The Arts Connection for May 22, 2008

Learn more about Central Florida's arts community at The Red Chair Project, Central Florida's official guide to arts and culture.  Also, follow the link above for Cultural Links to many arts organizations and county arts councils.

CASTING CALL -
Auditions and other artist opportunities can be found at the Arts & Cultural Alliance website.  

Read reviews of Fringe Festival shows at Elizabeth Maupin's blog, Attention Must Be Paid.  Elizabeth is the theatre critic for the Orlando Sentinel. 

 Click here to listen to Part 1

Harpist Meko wants to build the International Harp Museum in Orlando, so he and two Venezuelan harpists are giving a concert Saturday at 7pm at the Dr. Philips Center, 1111 N. Orange Avenue. 

 Click here to listen to Part 2

Tips from Fringe patrons - here are the shows they recommended - learn more at the Fringe Website:
Flamenco con Fusion 08 by Ricardo Garcia Barcelona, Spain
VarieTEASE: No. 24 by babyBlueStar Productions & Invisible Arts
Skip Peril and the Players of the Lost Trunk by Hippity-Doo Productions
New Rochelle by Randy Productions
MR. FOX by Chipped Paint Productions — Vancouver, Canada
Dysfunctional Fables by Excellent Adventure Productions
Totem Figures by Big Sandwich Productions (that being TJ Dawe) — Vancouver, Canada
Move! By CineDance Jazz Dance and Florida Dance Theatre
Mr. Marmalade by I.D. 10-t Productions
perfectly broken by Voci Dance
Shadows In Bloom by Gemma Wilcox — London
Blues: A Handbook for the Future Homeless by Penguin Point Productions (students from Lake Howell High School)

See The Fringe Festival on The TV Arts Connection  and tonight on the tv show, the PostSecret exhibit will be highlighted - it's at the Brevard Art Museum

This weekend, Norman Rockwell exhibits are at the Orlando Museum of Art and at the Orlando Science Center.  Discounts are offered to both exhibits this Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Also at the Science Center is the Titanic Experience, giving you a personal tour of the ship of dreams. 

 Click here to listen to Part 3

The culture of turpentine is the subject of a report from Bill Dudley of the Florida Humanities Council.  It's also the focus of a new exhibit at the Winter Park Historical Association, housed in the Farmer's Market building.