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Snead says the Stella exhibit provides an overview of an The workshop on May 12 will offer a guided visualization
artist she knew by a few of his iconic works. “It gave and exploration of Dada artist Marcel Duchamp’s “La Boîte-
meaning to all of his work,” she says. “I had seen some of en-valise” (Box in a suitcase). On June 9, workshop
his pieces before, but it really taught a big-picture look at participants can spark their creativity by exploring Surrealist
how he has influenced things.” movement objects like Salvador Dali’s “Lobster Telephone.”
Members pay $10 for the workshops, and for others they
Speaking to the Times in November about why he chose to
display his work in Fort Lauderdale, Stella said he had are $15. Call the museum at 954-262-0258 to register.
been an admirer of the museum and of curator Bonnie MIDNIGHT IN PARIS AND NEW YORK
Clearwater. “When she approached me about this show, it
was a no-brainer for me to say yes because of my It's easy to think of our world today as constantly changing
relationship with her and my fondness for the museum,” from technology. But it was also true at the turn of the 19th
Stella said. century, and that's reflected in an exhibit on display now
at the museum.
With the popularity of the Stella exhibit, the museum has
decided to continue it by two weeks, said Emily McCrater, "Midnight in Paris & New York: Scenes from the 1890s –
communications and public relations manager. It will 1930s, William Glackens and His Contemporaries"
continue until July 29. features paintings, photographs, and drawings of artists
from America and Europe. The works in the exhibit show

how much New York and Paris began to change in that
RECURRING EVENTS
era, with skyscrapers and iconic monuments like the Eiffel
From children’s events to bring out the mini muse in every Tower springing up. Glackens and others became known
kid to curator tours spoken in French, the museum has for realistic works that showed those changes, from the
enough regular events to fill anyone’s calendar. crowded streets to the tenements that housed immigrants.
Regularly scheduled events include the Art of Wine and The museum dipped into its archival collection to fill the
Food Series, which gives attendees the chance to sip and exhibit. It also features four recent gifts, including art nouveau
eat at tables set up in the gallery. Starry Nights includes posters by Alphonse Mucha dating from the 1890s to 1908
free admission on the first Thursday of the month, with and “Glackens’s Patriots in the Making” from 1907.
two-for-one beer and wine specials and light bites at the In the end, the show is meant to get visitors thinking about
Museum Café.
how technology influences the world, Clearwater says.
This year the museum launched a new program called That’s evident in the way some paintings in the show
Creativity Exploration. The workshops are meant to depict city scenes at night with gas lanterns, and then later
promote the benefits of creative exploration, which with electric lights. The paintings show vast differences on
research has sown can reduce stress and improve mental the way the light is cast, changing the very look of the
clarity. Workshops are scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. world around us.
on May 12 and June 9.
In a similar way, Clearwater says, a museum can help
influence the city around it. RV

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