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ARTS + CULTURE THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015
STUDIO SPACE
SNAPSHOT
Barbara Banks noticed a theme running through her life from a young age: photography. She took a shot at changing careers — and it paid off. PAGE 6
SPOTLIGHT Photo by Nick Reichert
In his drawing classroom at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota Associate Professor of Art Jamie Tracy teaches his students the basics of drawing and the art of collaboration.
ART RESTART What happens to a castoff piece of art? If it reaches a Goodwill store, it might get a second life from another artist. NICK REICHERT A&E EDITOR
J Tracy works on the piece he will remix for this year’s “MASHterpiece” project: a watercolor landscape of the hotel district of Chester, England.
amie Tracy was entering his senior year at the Cleveland Institute of Art. At a time when most students are wrapping up coursework for their major and looking for post-graduate employment, Tracy was facing a creative conundrum. For three years the medical illustration major had drawn numerous sketches for medical textbooks. However, though he had mastered drawing every detail of the human body, Tracy’s creative drive was dying.
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OLD FRIENDS
‘Sotto Voce’ Director Melissa Kievman and playwright Nilo Cruz first formed a bond at a writers colony in New York City. PAGE 7
CLASSROOM CRITIC
‘Little Matryoshka’
Sarasota Film Festival’s Classroom Critics is a program for middle school students in which they learn to appreciate the art of film and analyze it critically. PAGE 8