Hand Art Center

Artist Lecture with Jay Henderson
2026-02-07 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
Notes on Anti-Mapping Architecture: Oscar Bluemner and Jay Henderson

Artist and curator Jay Henderson will lecture on his body of work and the exhibit Notes on Anti-Mapping Architecture: Oscar Bluemner and Jay Henderson.

Jay Henderson is an artist and curator who works primarily with sculpture and drawing relating to critical issues of the built environment. His artwork has been exhibited at Artists Space (NYC), Underdonk (NYC), Participant Inc. (NYC), Flux Factory (NYC), Frosch & Portmann Gallery (NYC), Cornell University, and the Kunsthochscule für Medien Köln (Germany), among other venues. From 2008-2015, he curated exhibitions in NYC, Montreal, Berlin, and Mexico City with HKJB, a nomadic curatorial group he co-founded with artist Benjamin King. His artwork and curatorial practice have been written about in Hyperallergic, Brooklyn Magazine, Bushwick Daily and NYFA Current, among others. He received his MFA from Rutgers University and BFA from Southern Methodist University.

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Printmaking and Book Arts Workshop Week
2026-02-17 00:00 - 2026-02-21 23:59
This week, artists featured in the exhibit Looks Good on Paper: Second Edition offered free workshops on printmaking and book arts. Learn about each group at the centralfloridaprintmakers.com and www.bookartsguildcf.org.

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Piano Hinge Book Binding Workshop with Bronwyn Merritt
2026-02-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
In connection with the exhibit LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER, enjoy a workshop on Piano Hinge Book Binding with artist and educator Bronwyn Merritt.

Date: Tuesday, February 17

Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Location: Room 102, Hand Art Center

Audience: Adults

Cost: Free

Registration Required. Max attendance: 20

Learn more about each group at centralfloridaprintmakers.com and www.bookartsguildcf.org

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Joomchi (Traditional Korean Felt Making) Workshop with Catherine Cross Tsintzos
2026-02-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
In connection with the exhibit LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER, and made possible by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts, enjoy a workshop on Joomchi (Traditional Korean Felt Making) by artist and educator Catherine Cross Tsintzos.

Date: Wednesday, February 18

Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Location: Room 102, Hand Art Center

Audience: Adults

Cost: Free

Registration Required. Max attendance: 20

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Catherine Cross Tsintzos uses her knowledge and experience to create within the realms of both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary art components for outcomes that focus on environmental and social issues, traditional fine art craft and sustainability. She has a clear purpose in building and crossing bridges among the arts with a deep focus and balance between artistic practice, teaching, activism and invitation for participation. Catherine has spent her life’s work in the arts developing arts curriculum and arts education opportunities for all ages, abilities and socio-economic backgrounds in all mediums of the visual arts throughout the eastern United States. She is honored to have solid experiences rooted in museum education, rural advancement, non-profit arts organizations, community outreach and working with national and international artists from around the world. Experiences with mediums that provide engagement with nature, agriculture along with processes and elements of surprise like ceramics, hand paper making, printmaking and surface design techniques for fiber arts and textiles are experiences Catherine connects with during her personal art making most.

Catherine is a practicing and exhibiting artist from North Carolina and shares her hand paper making and natural dye experiences in workshops throughout the United States. Using handmade paper, raw plant materials and natural plant pigments for dyes in her new pieces Catherine builds and creates three-dimensional works to scaffold thoughts and conversations about agricultural heritage, community, preservation, conservation and land stewardship. Catherine works with seasonal agricultural and garden harvests that she grows or uses during residencies to create handmade paper for layered works that capture the essence of the raw materials she cooks, pounds, mixes, presses and creates with. With a background in printmaking and hand building with clay Catherine enjoys building vessels, abstract sculptures, boats and book structures incorporating the papers she creates sometimes using text and printmaking or surface design techniques to suggest or contribute to the story. Catherine is a Professional Member of the Virginia Center for the Book, Virginia Humanities, University of Virginia, the College Book Arts Association, Active Member, Central Florida Book Arts Guild at Rollins College, New England Book Artists, North American Hand Papermakers and Triangle Books Arts.

Learn more about the artists featured in LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER at centralfloridaprintmakers.com and www.bookartsguildcf.org

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Styrene Relief Printing on Cloth and Paper with Fontaine Rodgers
2026-02-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Museum of Art – DeLand, 100 N Woodland. Blvd, DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
In connection with the exhibit LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER, artist and educator Fontaine Rodgers will lead a workshop on Styrene Relief Printing on Cloth and Paper by Fontaine Rodgers. The workshop will take place at the Museum of Art – DeLand.

