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Crealdé School of Art presents the Visiting Exhibition Series, a visually and culturally rich experience of African-American themed artwork, including folk art, photography, painting, quilt-making, and historic works by famous African-American artists.

Currently at the Heritage Center Gallery:

April 9 to June 26

Just Above the Water: Florida Folk Art.
Based on five years of research and a book by curators Kristin Congdon and Tina Bucuvalas, the exhibition looks closely at the lives of 35 Florida folk artists and reveals how their work is inspired by everyday customs, environments, and community traditions. On loan from The Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee.
Below: Fish by Kurt Zimmerman

2010 Exhibition Schedule

July 9 to September 25
125 Windows Into A Historic Community:
The Complete Hannibal Square Heritage Collection.
This extraordinary 20th century documentation of community will fill the Heritage Center with the entire 125 pieces that make up the award-winning Heritage Collection: Photographs and Oral Histories of West Winter Park—the result of six Heritage Collection research phases, since 2002; curated by Peter Schreyer. Opening reception: Friday, July 9, 6 to 8 p.m.


October 9 to January 15
The Art of Hope:
A Regional Juried Exhibition Commemorating the First African American U.S. President,
Barack Obama.
Artists from all visual mediums throughout the Southeastern U.S. are invited to enter this juried exhibition commemorating the hope surrounding the election and presidency of Barack Obama. Curated by Bobby Scroggins. Opening reception and awards presentation: Friday, October 9.

Hannibal Square Heritage Center: rediscover your heritage and neighborhood!

The real impact of the Hannibal Square Heritage Center lives in the heartbeat of the community. The mission of the center is to inspire residents and visitors alike to participate in and celebrate their own community’s history. Through learning about the story and contributions of the West Winter Park community, residents young and old have the opportunity to reconnect and learn about their own neighborhood’s history, and people from everywhere, not just Central Florida or Winter Park, will be moved to explore their own.
   Visitors may tour the many exhibitions and programs offered at the new facility including the Family History Research Library, and the beautiful historic photographs and oral histories that comprise the much celebrated Heritage Collection. Also on view is a carefully researched historical timeline highlighting contributions, successes and hardships of the city’s African American community from the arrival of the first settlers to Winter Park in 1858 to the recent dramatic redevelopment of Hannibal Square.

The Family History Research Library houses the collected family histories of West Winter Park residents, and displays photographs of the 2007 Unity Heritage Festival Feature Family, The Zanders. It is open to the public and staffed by research experts to assist patrons in researching their own family history.

Through innovative programming in the arts and humanities, The Heritage Center is a neighborhood focal point, archive, and home to the Heritage Collection: Photographs and Oral Histories of West Winter Park. Staffed by community docents, the center is hosting art classes for children, adults, and seniors, traveling exhibitions, family history research and cultural programs with a focus on local history, cultural preservation, and southern folklore. These are offered in partnership with area academic institutions and other not-for-profit organizations.

In partnership with the community and the City of Winter Park’s Community Redevelopment Agency, Crealdé School of Art operates the Heritage Center under a 30-year lease as a tribute to the past, present and future contributions of Winter Park’s African American community.