May/June 2007

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Florida African Dance Festival. See page 9
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 CONTENTS

5 Conversations With...Mark Mustian

Attorney, City Commissioner, Author – Mark Mustian Shows His Artistic Side
Interview by Elise Judelle

12
Adventures in the Arts:
Finding Art in the Everyday
Melissa Scholes Young Explores the Nature of Art
and the Art of Nature

16
Music Reviews
Two Very Different Tastes of Tallahassee
• Tallahassee Selects by Kerry Dexter
• The Fertile Compilation by Matt Amuso

Profiles in the Arts

Valerie S. Goodwin: Fiber Artist, Architect, Professor
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Regular Features
2 From the Publisher
2 Contributors
3 News of Note
Keep up with arts & culture!
8 More Than You Thought
The Florida African Dance Festival turns 10, plus theatre, music, dance, art exhibits, and MORE!
14 COCA Connection
Art abounds at City Hall & the Airport, plus all that’s new with COCA.
18 Directory of Arts and Cultural Organizations and Businesses

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FROM THE PUBLISHER

Tell Us What You Think!

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Illustration by Nathan Archer
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CONTRIBUTORS
Matthew Amuso
Matthew Amuso was born in Washington,
Pennsylvania, and came of age in Sarasota,
Florida. He briefly attended Florida State
University before dropping out to work full
time, and eventually traveled cross-country
to Portland, Oregon. There, he survived on
generosity and ingenuity for two months,
before a brief stay back in Pennsylvania.
Since then he has returned to Tallahassee to
work, write, and attend community college,
all while plotting to start an independent
publishing company.
Kerry Dexter
Kerry Dexter is a Tallahassee-based
independent writer, photographer, and
producer who specializes in folk and
heritage music. Among her credits are
VH1, CMT, the folk music magazine Dirty
Linen, CBC, Barnes & Noble Online, the
MusicHound guides, and the Encyclopedia of
Ireland and the Americas. You can read more
of her writing on her blog, Music Road, at
www.musicroad.blogspot.com.

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 NEWS OF NOTE
3,000 Degrees of Art
On Friday, March 23, 2007, a new
era began for FSU’s seven-year-old
Master Craftsman Program, when
it held an inaugural “iron pour”
at its new studio in a renovated
warehouse on Gaines Street. Visual
fireworks at the outdoor metal
casting facility and glass furnace will
now be a regular occurrence.

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MORE NEWS 

Elise Judelle Melissa Scholes Young

Elise Judelle is an attorney in the Tallahassee
office of Bryant, Miller, Olive, P.A. She loves her
job because nobody knows what a public
finance lawyer does, and she never has to
talk about work at cocktail parties. Elise has
written one thing or another all her life, most
recently The Laughing Stock, with Peggy Brady,
with whom she has also co-written several
plays and an animated screenplay starring
a cockroach. Elise is a past president and
frequent misbehaver at the Capital Tiger Bay
Club. She is married to her favorite audience,
local physician Jesse Judelle.
Melissa Scholes Young grew up in Hannibal,
Missouri, which she loyally claims as her
hometown. When not raising butterflies with
her four-year-old daughter, Melissa teaches
English and Creative Writing at Lincoln High
School. She taught for the past eight years at
all levels from middle school to college. Her
articles have been published in Tallahassee’s
Family Forum Magazine, A Cup of Comfort
for Teachers, and the nationally syndicated
Front Porch. Melissa moved to Tallahassee a
few years ago after being persuaded by her
Floridian husband that winter is optional.

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NEWS OF NOTE
Well Done!
Five Tallahassee writers were recently
named winners of 2006 Florida Book
Awards:
• Julianna Baggott, writing under
her alternate name of N.E. Bode,
won the gold medal in “Children’s
Literature” for The Somebodies
• Adrian Fogelin was awarded the gold
medal in the“Young Adult Literature”
category for TheRealQuestion
• James Kimbrell was honored with
the gold medal in Poetry for My Psychic
• Elizabeth Dewberry won the
bronze medal in the “General
Fiction” category for her novel, His
Lovely Wife
• J. Stanley Marshall, former President
of Florida State University, was
awarded a bronze medal in the
category of“Florida Non-Fiction”for
The Tumultuous Sixties: Campus Unrest
and Student Life at a Southern University
Art & History in Bronze
American Royalty, the third
sculptural group in the Indian
Heritage Tableau at the corner
of the R.A. Gray Building, was
dedicated on March 15, 2007.
Movin’ On, the first group, was
dedicated March 2005, and
Seminole Family, the second
group, was dedicated March
2006. A final group, depicting
native peoples of the pre-
Columbian era, will be installed
in March 2008. The Indian
Heritage Tableau was created by
local sculptors Bradley Cooley
and Bradley Cooley, Jr.

They’re All Winners

Good luck to the nominees for the
Tallahassee Democrat’s “Volunteer
of the Year” in the arts category:
• John Cross, nominated by Young
Actors Theatre
• Chris Dudley, nominated by the Mary
Brogan Museum of Art & Sciences
• Martha Olive-Hall, nominated by
the Tallahassee Ballet
• Charles Hazelip, nominated by
Tallahassee Senior Services

Congratulations!
Jennifer Calienes, Director of the
Maggie Allesee National Center for
Choreography (MANCC), has been
named as one of Tallahassee’s “2007
Top Women in Business.” Calienes is
one of 26 women featured by the
Tallahassee Democrat during March,
which was also Women’s History
Month. The women were selected
from nominations by readers, and ent of
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 CONVERSATIONS WITH...

