VISIONARY BILL JENKINS
Crealdé Founder, Artist and Philanthropist
November 7, 2014 to January 31, 2015
Jenkins Gallery and Heritage Center. In celebration of Crealdé’s 40th anniversary, we remember late founder William Sterling Jenkins (1909-1996) in a two-gallery presentation. Trained as an artist in Europe and Mexico in the 1930s, he produced a body of landscape and portrait paintings influenced by the places he traveled to as a young man, and the changing cultural landscape of his native American South.
Jenkins Gallery and Heritage Center. In celebration of Crealdé’s 40th anniversary, we remember late founder William Sterling Jenkins (1909-1996) in a two-gallery presentation. Trained as an artist in Europe and Mexico in the 1930s, he produced a body of landscape and portrait paintings influenced by the places he traveled to as a young man, and the changing cultural landscape of his native American South.
FROM THE BRONX TO FLORIDA
The Life Sculptures of Rigoberto Torres
February 6 – May 23
Jenkins Gallery and Heritage Center. Puerto Rican-born sculptor Rigoberto Torres worked in New York City for two decades before moving to Kissimmee, where he currently lives and works. Seen and collected throughout the world, Torres’ colorful life-size plaster and fiberglass figurative sculptures are rooted in a celebration of daily life in the South Bronx neighborhood where he grew up. His work, described as “humanistic naturalism,” provides sensitive studies of real people — family, friends, neighborhood heroes and strangers he has met during public castings. The two-gallery exhibition begins with a reception 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, February 6, in the Jenkins Gallery and continues with reception featuring Latin jazz 8:30-10 p.m. at Hannibal Square Heritage Center.
Jenkins Gallery and Heritage Center. Puerto Rican-born sculptor Rigoberto Torres worked in New York City for two decades before moving to Kissimmee, where he currently lives and works. Seen and collected throughout the world, Torres’ colorful life-size plaster and fiberglass figurative sculptures are rooted in a celebration of daily life in the South Bronx neighborhood where he grew up. His work, described as “humanistic naturalism,” provides sensitive studies of real people — family, friends, neighborhood heroes and strangers he has met during public castings. The two-gallery exhibition begins with a reception 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, February 6, in the Jenkins Gallery and continues with reception featuring Latin jazz 8:30-10 p.m. at Hannibal Square Heritage Center.
ST. AUGUSTINE AT 450
June 19 – August 29
The latest Crealdé Documentary Project was created during a winter photography master class, which yielded photographs and oral histories of America’s oldest city during its anniversary year. The exhibition examines the city’s past, its preservation efforts, and its place as a tourist destination, college town and home to a diverse population. Produced and curated by faculty members Sherri Bunye and Peter Schreyer. The opening reception is 7-9 p.m. Friday, June 19.
The latest Crealdé Documentary Project was created during a winter photography master class, which yielded photographs and oral histories of America’s oldest city during its anniversary year. The exhibition examines the city’s past, its preservation efforts, and its place as a tourist destination, college town and home to a diverse population. Produced and curated by faculty members Sherri Bunye and Peter Schreyer. The opening reception is 7-9 p.m. Friday, June 19.
THE SUM OF MANY PARTS
Quiltmakers in Contemporary America
September 11 – December 30
Jenkins Gallery and Heritage Center. Crealdé will be one of the first domestic hosts for this internationally traveled exhibition by leading quilt artists from across the United States. Artists include traditional Native American quilter Bonnie LeBeau, from South Dakota; Dottie Moore of North Carolina; Erick Wolfmeyer of Iowa; and Louisiana Bendolph from Alabama, following the 19th-century tradition of Gee’s Bend quilts. The exhibition is a program of Exhibits USA and the National Endowment for the Arts. This two-venue exhibition will also feature a display of locally created quilts, curated by folklorist and author Dr. Kristin Congdon. The reception is 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the Jenkins Gallery on the main campus, followed by a continued reception with live music 8:30-10 p.m. at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center.
Jenkins Gallery and Heritage Center. Crealdé will be one of the first domestic hosts for this internationally traveled exhibition by leading quilt artists from across the United States. Artists include traditional Native American quilter Bonnie LeBeau, from South Dakota; Dottie Moore of North Carolina; Erick Wolfmeyer of Iowa; and Louisiana Bendolph from Alabama, following the 19th-century tradition of Gee’s Bend quilts. The exhibition is a program of Exhibits USA and the National Endowment for the Arts. This two-venue exhibition will also feature a display of locally created quilts, curated by folklorist and author Dr. Kristin Congdon. The reception is 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the Jenkins Gallery on the main campus, followed by a continued reception with live music 8:30-10 p.m. at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center.
