Past Exhibitions

Emerge: New Works by Painting & Drawing Fellowship and Studio Artists

Sep. 29, 2017 — Jan. 16, 2018
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

Emerging artists from the Crealdé Painting & Drawing program share their talent in work produced during their fellowships. The Crealdé Fellowship Program, since 1978, and the Studio Artist Program, since 1996, have mentored an average of 25 students per year through this work-study exchange.
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The Lake: A Documentary Exploring the Land and People of Lake Apopka

Sep. 15, 2017 — Jan. 20, 2018
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

Crealdé School of Art in partnership with the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation presents the Lake Apopka documentary exhibition in our two Winter Park galleries. After more than a year of planning, two artist teams set out to capture a contemporary view of the land and people of the diverse and distinctive Lake Apopka community.
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Director’s Choice VII

Jan. 20, 2018 — Apr. 28, 2018
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

This exhibition, organized by Crealdé Curator of Exhibitions Barbara Tiffany, features the recent work of artists from the Crealdé diverse faculty. This year’s list: Peter Schreyer – Photography, Milton Heiberg – Photography, Marie Orban –   Drawing, Stacy Barter   – Painting, Robert Ross – Painting, Don Sondag – Painting, Doug Bringle- Ceramics, and Barbara Bailey – Ceramics.  
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Honoring Two Winter Park Legends: The Paintings of Hugh McKean and Jeannette Genius McKean

Feb. 2, 2018 — May. 19, 2018
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

Crealdé proudly presents a major educational exhibition of paintings created by Hugh McKean (1908-1995) and Jeannette Genius McKean (1909-1989) on loan from The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park.
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Honoring Two Winter Park Legends: The Paintings of Hugh McKean and Jeannette Genius McKean

Feb. 2, 2018 — May. 19, 2018
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

Crealdé proudly presents a major educational exhibition of paintings created by Hugh McKean (1908-1995) and Jeannette Genius McKean (1909-1989) on loan from The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park.
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The Lake: A Documentary Exploring the Land and People of Lake Apopka

Sep. 15, 2017 — Jan. 20, 2018
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

Crealdé School of Art in partnership with the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation presents the Lake Apopka documentary exhibition in our two Winter Park galleries. After more than a year of planning, two artist teams set out to capture a contemporary view of the land and people of the diverse and distinctive Lake Apopka community.
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The Lake: A Documentary Exploring the Land and People of Lake Apopka

Jan. 25, 2018 — Apr. 25, 2018
Location: Traveling

In collaboration with the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Crealdé School of Art offers a contemporary and historic window into the culture and landscape of Central Florida’s Lake Apopka. A team of professional documentary photographers and Plein air painters produced for exhibition 45 black-and-white archival photographs, oral histories of places and people, and a series of 10 Plein air paintings.

The Lake: A Documentary Exploring the Land and People of Lake Apopka Catalog is available for purchase and will accompany this traveling exhibition.

St. Augustine at 450

Nov. 14, 2016 — Feb. 17, 2017
Location: Traveling

Ten photographers captured the oldest city in the nation on the occasion of its 450th anniversary, exploring St. Augustine’s history, preservation efforts and place as a tourist destination, college town and home to a diverse population. Led by documentary photographers Peter Schreyer and Sherri Bunye, a master class produced the project from January to April 2015. Originally exhibited in the fall of 2015 as an official partner of “St. Augustine Celebrates 450” in the Rotunda Gallery of the St. Johns County Administration Building. St. Augustine, Florida.

Opening reception at the Art in Public Spaces Gallery at Winter Garden City Hall on Thursday, December 8, 5-7 p.m.

Storytellers XVII: West of the East Coast Tracks – New Smyrna Teens Give Us Insight Into Their Changing World

May. 25, 2018 — Sep. 1, 2018
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

Storytellers 17 takes place in the historic African-American West Side of New Smyrna Beach. The project represents a partnership between Crealdé School of Art, a nonprofit community arts organization established in 1975 in Winter Park, and the Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum, housed in the former St. Rita Colored Catholic Mission Church, built in 1899 in New Smyrna Beach. Until schools were integrated in the 1960s, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando served the West Side with a church, one of the first school for black children in Volusia County and a health clinic.

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Symbiotic Dance: Marianna Hamilton-Ross

May. 11, 2018 — Jul. 28, 2018
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

Various aqueous painting media allow Marianna Hamilton Ross to explore the interdependence of Man and Nature. Florida’s gardens and native habitats combine with human figures to depict both protective and turbulent relationships. Her work interweaves these observations and provides a fluctuating Symbiotic Dance between Man and Nature – continually challenging, stimulating and yet nurturing.
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37th Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Jun. 8, 2018 — Aug. 31, 2018
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

One of the most anticipated exhibitions of the year, the annual Juried Student Exhibition offers the opportunity for our adult students to showcase their mastery in a variety of artistic disciplines. This exhibition features some of the year’s best new works from our students and was installed by Vince Sansone with assistance from Lynn Warnicke.

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36th Summer ArtCamp Student Exhibition

Aug. 18, 2018 — Sep. 15, 2018
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

Since 1982, Crealdé has presented an annual exhibition featuring works of art from the 300-plus Summer ArtCamp participants, ages 4 to 17. The exhibition includes collaborative and individual works in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture and photography. It is curated by Crealdé’s Summer ArtCamp faculty.

The opening reception is from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, August 18.

Vibrant Vision: African Diaspora & African American Artists’ Works from the Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman Collection

Sep. 14, 2018 — Jan. 12, 2019
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

Selected from Vibrant Vision, a 40-year effort of Charleston-based collectors, Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman, this exhibit reflects themes of work, love, belonging and spirituality. With outstanding African American artists such as Clementine Hunter, Elizabeth Catlett, Hale Woodruff, Romare Howard Bearden and more, these works of art range from the late 1930s to the present and represent artists throughout the Caribbean and United States. The influential array of artists offers a deep look into diverse cultural influences that have shaped American art over the past hundred years.

