Capital Culture Magazine: September/october 2007

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Introducing The Arts on Gaines Project

(...It’s Closer Than You Think!) Artist Profile:

Henry Hernandez

Dancer, Choreographer, Designer

PLUS... Adventures in Arts in Education, Arts & Cultural Directory, Calendar Listings, and MUCH more!

What is there to do in Tallahassee?

Vol. 2

September/October 2007

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For Capital Culture Magazine Publisher Peggy Brady Editor Randi Goldstein Creative Director Tony Archer Editorial Assistant Aalyah Duncan Capital Culture Magazine is published bi-monthly by the Council on Culture & Arts with support from the Leon County Tourist Development Council and in cooperation with Tallahassee’s Family Forum Magazine. Capital Culture Magazine is distributed free of charge to visitors to and residents of Florida’s Big Bend Area. Reproduction of Capital Culture Magazine in whole or in part is permitted only with written permission from the Council on Culture & Arts. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited.

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Introducing The Arts on Gaines Project

Editorial, art, and photography submissions to Capital Culture Magazine are considered. Writer’s guidelines are available at www.cocanet.org. However, the publisher assumes no responsibility for return of unsolicited manuscripts or art. Capital Culture Magazine reserves the right to publish any letters to the editor. Although COCA makes every effort to publish accurate information, we make no guarantee as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the information in this magazine. All rights reserved. Capital Culture Magazine is available in large print upon request. This publication is available in electronic format at COCA’s website at www.cocanet.org. The opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Council on Culture & Arts, or Capital Culture Magazine’s sponsors or advertisers. Subscriptions to Capital Culture Magazine are available by joining the Council on Culture & Arts. Please visit www.cocanet.org/about/join.html to download an application or call (850) 224-2500.

(...It’s Closer Than You Think!) Artist Profile:

Copyright © 2007 Council on Culture & Arts

As the local arts agency for Tallahassee and Leon County, the Council on Culture & Arts works on behalf of the community to support the area’s diverse range of cultural events and traditions. Through innovative partnerships with community and educational groups, COCA seeks to enrich and improve the lives of citizens and visitors alike. Our professional staff and board of directors serve as a community resource to advocate for and support arts and culture in Florida’s Capital Area. COCA members include non-profit and commercial galleries, museums, theaters, music groups, dance companies, festivals, historic sites, film and video companies, educational organizations, and individual artists, as well as businesses and individuals interested in supporting local cultural activities. Council on Culture & Arts Staff Executive Director Peggy Brady Tony Archer Randi Goldstein Leslie Puckett Clint Riley Amanda Karioth Thompson Holly Thompson Council on Culture & Arts Board of Directors Chair Michael H. Sheridan Vice Chair Ken Winker Treasurer Anne Mackenzie Secretary Kay Stephenson Exec. Comm. Margo H. Bindhardt Member At-Large

Ex-officios

Valliere Richard Auzenne Mickey Brady Alfredo A. Cruz Lydia A. McKinley-Floyd Longineu Parsons Mark Ravenscraft Susan Stratton Mike Vasilinda Stacey Webb Johanna Williams John Marks, Mayor Bob Rackleff, County Commission Marge Banocy-Payne, TCC Valencia E. Matthews, FAMU Donna H. McHugh, FSU Paula P. Smith, PACC Chair Dick Fallon, Cultural Ambassador

816 S. Boulevard Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 224-2500 office / (850) 224-2515 fax [email protected] / www.cocanet.org

Henry Hernandez

Dancer, Choreographer, Designer

PLUS... Adventures in Arts in Education, Arts & Cultural Directory, Calendar Listings, and MUCH more!

On the Cover: It’s full steam ahead as COCA and Artspace Projects, Inc. join forces to make the Arts on Gaines project a reality. Illustration by Nathan Archer

A COCA publication sponsored in part by the City of Tallahassee, Leon County, the State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

CONTENTS

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Capital Culture Interview: Artist Paul Tamanian

Local musician Jesse Corry talks with his friend and mentor

COVER STORY

Gaines Street is ready to get up and go. Are you ready for the Arts on Gaines? ...PLUS: An update on the Performing Arts Center (page 16)

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Adventures in Arts (Education) by Jeannine Meis

Where can you find a world famous author, a bunch of kids, a spinning wheel, and a princess? COCA’s Arts in Education Expo!

Profiles in the Arts

Henry Hernandez is taking the Tallahassee Ballet to new heights

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REGULAR FEATURES

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From the Publisher

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Contributors

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News of Note Keep up with arts & culture!

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More Than You Thought Theatre, music, dance, art exhibits, and MORE!

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COCA Connection Spotlight on COCA’s First Friday Gallery Hop, plus all that’s new with COCA.

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Directory of Arts and Cultural Organizations and Businesses

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FROM THE PUBLISHER COCA...On the Move Illustration by Nathan Archer

That’s right, as of September 17, COCA is moving. Our new address is 816 S. Boulevard Street, right off Gaines Street, the building that used to be the Florida Association of Community Colleges. We are thrilled with the new space, and think you will be, too. We have a meeting room upstairs that’s large enough for workshops and grant panels, with an elevator, so now almost every COCA event will be in the same place. We’re also considering renting out that space when we aren’t using it, so if you’re looking for meeting space, contact us to talk about it. I’m especially pleased to be able to announce the move in this issue of Capital Culture, which focuses on Gaines Street. We’re so excited about the possibilities for that area, and look forward to being right in the thick of things, actively participating in the Gaines Street Revitalization efforts. Once we get settled, we’ll have a party to show off the new place. But in the meantime, feel free to stop by, see the new digs, and let us know what’s going on in your neck of the arts and culture woods. See you out and about! Downtown

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NEWS OF NOTE March to Victory! While most Lincoln High School students were enjoying their summer break, one Trojan braved the hot summer weather. On July 26, 2007 Lincoln Principal Martha Bunch marked the dedication of “The Lincoln Trojan Statue” created by local artist W. Stanley Proctor. kie Pons School Superintendent Jac ies. ivit fest the in joined

The statue was reveale d to an eager (and enthus iastic) crowd of Lincoln student s, teachers, administrators, alumni, families, and gue sts.

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CONTRIBUTORS Stacy Corry is a writer and graphic designer who grew up in Tallahassee. While living in Los Angeles, she wrote comic books and short fiction before discovering that she could score free CDs, concert tickets and exclusive interviews with Duran Duran as an entertainment journalist. In 1997, she moved back to Tallahassee and opened a comic book shop (now defunct) called Skid’s Atomic Stacy Corry Comics. She is currently the art director for a publishing firm, and lives with her husband, singer/songwriter Jesse Corry, their two dogs, and a turtle named Henry. She just finished designing the album cover for Soft Targets’ new CD, Heavy Rainbow, and is now busy writing a children’s book.

