Brevard Symphony
For more than 50 years the Brevard Symphony Orchestra has presented quality concerts, educational programs and outreach opportunities.
Art
Strawbridge Art League
When non-profits work together they can accomplish a lot. Of special note over the past few years has been the leadership role of the Strawbridge Art League (SAL), their purpose (and still a working dream) is to bring to Brevard the “Torpedo Factory” concept, a collection of working artists, studios and galleries gathered in one location.
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Green Gables House
In the mad rush of living every individual has an agenda of daily tasks which leave little time for reflection or “activity for a more general good.“ Activity of this nature can be church related, non-profit related, or community related, and is essential to the life of a community.
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An Image in Time
While a seminary student, I took an amazing course called Storytelling. One assignment was to make a collage that told something about ourselves.
Breaking The Blocks
Forcing Creativity. Have you ever had writer’s block? Well, visual artists get it too. Most artists have these periods of time when we just can’t get into creating. The natural inclination is to throw up the hands and accept the cop out, “ I’m blocked.” While it’s healthy to take an occasional break, “blocks”, if left untreated, can build upon themselves and lead many artists to totally abandon artistic pursuits for dangerously long periods of time. They also frequently happen when we are approaching peak/ breakthrough stages in our artistic development.
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Technology Into The Future
I’ve always been haunted by Paul Gauguin’s painting, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? It’s not the imagery: a Tahitian beach, the life of a girl who asks where her roots are and what she will become. It’s the question. Many of us can’t take the time to ask it. A busy life, career, family, just surviving.
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Searching for What Is Lost
In his magnificent little book Windows of the Soul, Ken Gire writes that we have been given the gifts of art, music, sculpture, drama and literature to lead us out of our hiding places…to lead us along in our search for “what was lost.”
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Ailing and Blind
Strep throat was consuming my health, my awareness, my movements. Yet, the actor in me knew the show must go on.