First Art Exhibit of Season

1st Art Exhibition of 2008 - 2009 Season
David Crown, Man for All Media

The Cedar Key Arts Center will open its 2008-09 monthly shows on
Saturday, November 1, 2008, with an exhibition of painting by David
Crown. The public is cordially invited to the opening reception, 5 to
7 PM at the Arts Center. The artist will be present and light
refreshments will be served.

David Crown was born in London, England, where he attended Cambridge
University, the University of London and graduated from the London
Hospital Medical School. After leaving a successful medical career in
Rochester, NY, Dr. Crown began his 26 year career as an artist when he
moved to Gainesville in 1982. He paints with both oils and acrylics,
sculpts, is a print maker and is currently the founder and director of
the International Mezzotint Society. Dr. Crown has had one person
shows at the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, the Orlando Museum of
Art, and The Thomas Center, to name but a few of his venues. His works
are in the collections of The British Museum, the Harn Museum in
Gainesville and other personal and corporate collections in the US,
Canada, Japan and France.

Allyne Jacocks
Member`s Gallery Featured Artist at Arts Center

Allyne Jacocks will be the featured artist in the Cedar Key Arts
Center Member`s Gallery for the month of November. The opening
reception will be Nov 1, 2008, from 5 - 7 PM at the Arts Center. The
public is cordially invited.

Allyne`s work is inspired principally by nature .Her nature prints,
made directly from the object itself, incorporate collage and mixed
media elements. She is a member of the Selby Gardens Nature Printers
and the International Nature Printing Society.

During the late 1970`s Jacocks lived in Cedar Key and owned an art
gallery, The Great Cedar Key Trading Company, in a building where the
Capital City Bank is now located. Many local and regional artists
exhibited there. Allyne now lives in Sarasota and her work can be
viewed at Island Arts Gallery year-round.

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Attention Artists

The Cedar Key Arts Center December Exhibition will launch the holiday
season on December 6, 2008, with an open entry "Giftable Art
Exhibition and Sale", along with an opening Holiday Party from 5 - 7
PM. Area artists are invited to enter art or fine craft items which
will sell for no more than $75 each. There is no entry fee to exhibit
works and artists may replenish their display when work sells. All
works should be delivered to the Arts Center no later than Wednesday,
December 3. The Arts Center will take a 25% commission, which includes
processing fees for credit card purchases. Artists who currently
display work in local galleries will be able to direct purchasers to
where more of their work can be seen. This notice will appear again to
remind and alert potential exhibitors.

This community event will be a wonderful opportunity for local artists
to display and sell their work and for the public to shop locally for
handmade gifts. No long check-out lines and no expensive trips to
big-box stores.