Arts & Sciences Magazine | Fall 2022

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IN FINE PRINT BY LINDSEY CONWAY, CURATORIAL INTERN

BY ZACH ZACHARIAS

BY DIANE ROGERS

BY SETH MAYO

MOAS STAFF LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Executive Director

TABITHA SCHMIDT

RUTH GRIM, Chief Curator and Gary R. Libby Curator of Art

ERIC MAUK, Curator of Exhibits

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Contributing Writers

RUTH GRIM

SETH MAYO

DIANE ROGERS

ZACH ZACHARIAS

What an honor to be chosen as the next Executive Director of the Museum of Arts and Sciences. The people behind the Museum of Arts and Sciences are passionate and clearly have the institution’s best interests at heart. The collection’s incredible diversity and endless potential is exciting, and the locale is ideal. Our children first saw the ocean and put their feet in beach sand in Daytona Beach, Florida. My husband, Mike, and I fell in love with the city many years ago and couldn’t be more excited to become residents of the area.

Over the past 25 years, my career has included museums, gardens, higher education, and the arts. My love for the arts and museums was sparked during a study abroad program in England while in college. I began my career working with student volunteer groups at Maple Woods0 Community College where I also had the privilege of teaching adjunct art and art history courses. During my time at Kansas City Young Audiences, I worked to make the arts available to children in the

local school districts and opened a community school for the arts. Some of my most enjoyable and rewarding work was at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art where I trained and developed the docents and museum guides while part of the team to open the renowned Bloch Building, an addition that doubled the size and scope of the encyclopedic collection’s space. At the Kansas City Art Institute, I oversaw the extension program for youth, high school, and adults as well as managed the intersessions for the school. My time at Texas Tech University’s Museum, focused on writing a strategic plan and helping the administration set a new course for the future. I managed a theater at the Jewish Community Center, and most recently, have been the CEO for Powell Gardens: Kansas City’s botanical garden where I stewarded a new strategic direction and led the development of a 30year master plan.

I will be spending a great deal of time listening and learning in the first few months to better understand how to be a good steward of this fantastic institution. I look forward to getting to know the community and everyone connected to MOAS.

On August 18, 2022, MOAS was honored by the Florida Public Relations Association with the inaugural Great Corporate Communicator award. This award was given in recognition of the digital communications and public outreach efforts by the Museum from the start of the pandemic. The digital outreach initiative involved every department at the Museum through

the duration of the closures and gave our community the opportunity to enjoy the Museum from home. MOAS Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Jenelle Codianne, and Marketing and Social Media Manager, Claire Brubaker were honored to accept this award on behalf of the Museum. We thank our community for its viewership and continued support.

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Volunteer of the Quarter

Valoree Mclean

Valoree and her husband Mike moved back to the Daytona Beach area recently after having lived here 18 years ago. She and Mike have two grown children, Saoirse McLean, who lives in Oregon, and Matthew McLean who lives here in the area.

Valoree spent her working years as a children’s ministry director in large churches working with children and their families. In her retirement, she now spends her time doing volunteer work, gardening, and selling real estate with her son Matthew at Shoreline Realty. She always wanted to have the time to contribute to the community and is happy to be able to live out that wish here at the Museum in the gift shop.

She and her husband moved often for his job and Daytona Beach was the one place they lived that they wanted to come back to. After having lived on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Miami, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Tampa, Daytona Beach feels like home. Valoree is in the gift shop most Thursday afternoons from 2-5 pm and encourages everyone who has an interest in the Museum to come and get involved. It is time well spent.

Intern of the Quarter

Karen claros

Karen is interning in the Education Department for the fall term. She began as a volunteer assisting with the Summer Learning Institute and assisting the teachers. Now as an intern, Karen is assisting the Education Department with the school tours for students, including the tours for the Lohman Field Study Program, guiding them through the different galleries and sharing their importance. Karen is 25 years old and is from Ibague, Columbia. In Columbia, she attended the National University of Columbia and received a bachelor’s degree in history specializing in the Americas and Columbia from the 16th century to the 21st century. Karen has always felt an attraction to museums and the historical heritage of humanity. Being an intern and volunteer at MOAS has been an enriching experience for her by learning about different characters from America’s prehistoric animals that were around this area.

Upcoming Changes to Arts & Sciences Magazine

Arts & Sciences Magazine has been a staple publication for the Museum of Arts & Sciences since 1980. We have enjoyed highlighting exhibitions and selections from the collection, museum milestones, our upcoming programs and events, and much more.

Due to our ever-changing world and the increasing price of print materials - we are taking this opportunity to GO GREEN! Arts & Sciences magazine will continue on as a digital publication beginning with our Winter 2023 issue. Don't worry though, if you are a MOAS member you will still continue to receive a mailed quarterly print brochure that will include our upcoming exhibitions, events, and programs at the Museum so you won't miss a thing. The digital copy of Arts & Sciences magazine will be able to be found on the Museum's website at moas.org and will also be sent out quarterly via email.

BY LINDSEY CONWAY, CURATORIAL INTERN

One of the great joys of curatorial work is making new discoveries about the works of art and artifacts in the vast collections of the Museum of Arts and Sciences. One of the most recent discoveries during the process of researching the current exhibition Family Ties: Joachim Murat and His Family in the MOAS Collection involved a print titled Histoire de Napoleon, an early version of our contemporary idea of a poster for broadcasting popular news about famous people and events. This print showing famous military campaigns of the Emperor Napoleon I and his two most famous generals, his brother-in-law Joachim Murat, and Louis Nicholas Davoust, dates from c. 1834 and was printed in London, Paris and New York. In New York, it was printed by Bailey & Co., one of the most prominent printing firms in the U.S. in the early 19th century that dated back to the Revolutionary War. Interestingly, it was a woman – Lydia Bailey – who assumed the role as head of Bailey & Co. Printers in the era when Histoire de Napoleon was printed, and we are proud to display this work as an early example of American female entrepreneurship from centuries ago. We thank Lindsey Conway, MOAS Curatorial Intern for the following article providing a more in-depth look at the life of Lydia Bailey, a trailblazing American.

Lydia Steele Bailey was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on February 1, 1779. The daughter of Captain William Steele and Elizabeth Bailey, Lydia was born in comfort and prestige. Her father, William, served with distinction in the American Revolution. His brothers and father did the same. William and his brother established a paper mill in Lancaster County after the war. The Steele brothers grew into Pennsylvanian politics thanks to their economic successes. Lydia’s mother was also a significant

individual in the printing industry. Elizabeth Bailey was the sister of the highly respected American Revolutionist printers, Jacob and Francis Bailey. Francis Bailey is now regarded as a prominent typefounder (an individual who creates typeface) who became the official printer of Congress and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was even the first publisher to refer to George Washington as the Father of His Country and printed the first copy of the U.S. Constitution.

Ruth Grim, Chief Curator and Gary R. Libby Curator of Art ARTICLE FOREWORD

Having been born into a legacy of printmakers, Lydia was exposed to the process of printmaking from a very young age. Arts such as typesetting, stitching, and coloring were common practices for Lydia. However, as was normal in the 18th and 19th centuries, women were denied the opportunity for much formal education. At the age of nineteen, Lydia married her cousin Robert Bailey, the son of Francis Bailey, in 1797. Lydia and Robert would go on to have four children together, one son and three daughters.

At the time, Robert had been managing Francis Bailey’s Philadelphia office. However, Robert was considered an irresponsible businessman and during his management of his father’s office, he accumulated a fair amount of debt. Lydia supported Robert during his struggles and helped run the enterprise alongside him. As was common for printers' wives, Lydia assisted Robert with typesetting

Medical and physical researches, or, Original memoirs in medicine, surgery, physiology, geology, zoology, and comparative anatomy by Richard Harlan. C. 1835. Lydia R. Bailey, Printer.

and accounting. The two worked ambitiously until Robert’s death in 1808.

Robert’s death was said to have impoverished Lydia and her children. It was written that she returned to her family and business connections for financial support. From this foundation, Lydia built herself up by paying off her late husband’s debts. Lydia’s business intelligence and experience in printmaking helped her pull through hard times. To help revitalize the business, she chose to specialize in job printing, an example of her aptitude for financial management.

Job printing is the commercial printing of domestic items such as advertisements, newsletters, and invitations. By choosing one specialty—as opposed to mixing in other jobs such as publications of books or pamphlets—Lydia began to make a profit. Her specialization reflected the changing tides of printmaking businesses: largescale, specialized firms outsourcing and outselling the smaller, familyowned printers.

