Arts & Sciences Magazine, Winter 2011

winter 2011

WINTER CALENDAR • GENEOLOGY RESEARCH MEETS ART RESARCH • FORT JEFFERSON & MORE

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LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

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MEMBERSHIP NEWS

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VOLUNTEER OF THE QUARTER

10 ARTS FROM THE

AGE OF NAPOLEON

Spotlight on decorative art from the Napoleon Age to be displayed within the new Helene B. Roberson Visible Storage Building.

16 WINTER 2010

CALENDAR SECTION

26 C'EST LA VIE

Robert Gring's France

This light-hearted exhibit, opening now open in the Museum’s West Wing Gallery, features 34 never previously exhibited paintings.

30 Florida Pirates

and the 1715 Plate Fleet Wreck

COVER: Empire Chair with Swan Arms; French; 1815; Mahogany with Gold Leaf RIGHT: Robert Gring; Untitled; Circa 1950; 11 3/8 x 8 1/2

letter from the director This wonderful project came about through the generosity of its namesake, Mrs. Helene Roberson and a grant from the Volusia County ECHO program. Individual donations and public support are vital to the Museum, enabling us to provide unique visitor experiences and new educational opportunities to enhance the quality of life in our far-reaching community.

The February 26 event not only celebrates the success of this new building and its collections but also our close ties with France. An Art Affair: Flirt with France is a major fundraiser for the Museum. Very special guests attending include the Consul General of France for our region of the country, Gael de Maisonneuve, Marie Nadine, Deputy Mayor of Bayonne, France, and Brigitte Dagot, President of the French American Business Council of Orlando and Honorary Consul for France for Central Florida.

CICI BROWN AND DEBORAH B. ALLEN DURING THE GRAND OPENING OF REFLECTIONS: PAINTNGS OF FLORIDA 1865 - 1965, FROM THE COLLECTION OF CICI AND HYATT BROWN.

Dear friends,

As interim Executive Director I want to express my gratitude for the opportunity to serve the Museum of Arts and Sciences in this capacity. After nearly two decades as a MOAS Trustee, I understand the responsibilites that come with the position and will work with staff and the Board of Trustees not only to meet the challenges of the new year but to embrace new opportunities as they arise. We wish Mr. Atherholt all the best in his future endeavors and appreciate his service to the Museum. During the five years he served as Executive Director, Wayne saw the Museum through some exhilarating highs such as the opening of the Charles and Linda Williams Children’s Museum and extraordinary exhibitions including Glories of Ancient Egypt and Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865 - 1965, from the Collection of Cici and 4 ARTS & SCIENCES MAGAZINE

Hyatt Brown; and after the devastating flood nearly two years ago he began the work to secure funding to rebuild the West Wing. Although those efforts have yet to come to fruition, the groundwork has been laid and we remain hopeful that FEMA funding will come through and the reconstruction can begin.

It will be an exciting year at the Museum beginning with a major event on February 26th to celebrate the opening of the first museum visible storage facility on the east coast of Florida. The Helene B. Roberson Visible Storage Building will house many of the Museum's collections not presently on view, including the majority of the Museum's Napoleonic art and artifacts.

I encourage everyone to read the article in this issue by our Chief Curator Cynthia Duval as it provides insightful background on this fascinating collection.

This gala evening will include a silent auction, French wine tasting, delicious French food sampling, art specifically exhibited for the event, entertainment, film and more surrounded by spectacular Frenchthemed decor. Patrons of this event will have an opportunity to preview the new Roberson Building and mingle with VIP guests from 5:30 to 6:30 with general admission opening at 6:30 for other ticketed guests.

We encourage you to attend this exceptional event and to consider a sponsorship or becoming a patron.

These are challenging times for everyone, not just cultural institutions,

2011 will be an exciting year at the Museum beginning with a major event on February 26th to celebrate the opening of the first museum visible storage facility on the east coast of Florida.

Director Letter continued...

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2011 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mr. and Mrs. J. Hyatt Brown Barbara Coleman, President Travel Host Magazine Cici Brown, Past President WDSC Channel 15 Carol Lively Platig, Vice President Zgraph, Inc. Ellen O’Shaughnessy, Assistant Vice President

Andrew Young, Assistant Vice President SILVER Melinda Dawson, Secretary Cobb & Cole Dr. Kim Klancke, Assistant Secretary Daytona Beach News-Journal Michael Slick, Treasurer Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Harvey Morse, Assistant Treasurer Halifax Community Health Systems Thomas Hart, Legal Advisor NASCAR ® Rabbi Barry Altman Gene and Diane Rogers Daniel Ambrose Andrew Clark BRONZE Julie Freidus Bahama House Dr. Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Best Western Aku Tiki Inn Patricia Heller-Jackson Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Daytona Beach Janet Jacobs Consolidated Tomoka Land Co. Chris Lydecker Daytona International Speedway Michele McCarthy Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center Allison Morris Zacharias Tom & Peggie Hart Jill Warren Consuelo and Richard Hartmann Diane Welch Hilton Garden Inn Linda Williams Dr. and Mrs. Kim Klancke Barbara Young Gary R. Libby Trust Thomas Zane Mastando Media Stuart & Lisa Sixma HONORARY TRUSTEES David and Toni Slick Miriam Blickman SunTrust Bank Anderson Bouchelle (Deceased) The Dish - My Plate or Yours J. Hyatt Brown Trustees of the Museum of Arts and Sciences Alys Clancy (Deceased) University of Central Florida Tippen Davidson (Deceased) Susan Feibleman Herbert Kerman Chapman Root (Deceased) Jan Thompson (Deceased)

and it is important to know that your donations and contributions - regardless of size - are managed properly and with great care to ensure that your Museum not only survives for generations but thrives in perpetuity.

Mrs. Roberson has made a commitment to our community and this Museum and she joins the ranks of others whose legacy will be enjoyed by future generations.

If you are interested in making a similar gift, please call. We are more than happy to discuss the museum's needs and your ideas on how together we can make a difference in our community to be enjoyed by many generations to come. These ideas might include endowing a position at the Museum, sponsorship of a recurring event, or naming one of the unadopted areas of the Museum such as the Center for Florida History. You can make a difference and we can help.

Best wishes to you and yours for a wonderful 2011.

