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Nine artists. One show. This group of Palm Coast artists contains familiar names to those who follow the visual arts in Palm Coast and Ormond Beach.

And now, they’re having a show together, at The Casements.

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Cover art: “Stark Street,” by William Brant

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ARTx9 The Art Group: where the only membership required is showing up — if you want to.

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n the corner of Panera Bread off State Road 100, Palm Coast, you can find a group of nine individuals huddled so close together that you’d think they were related. And after a few moments of casual eavesdropping over their lunch, you’ll learn that there’s more to this gathering than just a meal.

“What was the original name of the group?” Donald Kolberg asked the crowded table.

“The Intellectuals,” answered Emile Dillon II, one of the founding members.

“No, no, no,” Kolberg laughed

and waved Dillon away. “We’re so far from that.”

With a group made up of professional artists, retired teachers and one member described as a “walking and talking art encyclopedia,” they really aren’t far from holding that title. However, keeping in harmony with the simplicity of their meetings, the nine artists chose “The Art Group” as their official name.

Defined by enjoyment not dues, as stated in their group biography, these local artists have been meeting weekly for three years, and have grown “without bylaws or procedures to hamper their lively conversations.”

“There seemed to be something

Front row, from left: David Rubello, William Mazziotti, Brian Hammond, Lawrence Philp; back row: Katherine Elshant, William Brant, Emile Dillon, Mary England and Don Kolberg

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IF YOU GO What: Art x 9 Opening Reception When: 6 p.m., Feb. 6 Where: The Casements, 25 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach Info: Exhibit opens on Feb. 5 and runs through Feb. 29.

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missing in the area,” Kolberg said.

“There are guilds and stuff, but they’re very cliquish. We started with just a few people hanging out and talking about art. It was one table. Now it’s three.”

The three tables house many different forms of art. Everything from photorealism to abstract to sculpture to wood carving is practiced and discussed during their meetings. Though they all work with different materials, it’s their varying types of expertise that make the group so beneficial. If someone has a question, someone is bound to have the answer.

“It gives you an outlet,” said William Mazziotti, “and as an artist you need that criticism, that constructive criticism to draw from.”

Also in the spirit of keeping it simple, the group has only met to discuss their art, not show it as an organization — until now. The Art Group’s first ever show, “Art x 9,” will be held at The Casements in February. The artists will show different pieces of their current collections; the only theme being their own individuality.

“Apollo Theater” by Emile Dillon “Stark Street”

by William Brant

EMILE DILLON II Growing up in New Jersey, Dillon was raised by a family of artists, including his grandfather, Frank Joseph Dillon, a famous 20th-century painter, and his uncle, Felix Vargas, a famous Latin American painter. In the 1970s, Emile Dillon started working for Eastman Kodak Co. and became a photojournalist and an editorial photographer. In 1998, he went back to his first love, painting, and studied at The School of Visual Arts and The Art Student League in New York City.

WILLIAM B. BRANT “As a young man, I put it all in. As an older man, I’m taking it out, reducing the work to its basic elements. I want my paintings to have their primary voice through color. So, while many of the works reflect social themes, and a few are exterior or interior landscapes, they are all about color and space.”

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“My art creates happiness for the viewer that revolves around color and texture. Yet for me it represents a healing. The reason that I’m doing what I’m doing is to meet the challenge that cancer has brought to my life. The fight has been part of my life since 2009. So in creating beauty in art, I hope that what I do is share the hope and joy of living. Part of me goes into each piece, leaving my touch on the world.”

UPCOMING SHOW Artists Bill Mazziotti and David Rubello will be having a show Mar. 11 at the Larimer Art Center, 216 Reid St., Palatka. Call 328-8998 for more info.

BRIAN HAMMOND

KATHERINE ELSHANT Elshant’s art revolves around Mother Nature, and her inspiration is reflected in her work created from wanderings throughout New England and Florida. She honors nature and hopes her art teaches people about respect and sensitivity between humans and our natural environment.

A Scottish-born artist and crafter, Hammond likes to recycle old materials like wood, metal, hardware, canvases and any other form of matter that seemingly has no use anymore. He rescues the parts, cleans them up and gives them a new lease on life.

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DONALD KOLBERG

Kolberg graduated with a fine arts degree from California State University, has taught at the Los Angeles School of Art and co-founded Art Core, an organization dedicated to the open dialogue of emerging artists. He learned the value of depth, texture and form in images and surface through the influence of internationally recognized painter Arnold Mesches. He incorporates these ideas into his concept of “Life Forms,” the portrayal of the human figure as a landscape of life and a celebration of form capture in the new medium of steel mesh.

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“For the past year and a half I have been working on a body of work titled the ‘Waterfall Series.’ In these pieces, importance was placed on structure, space, materials and the application of paint to a chosen surface. By paying attention to how paint is applied, a texture is born.”

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“I work now as a 66-yearold with zeal and curiosity. I have lived through many art movements and spend time in museums, art galleries, art venues and quirky art neighborhoods around the country and parts of the world. I have had my work characterized as ‘Some weird synthetic Cubism,’ and ‘Folksy.’ I don’t really know that I fit in those categories, given the vagaries of painting.”