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Photo by Katric
Interview by Elise Judelle

You probably know Mark Mustian – you may have even voted for him for City Commission.
What you might not know is that he is also a writer.

Mark Mustian’s first novel, The Return, an intense thriller about the
return of Christ as a black woman in a Brazil ghetto, was published in
2000. Hardly what you might expect from this mild mannered public
finance attorney and architect of the Capital Cascades Greenway
Project, who is known for his soft-spoken style, his dedication to his
family, and his commitment to community.
Elise Judelle, coincidentally, is another public finance attorney
who is also a writer. You might well have seen her wickedly irreverent
parodies performed on stage by The Laughing Stock, known as
“Florida’s Musically Twisted Political Cabaret.”
Mark and Elise often find themselves around the state at the
same meetings for organizations like the Florida Housing Finance
Corporation. Whenever possible, they prefer to chat about anything
but the law.
EJ: Here we are, sitting at Clusters and Hops, feeling very artsy.
MM: In a dark corner.
EJ: So, here’s the first thing we want to get into. I love this topic – being
an attorney and politician versus being an artist. Is there a difference?
Personally, I think they’re identical.
MM: Well, I spoke at something the other day – it was a writing thing – and
I said, “Well, you know, I’m an attorney, and a politician, and a writer,” and
someone in the audience said, “We can’t trust you at all!”
EJ: Is writing something you’ve done all your life?
MM: No, it’s not. It fills a void for me, I think. Being a lawyer, you know, there’s
not a whole lot of creativity there. There’s some in being a city commissioner.
But just trying to use your imagination is the fun part of being a writer, and
for a long time I really wasn’t doing that.
EJ: When did you do your first writing?
MM: Not until I started the novel.
EJ: When was that?