Deborah B. Allen Deborah B. Allen Interim Exective Director

REPRESENTATIVES Museum Guild JoAnne Eaton-Morriss, President Junior League Rene Bell Adams Cuban Foundation Tere Batista Root Foundation John Root

Deborah B. Allen Interim Exective Director

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Interim Executive Director

DEBORAH B. ALLEN Administration Staff PATTIE PARDEE, Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director Christina Lane, Marketing and Communications Director Eric Goire, Operations Director

Wendy Peterson, Finance Director

LENORE WELTY, Administrator, Dow Museum of Historic Houses Lydia Kennedy, Bookkeeper

STACY MARTORELLA, Membership and Volunteer Coordinator FAUVE BEAUDIN, Gamble Place Coordinator Israel Taylor, Physical Plant Assistant Dan Maynard, Maintenance Marge Sigerson, Librarian

Patricia Cournoyer, Visitor Services Coordinator JENNIFER GILL, Visitor Services BETTY TURCO, Visitor Services MARK HART, Chief of Security TOM GRAY, Security

BILL JACKSON, Security

LEONARD MOORE, Security KURT PAVLYAK, Security

ROY SHAFFER, JR., Security

Dominick Ustica, Security Curatorial Staff Cynthia Duval, Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts James “Jay” Williams, Gary R. Libby Curator of Art

J.”Zach” Zacharias, Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History Luis Zengotita, Children’s Museum Coordinator Seth Mayo, Planetarium Curator

Eric Mauk, Collections Manager and Registrar Bonnie Jones, Conservator – Paintings

Ed Van Hoose, Conservator – Furniture Executive Director Emeritus GARY R. LIBBY

Interim Executive Director DEBORAH B. ALLEN Editor Christina Lane Contributing Writers Cynthia Duval JOANNE EATON-MORRISS STACY MARTORELLA JAY WILLIAMS ZACH ZACHARIAS Art Director NIKKI Mastando, MASTANDO MEDIA

ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES The Museum of Arts and Sciences is a not-for-profit educational institution, chartered by the State of Florida in 1962 and accredited by the American Association of Museums.

Museum collections and research include Cuban and Florida art, American Fine and Decorative Arts, European Fine and Decorative Arts, pre-Columbian and African artifacts, Pleistocene fossils, Florida history and regional natural history. Permanent and changing exhibitions, lectures, classes, and museum trips highlight educational programs.

The museum houses changing arts and sciences exhibition galleries, permanent collection galleries, a gallery of American art, paintings, decorative arts and furniture, a Prehistory of Florida wing, Cuban Fine and Folk Art Museum, a planetarium, library, the Frischer Sculpture Garden, maintains nature trails in a 90-acre preserve in adjacent Tuscawilla Park, and operates a Historic House Museum on a 150-acre preserve. The Museum also houses the Charles and Linda Williams Children’s Museum.

Major museum programs and activities for members, school children and the general public are supported by grants from the County of Volusia, The State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs the Guild of the Museum of Arts and Sciences, the Junior League of Daytona Beach, Target, Elfun Community Fund, and the UCF Educational Partnership.

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membership news By: Stacy Martorella, Membership and Volunteer Coordinator

WOOF! Member Dog Day Inspired by the exhibition WOOF! Art of the Dog, the Museum celebrated all things canine with WOOF! Dog Day on October 17th.

Museum members, visitors and well-behaved pooches enjoyed the Museum grounds and Frischer Sculpture Garden. The Museum partnered with the Halifax Humane Society to help bring dog lovers together with dogs ready to be loved, with trained "dog-sitters" from the HHS provided supervision while owners enjoyed the Museum.

Veterinarian Dr. Willem-Jan Van Deijck of Pet Street Veterinary Care Center in Ormond Beach provided petmicro chipping and scanning services.

Also on hand supporting canine health and well-being was Kim Hoover of Pawsitive Therapeutic Canine Massage located in New Smyna Beach, offering massage to our furry friends.

Memories of the day were captured by Pamela Cooper of Cooper Photography of Holly Hill who snapped family photos in the Sculpture Garden, while M. G. Gerlach Studios offered handpainted pet portraits. This special day for dogs was made complete as owners shopped a delicious display of all-natural, homemade treats and boutique items from Chef Elliot Smith and unPetentious Thingz.

“Thank you” to all our vendors for making our event enjoyable and to our Museum members and visitors that came out to enjoy a beautiful Fall day at MOAS.

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Wine & Apps:

an iLove my iPhone Party On October 8, 2010, the Museum of Arts & Sciences hosted Wine & Apps: an iLove my iPhone Party, with almost 200 enthusiastic iPhone users.

This networking event provided an opportunity for Museum members and the community to interact with other iPhone users and local experts showing off the newest and most popular apps.

The AT&T Genius Bar allowed guests to learn more about their iPhones. The event launched the MOAS iPhone Application providing gallery tours of the Museum, with initial emphasis on one of its most significant collections – the Cuban Foundation Museum. The Root Family Museum tour will be added to the application in the winter of 2011.

Through the application, visitors viewing paintings have

zoom capabilities, digital labels with extended information, artist biographies, and can access challenge questions designed specifically for students. The application also provides basic Museum information including events and exhibition schedules, ticketing, and directions to the Museum.

Adding to the festivities, there were great door prize giveaways including OtterBox cases and Bluetooth headsets provided

by AT&T, certificates for PC and Apple repair and Museum Membership.

Thanks again to the wonderful sponsors for this unique event: American Signature Furniture, Benedict Advertising, The Callan Group Email Newsletters, Encore Catering of Central Florida, Mastando Media and Sun Trust Bank.

Brenda Axelson Brenda has been a faithful Admissions Volunteer for the past seven years. Promoting membership is definitely her forte. As a retired teacher from New York City public schools she delights in greeting the children and showing a special interest in them as she talks to parents about the benefits of membership.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Brenda graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Smith College and Columbia University with degrees in education. She and her husband Bjorn were married at Riverside Church, John D. Rockefeller’s home church in NYC. They lived in Manhattan with their 3 children for 25

years. Brenda and her family moved to Ormond Beach in 1996 when her husband retired, joining her mother and sisters.

After she was widowed in 1998 she started to substitute teach in Volusia County schools and volunteer in the community. She and her daughter Karen, also a teacher, volunteer as ushers for Daytona State College and are Sunday school teachers. Brenda was in the hand bell choir at Riverside Church and continues to enjoy it at Tomoka United Methodist Church.

Brenda serves as secretary for TOPS and past president of AAUW. She enjoys swimming, water aerobics at the YMCA and her daily walks around the neighborhood.

Happy Volunteer Retirement On behalf of the Museum staff and fellow volunteers we wish a warm farewell to one of our longtime volunteers, Tex Rouse. After serving as a volunteer in the Museum Store since the Spring of 2001, Mrs. George Alma Rouse, best known as Tex, has decided to retire from her regular duties on Wednesday mornings. We thank you for your time and dedication to MOAS!

OPPOSITE PAGE: Empire Fall Front “Chittenden” Desk; From New England; Early 19th Century; Mahogany over Pine Carcass, Gilt and Bronze Mounts

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ARTS FROM THE

he design and organization of the eagerly awaited Helene B. Roberson Visible Storage Building interior is well under way. It is a large, imposing area planned to exhibit a wide range of art objects and artworks that are little known to the public because of the main building’s gallery constraints.