Lydia’s uncles, Francis Bailey and John Steele gave some business connections to Lydia to help. John Steele further assisted Lydia through his position as the collector

Painting (Portrait of Lydia Bailey) by Jacob Eichholtz. 1830.

of the Port of Philadelphia and a member of the city’s common council. Through these two familial connections, Lydia found herself with opportunities to create government contracts.

In 1813, Lydia became Philadelphia’s official city printer. She would hold this position until the mid-1850s. As a result, Lydia earned much more income and respect in the printing industry. Later, she would be offered contracts for job printing from the University of Philadelphia. She would hold onto her title until her eventual retirement in 1861 after her only son’s death. William Robert joined the printing business as a foreman in the year of his father’s death, but Lydia never relinquished her ownership position in the company.

As a devout Presbyterian, Lydia often took up jobs of religious content. Contracts from institutions such as the Third Presbyterian Church, the Female Tract Society, or the Indigent Women’s Society were often taken. She printed material for these charitable religious organizations but also printed academic material. Scientific books and pages show that Lydia Bailey was diverse in her acceptance of printing contracts.

It is thought that Lydia never chose to remarry because of the newfound freedom her widowed status gave her. Philadelphia’s history in printmaking illustrates that widowed women in the printmaking industry were far more common than previously assumed. Now called the “widow printers,” this group of widowed women in the 19th

A series of allegorical designs, representing the human heart from its natu ral to its regenerated state, by Barbara Allen Simon. C. 1828. Lydia R Bailey, Printer.

century worked to reverse gender norms for women by advocating for leadership positions taken by women. Lydia herself trained and instructed over 40 bookmen at the peak of her success. In Philadelphia, widowed women worked as printers, seamstresses, innkeepers, and even butchers. Exclusively in the field of printers, Lydia was preceded by over twenty notable widowed printers in Philadelphia. Even so, few women earned the title of master printer.

Lydia stands out in the history of the widow printers thanks to her five-decade-long legacy and her aptitude for success. Today she is a strong figure of feminism during the 19th century as she printed

over 800 pieces with 40 men under her apprenticeship. Lydia’s legacy lives on through her remaining prints and publications.

References

Lee J. Stoltzfus, “The Black Art: A History of Printing in Lancaster County, PA”, https://pennblog.typepad.com/prin ters/h_lydia_bailey/index.html.

PHS, “Lydia Bailey, 19th Century Painter”, https://www.history.pcusa.org/ blog/2020/03/lydia-bailey-19th-centu ry-printer#_ftnref13.

Vivian Solek. (2014). Karen Nipps. Lydia Bailey: A Checklist of Her Imprints. University Park, Pa.: The Pennsylvania State University for the Bibliographical Society of America in association with the Houghton Library, Harvard University, and the Library Company of Philadelphia, 2013. xiii + 310 p. $79.95 (ISBN: 978-0271-05571-8).. RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage. 15. 77-78. 10.5860/rbm.15.1.418.

BY JAMES "ZACH" ZACHARIAS, SENIOR CURATOR OF EDUCATION AND CURATOR OF HISTORY,

KEY WEST

Key West is a tiny island with a big history. It is only four miles long and two miles wide, but it would be difficult to find an island with a bigger history than the Conch Republic. You can travel there by boat or plane, but the best way is to drive your car down U.S. 1., America’s longest North/South highway. From the tip of mainland Florida to Key West, you can travel 150 miles across the ocean. Driving over 42 different bridges, one of them being 7 miles long, gives you magical views of majestic waters of different shades of blues and emerald greens. After a three-hour drive from Miami, your final destination is Key West- a place of history, culture, historic architecture, and of course, world famous sunsets.

George Carey, "House on Stilts (Northwest Channel Lighthouse)," oil on canvas. (Detail)

Archeological evidence confirms that the Tequesta and Calusa indigenous peoples were the first to visit and inhabit the islands. The Calusa occupied the Everglades region and the Tequestas lived in today’s area of Miami, Dade County. The Calusa were known as the “Shell People” as they used the many mollusks in the region as a primary food source. In 1513, Ponce de Leon on his travels to Florida visited Key West and named it “Bone Island” because of the many bleached bones apparently lying in the open sun. The Spanish took control of Florida and sadly, by 1763, all the original indigenous people became extinct. In 1821, the United States took control of Florida through the Adams-Onís Treaty and acquired the peninsula from Spain. Shortly thereafter, the United States took possession of the island soon to be called Key West. It was an important strategic location for its vital link to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. The United States Navy saw its immediate importance for its deep-water harbor. It wouldn’t be long before people from the Bahamas settled on the island and became known by the nickname “Conchs”.

After becoming a United States territory, big industries came to the island like wrecking and U.S. naval operations. Wreckers would rescue ships that ran aground on the many reefs throughout the Florida Keys. The wreckers would give the crew and passengers safety but would salvage cargo as payment for safe passage to land. Many of the goods would be taken to Key West and a customs house was put in place to process the newly acquired cargoes. The island became so wealthy from the loot of shipwrecks

that at one point it was per capita one of the richest cities in America.

Another prominent industry was cigar manufacturing which came to the island from Cuba. As early as the 1830s, small operations were already in place, but the heyday of cigar rolling came after the Civil War in the 1870s and 80s. By 1880, over 60 million cigars were being manufactured in Key West every year. Many Cubans relocated to Key West because of the ongoing political strife and violence in Cuba. Key West and Florida have a long history with Cuba with Cuban people coming and going for hundreds of years. Other industries flourished as well such as turtle corralling, fishing, sponging, and of course, tourism.

The new exhibit on display at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art features beautiful paintings of Key West from historic landmarks, cultural happenings, portraits, and folk art. The exhibit features 58 works of art in the form of oil and watercolor paintings from the 1860s to the 1990s. One of the great historic landmark paintings is “Panoramic View of Key West - Fort Zachary Taylor,” 1860 oil on canvas by

Frederick deBourg Richards. Richards was a photographer and painter and is considered a member of the Hudson River School, a now famous group of painters working in the Hudson River Valley. The painting shows a prominent fort front and center, almost depicting a show of force to the viewer. The fort looks ominous, and the background features a hilly area behind the fort and a prospering town along the coastline. However, we know there are no hills in Key West. The water is not shown in the brilliant blue and green shades associated with the Keys, but rather as light olive-green color. Obviously, artistic license is expected, but the viewer must wonder whether the artist ever actually ventured to Key West. The island is as flat as can be and the color of the water looks very northern. Richards is a painter living in New York where the water is not bright blue-green but a murkier olive color. The painting is grand and well rendered with a big sky in the background. It captures the importance of Fort Zachary Taylor and its role in coastal defense. The fort stayed in Union hands throughout the entirety of the war and was a depot

Frederick deBourg Richards, "Panoramic View of Key WestFort Zachary Taylor," 1860, oil on canvas

for captured Confederate ships. At one point over 300 confiscated ships were anchored off the fort.

Another fascinating painting with great drama is “House on Stilts (Northwest Channel Lighthouse)” ca. 1990s oil on canvas by George Carey, a native of Key West. Carey is unusual as he is a fourth-generation Key West resident. He started out taking art lessons at the famous Hemingway House under an instructor named Gerald Leaky. He shows us the historic Northwest Channel Lighthouse. The lighthouse originally was constructed in the 1850s with a Fifth Order Fresnel lens that could be seen within a ten-mile range. It protected ships from a shoal that was 18 miles long and 4 miles wide with a depth of approximately two feet. Hundreds of ships wrecked on this shoal including one that is a household name, the Atocha. After the lighthouse was decommissioned in 1971, it was set on fire by arsonists. All that is left today are the rusting iron pylons. It was also known as the Hemingway Fishing House as local legend says he was known to fish from it. It is also interesting to note that there is an identical lighthouse in the St. John’s River at the south end of Lake George. It too was burned down by arsonists and only the iron pylons are left.

Most of the composition is taken up by the once powerful lighthouse with an abandoned vernacular Victorian wooden structure on top. The iron pylons move up from the bottom of the painting like spider legs to support the light

keeper’s quarters. Great detail is given to the structure with ominous Key West storm clouds in the background. Bluegreen, emerald shallow water, and a lavender sky in the background make the lighthouse pop right off the canvas.

A set of folk-art intaglio woodcuts were created by Key West artist and native Mario Sanchez. Sanchez was born in 1908 the son of a cigar maker on the island. Art experts consider him to be one of the greatest Cuban American Folk Artists of the 20th Century. His unique works are a combination of woodcarving and painting and feature cultural life and street scenes from the city. He began his art career in 1930 when he began to draw on the sides of brown grocery bags. From there he would transfer them to cedar, pine, or cypress wooden planks for carving and painting. Mario, always believing in the American Dream for everyone, had a personal philosophy of “one race the human race.” There are seven pieces of his work in the exhibit. They are all very colorful and playful and accent some part of cultural street life in the city.

