MAY
Colors of Florida Art Exhibit
Brennan Gorrie,
Sarasota,
Fla.
Through May 29
Brennan Gorrie's impressionistic style of transparent
watercolors capture the seascapes,
landscapes, native birds and
the wildlife of Florida
Date:
Through May 29
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Cost:
Included with general
Sanctuary admission
For more information:
Call (863) 676-1408
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Armed Forces Day Concerts
May
17
Special carillon concerts will honor the
brave men and women of our Armed Forces who have given their
lives to preserve our freedom.
Date:
May 17
Time: 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.
Cost: Included with general
Sanctuary admission
For more information:
Call (863) 676-1408
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Memorial Day Concerts
May 26
Special carillon concerts will honor the
brave men and women of our Armed Forces who have given their
lives to preserve our freedom.
Date:
May 26
Time: 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.
Cost: Included with general
Sanctuary admission
For more information:
Call (863) 676-1408
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Live at the Gardens Summer Music Series
Beat
the heat with cool music at the 7th annual Live at
the Gardens!—A Summer Music Series beginning May 31 at 7:30 p.m.
With a new Bose tower sound system, new stage and theater
lighting, seating will be cabaret-style in the Visitor Center.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 on the day of the event, if
available. Early reservations are encouraged. An optional
prepaid dinner will be served at the Blue Palmetto Café at 5:45
p.m. Dinners are $17, members $15.50. The full-course dinners
include tax and gratuity. Payment is required at the time of the
reservation, and nonrefundable tickets will be mailed. For
tickets, call
863-734-1221 or e-mail
phrestina@boksanctury.org.
On
May 31, Street Level Jazz performs jazz, blues, reggae and more.
The optional dinner menu will be Spanish chicken stew with black
beans, rice and plantains or eggplant parmesan, mixed vegetables
and an Italian side salad.
On
June 28, Southbound Band plays a mixture of Southern and classic
rock as well as country music. The optional dinner menu features
jambalaya with andouille sausage, chicken and shrimp or eggplant
parmesan, mixed vegetables and an Italian side salad.
On
July 26, Ramblin’ Rose features three generations of women from
the same Polk County family who perform bluegrass and old time
fiddle tunes along with Southern rock. The optional dinner menu
includes parmesan chicken breast with peppers and onions with
roasted rosemary potatoes or vegetable lasagna, mixed vegetables
and an Italian side salad.
On
Aug 23, the Repeatles bring back the nostalgic 50s and 60s music
of Buddy Holly, Elvis, the Everly Brothers, the Rolling Stones
and the Beatles. The optional dinner menu will be beef
bourguignon and rice pilaf or vegetable lasagna, mixed
vegetables and a tropical side salad.
On
October 4, Broadway & JAZZ returns with an all new dynamic and
highly entertaining program showcasing Broadway tunes and great
American classics of jazz. The optional dinner menu features
lemon butter baked salmon and garden rice or eggplant parmesan,
mixed vegetables and a Greek side salad.
All
meals are served with a roll and butter and iced tea, soda or
coffee. Ice cream, sorbet and a churro will be served for
dessert. Wine is available for purchase.
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Expressions
Photography
Exhibit
Beverly
Gustafson,
Winter Haven
Date:
May 31 through
September 25
Time: 9
a.m. - 5 p.m.
Cost:
Included with
general
admission
For more
information:
Call (863)
676-1408
Winter Haven
artist Beverly
Gustafson will
display her
“Expressions”
photography
exhibit at Bok
Tower Gardens
May 31 through
September 25.
Viewing the
exhibit in the
Visitor Center
from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. is included
with general
admission or
membership.
Gustafson is an
award-winning
digital
photographer who
likes to focus
on the
architecture of
flowers, among
other things. “I
like to get in
close and
explore the
areas you don’t
see with the
casual glance,
producing real
in-your-face
macro, almost
abstract
images,”
Gustafson
explains. “I
also enjoy
interesting
still life and
landscape
photography,
striving for
something other
than the norm.”
Within the six
short years
since Gustafson
“sort of backed
into
photography” she
has immersed
herself in the
craft and
developed a
distinctive body
of work that
showcases a
remarkable
attention to
detail and an
instinctive
elegance of
composition.
Arresting pieces
range from vivid
botanical still
lifes with more
of a traditional
resonance to
computer
generated
montages that
are otherworldly
and often
serene.
An art major in
college,
Gustafson
combines her
artistic talent
with her love of
computer
graphics to
create digital
photographs and
custom works of
art that are
available as
pigmented prints
on archival
paper. She says,
“I was always
looking for a
way to fulfill
my need to be
creative.
Photography has
filled that need
beautifully
allowing me to
use my design
skills and
artistic talent
to create images
that fulfill my
vision with a
look that is
uniquely mine.
Gustafson uses
natural light to
photograph her
subjects since
she feels that
it gives the
best
representation
of the actual
color and
texture and is
closer to what
one would see in
nature.
Interesting
still life and
landscape
photography are
other passions
of the
photographer.
All aspects of
the work is done
by Gustafson
from developing
in her digital
darkroom, to
printing, using
the finest inks
and archival
papers. Editing
is kept to a
minimum, usually
only exposure
and slight color
adjustments. She
says, “The few
pieces that I
have
artistically
altered are
obvious, and
only done to
fulfill my
vision for that
particular piece
while still
maintaining a
photographic
feel.”
President of the
Polk County
Camera Club,
Gustafson serves
on the board of
the Professional
Photographers
Guild of
Mid-Florida and
is a member of
the Florida
Professional
Photographers
Association and
the Ridge Art
Association
where her “Sun
Drops”
photograph won
third place in
the October 2006
Revelations
exhibit. She
also volunteers
her skills and
time to the
students of
Davenport School
of the Arts in
Davenport.
The artwork is
available for
purchase with a
portion of the
profits
benefiting Bok
Tower Gardens.
All prints are
signed and
numbered with a
certificate of
authenticity.
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