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A New Jersey native, Jeannine Meis has been a Tallahassee resident for eight years and a theatre practitioner for fifteen. She teaches Social Studies and Drama for Leon County Schools and has presented at state and national conferences on infusing the arts with core curriculum.

Jeannine Meis

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NEWS OF NOTE Congratulations!

The Florida African Dance Festival, produced by Tallahassee’s own African Caribbean Dance Theatre, was named one of “Florida’s Top 100 Annual Events” by BizBash Florida magazine. And that’s not all. Hats off to our very own Springtime Tallahassee and Red Hills Horse Trials for making that list, too. Tallahassee Museum’s Assistant Curator Gwendolyn Waldorf received the Georgia Historical Society’s 2007 Lilla M. Hawes Award for her book The Genesis of Grady County, Georgia (Sentry Press). This annual award is given for the book judged the most worthy contribution to Georgia county or local history published during the previous year. Havana artist June Zent won the Award of Distinction at the 80th Annual Blue Crab Art Festival in Palatka over the Memorial Day weekend. Her winning oil painting, Songs of Roses, was sold at the show to a private collector. Kudos to the members of the Boys’ Choir of Tallahassee who graduated this year and are beginning their college educations this fall. Tobias Bryant and Cedrick Conyers will attend TCC, and Keir Smith, Fontraish Steadman, Marquez Thomas, and Taurris Wilkes will attend FAMU.

Tallahassee artist John Lytle Wilson was featured in the June 2007 issue of Underworld Magazine (www.underworldmagazines. com). Underworld focuses on the potential of up and coming musicians, photographers, artists, poets, journalists, film makers, fashion designers, and more underground artists.

They Get Around

Members of the Mickee Faust Club were invited to make a presentation at the Disaster Preparedness Conference recently held in Panama City by Florida’s Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Approximately 300 attendees viewed portions of a documentary-in-progress created by the Mickee Faust Club’s Actual Lives project. From May 21 through June 11, members of Tallahassee’s Swamp Buddha Sumi-e group toured and painted their way through China – from Beijing to Guilin, Dunhuan in the Gobi Desert, and finally to Shanghai. They visited such popular sites as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the Terra Cotta Warriors in Xian, but were also treated to two

villages which escaped the Chinese Cultural Revolution and stand as a testament to China’s culturally rich past. They also enjoyed three opportunities to work with Chinese master artists.

Art for Good

Big Bend Cares’ annual art auction, Artopia, was held Saturday, June 23 at The Moon. Their ninth annual auction was the best ever, and earned record proceeds to help people in the Big Bend community living with HIV/AIDS.

Got Junk?

Remodeling your house? Have old clothing to recycle? FSU art professors Owen Mundy and Joelle Dietrick are creating a project that encourages us to reflect on our inner lives and our connection to the larger Tallahassee community. They are collecting clothes and house remnants (a window, some siding, a doorknob, etc.) to create a video room for the FSU Museum of Fine Art’s fall exhibition Locating Secret Psychological Space. Anyone can participate, so call 619312-5004 to transform your unwanted possessions into a work of art.

Patrick Alexander, who will earn his Master of Fine Arts degree from FSU’s Film School in August, won a Student Academy Award on June 9 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA. Alexander’s film, Rundown, was awarded first prize in the Narrative Category. This is the fourth time in three years that a Student Academy Award has gone to a graduate student from the Film School. Left to right: Liz Smith, Diana Orrick, Ann Kozeliski and MaryBeth Zenni contemplate a new ink well for the Swamp Buddhas.

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TAMING CHAOS Musician Jesse Corry Divines Artist Paul Tamanian’s Elemental Inspirations

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rmed with goggles, protective mask and a blowtorch and dressed in the hardearned paint splattered chic of an abstract painter and sculptor, Paul Tamanian goes to work every day just a few steps away from his front door. In his rural and lavishly supplied Tallahassee studio, he takes the most elemental and mundane of materials and turns them into tactile, visually hypnotic pieces. Using ingredients like clayslip, aluminum, automotive paint, and liquid detergent, Tamanian’s methods are so eclectic and constantly evolving that he proves to be his own fiercest competition. An ardent perfectionist, the scatter of debris from his rejects provides a visual feast along the short path between his workshop and home. This passionate pursuit of innovation is contagious, and despite his workaholic discipline and remote location, Tamanian seeks out other artists, eager to exchange ideas, and perhaps commiserate about the challenges of being your own worst critic. Jesse Corry, singer-songwriter and founding member of the Tallahassee band Soft Targets, has known Tamanian since 1996, when Corry was a young painter and Tamanian was just starting to get serious about clay. Corry showed him photos of his paintings from his

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INTERVIEW first gallery exhibit in New York City. Recognizing a kindred spirit, Tamanian offered Corry a job. Corry worked in Tamanian’s studio for several years, and while there, found his interests shifting from painting to music. In 2005, his band recorded their first CD, Frequent Flyer, and has just recently completed their second CD, Heavy Rainbow. The music is a refined mix of inventive melodies, lush harmonies, and evocative lyrics, reminiscent of sixties era baroque pop. Though the CDs have garnered enthusiastic responses from fans and critics, Corry too finds it challenging to depend solely on his own creative instincts in building a career, and finds inspiration in feedback from other artists. In the following interview, Corry asks his long-time friend Tamanian about his craft, his career, and his unique health smoothies. JC: This is a beautiful setting out here with the lake and lush flora and an incredible house that you built yourself…do you draw inspiration from the natural colors and the light? PT: Maybe subconsciously it does come from nature, especially the process; the way I work. It’s sort of like writing a song; you don’t necessarily have something in mind and then suddenly, something happens. That’s what I do when I’m looking at a big piece of metal. There’s no plan. I just create all this chaos on a big sheet and hope I find an area in there that works. Then I’ll rework it and rework it. JC: Do you have any rituals or preparatory devices that help you get into “art” mode? PT: Turn on some good music. A lot of times I’ll go swim first. I get up and attack it before I finish my first

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Previous page: Frogs, Really by Paul Tamanian. This page: Archer Bunker.

cup of coffee. If it’s something I was excited about working on from the night before, I’ll go right out and start because I want to see what’s going on with it.

– all fresh fruits, berries, nuts, supplements, almonds, kale, spinach, omega-3 oil…

JC: What about your infamous “shrapnel smoothies”?

