2016 HERITAGE CENTER VISITING EXHIBITIONS
Exploring Heritage & Folklore Through The Visual Arts & Humanities |
Established in 2007, the Hannibal Square Heritage Center hosts three to four annual exhibitions that explore local history, cultural preservation, the African-American experience and Southern folklore through educational and visual arts mediums including documentary photography, painting and textiles.
ART LEGENDS OF ORANGE COUNTY
The Rite of Passage
A Collection of Work by Grady Kimsey
1940s to the Present
February 5 – April 2, 2016
This retrospective exhibition is part of a 2016 collaboration titled Art Legends of Orange County, Florida that features a series of exhibitions at multiple museums honoring pre-Disney leaders in the arts from 1932 to 1982, including founders of arts organizations, influential arts educators, significant patrons and artists who have brought national or international attention to Central Florida.
Grady Kimsey is one of Central Florida’s most accomplished artists and most popular arts educators. He has enjoyed success as a sculptor, ceramicist and painter, with eight decades of life experiences to draw upon for inspiration. He received his B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee in 1950 and his Master’s Degree in Education from Rollins College in Winter Park in 1969.
Kimsey retired after a 25-year career as a professor of art at Seminole Community College (now Seminole State College of Florida), where he founded the Fine Arts Gallery in 1980 and literally inspired thousands of students, including some of Central Florida’s most recognized artists. His national exhibition record spans nearly six decades, and his work is in the collections of some of Florida’s top art museums and the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. He is a two-time recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship from the State of Florida.
The celebration of Kimsey’s influence will encompass exhibitions in all three Crealdé galleries. Kimsey’s most recent work and his older work dating to 1949 will be featured in the Alice & William Jenkins Gallery and the adjacent Showalter Hughes Community Gallery. Across town, at Crealdé’s Hannibal Square Heritage Center, additional work by Kimsey and current work by his former students titled Progressions: Work by Former Students of Grady Kimsey will demonstrate the spectrum of his mentorship and his impact on these accomplished artists, including Paula Peterson, Paula Pell, Henry Sinn, Randall Smith, Cheryl Smith, Kyle, Pam Coffman, Jay Spalding, Carlos Richmond, Melissa Kimsey-Hickman, Greg Freeman, Cindy Freeman, Marty Whipple and Lynn Warnicke.
Also featured at this time will be a selection of paintings by Crealdé founder Bill Jenkins titled Art Legends of Orange County: The Inspired Paintings of Crealdé Founder Bill Jenkins
This retrospective exhibition is part of a 2016 collaboration titled Art Legends of Orange County, Florida that features a series of exhibitions at multiple museums honoring pre-Disney leaders in the arts from 1932 to 1982, including founders of arts organizations, influential arts educators, significant patrons and artists who have brought national or international attention to Central Florida.
Grady Kimsey is one of Central Florida’s most accomplished artists and most popular arts educators. He has enjoyed success as a sculptor, ceramicist and painter, with eight decades of life experiences to draw upon for inspiration. He received his B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee in 1950 and his Master’s Degree in Education from Rollins College in Winter Park in 1969.
Kimsey retired after a 25-year career as a professor of art at Seminole Community College (now Seminole State College of Florida), where he founded the Fine Arts Gallery in 1980 and literally inspired thousands of students, including some of Central Florida’s most recognized artists. His national exhibition record spans nearly six decades, and his work is in the collections of some of Florida’s top art museums and the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. He is a two-time recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship from the State of Florida.
The celebration of Kimsey’s influence will encompass exhibitions in all three Crealdé galleries. Kimsey’s most recent work and his older work dating to 1949 will be featured in the Alice & William Jenkins Gallery and the adjacent Showalter Hughes Community Gallery. Across town, at Crealdé’s Hannibal Square Heritage Center, additional work by Kimsey and current work by his former students titled Progressions: Work by Former Students of Grady Kimsey will demonstrate the spectrum of his mentorship and his impact on these accomplished artists, including Paula Peterson, Paula Pell, Henry Sinn, Randall Smith, Cheryl Smith, Kyle, Pam Coffman, Jay Spalding, Carlos Richmond, Melissa Kimsey-Hickman, Greg Freeman, Cindy Freeman, Marty Whipple and Lynn Warnicke.
Also featured at this time will be a selection of paintings by Crealdé founder Bill Jenkins titled Art Legends of Orange County: The Inspired Paintings of Crealdé Founder Bill Jenkins
TOM RANKIN
Sacred Landscapes of the South
April 15 – June 25, 2016
For over 25 years, North Carolina photographer Tom Rankin has documented rural churches and their surrounding sacred landscape. The exhibition of large-scale, film-based, black-and-white photographs will show his artistic interpretation and studies of the ever-changing landscape during his repeated visits to the same locations.