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CONVERSATIONS WITH...
MM: I started in 1994.
EJ: Wait a minute… so where was your
imagination all those years before that?
MM: Probably deep in some bond documents.
But I had always read a lot, and this story
percolated around for all those years. It took
me a long time to write it, about four years, so I
was grateful that it worked out as well as it did.
I wasn’t sure I would finish it, or anyone would
want it.
EJ: It was a massive undertaking – it was
impressive.
MM: I told very few people I was doing it.
I didn’t tell my parents. After I finished the
manuscript, I gave it to a few people, including
you, to read. Bryan Desloge was one of them,
and he ran into my parents somewhere and
said, “How about Mark’s book?” And they said,
“What book?” So I had to give it to my mother
to read, and she said, “Well, it’s as good as some
other stuff that’s out there.” Thanks, Mom!
EJ: I thought you were incredibly free
about letting people read it. Whenever I
write anything, I’m much more possessive
about it, and sensitive about other people
looking at it and commenting on it. Was
your ego not invested in it being good?
MM: Well, I had no idea what I was doing, so
it was less of an issue. I learned a lot from that
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experience. It was interesting to hear people’s
comments. Some things struck home, and
I said, “Well yeah, you’re right, I hadn’t really
thought about this,” and some I just said, “Well,
no, that’s not really what I’m doing.”
I was very lucky to have it published. You
go through this enormous rejection after
rejection after rejection, and it wears on your
self-confidence, even though you know it
will be that way. But this agent finally read
the whole thing and she said, “My God, this is
great! You need to take this to New York.” So I
felt somewhat justified… finally somebody
actually read the thing and thought, “Yeah, this
is pretty good!”
EJ: But you didn’t set it in Tallahassee; you
didn’t use Tallahassee in any way.
MM: No, I didn’t. I just wanted to do something
different. I had people before and since say,
“Why don’t you write legal thrillers?”
EJ: Been done.
MM: I wanted to be as far away from the law
as I could!
EJ: Yeah, edge of your seat stuff like, “Will
these bonds be tax-exempt… or not?”
MM: Right! So I had been to Brazil, and we flew
over Sao Paulo one day, and it took about 20
minutes just to fly over the city – it’s so huge.
There are 16 million people, as many people as
live in the entire state of Florida. I just thought
it was an interesting place, so most of the book
is set there, and some in Miami.
EJ: How is the sequel? Is there a sequel?
MM: I worked on a sequel, and I ended up not
being able to get it published. But I have actually
finished a manuscript for something else now,
and so I’m trying to get that published.
EJ: What’s this one about?
MM: It’s about… my heritage is Armenian
somewhere way back… so this is about a
guy who is a World War I vet, but fought on
the other side for the Turks, immigrated to
the U.S., and was injured in the war. You know,
sometimes you wonder if the gods conspire
against you, because since the first of this year,
there have been two books on sort of the
same subject.
EJ: There’s a whole bunch of Turkish war
veteran novels suddenly?
MM: Well, a bunch about the Armenian
situation. But I think it’s pretty good. It’s a little
more literary, a little darker. And I’ve learned
that to get published, it’s helpful to have a track
record of being published.
EJ: You have to have succeeded to
succeed.
MM: Exactly.
EJ: How do you manage to write with all
the other things you have to do? How do
you work it into your daily life?
MM: I try and do it a little bit each day. It varies
depending on my schedule, but I usually do it
first thing in the morning, before the kids wake
up.
EJ: Oh my God, so what time would that
be?
MM: Around five a.m.
EJ: Oh yeah, I feel so creative at five a.m.
MM: Well, I found that strong coffee helps me
a lot there. It’s just kind of time to myself, and
that’s when I enjoy doing it.
EJ: How do you feel about Tallahassee
as a home to an artist? Does it have any
effect on you? Is it a fertile ground? Is it
irrelevant?
MM: Oh, I think there’s all the potential in
the world here, and it’s exciting from that
standpoint. The bedrock of the community in
one respect is that it’s an arts community. There
are a lot of artists here, and a lot of authors,
actually. It’s been helpful to me to meet some
of the other writers in town. I try to read almost
everything that’s written by local people, just
to see what they’re doing. One guy I’ve gotten
to know is Jeff VanderMeer, who writes fantasy
stuff, and has been super successful. I just
read one of his books and e-mailed him and
said, “Hey I liked your stuff, you want to get
together?” I’ve enjoyed getting to know him,
and I’ve learned a lot from him.
EJ: You’ve lived here all your life?
MM: Pretty much, since first grade. I went
away to college, and worked in Jacksonville
for a little while, but for the most part I’ve been
here. It’s a nice place to be. I think Tallahassee’s
very creative. Nobody tends to focus on it, and
it started well before I got there, but there are
even art shows constantly at City Hall. The
visual art is very good.
EJ: COCA does that, you know. They curate
that.
MM: The stuff at the airport is very good, too.
EJ: Instead of hot dogs? You like that better
than the hot dogs?
MM: Yeah, I like it. I always swing by to see
what’s there.
EJ: Where else do you go in town?
MM: I like the Miracle Theater.
EJ: I love the Miracle. I love what they’re
showing there. You ever get to the All
Saints Theatre?
MM: You know, I’ve never been there.
EJ: You need to go check that out!
MM: I’ve intended to. Is it set up like a theater?
EJ: It is. It’s a wonderful story, because it’s
actually the waiting room for Amtrak, but
it’s not used very often, especially since
Hurricane Katrina. But the Tallahassee Film
Society managed to get Amtrak and the
County to agree to let them use it on the
weekends for showing films. They have 50
or 55 seats. They line up the benches from
the waiting room, and they have Dolby
Surround Sound and their own popcorn
machine and everything.
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MM: It sounds good!
EJ: How do you feel about Tallahassee as a
creative community?We have this initiative
coming up, this “creative communities”
initiative – are you going to participate in
that?
MM: Well, sure. I think Tallahassee’s very creative
as a community. I mean, I don’t get the feel that
if you drive into Tallahassee, you’re immediately
swept with,“Oh, well, this is an arts community,”
like you do in some other communities around
the country or the world, so there’s a lot more
we could do. But you can look at the whole
Railroad Square thing – it just kind of came into
being. You can look at Seven Days of Opening
Nights – that kind of came out of nowhere,
and is now a pretty nationally known thing.
EJ: Anything else you would like to say to
all the good people who will be reading
your cultural conversation?
MM: Well, I have a little idea.
EJ: Uh oh.
MM: It’s only a partly formed idea. In terms of
the literary things we do here: there’s a library
weekend where they have some speakers
and stuff, there’s the library author dinner,
there’s Seven Days, where they usually have
an author, there’s the Warehouse -- they do
readings there. But I’d like to think about us
doing a festival or something, and I’d like it to
be different somehow. One of the things I’ve
kicked around is the idea of something with
a theme, like humorous writing, that could
attract some publicity, to showcase what we
have here.
EJ: Right. I guess we don’t have cowboy
poets, but maybe there’s something
similar.
MM: Farmer poets.
EJ: Farmer humor!
MM: So, I’m trying to think it through and solicit
some thoughts from people about what
might work. You know, I remember when The
Winter Festival started, it was kind of on the
back of a fire truck, and there wasn’t much to
it. Now it’s an institution.
EJ: I think that would be exciting. I’ll be there!
Do you have a title for your next book, so
that we can be looking for it? We could all
lobby our agents and publishers…
MM: Not yet. I’ve been writing some short
stories too, and sent some of those off.
EJ: Can you make a living with your art?
MM: I don’t know. We’ll see, I guess. But, I’m not
quitting either of my jobs yet.
Mark Mustian’s novel, The Return, is
available from most major online
booksellers. You can find more
information about his writing at
www.markmustian.com. And, of
course you can catch up with him at
the City Commission Chambers.
To find out about future
performances of The Laughing
Stock, join their e-mail list by writing
to jestkdn@aol.com.
 Y
ou may not be familiar with
Mabiba Baegne, Youssouff
Koumbassa, and Aziz Faye,
but in the world of African
dance and drumming, these names are
like Fred Astaire or the Rolling Stones.
Likewise their credits – Les Ballet Africains,
the Ballet National Djoliba, Balafon West
African Dance Ensemble – might not
sound all that impressive, but they are
the equivalent of Julliard, Alvin Ailey, the
Metropolitan Opera, and American Idol, all
rolled into one. And these folks are coming
to Tallahassee.
But this ain’t your parents’dance concert.
Don’t expect to sit back and be a tame
audience at the grand finale African Dance
& Drumming Performance Concert, the
culmination of the 10th Annual Florida
African Dance Festival. Some of the top
African dancers and percussionists in
the world are bringing the rhythm to
Tallahassee, and they’ll have you itching to

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The finale event, to be held at Lee Hall

on FAMU’s campus, will feature most of the
visiting artists from the three-day festival, as
well as the local hosts, the African Caribbean
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and drum classes serves as the training
ground for all ages, and helps preserve the
traditions for future generations.
The festival typically attracts 4,500
dancers, drummers, participants, and
spectators from around the United
States and Africa, and this year’s 10th
anniversary celebration is expected to
be the biggest ever.