PT: Well, I put some lime or some ginger in there and it actually tastes good. I’ve got my 67-year-old helper drinking them every day. He says it feeds his soul.

PT: Those aren’t preparatory. They’re like the gas you put in the tank. Basically, a lot of antioxidants

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“I just try everything I can think of to come up with something unique.” JC: Since music is such a big part of your inspiration, tell me what you’re spinning while you work these days. PT: It changes every day. Today I was listening to Doug Sahm from the sixties, probably the godfather of the Austin music scene. I had a Betty Lavette record from the sixties; old soul music. I had a band called Spoon from Austin. And of course, the Soft Targets. JC: While we’re on the subject of inspiring characters, who are some other influences in your life? Not necessarily visual artists. PT: Bob Dylan’s attitude when he was getting started – they’d say turn it down and he’d say turn it up. JC: Sounds like you.

JC: Tell me what jobs you had before you became an artist.

PT: I work in aluminum, but I’m also still working in clay a little bit. I use a lot of automotive technology mixed media, automotive paint used in non-traditional ways – breaking the rules all the way. Mixing water and oil, so to speak. Trying things without fear…or fear of spending money… to come up with new techniques and ideas. JC: How has your work changed? PT: I’m working on spending more time with composition, like you do with songwriting. A lot of people couldn’t tell the difference between a song you did this year or two years ago, but you sure could tell. JC: How about the first time you ever set one of your pieces on fire? PT: Fire started back with the clay. I learned about raku, a process of putting glaze on the clay and then pulling it out of the fire before the glaze has hardened. As it fractures,

the smoke gets all in it. Part of what I’m doing now is sort of like that. I just try everything I can think of to come up with something unique. Like Tom Waits does with music, sort of, “What if we tried this, and what if we tried this..?” And the more you combine them all together… JC: And like Tom Waits, you tend to like craggy, scruffy looking surfaces – kind of ‘broken’ looking textures. But you also go to the other end of the spectrum and have these very glossy, hi-fi sorts of textures. PT: The clear finish that I use began strictly to enhance the pieces, to really bring the colors out. Now it’s evolved to depth and layering – I’ll do a painting and seal it, then I’ll do (continued on pg. 16)

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PT: Most rebels without a cause. William Morris, the glass artist. I watched him progress and take glass to another place. That’s what I’m trying to do with metal; take it to a place where people don’t really know what it is. Bruce Springsteen – he battled the establishment, put everything on the line, did a lot of sacrificing, and he’s still producing good viable stuff. That’s what I admire about him.

JC: I know your supplies are somewhat unique.

PT: I got a degree in interior design; did that for a few years, and then couldn’t take the ducks anymore. I had a car dealership with a friend of mine, ran a sporting goods store... I ran an art supply store, which actually had hardly any influence on me at all. I met a lot of artists, but I don’t use many typical art supplies.

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COVER STORY

The Arts on Gaines: The Vision Tallahassee has long talked about the redevelopment of Gaines Street. Lacking a strong central project – a catalyst – the hoped-for revitalization of the area has not yet occurred. The Arts on Gaines is the project that could create the momentum to get Gaines going. The project has three components:

Arts Business Incubator & Support Facility

The incubator space will provide a central location to provide support for emerging and established arts businesses. Office spaces, shared conference spaces, and many multi-purpose creation spaces (rehearsal rooms, studios, classroom and workshop spaces, etc.) will be designed to meet the needs of the area’s artists and arts businesses. While private to the artists working within, the creation spaces will be designed to permit visitors to view the creation of performing art in progress. This space will be used by a wide variety of individuals and organizations, including COCA. A 5,000 square foot open, flexible assembly space (aka a“black box”) will be used for theatre, music, film, and other events, and can also be configured for banquets, trade shows, and meetings. Adapting the use of an existing warehouse, a professional scene shop will provide local performing groups the means to build sets, props, and costumes as well as generate revenue for the facility by building for industrial and commercial events. Like the rehearsal spaces, the scene shop will become a tourist attraction, where members of the public can view the creation of the scenic arts.

Retail

Shops and restaurants, including an urban supermarket, will serve the incubator tenants, residents in the surrounding areas, and visitors to the facility. Based on research, the

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estimated annual foot traffic of the incubator facility would exceed 155,000, before adding the number of audience members and tourists. The market-rate rents paid by retailers will flow directly into the operating budget of the incubator space, helping to keep rates affordable for artists and non-profit organizations. A Café/Coffeehouse located inside the incubator space would provide the food service needs of the tenants and also serve residents and visitors as a gathering area for visual, literary, and performing artists to share ideas with others between rehearsals, classes, workshops, or performances. The Café/Coffeehouse facility would also be used in the evenings for informal public performances and readings.

Housing

Affordable housing will be a vital component of the project, with units built specifically to meet the needs of those creative professionals whose income qualifies them for such housing. Workforce and market-rate housing may also constitute a part of the project. The number of units will be based on the results of a housing market survey currently under way. Bringing residents to the Gaines Street area is a critical part of the City’s revitalization strategy, and will make the neighborhood a true 24-hour destination.

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For an update on the Performing Arts Center, please see page 16.

ARTSPACE 101 Artist Lofts, 2001), Chicago (Switching Station Artist Lofts, 2003), Seattle (Tashiro Kaplan Artist Lofts, 2004), Fergus Falls, Finding and retaining affordable space is Minnesota (Kaddatz Artist Lofts, 2004), an age-old problem for artists, painters, Bridgeport, Connecticut (Sterling Market sculptors, dancers, and others who Lofts, 2004), Mount Rainier, Maryland require an abundance of well-lit space (Mount Rainier Artist Lofts, 2005), and in which to work. Many artists gravitate Houston (Elder Street Artist Lofts, 2005). to old warehouses and other industrial In all, these projects represent more than buildings, but their very presence in an 560 live/work units. industrial neighborhood often acts as a In the mid-1990s, Artspace broadened catalyst, setting in motion a process of its mission to include non-residential gentrification that drives rents up and projects. The first of these, the Traffic forces the artists out. Zone Center for Visual Art (1995), This is precisely what happened in transformed an historic bakery into 24 Minneapolis’historic Warehouse District studios for mid-career artists. Other nonin the 1970s and led to the creation of residential Artspace projects include the Artspace in 1979. Established to serve Minnesota Shubert as an advocate for Performing Arts artists’space needs, Artspace Projects’ mission is and Education Artspace effectively to create, foster, and preserve Center, a $37 fulfilled that million, threemission for nearly a affordable space for artists building cultural decade. By the late and arts organizations. complex in 1980s, however, downtown it was clear that Minneapolis. When completed in 2008, the problem required a more proactive it will serve as a performing home for the approach, and Artspace made the leap Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and more from advocate to developer. Since then, than 20 small and midsize dance, music, the scope of Artspace’s activities has and theater groups. It will also have a grown dramatically. multifaceted education program that will Artspace is now a national leader in include interactive long-distance learning the field of developing affordable space technology capable of reaching every for artists through new construction and school district in the state. the adaptive reuse of old warehouses, Over the last few years, Artspace has schools, and commercial buildings. evolved from a Minnesota organization Artspace’s first three live/work projects with a few national projects into a truly were in Saint Paul: the Northern national organization based in the Warehouse Artists’Cooperative (1990), Twin Cities. They now have projects in Frogtown Family Lofts (1992), and Tilsner development, pre-development, or Artists’Cooperative (1993). feasibility in more than a dozen states. Since then, Artspace has expanded its Their national consulting program has range of activities to include live/work helped communities in 40 states address projects in Duluth (Washington Studios, their arts-related space issues. The nature 1995); Pittsburgh (Spinning Plate Artist of their work is evolving, too, to include Lofts, 1998), Portland, Oregon (Everett multiple-facility projects, long-range Station Lofts, 1998), Reno (Riverside Artist planning, and arts districts. Lofts, 2000), Galveston (National Hotel by Artspace Projects, Inc.