Tom Rankin is the former director of Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies, and current professor of the practice of art and documentary studies, and director of the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts at Duke University. A photographer, filmmaker and folklorist, Rankin has been documenting and interpreting American culture throughout his career. His photographs have been published widely in numerous magazines, journals and books, and he has exhibited throughout the country. His books include Sacred Space: Photographs from the Mississippi Delta (1993), which received the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Photography; 'Deaf Maggie Lee Sayre': Photographs of a River Life (1995); Faulkner's World: The Photographs of Martin J. Dain (1997); and Local Heroes Changing America: Indivisible (2000).
The weekend’s opening events will begin with a 7–9 p.m. reception at the Jenkins Gallery on Crealdé’s main campus with a brief gallery talk by Tom Rankin on Friday, April 15. The evening also serves as the opening reception for The Florida Painters Return to Crealdé. (Hosted by the Crealdé Ceramics & Sculpture Fellows and Photography Fellows.)
The following night, Saturday, April 16, our guest artist will present a formal lecture on his documentary photography of the American South in partnership with the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at the Rollins College Bush Auditorium at 7 p.m.; preceded by a reception at Crealdé’s Hannibal Square Heritage Center from 5–6:30 p.m., where Rankin’s work also will be on exhibition.
For over 25 years, North Carolina photographer Tom Rankin has documented rural churches and their surrounding sacred landscape. The exhibition of large-scale, film-based, black-and-white photographs will show his artistic interpretation and studies of the ever-changing landscape during his repeated visits to the same locations.
Tom Rankin is the former director of Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies, and current professor of the practice of art and documentary studies, and director of the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts at Duke University. A photographer, filmmaker and folklorist, Rankin has been documenting and interpreting American culture throughout his career. His photographs have been published widely in numerous magazines, journals and books, and he has exhibited throughout the country. His books include Sacred Space: Photographs from the Mississippi Delta (1993), which received the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Photography; 'Deaf Maggie Lee Sayre': Photographs of a River Life (1995); Faulkner's World: The Photographs of Martin J. Dain (1997); and Local Heroes Changing America: Indivisible (2000).
The weekend’s opening events will begin with a 7–9 p.m. reception at the Jenkins Gallery on Crealdé’s main campus with a brief gallery talk by Tom Rankin on Friday, April 15. The evening also serves as the opening reception for The Florida Painters Return to Crealdé. (Hosted by the Crealdé Ceramics & Sculpture Fellows and Photography Fellows.)
The following night, Saturday, April 16, our guest artist will present a formal lecture on his documentary photography of the American South in partnership with the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at the Rollins College Bush Auditorium at 7 p.m.; preceded by a reception at Crealdé’s Hannibal Square Heritage Center from 5–6:30 p.m., where Rankin’s work also will be on exhibition.
On left, “Mound Bayou, Mississippi” by Tom Rankin
On right, “Mt. Tinna Missionary Baptist Church, Scott, Mississippi” by Tom Rankin
On right, “Mt. Tinna Missionary Baptist Church, Scott, Mississippi” by Tom Rankin
SEVENTH ANNUAL
Folk & Urban Art Festival
April 30, 2016
The festival celebrates the works of more than 25 artists, including members of the original Florida Highwaymen and the B-Side Artists collective. Music by the Porchdogs Cajun and Zydeco Band and Orisirisi African Folklore. A “Kid-folk” workshop culminates in a public parade. Food trucks. Free admission. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday at Hannibal Square Heritage Center.
The festival celebrates the works of more than 25 artists, including members of the original Florida Highwaymen and the B-Side Artists collective. Music by the Porchdogs Cajun and Zydeco Band and Orisirisi African Folklore. A “Kid-folk” workshop culminates in a public parade. Food trucks. Free admission. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday at Hannibal Square Heritage Center.
The festival features original art by locals, music and free hands-on art workshops for participants of all ages.
PHASE VIII OF THE HERITAGE COLLECTION
Photographs and Oral Histories of West Winter Park
July 12 – September 3, 2016
After more than a decade of collecting photographs and oral histories from west Winter Park residents and former residents, the Heritage Center will display its entire Heritage Collection: Photographs and Oral Histories of West Winter Park, featuring a powerful new addition of images and stories from Hannibal Square that have never been seen before. Phase VII was shared by the Collins family, whose father was a lifelong avid amateur documentary photographer.
