but a few of the hundreds of ordinary things he endowed with the extraordinary. He created them during a 30-year residence at the Fairmont Hotel where he was the jeweler-of-choice for the discriminating and wealthy who wanted something out of the pre-made, store-bought usual. His most noted items have been the quirky revision of the things-you-have-around-the-house which we all use but would pay much more attention to if they were covered in rare gems and precious metals. Swoyer noted " I am not sure what mail I would feel comfortable putting in a solid gold mailbox, but once I did I am not sure that I could leave it at the curb!"

Mobell, 80, gave 19 of his objects - $30-million worth - to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., in 2004. The Smithsonian has loaned many of them to the Museum of Arts and Sciences, which will be the collection's last Florida venue. Although all the items are wrought in precious metals and set with gemstones, they are fully functional (well, no, the sardine's are not edible.) The exhibition is another example of the cooperation between Florida institutions to maximize the use of funds bringing exhibitions into Florida. The exhibition curated by the Florida curators is already scheduled to travel throughout the United States.

September 8, 2006 - January 7, 2007

The Most Difficult Journey: The Poindexter Collections of American Modernist Painting features 59 paintings from a remarkable collection of American modernist art acquired by George and Elinor Poindexter between 1950 and 1994.

The collection includes work by many of the country's most important painters of the postwar era: Richard Diebenkorn, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline, as well as lesser-known artists who nonetheless made significant contributions to American modern and abstract painting. The collection is now divided between the Montana Historical Society and the Yellowstone Art Museum.

In 1962, George Poindexter (1900-1975) said that the most difficult journey he had ever taken was into the appreciation of abstract art.
Yet after initially regarding abstract expressionism and other modern artistic trends with bafflement, Poindexter learned to understand, and even love, abstract art. The Most Difficult Journey provides a glimpse into the New York gallery scene, the aesthetics of the Poindexters themselves, and new perspectives on the concepts of abstraction in the midst of the pop art and minimalist movements. Though individual works and smaller selections from the Poindexter collections have been exhibited before, this is the first time that a large portion of this extraordinary legacy is touring nationally.

The Henry Luce Foundation generously provided funds that made possible the research and conservation necessary for this exhibition and accompanying catalog. The Most Difficult Journey is curated by Ben Mitchell, senior curator at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Mont. The exhibition is organized by the Yellowstone Art Museum and toured by ExhibitsUSA.

May 26 - September 24, 2006

A dramatic exhibition of authentic Dead Sea Scroll fragments, manuscripts and rare Bibles gathered from around the world to tell the story of the most printed book in history-the Bible in English.
Opening Memorial Day weekend at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Ink and Blood: Dead Sea Scrolls to the English Bible takes you on a journey through 5,000 years of history with more than 100 authentic and renowned biblical artifacts.

The exhibition includes actual Dead Sea Scroll fragments, the very earliest fragments in existence. The Dead Sea Scrolls are the oldest known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) dating back to 250 BC. The first scrolls were discovered in Qumran, Israel in 1948 and excavations continued through 1956. Portions of all the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) books with the exception of Esther were found. Some are biblical in nature and some are civic. There were no New Testament manuscripts found in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

In the 19th century, there was much debate over the validity of the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) because the oldest known copies in Hebrew were from the 9th and 10th centuries. The Dead Sea Scrolls provided examples of the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) almost 1000 years earlier than previously known.

The Marzeah Papyrus (seventh century B.C.), is the oldest known Hebrew writing (other than an inscription) in the world today. It predates the Babylonian Exile (586-539 B.C.) and contains the oldest known record of the name Elohim" a name translated "God" in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament).

However, priceless Dead Sea Scroll fragments are just one part of an extraordinary display of rare ancient Biblical manuscripts and historic Bibles traveling the country. Artifacts include clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia that are 5,000 years old, Jewish, Greek and Latin Biblical manuscripts, a medieval manuscript Wyclif Bible from the 15th Century, and first editions of the King James Bible. Wayne Atherholt, Executive Director of the Museum of Arts and Sciences, states "This wonderful exhibit showcases the evolution from pictographic clay tablets through the evolution of written text to the Bible we know today." He adds, "you can't really understand how Western culture came about without understanding the history of this book." The first ever attempt at printing in the West -the Guttenberg Bible -is the most famous book ever printed, and the most valuable.

All surviving copies are illuminated or decorated, making it one of the most beautiful books ever printed s well. The exhibition has four leaves on display. The exhibition concludes with the Aitkens Bible, the first Bible printed on American soil.