How? COCA is partnering with Artspace Projects, Inc., based in Minneapolis, the nation’s leading non-profit real estate developer for the arts. Since 1979, their mission has been to create, foster, and preserve affordable space for artists and arts organizations. From Pittsburgh to Portland and Chicago to Seattle, Artspace has sparked artistic and neighborhood revivals. Artspace’s tenants have not only cultivated their own talents, but they’ve also taken on their surrounding neighborhoods as works in progress. They’ve established community gardens, built parks, and organized area art walks. In the process, they’ve inspired other artists and businesses to move back into city neighborhoods long written off as unsalvageable. Artspace projects serve as catalysts for neighborhood revitalization. Invariably, the community that evolves within an artist live/work project soon spreads into the surrounding area, breathing new life, energy, and stability into the entire community.

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COCA’s MoreThanYouThought.com is a free, on-line interactive community events calendar. Everyone is invited to post their events (art-related and otherwise) to the calendar for no charge.

Here is a small sampling of the events posted in October and November 2007... (Note: All events are subject to change without notice. Check www.MoreThanYouThought.com, or contact the individual organizations listed for updated information.)

Music & More The Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra takes you on a European Tour on October 5 at Ruby Diamond Auditorium, with a concert featuring Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony, Kabalevsky’s Cello Concerto, and the Symphonic Metamorphosis of Hindemith, under the baton of Music Director Miriam Burns. Call 644-6500 for tickets, or go to www.tickets.fsu.edu to order online. On October 12, visit the Tallahassee Museum’s Zoobilee, the adult-only event that gives grown-ups the opportunity to enjoy the natural setting of the Museum after-hours when food, drink, and live music are enjoyed in a casual atmosphere. More than 20 local restaurants will tantalize guests’ taste buds with delectable dishes, and fabulous local musicians will play throughout the night. For information, call 575-8684. Pebble Hill Plantation in Thomasville, GA, announces a British Invasion! The 2007 Fall Open-Air Concert on October 28 features Eric Burdon, The Animals, and Peter Noone and Herman’s Hermits. Call 229-226-2344 or order tickets online at www.pebblehill.com. If you are new to opera, Puccini’s masterwork La Boheme would be a great first experience. Presented by Florida State Opera November 3, 4, 9, and 10 at Ruby Diamond Auditorium, the

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show’s engaging plot revolves around a community of artists in Paris, and is the basis for the musical Rent. Call 644-6500 for tickets, or go to www.tickets.fsu.edu to order online. You may have listened to the “Hallelujah Chorus,” but have you ever heard Handel’s full Messiah? November 18 is your chance, as the Tallahassee Community Chorus performs one of the most famous works in Western choral literature at Ruby Diamond Auditorium. Call 644-6500 for tickets, or go to www.tickets.fsu.edu to order online.

Theatre On October 5-7 and 12-14, the Quincy Music Theatre presents Fiddler on the Roof. This Tony Award winning musical will warm your heart, and is sure to teach your family the value of being just that…family! Call 875-9444 for tickets, or go to www.qmtonline.com to order online. Enjoy the best young performers in the area at The Spirit of Giving hosted by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Big Bend. The event will include performers from such local groups as Young Actors Theatre, Musikgarten, Tallahassee Girls Choir of C.H.O.I.C.E., Boys &

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CALENDAR Girls Clubs, F.A.C.E. Caribbean Steel Drums, Tallahassee Symphony Youth Orchestra, and others. The event is October 9 at The Moon. Admission and dinner are free. For advance ticket reservations, call 656-8100, ext. 314. Looking for something a little less traditional? Try OktoberFaust at the Mickee Faust Club in Railroad Square Art Park, October 1214. For more information on this “mini-cabaRAT” featuring beer and circuses, call 562-RATS (7287). On October 16, for one night only, the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center presents Evita, as part of the 2007-08 Tallahassee Broadway Series. Winner of seven Tony Awards, Evita brings to life the dynamic persona of Eva Peron, wife of former Argentine dictator Juan Peron. Call 222-0400 for tickets. What happens after the “happily ever after”? Find out when the School of Theatre at Florida State presents Stephen Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods at the Fallon Theatre on October 19-21 and 23-28. Call 644-6500 for tickets, or go to www.tickets.fsu.edu to order online.

Explore room after room of wildlife and sporting sculpture, paintings, photography, carvings, and jewelry in a fun, family-friendly atmosphere. The 12th Annual Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival will be held November 17 and 18 at the Thomasville Cultural Center in Thomasville, GA. Call 229-226-0588 for information. Explore the art of illusion with Trompe L’Oeil, art that has fooled the eye for centuries. This exhibit at the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science brings together fourteen of America’s leading trompe l’oeil artists, who work to bridge the gap between modern art and realism, injecting humor and new life into this time honored tradition. Exhibit runs through November 25. Call 513-0700 for more information. Every Saturday from 8 am until 2 pm, the Downtown Marketplace in Ponce de Leon Park features regional artists, fresh homegrown produce and flowers, plus celebrated local musicians, authors and poets, and special activities for kids. Call 224-3252 for more information.