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DAVID RUBELLO

“These two-dimensional paintings made on canvas in the last two months of 2015 are part of my ‘Color Moves/Ribbon Series.’ They can be read as horizontal ribbons of ascending or descending movement.

My interest in clear color began in 1970 and still dominates. At the same time placing one or more vertical bands of light and dark color offers the optional illusion of a fold or bend. Like the paintings, my titles are invented words.”

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NUN The University Women of Flagler will host “Late Nite Catechism” at the Ormond Beach Performing Art Center Jan. 31.

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Almost everyone can relate to dealing with at least one authoritarian-type teacher in school.

The award-winning “Late Nite Catechism” is sure to bring back all those memories and more with its interactive theater that takes audience members back to their childhood.

According to a press release, the irrepressible Sister teaches an adult catechism class to a roomful of “students.” Over the course of the play, Sister goes from benevolent instructor, rewarding the “students” for correct answers with glow-in-the-dark rosa-

IF YOU GO What: Late Nite Catechism When: 2 p.m., Jan. 31 Where: Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center, 399 U.S. 1 Cost: $40 to $45 Contact: 676-3375 or www.ormondbeach.org.

ries and laminated saint cards, to authoritative drill sergeant.

These abrupt mood swings are bound to strike a resonant chord with everyone who survived the ups and downs of going to school, with an omniscient authoritarian at the helm.

“Late Nite Catechism,” was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award in New York and won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Performance for Maripat Donovan. It is the longest running one-woman show in off-Broadway history and is such in the cities of Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, St. Louis, Scottsdale, New Orleans and Los Angeles.

The University Women of Flagler decided to sponsor the show as a fundraiser for college scholarship for local young women after some of its members saw the show themselves.

“Everyone does the usual fashion shows and teas,” said Membership Vice President Donna Daly Boggs. “This is our 10th anniversary as an organization and we wanted to do something different.”

Tickets can be purchased by calling 676-3375 or by going online to ormondbeach.org.

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Dedicated to advancing educational opportunities for women, the University Women of Flagler is a 501(c)(3) established in 2006 that has awarded over 40 scholarships to Flagler County high school graduates, according to UWF’s website. Scholarships are awarded to students who are continuing their education to a four-year college, and they range from $500 to $1,500. The organization also sponsors one young student in the Take Stock in Children initiative which matches funds provided by the state and is administered by the Flagler County Education Foundation.

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GALLERY OF LOCAL ART GRAMMY NOMINEE Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Gallery of Local Art, 208 S. Central Ave., Flagler Beach.

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A tempera and mixed media art exhibit by Ken Waine. Through Feb. 29. Call 671-3460.

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CHARLES BRADLEY & HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N. Tickets start at $33. Call 904209-3751, or visit pvconcerthall.com.

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ANA POPOVIC 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N. Tickets start at $28. Call 904-209-3751, or visit pvconcerthall.com.

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IN EXILE: PARIS AND NEW YORK 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Southeast Museum of Photography, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach.

The exhibit features work by Fred Stein. Call 506-4475.

“UNNECESSARY FARCE” Feb. 26 to March 13 at the Flagler Playhouse, 301 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell. A comedic play about an embezzled mayor and his female accountant in a sleazy motel room. Call 586-0773.

ANCIENT CITY CAT CLUB SHOW 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27 to Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Solomon Calhoun Community Center, 1300 Duval St., St. Augustine. Tickets: $6. See over 125 pedigreed cats, food and novelty vendors. Call 904-829-0381.

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STEVE MILLER BAND 7 p.m. Friday, March 4, at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., St. Augustine. Tickets start at $39.50. Visit staugamphitheatre.com, or call Dianya Markovits 904-209-3751.

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ALABAMA SHAKES WITH DYLAN LEBLANC 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., St. Augustine.

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‘Grapes of Wrath’ onstage at the Limelight through Feb. 14 BOB FELDHEIM CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In the 1930s, at the depths of the Great Depression, when John Steinbeck wrote his epic novel about dispossessed “Okies” heading west in search of the promised land of California, he was also writing about a nation in search of itself. What could the survivors believe in?

Does this have a familiar ring in today’s America?

Forced off the land that the family had share-cropped for two generations, the Joads packed onto a ramshackle truck and headed west on Route 66, expecting to find plentiful jobs picking fruit or cotton in fertile valleys.

A quarter-million refugees from the American midwest — Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Nebraska, reduced to a windswept dustbowl by devastating drought — undertook the daunting trip.

In 1940, movie director John Ford brought Steinbeck’s passionate description of the Joads’

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There’s reason for the halfcentury delay: The formidable (insurmountable?) technical challenges. It won the 1990 Tony Award for Best Play.

Not to be intimidated, Beth Lambert, Limelight’s executive director, given the green light by the Board of Directors headed

by Scott Bartosch, assigned the directorial challenge to Dave Alan Thomas. It opened Jan. 22 with an incredible cast of 27 actors, singers, and musicians, and continues through Feb. 14. It’s a triumph.

This is an opportunity no serious theatergoer should let slide by without exerting every effort to see.

The Playbill’s “Director’s Notes” are eloquent and moving: “Whatever one might believe — in politics or religions — I find, and I believe audiences will find, themes, characters, and story elements to connect to emotionally and intellectually. The struggles of the Joad family and their determination to survive and persevere are hauntingly admirable and demand our respect.”

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