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As the local arts agency for Tallahassee and Leon County,the Council on Culture & Arts works on behalf of the

community to support the areas diverse range of culturalevents and traditions. rough innovative partnershipswith community and educational groups, COCA seeksto enrich and improve the lives of citizens and visitorsalike. Our professional staff and board of directors serveas a community resource to advocate for and support artsand culture in Floridas Capital Area.

COCA members include non-profit and commercialgalleries, museums, theaters, music groups, dancecompanies, festivals, historic sites, film and videocompanies, educational organizations, and individualartists, as well as businesses and individuals interested insupporting local cultural activities.

Council on Culture & Arts Staff

Executive Director Peggy BradyTony Archer

Randi GoldsteinLeslie PuckettClint RileyAmanda Karioth ompsonHolly ompson

Council on Culture & Arts Board of Directors

Chair Michael H. SheridanVice Chair Ken WinkerTreasurer Anne MackenzieSecretary Kay Stephenson

Exec. Comm. Margo H. BindhardtMember At-Large

Valliere Richard AuzenneMickey BradyAlfredo A. CruzLydia A. McKinley-Floyd

Longineu ParsonsMark RavenscraftSusan StrattonMike VasilindaStacey WebbJohanna Williams

Ex-officios John Marks, MayorBob Rackleff, County

CommissionMarge Banocy-Payne, TCCValencia E. Matthews, FAMUDonna H. McHugh, FSUPaula P. Smith, PACC ChairDick Fallon, Cultural

Ambassador

816 S. Boulevard Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301

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Vol. 2 September/October 2007 Issue 3

Offi cial Publication of the

ForCapital Culture MagazinePublisher Peggy Brady

Editor Randi GoldsteinCreative Director Tony Archer

Editorial Assistant Aalyah Duncan

Capital Culture Magazine is published bi-monthly bythe Council on Culture & Arts with support from theLeon County Tourist Development Council and incooperation with Tallahassees Family Forum Magazine.

Capital Culture Magazineis distributed free of charge tovisitors to and residents of Floridas Big Bend Area.

Reproduction ofCapital Culture Magazinein whole orin part is permitted only with written permission fromthe Council on Culture & Arts. Reproduction withoutpermission is strictly prohibited.

Editorial, art, and photography submissions to CapitalCulture Magazineare considered. Writers guidelines areavailable at www.cocanet.org. However, the publisherassumes no responsibility for return of unsolicitedmanuscripts or art.Capital Culture Magazinereserves theright to publish any letters to the editor. Although COCAmakes every effort to publish accurate information, wemake no guarantee as to the accuracy, completeness,or timeliness of the information in this magazine. Allrights reserved.

Capital Culture Magazineis available in large print uponrequest. is publication is available in electronic formatat COCAs website at www.cocanet.org. e opinionsexpressed in this magazine are those of the individualcontributors and do not necessarily reflect those of theCouncil on Culture & Arts, or Capital Culture Magazinessponsors or advertisers.

Subscriptions toCapital Culture Magazineare availableby joining the Council on Culture & Arts. Please visit www.cocanet.org/about/join.html to download anapplication or call (850) 224-2500.

Copyright 2007 Council on Culture & Arts

A COCA publication sponsored in part by the City o Tallahassee, Leon County,

the State o Florida, Division o Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the

National Endowment or the Arts.On the Cover:ts ull steam ahead as COCA and Artspace

Projects, Inc. join orces to make the Arts

on Gaines project a reality.

lustration by Nathan Archer

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REGULAR FEATURES2 From the Publisher

3 Contributors

3 News of Note

Keep up with arts & culture!

10 More Than You Thought

Theatre, music, dance, art exhibits, and MORE!

14 COCA Connection

Spotlight on COCAs First Friday Gallery Hop, plus all thats new with COCA.

18 Directory of Arts and CulturalOrganizations and Businesses

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Capital Culture Interview:

Artist Paul TamanianLocal musician Jesse Corry talks with his friend and mentor

COVER STORYGaines Street is ready to get up and go. Are you ready for the Arts on Gaines?

Adventures in Arts(Education) by Jeannine MeisWhere can you find a world famous author, a bunch of kids, a spinning

wheel, and a princess? COCAs Arts in Education Expo!

Proles in the ArtsHenry Hernandez is taking the Tallahassee Ballet to new heights

CONTENTS

...PLUS: An update on the Performing Arts Center (page 16)


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Illustration by Nathan Archer

Peggy Brady

COCA...On the MoveThats right, as o September 17, COCA is moving. Our new address is 816 S. Boulevard

Street, right o Gaines Street, the building that used to be the Florida Association o

Community Colleges.

We are thrilled with the new space, and think you will be, too. We have a meeting

room upstairs thats large enough or workshops and grant panels, with an elevator, so

now almost every COCA event will be in the same place. Were also considering renting

out that space when we arent using it, so i youre looking or meeting space, contact us

to talk about it.Im especially pleased to be able to announce the move in this issue oCapital Culture,

which ocuses on Gaines Street. Were so excited about the possibilities or that area,

and look orward to being right in the thick o things, actively participating in the Gaines

Street Revitalization eorts.

Once we get settled, well have a party to show o the new place. But in the

meantime, eel ree to stop by, see the new digs, and let us know whats going on in your

neck o the arts and culture woods.

See you out and about!