Dr. William Noah is a physician and student of the Bible and the Curator of Ink and Blood: Dead Sea Scrolls to the English Bible. "It took several years to organize the exhibition, much time contacting Biblical scholars from around the world and tireless research. These priceless, ancient documents continue to inspire us today, and they came to us at a tremendous cost, Many died in order that we might be able to read their words today," Noah says. As the name of the exhibition implies, the Bible has been passed down through the ages through the diligences of scribes and the blood of martyrs. "It's really unprecedented," Noah said. "You're going to walk through 5,000 years of history all in one setting."

The Bible may be the most read story in the world, but Noah "believes the story behind the Bible is one worth telling too." Don't miss the world's largest and most comprehensive exhibition on the history of the Bible. This intriguing, educational, and moving exhibition is only at the Museum of Arts and Sciences for a limited time. For more information or to purchase individual or group tickets please visit www.moas.org or www.inkandblood.com. Tickets may also be purchased by calling (386) 255-0285 or toll free 1-866-439-4769.

April 21 - June 18, 2006

The visually stunning world of haute couture dress design comes to life this summer in a one-of-a-kind display opening April 21, 2006.

Partnering with Seaside Music Theatre in celebration of their 30th anniversary, the Museum of Arts and Sciences will showcase 12 original dresses designed and assembled by SMT's award-winning team for some of its show-stopping Broadway productions. Dazzling, show-stopping dresses from Aida, Follies, Jekyll & Hyde and Hello Dolly! represent some of the finest in musical theater costuming. The fine detail in these meticulous creations has earned SMT's Costume Division a critically acclaimed reputation worldwide. Also featured will be drawings, fashion sketches and production photographs.

SMT's Costume Division houses more than 25,000 costumes, representing more than 250 theatrical works. Each year, nearly 500 new costumes are created for stage productions. On average, 12,600 labor hours go into making and altering every costume for each show season. Brian O'Keefe, SMT Costume Division Manager and a staff of guest designers begin the work months in advance. Hours of research and planning go into each yard of fabric used in the designs. Some fabrics can cost as much as $125 per yard! A great example is the stunning red dress from Hello Dolly!, which cost $1,000 and took nearly 100 hours to complete.

Haute couture, which is French for 'high sewing' or 'high dressmaking'; is a common term for custom-fitted clothing as produced primarily in Paris and also in other fashion capitals such as New York, London, and Milan. Haute couture is not only made-to-order for a specific customer, it is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finish, often using time-consuming hand-executed techniques. Sometimes the term is used only to refer to French fashion; at other times it refers to any unique stylish design made to order for wealthy and high-status clients.

Don't miss your chance to view this fabulous collection of haute couture on display Spring 2006.

November 18, 2005 through May 7, 2006

Ancient Egypt has arrived in Daytona Beach.

Mummies, reliefs, coffins and artifacts dating back close to 4000 B.C. are now set up and available to the public. The exhibit, titled Brown & Brown presents Glories of Ancient Egypt, will cap the Museums 50th anniversary in grand style.

More than 200 works are included in the exhibit, which is part of the massive collection housed in the Museum from the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston. The artifacts are displayed in the Ford Gallery, Ford Hall and Bouchelle Gallery.

The pieces were typically found in graves, a rich source for information about ancient life in Egypt. The initial works made their way to Boston in 1872 when the museum was first incorporated. Many of those early pieces had been collected a generation earlier by Scotland's Robert Hays.

Interest in ancient Egypt had been piqued by Napoleon's invasion of African in the late 1790s. He brought along historians to help explore and explain whatever they could find. Their efforts peaked with the discovery of the Rosetta Stone on 1799, which made deciphering the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics possible.By the end of the 19th century, Egypt was swarming with archaeologists who uncovered previously unknown tombs, monuments and even cities buried under the desert sands.

Mummies draw the greatest attention. Their name, derived from "mum," or the Egyptian name for the embalming ointment used to wrap the dead bodies. The Museum's show includes three mummies: two human and one of a cat. The Egyptians worshiped many animals, including crocodiles, bulls, cats and dogs, and mummified their remains. An estimated 70 million humans and other creatures are estimated to have been embalmed.

Mummification preserved the bodies, which Egyptians believed was necessary so the soul (ka) had someplace to return to. Ancient grave robbers who desecrated bodies during searches for loot were not simply vandals, but were maliciously trying to harm the rich and famous residents now buried in tombs.