In the 1800s, a convoy of strong-willed black women flees the Jim Crow South for the Kansas heartland. FAMU Essential Theatre’s production of Flyin’ West by Pearl Cleage will be presented on October 24-28 at the Charles Winter Wood Theatre. Parental discretion advised. Call 561-2425 for tickets. See the hit movie burst onstage as Young Actors Theatre presents Big! The Musical, November 9-18. When frustrated adolescent Josh Baskin wishes he were “big” and wakes up the next morning a 30-year-old man, he discovers there’s much more to being an adult than he’s bargained for. Call 386-6602 for tickets.

Art & More See more than 60 beautifully handcrafted quilts at the 26th Annual Capital City Quilt Show co-sponsored by Quilters Unlimited of Tallahassee at the Museum of Florida History. Exhibit runs through October 28; admission is free. Call 245-6400 for information. See Tallahassee artist Bob Rubanowice’s fused dichroic glass creations in Masks That Reveal at Thomas Eads Fine Art through November 14. Also at Thomas Eads Fine Art this fall: Steel Life: New Sculptures by Mark Dickson, featuring freestanding and pedestalmounted works in welded plate steel. Call 224-1435. Join the crowd at the Annual Art Auction at 621 Gallery in Railroad Square on November 16 for an evening of high energy, food, drinks, and fun. Don’t miss this opportunity to bid on nearly 100 pieces from the region’s best and most well known artists. The event includes both silent and live auctions. For information, call 224-6163.

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Where can you find a world famous author, a bunch of kids, a spinning wheel, and a princess? COCA ’s Arts in Education Expo!

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consider myself pretty involved in Tallahassee’s cultural scene. I attend First Fridays, Tallahassee Symphony concerts, Tallahassee Little Theater productions, Kleman Park concerts, various annual Nutcracker ballets, and a myriad of Florida State and FAMU events. I encourage my students to do the same; it’s not hard to when so many organizations are budget priced. But many of my Title I children do not have the ability to get across town to a museum, and even fewer can afford a family’s worth of admissions to a musical. So in addition to teaching, I try to bring as many arts events as possible into my school. As national traveling production companies, storytellers, puppeteers, and ensembles bombarded the school with advertisements for “high-quality, discounted performances,” I found myself overwhelmed. How should I choose what was appropriate and high quality for my students on the school’s limited budget? There are few feelings worse than realizing fifteen minutes into an hour-long play that your fifth grade program was actually intended for five year olds.

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Luckily, I was fortunate enough to be invited to COCA’s Arts in Education Expo last year. I expected to make a few new contacts, see the usual national vendors, and perhaps meet a few locals peddling performances or expounding upon their upcoming seasons. What awaited me was far better than what I anticipated. The entire day was filled with demonstrations – actual performances – of local arts groups who were available to come to local schools. I grabbed a schedule and watched the stage transform from dancers to singers, actors to storytellers – anyone I ever considered hiring for my students, and many I never knew existed. The live demonstrations let me judge for myself which groups would keep fourth graders howling in their seats, and which could rivet antsy first graders – no more holding my breath through the duration of a school wide performance wondering which grade level would rebel. And no more wondering about the educational qualities of a show: I could choose programs that actually enhanced FCAT preparation! I found myself completely absorbed in the

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Area teachers enjoy a meet and greet with 2007 ’s Expo keynote speaker Faith Ringgold demonstration room until I remembered that there was a workshop I wanted to catch. If you saw the documentary Mad Hot Ballroom or the feature film Take the Lead, you already know about the “Dancing Classrooms” program, and it was these same people (except for Antonio Banderas, that is) who traveled from New York City to Tallahassee for the Expo’s keynote workshop. Two of the actual teachers from the documentary explained how to use dance to teach social etiquette, and answered endless questions. I was totally sold on the program and ready to plead the case to my principal, even if my P.E. teacher friends never spoke to me again. I enjoyed the workshop so much that I stayed for the next one on assessing arts achievement and another on grant writing. By the time the presentations were over, I felt better prepared to meet the educational needs of my students

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with the ideas, activities, and resources that I had learned. There was still one more area I had not explored yet: the vendors. Every organization in attendance had an arts bent, and there must have been four times as many as I expected. As if the rest of the day hadn’t been a smashing success already, the vendors surprised me with the wide array of field trips, after-school activities, and inschool demonstrations available to local teachers, often for FREE! Just about every table was giving away something, and even after arriving late to the vendor room, I left with t-shirts, books, a photo album, a scrapbook, a mug, and two coozies. I suddenly felt ignorant about the Tallahassee arts scene. I had had no idea of the generosity of the community I lived and worked in. Even though I was familiar with these organizations’ performances, I was unfamiliar with their educational programs. I tried to

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speak to everyone. I soon ran out of carrying space for all the pamphlets I was grabbing, but luckily my husband was able to help me haul my treasures back to the car. I had only intended to stay a few hours at the Expo, but there was no way to see everything in the amount of time I had allotted. I ended up staying the whole day and then spending the entire evening in front of the computer writing new and improved lesson plans. I had fresh ideas to bring into my classroom and a preliminary list of performers I wanted to invite to school. This year, I anxiously returned to the Expo particularly excited to see the keynote speaker, arts educator extraordinaire Faith Ringgold. This well-known artist and children’s author gave a presentation for students and parents, and another geared especially for teachers. She even managed to sneak in a few book signings, and many well-loved copies of her Tar Beach and other children’s books were in evidence. The Expo was a huge success both years, and I can’t wait to see what COCA has planned for the next one!

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CONNECTION Spotlight On... What are those fuschia flags flying outside museums and galleries around Tallahassee?

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COCA’s FIRST FRIDAY

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On the first Friday of every month, more than 30 museums and galleries participate in a community-wide art party by staying open until at least 9 pm, often featuring openings, receptions, live music, and special events for the public. There is no admission charge to attend any of these First Friday Destinations that day, and most places offer free refreshments as well. First Fridays happen in almost every major U.S. city, including Phoenix, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Richmond, and even Honolulu. Each city’s event is uniquely its own, and Tallahassee’s First Fridays are a great opportunity to check out the wealth of art offerings here in the Capital City. Visit COCA’s web site or the Tallahassee Democrat’s Limelight for a list of museums and galleries that are open each month. And remember, most places have new exhibits up every month, so you can go to the same venue and have a completely new experience every time. If you don’t want to drive from place to place, take COCA’s First Friday Gallery Hop Shuttle. Two shuttles leave from Chez Pierre at about 6 pm each First Friday, and offer a three-hour tour that lets you sample a variety of local art at many First Friday destinations. On-board tour guide entertainers tell you about the places you’re visiting, and keep you updated on what’s going on in all the arts around town. We guarantee that you’ll have more fun than you ever thought possible on an art tour! Shuttle tickets are only $5 per person. Tickets go on sale at 5 pm on First Fridays outside Chez Pierre; we recommend you get there early, as seating is limited and shuttles nearly always sell out fast.

