Visual feast

A.E. “Beanie” Backus,
A.E. “Beanie” Backus, a legendary painter who mastered scenes of the Florida landscape, created an artistic path for the Florida Highwaymen. More than 50 paintings by the Highwaymen will be exhibited at the Backus Museum. A.E. BACKUS MUSEUM & GALLERY

Compelling season being cooked up by local museums

BY DONNA CRARY

At Art After Dark, visitors take in various works of digital art projected onto the exterior walls of Vero Beach Museum of Art.
At Art After Dark, visitors take in various works of digital art projected onto the exterior walls of Vero Beach Museum of Art. VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART

Museums along the Treasure Coast are getting ready for an exciting season that is sure to please a wide variety of art lovers. The Vero Beach Museum of Art will highlight the avant-garde movements in French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, showcasing several renowned French artists including Cezanne, Chagall, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Manet and Rodin. The A.E. Backus Museum in Fort Pierce will present an exhibit by the Florida Highwaymen, a group of highly regarded black artists some of whom were trained by painter A.E. “Beanie” Backus. Sculptures by Eduardo Gomez Rojas will be on display at the Elliott Museum in Stuart as well as several painting exhibits by regional artists. Quilt lovers should check out the Awakening and Stitchpunk exhibits at the Elliott and Backus Museums, respectively, where the art of quilting is taken to a whole new level. Additionally, the Elliott Museum presents UFOs-Denial-Disclosure-Discernment, a thought-provoking exhibition that challenges the idea of whether humans are alone in the universe. 

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