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CONTRIBUTORSStacy Corry is a writer and graphic designerwho grew up in Tallahassee. While living inLos Angeles, she wrote comic books and

short ction beore discovering that shecould score ree CDs, concert tickets andexclusive interviews with Duran Duran as anentertainment journalist. In 1997, she movedback to Tallahassee and opened a comicbook shop (now deunct) called Skids AtomicComics. She is currently the art director or apublishing rm, and lives with her husband,

singer/songwriter Jesse Corry, their two dogs, and a turtle named Henry.She just nished designing the album cover or Sot Targets new CD, HeavyRainbow, and is now busy writing a childrens book.

A New Jersey native,Jeannine Meis hasbeen a Tallahassee resident or eight yearsand a theatre practitioner or teen. She

teaches Social Studies and Drama orLeon County Schools and has presentedat state and national conerences oninusing the arts with core curriculum.

NEWS OF NOTE

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March to Victory!While most Lincoln High

School students were

enjoying their summer

break, one Trojan braved

the hot summer weather.

On July 26, 2007 Lincoln

Principal Martha Bunch

marked the dedication o

The Lincoln Trojan Statue

created by local artist W.

Stanley Proctor.

MORE NEWS

Thestatuewasrevealedtoaneager(andenthusiastic)crowdofLincolnstudents,teachers,administrators,alumni,families,andguests.

SchoolSuperintendentJackiePons

joinedinthefestivities.

Jeannine Meis

Stacy Corry


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NEWS OF NOTECongratulations!The Florida Arican Dance Festival,produced by Tallahassees ownAfrican Caribbean Dance Theatre,

was named one o Floridas Top 100Annual Events by BizBash Floridamagazine. And thats not all. Hats

o to our very own SpringtimeTallahassee and Red Hills Horse Trialsor making that list, too.

Tallahassee Museums Assistant

Curator Gwendolyn Waldorfreceived the Georgia HistoricalSocietys 2007 Lilla M. Hawes Awardor her bookThe Genesis of Grady

County, Georgia (Sentry Press). Thisannual award is given or the bookjudged the most worthy contributionto Georgia county or local historypublished during the previous year.

Havana artist June Zent won theAward o Distinction at the 80thAnnual Blue Crab Art Festival in

Palatka over the Memorial Dayweekend. Her winning oil painting,Songs of Roses, was sold at the showto a private collector.

Kudos to the members o the BoysChoir of Tallahassee who graduatedthis year and are beginning theircollege educations this all. Tobias

Bryant and Cedrick Conyers willattend TCC, and Keir Smith, FontraishSteadman, Marquez Thomas, andTaurris Wilkes will attend FAMU.

Patrick Alexander, who will earnhis Master o Fine Arts degree rom

FSUs Film School in August, wona Student Academy Award on June

9 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theaterin Beverly Hills, CA. Alexanders lm,Rundown, was awarded rst prizein the Narrative Category. This isthe ourth time in three years that aStudent Academy Award has gone to agraduate student rom the Film School.

Tallahassee artist John Lytle

Wilson was eatured in the June2007 issue oUnderworld Magazine(www.underworldmagazines.com). Underworldocuses on

the potential o up and comingmusicians, photographers, artists,poets, journalists, lm makers,ashion designers, and moreunderground artists.

They Get AroundMembers o the Mickee Faust Clubwere invited to make a presentationat the Disaster PreparednessConerence recently held in PanamaCity by Floridas Agency or Persons

with Disabilities. Approximately300 attendees viewed portions o adocumentary-in-progress created

by the Mickee Faust Clubs ActualLives project.

From May 21 through June 11,members oTallahassees SwampBuddha Sumi-e group toured andpainted their way through China rom Beijing to Guilin, Dunhuanin the Gobi Desert, and nally to

Shanghai. They visited such popularsites as the Great Wall, the ForbiddenCity, and the Terra Cotta Warriors inXian, but were also treated to two

villages which escaped the ChineseCultural Revolution and stand asa testament to Chinas culturallyrich past. They also enjoyed threeopportunities to work with Chinese

master artists.

Art for GoodBig Bend Cares annual art auction,

Artopia, was held Saturday, June23 at The Moon. Their ninth annual

auction was the best ever, andearned record proceeds to helppeople in the Big Bend communityliving with HIV/AIDS.

Got Junk?Remodeling your house? Haveold clothing to recycle? FSU artprofessors Owen Mundy and Joelle

Dietrickare creating a project thatencourages us to refect on our innerlives and our connection to the largerTallahassee community. They arecollecting clothes and house remnants

(a window, some siding, a doorknob,etc.) to create a video room or the FSUMuseum o Fine Arts all exhibitionLocating Secret Psychological Space.

Anyone can participate, so call 619-312-5004 to transorm your unwantedpossessions into a work o art.

Let to right: Liz Smith, Diana Orrick, Ann Kozeliski and MaryBeth Zenni contemplate a new ink well or the Swamp Buddh


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Armed with goggles, protective mask and a blowtorch and dressed in the hard-earned paint splattered chic o an abstract painter and sculptor, Paul Tamanian

goes to work every day just a ew steps away rom his ront door. In his ruraland lavishly supplied Tallahassee studio, he takes the most elemental and mundane omaterials and turns them into tactile, visually hypnotic pieces.