A small watercolor on paper by Morgan (Burt) Dennis of Massachusetts showcases the famed home of Earnest Hemingway. “Hemingway House, 1956” by Dennis shows the great beauty of the French colonial house built in 1851 by an early famous wrecker named Asa Tift. Hemingway and his wife Pauline renovated the home and lived there from 1931 to 1939. Many critics believe Hemingway wrote

Mario Sanchez, "Old Island Days, Half a Century," ca. 1980, wood intaglio

many of his best literary works while living in Key West at this home such as To Have and Have Not and The Snows of Kilimanjaro. The artist fills the composition with bright colors and an elegant lush tropical landscape. Two unknown people talk at the stairway leading your eye up the staircase to the second floor where the vivid architecture comes alive. Coming from the right side of the painting is a Royal Poinciana with no leaves but showing its large seed pods. This is a winter scene as the tree is deciduous and loses its leaves in the winter.

Sticking with the Hemingway theme is a large oil on canvas by Waldo Peirce showing the Silver Slipper Club called “Coast Guard at the Silver Slipper, Key West, 1965.” This establishment is the precursor to the famous or infamous Sloppy Joe’s. Artist Waldo Peirce, a close friend of Hemingway, often visited his friend in Key West. Peirce a one-time football player for Harvard University and graduate was part of Hemingway’s social group known as “The Mob” that he fished and socialized with. Waldo Peirce painted this loose impressionistic scene of the Silver Slipper with a jazz band and the United States Navy personnel enjoying a night out on the town in the foreground. Large brush strokes with lots of bright colors make this painting come alive. The Silver Slipper was a dance hall that was attached to Sloppy Joe’s when it was an illegal saloon. With the coming repeal of the 21st amendment and an end to prohibition, it eased into a new era as a legitimate drinking establishment. Hemingway urged Joe Russel to name his now legal saloon Sloppy Joe’s.

There are so many great paintings at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum

of Art. These are just a few of the artworks highlighted in this exhibition. Landscapes, folk art, historical landmarks, and more make this exhibit come alive with vivid colors and subject matter. As always, great stories of the artists and the places they

painted are part of the exhibit. Key West, a place everyone wants to visit, can be seen right here on the campus of the Museum of Arts and Sciences.

Morgan (Burt) Dennis, "Hemmingway House, 1959," watercolor on paper.

Waldo Peirce, "Coast Guard at the Silver Slipper, Key West, 1965," oil on canvas

FALL EXHIBITS

Art as Alchemy: An Exhibition from Miami's New World School of the Arts

THROUGH OCTOBER 16, 2022

KARSHAN CENTER OF GRAPHIC ART

Art as Alchemy centers around an intervention by artists from New World School of the Arts, a Miami-based conservatory school, with five works from the museum's permanent collection. Selected from more than 30,000 objects at MOAS including ancient fossils, African art, European painting and decorative arts, they represent the broad spectrum of the museum's collections and allowed artists the opportunity to choose from the variety of cultures and media to create their own works and exhibit them next to the Museum's in the gallery. This exhibition was organized by Wanda K. Texon, Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo, and O. Gustavo Plascencia from New World School of the Arts, Miami.

Pacific Exotics: The Woodblock Prints of Paul Jacoulet

OPENING OCTOBER 29, 2022 THROUGH JANUARY 15, 2023

KARSHAN CENTER OF GRAPHIC ART

Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960) designed a remarkable set of woodblock prints that are beautifully composed, visually exciting, and masterfully produced. This group of 47 of the original prints - about a third of his total outputdemonstrate, not only Jacoulet's interest in exotic subjects but also the remarkable range of techniques and unsurpassed skill his carvers and printers used to achieve the images. Using the centuries-old process of Ukiyo-e carving and printing, Jacoulet and his printing team created fascinating portraits of South Sea and northern Asian individuals with many cultural and geographic details to indicate their heritage and location. Jacoulet did not compromise on quality. He used only the best paper and inks. Though he used traditional processes, his images are modern. His works reflected little of the artistic trends of the time but beautifully synthesize Japanese and French aesthetics. Image Credit: Les Paradisiers Menado, Celebes, 1937, woodblock on paper

Epiphany! Visions of Art | Beaux Arts of Central Florida Annual Exhibition

THROUGH NOVEMBER 27, 2022 GARY R. LIBBY ENTRY COURT AND ROOT HALL

This is the 60th Jubilee Anniversary for Beaux Arts of Central Florida and the fifth year MOAS has hosted the annual show of this group which is comprised of 50 professional artists, working in all mediums who place a strong emphasis on experimental creative approaches brought to quality design conception and techniques. Image Credit: Johanna Riddle, A Fragile Web, mixed media

Tech Savvy: Home Technology from 1890s to the 1990s

THROUGH DECEMBER 4, 2022 FORD GALLERY

Over the years, technology has revolutionized our world and daily lives. The Tech Savvy exhibit focuses on the staggering change in home technology from roughly the last 100year span. From the invention of recorded sound with early gramophones, computers, transistor radios, cameras, and typewriters to the earliest iPod, this exhibit showcases the science and history of these life changing technologies with a heavy focus on the transition from an analog to a digital society. Image Credit: Edison Triumph Phonograph, ca. 1890

Family Ties: Joachim Murat and Family in the MOAS Collection

THROUGH DECEMBER 4, 2022 NORTH WING CORRIDOR

Kenneth Dow, one of the museum’s original donors, was fascinated with Napoleon and the Murat family and avidly collected all manner of objects associated with this illustrious French family, including furniture, decorative arts, paintings, sculpture, memorabilia, and works on paper. Many of these works are prominently on view in our Visible Storage. This exhibition in the Museum’s North Corridor gallery focuses on paintings and prints depicting the Murat family, including Joachim Murat and his wife Caroline Bonaparte – Napoleon’s younger sister – and their children Achille, Letizia, Lucien, and Louisa. These works, many of which have never been exhibited here before, provide a testament to the Napoleonic connection to the state of Florida as well as Mr. Dow’s lifelong passion and fascination with all things Napoleon. Image Credit: France, Louis Charles Ruotte (1754-1806), Joachim - Napoleon King of Naples, c. 1806. Stipple printed in color with hand-coloring. Gift of Kenneth Dow and Mary Mohan Dow. 89.16.452

Minor Masterpieces: Porcelain Painted Scenes from the Collection

THROUGH MARCH 19, 2023 BOUCHELLE CHANGING GALLERY

The porcelain decorative arts at MOAS are from some of the finest traditions the world over. And the paintings on them are remarkable works of art in-and-of themselves. This exhibition highlights these miniature scenes, some of which were painted by highly-regarded painters, and discusses this mostly forgotten technique that was once considered essential for the welldressed table. Image Credit: Vienna, Austria. Royal Vienna C. Herr, Royal Vienna Pitcher, c. 1800. Porcelain. Gift of Susan de Forest Day. 76.01.054.04

A Beautiful Mess: Weavers & Knotters of the Vanguard

OPENING DECEMBER 10, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 5, 2023

FORD GALLERY

This diverse exhibition features an all-female roster of talented artists and includes approximately 18 artworks and installations. By utilizing non-traditional materials, personal memories & complex histories, the ten women artists in A Beautiful Mess strive to revolutionize a previously marginalized genre. A Beautiful Mess: Weavers & Knotters of the Vanguard was organized by Bedford Gallery at the Lesher enter for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA. Image Credit: Kirsten Hassenfeld, Millefleur, 2019, salvaged textiles with mixed media, 78 inches diameter.

Magical: The Art of Susan Zukowsky

OPENING DECEMBER 3, 2022 THROUGH JANUARY 22, 2023 GARY R. LIBBY ENTRY COURT

Susan Zukowsky was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1949 into an Air Force family. While growing up, she attended many different schools in Guam, Texas, Alabama, and Florida. Picture books were a source of solace.

She received her B.A. in Fine Art from the University of South Florida, with the help of a four-year work/study program. As a lithography major, she assisted Master Printers of GRAPHICSTUDIO in the production of work by Rauschenberg, Rosenquist, and Ruscha. At this time, in her own work, collage became the first step in creating lithographic images. Later, the medium was a means of communication in letters without words. The printed image became her palette and her vocabulary.

