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Press Release by MELT INTO ARTS INC. in Design
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Vibrant Arts Movement Fosters Historic District in Downtown Jacksonville
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This press release is about: springfield, jacksonville, historic, film, festival, community, florida, innovative, beginning, downtown, lindaolsenphoto
2005-09-20, MELT INTO ARTS INC. - Celebrating the first year of innovative film programs, industry workshops, and special events, the Springfield Film Festival announces the Springfield Film Festival Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, October 20 with the reception beginning at 6 p.m. entitled Paris: City of Lights at 9th and Main Gallery/Henrietta’s Restaurant located at 1850 N. Main Street in Historic Springfield.Jacksonville, Florida (PRWEB) September 20, 2005 -- Celebrating the first year of innovative film programs, industry workshops, and special events; The Springfield Film Festival announces the SPRINGFIELD FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS GALA scheduled for Thursday, October 20 with the reception beginning at 6 p.m. entitled “PARIS: CITY OF LIGHTS” at 9th and Main Gallery/Henrietta’s Restaurant located at 1850 N. Main Street in Historic Springfield. Tickets at the door $10.
The evening will combine a theme based reception reflecting the soirees well known from the decadent nightlife of the Parisian cabarets illustrated by artist Toulouse Lautrec.
The “City of Lights” will be highlighted with live CAN CAN dancers, live musical ensemble, silent auction, film screenings, a colossal size chocolate fountain with a generous array of fresh berries, cakes, and biscotti for ample dipping of imported French milk chocolate prepared by Choc O’ Lat Shoppe of Jacksonville.
More extravagant presentations include a new art exhibit featuring the innovative photographic art of Heather Blanton from Atlantic Beach, Florida. Beginning with basic Polaroid’s of her subject matter including florals, streetscapes taken from Downtown Jacksonville and her sojourns to New York City; the artist has created a series of photographs enlarged to a median size of three feet by three feet, printed and stretched to reflect stretched canvas. Thereafter, each piece is personalized by spontaneous, yet structured manipulation of painterly treatment to enhance it’s essence. Ms. Blanton studied photography at The Art Institute in Ft. Lauderdale and University of North Florida. Visit www.HeatherBlanton.com
The art exhibit will also feature new paintings by Linda Olsen, who resides in Neptune Beach, Florida. Beginning with an acrylic paint base for depth and illumination on stretched canvas, Ms. Olsen then finishes some of her paintings in oils bringing a naturalistic volume to her portraits of mermaids. The range of her paintings reflect candid portraiture of lifelike representation of real women enhanced by the mythic ‘mermaid’ like attributes. Her work is obviously fluid and resonates between the dimensions of reality and allegory. Her photographic portraits of the female mermaid will be on exhibit as well. Ms. Olsen studied fine art, design and art history, and is a graduate from San Diego State University. Visit www.lindaolsenphoto.net and www.lindaolsenphoto.com
The Springfield Film Festival is also proud to announce Shands Jacksonville as a partner in presenting the evening’s culturally based program as title sponsor in community rebuilding efforts. With the recent re-emergence of Historic Springfield as an innovative urban community with a wealth of historical and classical residential neighborhoods, a vibrant arts and cultural community, and it’s proximity of less than a mile from Downtown Jacksonville; the partnership of cultural development and healthcare is a leading team effort for the area’s growth.
“Together with our University of Florida colleagues and affiliates, Shands Jacksonville provides a wide range of healthcare services across the continuum of care on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Backed by a team of more than 330 faculty physicians, we offer nearly 70 specialty services. As an academic medical center, we’re on the leading edge of the latest treatments and technologies. And our participation in clinical trials brings the latest research advances to the clinical setting, pioneering medical advances today to benefit patients tomorrow. Our knowledge and expertise are unmatched – the UF faculty physicians who practice here teach and train other physicians in the latest practices.” – Shands Jacksonville. Visit www.ShandsJacksonville.org
Included in the festivities will be the announcement of the three grand prize winners of the Springfield Film Festival’s independent film competition. Cash awards include first place for $2500, second place for $1500 and third place for $500 for best independent film selected from Florida filmmakers. The Springfield Film Festival is a program that was developed to provide 6 months of consistent film, arts and cultural programs to help support the recent arts movement developing in Jacksonville. The historic community is known for it’s eclectic galleries, restaurants and café’s, and once known as an urban escape for local artists to find affordable studio space. Today Historic Springfield has maintained itself as a vibrant community supported by the alliance of local artists collectives and the overwhelming support of local businesses and organizations.
For more information about Historic Springfield visit:
www.9thandMain.com
www.thenewspringfield.com
www.srghomes.com
www.urbanjacksonville.blogspot.com
www.historicspringfield.com
Photos available upon request.
Source: PR Web™
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