Using ingredients like clayslip, aluminum, automotive paint, and liquid detergent,

Tamanians methods are so eclectic and constantly evolving that he proves to be hisown ercest competition. An ardent perectionist, the scatter o debris rom his rejectsprovides a visual east along the short path between his workshop and home. Thispassionate pursuit o innovation is contagious, and despite his workaholic discipline andremote location, Tamanian seeks out other artists, eager to exchange ideas, and perhaps

commiserate about the challenges o being your own worst critic.Jesse Corry, singer-songwriter and ounding member o the Tallahassee band Sot

Targets, has known Tamanian since 1996, when Corry was a young painter and Tamanianwas just starting to get serious about clay. Corry showed him photos o his paintings rom his

TAMING

CHAOSMusician Jesse Corry Divines ArtistPaul Tamanians Elemental Inspirationsby Stacy Corry

Paul Tamanian

JesseCorry


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irst gallery exhibit in New York City.Recognizing a kindred spirit, Tamanianoered Corry a job. Corry worked inTamanians studio or several years, andwhile there, ound his interests shiting

rom painting to music. In 2005, hisband recorded their irst CD, FrequentFlyer, and has just recently completedtheir second CD, Heavy Rainbow. Themusic is a reined mix o inventivemelodies, lush harmonies, andevocative lyrics, reminiscent o sixtiesera baroque pop.

Though the CDs have garnered

enthusiastic responses romans and critics, Corry too nds itchallenging to depend solely on his

own creative instincts in buildinga career, and nds inspiration ineedback rom other artists. In theollowing interview, Corry asks hislong-time riend Tamanian abouthis crat, his career, and his unique

health smoothies.

JC: This is a beautiul setting out

here with the lake and lush ora

and an incredible house that

you built yourseldo you draw

inspiration rom the natural colorsand the light?

PT: Maybe subconsciously it doescome rom nature, especially theprocess; the way I work. Its sort o likewriting a song; you dont necessarilyhave something in mind and thensuddenly, something happens. Thatswhat I do when Im looking at a bigpiece o metal. Theres no plan. I justcreate all this chaos on a big sheet

and hope I nd an area in there thatworks. Then Ill rework it and rework it.

JC: Do you have any rituals or

preparatory devices that help you

get into art mode?

PT: Turn on some good music. A loto times Ill go swim rst. I get up

and attack it beore I nish my rst

cup o coee. I its something I wasexcited about working on rom the

night beore, Ill go right out and startbecause I want to see whats goingon with it.

JC: What about your inamous

shrapnel smoothies?

PT: Those arent preparatory.Theyre like the gas you put in the

tank. Basically, a lot o antioxidants

all resh ruits, berries, nuts,supplements, almonds, kale, spinach,

omega-3 oil

JC: You mean fsh oil.

PT: Well, I put some lime or someginger in there and it actually tastesgood. Ive got my 67-year-old helperdrinking them every day. He says iteeds his soul.

INTERVIEW

Previous page: Frogs, Reallyby Paul Tamanian. This page: Archer Bunker.

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JC: Since music is such a big part o

your inspiration, tell me what youre

spinning while you work these days.

PT: It changes every day. Today I

was listening to Doug Sahm romthe sixties, probably the godathero the Austin music scene. I had aBetty Lavette record rom the sixties;old soul music. I had a band calledSpoon rom Austin. And o course,the Sot Targets.

JC: While were on the subject o

inspiring characters, who are some

other inuences in your lie? Not

necessarily visual artists.

PT: Bob Dylans attitude when he wasgetting started theyd say turn itdown and hed say turn it up.

JC: Sounds like you.

PT: Most rebels without a cause.William Morris, the glass artist. Iwatched him progress and takeglass to another place. Thats whatIm trying to do with metal; take it

to a place where people dont reallyknow what it is. Bruce Springsteen he battled the establishment, put

everything on the line, did a lot osacricing, and hes still producinggood viable stu. Thats what Iadmire about him.

JC: Tell me what jobs you had

beore you became an artist.

PT: I got a degree in interior design;

did that or a ew years, and thencouldnt take the ducks anymore. Ihad a car dealership with a riend omine, ran a sporting goods store...I ran an art supply store, whichactually had hardly any infuenceon me at all. I met a lot o artists, butI dont use many typical art supplies.

JC: I know your supplies are

somewhat unique.

PT: I work in aluminum, but Im alsostill working in clay a little bit. I use

a lot o automotive technology -mixed media, automotive paint usedin non-traditional ways breakingthe rules all the way. Mixing waterand oil, so to speak. Trying thingswithout earor ear o spendingmoney to come up with newtechniques and ideas.

JC: How has your work changed?

PT: Im working on spending more

time with composition, like you dowith songwriting. A lot o peoplecouldnt tell the dierence betweena song you did this year or two yearsago, but you sure could tell.

JC: How about the frst time

you ever set one o your

pieces on fre?

PT: Fire startedback with the clay. I

learned about raku,a process o puttingglaze on the clay and

then pulling it outo the re beorethe glaze hashardened. Asit ractures,

the smoke gets all in it. Part o whatIm doing now is sort o like that. I justtry everything I can think o to comeup with something unique. Like TomWaits does with music, sort o, What

i we tried this, and what i we triedthis..? And the more you combinethem all together

JC: And like Tom Waits, you tend to

like craggy, scruffy looking suraces

kind o broken looking textures.

But you also go to the other end o

the spectrum and have these very

glossy, hi-f sorts o textures.

PT: The clear nish that I use began

strictly to enhance the pieces, toreally bring the colors out. Now its

evolved to depth andlayering Ill do a

painting andseal it, then

Ill do

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Tallahassee has long talked about

the redevelopment o Gaines Street.