Extensive shelving, flat files, furniture racks, and sliding art racks behind glass will support and present the items in an orderly yet exciting manner. Touch-screen computers will provide identification and information.

Supported by funding from a Volusia ECHO grant, the scope of the building gives ample space for displaying and celebrating the Empire period through material focusing on the Museum`s Napoleonic collection, unique to the state of Florida. The objects embrace and exemplify the artistic and cultural influences of the early 19th century across the board from both sides of the Atlantic. There are sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints, porcelains, furnishings and silver, historic artifacts, statuary, military costume and a variety of unusual objets d’art.

Ninety percent at least of the Napoleonic items were purchased and later donated to the Museum by

Kenneth Worcester Dow, only child of a wealthy real estate and lumber family, and his wife Mary Mohan Dow. Kenneth Dow’s growing interest in Napoleonic artifacts and artworks stemmed from purchase of the St. Augustine Murat House in 1941. Napoleon Achille Murat, Napoleon’s nephew and a Crown Prince of Europe, came to St. Augustine and moved into the house in 1824. It is one of the oldest surviving Colonial structures in St. Augustine, built of native coquina construction and situated at the corner of St. George and Bridge Streets.

The Dows` initial visit to France was planned to last three months, but they fell in love with its history and beauty and did not return to the States for several years. Over time, Dow and his wife purchased at least a thousand early 19th-century French Empire objects.

Many of the objects are directly associated with Napoleon, including the graceful early 19th-century mahogany bed on display which has an intriguing history. It is reputed to have been made for the Palace of Versailles, perhaps for the very apartments of Madame de Maintenant, second wife of Louis XIV, which Napoleon occasionally

AGE of

Napoleon

By: Cynthia Duval, Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts

Bed From Versailles; French; 19th Century; Wood with Gold Ormlu, Fabric

used. Sometime during the 20th century the bed was acquired by William Randolph Hearst, later to be purchased from the Hearst Estate by Kenneth Dow.

The Roman-inspired Gladius sword, designed by Napoleon’s Court Painter Jacques-Louis David, is another rare MOAS item from the Dow collection, gifted to an Ècole de Mars (Military Academy) graduate in 1795 by Napoleon himself.

Again and again Napoleon, whose inspiration was the past glory of the Roman Empire, emphasized his power and strength and that of his Grande Armée by all things designed to focus on Rome.

The Napoleonic weaponry collection and its associated prints, drawings and paintings is considerable. Many are on view currently in the Marie-Louise Marzullo Gallery, and a section of the Open Storage Building will

be devoted to this important and fascinating subject. Unframed prints and drawings will be displayed in protective flat files. Paintings will hang on the sliding art racks. A pair of full length portraits of the children of Prince Achille Murat painted by Marie Elenore Godefroid circa 1828 will take pride of place, donated to the museum by Kenneth Worcester Dow and Mary Mohan Dow in 1989.

Other French Empire furniture on exhibit will include mahogany swan-decorated chairs reminiscent of Desmalter’s designs for Josephine, a circular table en suite and a delightful pair of swan-support occasional tables. These have long been on view in the Dow Museum of Historic Houses; their new home will allow them to be studied in context with a larger variety of comparative and contrasting pieces of quality. The original textiles of the upholstered pieces have been replaced.

MOAS has many textiles in the collection, including some original Napoleonic damasks and silks. One of my favorite pieces will be on view: an extremely rare length of blue and gold silk damask decorated with the initial “N” and Shields by Grand Fréres, woven by the Lyons Royal workshops. This was personally ordered by Napoleon for the Salon of the Meudon Palace, summer residence of the King of Rome, Napoleon’s son. The only other existing example of this textile is in the archives of the Mobilier National Museum in Paris. The Meudon Palace no longer exists, burnt to the ground in 1871: one of the artistic tragedies of the Franco-Prussian War.

Napoleon's campaigns in Italy (1796-7) and the Nile (1789), helped introduce the shapes, forms and motifs of both the classical and mysterious Egyptian worlds into European design. The Louvre, a Royal Palace for the Kings of France since the Medieval age,

Prince Murat with Horse; French; Early 18th Century; Oil on Canvas

silk damask, woven by the Lyons Royal workshops.

This was personally ordered

by Napoleon for the Salon of the Meudon Palace, summer residence of the King of Rome, Napoleon’s son.

Gladius sword, designed by Napoleon’s Court Painter Jacques-Louis David

from left: Swan Table; French; 1810; Wood, Cast Bronze, Marble; Empire Chair with Griffin Arms and Paw Feet; French; 1815; Dark Mahogany with Gold Leaf; Center Table; American; Late 18th or earlY 19th Century; Mahogany, Marble, Brass; Candelabra; 19th Century; Metal with Marble Base

Napoleon's campaigns in Italy (1796-7) and the Nile (1789), helped introduce the shapes, forms and motifs of both the classical and mysterious Egyptian worlds into European design.

became an official museum in 1800, displaying classical sculpture as one of its premier exhibitions. Viewers went wild. This same period saw Robert Adam the Scottish architect creating interiors and designs based on Ancient Roman prototypes.

Soon these and other combinations of classical and ancient culture were affecting the design of architecture, furnishings, interiors and costume internationally. America`s striking version of the ‘Empire taste’ is well represented in the Dow Gallery of American Art.

It is planned that within the Dow Gallery of American Art, the Anderson C. Bouchelle Study Center for International Decorative Arts and elsewhere as appropriate throughout the museum, artworks from or relating to the Napoleonic Empire period will be identified by the symbol of an eagle with outspread wings and the initial “N”.

Note: For an extensive and scholarly review of the Empire period, see the article The Empire Strikes Back, by MOAS Director Emeritus Gary R. Libby pub. MOAS Magazine, Summer 1993. 

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winter exhibits Historic Portraits from the Collection NOW - TBA

Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia February 18, 2011 - May 22, 2011

Pirates: An Adventure!

This exhibition has been organized by The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida, Florida State University, Sarasota, FL.

NOW - February 27, 2011

C'est la Vie: Robert Gring's France NOW - April 10, 2011

Heyday: Photographs of Frederick W. Glasier March 4, 2011 - January 15, 2012

This exhibition was organized by the Eakins Press Foundation, New York in conjunction with The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida, Florida State University, Sarasota, FL.

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january January 4 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: Cuba: A Beautiful World 1:30pm – 3:00pm Discover the amazing art and history of Cuba. Take a stroll through the Cuban Museum and discover the many different types of art. Have fun painting and drawing like the Cuban artists. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers January 6 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: Cuba: A Beautiful World 1:30pm- 3:30pm Join us for an exploration of the Museum's Cuban Collection, and learn about the history of Cuba. Compare and contrast the different styles of art in the gallery. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers January 8 Screening of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4:00pm – 6:00pm Watch this epic Disney tale while sitting in the life-size replica of the Snow White Cottage. $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $3 for kids 6-17, kids 5 and under and MOAS members are free.

