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M E L R O S E O P E N A I R A R T S Celebrate the arts this spring in Melrose with the 6th annual Open Air Arts event.
The excitement starts on Wednesday, March 21, with 50 “en plein air” artists from across Florida working in beautiful north Florida to capture the vitality and beauty of the area with paint, cameras, and a creative variety of mixed media. Open Air Arts continues over two big weekends, culminating in a ticketed gala, a public sale day, and a dance!
On Saturday and Sunday, March 24 & 25, come out to explore the area, meet the artists at work, see demonstrations, take an art class, attend an art lecture and come to an evening dance.
Plan to come back the second weekend for the ticketed reception on Friday, March 30th, the on-going sale of the finished work at all three galleries on Saturday, March 31st and a dance party to live music at Shake Rag Art & Culture Center.
Both art collectors and first-time buyers will have the opportunity to learn from and talk to artists, watch art-making in progress, and purchase affordable original art by respected artists. Open Air Arts is a chance to experience art in a special way and to honor the most important rule in your art purchase – to buy what you like.
This year’s ticketed Champagne Opening Reception on Friday, March 30th will benefit the non-profit organizations Doris Bardon Community Cultural Center in Gainesville and the Florida’s Eden Blue Path, as well as the arts in Melrose. Buy advance tickets at www.melrosebayartgallery.com, or at The Doris, Main Street in Gainesville.
Open Air Arts is proud to be part of the inaugural year of Primavera. Learn more about all the cultural events this spring in North Central Florida at PrimaveraFestival.us.
Melrose Bay Art Gallery, Bellamy Road Fine Arts, and Shake Rag Art & Culture Center welcome you to Melrose, “The Little Town with the Big Art & Music Scene” for Open Air Arts, 2012.
See you in Melrose!OPEN AIR ARTS PURCHASE AWARDS
Planning to purchase art at Open Air Arts? Sponsor a Purchase Award, and preview all the art before the Champagne Opening Reception on Friday, March 30. Plus, select one of three beneficiaries to receive 20% of the award: Open Air Arts, The Doris Bardon Community Cultural Center, or Florida’s Eden Blue Path. For information or to sign up for a purchase award, contact Becky O’Brien: [email protected]. ph
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S C H E D U L E O F E V E N T S— Saturday, March 24, 10 am - 4 pm —
Come watch over 50 artists at work on site! FREEStop by Melrose Bay Art Gallery for painting locations and directions.
Artists at work in historic Melrose, lakeside at Melrose Bay Park and at Greathouse Butterfly Farm, corner of SR26 and CR 1469 just west of Melrose. Completed artwork for sale and on display at all three galleries. Gift shops open at both Shake Rag and Melrose Bay art galleries.
10 am, Heritage Park in Downtown Melrose FREEPainting demonstration by nationally known landscape artist, Trish Vevera.
“With sea, sky or tree before me…I gesture my painting surface with diverse organic movements. I translate the essence of the landscape into color, texture, and shape.”
10-11:30 am, Greathouse Butterfly Farm Photo Safari FREEBring your camera and join professional photographer Jeff Knee for a butterfly safari.
8-10:30 pm, Dance/Concert, Shake Rag Art & Culture Center $10.00 donation at the doorThe Relics: ‘60s classic rock and dance music. Wine and beer available for donation.
— Sunday, March 25, 10 am - 4 pm —Artists working in Melrose at Heritage Park and other sites. FREE
Stop by Melrose Bay Art Gallery for painting locations and directions.Art for sale at all three galleries. Gift shops open at Shake Rag and Melrose Bay art galleries.
1 - 4 pm, Artists also at work at Greathouse Butterfly Farm FREE2 - 3 pm, Heritage Park in Downtown Melrose FREE
Painting demonstration by award-winning artist, Eleanor Blair. “I search for beauty in the natural world and in everyday things. I love to see how light transforms
objects and places and to capture that transformation in paint.”
7 pm, Bellamy Road Fine Arts Limited seating DONATION AT THE DOOR“Landscapes and en plain air paintings” art lecture in the “Some Sundays at Seven” series, by Daniel Stepp, MFA, New York Academy of Art. Mr. Stepp teaches painting at Santa Fe College.
— Friday, March 30 — Champagne Opening Reception —4:30-6:30 pm, Art Preview for Purchase Award Sponsors
A first opportunity to choose from a wide selection of art at all three galleries.7-10 pm, Ticketed reception with champagne and light refreshments.
Benefits Open Air Arts, Doris Bardon Community Cultural Center and Florida’s Eden Blue Path. Tickets: $25 available online at MerloseBayArtGallery.com and at The Doris in Gainesville.
Tickets will also be available at the door for admission to all three galleries for the reception.