Lacking a strong central project a catalyst the hoped-or

revitalization o the area has not yet occurred. The Arts on

Gaines is the project that could create the momentum to get

Gaines going. The project has three components:

Arts Business Incubator & Support FacilityThe incubator space will provide a central location to providesupport or emerging and established arts businesses. Offi cespaces, shared conerence spaces, and many multi-purposecreation spaces (rehearsal rooms, studios, classroom and

workshop spaces, etc.) will be designed to meet the needso the areas artists and arts businesses. While private to theartists working within, the creation spaces will be designedto permit visitors to view the creation o perorming artin progress. This space will be used by a wide variety o

individuals and organizations, including COCA.A 5,000 square oot open, lexible assembly space (aka a black

box) will be used or theatre, music, ilm, and other events, andcan also be conigured or banquets, trade shows, and meetings.

Adapting the use o an existing warehouse, a proessionalscene shop will provide local perorming groups the meansto build sets, props, and costumes as well as generate revenueor the acility by building or industrial and commercialevents. Like the rehearsal spaces, the scene shop will become

a tourist attraction, where members o the public can view thecreation o the scenic arts.

RetailShops and restaurants, including an urban supermarket, willserve the incubator tenants, residents in the surroundingareas, and visitors to the acility. Based on research, the

COVER STORY

estimated annual oot traffi c o the incubator acilitywould exceed 155,000, beore adding the number oaudience members and tourists. The market-rate rentspaid by retailers will fow directly into the operating

budget o the incubator space, helping to keep ratesaordable or artists and non-prot organizations.A Ca/Coeehouse located inside the incubator

space would provide the ood service needs o thetenants and also serve residents and visitors as agathering area or visual, literary, and perorming artiststo share ideas with others between rehearsals, classes,workshops, or perormances. The Ca/Coeehouseacility would also be used in the evenings or inormal

public perormances and readings.

Housing

Aordable housing will be a vital component o theproject, with units built specically to meet the needso those creative proessionals whose income qualiesthem or such housing. Workorce and market-ratehousing may also constitute a part o the project.

The number o units will be based on the results o ahousing market survey currently under way. Bringingresidents to the Gaines Street area is a critical part othe Citys revitalization strategy, and will make theneighborhood a true 24-hour destination.

The Arts on Gaines:The Vision

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ARTSPACE 101by Artspace Projects, Inc.

Finding and retaining aordable space isan age-old problem or artists, painters,sculptors, dancers, and others whorequire an abundance o well-lit spacein which to work. Many artists gravitateto old warehouses and other industrialbuildings, but their very presence in anindustrial neighborhood oten acts as a

catalyst, setting in motion a process ogentriication that drives rents up andorces the artists out.

This is precisely what happened in

Minneapolis historic Warehouse Districtin the 1970s and led to the creation oArtspace in 1979. Established to serveas an advocate orartists space needs,

Artspace eectivelyulilled thatmission or nearly adecade. By the late1980s, however,it was clear thatthe problem required a more proactive

approach, and Artspace made the leaprom advocate to developer. Since then,

the scope o Artspaces activities hasgrown dramatically.

Artspace is now a national leader inthe ield o developing aordable spaceor artists through new construction andthe adaptive reuse o old warehouses,schools, and commercial buildings.Artspaces irst three live/work projectswere in Saint Paul: the Northern

Warehouse Artists Cooperative (1990),

Frogtown Family Lots (1992), and TilsnerArtists Cooperative (1993).Since then, Artspace has expanded its

range o activities to include live/workprojects in Duluth (Washington Studios,1995); Pittsburgh (Spinning Plate ArtistLots, 1998), Portland, Oregon (EverettStation Lots, 1998), Reno (Riverside Artist

Lots, 2000), Galveston (National Hotel

Artist Lots, 2001), Chicago (Switching

Station Artist Lots, 2003), Seattle (TashiroKaplan Artist Lots, 2004), Fergus Falls,Minnesota (Kaddatz Artist Lots, 2004),

Bridgeport, Connecticut (Sterling MarketLots, 2004), Mount Rainier, Maryland(Mount Rainier Artist Lots, 2005), andHouston (Elder Street Artist Lots, 2005).In all, these projects represent more than560 live/work units.

In the mid-1990s, Artspace broadenedits mission to include non-residentialprojects. The irst o these, the Traic

Zone Center or Visual Art (1995),

transormed an historic bakery into 24studios or mid-career artists. Other non-residential Artspace projects include the

Minnesota ShubertPerorming Artsand EducationCenter, a $37million, three-

building culturalcomplex indowntown

Minneapolis. When completed in 2008,

it will serve as a perorming home or theSaint Paul Chamber Orchestra and morethan 20 small and midsize dance, music,and theater groups. It will also have amultiaceted education program that will

include interactive long-distance learningtechnology capable o reaching everyschool district in the state.

Over the last ew years, Artspace hasevolved rom a Minnesota organizationwith a ew national projects into a trulynational organization based in theTwin Cities. They now have projects indevelopment, pre-development, or

easibility in more than a dozen states.Their national consulting program hashelped communities in 40 states addresstheir arts-related space issues. The natureo their work is evolving, too, to includemultiple-acility projects, long-rangeplanning, and arts districts.

Artspace Projects mission is

to create, foster, and preserve

aordable space for artists

and arts organizations.

How? COCA is partnering with

Artspace Projects, Inc., based inMinneapolis, the nations leadingnon-prot real estate developer orthe arts. Since 1979, their mission hasbeen to create, oster, and preserve

aordable space or artists and artsorganizations.

