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LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
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MOAS NEWS
Mastodon update and a peek at the upcoming Many Faces of George Washington exhibit
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Bronze, Porcelain and Ivory from the Meiji Empire, 1867-1912, on Loan From a Private Collection
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SPRING EVENTS CALENDAR
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2012 SUMMER LEARNING INSTITUTE Full program information and registration form
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GUILD NEWS
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IN MEMORIUM
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OVER AND OUT
This past year, the Museum of Arts & Sciences lost two of our very dedicated volunteers, and they are greatly missed.
Venus Traverses the Sun
ON THE COVER: Fukugawa, Japan, Temple Jar, polychromed underglazed and clear glaze on stoneware.
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the museum of arts & sciences staff: From left - Sherman coleman, marisa rodriguez, cynthia duval, deborah b. allen, rene bell adams, jessi jackson smith, seth mayo, luis zengotita, ERIC GOIRE, J. ”Zach” Zacharias
Dear friends, With the arrival of spring comes the beauty of flowers in bloom around our property and some exciting changes here at the Museum. By the time you read this article we may have an announcement as to our new Executive Director. The Board has also made the decision to move forward with a tear down and rebuild of the West Wing. So there is a lot that will be happening here at MOAS this spring! At the end of March, we say goodbye to the successful exhibit, Reflections II: Watercolors of Florida 1835-2000, From the Collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown. We thank the Browns for the loan of this beautiful collection which proved very popular with our visitors the past several months. In April we will be exhibiting Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage. Photographer Cathryn Griffith juxtaposes early 1900's hand-colored postcard images of Havana city scenes with recent color photographs
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of the contemporary scenes, taken from the same vantage point. Griffith culled the historical images from her collection of over 700 vintage postcards of Havana, and made the corresponding photographs during multiple trips to Cuba in recent years. Our exhibition schedule starting in May will be featuring an exhibit about George Washington which spans his entire life. The Many Faces of George Washington focuses on the traits that made him a beloved leader and the choices that helped establish a stable democratic government. This exhibit will include a family day on June 23rd complete with educational programs and fun activities for attendees of all ages. We then move to a beautiful exhibit, The Tsars’ Cabinet, Two Hundred years of Russian Decorative Arts under the Romanovs. We plan to have a fundraiser to accompany this exhibit complete with Russian fare and an ice luge perfect for a favorite Russian beverage! We are also excited about Old
Master Drawings from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art which will grace our Museum beginning in November. At the start of 2013, we will be featuring The History of Space Photography and having a party that will include the official beverage of the space program, Tang! The space photography exhibit is our way of kicking off Florida’s 500th birthday. When we talk about the discovery of Florida and where we are today, we look at how Ponce de Leon arrived in a ship all those many years ago; yet, today we have astronauts leaving Florida in spaceships to make their discoveries. This coming September we will be holding our second annual Septembers with the Smithsonian. Once again there will be a performance from Smithsonian musicians as well as guest lecturers from the Institution and other Smithsonian Affiliate Museums. There will also be a
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2012 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Carol Lively Platig, President Barbara C. Coleman, Past President Chris Lydecker, Vice President Dr. Kim Klancke, Assistant Vice President Janet Jacobs, Assistant Vice President Melinda Dawson, Secretary Michele McCarthy, Assistant Secretary Pat Heller-Jackson, Treasurer Andrew Clark, Assistant Treasurer Thomas Zane, Trustee Liaison Cici Brown, Trustee at Large Daniel Ambrose Julie Freidus Dr. Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Tom Hart Diane Michael Harvey Morse Ellen O’Shaughnessy Karen Upchurch Jill Warren Diane Welch Linda Williams Amy Workowski Barbara Young Allison Morris Zacharias HONORARY TRUSTEES Miriam Blickman Anderson Bouchelle (Deceased) J. Hyatt Brown Alys Clancy (Deceased) Tippen Davidson (Deceased) Susan Feibleman Herbert Kerman (Deceased) Chapman Root (Deceased) Jan Thompson (Deceased)
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reception and private performance by the Smithsonian musicians especially for members of our Renaissance Society. So, you can see we have been very busy planning great exhibits, programs and events for the next year. We are also working to bring even bigger and better offerings in the years to come. Thank you to our wonderful mix of supporters who enable us to thrive. You can see your contributions are put to wonderful use. Please come often to our Museum and be inspired. It has been my honor and pleasure to have served the Museum and its members as the Interim Executive Director since November of 2010. I want to take this opportunity to thank our hard working staff for their assistance and the Board of Trustees for their support. To those in the community who contacted me or stopped me in the Museum to thank me or comment on the work that took place while I was here, thank you. I leave here hoping that I have made a positive difference in the Museum. For someone who didn’t apply for this position and with no Museum work experience, it has been a true test of my non-profit experience and service on our Board of Trustees for almost 17 years. Fortunately both experiences were helpful in my duties as the Interim Executive Director. I now bid you farewell and wish the Museum much success as it moves forward with all the exciting things the next few years have in store.
REPRESENTATIVES Museum Guild Dr. Kay Brawley, President Junior League Jennifer Wagner Cuban Foundation Gary R. Libby Root Foundation Linda Hall
Deborah B. Allen Interim ExecUtive Director
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ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Interim Executive Director
DEBORAH B. ALLEN Administration Staff RENE BELL ADAMS, Communications Director Eric Goire, Operations Director SHERMAN COLEMAN, Finance Associate JESSi JACKSON SMITH, Grants and Development Coordinator MARISA RODRIGUEZ, Membership Coordinator Israel Taylor, Physical Plant Assistant Patricia Nikolla, Visitor Services Coordinator JENNIFER GILL, Visitor Services ROBERT WOHLRAB, Security and Visitor Services MARK HART, Chief of Security FRANCES ALLEN, Security VALERIE COSTA, Security HOWARD HALPIN, Security BILL JACKSON, Security LEONARD MOORE, Security ROY SHAFFER, JR., Coordinator - Dow Museum of Historic Houses Curatorial Staff Cynthia Duval, Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts and Gary R. Libby Curator of Art J. ”Zach” Zacharias, Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History Seth Mayo, Curator of Astronomy Luis Zengotita, Science and Education Associate Eric Mauk, Collections Manager and Registrar Bonnie Jones, Conservator - Paintings Ed Van Hoose, Conservator - Furniture Executive Director Emeritus GARY R. LIBBY
Editor RENE BELL ADAMS Contributing Writers RENE BELL ADAMS DR. KAY BRAWLEY Cynthia Duval Seth Mayo J. ”Zach” Zacharias Art Director NIKKI Mastando, MASTANDO MEDIA
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MOAS Welcomes The Many Faces of George Washington May 18 - June 24, 2012 This Spring, the Museum of Arts & Sciences hosts a fascinating traveling exhibition from Mount Vernon entitled The Many Faces of George Washington. Depicting the real-life individual behind the myths, this exhibit reveals Washington as yet even more amazing than depicted in the mythological stories that have grown up around him. MOAS will be presenting several historical programs for both adults and families (see Spring Calendar in this issue for details). Join us in exploration of this most noble and heroic of men!