Please call (386) 255-3015 or e-mail gambleplace@moas.org to RSVP. Note: this event is located off-site at Gamble Place at Spruce Creek.

January 11 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: The Life of George Washington Carver 1:30pm – 3:00pm This American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor developed over 100 uses for peanuts! In this class we will explore his inventions and contribution to American life. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers January 12 MOAS 7-13 Year Old American Girl Doll Class: Addy – 1864 3:30pm -5:00pm Addy, a courageous girl determined to be free in the midst of the Civil War. Activities: Freedom quilts craft, tour museum quilt collections, corncob doll, southern food tasting. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for non members January 13 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: The Life of George Washington Carver 1:30pm – 3:00pm This American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor developed over a 100 uses for peanuts! In this class we will explore his inventions and contribution to American life. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers

January 13 Coffee, Chocolates, and Collections: Pirates: An Adventure!

2:00pm – 3:00pm Learn to “Eat like a pirate!” Join Chief Curator Cynthia Duval in the museum’s Ford Gallery to learn about shipboard cuisine in the golden age of piracy.

Free for members or $5.00 for nonmembers.

January 27 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: Alternative Energy Rules!

1:30pm- 3:30pm What is alternative energy? This class will explore the latest technology and consider the pros and cons of emerging technological advances. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers

January 15 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Kids Night at the Museum: Pirate Attack!

6:00pm-10:00pm Join us for fun, music, food, art, and a historical look at the real history of pirates. Explore our new exhibit Pirates: An Adventure! Learn about Florida Pirates, Caribbean Pirates and Blackbeard.

RSVP Required $17.00 for members or $22.00 for nonmembers

January 27 Coffee, Chocolates and Collections: Pirates: An Adventure!

2:00pm – 3:00pm Join Senior Curator of Education, Zach Zacharias, to hear the real story of the Indies’ most notorious pirate “Blackbeard” or Edward Teach.

Free for members or $5.00 for nonmembers

January 18 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: The Amazing Lever!

1:30pm – 3:00pm Levers are some of the most simple machines ever invented. Let’s discover how they work and how they changed the world. Learn how to make your own lever. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers January 20 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: Illusions of the Mind!

1:30pm- 3:30pm Learn how the mind can be tricked and how your eyes work. Discover how to fool your own eyes and mind. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers January 20 Meet Me in the Gallery: Historic Portraits from the Collection 2:00pm – 3:00pm Gary R. Libby Curator of Art, Jay Williams, reveals that historic portraits have a story to tell that may not always be obvious.

Free for members or $5.00 for nonmembers January 22 Saturday Family Art Class: Monet Day 1:00pm - 3:00pm Simple paint techniques in the style of the great French Impressionist Claude Monet. Become inspired by nature as we complete our masterpiece in the “Window in the Forest“. This open-air pavilion with a striking view overlooking Tuscawilla preserve is located on the MOAS grounds.

Tour the exhibit, C'est la Vie: Robert Gring's France. $6.00 for members, $8.00 for nonmembers, or $15 per family January 25 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: Pulleys: Lift the World!

1:30pm – 3:00pm Pulleys may lift the world but they are a simple machine. Let's discover when pulleys first appeared in the world and how they were used. Use the pulleys in the Children’s Museum to help us understand how they work. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers

January 28 The Breathtaking Views of Hubble 3:00pm-4:00pm Join us in the auditorium as Seth Mayo, Planetarium Curator, highlights the fascinating discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope. The stunning images of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters, taken by Hubble, will demonstrate the complexity and beauty of the universe in this presentation.

february

February 1 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: All Pirates on Deck!

1:30pm – 3:00pm How did pirates really live? Find out by exploring the Museum's new exhibition Pirates: An Adventure! Make your own pirate crafts to take home. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers February 3 Art in Therapy VIP Reception 6:00pm At the Florida Hospital Medical Center Cancer Institute February 3 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: Pirates of the Caribbean 1:30pm- 3:30pm Learn how Pirates of the Caribbean really lived and explore our new pirate exhibit Pirates: An Adventure! Who was the real "Blackbeard"? Was "Long John Silver” real? Were all pirates men? Are there pirates today? See pirate weapons and pieces of eight! $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers February 3 Meet Me in the Gallery: Pirates! An Adventure 2:00pm – 3:00pm Join guest speaker Tom Davis to learn about everyday life aboard a pirate ship, how buccaneers worked, slept, and handled the complicated sails of an 18th century vessel. Free for members or $5.00 for non-members

February 5 Screening of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4:00pm – 6:00pm Watch this epic Disney tale while sitting in the life-size replica of the Snow White Cottage. $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $3 for kids 6-17, kids 5 and under and MOAS members are free.

Please call (386) 255-3015 or e-mail gambleplace@moas.org to RSVP. Note: this event is located off-site at Gamble Place at Spruce Creek.

February 8 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: Flying with the Wright Brothers!

1:30pm – 3:00pm Learn about the Wright brothers and how they invented and built the first airplane! What kind of power did they use? How long did it take to build the plane and learn how planes fly. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers February 9 MOAS 7-13 Year Old American Girl Doll Class: Kit - 1934 3:30pm -5:00pm Kit, a clever, resourceful girl facing the Great Depression with spirit and determination. Activities: Make your own game/toy, create a journal, secret tree house club activity. $10.00 for members or $15:00 non-members February 10 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: The Genius of the Wright Brothers!

1:30pm- 3:30pm The Wright brothers are famous for inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight. Learn about the science of flight. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers February 10 Coffee, Chocolates, and Collections: Still Life Paintings from the Permanent Collections 2:00pm – 3:00pm Discuss still life paintings in the permanent collections with Gary R. Libby Curator of Art, Jay Williams, to gain a fresh appreciation of these often overlooked expressions of nature’s bounty.

Free for members or $5.00 for nonmembers February 12 MOAS Family Art Class: Sails, Sunsets and Seas 1:00pm -3:00pm Watercolor Adventure - Fun techniques for creating relaxing sails and sunsets.

Tour our exhibit Pirates: An Adventure! $6.00 for members, $8.00 for nonmembers or $15 per family February 12 MOAS Family Art Class: Pirate Treasures 3:30pm -4:30pm Make a telescope, treasure map, eye patches or a giant “piece of eight.”

Learn to draw the most famous of all pirates, Blackbeard! Take a fun and

exciting tour of our exhibit Pirates: An Adventure! Fun for all ages! $6.00 for members, $8.00 for nonmembers or $15 per family February 15 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: The Amazing Inclined Ramp!