From Pittsburgh to Portland andChicago to Seattle, Artspace hassparked artistic and neighborhoodrevivals. Artspaces tenants have notonly cultivated their own talents,

but theyve also taken on theirsurrounding neighborhoods as works

in progress. Theyve establishedcommunity gardens, built parks,and organized area art walks. In theprocess, theyve inspired other artistsand businesses to move back intocity neighborhoods long written oas unsalvageable. Artspace projectsserve as catalysts or neighborhoodrevitalization. Invariably, the

community that evolves within anartist live/work project soon spreads

into the surrounding area, breathingnew lie, energy, and stability into theentire community.


For an update on the Perorming Arts Center, please see page 16.


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COCAs 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 o the events posted in October

and November 2007...

(Note: All events are subject to change without notice. Check www.MoreThanYouThought.com,

or contact the individual organizations listed for updated information.)


Music & MoreTheTallahassee Symphony Orchestra takes you on a European

Tour on October 5 at Ruby Diamond Auditorium, with a concerteaturing Mendelssohns Italian Symphony, Kabalevskys Cello

Concerto, and the Symphonic Metamorphosis o Hindemith,under the baton o Music Director Miriam Burns. Call 644-6500

or tickets, or go to www.tickets.su.edu to order online.

On October 12, visit the Tallahassee MuseumsZoobilee, the

adult-only event that gives grown-ups the opportunity to enjoythe natural setting o the Museum ater-hours when ood, drink,

and live music are enjoyed in a casual atmosphere. More than 20local restaurants will tantalize guests taste buds with delectable

dishes, and abulous local musicians will play throughout thenight. For inormation, call 575-8684.

Pebble Hill Plantation in Thomasville, GA, announces a British

Invasion! The 2007 Fall Open-Air Concerton October 28 eatures

Eric Burdon, The Animals, and Peter Noone and Hermans Hermits.Call 229-226-2344 or order tickets online at www.pebblehill.com.

I you are new to opera, Puccinis masterworkLa Boheme would

be a great rst experience. Presented by Florida State OperaNovember 3, 4, 9, and 10 at Ruby Diamond Auditorium, the

shows engaging plot revolves around a community o artistsin Paris, and is the basis or the musical Rent. Call 644-6500 or

tickets, or go to www.tickets.su.edu to order online.

You may have listened to the Hallelujah Chorus, but have

you ever heard Handels ull Messiah? November 18 is yourchance, as the Tallahassee Community Chorus perorms

one o the most amous works in Western choral literature atRuby Diamond Auditorium. Call 644-6500 or tickets, or go

to www.tickets.su.edu to order online.

Theatre

On October 5-7 and 12-14, the Quincy Music Theatrepresents Fiddler on the Roof. This Tony Award winning musical

will warm your heart, and is sure to teach your amily thevalue o being just thatamily! Call 875-9444 or tickets, or

go to www.qmtonline.com to order online.

Enjoy the best young perormers in the area at The Spirit of Giving

hosted by the Boys & Girls Clubs o the Big Bend. The eventwill include perormers rom such local groups as Young Actors

Theatre, Musikgarten, Tallahassee Girls Choir o C.H.O.I.C.E., Boys &



CALENDARGirls Clubs, F.A.C.E. Caribbean Steel Drums, Tallahassee SymphonyYouth Orchestra, and others. The event is October 9 at The Moon.

Admission and dinner are ree. For advance ticket reservations,

call 656-8100, ext. 314.

Looking or something a little less traditional? Try OktoberFaustattheMickee Faust Club in Railroad Square Art Park, October 12-

14. For more inormation on this mini-cabaRAT eaturing beerand circuses, call 562-RATS (7287).

On October 16, or one night only, the Tallahassee-Leon County

Civic Center presents Evita, as part o the 2007-08 Tallahassee

Broadway Series. Winner o seven Tony Awards, Evita brings tolie the dynamic persona o Eva Peron, wie o ormer Argentine

dictator Juan Peron. Call 222-0400 or tickets.

What happens ater the happily ever ater? Find out when theSchool o Theatre at Florida State presents Stephen Sondheims

musical Into the Woods at the Fallon Theatre on October 19-21and 23-28. Call 644-6500 or tickets, or go to www.tickets.su.edu

to order online.

In the 1800s, a convoy o strong-willed black women fees the Jim

Crow South or the Kansas heartland. FAMU Essential Theatresproduction oFlyin Westby Pearl Cleage will be presented on

October 24-28 at the Charles Winter Wood Theatre. Parentaldiscretion advised. Call 561-2425 or tickets.

See the hit movie burst onstage as Young Actors Theatre

presents Big! The Musical, November 9-18. When rustrated

adolescent Josh Baskin wishes he were big and wakes up the

next morning a 30-year-old man, he discovers theres much moreto being an adult than hes bargained or. Call 386-6602 or tickets.

Art & MoreSee more than 60 beautiully handcrated quilts at the 26th AnnualCapital City Quilt Showco-sponsored byQuilters Unlimited o

Tallahassee at theMuseum o Florida History. Exhibit runs throughOctober 28; admission is ree. Call 245-6400 or inormation.

See Tallahassee artist Bob Rubanowices used dichroic glass

creations in Masks That RevealatThomas Eads Fine Art through

November 14. Also at Thomas Eads Fine Art this all: Steel Life: NewSculptures by Mark Dickson, eaturing reestanding and pedestal-

mounted works in welded plate steel. Call 224-1435.

Join the crowd at theAnnual Art Auction at621 Gallery inRailroad Square on November 16 or an evening o high energy,

ood, drinks, and un. Dont miss this opportunity to bid on nearly100 pieces rom the regions best and most well known artists.