Zukowsky continues to communicate through appropriated images from our media culture in combination with disparate materials such as feathers, mirrors, balls, and beads to address topics as varied as violence, politics, nature, loss, and love. Her works are magical, dreamlike theatrical tableaus that are as mysterious as they are beautiful and represent some of the best contemporary Florida art in this representational collage tradition. Image Caption: Susan Zukowsky, Couveuse. Mixed Media Collage (paper, crystal drop, wooden egg, Victorian paper toy articulate bird, plastic feathers, silk thread, glue)

Every Girl Deserves Flowers

OPENING DECEMBER 10, 2022 THROUGH MARCH 5, 2023

NORTH WING CORRIDOR

For five weeks in the spring of 2022, girls at Pace Center for Girls, Volusia-Flagler worked with Florida visual artist and writer, Patricia Christakos to explore the photographic possibilities of telling personal stories through self-portraiture. In addition to making traditional selfportraits, the girls created evocative portraits of landscapes, material objects, and personal interactions that held meaning and offered clues into their thought-processes and unique identities. The results were unexpected, compelling, and powerful.

The Pace girls predominantly used cell phones for this project assisted by Pace staff with digital-single-lens cameras. Instructor/Artist Patricia Christakos, edited the girls' work creating collaged images, adjusting colors and saturation levels, and re-sizing. Artists that inspired the girls' work include Cindy Sherman, Frida Kahlo, Dana Stirling, and Lindsay Temple.

Currently on Display at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art

Volusia County

Scenes from Volusia County and the importance of art schools and art venues in the development of culture within the county. Featured painting: South Beach Street, Daytona, James Ralph Wilcox, Volusia County

Florida Weather

FRANCE FAMILY GALLERY

Experience a myriad of Florida weather in just one day. The Florida Weather gallery offers a look at Florida weather as represented by art. Featured painting: Naomi Duckman (Furth); Storm on Seven Mile Bridge, Florida Keys, 1935

Key West: Southernmost USA

A. WORLEY BROWN & FAMILY GALLERY

SENA H. & THOMAS ZANE GALLERY

Key West is an island located at the end of the Florida Keys, a chain of small, coral islands off the southern sip of Florida. It is the southern most point of the continental United States. The works in this exhibition demonstrate the variety of media that has been employed by artist to capture the events and scenes throughout Key West. Featured painting: Dock Scene, ca. 1980, William Nelson, oil on canvas

The Seminole and the Everglades

FRANCE FAMILY GALLERY

The Everglades is a region of tropical wetlands that occupies the southern portion of Florida. Water leaving the vast, shallow Lake Okeechobee in the wet season forms a slow-moving river 60 miles wide and over 100 miles long. Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates from 15,000 years ago. The region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes. After European colonization, both tribes declined. The Seminole nation emerged out of groups of Native Americans, mostly Creek, from what are now the northern Muscogee peoples. Artists from the early 19th century on have found the visual characteristics of the people and the land compelling subjects for artworks. Featured painting: James F. Hutchinson; Seminole Man, 1992

FALL PROGRAMS

Museum Notice:

Please note that any of these events are subject to change or cancellation.

Please check the event calendar at MOAS.org for the latest updates on these upcoming events.

Ongoing Events

Wednesday, Yoga in the Gallery Wednesday, 5:30pm-6:30pm Take a break from your busy day and enjoy weekly Yoga in the Gallery at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. Meet in the lobby to join registered yoga instructor, Ashley Brooks of Holistic Movements, for an hour-long session that will provide you with an opportunity to practice a series of gentle yoga poses. Class is open to all experience levels. Please bring a mat, towel, and water. Space is limited and registration is required. RSVP to the Museum at 386-255-0285. $5.00 for members, $10.00 for non-members.

October

Friday, October 7 6:30pm-8:30pm

Bonkerz Comedy Night

Join us in the Root Family Auditorium for a fun night with Bonkerz Comedy Club featuring comedian, Frankie Paul, as seen on FOX and Comedy Central with Absar Siddiqui. Frankie Paul has been touring professionally since 1990 and entertaining audiences all over the country and is fast becoming a prominent force in the world of comedy! Doors open at 6:00pm. Show is recommended for ages 18 and older. Seating is limited. Advanced RSVPs are encouraged by calling 386-255-0285 or online at MOAS.org. $10.00 for members, $12.00 for non-members.

Saturday, October 8 10:00am-1:00pm

MOAS American Muscle Car Show

Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences to see these historic American cars as they roll onto the MOAS campus for the day. The combination of memories, beauty, and engineering is what makes this annual car show so great. DJ Frank Roberts will be playing old time fan favorites alongside live music from Shades of 60's. Enjoy food trucks, Mustangs, Camaros, and Cadillacs in the Museum’s front entrance courtyard. Muscle Car Show is free to the public. Museum entry is standard pricing.

Saturday, October 8

10:00am-1:00pm

Volusia County Chess Club

2022 Quick Chess Championship

Volusia County’s best chess players will be duking it out to determine the area’s best quick chess player. Quick Chess is a variant defined as a single sudden-death time control between 10 minutes through 29 minutes inclusive for each player. Games will be set at twelve minutes with a three-second time delay. The tournament will be a five-match round robin. Come watch how a real chess tournament is played and see our area's best player and champion crowned.

Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Saturday, October 8

5:30pm-10:30pm

Lohman Planetarium 50th Anniversary Celebration & Second Saturday Laser Rock Concerts

Join us on this very special evening as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original planetarium facility opening at the Museum of Arts & Sciences. First built as an adjunct classroom for Volusia County Schools to teach space science, and now a major pillar of MOAS as the Lowell and Nancy Lohman Planetarium, the countless achievements and lasting impact this facility has had on numerous generations will be celebrated. We are also combining this evening with our regularly scheduled Second Saturday Laser Rock Concerts, which have been a staple of the Planetarium for many decades, and a stargazing event outside in our courtyard. Special Planetarium show: free for members, $5.00 for non-members.

Laser Concerts: $5.00 for one show, $7.00 for two shows, $9.00 for three shows Stargazing event: free to the public

Schedule: 6:00pm Special 50th Anniversary Planetarium Show – astronomy and spaceflight highlights from the last 50 years.

7:00pm Laser Vinyl 8:00pm Laser Queen 9:00pm Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon 7:30pm-10:00pm Stargazing with telescopes in our front entrance courtyard

Thursday, October 13 11:00am-12:00pm

VIRTUAL MEMBER-ONLY Coffee with a Curator | The World’s Largest Tylosaurus with Frank Garcia

Grab your coffee and join nationally and internationally recognized paleontologist and Florida native, Frank Garcia virtually on ZOOM for a discussion on his fossil hunting career and discoveries. In 1979, Garcia worked as chief investigator for the Smithsonian Institution, collecting prehistoric sea cows, whales, and dolphins. During his fossil hunting career in Florida, Garcia discovered more than 30 previously unknown species of prehistoric creatures.

After retiring to South Dakota 10 years ago he discovered one of the world’s largest aquatic carnivorous reptiles, a nearly complete Tylosaurus.

Learn about Frank’s amazing career in Florida and the Badlands of South Dakota where he recently opened his own Museum in Hot Springs called The World Fossil Finder Museum. Register online at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285.

Free for members. Must be a MOAS member to attend.

FALL PROGRAMS

Wednesday, October 19

12:00pm-1:30pm

Lunch and Learn: Paintings from the 1950s and 60s

Join Zach Zacharias, MOAS Senior Curator of Education and History alongside Arnold Desmarais, Master Landscape Artist at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art for a unique look at paintings from mid-20th century artists. The paintings feature landscapes from the 1950s and 1960s. Learn about the artists who painted the subject matter of Florida and what captured their imagination. Call the Museum at 386-255-0285 to RSVP and to place your lunch order. Space is limited and advanced RSVP and paid lunch are required.

Members: Lecture is free plus $10 boxed lunch. Non-members: Lecture is $5.00 plus $10 boxed lunch.

Thursday, October 20 2:00pm-3:30pm

Florida Vistas Book Club: The Woman at the Light Join us for our next Florida history book club meeting at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art where we will be discussing the book The Woman at the Light by Joanna Brady. For more information on this book, please visit MOAS.org. RSVP to attend online at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. Free for members, $5.00 for non-members.

Thursday, October 20 5:30pm-7:30pm

Wine Tasting: Tastes of Autumn Join us at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art for our wine tasting series with S.R. Perrott. Spend the evening among friends while you sip up knowledge on swirling, tasting, and describing wines learning about different pairings of light appetizers by Ravish Catering. This month’s program will be featuring wines that are perfect for the fall! This event is for ages 21 and over. Seating is limited and advanced registration is required. Call the Museum at 386255-0285 or visit MOAS.org. No refunds will be given after October 14. $35.00 for members, $45.00 for non-members.

Friday, October 21 2:00pm-3:00pm

Porch Talk at Gamble Place: Conflict Comes to the Halifax Join MOAS Senior Curator of Education and History, Zach Zacharias at Gamble Place in Port Orange and discover wars that came to the Halifax area from the Seminole War to World War II. Learn about battles between the United States militia and the Seminoles, skirmishes between the Union and Confederate armies, and the impact of two world wars on the Halifax River basin area. Call the Museum at 386-255-0285 to RSVP as seating is limited.

