Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens

Beaux Arts of Volusia: Saving Yesterday (Archived)

"Keyholes From Yesterday", mixed media, 9" x 30", 2004, by Kathy O'Meara Larger View

Beaux Arts of Volusia:
Saving Yesterday

"Unlimited View", oil, 11" x 15", 2004, by Kathy Jones Larger view

June 4, 2004 through July 4, 2004

"Life From the Ruin", Oil, 24" x 36", 2004, by H. Seydel Larger View

The Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens proudly presents "Beaux Arts of Volusia: Saving Yesterday," a visual journey into the past.

Beaux Arts of Volusia, organized in 1962, is an invitational, juried group of 50 artists who work in photography, abstract and representational sculpture and painting. Each year two exhibitions are mounted: the Members' Exhibit, a straightforward expression of each artist's choice of work, and a Theme Exhibition which challenges the members to use their individual talents to work within a given theme.

Saving Yesterday is the Theme Exhibit presented here at OMAM. Beaux Arts Members were to visit the Florida Victorian Architectural Antiques store in DeLand, Florida, seeking visual images among the pieces of antiquity from which their art work must be derived. The Saving Yesterday exhibit moves you through the creative exploration of this group of diverse and innovative artists.

Museum members, artists, and their guests are invited to attend the opening reception for this exhibition on Friday, June 4, 2004, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.

The Beaux Arts of Volusia present "A Gallery Talk", June 5, 2004, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at the Museum.  A distinguished panel of Beaux Arts of Volusia artists will discuss the conceptual, biographical, and inspirational foundations of their works.  Members and guests are welcome to join in this first-hand encounter, at no charge.

Scenes from the Opening Reception

photographs courtesy of J. Walker Fischer

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The show's description hangs above a mixed media piece by Kathy O'Meara, titled "Keyholes From Yesterday"	Museum Director Ann Burt and Beaux Arts President Constanz Elder pose for the photographer. Several paintings from the exhibition hang in the background.	Opening reception guests mingle in the main gallery.
		Alice Crotty and Beatriz Ehringer. Ehringer's painting, "The Guiding Light", hangs in the background.
Antoinette Slick, Beaux Arts exhibitor, with Museum Director, Ann Burt.	"Pendant" - jewelry, glass, sterling and pearl, by Mary Shimpff Webb	"Relic", a pine sculpture by Bernard Goldstein, frames the painting "Cobwebs In The Attic" by Carolyn Land, seen in the background.

The Museum staff is happy to accommodate media outlets by arranging artist/curator interviews or photo, film, and video shoot schedules with advance notice. Contact Museum Director, Ann Burt, or Curator of Education and Special Events, Kristina Wright, at (386) 676-3347 for more information.

Museum hours are Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday 12:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Seniors (60+), students and children are admitted to the Museum free of charge every day; a $2 donation is suggested for adult visitors.

The Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens is located at 78 E. Granada Boulevard (SR 40), Ormond Beach, beachside, on the southeast corner of Granada Boulevard and Halifax Avenue. Phone (386) 676-3347 for details and information.

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