HAND IN HAND: THE CREATIVE WORKS OF JANVIER MILLER AND GUSTAF MILLER

Jan. 12, 2019 — Apr. 27, 2019
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

Opening reception: Saturday, January 12, during the Annual Night of Fire Event, 5 – 8 pm

This artistic duo met at Syracuse University and then studied in Rome, Italy, each with a lifelong love of creating works of art. The exhibition will feature their most recent paintings, sculpture, and ceramics. Sharing a home studio in Vero Beach, Florida, or Stonington, Connecticut, Janvier and Gustaf support each other’s efforts through collaboration, critiques, and problem solving and exhibit annually at over 12 locations along the Eastern Seaboard. Curated by Barbara Tiffany, Curator of Exhibitions.

KEEPERS OF HERITAGE: Puerto Rican Artists in Central Florida

Feb. 1, 2019 — May. 18, 2019
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

February 1 to May 18, 2019

Powerful paintings, mixed media and sculpture by a passionate collective of contemporary artists honoring their cultural roots in an exclusive exhibition at the Alice & William Jenkins Gallery.

Featured artists: Juan Nieves-Burgos, Alejandro de Jesús, José Feliciano, Carmelo Fontanez-Cortijo, Domingo García, Yasir Nieves, Angel Rivera-Morales, Rafael Rivera-Rosa, Martín García Rivera, Pablo Rubio and Ivonne Galanes Svärd. Please join us!

Artist Talk: Sunday, March 3, at 2 p.m. with artist José Feliciano

Guided Tours: Available on Wednesdays at 2 p.m., email btiffany2000@yahoo.com

Opening Reception was on Friday, February 1, from 7–9 p.m. and had a welcome talk by Angel Rivera-Morales at 8 p.m.

ANDREW M. GRANT: ELEMENTS

Feb. 1, 2019 — Apr. 6, 2019
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

February 1 – April 6, 2019

Opening Reception: Friday, February 15, from 7–9 p.m. with a welcome talk by Andrew Grant at 8 p.m.

An intimate collection of figurative works by emerging local artist Andrew M. Grant in his first solo exhibition features drawings and paintings inspired by the natural power and beauty of black women. Starting with his painstaking sketches of live models, Grant portrays his subjects in lush backgrounds that key on the elements of earth, air, fire and water with some nudity. Please join us at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center upstairs Visiting Artists Gallery!

Artist Talk: Sunday, February 24, 2 p.m. with a presentation and open discussion with Andrew Grant, former Crealdé Fellowship student

Guided Tours: Contact Barbara Chandler, Manager, email barbara@hannibalsquareheritagecenter.org, 407-539-2680

38th ANNUAL JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION

Jun. 7, 2019 — Aug. 31, 2019
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

THE SAGE PROJECT PHASE II: HANNIBAL SQUARE ELDERS TELL THEIR STORIES

Apr. 12, 2019 — Aug. 31, 2019
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

This exhibit will be featured at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center from April 12 to August 31, 2019.

The Hannibal Square Heritage Center unveiled 17 new portraits and living histories of their most senior residents – now in their 80s and 90s – who are natives or longtime residents of the African American west side Winter Park Community.

The oral interviews were lovingly captured by Heritage Center Historians Fairolyn Livingston and Mary Daniels, both longtime residents as well. The exquisite portraits of these elders were captured by documentary photographer Peter Schreyer.

Adding to the existing Sage Project permanent collection that dates to 2012, “These histories, however personal, have a familiarity that resonates with the residents of African American communities around the country,” explains Heritage Center Chief Historian Livingston.

EMERGE: NEW WORKS BY PAINTING AND DRAWING FELLOWSHIP AND STUDIO ARTISTS

May. 10, 2019 — Aug. 3, 2019
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

The opening reception was on Friday, May 10 from 7 – 9 pm.

Emerging artists from the Crealdé Painting and Drawing program share their talent in work produced during their fellowships.  The Crealdé Fellowship Program, since 1978, and the Studio Artist Program, since 1996, has mentored an average of 25 students per year through this work-study exchange.  This exhibition is curated by Barbara Tiffany, Curator of Exhibitions.

37th Summer ArtCamp Exhibition

Aug. 17, 2019 — Sep. 21, 2019
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

FREE at Crealdé School of Art Main Campus
Showalter Hughes Community Gallery 

Treat yourself to this exhibition that features works of art in many media by budding young talented artists, on view from August 17–September 21. Since 1982, Crealdé has presented an Annual Exhibition featuring works of art from our Summer ArtCampers ages 4–16. 

Collecting for Half a Century: Fine Craft from the Florida CraftArt Permanent Collection

Sep. 13, 2019 — Jan. 11, 2020
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

Organized 70 years ago by Stetson College art professors Elsa and Louis Freund, Florida CraftArt is a statewide organization celebrating fine craft. Being showcased for the first time outside its St. Petersburg, Florida home, over 70 pieces from the collection will be showcased in this exhibition, consisting of works in ceramic, wood, fiber, metals, jewelry, glass and mixed media. 

Please join us for the opening reception and gallery talk by Katie Deits, Executive Director, Florida CraftArt.

Soul Utterings: Creative Works by Kianga Jinaki and John Mascoll

Sep. 13, 2019 — Jan. 11, 2020
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

It’s Only Human: The Figure in Art

Sep. 27, 2019 — Dec. 28, 2019
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

This first-time, juried exhibition curated by Barbara Tiffany will showcase the human figure depicted in any medium, including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics and sculpture, representational or abstract and is open to all Crealdé’s faculty, students and members.

Storytellers 18: See Through Our Eyes

Oct. 6, 2019 — Jan. 4, 2020
Location: Traveling

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Power, Myth, And Memory in Africana Art: Select Pieces from the CJ Williams Collection

Jan. 31, 2020 — May. 16, 2020
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

On View: January 31–May 16
Panel Discussion: Sunday, February 23, 2-4pm
2pm Gallery Walk at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center
3pm Panel Discussion at the Alice & William Jenkins Gallery

It will include Collector CJ Williams, Curator Kristin Congdon, and Curatorial Advisor and Haitian artist Patrick Noze, and will be moderated by artist, educator and influencer Andrew Browne.

Power, Myth, and Memory in Africana Art is a partnership exhibition with other Orange County arts organizations that aim to commemorate the one hundred year anniversary of the 1920 Ocoee Massacre. The works displayed will demonstrate how artists of African descent have found power and resilience in a racially unjust world.