Attention Museums and Galleries: Our new First Friday season starts in the fall. If you’d like to participate as a First Friday Destination Site, please contact Clint Riley at 224-2500 for a copy of the destination guidelines. Attention Restaurant Owners: Do you show local or regional art? Are you interested in participating in the First Friday events? Now you can! Contact Michelle Melvin or Tony Archer at 224-2500 to find out how.

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• In June, Peggy Brady, COCA’s Executive Director, accompanied a group of seventeen community leaders on a three-day fact-finding trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee. The group met with Chattanooga’s elected officials and business leaders to learn from the process that city transformed its downtown, often using public art and other cultural amenities. • Two of COCA’s staff served as adjudicators for the recent Florida History Fair. Tony Archer judged senior performances, and Randi Goldstein judged special awards categories. • Peggy Brady was the guest speaker on the topic of playwriting and comedy writing at the May meeting of the Tallahassee Writers’ Association. Peggy has had eight original plays produced, and is the co-author of The Laughing Stock: Florida’s Musical Twisted Political Cabaret. • Starting this fall, Amanda Thompson, COCA’s Arts in Education Coordinator, is now an adjunct professor at Flagler College’s TCC Campus. She is teaching a course for education majors about integrating arts into non-arts subject matter.

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New Faces COCA welcomes our newest Board Member, Alfredo Cruz. Alfredo is a former program officer for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and is currently serving as district assistant for State Representative Loranne Ausley. He enjoys volunteering his time in the community while pursuing a degree in Public Administration and Urban and Regional Planning at FSU. COCA welcomes our new interns, Michelle Melvin, Aalyah Duncan, and Daniel Lyons. Michelle is a senior at the FSU School of Theatre, and has been working on COCA’s Arts in Education Expo. Aalyah is a graduate student in the FSU College of Music, and is working with COCA’s marketing efforts. Daniel is a senior in the FSU Department of English, and will be assisting with writing and editing for Capital Culture Magazine.

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• More than 50 artists and representatives of arts organizations from around the region (including Bonifay) attended COCA’s recent Media Roundtable Workshop, where they learned tips and tricks about how to get the word out about their events. COCA thanks panelists Mark Hinson and Kati Schardl of the Tallahassee Democrat, and Mike Vasilinda of Mike Vasilinda Productions for sharing the inside scoop. • About 25 individual artists, from as far away as Jacksonville Beach, attended a career development workshop with nationally recognized arts consultant Bruce Baker, co-hosted by the State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs. COCA and DCA would like to thank Dr. Bill Law, Bridget Elwell, and the TCC at the Capitol Center for providing space for the workshop. • More than 30 artists and representatives of organizations attended COCA’s Intermediate Graphic Design workshop in July. COCA’s Marketing Director Tony Archer shared techniques for choosing colors, laying out pages, and making your publications stand out from the rest. Special thanks to Goodwood Museum and Gardens for the use of the Jubilee Cottage.

The Show Must Go On • Bravo to FAMU’s Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery for stepping up to host the annual Leon County middle school arts show when the show’s regular venue fell through. Leslie Puckett and Amanda Thompson coordinated the exhibit with Gallery Director Harris Wiltsher and area art teachers. • Leslie Puckett consulted with Tallahassee/Leon County’s Community Animal Services Center to develop a permanent exhibition program for the lobby of the animal shelter. The exhibition space officially opened June 29, and features changing exhibits. A percentage of sales from this gallery will benefit the Animal Shelter Foundation.

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Congratulations to the 25 organizations that were recommended for funding on June 20, 2007 at COCA’s Leon County Cultural Development Grant panel meeting. Special thanks to the volunteer grant panelists – Janet Hinkle, Dot InmanJohnson, Jackson Maynard, Josephine Newton, Wes Singletary, Lu Vickers, and Jennifer Whipple – for their extraordinary commitment of time and expertise. Leslie Puckett, COCA’s Art in Public Places Director, was invited to show one of her collages in LeMoyne’s Love Your Mother (Earth) exhibition. Two of her collages were also accepted in the Artist’s League juried exhibition at the FSU Museum of Fine Arts.

Special Thanks Special thanks to Hilton Garden Inn on Blair Stone Road for providing meeting accommodations for COCA’s May 2007 Board of Directors meeting. Thanks to the Museum of Florida History and the R.A. Gray Building for providing the venue for COCA’s 2nd Annual Arts in Education Expo. Special thanks to the museum and building staff who went above and beyond to help make the event a success.

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UPDATE CONTINUED Performing Arts Center And what’s happening with the other big cultural capital project for Tallahassee, the Performing Arts Center? For the answer, we turned to Sylvia Ochs, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Florida Center for Performing Arts and Education (FCPAE), the non-profit organization created to make the dream a reality. “On July 11, 2007, the City Commission gave a five-year option for the Performing Arts Center on the Johns’ Building property in a three-to-two vote,” says Ochs. The property is 2.65 acres bordered by Duval, Madison, Gaines, and Bronough Streets, surrounded by 6,500 existing parking spaces. One of the conditions of the agreement is that the FCPAE now has five years to raise private funds totaling $10 million. With the fundraising effort under way, Ochs wants to remind the community that FCPAE is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. “A tax deduction letter will be sent to you with a heartfelt ‘Thank You’!” notes Ochs. The organization is also soliciting suggestions for ways to thank the first 1,000 donors. For more information or to make a donation of any amount, please contact: Florida Center for Performing Arts and Education, Inc., 831 Lake Ridge Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32312-1003.

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Paul Tamanian Interview (continued from pg. 7) another painting on top of that and I’ll seal that one – like a collage, almost. JC: You have any new ideas or impending changes? PT: I might get a date sometime in the next fifteen years, just to try something new. I’m taking some of the new stuff I’ve learned and starting to play around with clay again. JC: How long has it been since you’ve really worked with clay? PT: Five or six years, maybe longer. I was yearning for it. I had given my equipment away. Then I started helping somebody else who was working with clay. I started getting some ideas, getting intrigued. We’ll see where it leads. JC: I know you’ve done some shows with some pretty recognized artists over the years. PT: Art Palm Beach, three or four times. SOFA [Sculpture Objects & Functional Art] in Chicago, a twoperson show with Jim Dine in Atlanta at the Fay Gold gallery – I’ve also shown with William Morris, the glass artist I referred to before. JC: You were featured in American Style magazine last year; you had a cover piece and a major article.