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Children’s Dance Friday (10:30 am - 1 pm) Natural Hair More than 30
(5 - 9 pm) vendors will Whether you want
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Friday (12 & 3 pm) Forum: What is the Cancer: What You Saturday distinctive wares. moves, or would
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Introduce your Featuring mystery need to know to The Mandisa Ngozi oils, incense, bath exhilarating art
children to the novelist Vincent protect yourself and Art & Braiding and body products, form, the dance and
thrilling world of Alexandria, with your loved ones. Gallery will display and more, all with drum workshops
African dance with author/civil rights Featuring Dr. Joseph and highlight their a uniquely African are for you. Some
these workshops activist Patricia L. Webster of the spectacular natural slant. Enjoy delicious of the top African
designed especially Stephens Due, Webster Surgical hairstyles and fash- ethnic foods and dance and drum
for them. No author/folklorist Dr. Center and the ions. Consult the check out the artists and teachers
previous experience Jerrilyn McGregory, Institute for African featured presenter book fair featuring in the world will be
is required! and author/psy- American Health. about transforming local and regional sharing their craft.
Workshops are free, chologist Dr. Sharon Plus free health your mind, body, authors while you $10 per workshop to
but pre-registration Dennard. Moder- screenings by the and soul through take in the sights participate, $5 per
is required. For ages 5 ated by FAMU’s Dr. FAMU College of the ancient African and sounds of the workshop to observe.
and up. David Jackson. Pharmacy. art of hair braiding. festival around you. For ages 10 and up.

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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 May and

June 2007...

(Note: All events are subject to change without notice. Check www.MoreThanYouThought.com,
or contact the individual organizations listed for updated information.)

Music
Don’t want to be stuck indoors? Check out the free, outdoor,
family-friendly Pops in the City concert presented by the
Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. It’s May 12 on the steps
of the Capitol, with the Supreme Court as the backdrop. No
tickets needed. For information, call 224-0461.
On May 25 & 26, the Florida State Opera presents Gluck’s
Orfeo et Euridice, a deeply moving legendary tale of Orpheus,
who loses his beloved wife to death but is able to restore
her through the power of music. In French with English
supertitles. At Opperman Music Hall on FSU Campus. For
tickets, call 644-6500 or tickets.fsu.edu.
On June 1 & 2 in Turner Auditorium on TCC’s campus,
listen to that Crazy Little Thing Called Harmony, the annual
barbershop show by the Capital Chordsmen. Also featuring
Tallahassee’s Sweet Adelines, and a guest quartet. For
tickets, call 224-6336.
If you miss Tuesday, try the Open Mic Night every Wednesday
at the Warehouse on Gaines Street. See local musicians
show their stuff! Call 222-6188.
Festivals
Bradfordville Blues Club and Tallahassee Zydeco &
Cajun Association want to show you a good time at the 3rd
Annual Zydeco & Cajun Mudbug Bash on May 11 & 12. Listen to
bands from S.W. Louisiana, eat fresh boiled crawfish, take free
dance lessons, and browse creations from local crafts vendors.
For information, call 212-0431.
On May 20, the Knott House Museum hosts its annual
commemoration of the reading of the Emancipation
Proclamation on the front steps of this historic site downtown.
The Tallahassee tradition includes a ceremonial reading,
music, and a picnic in Lewis Park across the street. For
information, call 922-2459.

In the mood for some live jazz and martinis? Every Tuesday Every Saturday from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., the Downtown
night in May, CoolGrindz Downtown presents the Dayve Marketplace in Ponce de Leon Park features regional artists, fresh
Stewart Band plus different guest musicians each week. No homegrown produce and flowers, plus celebrated local musicians,
cover charge, 18+. Call 575-9003. authors and poets, and special activities for kids. Call 224-3252.

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Dance
Now in its eighteenth year, Pas de Vie Ballet is raising the
curtain for its annual Spotlight on Dance, featuring “Firebird” and
other classical and contemporary works. A silent auction along
with Mother’s Day intermission treats by Au Peche Mignon
round out the performances at Opperman Music Hall on the
FSU Campus, May 12 & 13. For tickets, call 644-6500 or tickets.
fsu.edu.

Join the FSU Department of Dance for When the Delta Speaks,
a heartfelt evening of modern dance inspired by first hand
experiences of Hurricane Katrina. Performances are June 1 & 2 in
the Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre in Montgomery Gym on
FSU’s Campus. Call 644-4425 for tickets or tickets.fsu.edu.

Theatre
An opera company stands to lose $50,000 unless they can find
a way for a dead singer to deliver the performance of his life.
Join this merry company on a wild 1930s romp of desperate
measures, mistaken identity, and compromising positions in
Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig. At Tallahassee Little Theatre,
May 24 to 27, and May 31 to June 3. Call 224-4597 for tickets. Pas de Vie Ballet

Grease is the word….Young Actors Theatre is the place

from June 21 to July 1! Join the coolest gang of high school
students you’ll ever meet, as this musical production
celebrates youth through its popular songs and exuberant
dancing. Call 386-6602 for tickets.
Visual Art
Come see what all the fuss is about! AfroProvocations is on exhibit
at the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science until June
3. Six contemporary artists display works concerned with notions
of identity, culture, sexuality, gender, religion, and outright political
debate. Call 513-0700 for information.

See the cream of the crop of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama

watercolor artists at the 19th Tri-State Watermedia Competition,
through May 26 at LeMoyne Art Foundation, presented in
collaboration with the Tallahassee Watercolor Society. For
information, call 222-8800.