Free for members or $5.00 for non-members.

Saturday, October 22

5:00pm-9:00pm

Fall Family Festival

Join us at Gamble Place in Port Orange for our 5th annual Fall Family Festival. Families will have an opportunity to enjoy seeing the historic houses, go trick or treating, take a guided nature walk, participate in night sky viewing, and more! Carpooling is highly recommended due to limited parking.

Free to the public – donations are appreciated.

Friday, October 28

7:00pm-10:00pm

Movie Night in the Lohman Planetarium: The Shining Join us in the Lohman Planetarium for a movie night featuring The Shining. Unemployed writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) accepts a job as caretaker of the isolated Overlook Hotel in the Rocky Mountains for the harsh winter off-season. He planned to finish his manuscript during the monotony, but all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. He and his family were warned about cabin fever at the Overlook… but could there be something worse waiting for them? Redrum! This film will be displayed in 16:9 aspect ratio on the Planetarium dome in stunning 4K Ultra high definition. Popcorn and snacks will be available at the concession stand. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the event start time. Rated R; viewer discretion is advised. Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended by calling 386-255-0285. $10.00 for members, $12.00 for non-members.

November

Wednesday, November 2 8:00am-5:00pm

MOAS Member Day Trip to St. Augustine

Join us for a day trip! Start your day off the beaten path with Senior Curator of History, Zach Zacharias, with a tour of the Mala Compra Plantation Archeological Site, the home to Joseph Martin Hernandez and was the center for the largest plantation system in Northeast Florida. Next, visit Castle Ottis, an Irish inspired castle designed to be a landscape sculpture in St. Augustine. Enjoy lunch in downtown St. Augustine. In the afternoon explore Flagler College with a tour of the Hotel Ponce de Leon. In 1888, Henry Flagler built Hotel Ponce de Leon and launched his series of luxury resorts along Florida’s east coast. Itinerary is subject to change. Must be a MOAS member to attend. Kindly RSVP by October 21. Please meet at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art no earlier than 7:30am and no later than 8:00am. $130.00 for members. Price includes transportation, admissions to Mala Compra Plantation Archeological Site, and the Flagler College Tour. Lunch is not included.

Tuesday, November 8 3:00pm-4:00pm

Talk and Walk | Tech Savvy: Home Technology from the 1890s to the 1990s

Humans have a love of nostalgia. It makes us feel good and according to research, is good for us mentally. Nostalgia also makes the future seem more promising and fills our life with meaning. Join Senior Curator of Education and History, Zach Zacharias along with guest curators for a tour through history in this exciting exhibit. From gramophones to the early iPod and everything in between there will be lots of memories and stories to tell. Call the Museum at 386-255-0285 to RSVP as space is limited.

Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Wednesday, November 9 2:00pm-3:30pm

Artist Demonstration with Johanna Riddle

Join mixed media artist, Johanna Riddle for an artist demonstration and discussion in the Education Room at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. Johanna combines painting, printmaking, dyes, mark-making, and chemical alterations to create mixed media collages and assemblages. Johanna’s award-winning art has been exhibited in a number of juried venues, including South Carolina’s Art Fields, The Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Sarasota Art Center, The Orlando Museum of Art, The Grey Gallery at NYU, Fifth Avenue Gallery, and The NAWA Gallery in New York City. Her work was selected for inclusion in the 2022 International Exhibition of Collage Artists and was featured in the 2022 edition of Art Folio: 100 of the World’s Most Exciting New Contemporary Artists.

Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Thursday, November 10 3:00pm-3:45pm

MEMBER-ONLY Coffee with a Curator | James Webb Space Telescope Update

Join our Curator of Astronomy, Seth Mayo, in the Lohman Planetarium as he shares an update on the images and discoveries that have been released by the James Webb Space Telescope. As Seth flies you through the immersive digital universe, he will provide a look at the most recent Webb images across the dome and discuss what they tell us about the universe. Register online at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285.

Free for members. Must be a MOAS member to attend.

Friday, November 11 2:00pm-3:00pm

Porch Talk at Gamble Place: Florida Heritage Extravaganza

Join Senior Curator of Education and History, Zach Zacharias at Gamble Place in Port Orange as he creates his own Florida Heritage Trail through the centuries. This presentation is a potpourri of Florida history stories from Spanish Florida to the 1970s. Florida has an immense history with so many interesting characters, places, natural wonders, and a vast unique culture. Call the Museum at 386-255-0285 to RSVP as seating is limited. Free for members or $5.00 for non-members.

Saturday, November 12 10:30am-1:00pm

Tinker Day

Join MOAS educators and GE Volunteers for an exciting day of tinkering, building, and more! Different stations will be set up so that families can work together to dismantle and explore the inner workings of various pieces of technology, from computers to radios and everything in between. As you explore these technologies, experts will be there to explain the engineering behind them and how these items enrich our day-to-day lives. This event is taking place alongside the exhibit, Tech Savvy: Home Technology from 1890s to the 1990s Free for members or with paid museum admission.

FALL PROGRAMS

Saturday, November 12 7:00pm-10:00pm

Second Saturday Laser Rock Concerts 7:00pm Laser Retro 8:00pm Rush 2112 9:00pm Pink Floyd – The Wall Seating is limited. Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285.

$5.00 for one show, $7.00 for two shows, $9.00 for three shows.

Wednesday, November 16 2:00pm-3:00pm

Talk and Walk | Key West: The Southernmost USA Join MOAS Gallery Specialist and Florida Historian, Carol Ann Moritz at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art to discover the history, culture, and art of Key West through the landscapes displayed in the Key West: The Southernmost USA exhibit. The works on display demonstrate the variety of media that has been employed by artists to capture the events and scenes found throughout Key West. Call the Museum at 386-255-0285 to RSVP as seating is limited.

Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Thursday, November 17 2:00pm-3:30pm

Florida Vistas Book Club: Hiking the Florida Trail; 1,000 Miles, 28 days, Two Pairs of Boots, and a Heck of an Adventure

Join us for our next Florida history book club meeting at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art where we will be discussing the book Hiking the Florida Trail; 1,000 Miles, 28 days, Two Pairs of Boots, and a Heck of an Adventure by Johnny Malloy. For more information on this book, please visit MOAS.org. RSVP to attend online at MOAS. org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. Free for members, $5.00 for non-members.

Friday, November 18 7:00pm-9:30pm

Movie Night in the Lohman Planetarium: Top Gun: Maverick

Join us in the Lohman Planetarium to see Tom Cruise take to the skies once again as the legendary Navy pilot, Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Maverick is called upon to train the new TOPGUN graduates for a seemingly impossible mission in this thrilling sequel. This film will be displayed in 16:9 aspect ratio on the Planetarium dome in stunning 4K Ultra high definition. Popcorn and snacks will be available at the concession stand. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the event start time. Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended by calling 386-255-0285. $10.00 for members, $12.00 for non-members.

Saturday, November 19 10:00am-3:00pm

Volusia County Chess Club 2022 Club Championship

Join us at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art to watch Volusia County’s best chess players battle it out to determine the area’s best chess player in a standard chess tournament. Standard chess is defined as a single sudden-death time control games set at 25 minutes with a five-second time delay. The tournament is Swiss Style meaning winners will play winners and losers will play losers. The player with the most wins and points at the end of the tournament will take home a trophy and the title of Volusia County Chess Club Champion. Come see how a real chess tournament is played and enjoy some world-class art.

Free to members or with paid museum admission.

Saturday, November 19

6:30pm-8:30pm

Night of Jazz with Alex Hahn

Join us in the Root Family Auditorium at MOAS for an evening presentation by the Cody McCafferty Quartet featuring saxophonist Alex Hahn. Hahn’s impressive bio includes being a previous winner of the prestigious Michael Brecker International Jazz Competition and recording/performing with many artists along with the likes of Michael Bublé, Herbie Hancock, and Esperanza Spalding. Look forward to a concert showcasing some of his original music as well as classic jazz standards! Doors and bar open at 6:00pm. Seating is limited and advanced registration is required by visiting MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. $25.00 for members, $30.00 for non-members.

Monday, November 28 5:00pm-7:00pm

MOAS After Hours: In Partnership with The Locals Mix

Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences for exclusive after-hours access to all galleries, happy hour drink special by Fun Coast Bartending, and live music by Ryder and DJ Jukebox Bully, in partnership with The Locals Mix. Join our Senior Curator of Education and History, Zach Zacharias, for a tour of the Root Museum, including the interior of the train cars. Learn about the history of the Root Family and Coca-Cola, the pharmacy, and the historic train cars.

