Click here to listen to Part 1 ART NEWS - Margot Knight, president and CEO of United Arts of Central Florida, was awarded the 2007 Michael Newton Award for Leadership in Fundraising from Americans for the Arts. Susan Rosoff, Director of Eduction for the Orlando Museum of Art, received the 2007 Leadership Award from Florida’s Arts For Complete Education Arthur Blumenthal, former director of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, received the Lifetime Achievement Award form the Florida Art Museum Directors Association. Lloyd Marcus, President of the Deltona Arts Center, recently won two awards the Above and Beyond Award, given by the Republican Party of Volusia County; and the Rotary Service Award from the Rotary Club of Four Townes. Chris Jorie, a member of Orlando Theatre Project, was recently awarded a Fellowship from Revels, for the 2007/2008 season; he will collaborate on a new production to premiere next summer in Boston. Read more news in the arts at ArtsJournal, the daily digest of arts, culture and ideas.
Click here to listen to Part 2 Jester Theater presents HATE MAIL, running through July 7 at the downtown Studio Theatre (Centroplex Garage). Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2:30; call 407-927-5043.
Click here to listen to Part 3 Florida Museums are using the I-Pod in innovative ways. From Tampa, WUSF's Dan Szematowicz has a report on the The Ringling Museum's I-Pod tours. Also, last fall, the Orlando Museum of Art partnered with 2 UCF film students to produce a video I-Pod tour of the Edouard Duval Carrie exhibit. OMA and other local art museums plan to expand their use of new technologies, and some have used the services of Q Media Productions in Winter Garden
Dame Evelyn Glennie returns to Central Florida to perform with the London Symphony next month as part of the Florida International Festival. The Arts Connection interviewed her in November, 2004. Her website includes ESSAYS on her disabilities and her hearing impairment. Glennie will perfrom with the LSO on Saturday, July 21st and a Solo Recital on Monday, July 23.
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