Arts Connection for August 30, 2007 Tune-In to Reading helps struggling readers through music; also an art exhibit on Puerto Rican Culture is at the Orlando Museum of Art; the new director of the Brevard Cultural Alliance talks what she's discovered; and the exhibit SCARRED FOR LIFE is at the Brevard Art Museum.
Click here to listen to Part 1 ART NEWS - The Florida International Festival received funding from both the City of Daytona and Volusia County, securing the London Symphony for the 2009 festival, which moves to April. Cutbacks by the City of DeLand have affected non-profits, including the DeLand Museum of Art, the West Volusia Historical Society, and the DeLand Naval Air Museum. Read more news in the arts at ArtsJournal, the daily digest of arts, culture and ideas.
Click here to listen to Part 2 ART HIGHLIGHTS - The History Center's first traveling Smithsonian exhibition is The Arts of the Stamp - 100 artist renderings showing the process of creating a United States postage stamp.
Click here to listen to Part 3 CASTING CALL - follow this link to read online Shellie Williams became Executive Director at the Brevard Cultural Alliance just 8 months ago; she talks about the gems and the challenges in the county. Scarred For Life closes Sept. 9 at the Brevard Art Museum - the unusual exhibit feature monoprints of surgical scars by Los Angeles artist Ted Meyer.
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