The exhibition contains objects from a period of more than 4,200 years including the Predynastic Period, (ca. 3850-2960 B.C.), Old Kingdom (2575-2100 B.C.), First Intermediate Period (2100-2061 B.C.), New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.), Third Intermediate Period (1070-760 B.C.), Late Period (760-343 B.C.) and Ptolemaic Periods (332-30 B.C.), and Roman period (30 B.C.-50 A.D.).

Each of these periods will be represented by key objects that uncover stylistic changes that stress renewal and reaction against art of the past.

"This exhibition is our most ambitious project," said Wayne D. Atherholt, executive director of the Museum of Arts and Sciences. "You will be able to experience wonderful objects first hand from what is one of the best collections in the United States, if not the world."

The Paintings of Hessam Abrishami
March 25 through April 16, 2006

Contemporary artist Hessam Abrishami's paintings, drawings and sculpture have been showcased around the world.

Sponsored By:
The Iranian American Society
Charles Wayne Properties, Inc.
Consolidated Tomoka Land Company
Prudential Transact Realty, Inc.
Jon Hall Automotive Group
ICI Homes
The DBCC Foundation

The 19th century British artist David Roberts is primarily known for his detailed images of archeological sites, particularly Egyptian ruins.
Roberts began to travel through the middle east in 1824 at the age of 28. He drew sketches in the field which he later made into finished paintings in his studio. These were made into suites of lithographic prints of which 12 are presented in this exhibition.

May 7 - July 31, 2005

Martelé is a limited production line of fine silver that was fabricated under the direction of William Christmas Codman in the Gorham Silver Company of Providence, Rhode Island. The line began in the late 19th century, and was continued until the 1930s. Martel, is arguably the best silver of the 20th century and possibly of all time, marked by numerous international awards. Each piece is unequaled in that they were individually designed, and then hand-raised and chased which by nature produces uniqueness, where no two pieces can be the same. This exhibit, organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art, features virtually every important form in the Martel line of silver. The collection features nearly 270 examples including tea-and-coffee services, vases, trays, punchbowls, sauceboats, inkstands, candelabras, tankards and presentation cups.

This exhibition of 10 bronze sculptures allows the viewer to experience
the artistic movement from ultra-realism to abstraction over a 200-year
period, from 1750 to 1950. American, French, Austrian and Russian
objects are represented in various sizes ranging from eight inches to
three feet. Several different methods which were used to produce and
embellish the sculptures are presented.

April 9 - May 29, 2005

From dune buggies to wildly decorated boards, wet suits and wild shirts, surfing will be showcased at the Museum of Arts and Sciences April 9 May 29 in a wild exhibit scheduled for Root Hall.

Titled "Surfing USA," the show will highlight an ancient Polynesian activity that blossomed into an American cultural phenomenon in the 1960s.The exhibition will feature more than 50 items ranging from posters, memorabilia, photographs and films. East Coast surfers will be a special focus, according to guest curator Neil Harrington.

He said the show will also include surf boards dating back to the
1930s, when the sport was re-introduced to the American mainland by Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, a two-time, gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer. The ancient sport had died out in Hawaii after missionaries banned it in the 1820s and then revived at the start of the 20th century. As a child, Kahanamoku entertained crowds in his native Hawaii by riding hand-crafted boards on the high waves of Honolulu. His success in the 1912 and 1920 Olympics gave him the renown to promote surfing worldwide.

The collection of boards demonstrates how the equipment developed since Kahanamoku's day as interest in surfing increased, Harrington said. Special thanks to Ron Jon Surf Shops, David Sokol of Red Dog Surf Shop, Randy Richenberg Surfboards, Bernie Crouch of Mad Dog Surf Shop, Surfrider Association, Jerry Harrington Antiques of Forestville,
California and The University of Central Florida, Daytona Beach campus for its leadership support.

February 5 - April 30, 2005

Margaret Schnebly Hodge is an abstract painter whose richly textured and mysterious layered canvases hover between worlds of external matter and form and worlds of internal emotions.

