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Beginning January 15th, four new exhibitions at the Dunedin Fine Art Center all offer a different take on a traditional art subject… the landscape. Seeing is Believing: Lois Dodd  Second-generation Abstract Expressionist, Lois Dodd captures nature with a modernist vocabulary. Lois Dodd (b. 1927) studied at The Cooper Union in the late 1940s. In 1952, she was one of the five founding members of the legendary Tanager Gallery, the first artist-run cooperative gallery on 10th Street. It was also in the early 1950s that Dodd began to spend summers in Maine, with a group of representational artists in and around Lincolnville that included Anne Arnold, Rackstraw Downes, Yvonne Jacquette, Alex Katz, and Neil Welliver, among others. Dodd is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the National Academy of Design. Since 1954, her work has been the subject of over 50 one-person exhibitions. In 1992, she retired from teaching at Brooklyn College.
The Meditative Landscape Works by Nathan Abels, Alan Bray, Matthew Cornell, Phil Epp, David Hines and Dale Jarrett, known for their distilled visions of the natural and unnatural worlds. Breathless imagery masterfully rendered in oils, pastel and graphite. Taylor Ikin: The Road Less Traveled Taylor Ikin is widely known for her work on YUPO, a synthetic tree free surface. Her environmentally sensitive images have been exhibited in Museums throughout Florida and Virginia, including Floridahouse in Washington DC. Her unique approach and joy in making art are the frequent topic of articles in multiple art magazines, books and the local press, and can be enjoyed through her DVD, Dancing With YUPO. She has taught regionally, nationally, and in the Caribbean as well as 15 years at the Gulf Coast Museum of Art and recently the Beach Art Center. Ikin now teaches at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center. Landfall In keeping with DFAC’s educational mission, there is always a faculty/student component to every exhibit series. In the new year 2010, DFAC students translate contemporary landscapes in nearly every media offered in DFAC’s year-round classes All four exhibitions open on Friday January 15, 2010. An Artist’s Talk begins at 6:00 pm and a reception follows from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Admission to the Talk and Reception are FREE to DFAC members and $5 for the general public. All four exhibits run through February 28, 2010. Continuing at DFAC: Cabinet of Natural Curiosities September 11, 2009 – August 01, 2010 The David L. Mason Children’s Art Museum presents artful, educational interactive experiences using Art, Science, History and Nature to explore the theme of Albertus Seba’s eighteenth century natural history classic. Visit our science station where you can study cool charts and draw what you see with our trio of microscopes focusing on animals, plants and insects. Get a closer look at whole insects inside the Giant Microscopes. Visit the dinosaur fossil cave where mysteries of the past are revealed through careful excavation. Capture colorful birds with markers as you float down the bayou. Get the “inside” scoop with our animal and insect x-ray matching station. All at the Dunedin Fine Art Center – 1143 Michigan Blvd. – Dunedin, FL – 727.298.DFAC – www.dfac.org Galleries & Gift Shop Hours: Mon. - Fri. 10am-5pm –– Sat. 10am-2pm – Sun. 1-4pm Gallery Admission FREE – DLM Children’s ART Museum - $4, Seniors $3, Members & Children 2 & Under - FREE Palm Café Hours: Mon. – Fri. 9am – 2pm - Sat. 10am -2pm
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