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MOAS Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History, James "Zach" Zacharias is working closely with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) to determine the age of the fossilized Mastodon found Thanksgiving week, 2011, near the intersection of Nova and Mason roads in Daytona Beach. After an unsuccessful attempt to extract the collagen necessary for carbon dating from a femur bone sample, the Smithsonian is now processing one of the Mastodon teeth in hopes to determine the age of the ice age mammal's remains. The results should be available at the end of March or early April. Zach has been hard at work preserving the extremely delicate tusks while volunteers have been cleaning the collection of fossilized rib, leg, foot and skull bones. "It will be some time before these are preserved and ready to be put on display, but we are looking forwarding to sharing them with the community," exclaimed Zacharias.
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TREASURESOFTHE CHRYSANTHEMUMTHRONE BRONZE, PORCELAIN AND IVORY FROM THE MEIJI EMPIRE, 1867-1912 On Loan From A Private Collection
By Cynthia Duval, Chief Curator, Curator of Decorative Arts and Gary R. Libby Curator of Art
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he exquisite Japanese bronzes, intricate yet delicate ivories and glorious porcelains in this important exhibition were created during the progressive reign of Mutsuhito the Meiji Emperor, who ascended the Japanese throne in 1867 at the age of 15. It was he who brought the lush chrysanthemum flower with its myriad asymmetrical petals into prominence as the icon of a new Japan emerging from “The World of the Past” to become triumphantly conspicuous on the international industrial and art scene of “The World of the Present
and Future.” After more than 250 years, the feudal order of the warlords was finally at an end and the doors began to open to a period of enlightened rule. The first European exhibition of Japanese art featuring sensuous ukiyo-e (woodblock) prints had opened to rave reviews in the Paris World Exposition of 1855. By the early 1870s cargoes filled with overwhelming quantities of all manner of Japanese luxury objects overflowed Parisian galleries: porcelains, silks, the richness of embroideries, early ivories, bronzes, lacquers of deep mysterious coloration. All were intoxicating to handle and acquire for those within the world of literature and art. In 1875, Monet painted his young wife Camille - swirling fan in hand, clad in a scarlet samurai-embroidered dress. Before century's end Manet, Tissot, Degas, Fantin-Latour, Van Gogh, Whistler, Zola, the de Goncourt brothers, and their followers had all compiled collections. All had been lured through Japanese artistry towards the threshold of the groundbreaking modernist movement that was to follow. Other devotees
"The fine examples of porcelain and stoneware in the exhibition are both forms of vitrified ceramics and illustrate only some of the brilliant colors and delicate glazes developed in Japan during the Meiji period."
of this growing mania for acquisition include the rich and famous Rothschilds, Meniers and de Cammondos whose beautiful and luxurious house on rue Monceau, at that time known as “street of aristocrats” is now a memorable museum. It was at the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893 in commemoration of the 400th year of the landing of Columbus, following a period of international fairs (Paris 1867, and 1878; Vienna 1873; Philadelphia 1876; Japan itself 1877), that the entire Western world became aware of the full range of Japanese decorative arts: uniquely asymmetrical in composition, richly colored yet delicate and designed with intriguing contrasts, melancholy and humorous, understated and flamboyant; intimate in concept yet grand in presentation; informal in subject matter yet presented with the utmost formality….
CERAMICS
Ceramic art in Japan began in the Neolithic Age when hand-formed earthenware vessels decorated with primitive coiled-rope and sculptural patterns were produced. These primitive forms of decoration lasted several thousand years, a time period that is known as the era of Joman Culture – joman meaning “rope-pattern.” Around the 1st or 2nd century B.C., peoples migrating to Japan from the Asiatic mainland brought not only a culture based on agriculture, but also new and simplified designs in their distinctive type of earthenware known as yayoi. It is usually undecorated and of simple elegant form made on a potter’s wheel.
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"all japanese art is signified by its richly decorative elements, its figural and animalistic subject matter, and its often gently amusing caricaturial situations." The period of Ancient Burial Mounds, from about the 3rd or 4th centuries to the 7th century is so-called for its great sepulchral mounds, and it was in this era that small earthenware figures first appeared. Kilns were also introduced in this early period. Japanese glazed pottery first appeared during the 8th century. Glazing was a huge leap forward in the art of the Japanese potter. Glaze makes vessels impervious to liquid and thus useful for domestic use as well as often more aesthetically pleasing than unglazed ware. The cult of tea became an added stimulus to the pottery artisans. Known to the Japanese Imperial household as early as the start of the 8th century, this cult was to reach its height of development with elaborate ceremonies in the Japan of the 15th century. By the end of the 16th century, military operations in Korea opened the way to Korean artisans entering Japan under the protection of Japanese Commanders and Feudal lords, and this introduced cream and grey-white glazes, inlaid decorations, the greenish-grey of celadon and a range of blues and browns. Raku ware with its soft low-temperature, hand-modeled body and thick rich glazes also appeared in the latter part of this century. Of all Japanese ceramics this is the most unique, having no exact counterpart anywhere else in the world. The following century brought the development of Kyoto ware – hard, creamcolored and white bodied, it continues to be made to this day, sometimes decorated with a light buff glaze with a crackled finish, sometimes embellished with rich enamel colors. The lovely porcelains of the Chinese Ming Dynasty had always been admired by the Japanese. It was around 1616 that Japanese
potters first successfully made porcelain by using fine, white clay mixed with China stone (petunze) and baked at a high temperature. Clear, rich colors were developed with a wide range of metallic oxides: blue from oxide of cobalt, yellow through oxide of antimony, red through iron, white through lead. Thin, transparent glazes were made from body material plus glaze ash. The fine examples of porcelain and stoneware in the exhibition are both forms of vitrified ceramics and illustrate only some of the brilliant colors and delicate glazes developed in Japan during the Meiji period.