Charley Williams’ Winter Park-based collection spans the twentieth century and moves into the twenty-first. Because it focuses on African, Haitian, and African American art, it provides audiences with the opportunity to explore pan-African ideas that manifest themselves into the lives of three different places. Focusing on power, myth, and memory, we have that ability to see the importance of ritualistic ideas such as the “dream-soul,” animals as mediators, religious rituals, burial practices, and the importance of ancestors.

Included are works by Sister Gertrude Morgan, Clementine Hunter, David Butler, Ransom McCormick, Roi David Annisey, and Nellie Mae Rowe, as well as historic African masks, chairs, and fertility objects. These artists lift themselves up through faith, pride, and traditional practices thereby establishing diverse ways of transcending subjugation and finding strength. This artwork has extraordinary technical, historical, and symbolic weight that deserves the same respect given to traditional, western art.

The panel discussion will include Collector Charley Williams, Curator Kristin Congdon, and Curatorial Advisor and Haitian artist Patrick Noze.

Click here to view the Power, Myth, & Memory exhibition catalog.

Power, Myth And Memory in Africana Art: Select Pieces from the CJ Williams Collection

Jan. 31, 2020 — May. 16, 2020
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

Charley Williams’ Winter Park-based collection spans the twentieth century and moves into the twenty-first. Because it focuses on African, Haitian, and African American art, it provides audiences with the opportunity to explore pan-African ideas that manifest themselves into the lives of three different places. Focusing on power, myth, and memory, we have that ability to see the importance of ritualistic ideas such as the “dream-soul,” animals as mediators, religious rituals, burial practices, and the importance of ancestors.

Included are works by Sister Gertrude Morgan, Clementine Hunter, David Butler, Ransom McCormick, Roi David Annisey, and Nellie Mae Rowe, as well as historic African masks, chairs, and fertility objects. These artists lift themselves up through faith, pride, and traditional practices thereby establishing diverse ways of transcending subjugation and finding strength. This artwork has extraordinary technical, historical, and symbolic weight that deserves the same respect given to traditional, western art.

The panel discussion will include Collector Charley Williams, Curator Kristin Congdon, and Curatorial Advisor and Haitian artist Patrick Noze.

Click here to view the Power, Myth, & Memory exhibition catalog.

Director’s Choice VIII: Works of Select Crealdé Faculty

Jan. 11, 2020 — Apr. 25, 2020
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

View the Virtual Tour of the Exhibition.

This exhibition, organized by Crealdé Curator of Exhibitions, Barbara Tiffany, features the recent work of artists from Crealdé’s diverse faculty, including artists long associated with the school as well as some new additions. Media include painting, photography, ceramics and sculpture. For more than four decades, Crealdé’s faculty of more than 50 artists has represented some of Central Florida’s most influential arts educators and accomplished artists.

FEATURED ARTISTS

Stefan Alexandres

David Cumbie

Vince Sansone

Belinda Glennon

Jesus Minguez

Tom Sadler

Noreen Coup

Barbara Tiffany

Sherri Bunye

Chris Casler

John Baker

40th Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Jun. 25, 2021 — Sep. 11, 2021
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, June 25, 7–9:00pm

This favorite annual exhibition features some of the year’s best student work in painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, and fiber arts. Works are selected by Crealdé’s program managers and awarded by guest juror, Austin Reeves, collections and exhibitions manager, Cornell Museum of Fine Art at Rollins College.

*For the safety of all, our galleries will be carefully monitored by Crealdé staff and allow a capacity of 15 people for 10 minutes. We expect visitors to be responsible by wearing masks and practicing social distancing. Refreshments will be served outdoors.

EMERGE: New Works By Ceramics, Sculpture and Photography Fellowship and Studio Artists

May. 1, 2020 — Aug. 1, 2020
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

Virtual Opening Reception: Friday, May 1, 7pm
Watch It Here

Tune into the virtual opening reception of our current exhibition! Although we weren’t able to have a public opening reception in the gallery, you’re still be able to see the program managers and a few select artists discuss the exhibition and their pieces. You can view it on our YouTube channel. 

Emerging artists from Crealdé’s Photography, Ceramic and Sculpture Programs share their talent in work produced during their fellowships. The Crealdé Fellowship Program, since 1978, and the Studio Artist Program, since 1996, have mentored an average of 25 students per year through this work-study exchange.

Artists Include –

Ceramics:
Miriam Levy, Fellows Manager
Lynn Warnicke, Studio Artist
Jaime Ferguson, Fellow
Eun Cho, Fellow
Rachel Kinbar, Fellow

Sculpture:
Jason Gillespie, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch Recipient, 2019
Ken Lichtenberger, Studio Artist, 2019
Devyn Going, Studio Artist, 2020
Lynn Brenner-Katz, Fellows Manager
Shaun Cook, Fellow
Gladiola Sotomayor, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch Recipient, 2020
Mila Belle, Fellow

Photography:
Laura McBryde, Fellow
Laurie Hasan, Fellow
Kristen Gillan, Fellows Manager
Natalie Colon, Studio Artist, 2020
Cynthia Slaughter, Studio Artist, 2019

STORYTELLERS 18: See Through Our Eyes

Jun. 9, 2020 — Aug. 1, 2020
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

An Exhibition Dedicated to BLACK LIVES MATTER
Virtual Opening Reception & Gallery Talk

Local Teens Document their historic African American community in DeLand through photography & oral history. When the camera is put in their hands, and intergenerational connections are made, the results are powerful and lasting.

STORYTELLERS 18 was originally unveiled in the Fall of 2019 at the African American Museum of the Arts in DeLand — as all STORYTELLERS projects are first shown in their home town. Now on display at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center in Winter Park, this opening event includes a gallery talk by project creator and instructor Peter Schreyer, and an opportunity to meet some of the Storytellers, project partners, and supporting Fellowship Artists at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center.

Since 1996, the CREALDÉ STORYTELLERS TEEN DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM has given photography instruction to students ages 13–17, providing the opportunity for self-expression while exploring the heritage of their community. From Orlando’s downtown urban Parramore neighborhood to suburban Sanford and Apopka to rural Geneva and coastal New Smyrna, teens from around Central Florida have completed 18 photographic documentary exhibitions to date, all of which are available to travel.