— Saturday, March 31, 10 am - 8 pm —All three galleries open with exhibits of Open Air Artworks for sale. FREE8-10:30 pm, Dance/Concert at Shake Rag Art & Culture Center
Quarter Moon with Tuck Tucker: Americana music featuring Dobro and guitar Tickets: $10.00 donation at the door. Wine and beer available for donation.
OPEN AIR ARTSM E L R O S E G A L L E R I E S
Melrose Bay art Gallery
#103 SR 26 at Centre Street, across from the fire station352-475-3866 www.MelroseBayArtGallery.comHours: Saturdays 10 - 6 pm, Sundays 1 - 5 pmLocated in a lovely historic building, Melrose Bay Art Gallery is a lively cooperative of noted area fine artists and artisans. The Gal-lery features a range of artwork including painting, encaustic, sculp-ture, photography and folk art. Pottery, mixed media work, wood-work and jewelry are part of the selection of fine crafts and artisan wares. The gallery is proud to feature the award-winning DiGangi-Worthington Pottery.
With a new Guest Artist exhibit nearly every month of the year, Melrose Bay Art Gallery provides patrons a good reason to visit frequently. The opening receptions have become social gathering events for the com-munity. Friends of the gallery and the public are welcomed. A list of upcoming events and an archive of exhibits can be viewed on the gallery website.The artists of Melrose Bay Art Gallery: Kate Barnes, Frank Barone, Gary Borse, Anne Gilroy, Harriet Huss, Norman Jensen, Vivian Jendzio, Sue Johnson, Michele Karahalios, Jeff Knee, Ande Lister, Tim Malles, Reed Pedlow, Phil Robinson, Regina Stahl-Briskey, Steve Thrift, Margaret Ross Tolbert, Ellen West, Kathleen Wobie, and Carole Worthington.
Bellamy Road, Fine Arts, Literature & Film5910 Hampton Street and SR 26, Melrose, FL 32666352-475-3435 For scheduled events see : www.bellamyroad.orgBellamy Road is a 501 C-3 private operating foundation (David Turner Warner Foundation, Inc.) which supports creative artists in literature, film, visual and performing arts. We are proud to co-sponsor, with the Melrose Bay Gallery and the Shake Rag Art & Culture Center, this annual plein air event.
Throughout the rest of our season (October - May) we host art exhibitions, literary lectures, film presentations and musical performances in our main areas of interest: Southern culture, the Beat Generation and 20th Century literature, Western Americana, and African-Americana. Open weekends and by appointment, Bellamy Road is located in Melrose on State Highway 26, the historic road from which it takes its name.
Shake Rag Art & Culture Center 301 SR 26 & Grove Street, P.O. Box 1592, Melrose, FL 32666352-475-2924 www.ShakeRagArts.orgHours: Mon. and Wed. 10 - 2, Fri. & Sat. 10 to 5, Sun. 1 - 5Shake Rag Art & Culture Center continues to expand. We now have use of the central open area of this former Gothic church for musical concerts, wedding receptions, dance classes and many other special events. Working studios of painters, engravers, and assemblage art-ists show “art in progress.” The gallery has display areas for finished works, alongside fine woodworking, metalwork, photography and painted furniture. We’re always looking for new artists!
The “Shake Rag DownUnder” Thrift Store in the basement helps support the center with donations. A new-ly added Gift Shop showcases not only Shake Rag Artists, but other local artists as well. We extend an invita-tion to “Coffee Talk” every Wednesday from 10 until noon featuring live music, great coffee and a place for the community to gather. Come visit Shake Rag Art & Culture Center where art and life come together.
To Greathouse Butterfly Farm
Cover design by Reed Pedlow. Artists clockwise from top left: Sara Nash, Peter Carolin, Charles Dickinson, Jim Carpenter, Kate Barnes, Suza Talbot. Center photo by Sean Dowie.