IVORY
Although Asian elephant incisor teeth and tusks were both used for tools and carvings in Japan as early as the prehistoric era, it is the African elephant that from the 17th century onwards was used by Japanese craftspeople to create netsuke (intricate toggles for cordedusually monks’ belts), and inlay for swords. There was, overall, a domestic market at this time. Ivory’s fine grain and dense structure, however, led to the rapid development of designs for the international market. From the Meiji period on, Japan has exported an extraordinary range of figures, boxes, and decorative artifacts of all kinds, which to this day are avidly collected. All Japanese art is signified by its richly decorative elements, its figural and animalistic subject matter, and its often gently amusing caricaturial situations. African ivory is the ideal material for detailed carving, turning and engraving. The tools and techniques used are the same – even similar to those used by refined woodworkers, who engrave, saw, gouge, chisel, drill, file and delicately scrape their chosen “subject matter.” Addon pieces can be fixed by glue, screws and pins and finished items can withstand a high degree of surface polishing.
Ivory can be extremely malleable and can be worked down to a thin layer or cross-section without snapping. Lastly, it can be shaped through steam-heating in a phosphoric acid solution to become flexible enough to create “knitted” designs. The amusing, active, balanced, yet wildly asymmetrical ivory artworks in this exhibition are some of the most elegant to be found. Each is unique and tells a tale of hours – even weeks and months of the love, talent and delight each master craftsman expended on his task. The vendor and his bundles; the curving corncob and carved boxes; and the drummer with his mask laid down beside him, his face aglow; monkeys in a bird’s nest and the actor – all are pure delight.
BRONZE
An influx of bronze-casters were among the many Korean craftsmen arriving in Japan with the introduction and spread of Buddhism in the 6th century. This heralded a rapid spread of culture in many forms with Buddhism at its source - temple builders, carpenters, sculptors and painters. This era is on record as a great artistic period in Japan, influenced by Chinese culture as all Buddhist scriptures (sutras) were written in Chinese script. Bronze casters made quantities of sacred Buddhist images and were open to instructing the Japanese in the techniques of the art. In contrast to wooden images carved with knife and chisel, bronze images are created by modelers rather than sculptors. Stage one in the process of bronze casting, known as the lost wax process or cire perdue, was to make a finished wax model of the statue. Next, a thick layer of fine clay was applied to the wax and baked, at which stage the wax would run out through apertures
opposite page: MEIJI, JAPAN, VENDOR Okimono, CARVED IVORY
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spring exhibits APRIL
Treasures of the Chrysanthemum Throne: Bronzes, Porcelain and Ivory from the Meiji Empire
April 14 - June 10, 2012
April 6 - July 8, 2012
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JULY
Exhibits and dates subject to change.
May 18 - June 24, 2012
This exhibition, made up of interpretive panels, looks at Washington's leadership in seven sections: Virginia Childhood, Risk Taker, Realistic Visionary, Wise Decision Maker, Impassioned Learner, Visionary Entrepreneur and At Home in Mount Vernon. Learn background information and gain insight into our nation's first president, a man whom many recognize but few know much about. Spanning Washington's entire life, the exhibition focuses on the traits that made him a beloved leader and the choices that helped establish a stable democratic government.
The Tsars' Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts under the Romanovs June 23 - September 8, 2012
Photographer Cathryn Griffith juxtaposes early 1900's hand-colored postcard images of Havana city scenes with recent color photographs of the contemporary scenes, taken from the same vantage point. Griffith culled the historical images from her collection of over 700 vintage postcards of Havana, and made the corresponding photographs during multiple trips to Cuba in recent years.
JUNE
Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage
MAY
The exquisite Japanese bronzes, intricate yet delicate ivories and glorious porcelains in the important exhibition in which each carefully selected artwork is of the highest quality were created during the progressive reign of Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor, who ascended the Japanese throne in 1867 at the age of fifteen and ruled with the aid of samurai advisors until his death in 1912.
The Many Faces of George Washington
The Tsars’ cabinet illustrates two hundred years of decorative arts of Russia from the time of Peter the Great in the early eighteenth Century to that of Nicholas II in the early twentieth century. Many of the pieces in the exhibition were designed for the use of the tsars or other Romanovs. Others are indicative of the styles that were prominent during their reigns. While many are in forms to be used everyday, they demonstrate the richness of Russia during the long reign of the Romanovs.
ADULT PROGRAMMING
april April 10, 2012 1:00pm-2:00pm Welcome to Havana with Juan Junco - Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage Join scholar and Cuban Collection Docent Juan Junco as he details the wonderful sights and sounds of one of the world's most fascinating cities. Free for members or with paid admission. April 17, 2012 2:00pm-3:30pm Welcome to the Meiji Empire Coffee, Chocolates and Collections Treasures of the Chrysanthemum Throne: Bronzes, Porcelain and Ivory from the Meiji Empire Learn of the Western world’s reaction to Japanese art as you examine the bronzes, porcelain and ivory from the Meiji Empire with Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts, Cynthia Duval. Free for members or with paid admission. April 21, 2012 3:00pm-4:00pm Tales of the Everglades With Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History James "Zach" Zacharias. This presentation focuses on the social history of people, towns and Seminoles living in the Everglades over the last 125 years. The discussion also includes major events that have altered the environment. Free for members or with paid admission. April 28, 2012 2:00pm-3:00pm Discovering New Stars in Our Galaxy Join us for an inspiring presentation from Deltona Pine Ridge High School astronomy teacher Diana Sartore and her two students, Kaelyn Badura and Colleen Tilley. Sponsored by NASA, these two high school
seniors and their teacher used infrared images from the Spitzer Space Telescope to reveal very young stars that have never before been seen. Free for members or with paid admission.