Celebrating art and flowers, Flower Power is on display at

Gadsden Arts Center in Quincy from May 11 through June 30.
The exhibit features paintings and photographs of nature’s beauty,
plus magnificent live flower arrangements – perfect for the
summer, and only 15 minutes from Tallahassee. Call 875-4866.

View and bid on over 150 pieces of original artwork at Artopia

2007, the annual fundraiser for Big Bend Cares, at The Moon
on June 23, 2007. Call 656-2437 ext. 225 for information about
the auction and Big Bend Cares’ HIV/AIDS education and
support programs.
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of the Emancipation Proclamation

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 ADVENTURES IN THE ARTS

D
id you know that
monarchs migrate to
Mexico? My four-year-
old teaches me this on
the way home from her preschool.
Isabelle and her class are learning the
letter “M,” and this little mnemonic
device is helping.
“Have you ever seen a monarch,
Isabelle?” I ask.
“Of course, Mom. I’ve seen lots
of pictures,” she replies. “The boys
are the cocoons, and the girls are
the butterflies.” Hmm…I surmise
we’ll need to back up the learning
process.
The next day I bring home five
monarch cocoons munching on
milkweed. We “monarch sit” regularly
in our classrooms at Lincoln High
School, thanks to the brilliance
and dedication of Jim West, our
horticulture hero.
“We are going to watch these
cocoons become butterflies, Isabelle,”
I instruct her as we place the container
wing pattern and notes the intricacies
of their design. She’s learning about
monarchs migrating to Mexico, but
I think her learning goes beyond my
surface observation.
This summer in Tallahassee will
bring us another season of monarchs
emerging and, once again, will open
our eyes to the art in the everyday.
Each Saturday we journey to the
Downtown Marketplace to stroll in
and out of the artist’s booths. The
jewelry is made with stone, glass,
and natural objects, and much of the
pottery is handmade from clay. Many
local artists rely on nature for their
palette. A piece of driftwood becomes
a landscape of yellow and orange
sunsets with lavender undertones.
“I saw that sunset at the beach with
grandpa!” Isabelle exclaims. This artist
has clearly captured her memory.
Local icons, like canopy roads and St.
Marks, are portrayed in forms ranging
from photography to mixed media to
landscape paintings. Another artist
paints decorative scenes on rocks.
atmosphere of First Fridays is perfect
to discover art and listen to live music.
If the art doesn’t suffice, the men on
stilts, belly dancers, face painting, and
food will. The idea of eating dinner in
The Renaissance Café inside of the
historic caboose is enough to entice
my family for an evening.
When we need to appreciate the
art created by the outdoors, we head
to Maclay Gardens to walk among
the shade and blooms. The garden,
as explained on the park’s website*,
“is meant to soothe the senses and
be a place of peace and serenity. It is
intended to work with nature, rather
than to manipulate nature.” We love
strolling the brick paths and enjoying
the unscheduled pace as we search
for our elusive monarchs.
“Mommy, I think I saw our monarch.
It had black and orange dots!” Isabelle
chases the butterfly down a canopied
path, determined to capture the art in
the everyday.
*www.ssnow.com/maclay

“This summer in Tallahassee will bring us another season of monarchs

emerging and, once again, will open our eyes to the art in the everyday.”
on our screened porch. Isabelle How many times have I cleared out
eagerly pulls up her miniature blue my garden and discarded rocks
chair and assumes a “Thinking Man” without noticing their uniqueness?
pose. After a few moments, she “Mommy, I could paint our rocks
breaks the silence. when we get home!” Clearly, my
“Can we do anything else while we daughter is inspired by the artist’s
watch?” renderings of nature.

Ten days later our monarchs One of our favorite family-friendly

begin emerging and it is our charge
to release them safely into the world
for their migration to Mexico. Isabelle
now thinks she sees our monarchs
everywhere. She claims she knows
their spots and markings – which
she calls “butterfly art” – by heart. My
daughter memorizes each butterfly’s
spaces to explore the arts is the
Railroad Square Art Park. An eclectic
variety of art and technique pour out
into the street from each studio. We
feel as if we are on a scavenger hunt
for the most unique art form, and by Melissa
surprises greet us as we pass through
Scholes Young
the many open doors. The festival

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 CONNECTION
SPOTLIGHT ON... Council on Culture & Arts

F ArT
rom emerging talent to established professionals, local artists have
the opportunity to show their work in sixteen exhibits a year through
the Art in Public Places Program, managed by COCA for the City of
Tallahassee. Each June, expert jurors select artists for an exciting and
diverse season of exhibitions at the City Hall Art Gallery and the Artport
Gallery at the Tallahassee Regional Airport. Both galleries are free and in
open to the public.

public
The exhibition season features painting, sculpture, fiber art, photography, and
other fine crafts. Additional juried group shows highlight winning examples of our
youth art and fine art photography and the art of our talented city employees. For
most exhibitions, COCA holds a free reception for members of the public to meet the
artists.
COCA accepts applications to exhibit from professional and amateur artists who
are at least 18 years old and live within 100 miles of Tallahassee. The next deadline for
proposals is June 1, 2007. Visit www.cocanet.org/community/apply.html to download
places EST. 1994
an application.

ArtPort Gallery
Tallahassee Regional Airport (3300 Capital Circle SW)
Hours: Daily 8:00 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Amid the comings and goings of Tallahassee’s airport, an oasis of art welcomes more
than a million people each year. Located in the lobby just beside the main entrance
to the terminal, the ArtPort Gallery promotes local artists to travelers and citizens, and
serves as a cultural gateway to Florida’s Capital City.