Frank Barone
Gainesville352-336-8107
stacey Breheny High Springs
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Peter carolin Gainesville
aliye cullu Gainesville
352-318-8133 [email protected]
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lyn asselta
St. Augustine904 687-9124
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kate Barnes
Hawthorne352-466-3590
Frank Barone
Gainesville352-336-8107
eleanor Blair Gainesville
EleanorBlairStudio.com
stacey Breheny High Springs
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Peter carolin Gainesville
aliye cullu Gainesville
352-318-8133 [email protected]
aliyecullu.com
lee ann DoDson
Gainesville 352-332-8284 [email protected]
sean Dowie [email protected]
Drew MarGé
Ormond [email protected]
kirsten enGstroM Hawthorne [email protected]
PaMela GeiGer
pamelageigerfineart.com
anne Gilroy Hawthorne [email protected]
anGela hoPPe
Gainesville352-870-5135
[email protected]/hoppetrail
aDele horton
Port Orange386-453-1004
kristin k. hosBein
St. Augustine904-540-2080
catharina l. house
Melrose [email protected]
leslie Green
Gainesville 352-371-9801
nancy haMlin-VoGler
St. Augustine 904-829-1952
linDa holMes
Elkton 904-825-4544
anGela hoPPe
Gainesville352-870-5135
[email protected]/hoppetrail
aDele horton
Port Orange386-453-1004
kristin k. hosBein
St. Augustine904-540-2080
sue Johnson
Gainesville [email protected]
Michele karahalios
Earleton352-665-3710 michele.karahalios@ gmail.comMichelekarahalios.com
Deane kelloGG
St. Augustine904-824-9434 [email protected]
claire kenDrick
Fleming Islandclaire@ckjk_studio.comCjk-studio.com
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
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OPEN AIR ARTS PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Gary Borse
Harriet Huss
HARRIET HUSSOriginal Paintings, Archival Reproductions
Custom Framed352.475.1744
for pricing and info:
www.harriethuss.com
HARRIET HUSSOriginal Paintings, Archival Reproductions
Custom Framed352.475.1744
for pricing and info:
www.harriethuss.com
HARRIET HUSSOriginal Paintings, Archival Reproductions
Custom Framed352.475.1744
for pricing and info:
www.harriethuss.com
tiM Malles Gainesville 352-371-7192 [email protected] TimMalles.com
DaVis McGlathery Newberry [email protected]
sharon osterholt Tavares407-341-4122 [email protected]
reeD PeDlow Earleton352-494-3834 [email protected]
Marilyn Masters
Ormond Beach386-676-0869 [email protected]@fineartamerica
Dan BurleiGh PhilliPs DeLand [email protected]
OPEN AIR ARTS PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
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Upcoming Events at the FarmFeb. 24th – Spring Butterfly Gardening Field Day. A full-day educational workshop featuring Dr. Marc C. Minno, author of Florida Butterfly Gardening.
Feb. 25th – Spring Butterfly Gardening Open House. A celebration of spring butterfly gardens. Tours, speakers, kids activity program, butterfly and native plants for sale, music, local food. Free and open to the public.
Mar. 24th & 25th – Melrose Open Air Arts. The Butterfly Farm welcomes the public to see artists at work, Sat. 10am – 4pm; Sun. 1pm – 4pm.
Mar. 24th – Melrose Open Air Arts Photo Safari. Bring your camera and meet professional photographer and artist Jeff Knee for a trek around the Butterfly Farm, 10am – 11:30am.
Located in sunny Melrose, Florida
S erving all your butterfly needs with the finest quality, native Lepidoptera, grown in harmony with
nature. We are in transition to USDA Certified Organic, meaning our butterflies, no matter how colorful, are green butterflies.
Farm Tours – a close-up and personal “butterfly experience” 12 months a year! Butterfly Releases – for weddings, parties, funerals or other commemorative events. Hatch Kits – grow your own butterfly from a caterpillar! Butterfly Farm Gift Shop – the most diverse selection of butterfly merchandise in the Southeast. NEW! Greathouse Bridal Services – get married at a REAL butterfly farm.
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Seven Stars Farm supports the arts and local food
culture in Melrose.Concerts, meetings, private dinners
and parties hosted at the farm in a relaxed and
enjoyable atmosphere.
Melanie Grogan3828 NE CR 219A, Melrose, FL
352-494-2287 [email protected]
The Doris Bardon Community Cultural Center
716 N Main St. Gainesville, FL
for information about our classes, gallery, event space & studios
www.thedoris.org
THE DORIS
100+ events 10 premier venues
40 showcase partnersDance, theatre, art, music and butterflies at the peak of our spring cultural season. Ask for the Primavera Special at ten participating eateries. Enjoy outdoor rambles, small town strolls and urban nightlife. It’s Primavera!
March 20 to April 22 VisitPrimavera Headquarters at The Doris, 710 N. Main Street
in Gainesville for programming, exhibits and Primavera info.
PrimaveraFestival.us
Florida’s Edencelebrates 10 yearsof holding the vision forNorth Florida and you’re invitedto help celebrate!
Add yourself to the Florida’s Edenmemory wall, step into ouroral history booth,immerse yourself in an all newBlue Path Water Exhibit,check out Primavera HQand enjoy creativeliterary, film, musical and artistic programs.
