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"Exploration" Art Exhibit at BIG ARTS

Members of the Sanibel-Captiva Art League are proud to present their 45th Annual Juried Art Show (“Exploration”) in concert with the Art Council of SW Florida. This eclectic, multi-media exhibit will occupy the Dunham Family Gallery of BIG ARTS at 900 Dunlop Rd. in Sanibel, from December 17, 2020, through January 31, 2021. Hours for viewing are Tu-F, 10-4pm, and Sundays, 9-1pm. The gallery show will also be available as a virtual exhibit starting December 21, 2020. Each year, the Annual Juried Show features innovative art works with subjects both abstract and representational, covering themes both unusual and familiar. Working in a variety of media, including two- and three-dimensional pieces, some of the best artists in Florida have produced works to delight and intrigue the viewer. Plan to explore this exceptional exhibit of original art created by members of the San-Cap Art League and the Art Council of SW Florida. Educator, writer, popular presenter, juror and artist Barbara Anderson Hill is the judge for this show. A resident of Sanibel during the 1970s and 80s, Hill was one of the founders of BIG ARTS. She owned and operated a pottery school on the island and was adjunct professor at Edison Community College, now Florida Southwestern. Hill has held numerous key positions at art and cultural institutions including grants and major gifts manager for the John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, and executive director of the Edison-Ford Winter Estates Foundation, Fort Myers. For more information about “Exploration,” visit BIGARTS.org and SanCapArt.org.

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Force Music Conference & A&R Artist Showcase

REGAIN THE FORCE IN YOUR MUSIC CAREER. LIVE SHOWCASES AND PANELS W/SIGNED ARTIST, PUBLICITY AGENCIES, RADIO PROMOTERS, MANAGERS AND A POWERFUL KEYNOTE ADDRESSES BY A FORMER A&R DIRECTOR AND NIECE TO A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER. Schedule: FRIDAY: REGISTRATION: 4-5:30PM: RED CARPET MIXER: 5:30-6:45PM WELCOME MESSAGE: 7PM SHOWCASE ONE: 7:15 -7:45PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS ON RADIO: 7:45 - 8:15PM SHOWCASE TWO: 8:15 -8:45PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 8:45 -9:30PM SHOWCASE THREE: 9:30 -10:10PM COMEDY SHOW: 10:30 - 11PM SATURDAY: SHOWCASE FOUR: 10 - 10:30AM PANEL ON PUBLICITY: 10:30 - 11:10AM SHOWCASE FIVE: 11:10 - 11:30AM PANEL ON BEING INDEPENDENT: 11:40AM -12:20PM PANEL ON RADIO AIRPLAY: 12:50 - 1:30PM SHOWCASE SIX: 1:30 - 2PM PANEL ON TOURING: 2 -2:45PM SHOWCASE SEVEN: 3:05 -3:55PM PANEL ON THE MUSIC BUSINESS: 4:05 - 4:50PM SHOWCASE EIGHT: 4:50 - 5:20PM DINNER BREAK: 5:20 - 7PM VIP RECEPTION: 5:30 - 6:30PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 7:05 -7:45PM SHOWCASE NINE: 7:50 -8:20PM KEYNOTE INTRODUCTION: 8:20 - 8:30PM MAIN KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 8:30 -9:45PM SHOWCASE WINNER PERFORMANCE: 9:45 -10PM Confirmed Speakers (Full line up of Speakers and Panelist announced on September 30th) Matthew Rix is a former A&R Director, Music business success coach & host of the 8 million sale and stream music business series "Mattrix Minute". Alveda King is an Author, Speaker, Activist and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

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DOUGLAS KIRKLAND: A Life in Pictures

Snap! presents DOUGLAS KIRKLAND : A Life in Pictures A retrospective exhibition of Douglas Kirkland’s timeless photographs. On the occasion of its 10th year Anniversary, Snap! Orlando brings back legendary Hollywood photographer Douglas Kirkland for a series of events. Exhibition curated by Patrick & Holly Kahn. Kirkland has been at the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, working for the world’s most reputable magazines, for more than 50 years. As a young photographer in 1961 he was assigned to photograph Marilyn Monroe and during several hours in a closed studio one night, captured a stunning portfolio of alluring and intimate images that survive to this day as a testament to her beauty and vulnerability. Douglas Kirkland is today one of the best-known long-term photographers of our time and has worked for Look and Life magazines, where he photographed such icons as Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn, Jack Nicholson, Mick Jagger, Coco Chanel, Brigitte Bardot, John Lennon, Andy Warhol, Charlie Chaplin, Grace Jones, and countless others. Douglas Kirkland’s fine art photography has been exhibited all over the world and is featured in the permanent collection of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra Australia, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Eastman House in Rochester, the Houston Center for Photography, and the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. Born in 1934 in Fort Erie, Canada, he began his career as an apprentice to acclaimed photographer Irving Penn in 1957. He has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American S.O.C., Photographer of the Year from PMA, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from CAPIC in his native Toronto Canada in May 2006. He currently lives and works in Hollywood Hills, CA. Opening Friday, February 07, 2020, 7-10 PM, in presence of the artist. Gallery hours, Thurs-Sat. 11 AM-4 PM. Exhibition on view through May 23. * Suggested donation [$10 / $5 for students with ID] throughout the duration of the exhibition - proceeds benefit Snap! Cultural Events / 501 (c) 3. Info: www.snaporlando.com

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New York Yankees vs. Houston Astros

Due to government directives, Yankee Stadium is currently closed to the public. Continue to check https://www.mlb.com/yankees/fans/update for updated information including a Yankee Stadium Ticket Office reopening schedule.

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