Educated at the School of Art at the University of Florida, Hodge was a
scholarship winner at the Daytona Beach Art League. A very private
painter who devotes considerable time and talent to her sophisticated
dark and energetic canvases, Hodge was won awards at the Winter Park
Fall Festival and the Halifax Art Festival, where a work of hers was
selected for the Museum of Arts and Sciences permanent collection.
Hodge has shown widely in Florida with exhibitions from Naples to
Jacksonville, including group exhibitions at the Ormond Memorial Museum of Art and the Art League of Daytona Beach. She has enjoyed solo exhibitions at the Mount Dora Center of the Arts and the Museum and Cultural Center of the City of Edgewater. Commissioned work by Hodge can be viewed at Volusia Countys Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet. Her work is included in a number of significant private collections, in the collection of Volusia County and in the collections of the Museum of Arts and Sciences "Art In Public Places" program. Enjoy viewing the physical, spiritual and emotional work of this emerging Florida artist.

February 5 - April 24, 2005

This exhibit will feature nearly 60 important works from public and
private collections throughout Central Florida. Two and three-dimensional objects will be represented in this visually exciting,
multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary exhibition.
Porcelain, silver, jewelry, paintings, drawings and prints record some of
the major work in area collections.

February 5 through March 17, 2005

This exhibition is a visual retelling of the narrative of Solomon
Northup, a free-born African American and citizen of New York until he was kidnapped and enslaved in 1841 at age 33. He spent 12 years working as a slave on plantations in Louisiana before his rescue. Upon
gaining his freedom and returning to New York, Northup recounted the
story of his enslavement and eventual return to freedom in the book
"Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of
New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853" (1853).

December 4 - February 6, 2005

Texas-born artist Mary Margaret Pipkin's watercolor paintings of flowers are more than mere flower paintings. Pipkin's visual drama through the exhilarating use of color and detail allow the viewer to feel as though they can almost sense the fragrance of the subject matter. Pipkin's geometry is more complicated, but her compositions should also be seen as both realistic and abstract.

This exhibit will feature nearly 30 over-scaled, meticulously painted flower blossoms. This exhibition was organized by Katharine T. Carter & Associates.

September 18 through November 28, 2004

Trish Thompson is an award-winning artist from New Smyrna Beach,
Florida. This exhibit of more than 30 recently completed works features
heavily textured acrylics and mixed media on paper, wood and canvas.

September 18 - November 21, 2004

Selections from the Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, highlight the development of printmaking, beginning in the 1920s, and includes more than 40 wood engraving, lithography, dry point, etching and aquatint. After the Armory Show of 1913, while some artists remained devoted to a realistic depiction of the "American Scene," others were inspired to achieve an original and unique sense of space and form in their work, making this a turning point in art history. This exhibition includes depictions of the industrial landscape, the American metropolis and the folklore and diversity of rural America.

September 18 - November 7, 2004

Illustrations by Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) for the 1931 edition of Venus and Adonis, the classical Greek poem retold by Shakespeare in 1593, provided by the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, N.Y. This tragic poem about the unrequited love felt by Venus for Adonis. Venus, the goddess of love, was in great despair after finding Adonis' lifeless body. Adonis, a hunter, was killed in pursuit of his greatest challenge, the wild boar. To ease her suffering Venus transformed Adonis' blood into the flower we know as the anemone. In spite of this story's end, it contains humorous elements and is charged with exciting imagery. Kent also illustrated literature such as Candide, Faust, Moby Dick, and Canterbury Tales.

Through August 22, 2004

As a teenager, Arturo Rodriquez left Cuba and moved to the bi-cultural
world of Miami. Today he is considered one of the most talented and
consistent painters of the first generation of Cuban artists who arrived
in the United States in the 1970s. His paintings are intended to flood
the senses and affect the viewer. Interiors features 17 paintings that
suggest an imaginary narrative that concentrates on relationships, alienation of relationships and the basic feelings of everyday living inside houses and spaces.

May 9 - August 15, 2004

The works in the exhibit were chosen to illustrate the different ways in
which the newspaper business chose to promote itself via the poster.
There are posters of specific stories, of broad content, of specialized intent. There are posters celebrating the unique power of newspaper advertising and posters celebrating the newspapers civic-mindedness as a sponsor. The collection spans a wide time frame, from the 18

Museum of Arts and Sciences - Daytona Beach, Florida

Woof! Art of the Dog

Got Feathers?

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

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

Landscapes from the Brown Collection

Ringling Retro:
Selections of Modern and Contemporary Works of Art from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Wishes and Dreams

Museum of Arts and Sciences - Daytona Beach, Florida

Woof! Art of the Dog

Got Feathers?

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

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

Landscapes from the Brown Collection

Ringling Retro: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Works of Art from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Wishes and Dreams

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

Ringling Retro:
Selections of Modern and Contemporary Works of Art from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art