Free for members, $5.00 for non-members.

December

Friday, December 2 6:30pm-8:30pm

Bonkerz Comedy Night

Join us in the Root Family Auditorium at MOAS for a fun night with Bonkerz Comedy Club featuring world-renowned comic/magician, Bob Brizendine, as seen on FOX with Brad Schutz. Bob Brizendine is not your typical magician. Bob has been performing his high-energy comedy show around the world for over 25 years. Bob uses audience participation, high energy, and lightning-fast improv to keep his crowds on the edge of their seats. Sit back, and hold on for The Magic Cat Himself, Bob Brizendine. Doors open at 6:00pm. Show is recommended for ages 18 and older. Seating is limited. Advanced RSVPs are encouraged by calling 386-255-0285 or online at MOAS.org.

$10.00 for members, $12.00 for non-members.

Saturday, December 3 3:00pm-5:00pm

Magical: The Art of Susan Zukowsky Exhibition

Opening

Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences to explore the magical world of Susan Zukowsky's art is based on dreamlike theatrical tableaus. Her art is as mysterious as it is beautiful and represents some of the best contemporary Florida art in this representational collage tradition. Tour the exhibition with Susan and gain insight from the artists' perspective. Enjoy a cash bar and food truck. Kindly RSVP by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285.

Free for members, $5.00 for non-members.

Monday, December 5

5:30pm-7:30pm

2022 MOAS Annual Meeting

Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences for the Museum's annual meeting and installation of the MOAS officers and trustees. Plated hors d'oeuvres will be served and business attire is requested. Advanced registration is required by purchasing admission online at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. RSVP by December 1. $30.00 per person.

Wednesday, December 7

9:00am-11:00am

Eco Buggy Tour | Lake George Conservation Area

The Lake George Conservation Area protects more than half of the eastern shore of Lake George and its associated watershed that flows into the lake. Adjacent to the property purchased in partnership with Volusia County, the conservation area also protects a wildlife corridor of more than 20 miles along Lake George and the St. Johns River. The property is primarily composed of mixed hardwood swamp and pine flatwoods. One of the special highlights of this property is its high concentration of eagles’ nests. When it was purchased, this area boasted the highest concentration of bald eagles outside of Alaska. Eagles made their nests primarily in large old pine trees that resided as single trees in the wetlands throughout the property. They are now nesting in trees that were planted outside the wetlands. Join Volusia County Environmental Specialist, Trey Hannah and Senior Curator of Education and History Zach Zacharias for this unique excursion. The location is 770 Nine Mile Point Rd, Pierson, FL (we will meet where nine-mile point road ends. Arrive at the location for debarkation by 8:45am. Space is limited and advanced RSVP is required. Call the Museum at 386-255-0285 to purchase admission. $12.00 for members, $14.00 for non-members.

Thursday, December 8 11:00am-12:00pm

VIRTUAL MEMBER-ONLY Coffee with a Curator Japonisme ȁla Française: The Art of Emile A. Reiber and Paul Jacoulet in the Collection

Grab your coffee and join Chef Curator/Gary R. Libby of Art, Ruth Grim virtually on ZOOM for a presentation that looks closely at the works of two Japanese-inspired artists, Emile A. Reiber and Paul Jacoulet, whose work is well-represented in the MOAS collection. Register online at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. Free for members. Must be a MOAS member to attend.

FALL PROGRAMS

Thursday, December 8

6:00pm-8:00pm

Jingle & Mingle: Holiday Social

Celebrate the holidays at the Museum of Arts & Sciences with exclusive after-hours access to all galleries, food trucks, holiday specialty cocktails, live music, and door prizes! Finish up your holiday shopping with unique gifts from local Indie artists and artisans, a wine tasting and sales station with a Sommelier from S.R. Perrott, and discounts and offers from the Museum Store. Come dressed in your most festive holiday attire! Kindly RSVP ahead of time by visiting MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. $5.00 for members, $8.00 for non-members.

Friday, December 9 3:00pm-4:30pm

An Afternoon with Florida History

An afternoon of Florida history in the Root Family Auditorium. Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Florida’s Famous Shipwrecks

Join Senior Curator of Education and History, Zach Zacharias and discover the many famous shipwrecks that made the pages of Florida history. Thousands of ships of all kinds have sunk off Florida’s immense coastline over the centuries. From the 15 – wreck of the Atocha to the capsizing of Prince Vladamir in Biscayne Bay these shipwrecks had an impact on Florida’s history.

Land of the Timucua Join Registrar and Assistant Curator, Felipe De Paula of the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse & Museum as he discusses the history of the Timucua people that lived in Florida before the arrival of Europeans. Consisting of various tribes that shared a common language, the Timucua inhabited most of what is today Central and North Florida. Learn about their history and culture.

Friday, December 9 7:00pm-9:00pm Night Sky Viewing Party

Join us in the MOAS courtyard as we gaze into the cosmos. Weather permitting, Lohman Planetarium staff will provide telescope views and laser tours of the night sky. Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars have cycled back to the evening skies once again, with a nearly full Moon joining the fun later. Guests are welcome to bring their own chairs, telescopes/binoculars, and their curiosities about the Universe. A special presentation of “The Sky Tonight” will take place in the Lohman Planetarium at 7:00pm (limited seating).

“The Sky Tonight” show is $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for children. The outdoor portion is free to the public.

Saturday, December 10 7:00pm-10:00pm

Second Saturday Laser Rock Concerts 7:00pm Laser Beatles 8:00pm Laser Zeppelin 9:00pm Laser Queen Seating is limited. Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285.

$5.00 for one show, $7.00 for two shows, $9.00 for three shows.

Thursday, December 15 2:00pm-3:30pm

Florida Vistas Book Club: The Wilder Heart of Florida

Join us for our next Florida history book club meeting at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art where we will be discussing the book The Wilder Heart of Florida by Leslie K. Poole. For more information on this book, please visit MOAS.org. RSVP to attend online at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285.

Free for members, $5.00 for non-members.

Mon., December 19-Thurs. December 22 9:00am-3:00pm

MOAS Holiday Camp | Dungeons & Dragons

Will you rescue the helpless villagers from the jaws of a menacing dragon or explore ancient ruins in search of hidden treasure? Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences for a holiday camp where groups of players work together to solve problems and overcome obstacles using a given set of resources and individual abilities. Would you like to make up fantasy stories and then turn them into a game of challenges and puzzles for friends and family to play? Interested students will learn how to run their own games for friends and family as they become familiar with story planning and game running. This class is for ages 10-13 years old. Class size is limited. Advanced registration is required by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285.

$70.00 for members, $80.00 for non-members.

Monday, December 26 5:00pm-7:00pm

MOAS After Hours: In Partnership with The Locals Mix

Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences for exclusive after-hours access to all galleries, happy hour drink specials with Fun Coast Bartending, and live music by Dan + Joy and DJ Jukebox Bully, in partnership with The Locals Mix. Guests can enjoy a presentation by our Chief Curator, Ruth Grim, on both the A Beautiful Mess: Weavers and Knotters of the Vanguard exhibition and the Magical: The Art of Susan Zukowsky exhibition. The works of Susan Zukowsky, a Florida artist, are dreamlike, mysterious prints with collage elements that unfold a different world before your eyes in her colorful, theatrical tableaus. The artists of A Beautiful Mess are some of the leading textile artists working today who fuse rope, yarn, clay, and wire, into dramatic, contemporary expressions of this growing artistic medium based on knotting and twisting fiber and fabric elements into artworks that range from minimal and hyper-organized to utter pandemonium. This exhibition was organized by the Bedford Gallery at Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California.

Free for members, $5.00 for non-members.

Celebrating the Guild's 60 Years

The next time you are visiting our museum please check out "The Guild" wall in the lobby. We have a plaque with our past presidents names and the years they served. Also check out some of our history over the past 60 years and our up coming events in the near future. We are proud of our members that promote and raise funds for our museum. Come join this amazing group

who realize how fortunate we are to have a wonderful museum in our community.

Fall is upon us now and that means a busy time for our committee members. We hope to see you this fall for one of our member meetings. Dues are $45 for 1 year (Jan thru Dec). You will hear from our Halifax Art Festival chairman on how you may be able to help

us with our fall fund raising. Any small way you can help us would be greatly appreciated.

Looking forward to meeting you at our events.

Diane Rogers, President 386-871-8177

Upcoming Guild Meetings

October 11, 2022 | 10am - General Meeting at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art with speaker, Jennifer Peludat, Breast Navigator at Halifax Hospital.