38th Annual Summer ArtCamp Exhibition

Aug. 15, 2020 — Sep. 12, 2020
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

August 15 – September 12

We have been #creativetogether and the results will be on exhibition. Make a note and tell your family and friends! This celebration of creativity will be an amazing blend of collaborative and individual artworks on display in the Showalter Hughes Community Gallery and ONLINE. 

For the first time Crealdé young artists will be featured in a virtual exhibition displayed on our YouTube Channel. Engaging interviews, silly anecdotes and awesome art all rolled up in family entertainment.
You won’t want to miss this culmination of summer fun!

Cynthia Slaughter, Documentary Photographer: On Love And Loss

Sep. 18, 2020 — Jan. 18, 2021
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

Hannibal Square Heritage Center
Upstairs Visiting Exhibition Gallery
642 W. New England Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789

On View Through Jan. 18, 2021

In this series of moving black and white photographs, Cynthia Slaughter shares a deeply intimate documentary on her 94-year-old mother, Edna Pearl Butler, a retired farmworker in the celery fields of Sanford, Florida, where she has been a resident since 1950. Her images chronicle her current life of devoted service to her faith, her family, and her local community. 

Additionally, Slaughter invites viewers into her home in Orlando’s Orlovista neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in 2017. Slaughter tells the visual story of her life after 35 years of memories were wiped away and her home was deemed unlivable by FEMA.

Cynthia Slaughter is a Studio Artist in documentary photography at Crealdé School of Art where she has studied since 2010 and participated in Crealdé documentaries including St. Augustine at 450 and The Lake: A Documentary Exploring the Land and People of Lake Apopka. She is mentored by documentary photographer and senior faculty member Peter Schreyer.

What Is That You Express In Your Eyes? The Inspired Works Of Alberto Gómez

Sep. 25, 2020 — Jan. 16, 2021
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

Alice and William Jenkins Gallery &
Showalter Hughes Community Gallery
600 St. Andrews Blvd., Winter Park, FL 32792

On View September 25, 2020 Through January 16, 2021 

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, internationally exhibited artist Alberto Gómez is a figurative artist, painter and master print maker who became a U.S. citizen in 2011. He has participated in more than 25 solo and group exhibitions and has works in many private and corporate collections throughout Latin America and the United States.

Crealdé has commissioned the artist to create a large three-panel mural on the history of immigration in the United States, which will debut during this exhibition and will be shown at the Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs’ FusionFest (Nov. 28 & 29, 2020).

Jane Turner: The Evolution Of An Artist, Paintings & Sculptures That Tell A Story

Feb. 12, 2021 — May. 29, 2021
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

Helen Bennett & Ken Austin: A Tribute to Two Central Florida Legends

Feb. 22, 2021 — Apr. 30, 2021
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

The late Helen Bennett was well known in the ceramics community for decades as an artist, mentor, and owner of the Bennett Pottery Company. Ken Austin is the founder of the Central Florida Watercolor Society, a retired architect and city planner, and has created artwork that reveals his interest in both modern and traditional styles. Curated by Doug Bringle, Crealdé Senior Faculty in Ceramics, and Barbara Tiffany, Crealdé Curator of Exhibitions.

EMERGE: New Works by Painting & Drawing Fellowship & Studio Artists

May. 7, 2021 — Jul. 24, 2021
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

Preserving the Past and Looking Towards the Future: A Celebration of Hannibal Square

Jun. 19, 2021 — Jan. 22, 2022
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

This exhibition depicts the contributions of Winter Park’s African American community from 1900–present, remembering, acknowledging and preserving historic Hannibal Square’s legacy. This is the collection’s largest exhibition to date and is curated by Ms. Fairolyn Livingston, Chief Historian, Ms. Mary Daniels, Historian Docent and Mr. Peter Schreyer, documentary photographer.

“We are currently in Chicago completing our museum research in Washington D.C. and New York. On our long trip through the U.S., we have visited about 25 African American museums (most of the big ones and a number of smaller ones) and many other museums and sites related to American history. We often think back to your museum as one of our best experiences with regard to a specific local approach and convincingly implemented techniques of narrative and display. We wanted to thank you for your admirable work in Winter Park.” – Christian Kravagna, Professor of Post-Colonial Studies, Institute for Arts and Cultural Sciences, Academy of Visual Art, Vienna, Austria

“The Heritage Center is certainly a beacon of light that brings dignity to the community, as well as inspiration to all who visit from near and far. I truly appreciate and was moved by the wonderful exhibition of photographs and stories as told by residents from Winter Park’s historic African American community. The Hannibal Square Heritage Center is a destination that I would recommend without reservation to those visiting Florida.” – Martin Luther King III, Atlanta, GA

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“Honey, Let Me Tell You:” Storytelling and Poetry by Valada Flewellyn

Date: Saturday, September 4, 2021 | Time: 11–12:30pm

Storyteller, poet, author and Crealdé Board Member, Valada Flewellyn, will present a workshop that reflects this year’s theme: The Black Family: Representation, Diversity and Identity, as designated by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)—the founder of Black History Month/Association. This workshop is presented with the support of the Bridging the Color Divide, The Alliance for Truth and Justice (ATJ) and The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).

39th Summer ArtCamp Exhibition

Aug. 14, 2021 — Sep. 11, 2021
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 14, 5–7pm
Showalter Hughes Community Gallery
Crealdé School of Art Main Campus, Winter Park

Family, friends, and fans! You don’t want to miss this unforgettable FREE exhibition that celebrates the power of creativity from our talented young artists. Since 1982, Crealdé presents this Annual Exhibition featuring dynamic and expressive collaborative works of art as well as peer-selected work from over 375 ArtCampers, ages 4 to 16. Outstanding collaborative works from campers and faculty are available for sale to benefit scholarships for next year’s Summer ArtCamp. This exhibition will be on view August 14–September 11, 2021.

For the safety of all: Our galleries will be carefully monitored by Crealdé staff and allow a capacity of 25 people for 15 minutes, using a separate entrance and exit. We expect visitors to be responsible by wearing masks and practicing social distancing.

