Reinventing Edgewood
Group labored six long years before its efforts produced plans for an arts village
Museums feature local artists and special events
The 2021-2022 season will be chock full of interesting exhibits for museum–goers on the Treasure Coast.
Back on stage
Back on stage Theaters reopen doors after being dark during pandemic BY SUSAN BURGESS "The show must go on," the legendary band Queen sang after tragedy threatened its very existence.…
Elliott Museum at 60
Sixty years later, the Elliott Museum is still a cultural hub that focuses on local history, art, an extensive vintage car collection, baseball memorabilia and much more
The work of renowned light artist Chul Hyun Ahn is on exhibit at the Vero Beach Museum of Art through April 30. Using lights and mirrors and ordinary objects, Ahn creates Zen-inspired works that are windows into infinity and space, such as this work, entitled Five Squares, from 2016. VBMA PHOTOS
Mirroring an illusion
VBMA exhibit invites viewers to explore space through their own perspectives
One of photographer Jon Kral’s first published photographs was an essay he did on Fort Pierce crop duster Harold Williams, whom he nicknamed “Happy.” The photo is part of Kral’s exhibition, Insight: Photography of Jon Kral, that runs Nov. 20-Jan. 3. Kral, Jon. Happy, 1970. Archival pigment print, 13x19. JON KRAL
Humble beginnings
Photographer started his career in Fort Pierce and perfected it around the world
Celebrating its 60th season, the A.E. Backus Museum and Gallery was first envisioned as a building with an open air atrium. Backus painted this as an artist’s rendering in 1959. A.E. Backus [American, 1906-1990] Fort Pierce Art Gallery, 1959. Oil on board, 15x30 inches. Gift of Dorothy Shapiro Manello.
Backus turns 60
Community support has helped the museum survive difficult times including the pandemic
J. Marshall Adams
Backus Museum changing leadership
With pride and gratitude for 18 years of service, the Board of Directors of the A.E. Backus Museum announces the retirement of Executive Director Kathleen Piowaty Fredrick at the end of September, followed by the appointment of J. Marshall Adams as the new Executive Director.