1:30pm – 3:00pm The inclined plane is a simple machine that can be found in the Museum.

Every time we are walking up or down a ramp we are using an inclined plane.

The inclined plane may have been used by the Egyptians to construct the Great Pyramids. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers February 17 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: It's Wild! It's Called Chaos Theory!

1:30pm- 3:30pm What is chaos? The theory of chaos is a field of mathematics, physics, economics, and philosophy studying the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions.

We shall study and discuss this theory. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers February 17 Meet Me in the Gallery: Dow Gallery of American Art 2:00pm – 3:00pm Join Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts, Cynthia Duval, for a discussion of the Napoleonic Empire Period and its influence on American furniture and decorative arts.

Free for members or $5.00 for nonmembers February 18 Opening Gala for Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia and Turkomen Carpets from the Falasiri Collection 5:30pm – 7:00pm In the Elaine and Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Gallery Free to Museum members and memberships may be purchased at the door RSVP requested by February 16, 2011 This exhibition made possible by the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida, Sarasota, FL. and through the generosity of Mr. Jafar Falasiri.

February 22 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: Screws, Nails, Nuts and Bolts!

1:30pm – 3:00pm In this class we will learn about the tools of a wood worker’s trade and how they are used to hold things together.

Screws, nails, nuts, and bolts can be found in most objects that we own. In the Children’s Museum, we shall use our building table to help us understand how they work. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers February 24 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: Forms of Communication 1:30pm- 3:30pm Throughout time people have used communication as a way to express

themselves.

Discover the many ways humans use to communicate with each other: through codes, signals, and written messages.

How has technology changed the way communicate? $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers February 24 Coffee, Chocolates, and Collections: Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes of Central Asia and Turkomen Carpets 2:00pm – 3:00pm Join Chief Curator Cynthia Duval for an amazing look at the Turkomen jewels and carpets of these amazing nomadic tribes, followed by coffee and chocolates.

Free for members or $5.00 for nonmembers.

February 26 The Great Catalogue of Messier 11:00am - 11:45am This show, presented in the planetarium, will delve into the life and work of the famous French astronomer, Charles Messier. The most significant celestial phenomenon from his catalogue will be displayed, imaged by modern telescopes. A night sky tour will follow to demonstrate where these objects are located.

February 26 Skies over France: The Montgolfier Brothers & Charles Lindbergh 4:00pm - 5:00pm Join us in the auditorium as Seth Mayo, Planetarium Curator, presents France's influence on aviation. Firstly, we explore the 18th century French Montgolfier brothers, known as the world's first aviators. After that we will fast forward 144 years to the glorious landing in Paris

by Charles Lindbergh after his infamous solo flight across the Atlantic.

march

March 1 Curator's Choice: Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia 2:00pm - 3:00pm Discover the wonders of Turkomen jewels and carpets. Join us for a rare look at the artistry of these nomadic and semi nomadic people.

Free Event March 1 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: Vive La France!

1:30pm – 3:00pm We have lots of French furniture, paintings, and decorative arts to show you. Let us learn how these objects were made and used. Make your own French art work! $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers March 2 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: Vive La France!

1:30pm- 3:30pm Discover French art and learn about the amazing life of Napoleon through the objects on display at the Museum. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers

March 4 Egg Decorating Workshop 9:30am – 12:30am Participants are invited to create their own mock-Faberge egg. This workshop is being held in conjunction with Jill Aversa’s Jeweled Designer-Decorated Eggs on display in the museum from March 3 – 27.

Refreshments will be served.

Cost is $30 per person.

March 5 Screening of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4:00pm – 6:00pm Watch this epic Disney tale while sitting in the life-size replica of the Snow White Cottage. $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $3 for kids 6-17, kids 5 and under and MOAS members are free.

Please call (386) 255-3015 or e-mail gambleplace@moas.org to RSVP. Note: this event is located off-site at Gamble Place at Spruce Creek.

March 5th MOAS Family Art Class: Jewelry Design 1:00pm -3:00pm Creative art that you can wear! Design intricate jewelry using shells, beads and more! Our inspiration will come from touring the newest exhibition Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia. $6.00 for members, $8.00 for nonmembers, or $15 per family March 8 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: Inventions by Kids?

1:30pm – 3:00pm Learn about famous inventions made by kids. One doesn’t have to be old to be creative. Try your hand at making your own cool invention! $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers March 10 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: Inventions by Kids?

Learn about famous inventions made by kids. One doesn’t have to be old to be creative. Try your hand at making your own cool invention!

1:30pm- 3:30pm $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers March 10 Coffee, Chocolates, and Collections: The Helene B. Roberson Visible Storage Gallery 2:00pm – 3:00pm Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts, Cynthia Duval, will lead a walkthrough discussion of the museum’s new 4,400-square foot visible storage facility.

Free for members or $5.00 for nonmembers March 13 (Guild Event) Arts, Crafts, Treasures and Antique Appraisal and Biker Breakfast 9:00am MOAS Visitors free. Vendor space $25 Please call Dianne Hand 386-763-3892 for more information.

March 15 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: The Wedge: Jack of All Trades 1:30pm – 3:00pm The wedge is one of six simple machines to have been invented about 9,000 years ago and was used in ancient quarries. Learn what a wedge is and how it can be used. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers March 16 7-13 Year Old American Girl Doll Class: Molly - 1944 3:30pm - 5:00pm Molly, who schemes and dreams on the home front during World War II. Activities: Depression era craft, write and send a letter to a US soldier, treasure hunt. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for non-members March 17 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: The Great Thinker Albert Einstein 1:30pm- 3:30pm Study the great mind and work of Albert Einstein. His theories are still in use and being discussed today. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers March 17 Meet Me in the Gallery: Hubble's Amazing Discoveries 2:00pm – 3:00pm Join Planetarium Curator, Seth Mayo, to learn about the scientific advances made possible by the Hubble Space Telescope and discuss its future.

Free for members or $5.00 for non-members March 19 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Kids Night at the Museum: Art City 6:00pm-10:00pm Join us for food, fun, music and cool crazy art. Create your own masterpieces, tour our art galleries, join us for Art Jeopardy and win cool amazing prizes!

RSVP Required $17.00 for members or $22.00 for nonmembers March 22 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: Wheels and Axles Make the World Go ‘Round!

1:30pm – 3:00pm Wheels and axles are two of the simple machines that have improved transportation and industry. Every car, train and airplane uses wheels and axles. We shall study how they work. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers March 24 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: Are You A Problem Solver?

1:30pm- 3:30pm Problem solving is a necessary life skill in our world today. With this class we will learn how to use reason, logic, and trial and error to think up solutions to given problems. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers March 24 Coffee, Chocolates, and Collections: Helene B. Roberson Visible Storage 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Don't miss Chief Curator Cynthia Duval's gallery walk through this one of a kind exhibit. An introduction to the formerly hidden MOAS treasures now on view in this exciting new addition to the Museum.

