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VISUAL ARTS
NOW
The Spectacle of Life: The Art of William Glackens
Glimpse a bygone, gentler era, through the display of one of its most gifted painters, William J. Glackens. When
Ira Glackens, son of American impressionist William Glackens, died in 1991, he left his substantial collection of works
by his father to the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale. The original donation included more than two hundred works in a
variety of media, later supplemented by another 300 works given by the Sansom Foundation, a nonprofit organization
founded by Ira and Nancy Glackens in the 1950s to oversee their art interests.
The Glackens Collection ranges from the artist’s earliest known painting (Philadelphia Landscape, from 1893) to his last completed canvas
(White Rose and Other Flowers, from 1937). The collection also includes works by such contemporaries of William Glackens as Maurice
Prendergast, Ernest Lawson, and John Sloan.
In 2001, the Museum opened a 10,000-square-foot wing that is home to the collection, made possible by the Sansom Foundation, and
the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, Florida Arts Council.
This new installation for our revamped galleries showcases some of the best-known as well as most popular canvases and graphics from Glackens’s oeuvre, along with three loans from the
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and one from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art. The exhibition is
curated by Jorge H. Santis, the Museum’s curator and head of collection research.
Open daily. 11 am - 7 pm. Thursday
extended hours until 9
pm. Closed Tuesdays
and select national
holidays. Hours are
subject to
change.
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.954-525-5500.
MAY 8 - DEC 5, 2010
Pearl and Stanley Goodman Latin American Collection and Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Latin American Collection
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University brings together some of the most important modern and contemporary Latin American artists over the last 100 years. This major exhibition mirrors the diverse Hispanic landscape of South Florida with influential artists from Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Guatemala, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, El Salvador and Brazil represented among the works on view.
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.954-525-5500.
NOW
OPEN
Wish You Were Here:
Postcard Art from the Past
These early picturesque
scenes of Greater Fort
Lauderdale provide a
wonderful opportunity to
see our community in a
more idyllic time and in
vivid colors. Small
hand-colored postcards
have been greatly enlarged
so that the details stand
out like never before.
Postcards featured in the
exhibit range from the
early 1930s to the 1950s
and show an array of
images from historic beach
scenes to beautiful views
of the New River.
the postcards are printed
on a linen textured paper
and represent the American
Dream. Along with
expressing the beauty of
Fort Lauderdale, the
exhibit gives insight into
the history and creation
of postcards.
Fort Lauderdale Historical
Society. 954-463-4431.
NOW
OPEN
Digging up the Past: An
Archaeological Excavation
of the Second Stranahan
Store
Organized in conjunction
with the Palm Beach Museum
of Natural History, this
installation features
artifacts uncovered in the
199601997 archeological
excavation of the site of
the second Stranahan
Trading Post. Build
in 1906 by Ed King, the
building burned in 1912
and was quickly replaced
by the Oliver Building.
Recovered artifacts,
historical photos and
related trading post
merchandise are included
in this installation.
Fort Lauderdale Historical
Society. 954-463-4431.
EXHIBITS,
TOURS & HISTORY
ONGOING
Broward Center Guided
Tour
Mondays
at 1 PM and first Sundays
of every month
during SunTrust Sunday
Jazz Brunch at 12, 12:45
and 1:30 PM. Tickets
available at the
Box Office. Free.
Broward Center for the
Performing Arts. Call
954-522-5334.
ONGOING
River Ghost Tours
Every Sunday at 7:30 pm, weather permitting
The Historic Stranahan House Museum and Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi offer weekly River Ghost Tours; an hour long tour that includes a visit inside Stranahan house and a boat ride on the New River. You will be fascinated by the tales of spirits. Come along! You, too, may encounter spirits along the river. Reservations needed. Tours every Sunday night at 7:30 pm. Cost is $20.00 per person and reservations are a must.
Call 954-524-4736
Historic Walking Tour
Lace up your sneakers and
soak up some history
with a one-hour guided
historic walking tour.
Meet at ll:45 AM in
the
lobby of the New River
Inn (Fort Lauderdale Historical Society)
and you will be on
your way
by noon. Available
on the first and third
Saturday
of each month from
October until May,
cost of the
tour is $10. Reservations
a must!
Call 954-463-4431 ext.10
for more information
and reservations.
ONGOING
Historic Stranahan House Museum
Tour this historic trading
post, play a pioneer
game and join in literature
circles by the New River.
Experience a link to
the time when the Seminole
Indians made friends
with a young Ohioan who
came to the frontier
settlement now known
as Fort Lauderdale.
A “must
see” in
South Florida. 954-524-4736.
FESTIVALS
SunTrust Sunday Jazz
Brunch - FREE
The Riverwalk comes alive
the first Sunday of every
month as the SunTrust Sunday
Jazz Brunch fills the air
with jazz music performed on
four stages along the
historic New River. Riverwalk
Park and a&e
District in downtown
Fort Lauderdale, 11am
to 2pm.
For more information call 954-828-5985
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