Upcoming ArtPort Exhibition

D.E. Matthews & Carole Robertson (Photography)
Exhibit: 6/8/07 – 7/08/07
Public Reception: 6/8/07, 6–7:30 p.m.

City Hall Art Gallery

2nd Floor, City Hall (300 South Adams Street)
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Located in the heart of downtown, this spacious public gallery filled with natural light
complements the architectural design of Tallahassee’s City Hall. Whether you are attend-
ing a City Commission meeting or doing business with the City, you can enjoy the 360°
display of artwork throughout the 2nd floor mezzanine.

Upcoming City Hall Exhibition

Inger Avant & Jessica Tonry (Photography)
Exhibit: 5/30/07 – 7/10/07
Public Reception: 6/1/07, 6–9 p.m.

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COCA Notes
They’re in the Money
Congratulations to the 23 local cultural
organizations that were recommended for
FY08 funding on April 21, 2007 at COCA’s
Out & About “City of Tallahassee Cultural Services Grant”
panel meeting. The recommendations now
• Staff members Peggy Brady, Leslie Puckett, and
go COCA’s Board of Directors and then to
Amanda Karioth Thompson and Board member the City Commission for approval during
Anne Mackenzie made up “Team COCAnuts” for the the budget process. Special thanks to the
Celebrity Grape Stomp at the 2007 Florida Wine Festival volunteer grant panelists – David Gregory,
at the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science.
Jeannine Meis, James Perry, Geraldine
• Executive Director Peggy Brady is serving as a member Seay, Aurora Torres-Hansen, Harris Wiltsher,
of Whole Child Leon’s “Spiritual Foundation Action and Jennifer Wolf – for their extraordinary
Team,” the facet of the program that includes music and commitment of time and expertise.
the arts. For information about the project, visit www.
wholechildproject.org/leon. Pushing Ahead
• Associate Director Randi Goldstein is serving on a In March, COCA once again hosted
statewide committee to improve access to the arts for representatives from Artspace, Inc. (www.
people with disabilities. artspaceusa.org), a national non-profit arts
developer based in Minneapolis. Artspace
• Art in Public Places Director Leslie Puckett served as
COCA Executive Director Peggy Brady creates, fosters and preserves affordable
one of the judges selecting photographs for Brehon
got down and dirty stomping grapes at space for artists and arts organizations
Institute for Family Services’ Blue Ribbon Baby Calendar.
the annual Wine Festival on Saturday, in all disciplines, cultures, and economic
• Sound familiar? Tony Archer, Peggy Brady, and Holly April 14, 2007. circumstances. After this highly productive
Thompson were all on-air volunteers for WFSU’s recent visit, the “Arts on Gaines” project is ready
pledge drive. to take the next step forward – a survey to
• Peggy Brady served as a judge in the “drama and performing arts” category of the Best & determine the extent of the artist housing
Brightest awards, which honors students dedicated to their education and committed to market in the area.
their community (www.thebestandbrightest.org).
We Mean Business
• Tony Archer has been nominated by Big Bend Cares as 2007 Volunteer of the Year, sponsored
Nearly 50 local artists participated in two
by the Tallahassee Democrat.
COCA workshops: Making a Living as a
Performing Artist and Making a Living as
And They Have Talent, TOO! a Visual Artist in March. Special thanks go
• The artwork of COCA’s Education Director, Amanda Karioth Thompson, was featured on to the nine workshop presenters – Bob
the cover of the April 2007 issue of Natural Awakenings magazine. The featured piece, Glass Bischoff, Debbie Borowski, Chip Chalmers,
Wave, is a leaded stained glass window created in late 2006. Rick Carroll, Ben Gunter, Bill Holllimon,
• COCA’s Marketing Director Tony Archer won both Gold and Silver ADDY® Awards at the Sonya Livingston, Katherine Owen, and
Greater Tallahassee Advertising Federation’s annual awards ceremony in February. Leo Welch – for their generous gift of
time and combined knowledge, and to
• Topher Sherman, COCA’s Administrative Assistant, was seen onstage as Hamlet in Tallahassee Little Theatre for providing
TheatreTCC’s production of Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits. the space.

Special Thanks Special Thanks

The Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) would like to thank
Mr. Sam Thompson’s CBI class at Raa Middle School for
their assistance in preparing the 2007 Art in Public Places
Desktop Calendars.
From left to right: Amber Hines, Phyllis Jakes, Zachary Stone, Sam
Thompson, Anthony Goss and Anthony Harvey
COCA would like to thank Datamaxx
Group, Inc. (www.datamaxx.com) for
their in-kind support. Datamaxx, a
leading technology company focused
on the law enforcement, criminal justice,
public safety, and homeland security
marketplace, recently donated the use of
its large assembly room for COCA’s public
grant panel meetings. Kay Stephenson,
CEO of Datamaxx, serves on the COCA
Board of Directors.