Free for members or $5.00 for nonmembers March 24 Coffee, Chocolates, and Collections: Age of Sail 2:00pm – 3:00pm Gary R. Libby Curator of Art, Jay Williams, will compare and contrast paintings in the permanent collection inspired by the Age of Sail.

Free for members or $5.00 for nonmembers March 24 Egg Decorating Workshop 9:30am – 12:30am Participants are invited to create their own mock-Faberge egg. This workshop is being held in conjunction with Jill Aversa’s Jeweled Designer-Decorated Eggs on display in the museum from March 3 – 27.

Refreshments will be served.

Cost is $30 per person.

March 26 Collector's Choice: Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes of Central Asia and Turkomen Carpets 2:00pm – 3:00pm Join Chief Curator Cynthia Duval and Collector Jafar Falasiri for an amazing look at the rare historic artifacts of the Turkomen Tribes of Central Asia.

Free event March 29 MOAS 4-6 Year Old Preschool: How do you Measure Up? Measurements 1:30pm – 3:00pm Learn the difference between length, area, and volume. This is one way of using math to understand our world. Have fun measuring your own foot, height, and a fossil leg bone. See how much space you take up. $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers March 31 MOAS 7-13 Year Old Home School Class: Star Constellations of March 1:30pm- 3:30pm Discover the amazing night skies of March and learn to find visible constellations. Each constellation has its own fascinating mythology. Learn the stories! $10.00 for members or $15.00 for nonmembers March 31 Meet Me in the Gallery: C’est la Vie: Robert Gring’s France 2:00pm – 3:00pm Join Gary R. Libby Curator of Art, Jay Williams, to view and discuss the rare and delightful art of Robert Gring, one of the pioneers of the “cartoon modern” style.

Free for members or $5.00 for nonmembers

moas guild news

Jill Aversa's Eggs The MOAS Guild is thrilled to host Jill Aversa's jeweled, designer decorated eggs on exhibit from March 3 to March 27, 2011 in Root Hall. Jill Aversa, born and educated in England, has been involved in U.S. Egg Art since the 1970's. She has exhibited and won numerous awards for her eggs, most recently the "Best of Show" award at a June 2010 art event in Texas. Her work has been featured in EGGS and EGGERS' WORLD. Jill is one of only two egg artists in this country to be invited three times to represent the U.S. at their prestigious Internationle Randstad Eierenbeurs show held each year in the Netherlands and was twice awarded their International Trophy.

An opening reception for this exhibit with refreshments will be held from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm on March 3rd with a presentation from the artist at 3:00 pm. This event is free for MOAS members or included with paid admission.

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A Word from Guild President: Jo Anne Eaton-Morriss

T

he Museum Guild has had a busy, successful year with the Halifax Art Festival and Festival of Trees. The Artful Interludes, which are more intimate occasions, have raised funds as well as the fall fashion show and luncheon. The holiday season had many special events: Silver Bell Tea shared with the Symphony Guild; Teddy Bear Tea with Santa, Light Up Harbor Village Progressive Dinner and the Guild Christmas Party.

The 2011 guild meetings host some unique and interesting speakers. In February "Women of Ancient Greece by Homer" will be presented by Kimberly Flint-Hamilton, Stetson PhD. In March guild member, Anne Peacock-Jacobs, will present her art collection in a presentation titled "Who Are the Highway Men?” April's program is "In the

Footsteps of Tolstoy, Russia 2010" presented by Michael A. Denner, Stetson PhD. The guild is the major sponsor for the upcoming MOAS signature event “An Art Affair, Flirt with France" which will be held at the Museum on February 26th. Guild members and friends set sail on a fundraising cruise to Grand Cayman and Cozumel March 26th thru 31st.

The guild is launching a new event, "The Children's Museum Golf Classic," on April 18th at Plantation Bay Country Club. We are currently looking for sponsors and players.

Contact the Museum for information.

The guild members are working hard for the benefit of the Museum. We need the support of every Museum member. We welcome your

Thank you to these supporters of the 2010 Halifax Art Festival!

January 11 & 13 Pilates with Anna Shaffer January 18 Guild Meeting February 8 Memoir Writing Workshop & Champagne Brunch February 15 Guild Meeting February 26 An Art Affair: Flirt with France fundraiser and grand opening of the Helen B. Roberson Visible Storage Building March 3 Opening reception and artist presentation for the Jill Aversa egg display March 4 Jill Aversa's Egg Decorating Class March 13 Arts and Crafts Treasure Sale and Antique Appraisal March 15 Guild Meeting March 16 Queen of Consignment Shopping April 18 Children's Museum Classic Golf Tournament April 19 Guild Meeting April 24

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science feature By: Seth Mayo, Planetarium Curator

Heroes of the French Skies: Messier, Montgolfier Brothers, and Lindbergh The Great Catalogue of Messier

To me, it is impossible to appreciate astronomy without recognizing the work of Charles Messier.

Around the world, astronomers agree that Messier has played a hugely significant role in night sky observation; his work has endured for more than 200 years and is still resonating today.

Born in Badonviller, France in 1730, Messier was intrigued early on by the fascinating realm of astronomy.

His inspiration developed around the age of 13 when a spectacular phenomenon known as the Great Comet of 1744 streaked across the skies, noted for its six tails and exceptional brightness. A second celestial event, further cementing his passion, occurred on July 25th, 1748 when an annular eclipse charles messier occurred over his hometown.

By the age of 21, he was employed by Joseph Nicolas Delisle, a well-known astronomer of the French Navy. Delisle’s observatory helped hone Messier’s skill in observation and careful record keeping.

In 1758, one of Messier’s first tasks was to confirm Delisle’s calculation of the famous comet, Halley, and its return. This calculation was later proven incorrect when he spotted the comet the following year. Comet hunting became Messier’s passion.

He began thoroughly scanning the night skies for these icy bodies and it was while searching for comet Halley that he came across a unique comet-like object inside the constellation Taurus: a remnant of a supernova discovered in 1054 called the Crab Nebula. To distinguish between permanently fixed objects and transient comets, he began work on a catalogue that made this distinction. The Crab Nebula was the first entry, catalogued as Messier 1 or M1.

For the next 16 years, Messier observed and recorded many objects including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters using this “M” designation. In 1781, he published his final catalogue in the journal of the French Academy of Sciences. He had classified 103 objects. After his lifetime, seven more were added, making the final count at 110.

The objects catalogued by Messier are among the most stunning ever recorded; M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), M42 (Orion Nebula), M45 (Pleiades Star Cluster), and M57 (Ring Nebula). During his career he had already been solidified as one of the great astronomers of history with the further discovery of 13 comets.