PT: A writer from San Francisco flew in and stayed for a couple of days. She spent some time here, watching me in action. She loved the art; really got where I was coming from. It was a good experience. JC: How did you end up in Tallahassee? PT: I went to college here and stayed. I came from South Florida. I liked it that everybody was younger and there were a few trees. It was prettier and I didn’t know any better. I love the spring, fall, mild winters – and hate with a passion the velvet glove of the summer. The yellowflies, the lovebugs, the mosquitoes…ugh. JC: Twenty years ago, would you have imagined yourself making a career out of being an artist, and accomplishing, well, all of this? [gestures expansively to indicate the beautiful house, lake, studio, and of course, dozens of sculptures and paintings] PT: Never. Never ever. For more information and to see photos of Paul’s work, visit www.paultamanian. com. To hear the Soft Targets, or to purchase their new CD, visit www.softtargetsmusic.com.

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Mahogany Dance Theatre, 561-2318, [email protected] Montgomery Schools of Dance 877-4874 Mountain Dew Cloggers 386-1263, www.nettally.com/mountaindew Orchesis Contemporary Dance Theatre 599-8678 Performing Arts Center of Tallahassee 562-1430, performingartscenteroftallahassee.com Prophecy School of the Arts 222-8085, www.prophecyarts.net Rhythm Rushers Bahamian Junkanoo Group 412-7087, [email protected] Sharon Davis Schools of Dance 893-5900 Southern Academy of Ballet Arts 222-0174 The Tallahassee Ballet 224-6917, www.tallaballet.com Tallahassee Community Friends of OldTime Dance 421-1587 or 421-1838, www.tallydancer.com Tallahassee Swing Band Dances 894-3789, [email protected] Tallahassee Zydeco & Cajun Association (TAZACA) 212-0431, [email protected] Tribal Wallah Dance Troupe 459-0371, www.tribalwallah.net USA Dance, 562-1224, homepage.mac.com/ mweininger/tallusabda

FILM & VIDEO Diane Wilkins Productions 893-1441, www.dianewilkinsproductions.com FSU Film School 644-0453, filmschool.fsu.edu FSU Student Life Cinema 644-4455, movies.fsu.edu IMAX Theatre at the Challenger Learning Center 645-STAR, www.challengertlh.com Mike Vasilinda Productions 224-5420, www.mvptv.tv Rossier Productions, Inc. 224-0372, www.rossierprod.org

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HISTORY/HERITAGE Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park 487-4115, www.floridastateparks.org The Black Archives 561-2603 Claude Pepper Museum 644-9311, www.claudepepper.org/museum Goodwood Museum & Gardens 877-4202, www.goodwoodmuseum.org Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratories (Panacea, FL) 850-984-5297, www.gulfspecimen.org John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture 681-7881, www.rileymuseum.org Kirk Collection www.wfsu.org Knott House Museum 922-2459, museumoffloridahistory.com Lichgate on High Road 383-6556 Mission San Luis 487-3711, www.missionsanluis.org Museum of Florida History 245-6400, museumoffloridahistory.com The Old Capitol 487-1902, museumoffloridahistory.com Pebble Hill Plantation (Thomasville, GA) 229-226-2344, www.pebblehill.com San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park (St. Marks, FL), 922-6007 Tallahassee Automobile Museum 942-0137, www.tacm.com Tallahassee Museum 575-8684, www.tallahasseemuseum.org Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation 488-7100, www.taltrust.org

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DIRECTORY Apalachee Press 942-5041, [email protected] Back Talk Poetry Troupe 459-7399, www.blackonblackrhyme.com Digital Pulp 297-1373, www.digitalpulp.org Fiction Collective Two (FC2) 644-2260, www.fc2.org Florida Literary Arts Coalition www.floridarts.org LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library 606-2665, www.leoncountylibrary.org Paperback Rack 224-3455 Society of Childrens Book Writers & Illustrators 656-3410, [email protected] Tallahassee Writers’ Association 671-3731, www.twaonline.org

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY Center for Fine Arts Education 254-0123, www.cfaefl.org Downtown Marketplace 224-3252 www.tallahasseedowntown.com Florida Center for Performing Arts and Education, 893-2497, [email protected] Florida Arts and Community Enrichment (F.A.C.E.) 644-8533, [email protected] Pyramid Studios 513-1733, www.pyramidinc.org Seven Days of Opening Nights 644-7670, www.sevendaysfestival.org Tallafesta 878-5148, www.carnivaltallahassee.com Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center 487-1691, www.tlccc.org Thomasville Cultural Center (Thomasville, GA) 229-226-0588 thomasvilleculturalcenter.com Thomasville Entertainment Foundation (Thomasville, GA) 229-226-7404, www.tefconcerts.com Thomasville Road Academy of the Arts 422-7795, www.thomasvilleroad.org/ academy.htm The Warehouse, 222-6188

MUSIC Apalachee Blues Society 668-5863, www.apalacheebluessociety.com The Artist Series 224-9934, www.theartistseries.com Barbershop Harmony Society 562-3876, www.capitalchordsmen.org Beethoven and Company 894-8700, www.beethovenandcompany.com The Beta Bar 425-2697, www.thebetabar.com

Big Bend Community Orchestra 893-4567, www.bbco.org Boys’ Choir of Tallahassee 528-2403, www.boyschoirtlh.org Bradfordville Blues Club 906-0766, www.bradfordvilleblues.com Bradfordville Fine Arts Academy 893-0893, www.b-fbc.org Classical Guitar Society of Tallahassee 521-0700 or 668-1643, istal.com/cgst/index.html Club Downunder 644-6673, union.fsu.edu/cdu FAMU Music Department 599-3334 Florida State Opera 644-5248, music.fsu.edu/opera.htm Floyd’s Music Store 222-3506, www.floydsmusicstore.com FSU College of Music 644-4774, music.fsu.edu Gordon’s String Music 386-7784 Home Music Educators 656-7613, www.homemusiceducators.com Jim’s Pianos 205-5467, www.jimspianos.com Mason’s School of Music 412-0102, www.masonsmusic.com The Moon 878-6900, www.moonevents.com Music Center 942-0626 MusicMasters 224-6158, www.musicm.com Music Xchange 681-7443, www.themusicxchange.com Musikgarten 668-2119, www.best-begin.com/ musikgartensignup.html Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (Live Oak, FL) 904-364-1683, www.musicliveshere.com Stringfest 668-6896, www.stringfest.com Stubbs Music Center 893-8754, www.stubbs.org Tallahassee Chapter, Nashville Songwriters Association 509-2695, www.nashvillesongwriters.com Tallahassee Civic Chorale 878-2711, www.civicchorale.org Tallahassee Community Chorus 668-5394, www.tcchorus.org Tallahassee Community College Jazz Band 567-6336 or 201-8360 Tallahassee Girls’ Choir of CHOICE 576-7501 Tallahassee Music Guild 893-9346