may May 1, 2012 3:00pm-4:00pm Curator's Walkthrough: Treasures of the Chrysanthemum Throne: Bronzes, Porcelain and Ivory from the Meiji Empire With Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts Cynthia Duval Free for members or with paid admission. May 3, 2012 2:30pm-4:00pm Kentucky Derby Celebration - The Art of the Horse from the MOAS Collections The horse is the most represented animal in the Museum. Join Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History James "Zach" Zacharias for a look at how this wonderful animal is depicted in art. Free for members or with paid admission. May 10, 2012 1:00pm-2:00pm Meet Me in the Gallery Jacoulet: Woodblock Prints from the MOAS Collections Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts Cynthia Duval will discuss Paul Jacoulet's story, his talent and his techniques. Free for members or with paid admission. May 15, 2012 2:00pm-3:00pm Coffee, Chocolates and Collections: Celestial Charts from the MOAS Collection
Join Curator of Astronomy Seth Mayo as he takes an historical look at the latest additions to the scientific holdings of the Museum. Free for members or with paid admission. May 17, 2012 1:00pm-2:00pm Meet Me in the Gallery - Treasures of the Chrysanthemum Throne: Bronzes, Porcelain and Ivory from the Meiji Empire Learn of the Western world’s reaction to Japanese art as you examine the bronzes, porcelain and ivory from the Meiji Empire with Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts Cynthia Duval. Free for members or with paid admission. May 22, 2012 3:00pm-4:00pm Curator's Tour: Welcome to George Washington Join Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History James "Zach" Zacharias and learn about the new exhibit The Many Faces of George Washington. Free for members or with paid admission. May 24, 2012 1:00pm-2:00pm Docent's Choice Tour - Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage Join Scholar and Cuban Collection Docent Juan Junco as he details the wonderful sights and sounds of one of the world's most fascinating cities. Free for members or with paid admission.
june June 5, 2012 2:00pm-3:30pm Coffee, Chocolates and Collections: The Many Faces of George Washington Join Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History, James “Zach” Zacharias to discuss how George Washington is depicted through images and objects in the galleries. Free for members or with paid admission. June 5, 2012 5:30pm-7:45pm Solar Viewing: Venus Crosses the Sun Take advantage of this once-in-alifetime opportunity as Seth Mayo, Curator of Astronomy, hosts a solar observation event on the Museum grounds. Venus will be moving across the Sun in what is known as a "transit.” An astronomical spectacle of this nature will not happen again until the year 2117, making this an exceptionally rare occurrence. Using specially equipped telescopes, guests will be able to safely view Venus crossing the Sun starting just after 6:00pm until sunset later that evening (Please note: one should never look directly at the sun due to its damaging effects on the eyes). Free event. June 12, 2012 1:30pm-2:30pm Renaissance Members Tour: The Dow Gallery of American Art The Museum of Arts & Sciences Renaissance Members are invited to explore the MOAS collections with Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts Cynthia Duval. Free for Renaissance Members.
June 19, 2012 2:00pm-3:30pm Coffee, Chocolates and Collections: Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage Join Scholar and Cuban Collection Docent Juan Junco as he details the wonderful sights and sounds of one of the world's most fascinating cities. Free for members or with paid admission.
Join us for George Washington Day at MOAS!
June 23, 2012 11:00am-4:00pm
June 23, 2012 George Washington Day at MOAS 11:00am-4:00pm Celebrate our first President with a tour of the traveling exhibition The Many Faces of George Washington and a whole day devoted to the "Father of our Country." MOAS will have hot dogs, chips and sodas for sale from 11am-2pm. Fun for the entire family! Event is free for members or with paid admission. 11am - Tour of The Many Faces of George Washington 12pm - The Man Who Wouldn’t Be King film in Auditorium 1pm - Fencing Demonstration from the Orlando Fencing Club 2pm - Family Art Class – create your own portrait and colonial wig 3pm - Tour of The Many Faces of George Washington
June 28, 2012 1:00pm-2:00pm Meet Me in the Gallery The Tsars’ Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts under the Romanovs Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts Cynthia Duval will discuss the role of porcelain and dining in 18th century Russia. Free for members or with paid admission.
july July 3, 2012 1:00pm-2:00pm Docent's Choice Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage Join Scholar and Cuban Collection Docent Juan Junco as he details the wonderful sights and sounds of one of the world's most fascinating cities. Free for members or with paid admission. July 17, 2012 1:30pm-2:30pm Renaissance Members Tour: The Bouchelle Gallery for International Decorative Arts The Museum of Arts & Sciences Renaissance Members are invited to explore the MOAS collections with Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts Cynthia Duval. Free for Renaissance Members. July 19, 2012 10:00am-11:30am Morning Coffee with the Tsars - The Tsars’ Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts under the Romanovs Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts Cynthia Duval will discuss the role of porcelain and dining in 18th century Russia. Free for members or with paid admission.
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING
april April 5, 2012 Ages 7-13 Natural and Synthetic Fibers 1:30pm-3:30pm Learn about a wide range of fibers, where they come from and how they are used. $10.00 for members $15.00 for nonmembers April 10, 2012 Ages 4-6 Preschool Biology 1:30pm-3:00pm Discover different forms of life from tiny single cell organisms to multicelled animals. $10.00 for members $15.00 for nonmembers April 12, 2012 Ages 7-13 Biology 1:30pm-3:30pm Discover different forms of life from tiny single cell organisms to multicelled animals. $10.00 for members $15.00 for nonmembers April 17, 2012 Ages 4-6 Preschool Architecture 1:30pm-3:00pm Learn about different buildings from around the world. $10.00 for members $15.00 for nonmembers April 19, 2012 Ages 7-13 Debate 1:30pm-3:30pm Learn how to create persuasive arguments and learn how to debate. Please email luis@moas.org for topics
before the day of the class. $10.00 for members $15.00 for nonmembers April 21, 2012 Ages 8 to Adult Saturday Family Art Class: Oil Pastels with Artist Rick Cannizarro 1:00pm-3:00pm Use special techniques utilizing oil pastels to create your own masterpiece. Learn the art of blending, shading, form and figure. $10.00/family for members and $15.00/ non-member family (limit five per family) RSVP Required April 24, 2012 Ages 4-6 Preschool Rockets 1:30pm-3:00pm The Chinese invented rockets and we will discover how they have changed. $10.00 for members $15.00 for nonmembers April 26, 2012 Ages 7-13 Rockets 1:30pm-3:30pm The Chinese invented rockets and we will discover how they have changed. $10.00 for members $15.00 for nonmembers
may May 3, 2012 Ages 7-13 Space Technology 1:30pm-3:30pm Learn about the many societal contributions made by NASA. $10.00 for members $15.00 for nonmembers May 10, 2012 Ages 7-13 Medicine 1:30pm-3:30pm Learn about diagnosis and treatment of disease and effects on the body.
$10.00 for members $15.00 for non-members May 12, 2012 ALL AGES: MOAS Family Event Child Night Sky Tour 1:00pm-1:30pm Explore the night sky through a junior astronomer. Free for members or with paid admission May 12, 2012 Ages 8 to Adult Saturday Family Art Class: Contemporary Art Tiles with Artist Rick Cannizarro 1:00pm-3:00pm Learn a unique technique and approach to decorating ceramic tiles with oil paint. Create your own contemporary piece of art. $10.00/family for members and $15.00/non-member family (limit five per family) RSVP Required
Turn to page 21 for our full Summer Learning Institute Program Guide & Registration Form!
