Arts and Culture in Gainesville&Alachua County

Thomas Center Galleries
On behalf of the City of Gainesville Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, I am pleased to introduce another exciting year. The Thomas Center for the Arts is committed to providing education, enjoyment and cultural enrichment of the entire community and its visitors. The art industry emphasizes humanity and is a source of individual expression, creativity, therapy, problem solving and innovation. The arts encourage us to learn from each other, embrace our differences, ask questions and think for ourselves. Sadly, many art programs have become eliminated from schools as economic conditions decline.

As always, we look forward to seeing new faces and returning friends.

Erin Friedberg, Visual Arts Coordinator

Main Gallery

August 30 – October 19, 2008
Liquid Muse: Paintings from the St. Johns Region
Featuring work by 45 Florida artists
Curated by Mallory O’Connor and Gary Monroe
In collaboration with: Artists Alliance of North Florida,
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Santa Fe Community College
Funded by the Florida Humanities Council, a program of the
National Endowment for the Humanities
Reception and gallery talk: Thursday, October 2
Symposium at SFCC: Friday, October 3

Spence Guerin, Tootoosahatchee, 1991-1994,
oil on linen, 48" x 60" Collection of the Artist.

Jiang Jian, *Master of the House* (Series), Zhao Weidong, 16, Jiyvan County, Henan, 1999. Collection of the Bates Museum of Art.	October 25, 2008 – January 4, 2009 Documenting China: Photography and Social Change Curator: Gu Zheng, of Fudan University in Shanghai Zhou Hai, photographs Jiang Jian, phtoographs Zhou Ming, photographs Zhang Xinmin, photographs Liu Xiadodi, photographs Luo Yongjin, photographs Lu Yuanmin, photographs Organized by the Bates College Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) program. Co-sponsored by the University of Florida Asian Studies Program Reception: Thursday, October 30	Zhou Ming, Untitled (Shanghai Sketch Series), 2002. Collection of the Bates Museum of Art.

                                       January 10 – February 22, 2009
                                       The Beginning that Never Ends…
                                       The Rosewood Traveling Exhibition
                                       Curator: Sherry Sherrod DuPree, Ed.S.
                                       Photographs, Text, Quilts, and Memorabilia
                                       Reception: Thursday, February 19

Roland L. Freeman

Roland L. Freeman, A Communion of the Spirits, Alachua County, FL,1993, color transparency, 2.25" x 2.5" Wilma B. Stewart (center) with (left to right): Nyron L. Bradley, Jonathan E. Bradley, John D. Stewart, Andrako D. Bradley, Demetrius T. Anthony, Reginald Craig Bradley, and Andranique N. Bradley.1993

February 28 – April 12, 2009
Lauren Garber Lake: Bunch
Mixed Media
Reception: Thursday, March 26

Lauren Garber Lake, Sundering (detail), 2007,
graphite on silk flowers, 7.5' x 2'

April 18 – June 7, 2009
For the Love of Creation
Lennie Kesl and Jiri Lonsky
Ceramics, Paintings and Mixed Media
Reception: Thursday, April 23

Jiri Lonsky, Spirit House , 2007,
ceramics, 23" x 12" x 12"

June 13 – August 2, 2009
Juror’s Choice: 2008 Regional Award Winners
Ray Carson, Photographs
Frank Curtis, Mixed Media
Helen Otterson, Ceramics
Robin Venable, Mixed Media
Reception: Thursday, June 18

August 8 – September 20, 2009
9th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
Reception: Thursday, August 27

Sarah Hinds and Sky Campbell, Pumpkin,
2008, hand blown glass, 12" x 12" x 8 1/2"

September 26 – November 8, 2009
Reflections: Beyond Time and Space
Carol Barber, Paintings
Sky Campbell, Hand Blown Art Glass
Sarah Hinds, Hand Blown Art Glass
Reception: Thursday, October 1

Carol Barber, Song to a River Tree, 2008,
acrylic on canvas 24" x 20"

Mezzanine Gallery

September 27 – November 9, 2008 Roller Coasters, Diners, and Wind-Ups: A Process Color Collaborative Project Prints by SFCC's Graphic Design Program students Reception: Thursday, October 2		November 15, 2008 – January 4, 2009 *Celebrate Design: American Institute of Architects* Reception: Thursday, November 20

January 10 – February 1, 2009 Alachua County Elementary Schools Reception: Thursday, January 15		February 7 – March 1, 2009 Alachua County Secondary Schools Reception: Tuesday, February 17

March 7 – March 29, 2009 Alachua County K-12 Schools Reception: Tuesday, March 24		April 4 – May 17, 2009 Images of the Thomas Center Through the Eyes of Millhopper Montessori Elementary/Middle School Photography Camp Reception: Thursday, April 23

May 23 – July 12, 2009 Sweetwater Print Cooperative Reception: Thursday June 18		July 18 – September 7, 2009 Gainesville Fine Arts Association Reception: Thursday, August 27

September 12 – October 25, 2009 Linda Pence: Watercolors Reception: Thursday, October 1 Linda Pence, High Water, 2005, watercolor, 15" x 22"