GAINESVILLE — The attraction of the verbal and visual in contemporary art will be explored in “Word and Image,” a small but comprehensive exhibit of selected works Nov. 20 at the College of Fine Arts University Gallery at the University of Florida.
The printmaking exhibition is created from the collection of the Collaborative Workshop at the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Harn Museum of Art will get in the holiday spirit a little early this year when it hosts a two-session printmaking class that will assist adult participants in creating their own holiday cards.
From 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 18 and Dec. 2, Gainesville artist Cindy Pagel will show participants [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Floridance will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Florida for its “Don’t Stop the Music” fall showcase to help feed the hungry.
The show will include many styles of dance including pointe, hip-hop, modern, jazz, ballet, and [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History’s newest photography exhibit will feature photographs that focus on three Florida ecosystems: coastal zones, freshwater wetlands and upland habitats. Catch a glimpse of the state’s vanishing habitats and wildlife on display Nov. 29 – March 30, 2008.
The “Florida’s Vanishing Habitats and Wildlife” exhibit with 38 photographs [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Alachua County Youth Orchestra (ACYO) will perform their 2007 Winter Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 25 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Directed by University of Florida faculty member Gary Langford, the concert is free and open to the public.
The ACYO features students from grades 6-12 who practice [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Students in a University of Florida English graduate workshop plan to read some of their own poems that were inspired by the Harn Museum of Art’s collections of African, Asian, modern and contemporary art and photography.
The event, called “The Art of Poetry,” is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Nov. 29 during Museum [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The works of several notable contemporary artists, including Robert Rauschenburg, El Anatsui, James Rosenquist and Andy Warhol, will be on exhibit at the Harn Museum of Art for the next eight months.
“Vision/Revision: Contemporary Art from the Harn Collection” opens Tuesday. The exhibit highlights the mutable relationships among art, artists and viewers and [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability is joining forces with Gainesville Regional Utilities and International Carbon Bank & Exchange, this weekend to get 5,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs into the hands of GRU customers.
The first 1,000 people who come to the GRU booth at the Downtown Festival & Art Show will [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Healthy Gators 2010 coalition encourages all students, faculty and staff to become members of the Tobacco-Free Nation by celebrating the Great Gator Smokeout from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Reitz Student Union Colonnade. The event coincides with the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Just in time for the holidays, one of the oldest, continually operating marionette theaters in the world will perform four special shows at the Phillips Center Black Box Theatre.
The Salzburg Marionettes’ U.S. tour includes performances of “Hansel and Gretel” as well as the premiere of their adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The [...]