The event includes both silent and live auctions. For inormation,

call 224-6163.

Explore room ater room o wildlie and sportingsculpture, paintings, photography, carvings, and jewelry

in a un, amily-riendly atmosphere. The 12th Annual

Plantation Wildlife Arts Festivalwill be held November 17and 18 at the Thomasville Cultural Center in Thomasville,

GA. Call 229-226-0588 or inormation.

Explore the art o illusion with Trompe LOeil, art that hasooled the eye or centuries. This exhibit at the Mary Brogan

Museum o Art and Science brings together ourteen oAmericas leading trompe loeil artists, who work to bridge the

gap between modern art and realism, injecting humor and

new lie into this time honored tradition. Exhibit runs throughNovember 25. Call 513-0700 or more inormation.

Every Saturday rom 8 am until 2 pm, the Downtown

Marketplace in Ponce de Leon Park eatures regional artists,resh homegrown produce and fowers, plus celebrated local

musicians, authors and poets, and special activities or kids. Call224-3252 or more inormation.



Iconsider mysel pretty involved in Tallahasseescultural scene. I attend First Fridays,

Tallahassee Symphony concerts, TallahasseeLittle Theater productions, Kleman Parkconcerts, various annual Nutcrackerballets,

and a myriad o Florida State and FAMU events. I encouragemy students to do the same; its not hard to when so manyorganizations are budget priced. But many o my Title Ichildren do not have the ability to get across town to amuseum, and even ewer can aord a amilys worth oadmissions to a musical. So in addition to teaching, I try to

bring as many arts events as possible into my school.As national traveling production companies,

storytellers, puppeteers, and ensembles bombarded theschool with advertisements or high-quality, discountedperormances, I ound mysel overwhelmed. How shouldI choose what was appropriate and high quality or mystudents on the schools limited budget? There are eweelings worse than realizing teen minutes into anhour-long play that your th grade program was actually

intended or ve year olds.

Luckily, I was ortunate enough to be invited to COCAsArts in Education Expo last year. I expected to make a ew

new contacts, see the usual national vendors, and perhapsmeet a ew locals peddling perormances or expoundingupon their upcoming seasons. What awaited me was arbetter than what I anticipated.

The entire day was lled with demonstrations actual perormances o local arts groups who wereavailable to come to local schools. I grabbed a scheduleand watched the stage transorm rom dancers to singers,actors to storytellers anyone I ever considered hiring

or my students, and many I never knew existed. The livedemonstrations let me judge or mysel which groupswould keep ourth graders howling in their seats, andwhich could rivet antsy rst graders no more holding mybreath through the duration o a school wide perormancewondering which grade level would rebel. And no morewondering about the educational qualities o a show:I could choose programs that actually enhanced FCATpreparation!

I ound mysel completely absorbed in the

2007sExpowasatremendoussuccesswithhundredsofattendees!

Where can you find a world famous author, abunch of kids, a spinning wheel, and a princess?

COCA s Arts in Education Expo!by Jeannine Meis


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Areateachersenjoy ameetandgreetwith2007s Expokeynote speakerFaith Ringgold

with the ideas, activities, andresources that I had learned.

There was still one more area Ihad not explored yet: the vendors.Every organization in attendance

had an arts bent, and there musthave been our times as many as Iexpected. As i the rest o the day

hadnt been a smashing successalready, the vendors surprised mewith the wide array o eld trips,ater-school activities, and in-school demonstrations available tolocal teachers, oten or FREE! Justabout every table was giving awaysomething, and even ater arrivinglate to the vendor room, I let with

t-shirts, books, a photo album, ascrapbook, a mug, and two coozies.

I suddenly elt ignorant aboutthe Tallahassee arts scene. I hadhad no idea o the generosity othe community I lived and workedin. Even though I was amiliar withthese organizations perormances,I was unamiliar with their

educational programs. I tried to

speak to everyone. I soon ran out ocarrying space or all the pamphletsI was grabbing, but luckily myhusband was able to help me haulmy treasures back to the car.

I had only intended to stay a ewhours at the Expo, but there was noway to see everything in the amounto time I had allotted. I ended upstaying the whole day and thenspending the entire evening in ronto the computer writing new andimproved lesson plans. I had reshideas to bring into my classroom

and a preliminary list o perormers Iwanted to invite to school.

This year, I anxiously returned to

the Expo particularly excited to seethe keynote speaker, arts educatorextraordinaire Faith Ringgold. Thiswell-known artist and childrensauthor gave a presentation orstudents and parents, and another

geared especially or teachers. Sheeven managed to sneak in a ewbook signings, and many well-lovedcopies o her Tar Beach and otherchildrens books were in evidence.

The Expo was a huge success

both years, and I cant wait to seewhat COCA has planned or the

next one!


demonstration room until Iremembered that there was aworkshop I wanted to catch. I yousaw the documentary Mad HotBallroom or the eature lm Take

the Lead, you already know aboutthe Dancing Classrooms program,and it was these same people

(except or Antonio Banderas, thatis) who traveled rom New YorkCity to Tallahassee or the Exposkeynote workshop. Two o the actualteachers rom the documentaryexplained how to use dance toteach social etiquette, and answeredendless questions. I was totally soldon the program and ready to plead

the case to my principal, even i myP.E. teacher riends never spoke tome again.

