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to the community. 7he season will continue those
traditions and add even more.
Adams, now in his second year as eecutive director of
the museum and gallery, says that if he were to give the
upcoming season a title, it would be A Season of Inspiration.
Recognizing the need to appeal to a variety of interests,
Adams says he looNs for ´diͿerent artists in diͿerent media
eploring remarNable creative directions.µ He found it for
, beginning with a preseason ehibition by 5usty
:iles, a St. Lucie &ounty firefighter who doubles as a photographer
and ,nstagram phenomenon.
7he yearending show, with several pieces by 'ale
Chihuly, is Masters of Glass: Dale Chihuly and Marlene Rose.
)loridabased 5ose has been called a netgeneration
master, creating mesmeriing pieces from molten glass. An
opening reception has been set for 1ov. , coinciding with
that weeNend·s holiday sale in the gift shop. After a short
holiday breaN, Artists of Color: Place, Race, and Vision of the
Florida Highwaymen opens to celebrate the famed artists
with paintings on loan from private collections. 7he ehibition
will run -an. to 0arch , and the opening reception
is )eb. as part of the Highwaymen weeNend celebration
in )ort 3ierce.
2pening 0arch , Backus & Butcher and the Florida Landscape
will showcase uniTue views of )lorida as seen through
the eyes of Beanie BacNus and largeformat photographer
&lyde Butcher. Butcher will be at the gallery 0arch to
meet guests and sign his latest booNs.
7he season will end, as always, with Through the Eye of the
Camera Muried ehibition, drawing photography as art from
the area·s talented photographers. >>
10.6.18 – 1.6. 19
HOLMES, TITELMAN GALLERIES,
AND STARK ROTUNDA
ART SINCE 1980
FROM THE RUBELL
FAMILY COLLECTION
Thomas Schütte, Grosse Geister #2 Big Spirit #2, Polished bronze, 96 x 56 x 34 in. (243.8 x 142.2. x 86.4cm),
Courtesy of Rubell Family Collection
3001 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach | www.vbmuseum.org | 772.231.0707
A.E. BACKUS MUSEUM & GALLERY
Harold Newton, who created this oil painting, was one of the original Highwaymen
who studied with A.E. Backus.
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