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So many of my friends think of Central Florida as a cultural wasteland known for theme parks and retirees but, there IS art and culture in Central Florida, you just have to look.
This year will be the Fifth year that Lake County and the Greater DeLand Area of Florida will feature the "Off the Beaten Path Florida Arts Tour." Taking placeDecember 5-6, 2015, it's a free (albeit the cost of gas for your car) family-friendly self-guided/self-drive tour to area arts and cultural facilities and artists' studios. Participating cultural Not-for-Profits include the Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Lake Eustis Museum of Art, and Trout Lake Nature Center. The Modernism Museum Mount Dora, with its main focus on studio art where craftsmanship meets fine art, will be featured as one of the new venues on the Tour.
The tour was co-founded by Judy Thompson, President of the Board of the Museum of Art - DeLand and Brenda Heim, a Florida-based abstract artist. Ms. Heim noted that the program has "made significant strides since its inception." It's now a truly "professional fine arts tour for those that appreciate excellence of craftsmanship locally, as well as for the cultural traveler that enjoys traversing the globe for unique ‘off the beaten path’ adventures.” The tour takes a personal approach, encouraging patrons to interact directly with studio owners and their featured artists, who will share their thoughts and processes with visitors. Mediums include: watercolor, painting, metal, clay and wood sculpture, illustration, printmaking, oil painting, pottery, jewelry, photography, paper mosaic and mixed media. Additionally, there will be demonstrations and other educational offerings at several of the tour stop locations.
Participating arts studios in Lake County include:
Anita Woods / Watercolor
Baker Street Artists' Studio / Painters Emily
Lewis, Liz Wincup, Jackii Molsick, Cathy Caine
Brenda Heim / Painting & Sculpture & Doug
Hays / Sculpture
Clay Bin Studio / Kelly Cornell, MFA
ClayUnique Studio / Lois Crisp Stover
Elisabeth Ferber / Plein Air & Oil Painting
Eric Schooley / Wood Sculpture & Pam Myers, Abstract Painting
Iron Block Studios / Kace Montgomery, Illustration / Clay Sculpture
Jennifer Cahill Harper / Printmaking
Kate Carney / Oil Painting
Lake Weir Pottery / Steve Lytle
Michele Pasternak / Pottery
Lake Country Guest Artists include:
Barb Batson / Clay
Cynthia Powell-Allen, BVA / Jewelry
Kareen Rashelle / Photography
Kate Esplen / Painting & Jewelry
Mary Ziegengeist / Watercolor
Odalys Garcia / Pottery
Patty Clifton / Paper Mosaic
Reid Pasternak / Mixed Media
Ruth Garry / Painting
Sharon Osterholt / Painting
Mount Dora Plein Air Painters
In Focus Photo Club
Student works of Clay
Student works of Printmaking
The Greater DeLand Tour Roster for 2015 includes:
Bobbi Baugh / Mixed Media – Paper and Fabric
Bruce Bigman / Photography
Cheri Haring / Pottery
Clare Radigan / Painting
Cynthia Dill / Painting
David Bryan / Painting
David Fithian / Oil on Canvas
DaVinci Design Studios / Multiple Artists
Diane Gugliotta / Painting and Mixed Media
Dominique Dubois / Painting
Greta Hummerstone / Pottery
Harry Messersmith / Glass and Bronze Sculpture
Ian Williams / Sculpture
Jack Hill / Sculpture
John Wilton / Mixed Mediums and Multiple Disciplines
Kit Ives / Mixed Media and Craft Assemblage
Leah Wiedemer / Painting
Lisa Sumner Messersmith / Multi Media, Monotype
Ludlow Lamberson / Sculpture / Painting / Mixed Media
Magda Hiller / Jewelry
Marisa Reilly / Oil paintings
Mary Lee Adler / Steel Sculpture
Nancy Esther Livingston / Clay
Peggy Banks / Mixed Media – Handmade Paper
Rachel Gordon Lambertson / Painting and Mixed Media
Robert C. Brooks / Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Poetry
Sherrill Schoening / Acrylic On Canvas & Dyes On Silk
The Tour will run Saturday, December 5th from 10am to 5pm, and Sunday, December 6th from 12pm to 5pm. See maps and sample works in the photos attached.
November 20, 2022