Tallahassee Pipe Band 576-0708, www.saintandrewtallahassee.org The Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra 224-0461, www.tallahasseesymphony.org Tallahassee Symphony Youth Orchestras 224-9232, www.tallahasseesymphony.org Tallahassee Winds 668-7109, www.tallahasseewinds.org Tally Piano & Keyboard Studios 386-2425, www.tallypiano.com Tocamos 212-0325, www.tocamos.com Vinyl Fever 580-2480, www.vinylfever.com Voces Angelorum 942-6075, www.voicesofangelstallahassee.org

THEATRE Bainbridge Little Theater (Bainbridge, GA) 229-246-834, www.bainbridgelittletheater.com The Brink 284-5753, [email protected] Capital City Shakespeare in the Park 386-6476, [email protected] Curious Echo Radio Theater 228-2473, www.curiousecho.org Dixie Theatre (Apalachicola, FL) 850-653-3200, www.dixietheatre.com FAMU Essential Theatre 599-3430, www.essentialtheatre.us In the Moment Players 383-1718, www.inthemomentplayers.com Magic and Fun Costume Shop 224-6244 Mickee Faust Club 224-3089, www.mickeefaust.com Monticello Opera House (Monticello, FL) 997-4242, [email protected] Off Street Players 907-5743, [email protected] Oncoming Traffic 445-8076, www.oncomingtraffic.net Quincy Music Theatre (Quincy, FL) 875-9444, www.qmtonline.com The School of Theatre at Florida State 644-6500, theatre.fsu.edu Swamp Gravy (Colquitt, GA) 229-758-5450, www.swampgravy.com Tallahassee Little Theatre 224-4597, tallahasseelittletheatre.org Theatre A La Carte 385-6700, www.theatrealacarte.org Theatre TCC! 201-8608, theatre.tcc.fl.edu Wind & Grace 894-2888, www.windandgrace.homestead.com Young Actors Theatre 386-6602, www.youngactorstheatre.com

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539-5220, www.firststreetartgallery.com Florida Society of Goldsmiths, NW Chapter www.fsgnw.com FSU Big Bend Contemporary Gallery www.bigbendcontemporary.com FSU International Center Art Gallery 645-4793, internationalcenter.fsu.edu FSU Museum of Fine Arts Artists’ League 644-1299, www.billhumphries.com/ artistsleaguehome.html FSU Museum of Fine Arts 644-1254, www.mofa.fsu.edu FSU Oglesby Gallery 644-3898, union.fsu.edu/artcenter Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery 599-3161 Gadsden Arts Center (Quincy, FL) 875-4866, www.gadsdenarts.com Glasshopper, 668-5007 www.glasshopperonline.com Glassworks by Susan 222-5095 Historically Florida: Florida’s History Shops 245-6396, www.floridashistoryshop.com Images of Tallahassee 894-5596, www.russellgraceimages.com It’s A Jem Fine Art (Havana, FL) 539-0335, www.itsajem.com James Glaser Studios 218-368-5924 Lafayette Park Arts & Crafts Center 891-3945, www.talgov.com/parks/ commcenter/lfartscrafts.cfm LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts 222-8800, www.lemoyne.org Light N Up Artist Cooperative (Havana, FL) 539-0006 M Gallery 531-9925, [email protected] The Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science 513-0700, www.thebrogan.org Picture Frames Unlimited 422-0088 Oglesby Union Art Center 644-4737, union.fsu.edu/artcenter Quilters Unlimited www.quilttallahassee.com Quincie’s Art Jewelry 222-8411, www.quinciehamby.com Railroad Square Art Park 224-1308, www.railroadsquare.com Ribits Enchanted Cottage 671-5859, ribitsenchantedcottage.com Sally Rude Antiques and Fine Art Gallery 222-4020, www.trocadero.com/mctc Signature Art Gallery 297-2422, www.signatureartgallery.com

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South of Soho Co-op Gallery 907-3590, www.southofsohogallery.com Swamp Buddha Sumi-e 386-5041, [email protected] Tallahassee Polymer Clay Art Guild 656-2887, www.polymerclayart.org Tallahassee Senior Center for the Arts 891-4000, www.talgov.com Tallahassee Watercolor Society 385-9517, www.tfn.net/Watercolor Talleon Independent Artists 386-7176, www.tfn.net/talleon Ten Thousand Villages 906-9010, www.villagesoftallahassee.org Thomas Eads Fine Art 224-1435, thomaseadsfineart.com Turtle Island Trading Post 425-2490, turtleislandtradingpost.com Uniquely Yours 878-7111 Utrecht Art Supplies 877-0321, www.utrecht.com Visitors Center Gift Shop & Gallery 413-9200, www.seetallahassee.com Wild Women Art Gallery 224-1308, [email protected]

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Photo of Henry Hernandez inside the Tallahassee Ballet amid the current renovations. Taken August 2007 by Tony Archer.

PROFILES IN THE ARTS Henry Hernandez is the very definition of a Renaissance man. The new Artistic Director of the Tallahassee Ballet – the first male artistic director the company has ever had – is a dancer, choreographer, costume designer, set designer, painter…the list goes on and on. Hernandez began his ballet career in his native Venezuela. He toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and South America, finally settling down as a principal dancer with Orlando Ballet, where he also served as the company’s Costume Designer. Hernandez has also had a career most ballet fans don’t see. He danced in a SuperBowl Halftime Show with Gloria Estefan, in TV commercials, and in feature films. Hernandez waves off these accomplishments as just the things an artist needs to do to make money, not important. What is important is the work Hernandez is doing with the Tallahassee Ballet. He hopes to bring a creative twist that will attract new audiences to the Ballet. “When you come into a position that someone else has held for 20 years,” he explains, “your audience expects something new. It doesn’t necessarily have to be better, but it has to be different.” For more information about Henry Hernandez, visit www.tallaballet.org. Also visit www.metrofurnitureexchange.com, the early modern furniture store Hernandez recently opened in Railroad Square with his partner Dale Smith.

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Capital Culture’s profiled artists are selected from the many visual, performing, literary, and media artists featured on COCA’s online Artist Directory. Listings in the Artist Directory are free, with enhanced listings available for COCA members. Visit the Directory online at www.cocanet.org.

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