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Ages 4, 5 & 6 Dino NATION
June 11-15
9am-12pm
Our paleo preschool student will have exciting hands-on opportunities with real prehistoric specimens and fabulous dinosaur reproductions from the Museum’s collection. Junior paleontologists will dig, sort and hold in their hands the real fossil bones of some of the most famous dinosaurs.
ART CITY
June 11-15
1pm-4pm
Paint, draw and create art beyond your wildest imagination. Utilize the Museum’s collection to explore art from around the world. Create an Early American portrait, make a print on real papyrus paper and draw cool animals.
By Land, By Sea, By Air
June 18-22
9am-12pm
SCIENCE WONDERS
June 18-22
1pm-4pm
If you love planes, trains, automobiles and boats this class is for you. Learn the science of transportation from the wheel to rockets. Take a tour of our trains and build your own transportation vehicle.
One day the class is about slime, the next day hair-raising static electricity. In this class the students will be learning about a diverse array of sciences such as motion, gravity, astronomy and more. ARTS & SCIENCES MAGAZINE 21
ANIMALS of THE museum
June 25-29
9am-12pm
Through the Museum’s vast collection, there are many depictions of animals. Learn about the history of animals, their environment, and how they are seen in art in this multidisciplinary class. Create your own artwork featuring your favorite animal.
SHIVER ME TIMBERS June 25-29
1pm-4pm
Calling all pirates! Learn about the most fearsome pirate who ever lived. Dress up in pirate garb and go on a treasure hunt to find a bounty of Atocha coins and other hidden treasures. Design your own flags, coins and secret treasure map. Landlubbers need not apply.
I DIG FOSSILS
July 9-13
9am-12pm
Journey back to prehistoric times! Learn about extinct animals such as t-rex, mastodon, saber tooth tiger, megalodon and many more. Visit our mighty giant ground sloth, hold a raptor tooth and learn how to sort and classify fossils. Join us for a dig in our fossil pit!
PAINT, PRINT, SPLATTER
July 9-13
1pm-4pm
Sculpt, paint and create your own master works. Discover our beautiful art galleries while learning about portraits, landscapes and still-lifes. Try your hand at making your own unique abstract painting.
ARCHITECT’S ADVENTURE
July 16-20
9am-12pm
Let’s build with Legos®, blocks and other materials to create cool structures. Learn about balance, shape, color and form as you engineer your own creations. Travel through the Museum’s collection and explore how architecture is used in art. Discover the ancient monuments of the world.
Florida NATURALIST
JULY 16-20
1pm-4pm
Increase your wildlife awareness as you trek through Tuscawilla Preserve. Learn about rare and endangered animals from across the globe. Discover how to collect and sort rocks, fossils, plants and seeds. View plants under a microscope and learn how to nurture your environment.
ARTIST’S EMPORIUM July 23-27
9am-12pm
Tour the Museum’s fine art galleries and learn about different types of art. Students will learn and practice the basics of painting, sculpting and drawing. These creative processes will enrich imagination and create confidence in self-expression.
EVERYDAY EDISONS JULY 23-27
1pm-4pm
Discover one of the world’s greatest inventors and scientists, Thomas Edison. Learn about electricity, sound, moving pictures and many other sciences he developed. This class will examine the science behind the everyday inventions in our lives.
Ages 7, 8 & 9 PALEONTOLOGY 101 June 11-15
9am-12pm
BEGINNING CHESS
9am-12pm
Dig in the MOAS fossil pit and learn how the professional paleontologist excavates a dig site. Discover and learn about ice-age mammals, ancient reptiles, and the science that teaches us about past life on earth.
June 11-15
Discover the ancient game of chess. Explore the basic rules, strategies and techniques of one of the oldest games in history. Learn opening moves, how to attack and defend. Challenge your classmates to a game and win prizes. Note: For Ages 8-12
King of All Legos® June 11-15
1pm-4pm
AMERICAN AVIATOR June 18-22
9am-12pm
King of All Legos® June 18-22
1pm-4pm
Join us for Lego challenges, build-offs and competitions that will make you a “Lego king.” We have Legos by the tens of thousands for you to create a Lego masterpiece. Try our awesome flight simulators that take you over our own Florida peninsula. Depart Daytona International Airport and discover what makes flight possible. Learn about the physics of flight from gravity to horsepower. Join us for Lego challenges, build-offs and competitions that will make you a “Lego king.” We have Legos by the tens of thousands for you to create a Lego masterpiece.
SPACE NATION
June 25-29
9AM-12pm
MASTER ARTIST
June 25-29
1Pm–4pm
FOSSIL FACTORY
July 9-13
9am-12pm
BLOCK PARTY
July 9-13
1pm-4pm
Learn about our place in the universe and travel the solar system expressway. The planetarium is your spaceship to visit all the stars and planets. Learn the tools available to astronomers and become the next great star gazer.
Join nature artist Rick Cannizzaro and create your own masterpiece. Work with tiles, oil pastels and watercolors. Visit Museum galleries to draw inspiration for your own creativity. Want to be a paleontologist? Dig fossils in our “fossil pit” and learn the science behind ancient animals like dinosaurs, giant mammoths and mastodons. Discover the Museum’s massive collection of fossils from all time periods.
Back by popular demand! Join us to create the wildest, craziest, coolest Lego® sculptures ever made. We have Legos by the “bazillion” for you to create your own world. Seating is limited so don’t wait to sign up!
BACKYARD ROCKETS July 16-20
9am-12pm
Join Curator of Astronomy Seth Mayo and blast off to parts unknown. Design and build a rocket! Explore the world of rocket science and learn about aerodynamics, fuel, propulsion and the history of rocketry.
THE PRINT MASTER’S WORKSHOP July 16-20
1pm-4pm
Discover the timeless art of printmaking and learn about its history. Use the Museum’s 200-pound printing press to make your own art cards and explore various printing methods using unique materials and handmade papers. Visit Museum galleries and discover our vast collection of historic prints.
FLORIDA NATURALIST July 23-27
9am-12pm
Learn more about one of the most unique places on earth. Discover the many types of ecosystems, plants and animals of Florida. Take tours of Tuscawilla Preserve and begin a collection of Florida specimens.