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MUSIC REVIEWS
Tallahassee
Selects
Label: Cascades Recording Company
Release Date: October 2006
Genre: Americana/Folk/Pop
Cover art by Laura Pichard Murphy
at Paisley Design
North Florida is a crossroads of sorts,
and producer Del Suggs has chosen
fourteen tracks that give an idea of the
range of the region’s music, in melody,
lyric, and style. Danica Winter’s intensity
in the opening cut, “Paradise,” reminds
a bit of Joni Mitchell, while David
Murphy’s “Thoughts of Heaven” takes
a quieter, reflective turn that offers
a shifting sand of images from Saint
Mark’s Lighthouse to distant churches.
Bill Richardson rocks out with “Forget
About It,” and Deborah Lawson and
Stanton Rosenfeld add an elegant
touch and a bit of swing-influenced fun
with “Bad Dog.”
Blues finds its way into the mix, too,
especially with the track from Quanta
called “Walkin’ from Richmond.” Ben Ed-
mund shows the skill of how to say a lot
with a few words as he evokes love and
questions in the poetry of the everyday
with “Morning,” and Suggs himself re-
minds of those island breezes with the
saltwater style of folk that’s become his
trademark in “Caribbean Money.”
It’s a narrative of community, really,
these fourteen songs: though each
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artist’s presence is clearly defined with
an individual track, many’s the time The Fertile
Compilation
that lead players from other tracks sit in
to add harmony or backup playing to
another’s slot.
Many’s the background they’ve Produced by: Cloud 13 Records & Jesse Ricke
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Ring have played in pop bands and Supported by: 621 Gallery, FC2, V89, & CPE
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Wherever their travels have taken
them, each of these musicians calls
North Florida home.
The ‘selects’ of the title harks back
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center for cigar making, and the finest
flavored were chosen to be featured
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choices on this collection, which offers
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talking?
Kerry Dexter In a town like this, with such a
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Arts & Cultural Organizations and Businesses
LEGEND
See www.cocanet.org for expanded listings
Highlighted are COCA members
Official First Friday participant
live performances and events
exhibitions/attractions
opportunities to participate
adult classes
things to buy
programs/classes for kids
Dance
African Caribbean Dance Theatre
539-4087, www.fadf.org
African Music and Dance, 508-0165,
africanmusicanddance@gmail.com
Argentine Tango Society of Tallahassee
222-3449, www.tangotallahassee.com
Community School of the Performing Arts and
Culture, 574-2237
Corazon Dancers
212-1714 , www.fsucorazon.com
Essence Dance Theatre
412-7525, Essencedance@aol.com
FSU Ballroom Dance Club
www.fsuballroomdance.com
FSU Department of Dance
644-1023, dance.fsu.edu
Halimeda’s Oasis
421-5151, www.halimedasoasis.com
Head Over Heels Dancewear
224-5140, www.head-over-heels.com
In Step Studio
421-5151, www.instepstudio.com
Killearn Performing Arts
443-7512 or 894-9364, www.killearnpa.com
Kollage Dance Troupe
645-1385, kdtfl.tripod.com
Maggie Allesee National Center For
Choreography (MANCC)
645-2449, www.mancc.org
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Mahogany Dance Theatre
561-2318, mahoganydancetheatre@
hotmail.com
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, jandecosmo@comcast.net
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, etoole@aol.com
Tallahassee Zydeco & Cajun Association (TAZACA)
212-0431, zydeco-jan@comcast.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
Tallahassee Film Society
386-4404, www.tallahasseefilms.com
Video 21, 878-3921
History/Heritage
Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park
487-4115, www.floridastateparks.org
The Black Archives
561-2603, www.famu.edu/acad/archives
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
Literary
Anhinga Press
442-1408, www.anhinga.org