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The World’s First Aviators

Not long after Messier began exploring the heavens, two French brothers began a quest to conquer the sky in another important way; through flight. Many people assume that the Wright brothers, at the turn of the 20th century, were the first aviators, but 120 years earlier the Montgolfier brothers had already developed a flying craft - designed with lighter-than-air balloons.

Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier were born in 1740 and 1745 respectively in Annonay, France. They both grew to be innovators, with Joseph having an inventor’s mentality and Jacques being technically savvy. Their observations and combination of skills were to result in revolutionizing travel.

Inspiration followed their observations that light-weight fabrics placed above a fire rose mysteriously into the air. They initially thought they had discovered a new type of gas that created lift; not knowing that heated air became less dense than the surrounding air creating buoyancy.

This sparked their curiosity and they started to experiment with small bag-like contraptions, trying to recreate the effect. Their first success was with a taffeta-clothed container that quickly rose into the air when a fire burned beneath it. Encouraged, they began to experiment on a much larger scale.

To illustrate their achievement, the brothers held their first public demonstration on June 4th, 1783 with a larger balloon, measuring over 30ft in diameter, made of cloth lined with paper. This “hot air balloon” rose to an altitude of about 3000ft, floated more than a mile, and stayed aloft for an entire 10 minutes.

Invited to Versailles to present this phenomenon to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette on September 17th, 1783, they chose a sheep, duck, and rooster as the passengers. This demonstration featured the ascent of living creatures for the first time in history.

Their ultimate achievement came when humans finally took flight in one of the balloons. Already completing manned tethered flights, JeanFrançois Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes, piloted a Montgolfier balloon on November 21st, 1783 in free flight from Paris that traveled over 5 miles in 25 minutes. This awe-inspiring event Joseph-Michel and led the world into the Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier aviation frontier.

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C’est la Vie: Robert Gring’s France C’est la Vie: Robert Gring’s France is now open in the museum’s West Wing Gallery. It is a light-hearted exhibition of thirty-four paintings in gouache (opaque watercolor) by the French illustrator Robert Gring. These unusual paintings from the Dow bequest have never been exhibited to the public.

By: Jay Williams, Gary R. Libby Curator of Art

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nly a few tantalizing facts are known about Kenneth Worcester Dow’s acquisition of this unique suite of cartoon-modern illustrations and his friendship with Robert Gring. According to MOAS’s Director Emeritus Gary R. Libby, Dow traveled to Paris around 1946, intending to stay only a few

months. Enthralled by the city and deeply engaged in collecting, Dow spent ten years in Paris, where he became Gring’s comrade. One of the images in the exhibition, Bonne Ann, is actually a hand-painted notecard, inscribed inside to KWD—perhaps indicating that the paintings may have been a parting gift.

While Gring’s illustration is not wellknown in America, for more than thirty years his comic illustrations brought smiles to the faces of people throughout France.

In addition to comic strips and illustrations for magazines in the 1950s and 1960s, he also illustrated game pages and editorials in French humor magazines through the 1970s.

Gring’s paintings in

MOAS’s collection are most similar to his book illustrations, which became known outside France as the language books he illustrated were translated and published elsewhere.

Gring often worked in association with illustrator Pierre Soymier; and between the 1940s and the 1970s both contributed to a long-running series of language instruction books, the sans peine series—the French word “peine” being translated in this instance as “toil” or “effort.” Titles such as Italian …, German…, Modern Greek…, Portuguese…, and English Without Toil can still be found on the secondhand market. This series pioneered

by Alphonse Chérel promoted his more natural, informal “Assimil” method of learning language based on learning the sounds of a given language and oral comprehension.

Each weekly lesson also contained cultural information and a humorous illustration, usually by Soymier

above: Robert Gring; Untitled; Circa 1950; 11 3/8 x 8 1/2 Opposite page: Robert Gring; Untitled; Circa 1950; 6 3/4 x 10 5/8

other stock characters that could have stepped out of their roles in a film by Charlie Chaplin or Jacques Tati. Gring’s sense of humor is wry but not unsympathetic, often bordering on the sort of classic comedy that comes a little too close to reality—as in his image of a couple caught in the rain while walking to a country hotel.

Like any good artist, Gring never allowed the narrative content of his picture to overwhelm its style. Through his eye, a festive celebration in a town square becomes a riotous explosion of overlapping forms and colors in the best modernist tradition.

Working in a style later termed “cartoon modern,” Gring painted satirical, simplified figures in a style that incorporated strong colors and an exaggerated sense of space.

“Cartoon modern” is now recognized as an important offshoot of modernism that describes some of the best 1950s modernist graphic design, still-image cartooning, and animation art. (See examples of this style of graphic design on the internet by Googling Jean Colin, Hervé Morvan, or Raymond Savignac.) The style especially influenced animation, as seen in John and Faith Hubley’s Adventures of an * (1956), Robert Carl Cohen’s Mister Wister the Time Twister (France, 1957), the early “Fractured Fairy Tales” featured in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (1959-61) and the cartoon title sequence in The Pink Panther (drawn by Hawley Pratt, 1963).

Robert Gring; Untitled; Circa 1950; 10 1/8 x 7 5/8 or Gring. The first book of the series, L’Anglais Sans Peine (English Without Toil) inspired a play by Eugène Ionesco called The Bald Soprano (La Cantatrice Chauve), because of the absurdly humorous effect of common phrases taken out of context.

An appreciation for the absurd is often expressed by the French through

their sense of humor. The droll irony so typical of the French comedy permeates Gring’s elegantly painted illustrations.

His humorous views of conventional everyday people frequently place them in situations that contrast with their expected social roles. His paintings include the figures of circus performers, policemen, lovers, station masters and

Visitors to C’est la Vie may be surprised that Gring’s paintings still have the power to convey the essence of the post-war period, when France maintained its basic identity while modernizing its culture under the influence of an avalanche of American cultural imports. Gring speaks for his generation when he expresses the essence of “Frenchness” through the simple lines, geometric shapes, and bright colors of modernism. Gring’s advice; when everyday life confounds reason—shrug it off with a grin. After all, that’s life.

The exhibition continues in the museum’s West Wing Gallery through April 10, 2011. 

"An appreciation for the absurd is often expressed by the French through their sense of humor. The droll irony so typical of the French comedy permeates Gring’s elegantly painted illustrations."

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The Famous Arrival in Paris

Fast forward 144 years to a flight that captivated the world; the arrival of the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean: New York to Paris, by Charles Lindbergh.

Many attempts had already been made to win a prize of $25,000 offered by a French hotel owner named Raymond Orteig, but the challenge was both difficult and dangerous as pilots died, were injured, or went missing. The trip seemed an almost unbeatable task.

