I am seeing signs that the arts in Central Florida are looking to make a come back. I have been invited to mount an exhibition in Winter Park at The University club at the end of next month. April Fools Day, April 1, 2021 is the opening date. Rather then having an in person opening reception, I plan to have a virtual tour of the exhibition online.
Van Gogh Alive, was an exhibition that was mounted at the Dali museum in Tampa during the pandemic. The exhibition features more than 3,000 Van Gogh images at enormous scale, viewed through high-definition projectors and synchronized to a powerful classical score. The exhibit remains pen through April 11, 2021.
Snap Orlando now has an exhibit called the The Van Gogh Affect. Photographers Lynn Johnson and Patricia Lanza followed Van Gogh’s footsteps through the places he lived, studied, and paid tribute to what they see as his “most enduring muse, the sun.”
As the country races to vaccinate as many Americans as possible against COVID-19, both New York and California are reporting new virus variants that might be more contagious than the original strain. Florida is still leading the country in coronavirus variants, with more than 400 cases have been reported to the CDC, far surpassing any other state.