November 8, 2022 | 10am - General Meeting at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art with parapsychologist, Jamie Pearce, Ph.D. Author of the five book series Historic Haunts investigations.

December 13, 2022 Holiday Party Details TBA.

January 10, 2023 | 10am - General Meeting at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art with Charles "Chuck" Smith, owner of Angel & Phelps as he talks about the history of the chocolate factory on Beach Street.

View of the older site of the MOAS Planetarium with the MS-10 star projector taken before it was demolished in 2014 to make way for the new facility later that year. Credit: MOAS

We also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Museum of Arts and Sciences’ campus opening on the current Nova Road location last year. During that opening in July of 1971, construction of a planetarium facility was still underway that would soon join an already existing Children's Museum, Cuban art gallery, and Tuscawilla nature preserve.

Even though half a century is just a blip of time in the span of the entire universe (roughly 0.00000036% the age of the universe), there are so many Planetarium accomplishments during that period to look back on, as well as countless space exploration feats and astronomy achievements happening along the way that bolstered the shows presented to eager audiences.

The original Planetarium facility began as an adjunct classroom for Volusia County Schools, providing a unique environment to teach the wonders of the universe. This would serve as a major component of a field trip that a local student would attend during the school year.

To make this a reality, the school district paid for the original star projector, or planetarium, which was built by the Japanese company

This fall, the Lohman Planetarium celebrates its 50th anniversary. This momentous occasion reminds us to look back on the legacy of the Planetarium and its lasting impact.

GOTO Optical and known in the U.S. as the Viewlex Venus Planetarium Projector. That complex analog machine was a type of optomechanical projector, designed with lights that shined through tiny holes to display stars on the surrounding dome screen.

That original dome, as well as the building and seating at MOAS, were paid for by the Junior Service League of Daytona Beach — a charitable organization of women who help promote volunteerism and educational projects.

Prior to that opening in 1968, the Junior Service League held a charitable golf event in Daytona Beach to raise funds for the planned planetarium project. Pro golfers by the likes of Jack Nicklaus and Doug Sanders were in attendance to elevate the event, helping to raise thousands of dollars.

The project cost a total of $120,000, which included the Viewlex Projector, 40-foot plaster dome, 120 seats, numerous slide projectors, 40 special effects cameras, and a stereo sound system, in what was referred to by the first planetarium curator as a “celestial theater-in-the-round,” in a 1972 Daytona Beach News-Journal article that covered the opening.

This first planetarium curator — at the time known as the Planetarium Teacher — was Robert Hillenbrand, who was employed by the school district.

Once the project was complete, special invitations were sent out to Museum board members and VIPs for the first private showing in the newly minted MOAS Planetarium on September 29, 1972. Soon after, on October 11th, the grand opening for the public commenced with great fanfare, as the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported that guests

had to be turned away as the theater had reached maximum capacity.

Mr. Hillenbrand was the sole Planetarium Teacher, primarily presenting shows for school groups during the weekdays, while programs for the public were held on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons.

Using the — at the time — highly sophisticated multimedia technology in the dome, Mr. Hillenbrand was planning programs like the “Star of Bethlehem,” “Stars of Winter,” “A Trip through the Solar System,” and “Beauties of the Summer Sky” for the following year.

The show “Trip to the Moon,” which was planned to highlight the Apollo program, was particularly relevant since the last mission to the Moon in December of 1972, landing astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the lunar surface, occurred not long after the Planetarium’s opening.

While the Daytona Beach Planetarium, as it was sometimes referred to, operated through the 1970s, the decade brought along amazing spaceflight accomplishments, from the first flyby of Jupiter by NASA’s Pioneer 10 probe, the launch of America’s first space station, Skylab, the first multinational crewed mission during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, and numerous uncrewed planetary flybys. By the end of the decade, NASA’s Voyager spacecrafts, with their iconic gold records, finally left Earth on their grand tour of the outer Solar System.

These milestones provided fodder for the Planetarium, inspiring audiences of all ages to the possibilities of space exploration.

Fast forward to the 1980s, after the addition of the giant ground sloth exhibit and expanding size of the MOAS campus, the Planetarium was propelled into a new age of technology and space science.

These were the Space Shuttle days, with the Shuttle Columbia making its debut flight on April 12, 1981, which helped to infuse the

Daytona Beach News Journal Sunday Edition from January 21, 1968, highlighting the original plans for a new planetarium facility at MOAS. Credit: Daytona Beach News-Journal

News-Journal photo of the original GOTO Viewlex Venus Planetarium Projector at MOAS with an image of Jupiter and the Pioneer 10 spacecraft in the background. Credit: Daytona Beach News-Journal

The 1980s also helped usher in the laser rock concerts that have continued through the decades as a vibrant and entertaining experience, combining beautiful laser lights and popular music in mesmerizing ways on the dome.

In those days, there was a laserist, or something akin to a “laser DJ,” who would manually operate a plethora of controls to create dazzling displays that would sync with the music.

The Daytona Beach Planetarium ran laser shows featuring Journey, Duran Duran, Genesis, The Alan Parsons Project, Led Zeppelin, and of course, Pink Floyd — a staple of many planetariums.

In the middle of the 1980s, Mr. Hillenbrand retired from the Planetarium, and just a short time later, the original Viewlex Venus Projector met its fateful end in an exploding shower of sparks as it experienced electrical failure.

Volusia County Schools stepped up again as it purchased a new opto-mechanical planetarium in 1988, a Minolta (now Konica Minolta) MS-10 star projector. The MS-10 cost about $418,000 and provided a truly awe-inspiring night sky, with an increased number of stars, a beautiful Milky Way, accurate representations of the Moon and planets, and an array of celestial markings.

At the dedication of the MS-10, Senator Bill Nelson, then a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida and the second sitting member of Congress to have flown in space just the year prior on board the Space Shuttle Columbia, gave remarks at the ceremony, helping to celebrate the MOAS Planetarium’s forthcoming era. Senator Nelson is now the NASA Administrator, more than 35 years after that dedication.

This was a time during the rise in popularity of what are called “canned shows,” which were

An early planetarium show brochure from the 1970s. In that era, public planetarium shows were held on Wednesdays and Sundays.

Credit: MOAS

Planetarium with innovative show content.

carefully developed planetarium programs with scripts, musical soundtracks, and custom visuals and imagery. These shows would utilize a multitude of media formats, with tape drives and early digital controllers that would automatically cue numerous slide and special FX projectors.

Planetariums are always very collaborative, with those in Central Florida certainly so in the late 1980s as the MOAS Planetarium, the then Brevard Community College Planetarium in Cocoa Beach, and the John Young Planetarium at the Orlando Science Center, worked collaboratively on a show known as “Our Home in the Milky Way.” As the Orlando Sentinel reported in a June 26, 1988 article, the show was described as “...a feast of information about star clusters, cosmic clouds, and black holes.”

The 1980s had very highs and lows when it came to astronomy and spaceflight.

It certainly is hard to forget the tragedy of the Space Shuttle Challenger, when a catastrophic failure during launch in January of 1986 brought about America’s first inflight astronaut deaths as all seven crew members perished, pushing NASA to reassess its spaceflight activities for two years.

On the flip side, that year saw Comet Halley again, the famous periodic rocky ice ball that makes a 75–76year journey around the Sun. The MOAS Planetarium was right there creating comet buzz as it ran shows about Halley.

This decade was a fruitful time for Solar System exploration as the twin Voyager spacecrafts finally reached the outer planets, providing up close

views of Uranus and Neptune for the first time — certainly exciting news shared under the Planetarium dome.

By 1990, the Shuttle Discovery lifted the Hubble Space Telescope into lowEarth orbit, opening our eyes even wider to the universe around us.

After the Planetarium went through a transitional period of changing staff members, a longtime schoolteacher and planetarian, Roger Hoefer, was brought on board by Volusia County as the district continued to support the celestial adjunct classroom at MOAS.

Under Mr. Hoefer’s leadership as Curator of Astronomy, field trips from K-12 classes increased throughout the 1990s, and these students not only experienced astronomy, but also tours and programs throughout the growing Museum.

Robert Hillenbrand shows off the controls of the planetarium projector on opening day of the original Planetarium with the first MOAS Board President at the Nova Road location, Leila Gosney, and her two sons Clifford and Steve.

Credit: Leila Gosney/Cliff Gosney

Using the MS-10 projector and the “canned shows,” programs like “Rusty Rocket in Space,” “Secrets of the Cardboard Rocket,” “Explorers of Mauna Kea,” the holiday-themed program of “Season of Light,” and two versions of the show “Hubble Vision,” were popular at the time. Astronomy was not the only subject taught in the Planetarium, with shows connecting to the traveling exhibits throughout MOAS, ranging from themes related to ancient Egypt to roaming dinosaurs of the prehistoric age.