ARCHAEOLOGY 101 July 23-27
1pm-4pm
Learn about the science of archaeology and how societies change over time. Discover the tools, methods and science behind archaeology. Join us for a mock dig behind the Museum and try your own hand at excavation.
moas challenge: REALITY STAR
July 30-AUG 3
9am-12pm
Are you a ham? Do you have an outgoing personality? If so, join us for this one-of-a-kind class where you can star in a reality show doing physical and mental challenges. While on camera, compete with your team to win! Be prepared to be interviewed and talk about your experience on our “webisode.” Students in the 10 to 12 year old class will be producing this show from footage recorded in this class.
ENERGY world
July 30-aug 3
1pm-4pm
Discover the many forms of energy from chemical to gravitational. Learn how to wire circuits and create solar power. Discover magnets and static electricity. Learn the laws and sources of energy. Energy makes the world go round!
Ages 10, 11 & 12 BEGINNING CHESS
June 11-15
9am-12pm
CSI DAYTONA
June 18-22
9Am-12pm
DIGITAL NATION
June 18-22
Discover the ancient game of chess. Explore the basic rules, strategies and techniques of one of the oldest games in history. Learn opening moves, how to attack and defend. Challenge your classmates to a game and win prizes. Note: For Ages 8-12
Learn what it takes to become a criminal detective. Dust for fingerprints, crack codes and investigate a crime scene. Discover how police use evidence to solve crimes and unravel mysteries.
1pm-4pm
Create awesome computer graphics and learn how to run and develop multimedia programs. Learn how to edit digital pictures, make 3-D landscapes, edit digital movies and design cool, funky graphic art. Seating is limited.
CLAYMATION MOVIE MAKING
JuNE 25-29
9am-4pm
Returning for its eleventh year! Design your own clay characters, build your own set, write a script and shoot and produce your own mini claymation movie. Learn how to digitally edit film and compose your own soundtrack. Create your own overdubs and graphics.
IT’S A MAD, MAD MUSEUM July 9-13 (Part One of Two-Week Class)
IT’S A MAD, MAD MUSEUM July 16-20 (Part Two of Two-Week Class)
9am-4pm
If you like to entertain and make people laugh, this class is for you. Join Senior Curator of Education, Zach Zacharias, to make a comedic film about a crazy museum where the kids are in charge. Learn the basics of acting, scene setup, filming and producing.Then join us for a movie premiere at MOAS.
9am-4pm
If you like to entertain and make people laugh, this class is for you. Join Senior Curator of Education, Zach Zacharias, to make a comedic film about a crazy museum where the kids are in charge. Learn the basics of acting, scene setup, filming and producing.Then join us for a movie premiere at MOAS.
SHORT FILM MAKING July 23-27
9am-4pm
MOAS CHALLENGE: REALITY SHOW
9am-4pm
Work on both sides of the camera as you learn the basics of film production. Learn how to shoot, edit, apply special effects and create soundtracks for digital film. Become the next great film director and put your creativity to the test.
July 30-AUG 3
Learn how to setup video equipment, shoot digital film, direct and create storyboards as you create a TV reality show called “MOAS Challenge.” Students will learn the basics of editing, sound recording, acting and film production. “MOAS Challenge” will be produced from an earlier class for 7 to 9 year olds.
There will be no classes for any age group July 2-6. Also offering Extended Care from 4pm - 5:30pm! See student registration form for details!
Easy Reference Course Schedule 2012 AGE GROUPS
JUNE 11-JUNE 15
JUNE 18-JUNE 22
JUNE 25-JUNE 29
JULY 9-JULY 13
JULY 16-JULY 20
JULY 23-JULY 27
4-5-6 Years Morning
Dino Nation
By Land, By Sea, By Air
Animals of the Museum
I Dig Fossils
Architect’s Adventure
Artist’s Emporium
4-5-6 Years Afternoon
Art City
Science Wonders
Shiver Me Timbers
Paint, Print, Splatter
Florida Naturalist
Everyday Edisons
7-8-9 Years Morning
Paleontology 101
American Aviator
Space Nation
Fossil Factory
Backyard Rockets
Florida Naturalist
MOAS Challenge: Reality Star
7-8-9 Years Afternoon
King of All Legos®
King of All Legos®
Master Artist
Block Party
The Print Master’s Workshop
Archaeology 101
Energy World
10-11-12 Years Morning
Beginning Chess*
CSI Daytona
Claymation Movie Making
It’s A Mad, Mad Museum (Week One)
It’s A Mad, Mad Museum (Week Two)
Short Film Making
MOAS Challenge: Reality Show
10-11-12 Years Afternoon
JULY 30-AUG 3
Digital Nation
10-11-12 Years All Day
*For ages 8 to 12
Student Registration Form 2012
Name________________________________ Age _______Address________________________________ City/State____________________________Zip________Phone __________________________________ Parent(s)_______________________________________Email ___________________________________ Additional registration forms and information can be found online at www.moas.org
NOTE: Tuition fees are indicated by museum member discount price first, followed by the non-member fee.
Programs Ages 4, 5 & 6
❏ Dino Nation ❏ Art City ❏ By Land, By Sea, By Air
❏ Science Wonders ❏ Animals of the Museum ❏ Shiver Me Timbers ❏ I Dig Fossils ❏ Paint, Print, Splatter ❏ Architect’s Adventure ❏ Florida Naturalist ❏ Artist’s Emporium ❏ Everyday Edisons
$80/$90 $80/$90 $80/$90 $80/$90 $80/$90 $80/$90 $80/$90 $80/$90 $80/$90 $80/$90 $80/$90 $80/$90
Programs Ages 7, 8 & 9
❏ Paleontology 101 ❏ King of All Legos®
$80/$90 $80/$90 $80/$90 ❏ Beginning Chess* ❏ American Aviator $80/$90 $80/$90 ❏ CSI Daytona ® ❏ King of All Legos $80/$90 $80/$90 ❏ Digital Nation ❏ Space Nation $160/$180 $80/$90 ❏ Claymation Movie Making ❏ Master Artist $160/$180 $80/$90 ❏ Mad, Mad Museum (Part 1) ❏ Fossil Factory $160/$180 $80/$90 ❏ Mad, Mad Museum (Part 2) ❏ Block Party $160/$180 $80/$90 ❏ Short Film Making ❏ Backyard Rockets $80/$90 ❏ MOAS Challenge/Reality Show $160/$180 ❏ The Print Master’s Workshop $80/$90 *For ages 8 to 12 ❏ Florida Naturalist $80/$90 Extended Care Program ❏ Archaeology 101 $80/$90 Extended Care Program will be offered from 4pm - 5:30pm for $25 per week. Extended ❏ MOAS Challenge/Reality Star $80/$90 Care students picked up after 5:30pm will be ❏ Energy World charged $10 for every 10 minutes of additional $80/$90
Payment
Reservations for each class are confirmed by your payment. Fees are non-refundable, but the Museum will make every effort to find an alternative placement for a student in another session if cancellation occurs.
