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Tiny Art A new public art project, “Small Spaces, Big Places,” is a showcase of Ocala’s iconic locations all over town. Think of it as the coolest scavenger hunt ever. BY RICK ALLEN • PHOTOS COURTESY MAVEN PHOTO & FILM
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rom her vantage across the street, Mandy Bucci watches as people stop to examine a planter outside of Big Hammock Brewery & Bites at Southeast First Avenue and Fort King. But she couldn’t see what was there. “I thought maybe it was a bird nest,” recalls the owner of The Mustard Seed Collection. Not birds, but the Reilly, an antsize version of the performing arts center in Tuscawilla Park. The mini-Reilly is one of 10 pieces
OCALA’S GOOD LIFE retirement redefined
in the “Small Spaces, Big Places” public art project unveiled in June. They’re tiny representations of Ocala organizations that lend support to the arts in Marion County. Among the groups represented are Ocala Civic Theatre, the Discovery Center, Ocala Storytelling Guild, the Appleton Museum, and the Marion Cultural Alliance home at The Brick. All are positioned somewhere downtown—some openly visible, others not so. Without a map, finding