Apalachee Press
942-5041, lnewt@supernet.net
Back Talk Poetry Troupe
459-7399, www.blackonblackrhyme.com
Book Den
980-2989, www.book-den.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, Streetpmr@nettally.com
Tallahassee Contemporary Poets Society
1-888-248-3495, myspace.com/tcpoetssociety
Tallahassee Writers’ Association
671-3731, www.twaonline.org
Multi-disciplinary
Caribbean Carnival International
878-5148, www.carnivaltallahassee.com
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, sylviaochs@mac.com
Florida Arts and Community Enrichment (F.A.C.E.)
644-8533, faceart@aol.com
Pyramid Studios
513-1733, www.pyramidinc.org
Seven Days of Opening Nights
644-7670, www.sevendaysfestival.org
Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
487-1691, www.tlccc.org
Thomasville Cultural Center (Thomasville, GA)
229-226-0588, www.tccarts.org
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
Bannerman’s
668-8800
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Barbershop Harmony Society Tallahassee Civic Chorale
562-3876, www.capitalchordsmen.org 878-2711, www.civicchorale.org
Beethoven and Company Tallahassee Community Chorus
894-8700, www.beethovenandcompany.com 668-5394, www.tcchorus.org
The Beta Bar Tallahassee Community College Jazz Band
425-2697, www.thebetabar.com 567-6336 or 201-8360
Big Bend Community Orchestra Tallahassee Girls’ Choir of CHOICE
893-4567, www.bbco.org 576-7501
Boys’ Choir of Tallahassee Tallahassee Music Guild
528-2403, www.boyschoirtlh.org 893-9346
Bradfordville Blues Club Tallahassee Pipe Band
906-0766, www.bradfordvilleblues.com 576-0708, www.saintandrewtallahassee.org
Bradfordville Fine Arts Academy The Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra
893-0893, www.b-fbc.org 224-0461, www.tallahasseesymphony.org
Classical Guitar Society of Tallahassee Tallahassee Symphony Youth Orchestras
521-0700 or 668-1643, istal.com/cgst/index.html 224-9232, www.tallahasseesymphony.org
Club Downunder Tallahassee Winds
644-6673, union.fsu.edu/cdu 668-7109, www.tallahasseewinds.org
FAMU Music Department Tally Piano & Keyboard Studios
599-3334 386-2425, www.tallypiano.com
Florida State Opera Tocamos
644-5248, music.fsu.edu/opera.htm 212-0325, www.tocamos.com
Floyd’s Music Store Vinyl Fever
222-3506, www.floydsmusicstore.com 580-2480, www.vinylfever.com
FSU College of Music Voces Angelorum
644-4774, music.fsu.edu 942-6075, www.voicesofangelstallahassee.org
Gordon’s String Music
386-7784 Theatre
Home Music Educators Bainbridge Little Theater (Bainbridge, GA)
656-7613, www.homemusiceducators.com 229-246-834, www.bainbridgelittletheater.com
Jim’s Pianos The Brink
205-5467, www.jimspianos.com 284-5753, thebrinktheatre@hotmail.com
Capital City Shakespeare in the Park
Mason’s School of Music
412-0102, www.masonsmusic.com 386-6476, Ccshakespeare@aol.com
Curious Echo Radio Theater
The Moon
878-6900, www.moonevents.com 228-2473, www.curiousecho.org
Dixie Theatre (Apalachicola, FL)
Music Center
942-0626 850-653-3200, www.dixietheatre.com
FAMU Essential Theatre
MusicMasters
224-6158, www.musicm.com 599-3430, www.essentialtheatre.us
In the Moment Players
Music Xchange
681-7443, www.themusicxchange.com 383-1718, www.inthemomentplayers.com
Magic and Fun Costume Shop
Musikgarten
668-2119, www.best-begin.com/ 224-6244
musikgartensignup.html Mickee Faust Club
224-3089, www.mickeefaust.com
Southern Blend, Sweet Adelines, International
907-2034 or 385-7219, southernblend.com Monticello Opera House (Monticello, FL)
997-4242, Moperahouse@juno.com
Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (Live Oak, FL)
Off Street Players
904-364-1683, www.musicliveshere.com
907-5743, Paminole@yahoo.com
Stringfest
668-6896, www.stringfest.com Oncoming Traffic
445-8076, www.oncomingtraffic.net
Stubbs Music Center
893-8754, www.stubbs.org Quincy Music Theatre (Quincy, FL)
Tallahassee Bach Parley 875-9444, www.qmtonline.com
942-6075, www.bachparley.org The School of Theatre at Florida State
Tallahassee Chapter, Nashville Songwriters 644-6500, theatre.fsu.edu
Association Swamp Gravy (Colquitt, GA)
509-2695, www.nashvillesongwriters.com 229-758-5450, www.swampgravy.com
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LEGEND
See www.cocanet.org for expanded listings
Highlighted are COCA members
Official First Friday participant
live performances and events
exhibitions/attractions
opportunities to participate
adult classes
things to buy
programs/classes for kids
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
Visual Arts
1123@Midtown
562-8696
621 Gallery
224-6163, www.621gallery.com
Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts
(Valdosta, GA)
229-247-2787, www.lvac.org
Artisans
395-7671, www.perditaross.com
ArtisTree
893-2937, www.bigbendhospice.org
Ars Magna @ The NHMFL
644-8053
Art Galleries at Tallahassee Community College
201-8713, www.tcc.fl.edu/dept/cohu/art/
artgallery.htm
Artport Gallery
224-2500, www.cocanet.org
Arts Learning Gallery
245-6480, www.florida-arts.org/
programs/learninggallery.htm
Artsy Phartsy Chics
422-3946
ASH Gallery
510-5621, anniesharris@earthlink.net
BALI HI Trading Company
766-7175
Barbara Psimas Studios
894-1444, www.BarbaraPsimas.com
Blue Abaco Trading Company
325-2323, www.blueabaco.com
Bonifay Guild For The Arts (Bonifay, FL)
850-547-3530,
www.bonifayguildforthearts.com
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Brush and Palette Studio
893-1960, brushandpalettestudio.com
Capital City Carvers
562-8460, carvers.mytalweb.com
Capitol Complex Galleries
245-6480, www.florida-arts.org
City Hall Art Gallery
224-2500, www.cocanet.org
Et Ceterocks Gallery
www.et-ceterocks.com
First Street Gallery (Havana, FL)
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, mgallery_fl@yahoo.com
The Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science
513-0700, www.thebrogan.org
Muse · 3, 222-6873
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
Reaver Enterprises Fine Art Supplies
561-6285, home.earthlink.net/~trreaver
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
South of Soho Co-op Gallery
907-3590, www.southofsohogallery.com
Swamp Buddha Sumi-e
386-5041, aekoz@yahoo.com
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, Ubewild@aol.com
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Photo of Valerie S. Goodwin inside the FAMU School of Architecture with one of her fabric pieces. Taken April 2007 by Tony Archer.

Like the colorful quilts she creates,

Valerie Goodwin is a complex
and intricate artist. A practicing
architect, she utilizes structural
design elements like city grids and
mapping as sources of inspiration
for her artwork. Her quilts focus
on and reflect the geometric
relationships, patterns, and ordering
principles found in architecture.
Valerie also teaches at Florida
A&M University’s School of
Architecture, where she encourages
her students to investigate the
parallels between architecture
and quilting as way to learn about
composition, color, and pattern.
“I consider myself an artist/
architect who values and
incorporates the elements of
traditional quilt making,” notes
Valerie. “But I try to move the
definition of ‘work of art’ beyond its
previous boundaries.”
Valerie’s quilts have been
exhibited all over the country and
have appeared in publications such
as Quilt National, American Craft
Magazine, Fiber Art Magazine, and
Surface Design Journal.
See images of her architectural
and abstract fiber art, and get
information about where to
see her work in person at www.
quiltsbyvalerie.com.

Valerie S. Goodwin
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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