Total Number of Program Sessions_____________sub total $_________ Number of Extended Care Weeks________x$25
sub total $_________
Enclosed is my check #______________________TOTAL $___________ Charge my: ____Visa/MC ____Discover
Programs Ages 10, 11 &12
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Account#_______________________________________________Exp. Date_________ Name as it appears on the card_______________________________________________ Signature_________________________________________________________________
care provided. Please mark the weeks which your student will attend:
❏ june 11 - june 15 ❏ june 25 - june 29 ❏ july 16 - july 20 ❏ july 30 - aug 3
❏ june 18 - june 22 ❏ july 9 - july 13 ❏ july 23 - july 27
Make check payable to: MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Mail to: Museum of Arts and Sciences Attn: Summer Learning Institute 352 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach, FL 32114
GUILD news
Living Legacy of Past Presidents Kick-off 50th Golden Anniversary with President Kay Brawley. Fran Massey, Janet Jacobs, JoAnne Eaton Morriss, Gloria Keay, Ruth BonFleur, Kay Brawley, Jacki Harrison, Sherrie Hustedt, Lydia simko
MOAS Guild Volunteers M a k e It Ha p p e n
The Guild of the Museum of Arts & Sciences member volunteers are the backbone of its operation in the MOAS community. More than 210 strong, the members bring a great enthusiasm that makes the benefits and programs so welcoming to new visitors to the Museum, those attending the Guild educational programs, and to patrons participating in the numerous Guild events during the year. The Guild members bring their unique talents and interests to make each of the traditional main events a success, collectively raising over $55,000 thus far in the 2011-2012 season to support the Museum. The Guild Board is very grateful for its hardworking, friendly and dedicated volunteer members...and all were recognized by a "Thank You from the Heart" Brunch on Valentine's Day. 26 ARTS & SCIENCES MAGAZINE
Living the Legacy
To celebrate the beginning of the Guild's 50th Anniversary year, many of our Past Presidents have been busy, writing about the happenings during their years at the helm. You can read about the "Guild Beginnings in the 60s," with the first president Jackie Harrison (the youngest president ever at 29), followed by Jo Favis and her experiences (read more at www.moas. org and click on the Guild site link to see the January Guild issue of Musings). The March issue of Musings includes more contributions of our "brainpower of the 70s and late 80s," with articles by Fran Massey and Linda Williams. The key sentiment expressed by all - the Guild family keeps growing and giving and building a better Museum for its community.
Guild Golf Classic
April 1 is the deadline for a sponsorship and/ or entry into the Children’s Museum Classic. All proceeds support the Charles and Linda Williams Children's Museum. This year’s tournament will be held on April 20 at the beautiful Plantation Bay Golf and Country Club. An entry fee of $125 gets you the golf, shirt, hat, on course sandwiches, snacks, drinks, and an awards banquet with silent auction to follow. Sign up early as space
will be limited. Brochures with entry forms are available at the Museum front desk or online at the Museum website www. moas.org/guild/childrensclassic or call Mike Armstrong at 386.693.4563.
St. John's River Tour
On April 28, a relaxing 2-hour river cruise will begin in DeBary with libations and lunch afterwards at the Swamp House Grill. Contact Cathy Bauerle at 386.788.8173 for reservations.
Educational Guild Programs Drama & Mystery
On April 10, Guild members and guests will have the opportunity to listen to Joan Fenton who will present part three of the trilogy on Abigail Adams with President John Adams and John Quincy Adams, their son who became the 6th President of the United States. On May 8, the program theme will be Mystery and Mayhem at the Museum with lunch...a real surprise to inspire, intrigue and engage you.
May Garden Party
Once again, we will wrap up our programs and social events before the summer with a Garden Party on the Beach at the home of David and Anne Peacock Jacobs on May 10.
On the Horizon November 3-4, 2012
The place to be…the 50th Halifax Art Festival, along historic Beach Street from Bay St. to Orange Ave. You will have the opportunity to view and purchase award winning art. If you would like to be a patron and help support this great Festival, contact Donna Mauricio at 386.562.4403 or Gloria Keay at 386.767.1278. Patrons’ benefits are many - first, the artist exchanges your choice of art for your patron dollars. You have your choice of art, which could be a painting, photography, jewelry or any medium that is available, and the Museum benefits from your donation. For example, with an initial Patron investment of $300, you receive $200 in Patron dollars to spend at the festival and the Museum receives $100 --which is also tax deductible. And all Patrons have access to the Guild tent to sit down and relax with a beverage or snack.
50 Forward!
With your support and participation, this year will continue to be an eventful - and exciting - new kind of year for all of us. These are just a few of the "Golden 50th" happenings around the theme of living the legacy in 2012. Join the fun as the Guild continues celebrating a series of exciting things to do at the Museum. Go to the Museum website homepage and click on the Museum Guild for more details. Our sincere thanks to those of you who support the Guild and the Museum - it does make a difference.
Saloon Night Committee Cheers the Success of the Evening's Affair: Kay Brawley, Linda and George Fortuna, Joan Horneff and Judy Krombholz
Save the Date Golden Anniversary Masquerade Ball The finale of 2012 will be a New Year's Golden Anniversary Masquerade Ball on December 31, 2012 to honor the Museum, the Guild and its legacy from 50 years of service and to celebrate the provision of art and the sciences in the community. Make plans to join the Museum of Arts & Sciences Guild family for its 1st New Year's Eve affair.