Director's Choice IX: Works of Select Crealdé Faculty

Apr. 8, 2022 — Jul. 23, 2022
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

This exhibition features the recent work of artists from Crealdé’s diverse faculty, including artists long associated with the school as well as new additions. Media include painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, sculpture, and jewelry. For more than four decades, Crealdé’s faculty of more than 50 working artists has represented some of Central Florida’s most influential arts educators and accomplished visual artists. Curated by Ceramics Program and Studio Manager Vincent Sansone.

41st Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Jun. 24, 2022 — Aug. 27, 2022
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

41st Annual Juried Student Exhibition
On View: June 24 – August 27, 2022
Alice & William Jenkins Gallery

Join us on Friday, June 24 for the opening reception: Friday, June 24, 8–9:30pm, following the Annual Membership Meeting and Award Ceremony at 7pm.

Refreshments will be served.

This favorite annual exhibition features some of the year’s best student work in painting, drawing, digital and film photography, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, and fiber arts.

Works are selected by Crealdé’s program managers and awarded by guest juror Gisella Carbonell, Ph.D and Curator of Rollins Museum of Art.

From Ella to Coltrane: The Jazz Photography of Roger Kallins

Sep. 16, 2022 — Jan. 16, 2023
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

On View:
September 16, 2022—January 16, 2023
Main Campus Alice & William Jenkins Gallery and Hannibal Square Heritage Center Visiting Exhibition Gallery

Opening Reception: Friday, September 16 | 7–10pm

7–8:30pm | Crealdé School of Art | Alice & William Jenkins Gallery
8:30–10pm | Hannibal Square Heritage Center | Visiting Exhibition Gallery with Live Jazz by The Eddie Marshall Trio

We are proud to partner with The Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, who will present a free live jazz performance by the Eddie Marshall Trio at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center during the opening reception.

Roger Kallins was an extraordinary man of many talents and, through his photography, he artfully captured the emotion that jazz musicians bring to their work. This exhibition commemorates Kallins’ passion for both jazz and photography, highlighting some of his best images taken over a period of 50 years, from Ray Charles in Miami in 1958 to Sandip Burman at Daytona State College in 2007. The images on display are originals, scanned from 35mm black-and-white negatives and printed on archival watercolor paper by Kallins himself.

His entire body of work is owned by Kallins’ friend and admirer, Anthony Ehrlich. 45 images are generously on loan for this two-venue exhibition, with informative biographies written by Dr. Gary Sutton, with research support provided by Juliana Romnes, Gallery Coordinator at Arts on Douglas, a division of Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach. After initial two exhibitions in the Daytona Beach area several years ago, this will be the first showing of Kallins’ work to the Orlando public. Co-curated by Juliana Romnes, Peter Schreyer and Anthony Ehrlich.

About the Exhibition
“Musick is the thing of the world that I love most,” wrote Samuel Pepys in his diary in 1666 and Pepys was a man who loved many things. Music in the seventeenth century was far removed from contemporary music, but the quote serves to demonstrate the basic connection between humanity and music.

In writing of great music in 1903, the American scholar and author Paul Elmer More expressed this relationship in a different, deeper way: “He who has been initiated into the truth knows that to every ripple of melody, to every billow of harmony, there answers within him, out of the Sea of Death and Birth, some eddying immeasurable of ancient pleasure and pain.”

Pleasure and pain were in the soil where jazz originated, its roots in the music of ordinary American people. It derives in part from the black songs sung in the fields of slavery, Louisiana Creole dance tunes, spirituals of both black and white folk, minstrel music, and folk blues. This heritage explains why its appeal is so primitive and so immediate, both to the people who make the music and to those who listen to it.

The images in this exhibit show the emotion that jazz musicians bring to their work. They spring from the conjunction of Roger Kallins’ own passions, for jazz and for photography. Kallins’ brilliant use of stage and ambient lighting infuse excitement and drama to his images. The intense expressions on the faces of the musicians force the viewer to take second looks; the hands on the instruments evoke the music itself.

The photographs displayed here were printed by Kallins himself. Most of the work was scanned from old 35-mm black and white negatives. The films were shot with Leica 3f and Praktina cameras and a variety of lenses. The images were printed on Epson Radiant White archival watercolor paper using archival pigment inks.

We recognize the accomplishment of Patricia Darlington, who preserved Roger’s photographs after his death.

For the knowledgeable write-ups on the musicians, we are indebted to long-time jazz afficiando Gary Sutton.

For the use of these photographs, we wish to thank Anthony Ehrlich.

Above: Roger Kallins, Legendary Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and her favorite jazz pianist, Lou Levy, during intermission at a concert in Miami, 1960
Photograph by Roger Kallins. Courtesy of Anthony Ehrlich.

The Lake: A Documentary Exploring the Land and People of Lake Apopka

Sep. 8, 2022 — Oct. 31, 2022
Location: Traveling

On View: September 8, 2022 – October 31, 2022
Special Reception and Gallery Walk: Thursday, October 13, 5-7 pm
Winter Garden City Hall | Arts in Public Places Gallery | 300 W Plant St, Winter Garden, FL 34787

On September 15, 2017, Crealdé School of Art, in collaboration with the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, unveiled The Lake: A Documentary Exploring the Land and People of Lake Apopka. The exhibition is a culmination of work by documentary photographers and plein air painters who sought to capture the culture and landscape of Lake Apopka. 50 fine art pieces were originally exhibited with accompanying historic text, connecting the area’s past with its future. A collection of local and nationally known artists, led by Crealdé Senior Faculty Artist Tom Sadler, produced 10 plein air paintings, and a master class of photographers, led by senior faculty members Peter Schreyer and Sherri Bunye, created 40 archival black-and-white photographs with oral histories. Highlights from the Crealdé traveling exhibition will be on exhibit at Winter Garden City Hall from September 8 to October 31, 2022.

A special reception and Gallery Walk with Project Director Peter Schreyer will be held on Thursday, October 13 from 5–7pm. The Gallery Walk will be at 5:30pm.

Image: Peter Petegrew, Shining Light on Lake Apopka, Oil on Canvas, 20×24 in.