I enjoyed the workshop somuch that I stayed or the next oneon assessing arts achievement andanother on grant writing. By thetime the presentations were over,I elt better prepared to meet the

educational needs o my students


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What are those fuschia flags flying

outside museums and galleries

around Tallahassee?

On the rst Friday o every month, more than 30 museums

and galleries participate in a community-wide art party by

staying open until at least 9 pm, oten eaturing openings,

receptions, live music, and special events or the public.There is no admission charge to attend any o these First

Friday Destinations that day, and most places oer ree

rereshments as well.

First Fridays happen in almost every major U.S. city, including Phoenix, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Richmond, and

even Honolulu. Each citys event is uniquely its own, and Tallahassees First Fridays are a great opportunity to check out the wealth

o art oerings here in the Capital City.

Visit COCAs web site or the Tallahassee Democrats Limelight or a list o museums and galleries that are open each month.

And remember, most places have new exhibits up every month, so you can go to the same venue and have a completely new

experience every time.

I you dont want to drive rom place to place, take COCAs First Friday Gallery Hop Shuttle. Two shuttles leave rom Chez Pierre atabout 6 pm each First Friday, and oer a three-hour tour that lets you sample a variety o local art at many First Friday destinations.

On-board tour guide entertainers tell you about the places youre visiting, and keep you updated on whats going on in all the arts

around town. We guarantee that youll have more un than you ever thought possible on an art tour!

Shuttle tickets are only $5 per person. Tickets go on sale at 5 pm on First Fridays outside Chez Pierre; we recommend you get

there early, as seating is limited and shuttles nearly always sell out ast.

Attention Museums and Galleries: Our new First Friday seasonstarts in the all. I youd like to participate as a First Friday Destination Site,

please contact Clint Riley at 224-2500 or a copy o the destination guidelines.

Attention Restaurant Owners: Do you show local or regional art? Are you inter-

ested in participating in the First Friday events? Now you can! Contact Michelle Melvinor Tony Archer at 224-2500 to nd out how.

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COCA NotesNew Faces

COCA welcomes our newest BoardMember, Alfredo Cruz. Alredo is aormer program offi cer or the John S.

and James L. Knight Foundation, and iscurrently serving as district assistant orState Representative Loranne Ausley.He enjoys volunteering his time in thecommunity while pursuing a degree inPublic Administration and Urban andRegional Planning at FSU.

COCA welcomes our new interns,Michelle Melvin, Aalyah Duncan, andDaniel Lyons. Michelle is a senior at theFSU School o Theatre, and has beenworking on COCAs Arts in EducationExpo. Aalyah is a graduate student inthe FSU College o Music, and is working

with COCAs marketing eorts. Daniel is asenior in the FSU Department o English,and will be assisting with writing andediting or Capital Culture Magazine.

Theres No News Like Good News

Congratulations to the 25 organizationsthat were recommended or unding onJune 20, 2007 at COCAs Leon CountyCultural Development Grant panelmeeting. Special thanks to the volunteergrant panelists Janet Hinkle, Dot Inman-Johnson, Jackson Maynard, Josephine

Newton, Wes Singletary, Lu Vickers, andJennier Whipple or their extraordinarycommitment o time and expertise.

Leslie Puckett, COCAs Art in PublicPlaces Director, was invited to showone o her collages in LeMoynes LoveYour Mother (Earth) exhibition. Two oher collages were also accepted in theArtists League juried exhibition at theFSU Museum o Fine Arts.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to Hilton Garden Inn onBlair Stone Road or providing meetingaccommodations or COCAs May 2007Board o Directors meeting.

Thanks to the Museum o Florida History andthe R.A. Gray Building or providing the venueor COCAs 2nd Annual Arts in EducationExpo. Special thanks to the museum andbuilding sta who went above and beyondto help make the event a success.

Out & AboutIn June, Peggy Brady, COCAs Executive Director, accompanied a group o seventeencommunity leaders on a three-day act-nding trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee. The groupmet with Chattanoogas elected offi cials and business leaders to learn rom the process thatcity transormed its downtown, oten using public art and other cultural amenities.

Two o COCAs sta served as adjudicators or the recent Florida History Fair. Tony Archerjudged senior perormances, and Randi Goldstein judged special awards categories.

Peggy Bradywas the guest speaker on the topic o playwriting and comedy writing at the Maymeeting o the Tallahassee Writers Association. Peggy has had eight original plays produced,and is the co-author oThe Laughing Stock: Floridas Musical Twisted Political Cabaret.

Starting this all, Amanda Thompson, COCAs Arts in Education Coordinator, is now anadjunct proessor at Flagler Colleges TCC Campus. She is teaching a course or education

majors about integrating arts into non-arts subject matter.

Career Development

More than 50 artists and representatives o arts organizations rom

around the region (including Boniay) attended COCAs recentMedia Roundtable Workshop, where they learned tips and tricksabout how to get the word out about their events. COCA thankspanelists Mark Hinson and Kati Schardl o the Tallahassee Democrat, and Mike Vasilinda oMike Vasilinda Productions or sharing the inside scoop.

About 25 individual artists, rom as ar away as Jacksonville Beach, attended a career developmentworkshop with nationally recognized arts consultant Bruce Baker, co-hosted by the State oFlorida, Division o Cultural Aairs. COCA and DCA would like to thank Dr. Bill Law, Bridget Elwell,and the TCC at the Capitol Center or providing space or the workshop.

