2013 HERITAGE CENTER VISITING EXHIBITIONS

SEWN TOGETHER
Photographic Quilts Reflecting the Historic Family Ties
Eatonville, Maitland & Winter Park

January 18 – April 13
As a tribute to the 125th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Eatonville, the oldest African American municipality in the United States, Crealdé’s Hannibal Square Heritage Center will create an exhibition that explores the strong family ties between the three neighboring communities. The Heritage Center Quilting Guild, inspired by quilting artist Lauren Austin’s 2009 residency and exhibition, will host an intergenerational workshop in the fall of 2012. Seven selected families will complete a 35” x 35” quilt that tells the story of their connection to one or all of the three cities. Additionally, three 24” x 24” collaborative quilts will weave together stories depicting the relationships in the African American communities of the three cities. Opening reception Friday January 18, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Heritage Center Chief Historian Fairolyn Livingston will provide historic research for the project; west Winter Park resident and Heritage Center Docent Mary Daniels will be the quilting project leader, assisted by Crealdé’s Painting & Drawing Department Director Henry Sinn as the artistic curator.

PREACHING TO THE TREES & ANIMALS
The Folk Art of O.L. Samuels’

April 19 – September 7, 2013
As the opening event for this year’s Folk Art and Craft Festival, the Heritage Center will feature one of America’s most noted folk artists in a one-person exhibition. The Tallahassee artist will show his private collection of elaborately carved wood sculptures that represent his love for the natural world.
Samuels left his Georgia home when he was eight for a life of both struggle and adventure that included travels around the world as well as a life as a professional boxer in New York. Eventually he made his way to Florida where he worked as a tree surgeon. A severe accident on the job 30 years ago paralyzed him for three years, during which time he rekindled his love for God, who he credits for opening a path of light that led him to further develop his talent as an artist. 
Pastor O.L. Samuels’ sculptures of birds, dogs, camels and other animals have been exhibited and collected in over 30 countries, throughout Europe, China, Africa and the Middle East. His work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s Folk Art Museum and the White House in Washington D.C.
In addition to work from O.L. Samuels’ private collection, the exhibition will feature two large carved animal sculptures from the collection of the Mennello Museum of American Art.
Opening event lecture with artist from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, followed by a reception with live Blues music from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Friday, April 19 at the Heritage Center.

FOURTH ANNUAL
Folk Art and Craft Festival

April 20
The Festival will feature work for sale by Florida folk and traditional craft artists, including the original Florida Highwaymen painters, and Crealdé ceramicists, as well as live folk music, local soul food, displays by vendors and a free, storytelling, and a hands-on “Kid Folk” workshop entitled “The Aztec Encounter and Musical Parade,” led by Crealdé artist, Lilly Carrasquillo and Mexican folk artist, David Penaflor for ages 5 and up. Saturday, April 20, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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ART FROM THE HEART OF FLORIDA

September 20, 2013– January 11, 2014 
The two-location exhibition will be held in the Alice & William Jenkins Gallery at Crealdé’s main campus and the Hannibal Square Heritage Center Visiting Exhibition Gallery in downtown Winter Park. The exhibition is inspired by the diversity of talented visual artists who call Central Florida home. There is a certain “Florida state of mind” that is reflective of the art produced in the center of the state. The skies are brighter here and there is a potent mix of identities that contrasts and combines old Florida with the bright sprawl that also forms a basis for our day to day life in the tourist corridor. The focus of the show is to highlight the work of local artists representing diverse interpretations and media, including sculpture, paintings and photography.
Positioned between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, Central Florida is a meeting place of many contrasts: vast amusement parks and suburban sprawl contrasted against communities with rich, historic architecture and numerous unique ecosystems. It is a bridge between the sultry international mix and bright landscape that is South Florida and the more restrained, forested, small-town feel of the Northern part of the state. Curated by Executive Director Peter Schreyer and Director of Painting & Drawing Henry Sinn.
Opening night reception, Friday, September 20, from 7:00 to 8:30 at the Jenkins Gallery followed by a musical performance and continued reception at the Heritage Center from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m