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French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950 is on display at the Vero Beach Museum of Art Feb. 1 through June 22. The display features 59 paintings and sculptures from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection of European art and includes works by Cezanne, Chagall, Degas, Matisse, Monet, Rodin and many others. Above, senior Brooklyn Museum curator Lisa Small gives a tour of the exhibit- ion while standing in front of Degas’ Nude Woman Drying Herself.

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Professor David Muller enjoys entertaining his students at IRSC while teaching them the fundamentals of English composition.

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For Professor David Muller, teaching English composition at Indian River State College involves the usual reading and writing — as well as lots of fun.

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Brandy Nelson teaches environmental science from her outdoor lagoon classroom. KERRY FIRTH

Wild ideas

While most high school students are sitting at desks during classes, students enrolled in the Environmental and Marine Program at St. Edward’s Upper School are wading and snorkeling in the Indian River Lagoon, hiking through flatwood forests and cultivating oysters and clams.

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Local boosters chartered a train in 1925 that took them to Tallahassee, where they successfully lobbied the legislature for their own county. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ARCHIVE CENTER, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MAIN LIBRARY

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Indian River County was created on May 30, 1925 — nearly 100 years ago — when Gov. John D. Martin signed a bill that split St. Lucie County into two parts.

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Martin County archivist Georgen Charnes set up Martin Digital History, which allows anyone to access the program’s archives at martindigitalhistory.org. GREGORY ENNS

History alive and well on Treasure Coast and going digital

The Eighth Annual History Festival is in the books, but the work continues. The festival held Jan. 11 was our biggest yet. Our company founded the festival in 2017, and today it is produced by the St. Lucie Historical Society at the Regional History Center in Fort Pierce.

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