More than 30 artists and representatives o organizations attended COCAs IntermediateGraphic Designworkshop in July. COCAs Marketing Director Tony Archer shared techniquesor choosing colors, laying out pages, and making your publications stand out rom the rest.Special thanks to Goodwood Museum and Gardens or the use o the Jubilee Cottage.

The Show Must Go On

Bravo toFAMUs Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery or stepping up to host the annual Leon Countymiddle school arts show when the shows regular venue ell through. Leslie Puckett and Amanda

Thompson coordinated the exhibit with Gallery Director Harris Wiltsher and area art teachers.

Leslie Puckett consulted with Tallahassee/Leon Countys Community Animal Services Centerto develop a permanent exhibition program or the lobby o the animal shelter. The exhibitionspace offi cially opened June 29, and eatures changing exhibits. A percentage o sales romthis gallery will benet the Animal Shelter Foundation.



CONTINUED

another painting on top o that and Illseal that one like a collage, almost.

JC: You have any new ideas or

impending changes?

PT: I might get a date sometimein the next teen years, just to trysomething new. Im taking some othe new stu Ive learned and startingto play around with clay again.

JC: How long has it been since

youve really worked with clay?

PT: Five or six years, maybe longer.I was yearning or it. I had given myequipment away. Then I startedhelping somebody else who wasworking with clay. I started getting

some ideas, getting intrigued. Wellsee where it leads.

JC: I know youve done some shows

with some pretty recognized artists

over the years.

PT: Art Palm Beach, three or ourtimes. SOFA [Sculpture Objects &

Functional Art] in Chicago, a two-person show with Jim Dine in Atlantaat the Fay Gold gallery Ive alsoshown with William Morris, the glassartist I reerred to beore.

JC: You were eatured inAmerican

Style magazine last year; you had a

cover piece and a major article.

PT: A writer rom San Francisco fewin and stayed or a couple o days.

She spent some time here, watchingme in action. She loved the art; reallygot where I was coming rom. It wasa good experience.

JC: How did you end up in Tallahassee?

PT: I went to college here and stayed.I came rom South Florida. I liked it

that everybody was younger andthere were a ew trees. It was prettierand I didnt know any better. I love

the spring, all, mild winters andhate with a passion the velvet gloveo the summer. The yellowfies, thelovebugs, the mosquitoesugh.

JC: Twenty years ago, would you

have imagined yoursel making a

career out o being an artist, and

accomplishing, well, all o this?

[gestures expansively to indicate thebeautiul house, lake, studio, ando course, dozens o sculptures and

paintings]

PT: Never. Never ever.

Paul Tamanian Interview (continued rom pg. 7)

And whats happening with theother big cultural capital project

or Tallahassee, the Perorming

Arts Center? For the answer, we

turned to Sylvia Ochs, Chair o

the Board o Directors o the

Florida Center or Perorming

Arts and Education (FCPAE), the

non-prot organization created

to make the dream a reality.

On July 11, 2007, the City

Commission gave a ve-yearoption or the Perorming Arts

Center on the Johns Building

property in a three-to-two

vote, says Ochs. The property is

2.65 acres bordered by Duval,

Madison, Gaines, and Bronough

Streets, surrounded by 6,500

existing parking spaces. One o

the conditions o the agreement

is that the FCPAE now has ve

years to raise private undstotaling $10 million.

With the undraising eort

under way, Ochs wants to

remind the community that

FCPAE is a non-prot, 501(c)(3)

organization. A tax deduction

letter will be sent to you with

a heartelt Thank You! notes

Ochs. The organization is also

soliciting suggestions or ways

to thank the rst 1,000 donors.For more inormation or

to make a donation o any

amount, please contact:

Florida Center or Perorming

Arts and Education, Inc., 831

Lake Ridge Drive, Tallahassee,

FL 32312-1003.

Performing

Arts Center

For more inormationand to see photoso Pauls work, visitwww.paultamanian.com. To hear theSot Targets, or to

purchase their newCD, visit www.sottargetsmusic.com.

UPDATE

What

is there

to do in

Tallahassee?


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PROFILES IN THE ARTS

HENRY HERNANDEZCapital Cultures profiled artists are selected from the many visual, performing, literary, and media artists featured on COCAs 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.

ArtIsDIrecto

PhotoofHenryHernandezin

sidetheTallahasseeBalletamidthecurrentrenovations.TakenAugust2007byTonyArcher.

HENRY HERNANDEZ

Henry Hernandez is the very defnition o a

Renaissance man. The new Artistic Directo

o the Tallahassee Ballet the frst male

artistic director the company has ever had

a dancer, choreographer, costume designer

set designer, painterthe list

goes on and on.

Hernandez began his ballet

career in his native Venezuela.

He toured extensively

throughout Europe, Asia,

and South America, fnally

settling down as a principal

dancer with Orlando

Ballet, where he also

served as the companys

Costume Designer. Hernandez has

also had a career most ballet ansdont see. He danced in a SuperBow

Haltime Show with Gloria Este

in TV commercials, and in eatu

flms. Hernandez waves off th

accomplishments as just the

things an artist needs to do t

make money, not important

What is important is the

work Hernandez is doing

with the Tallahassee Ballet

He hopes to bring a creati

twist that will attract newaudiences to the Ballet.

When you come into a

position that someone

else has held or 20 yea

he explains, your

audience expects something

new. It doesnt necessarily

have to be better, but it

has to be different.

For more information

about Henry Hernandez, visit

www.tallaballet.org. Also visitwww.metrofurnitureexchange.com, the early

modern furniture store Hernandez recently opened in

Railroad Square with his partner Dale Smith.


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