Things changed when the relatively unknown and young pilot named Charles Lindbergh stepped in. Having been an experienced barnstormer, military pilot, and flight instructor, Lindbergh took out a $15,000 bank loan in addition to his own savings for flight expenses. A custom designed and built single engine and seat monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, now so famously known, was his chosen airplane for the mission.

With the plane filled to the brim with fuel, Lindbergh throttled up for takeoff from Roosevelt Field at 7:52am on Friday, May 20, 1927. ď Ž

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Florida Pirates and the1715 Plate Fleet Wreck By: J. Zach Zacharias, Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History Throughout the 17th century, England, France and Spain were involved in a continuous struggle for domination of the New World. The "discovery" of the Americas expanded known world horizons, and European disputes as to ownership of discovered land spread across the globe.

Wars were financed with the wealth taken from the Colonies of these warring nations- timber, metals, spices, slaves, and in the case of Spain, gold, silver and precious stones from the mines of Central and South America. The transatlantic trade of these cargoes gave rise to opportunities for theft and looting on a gigantic scale. Depending on political alliances, these thieves were called Privateers if they had governmental support. Everyone else called them pirates.

Legends abound of pirates burying their treasure.

In 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht drew the hostilities between Spain and England to an end. The Spanish treasure fleet had been delayed for years by the war, and King Philip V was impatient and in need of money to pay Spain’s war expenses. Finally, on July 24, 1715, the fleet sailed from Cuba, through the Straights of Florida, and smack into a hurricane. Between 11 and 12 Spanish galleon ships were washed ashore on the Florida coast, spreading their cargo from Vero Beach to Cape Canaveral. In the 1960s, the rediscovery of these shipwrecks

“As the rays of lanterns fell within the pit, there flashed upwards a glow and a glare, from a confused heap of gold and of jewels, that absolutely dazzled our eyes.�

The Gold Bug

by Edgar Allen Poe

above: Stolen goods were split among the pirate crew based on agreed-upon shares. bottom right: In reality, pirates spent their stolen money as soon as they got into port. and subsequent salvage efforts led to this stretch of coast being named the "Treasure Coast."

The same treaty leading to the launching of this treasure fleet also led to the unemployment of a vast number of sailors. As a result of the end of European hostilities, ship building and seamen became relatively obsolete. As these men began looking for new opportunities, they turned to a sudden burst of transatlantic trade with Spain’s treasure fleets. They continued "Privateering" without charters and became pirates. Thus the Treaty of Utrecht, which brought a temporary peace between Spain and England also gave rise to what is known as the "Golden Age of Piracy."

Many pirates of the "Golden Age" have become mythic and the world revels in the exploits of Blackbeard, Calico Jack, and Charles Vane. Childhood legends and Hollywood Blockbusters are based on these men, presenting them as larger-than-life heroes, lovers and adventurers. Reality differs; most pirates were steps from poverty, and when they came into money, they immediately spent it on women and liquor, especially at the Caribbean ports, which catered to them. By 1726, England had shut

down these ports, too often considered dens of iniquity; hanging the most vicious men and granting clemency to those considered innocent of the worst crimes.

This so called "Golden Age of Piracy" lasted scarcely a decade.

Ironically, one of the most successful pirates of this period is almost unknown: Captain Henry Jennings. With his small sloop, the Bathsheba, he operated as an English Privateer. After the treaty, he set up as a Jamaican planter. When word spread throughout the Caribbean of the shipwrecked treasure and Spain’s salvage efforts, Captain Jennings took between 150 and 200 men to raid the Spanish salvage camp near Sebastian Inlet south of today's Melbourne, Florida.

He and his men recovered 87,000 pounds without killing a single person. With this one act, he became one of the richest pirates of the time. Rather than risking arrest by returning to Jamaica, he set up camp in a ramshackle village in the Bahamas that had a harbor and fresh water. He became the unofficial mayor of Nassau. In his time there, it grew from

a sleepy village to a bustling pirate hideout and base of operations.

In 1718, England sent Woodes Rogers, a famous ship Captain and Privateer himself, to shut Nassau down and flush out any remaining pirates on behalf of the Crown. He offered the pirates clemency or death. Captain Jennings, a pragmatic man, accepted clemency.

From there his fortunes have become obscured by history. Many speculate that he took his fortune and settled in Bermuda with plantations in the Carolina Colonies. What is known, is that in 1745 the old sea dog was finally captured by the Spanish in the War of Austrian Succession, and may well have died while in their custody. 

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Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia This exhibition has been organized by the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida, Sarasota, FL.

February 18, 2011 - May 22, 2011 Elaine and Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Gallery A dual exhibition of Turkomen jewelry, carpets and rugs in this gallery, gives a rare glimpse into the beauty and artistry of the nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples of Central Asia who dwell in rugged isolation yet whose instinctive craftsmanship and love of natural materials created some of the most seductive artworks of 19th-century Oriental Europe.

Through gold and semi-precious stones, this section of the dual exhibition focuses on the richness of form, the liveliness of invention and the individuality of decorative styles of 19th-century handmade tribal jewelry. Included are wide armlets, heavy pectoral ornaments, pendant earrings of dramatic simplicity and ornamental rings of almost unearthly beauty. Worn by brides and other important tribal women, this jewelry is outstanding in its amazing modernity.

Together With:

Yomud Tribe, Asyk (Hair Ornament) Dated 1880 – 1920 Gift of Mr. Stephen Van C. Wilberding, 2009 The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Join the Museum of Arts & Sciences for a Member's Opening on Friday, February 18, 2011 from 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. in the Elaine and Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Gallery.

The opening night reception celebrates Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia and Turkomen Carpets from the Falasiri Collection. The reception is free to Museum members and memberships may be purchased at the door. RSVP requested by February 16, 2011.

Turkomen Carpets from the Falasiri Collection

The collector Jafar Falasiri, born in Shiraz is a long-time

Teke Tribe, Bilezik (Pair of Bracelets) Dated 1880 – 1920 Gift of Mr. Stephen Van C. Wilberding, 2009 The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

naturalized citizen whose childhood visits to the Quashgai tribal encampments near his birthplace became the catalyst for his lifelong love of Oriental rugs, and the foundation of his extraordinary knowledge and collection.

Of all nomadic carpets, Turkomens are by far the finest. The pile is exceptionally silky, short and soft, the hand-knotting is dense.

Ground colors range from rich reddish-brown to red, against which touches of soft complimentary colors introduce the visual symphony of geometric natural symbolism. Trees and flowers are reduced to the barest outlines or geometrized to the extent that they are barely identifiable.

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On Friday, March 4th Ms. Aversa will offer a 3-hour workshop from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Museum, for those interested in crafting and decorating an egg of their own in the jeweled, designer-decorated style. Most supplies will be provided. The cost will be $25.

Please call the Museum to register

by February 20th.

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