FLORIDA’S EDEN& THE BLUE PATHMarch 20 - April 22The Doris710 N. Main StreetGainesville, Florida
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irene salley
Gainesville352-871-7646
[email protected] irenesalley.com
ranDy Pitts
Jacksonville904-641-1642
JeFF riPPle
Micanopy352-466-3654
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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
karen F. rose
Gainesville 352-213-5658
[email protected] KarenFRose.com
irene salley
Gainesville352-871-7646
[email protected] irenesalley.com
BoB senesac Archer
[email protected] bobsenesac.com
Peter senesac [email protected]
ranDy Pitts
Jacksonville904-641-1642
anne seraPhine
Gainesville [email protected]
Daniel stePP
JeFF riPPle
Micanopy352-466-3654
roBert sMone
steVe thriFt
Lake Geneva [email protected]
Tim Ad
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trish VeVera Ormond Beach [email protected] fineartamerica.com/profiles/trish-vevera.html
Julie warMke-roBitaille
Gainesville [email protected]/julierobitaille
aMy wilkinson
kathleen woBie Hawthorne [email protected]
carole worthinGton Hawthorne 352-481-6298 [email protected]
carol thornton
Ormond Beach [email protected]
OPEN AIR ARTS CLASSES For the first time Melrose Open Air Arts is sponsoring painting classes. Participation is limited. You must contact the artist instructor to register via email. After you receive enrollment confirmation, send the class fee to: Melrose Open Air Arts, c/o Becky O’Brien, Director 13 SW 99th Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32607“Off to a Great Start - Introduction to Paint- ing En Plein Aire” with Nancy Moskovitz Saturday, March 17, 1-3:30 pm, Melrose Senior Community Center. Supply list provided upon registration. Students may paint with either oil or acrylic. Recommended for those with some experience in painting, but who want to learn how to paint outdoors. Class fee $25. Limit: 8 students. RSVP to [email protected]“Nuts and Bolts of Oil Painting” with Melanie PeterSaturday, March 17, 10 am-Noon, then 1-3 pm, Bellamy Road Fine Arts. For artists currently working in oils and/or other mediums but want to know more about working in oils. Class com-bines lecture, demonstration and work at your easel. Class fee $70. Limit: 8 students. RSVP to [email protected]
H I S T O R I C M E L R O S E
In 1877, the community of Melrose was platted along the historic Bellamy Road, Florida’s first federal highway. At the same time, work started on a canal to connect Lake Santa Fe to the railroad at Waldo, and by 1881 it was completed. Soon, steamboats began bringing Northern tourists to the southeast end of Lake Santa Fe on Melrose Bay. Fine Victorian homes ringed the bay along with schools, churches, a hotel, stores, a newspaper and a grist mill.
The winter of 1894-95 brought disastrous freezes across North Florida. Temperatures dropped to zero. The hotel closed, merchants went out of business and Melrose barely survived. Out of tragedy came a benefit. While the rest of Florida boomed, little changed in Melrose.
The visual history of the community remains a functioning part of everyday life. Today, Melrose with its slow pace and abundance of beautiful lakes, is a thriving town whose assets are protected by Historic Melrose, Inc. and supported by the Melrose Business and Community Association. The charm of Old Melrose has drawn many visitors as well as artists, writers and naturalists.
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A C K N O W L E D G M E N T SMany thanks to everyone who contributed
to the success of Open Air Arts 2011. Special thanks to Keith Bollum, Bellamy Road Fine Arts
Executive Director and the David Turner Warner Foundation, without whose support this event would not be possible.
Our special thanks to our Melrose and Earleton host families who opened up their yards, homes and hearts in
welcome to the artists: Mary Adkins & Mitchell Prugh
Mary Jane Angelo & Reed PedlowAndrea Behrman
Linda & Phil BennettWalter Cole
Bruce CornwellAnne Gilroy & Mark Lewis
Zane GreathouseNannette & Robert Griscti
Ron & Jan HaaseHarriet Huss & Jerry Thompson
Catharina HouseDonna and Perry Jordan
Anna Ladue & Patti ChristensenMichel & John Laxson
Jennie Mace & Bill FarmerieSmith Laws
Jean & Dr. Terry MarshallJudith Maclaren
Trey PalmerJennifer Pritchett
Kathryn & Art RileyPhil and Jean RobinsonDeborah & Bill Rossi
Walton & Virginia SmithVivian StarkePaula Tyner
Kathie & Pat WarrenKathleen Wobie
& George Ferreira
Open Air Arts 2012 Planning TeamBecky O’Brien, Open Air Arts Director
Bellamy Road Fine Arts: Keith Bollum, Linda Pollini, Karin WeinrichMelrose Bay Art Gallery:
Anne Gilroy, Jeff Knee, Harriet Huss, Reed PedlowHannah Price, Melrose Artist
Stewart Thomas, Palmstone StudioShake Rag Art & Culture Center:
June Beverly, Glenda Appling, Joseph Saccocci
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