Emerge: New Works by Ceramics, Photography & Sculpture Fellowship & Studio Artists

Oct. 14, 2022 — Jan. 28, 2023
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

On View:
October 14, 2022–
January 28, 2023
Showalter Hughes Community Gallery
Crealdé School of Art Main Campus

Opening Reception:
Friday, October 14
7–9pm

Emerging artists from Crealdé’s Ceramics, Photography and Sculpture Programs share their talent in work produced during their fellowship. These artists also show the value of the instruction by the teachers who mentor them.

The Crealdé Fellowship Program, since 1978 and the Studio Artist Program, since 1996, have mentored an average of 25 students in all media per year through this work-study exchange.

The Story Quilters of Hannibal Square

Jan. 27, 2023 — Apr. 29, 2023
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

The Hannibal Square Story Quilters quilt group is dedicated to supporting all quilt artists in a creative community.  They share techniques, equipment, and supplies to make meaningful art while supporting each other in all aspects of their lives. They listen to each other’s stories and work together to preserve their cultural heritage.  Their informal motto is “DIYWH” or “Do it yourself with help,” encouraging everyone to try different quilting techniques apart from the workshop model.  They learn from each other, have fun and enjoy life.

The exhibition, collectively curated by the group, gives each quilter an opportunity to tell her unique story.  Exhibit themes include artist reflections on the Black experience, spirituality, justice, femininity, family, and nature.  Artists will reflect on their works with the public in celebration of Black History Month.

The Shape of Things: Cheryl Bogdanowitsch and 20 Years of Sculpture Scholars

Feb. 10, 2023 — May. 27, 2023
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

On View: February 10—May 27, 2023

Opening Reception & Gallery Talk: Friday, February 10 | 7–10pm
Alice & William Jenkins Gallery & Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

The opening event will include a gallery talk by exhibition curators David Cumbie and Barbara Tiffany, as well as some of the participating artists.
Live music provided by
Marc E. | Smooth Jazz on Spanish Guitar

Popcorn Matinee: Saturday, February 11 | 10:30–11:30am
Lynn Tomlinson will present her award-winning animation and discuss her process.

About the Exhibition
Over the past two decades, master artist and Crealdé member Cheryl Bogdanowitsch has sponsored along with her husband Albert a $1,000 annual adult sculpture scholarship for emerging artists to study with David Cumbie, the Crealdé Sculpture Program and Studio Manager and the curator of the Contemporary Sculpture Garden. This exhibition celebrates the development of a selection of accomplished artists, showing their current works in a variety of media – including clay, bronze, welded steel, wire plaster, wax, wood, foam, paper fabric and even film.

Cheryl Bogdanowitsch
Raised near woodlands and with parents interested in the natural world, wood has always been an important part of Bodanowitsch’s life and is the foundation for her sculptures. Her favorite woods are citrus, cypress, oak, and crepe myrtle, which are readily available in her neighborhood. She takes inspiration from the trees and lakes of Central Florida and each work begins with a branch, log or limb that suggests a figure or a bird, often finished with a sculpted ceramic head. This blending of natural materials and sculpted clay evokes a unique personality and spirit to each work.

Featured Artists
Cheryl Bogdanowitsch • Felipe Andiarena • Mila Belle • Linda Brant • Lilly Carrasquillo • Mindy Colton • Shaun Cook • Jason Gillespie • Devyn Going • Martha Lent • Richard Munster • Mary Ostrander • Felix Ramos • Terry Rosenthal • Heather Sooder • Gladiola Sotomayor • Lynn Tomlinson

An Elegy to Rosewood

May. 12, 2023 — Aug. 26, 2023
Location: Hannibal Square Heritage Center Gallery

On View: May 12—August 26, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, May 12 | 7–9pm
Gallery Talk: Friday, May 12 | 8pm | With Curator Amy Galpin, Yady Rivero, Assistant Curator, and Lizzie Jenkins, President, Founder, and CEO of The Real Rosewood Foundation, Inc.
Hannibal Square Heritage Center:
Visiting Exhibition Gallery
642 W New England Ave. | Winter Park, FL 32789
407.539.2680 | HannibalSquareHeritageCenter.org

Organized and curated by Curator Amy Galpin and Yady Rivero, Assistant Curator, Frost Art Museum in Miami, with Florida International University (FIU) Professor M. Alexandra Cornelius.

In commemoration of the 100-year anniversary of the Rosewood Massacre, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum presented “An Elegy to Rosewood” in early 2023, which will then travel to the Hannibal Square Heritage Center in May as the first stop on its traveling exhibition throughout the state.

The story of the Rosewood Massacre begins with the celebration of the New Year. In January 1923, during a time when Jim Crow laws mandated, encouraged, and protected severe racial discrimination, a white mob descended on the predominantly Black town of Rosewood. This group included members of the KKK who had congregated in Gainesville (50 miles northeast of Rosewood) for a large rally the previous weekend. Responding to a later-dispelled rumor about an assault on a white woman (a common, and usually false, accusation behind many of the era’s lynchings and pogroms), the mob tracked, killed, and permanently displaced the Black residents of Rosewood. State officials suppressed reports of the event, now known as the Rosewood Massacre. Years later, Lizzie Robinson Jenkins clung to the firsthand accounts told by her aunt, a survivor of the massacre, and founded The Real Rosewood Foundation (TRRF) to research and expose the history of Rosewood.

Comprised of photographs and heirlooms from Jenkins’ family, this groundbreaking exhibition explores the Jenkins family story and the way in which it became intertwined—as did those of so many Black families in the South—with the struggle for public recognition of the region’s legacy of white supremacy and state-sanctioned terrorism. Personal artifacts are shown alongside a work by painter and TRRF board member Pedro Jermaine. Because so much of the oral history has been passed down by women, the Frost chose to commission four women artists based in Miami—Rhea Leonard, Charlisa Montrope, Chire Regans, and Tori Scott—to create original works based on the history of Rosewood. This exhibition is part of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Exhibition Series, which addresses issues of race, diversity, social justice, civil rights, and humanity to serve as a catalyst for dialogue and to enrich our community with new perspectives.

To augment this exhibition, personal notes from Lizzie Jenkins’s archival research have been assembled and made available online.