Crealdé’s nationally recognized Heritage Collection is a permanent museum-quality exhibition of over 125 framed archival pieces that capture the lives of Winter Park’s African-American community spanning the 20th century. As rapid gentrification continues to change the cultural landscape of Hannibal Square, the growing collection is an important tribute to one of Florida’s oldest African-American communities. The exhibition is curated by documentary photographer and Heritage Center founder Peter Schreyer with Hannibal Square Historians Fairolyn Livingston and Mary Daniels. A reception will be held from 6–8 p.m. Friday, July 22.
After more than a decade of collecting photographs and oral histories from west Winter Park residents and former residents, the Heritage Center will display its entire Heritage Collection: Photographs and Oral Histories of West Winter Park, featuring a powerful new addition of images and stories from Hannibal Square that have never been seen before. Phase VII was shared by the Collins family, whose father was a lifelong avid amateur documentary photographer.
Crealdé’s nationally recognized Heritage Collection is a permanent museum-quality exhibition of over 125 framed archival pieces that capture the lives of Winter Park’s African-American community spanning the 20th century. As rapid gentrification continues to change the cultural landscape of Hannibal Square, the growing collection is an important tribute to one of Florida’s oldest African-American communities. The exhibition is curated by documentary photographer and Heritage Center founder Peter Schreyer with Hannibal Square Historians Fairolyn Livingston and Mary Daniels. A reception will be held from 6–8 p.m. Friday, July 22.
SPINNING YARN
Storytelling through Southern Art
September 16, 2016 – January 16, 2017
This exhibition will include over 50 visual artworks created by artists living and working in the South, exploring the power of visual storytelling. In the southeastern United States, deep roots, a sense of place and cultural diversity has allowed a rich variety of art to adapt, develop, grow and flourish. The South is well-known for its strong literary and oral traditions, but the sharing of stories is not exclusive to the written and spoken word. Southern visual artists, whether formally trained, self-taught, contemporary or traditional, also share their personal experiences, create tales and interpret events, just as their literary and lingual counterparts do with words. The exhibit will feature artists that exemplify the ability to relay a narrative or “spin a yarn” through their pieces. Art will be displayed in thematic sections that will include but are not limited to the following: faith and belief; family and home; and history and heritage.
Artwork will be borrowed from private and institutional art collections as well as from the artists. Loans have been secured from private collections including Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall (Charleston, SC) and William Arnett’s Souls Grown Deep Foundation (Atlanta, GA). Spinning Yarn is co-curated by Teresa Hollingsworth (Folklorist and Senior Program Director, South Arts, Atlanta, GA) and Katy Malone (Visual Artist and Outreach & Education Manager, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA). The exhibition will be held in the Jenkins Gallery and at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center.
The opening event will begin with a 7-8:30 p.m. reception Friday, September 16, at the Jenkins Gallery with a brief gallery talk by Teresa Hollingsworth. The evening also celebrates the opening of LIGHTSOURCE: Richard D. Colvin. (Hosted by the Crealdé Painting & Drawing Fellows.)
The two-venue opening continues at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center from 8:30-10 p.m. with a live music reception; Friday, September 16.
This exhibition will include over 50 visual artworks created by artists living and working in the South, exploring the power of visual storytelling. In the southeastern United States, deep roots, a sense of place and cultural diversity has allowed a rich variety of art to adapt, develop, grow and flourish. The South is well-known for its strong literary and oral traditions, but the sharing of stories is not exclusive to the written and spoken word. Southern visual artists, whether formally trained, self-taught, contemporary or traditional, also share their personal experiences, create tales and interpret events, just as their literary and lingual counterparts do with words. The exhibit will feature artists that exemplify the ability to relay a narrative or “spin a yarn” through their pieces. Art will be displayed in thematic sections that will include but are not limited to the following: faith and belief; family and home; and history and heritage.
Artwork will be borrowed from private and institutional art collections as well as from the artists. Loans have been secured from private collections including Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall (Charleston, SC) and William Arnett’s Souls Grown Deep Foundation (Atlanta, GA). Spinning Yarn is co-curated by Teresa Hollingsworth (Folklorist and Senior Program Director, South Arts, Atlanta, GA) and Katy Malone (Visual Artist and Outreach & Education Manager, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA). The exhibition will be held in the Jenkins Gallery and at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center.
The opening event will begin with a 7-8:30 p.m. reception Friday, September 16, at the Jenkins Gallery with a brief gallery talk by Teresa Hollingsworth. The evening also celebrates the opening of LIGHTSOURCE: Richard D. Colvin. (Hosted by the Crealdé Painting & Drawing Fellows.)
The two-venue opening continues at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center from 8:30-10 p.m. with a live music reception; Friday, September 16.