The astronomy community in the mid-90s saw for the first time a planet outside our Solar System orbiting a Sun-like star in the constellation Pegasus, known as Pegasi 51, opening up the field of exoplanet research. Interestingly, Pegasi 51b, as the exoplanet is called, is close to 50 light-years away, meaning that in 2022, we are receiving the light that left this hot gas planet when the MOAS Planetarium was first opening its doors in 1972. As of today, more than 5,000 exoplanets have been confirmed.

Shifting into the 21st century, the Planetarium continued using a mix of digital and analog technology as the “canned shows” were still the main source of programming for our audiences. Lasers were still a mainstay at the time as well, but as a temporary rental system.

In 2006, a dedicated laser system, called SkyLase, was purchased for the Planetarium from Audio Visual Imagineering (AVI), an Orlando-based company with decades of laser experience and whom MOAS had a longstanding relationship with. This full dome laser system was the second of its kind ever built by AVI, equipped with red, green, and blue lasers to create almost any color (previous projectors only had red and green). The SkyLase was a workhorse of a machine, providing thousands of laser shows without fail.

A major part of the success of the Planetarium over the years was not only the full-time staff that served as the directors and curators but also the many part-time presenters, often students from nearby colleges and universities.

These part-time presenters would, and still, invigorate the Planetarium with new ideas and enthusiasm as they helped to teach the tens of thousands of visitors that would make their way through MOAS each year.

One of those young, excited presenters was me, originally hired by Mr. Hoefer in 2007, while still a flight student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Just a year later, Volusia County Schools made major cuts to their adjunct classroom programs due to budget constraints at that time, effectively ending the longstanding adjunct status that MOAS Planetarium held since its original opening. This also cut funding for a complete digital planetarium upgrade that was planned for the following year.

Mr. Hoefer retired shortly after the major classroom change, and school field trips were no longer paid for by the district.

In light of this change, MOAS took full responsibility and control over the facility and put me at the helm of the Planetarium, eventually

ERAU brought along Nobel Laureate and Senior Project Scientist of the James Webb Space Telescope, John Mather, who gave a talk in the Lohman Planetarium in 2015. Credit: MOAS

promoting me to Curator of Astronomy.

During that transition, we worked diligently to provide the best shows possible for field trips and public programs with a minimized budget. Even though the district could no longer fund the field trips, the classes still visited MOAS and the Planetarium using out-of-pocket expenses from students and their families due to the experience that we continued to provide and our ability to enhance the classroom curriculum. These field trips grew again over time as we took full advantage of what the facility could offer and by transforming our live shows.

The trajectory of the Planetarium, and the rest of MOAS, took a major turn in May of 2009, when a very powerful low-pressure storm system in the area poured nearly 27 inches of rain in just a matter of days. The oldest section of MOAS where the Planetarium resided, known previously as the West

Wing, sat lower than the rest of the campus, allowing the nearby hydric hammock of Tuscawilla to flood the facility with hundreds of thousands of gallons of water.

The Planetarium was closed for six months after being gutted and restored to fix the extensive water damage.

After running an alternative stargazing program in our Root Auditorium during those months closed, we opened the Planetarium back up in a much more limited way, mainly providing star shows (fortunately the MS-10 and SkyLase survived the floods) and laser shows each day.

During that time, the Space Shuttle program was in its waning days, especially after the second major spaceflight accident where the entire crew of Columbia was lost during reentry in 2003.

Space Shuttle flights resumed in 2009 to conduct one last Hubble Servicing Mission and to complete

the International Space Station. We were there to cover the last flight of the program when the Space Shuttle Atlantis made its final launch and landing at KSC in the summer of 2011.

In 2010, we secured a radio telescope with the help of a local chapter of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), who provided assistance with mounting the 10-foot satellite dish to our roof and with the operation of the equipment. This gave us a novel way to teach about the realm of radio astronomy through special guest lectures and programs.

In 2012, we were very fortunate to win a portable planetarium system at an international planetarium conference that year, which then began our popular outreach program where we have brought the stars to the community and served more than 30,000 students since its inception.

While we ran the Planetarium at a limited operational capacity after the

flood of 2009, the stars seemed to align once again for MOAS as we secured funding from FEMA and the local ECHO grant program to build a $1.6 million state-of-theart planetarium.

This allowed us to rethink where we could build this new facility, deciding to place it in a previously open space between the Root Train Station exhibit and the Root Auditorium. The design enabled us to fit a 40-foot domed theater with 94 seats, a lobby/ exhibit space, a storage area, and offices for the Planetarium and Education staff members. The new location provided easier entrance to the Planetarium after hours, with accessibility through

our lobby from our front entrance courtyard.

The original Planetarium still operated until 2014, when we ran the last star show and operated the MS-10 one final time in March of that year.

On August 23, 2014, the brandnew Planetarium facility opened to the public, again with enormous fanfare and renewed energy for astronomy and space education. We finally became a digital theater, contracting with AVI to provide us with their newly developed OmniStar system, which was composed of a fish-eye projector that continues to show us the wonders of the universe from

almost any location and time in high definition.

Live star shows were still a priority for us as we continued our popular “Sky Tonight” program, but those old “canned shows” that previously utilized slide projectors were replaced with immersive full dome programs that have covered a whole range of space topics.

Shows like “Galileo: The Power of the Telescope,” “Back to the Moon for Good,” “Phantom of the Universe,” and let’s not forget the children’s show “The Little Star That Could,” all have been featured as a renewed lineup of programs.

Even though we had a new and shiny fisheye projector, we still honored the legacy of the MS-10 as our dedicated GE Volunteers of retired engineers helped to create a permanent display for the machine in our lobby area.

In 2015, we retired the older SkyLase system and had the opportunity to upgrade to AVI’s SkyLase RGB projector, providing a massive improvement in laser power, vibrance, and color that helped us continue our successful laser rock concerts in even more brilliant ways.

We also graduated the Planetarium to more of a multiuse theater as we have been able to run “enhanced presentations” from Nobel laureate John Mather, veteran astronaut Tom Jones, as well as hosting ERAU astronomy classes. We have been able to showcase all sciences from speakers from many disciplines and backgrounds, providing meaningful experiences for diverse audiences.

GE Volunteer Jim Kotas is seen here finishing the installation of the MS-10 star projector in the Lohman Planetarium lobby in 2015. Image Credit: MOAS

Through this more recent era of the Planetarium, we ran a special event highlighting the New Horizons probe flying by Pluto for the first time in 2015, covered a new Jupiter spacecraft called Juno in 2016, and held a big celebration for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 in 2019.

Each year we have also held our annual MOAS Space Day event, numerous stargazing parties in our front entrance courtyard, and began more recently, our International Day of Women and Girls in Science, with our inaugural event in 2020 having the world-famous radio astronomer Jocelyn Bell in attendance.

In 2018, we started the "Movie Night in the Planetarium" series, highlighting another 50th anniversary, this time for the classic sci-fi film of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Following that success, we have shown a whole slew of films in stunning 4K and enhanced the experience by matching content on the dome to the specific scenes in the movie.

And through most of this history, we had no official name as we have always been called the Daytona Beach Planetarium or MOAS Planetarium. That finally changed when our newest benefactors, Lowell and Nancy Lohman, stepped up to the plate.

Spearheaded by a fundraising campaign to grow a large endowment for the MOAS campus by our longtime benefactors and donors, Cici and Hyatt Brown, they suggested that their friends and fellow Ormond Beach residents, Lowell and Nancy Lohman, name the facility.

Lowell and Nancy Lohman stand in front of the new entrance façade in 2021, highlighting the naming and generous contribution to what is now the Lohman Planetarium. Credit: MOAS

As highly successful business owners and major philanthropists in the area, the Lohmans also have a profound love and appreciation for astronomy and education, always pushing the mantra that “adventure in life begins with learning.” To help us to continue that mission, the Lohmans graciously donated $2.5 million to our endowment, finally securing our new name as the Lowell and Nancy Lohman Planetarium.

Support like this has helped us through the difficult times of the pandemic but has also allowed us to plan for the future in the most impactful ways.

And to wrap things up in a celestial bow, when the original Planetarium was opening at a time when we were ending our days sending astronauts to the Moon, now in 2022, NASA is once again headed back to the Moon with the Artemis program.

But through all of those amazing milestones and discoveries in space, as well as the many Museum accomplishments and projects, the light that has guided the Lohman Planetarium has always been the visitors that have found their way to a seat for a show.

One can only hope that spark never extinguishes as we look to the next 50 years and beyond.

Happy 50th anniversary to the Lohman Planetarium.