A special website created by the Frost Museum to accompany the exhibition features a virtual reality tour of the exhibition and written reflections from featured contemporary artists. The exhibition includes design projects by FIU Students from Interior Architecture and Landscape Architecture, a collaboration initiated by board member of Real Rosewood Foundation and FIU Professor, Dr. Kalai Mathee.

https://frost.fiu.edu/exhibitions-events/events/2023/01/an-elegy-to-rosewood.html

This Crealdé School of Art visiting exhibition at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center is funded in part by a grant from Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program.

Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this (publication) (program) (exhibition) (website) do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Funding for the original exhibition at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum:
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum is grateful to the Knight Foundation for its generous support of this exhibition through a Knight Arts Challenge Grant. Funding was also provided by a grant from Florida Humanities and FIU’s College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts (CARTA) and African and African Diaspora Studies.

42nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Jun. 16, 2023 — Aug. 26, 2023
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

Exhibition: June 16–August 26, 2023
Alice and William Jenkins Gallery
Crealdé Main Campus

This favorite annual exhibition features some of the year’s best student work in painting, drawing, digital and film photography, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, and fiber arts. Works are selected by Crealdé’s program managers and awarded by a distinguished member of the arts community. Opening reception is from 8–9:30pm following the Annual Membership Meeting and Awards Ceremony from 7-8 pm.

Student exhibition pickup date: Sunday, August 27, 2023 | 1–3pm

Emerge: New Works by Painting & Drawing Fellowship & Studio Artists

Jun. 16, 2023 — Jul. 29, 2023
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

Emerging artists from Crealdé’s Painting & Drawing program share their talent in work produced during their fellowship. These artists also show the value of the instruction by the teachers who mentor them. The Crealdé Fellowship Program, since 1978 and the Studio Artist Program, since 1996, have mentored an average of 25 students in all media per year through this work-study exchange.

Studio Artists
Roland Cruse
Vera Gubnitskaia
Paula Lupton
Diane Stapleton
Genna Sweetnam

Fellowship Artists
Yasmin Fakhoury
Ediana Gomez
Tana Rey Hanberry
Patricia Schoene
Mark Snedeker
Alison Wray

Patrick Noze: Renaissance Artist of the Americas

Sep. 15, 2023 — Jan. 20, 2024
Location: Alice and William Jenkins Gallery

PATRICK NOZE: RENAISSANCE ARTIST OF THE AMERICAS

September 15, 2023–January 20, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, September 15 | 7–10pm
7–9pm at the Alice & William Jenkins Gallery
8–10pm at Hannibal Square Heritage Center | Visiting Exhibition Gallery with Live Music

Born in Haiti in 1962 in the province of Jeremie—“the city of poets”—and formally educated in New York, the artist was first introduced to art by his father Robert Noze and grandfather Andre Dimanche, making Patrick Noze a third generation sculptor and painter. At age 5, he sold his first painting, depicting the celebration of Passover within the Haitian culture, for $50 to a tourist. He studied at the renowned Pratt Institute School of Visual Arts and graduated in 1990 with a Fine Arts degree with a minor in education. He is a prolific painter, sculptor, curator, illustrator, restorer and creative painter of vintage cars, creating art work mostly for private commissions in New York and his home in Florida.

His painting style eventually transitioned from a European aesthetic – gained through his academic education – to an Artist of the Americas with African roots. In 2013 he painted an entire school bus in seven days at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center for the Crealdé exhibition “Keeping Haiti in our Hearts”. A custom painted 1997 Jaguar, reflecting his Haitian heritage, sold at the international Mecum Classic Car Auction in Kissimmee – the world’s largest – in January of 2022. For the 2023 Crealdé solo exhibition Patrick will show art work from private collections never seen before by the public and create an entire new body
of paintings.

Elemental Landscapes: Womyn’s Alternative Photography Society International

Oct. 20, 2023 — Jan. 20, 2024
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

On View: October 20, 2023–January 20, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, October 20 | 7–9pm
Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

Presented in partnership with the Analog Film Photography Association and curated by Jacob Rodriguez, “Elemental Landscapes” is the inaugural exhibition of the Womyn’s Alternative Photography Society International, a collective focused on the intersection of alternative photography, science, and materiality. The collective offers a new perspective on alternative photography, aiming to promote female and non- binary artists who are working with analogue and experimental photographic processes. The artists featured are Sandra Davis from Philadelphia, PA, Rachel Guardiola from Massapequa, NY, Melanie King from London, UK, and Dale Rio from the Northeastern US.

With each artist utilizing a different approach and methodology, the work in this exhibition revisits the tradition of landscape photography and explores the ways in which the landscape can provide commentary on photography’s relationship with the elemental. This aspect of the elemental is manifested in the work both literally – through the metal salts incorporated into the various processes – and conceptually – through the foundational relationship between humanity and the natural world, for instance – and provides the tie that binds the work together. It is explored at various levels, as if through the lenses of both microscopes and telescopes and the eyes of both the humble and grand.

Sandra Davis

While photographing for her “Mythical Gardens Project” in the jungle of Mexico, Philadelphia-based artist Sandra Davis captures, with highly sensitive infrared film, the remnants of nature and discarded items. The imagery from the historical gardens, designed by Edward James between 1949-1984, evokes both memory and discovery. Davis’ hand-made prints are created through the complex multi-layered gum bichromate process, lending them a timeless dreamlike quality.

Melanie King

British artist Melanie King is interested in the relationship between the environment, photography and materiality. While working with historical methods, she is also researching ways to minimize the ecological impact of the photographic process. Her main body of work, “Ancient Light,” is comprised of starscapes and images created using telescopes and observatories around the world. Her recent work has been inspired by the artist’s move to Kent, UK, where she is in close proximity to dark skies, dramatic sunsets and tumultuous seas.

Dale Rio

Dale Rio is a photographic artist who lives a nomadic life, currently based in the Northeastern United States. Her art explores mortality, human constructs and man’s relationship with the natural world. The artist uses film and historic photographic processes to express her concerns about climate change and its impact on coastal areas. In addition to documenting these places, she also collaborates with nature using the cyanotype process, allowing the pattern of the tides to imprint itself on banner-sized fabric.