Continued from page 13 in the wax mold. Next, molten bronze was poured into the hollow mold, then, once the bronze was cold and hardened, the clay was carefully cut out and the cast was ready. Large bronze statues were normally hollow - otherwise far too heavy to move - as well as regarded as a waste of expensive bronze material. Huge statues such as the great 8th century Buddha of the Nara period were made in cast bronze plates with the heads and hands cast as single solid units. In this exhibition, the Meiji-period bronzes represent with accuracy many of the everyday personalities found in the street, the theatre and in everyday situations - a woman, her cheeks puffed out with effort carrying a water-filled bucket; a man burnishing a shield; another with an umbrella; a woman with a bird cage. Several of the bronzes are enhanced by silver and gold appliqués, none more dramatic and lifelike than the almost life size Temple Guardians (niō). They are perfect in their completeness and simplicity. Japanese bronzes are the most realistic and enchanting of all Asian bronzes. Overall, whereas in China there has always been a fine distinction between scholar and artist (the literati) and the more anonymous artisan sculptor, painter, and ceramics craftsmen; in Japan there are untold numbers of individual and highly skilled named craftsmen for all manner of artistic avenues. A selection of the best of this outstanding Japanese creativity lies here before us both to learn from and enjoy in this most educational and beautiful exhibit.
Come see Treasures of the Chrysanthemum Throne: Bronzes, Porcelain and Ivory from the Meiji Empire, April 14 through June 10, 2012 at The Museum of Arts & Sciences.
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IN MEMORIUM This past year, the Museum of Arts & Sciences lost two of our very dedicated volunteers and they are greatly missed.
Marge Sigerson was an active member of MOAS and the Guild since its inception in 1963, when the museum was located on White Street in a former WAC Quonset hut. Marge served as the Guild President in 1978-79. She also worked on the Halifax Art Festival since 1963, when she helped organize the event. Marge was the recipient of the “Volunteer of the Year” Award by the Florida Association of Museums in 2006 for over four decades of service as MOAS librarian.
Evie Harper volunteered with the Museum of Arts and Sciences since 2005. She was a welcoming face at both the Front Desk and at the Gallery Café and Gift Shop through 2011. She was also active in the Halifax River Yacht Club and assisted visitors at the Daytona Beach Airport information desk.
"We miss Marge and Evie more than words could convey. Their dedication to MOAS was without question. I still walk into our library and expect to see Marge working there or I step into the lobby and store and realize how fortunate we were to have Evie assisting our guests, always with a big smile on her face. Rest in peace our dear friends." – Deborah B. Allen, Interim Executive Director
At a recent MOAS Board of Trustees meeting, it was unanimously decided that our Volunteer of the Year award will now be known as the Marge Sigerson Volunteer of the Year Award.
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VENUS TRAVERSES THE SUN
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OVER AND OUT
2012 marks yet another year when our sister planet puts on a spectacular show for its earthly audience as it prominently marches across the sun.
By: Seth Mayo, Curator of Astronomy his coming June, in a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event, Venus will cross the Sun. In celebration, The Museum of Arts & Sciences welcomes our membership to marvel at this extraordinary happening. The history of observing this rare event is as enthralling as the event itself.
heliocentric or sun-centered view of the solar system really began to flourish. The fact that Mercury and Venus revolved around the Sun within Earth's orbit was the key to knowing that transits could actually occur and be seen from our perspective.
2012 marks yet another year when our sister planet puts on a spectacular show for its earthly audience as it prominently marches across the sun.
The significance of this would come to light in the following century when another English astronomer, Edmund Halley (renowned today for the comet named after him), postulated that precise measurements of the transit of Venus would help to determine the exact Earth-Sun distance, using the mathematical principle called “parallax.” If two
Famed German astronomer Johannes Kepler, who In gallantly launching from Plymouth, England in had made profound strides in the theories of planetary August of 1768, Captain James Cook aboard the motion in the late sixteenth- and earlier seventeenth HMS Endeavour embarked on an ambitious journey centuries, made fairly certain predictions through in the hopes of witnessing his Rudolphine Tables that a rare and spectacular both Mercury and Venus celestial phenomenon. With would cross the Sun in 1631. an astronomer and a hearty Unfortunately, Kepler died in sailing crew in tow, Cook’s 1630, never allowing him to test uncertain mission, along his predictions. with exploring the New World, was to reach the However, his work would not small island of Tahiti in the be in vain. After using Kepler’s South Pacific and carefully models and further refining observe Venus as it would his calculations, the English triumphantly cross the Sun astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks First observed Transit of the Planet Venus in 1769. This would later predicted that another transit predicted & observed by Jeremiah Horrocks. be considered one of the of Venus would surprisingly Portrait held in the collection of Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery Chorley and the first major international occur eight years later. This property of Chorley Council. ventures in the name of prediction was validated when, science. People from across the globe united in the on December 4th, 1639, Horrocks and his friend effort to observe the so-called “transit of Venus” that William Crabtree both separately observed the year, which is forever etched into the history of our Venus transit, becoming the first to ever witness a understanding of the solar system. planetary event of this nature.
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Planets • The first direct observations of a Venus transit occurred in the middle of the 17th century when the
observers at different latitudes look at the transit at exactly the same time, the apparent angular difference between the two observations can be noted. Using this angular difference and simple trigonometry, the distance to the object can be inferred (a similar technique is one of the ways still used to measure the distance to nearby stars). Even though Halley knew that he would not live to observe the next transit, he advocated a wide-scale effort be put forth to accomplish the lofty goal of determining the scale of the solar system, coaxing much of the scientific community to measure the transits of Venus in 1761 and even more so in 1769.
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Sight • The Earth-Sun distance has
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witnessed six times in human history. Venus’ orbit is inclined to our orbit by 3.4°. This means that Venus usually passes either above or below the Sun when in inferior conjunction (when Venus is in between the Earth and Sun). Venus goes through a 243-year cycle that starts with a pair of transits eight years apart, and then another occurs after 105.5 years, then a repeat of the eight year gap, followed by 121.5 years. Following this unique pattern, the next pair of Venus transits will occur in 2117 and 2125. In the Western Hemisphere, this year’s inferior conjunction will whisk Venus into the spotlight, transiting the Sun on the evening of June 5th. From our vantage point in Florida, observers will see Venus converge with the Sun starting at 6:04pm local time and continue crossing until sunset at 8:21pm. During the transit, Venus will resemble a very small black dot against the backdrop of the brilliant star
that is our Sun (Please note: one should never look directly at the sun due to its damaging effects on the eyes. Consult a professional about proper equipment, such as a solar filter). Come join us to gaze at this once-in-alifetime spectacle, just as Captain Cook did 243 years ago when he sailed across the globe.
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MOAS will be hosting a solar observation event starting at 5:30pm on June 5, 2012, the evening of the transit. There will be specially-equipped telescopes to take in the full majesty of the sight in the safest manner possible.
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