Rachel Guardiola

Rachel Guardiola is an interdisciplinary artist, naturalist, and educator with a studio practice focused on lens-based technology. She has been a recipient of the Hamiltonian Gallery Artist Fellowship and Studio Residency at School 33 Art Center. Guardiola has exhibited internationally with List í Ljósi, Wassaic Project, Ent Center for the Arts, Ortega y Gasset Projects, The Halide Project, Rhizome DC, Analog Cookbook, Light City Baltimore, Center for the Holographic Arts, Artscape, Sydney College of the Arts, Dakar Biennale de l’Art Contemporain, Studio Vortex, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (MoCA), and Washington Project for the Arts amongst others. She has been an artist in residence at MASS MoCA, A.I.R. Gallery, Arctic Circle Art and Science Expedition, HEIMA, Vermont Studio Center, and Atelier de Visu. Guardiola received an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She served as an Environmental Education Extension Agent for the Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa.

It's a Wonderful Life in Winter Garden

Nov. 1, 2023 — Dec. 29, 2023
Location: Traveling

November 1–December 29, 2023
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 9 | 5:30–7pm
Art in Public Places Gallery, Winter Garden City Hall

As a holiday tribute, Crealdé School of Art partners with the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation to curate an exhibition of photographs and paintings that celebrate the special character of the historic downtown district. Under the direction of instructor Cathy Hempel, Crealdé students from the Jesse Brock Community Center will create a series of plein-air paintings depicting familiar and lesser-known scenes of Winter Garden. The Heritage Foundation is featuring archival photographs of B.P. Hannon, who captured local life while working as a photographer and camera store owner in mid-twentieth century Winter Garden.

Spirits in the Silver: Discovering Lost Film by Laurie Hasan

Feb. 9, 2024 — Apr. 20, 2024
Location: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

Crealdé School of Art is proud to present our newest exhibition entitled Spirits in the Silver: Discovering Lost Film by Laurie Hasan.

On View:
February 9—April 20, 2024

Opening Reception & Gallery Talk:
Friday, February 9 | 7–10pm

Crealdé Main Campus
Showalter Hughes Community Gallery

This exhibition showcases recovered photographs that multidisciplinary artist Laurie Hasan has rescued from exposed vintage film left behind in discarded antique cameras. She has acquired these cameras and vintage film from all over the world. She develops the vintage film and recovers and restores the photographs, most of which date from 1940s–1980s.

Come travel through time!
The exhibition includes hand-made platinum palladium prints of some of the most compelling images she has recovered, as well as the original cameras, film rolls and canisters which housed the long-lost photographs. In some cases, she has identified the people and places depicted and has located their families.

Learn the stories behind the images and how they were rescued. Enjoy interactive videos, including the making of a platinum print and a photo restoration. Explore working vintage cameras and examine various sized negatives on a light table.

Peppered throughout the exhibition space will be authentic vintage photographic artifacts from the artist’s collection that are from the time periods of the rescued images.

Laurie says of her work:
Spirits in the Silver is an ongoing project that began when I found a forgotten film roll in my desk. I developed it and discovered images from a special road trip I took long ago. I soon became obsessed with acquiring vintage exposed film – often finding old cameras with exposed film still inside.

Developing vintage film is a fascinating gamble. The exposure, age and condition are all unknowns, and I must guess the development parameters. Sometimes
nothing comes out. Other times I am rewarded with lovely gems. My favorites though, are when the film seems blank, but careful scanning and examination
reveal a ghostly image that emerges suddenly from the emulsion – as if it were trapped in time and I set it free.

I liken this process to time travel; I open little windows into forgotten moments in the past. It’s thrilling to be the first person to have ever seen them, but there is also a melancholy to it. I wonder who the people were? Why was the film abandoned? Using clues in the images I research the time periods and possible locations, and when possible, I even identify and locate the people and family. I use various archival print methods, including silver gelatin fiber paper, inkjet printing, and platinum printing.

By its very nature there is a certain randomness to the images in this project. The recovered images have been taken in different time periods, different countries, and by people from all walks of life. The connective tissue that joins them all is not the subject matter – but rather our shared humanity. Those born 100 years ago, those of us living now, and those who will come after we are gone all have a fundamental similarity – the desire to be remembered.

Someone long ago took the time to load film into a camera and capture a moment that was important to them. Somewhere along the way, that moment was lost or forgotten. By recovering and preserving these lost images, I am completing the circle that was left incomplete. I hope in doing so it honors the people who captured them.

About the Artist
Laurie Hasan is based in Orlando, Florida and holds a Masters in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art and Design. She has studied and practiced photography and digital art for over 15 years and holds a Certified Professional Photographer designation through Professional Photographers of America (PPA).

Laurie loves to explore and push the boundaries of image-making and alternative photographic processes. She finds it exciting to harness the best of both traditional and digital tools, using historic processes with modern techniques to make images. She is passionate about making one-of-a-kind works of art that you can touch and feel and have a tangible life. It is truly a wonderful way to capture moments, stories, emotion and beauty—all that make life interesting and meaningful.

Approaching 50: Works by the Faculty Of Crealdé 
School Of Art

Jan. 18, 2024 — Feb. 11, 2024
Location: Traveling

Crealdé School of Art is proud to partner with City Arts to present our newest exhibition entitled Approaching 50: Works by the Faculty Of Crealdé 
School Of Art. This exhibition is curated by Patrick Noze, Crealdé’s Senior Gallery Curator.

On View: January 18–February 11, 2024

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 18 | 6–9pm
Featuring a live performance by The Chris Cortez Jazz Quartet from Blue Bamboo

CityArts Galleries | 39 S Magnolia Ave. | Orlando, FL

As Crealdé School of Art approaches its 50th anniversary in 2025, this partnership with Downtown Arts District showcases the tremendous talent of Crealdé’s teaching artists.

The school’s faculty is an impressive roster of regionally and nationally recognized professional artists whose work has been included in important collections and has received awards of distinction, including state fellowship grants and top awards in festivals and competitions. These artists have inspired and instructed tens of thousands of Central Floridians for nearly five decades.

38 faculty members will participate in the exhibition.The current faculty will showcase painting & drawing, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, fiber art and digital and film photography.