Date: Thursday, February 19

Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Location: Museum of Art – DeLand, 100 N Woodland. Blvd., DeLand, FL 32720

Audience: Adults

Cost: Free

Registration Required. Max attendance: 16

Learn more about each group at centralfloridaprintmakers.com and www.bookartsguildcf.org

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Workshop on Coptic Binding with Marie Patrick
2026-02-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
In connection with the exhibit LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER, artist Marie Patrick will lead a workshop titled “Disrupting the Coptic Stitch: a New Approach to Coptic Binding.”

Date: Thursday, February 19

Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Location: Room 102, Hand Art Center

Audience: Adults

Cost: Free

Registration Required. Max attendance: 15

Learn more about each group at centralfloridaprintmakers.com and www.bookartsguildcf.org

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

KINDness Week: Make a Book Mark with Stetson HeARTs!
2026-02-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
In collaboration with Stetson HeARTs, celebrate kindness week by making book marks to keep or give.

All materials and supplies will be provided!

Be sure to check out the Stetson calendar for more OurKINDofStetson KINDness Week events.

Cyanotype Sunprints Workshop with Rachel Jerusha Kinbar
2026-02-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
On Saturday, February 21, artist Rachel Jerusha Kinbar will lead free workshop on Cyanotype Sunprints: an Easy Photography Alternative.

Date: Saturday, February 21

Time: 10 AM to NOON

Location: Hand Art Center

Audience: Ages 16 and above

Cost: Free

Registration Required. Max attendance: 15

This workshop is offered in connection with the exhibit LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER

Learn more about each group at centralfloridaprintmakers.com and www.bookartsguildcf.org

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Stamp Printing with Vegetables with Fontaine Rodgers
2026-02-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
In connection with the exhibit LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER, enjoy the workshop Stamp Printing with Vegetables by artist and educator Fontaine Rodgers.

Date: Saturday, February 21

Time: Drop in between 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Location: Hand Art Center

Audience: Kids of all ages

Cost: Free

RSVP Appreciated. All minors must be accompanied by an adult. Participation capped at 20 participants at a time.

Learn more about the artists featured in LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER at centralfloridaprintmakers.com and www.bookartsguildcf.org

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Lecture with Dr. Kenrick Demesvar
2026-02-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
This event is available in person and virtually.

Virtually: join us on Youtube Live. For in person, join us at the Hand Art Center, Room 102.

Kenrick Demesvar is a historian, ethnologist, cultural heritage specialist, and researcher. He holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology with a major in Ethnology and Heritage from Laval University in Canada; a Master’s degree in History, Memory and Heritage, as well as a Bachelor of Education in Social Sciences both from the State University of Haiti where he is appointed as Adjunct Professor at the Higher Studies and Research in Social Sciences Institute (ISERSS), formerly known as the African Studies and Research Institute of Haiti (IERAH). He is the current Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on History and Heritage of the State University of Haiti (UEH). He specializes in African-American History, Haitian and Caribbean history, culture, and heritage; He is interested in issues of memory, oral traditions, and the interpretation of natural and cultural heritage, lastly, in the representation of memory and slavery in Haitian museums.

This lecture is organized in collaboration with the Caribbean Student Association at Stetson University.

Roundtable with Jay Henderson and Chaz Underriner
2026-03-18 14:30 - 15:30 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
Join us for an open-ended discussion on alternative art spaces, sound art installations, and collaborative interventions across media with artist and curator Jay Henderson and composer and transmedia artist Chaz Underriner, PhD, Associate Professor of Digital Arts at Stetson University.

This event offers with a final opportunity to experience the exhibit Notes on Anti-Mapping Architecture: Oscar Bluemner and Jay Henderson, on view from January 20 to March 21 at the Hand Art Center.

Jay Henderson is an artist and curator who works primarily with sculpture and drawing relating to critical issues of the built environment. His artwork has been exhibited at Artists Space (NYC), Underdonk (NYC), Participant Inc. (NYC), Flux Factory (NYC), Frosch & Portmann Gallery (NYC), Cornell University, and the Kunsthochscule für Medien Köln (Germany), among other venues. From 2008-2015, he curated exhibitions in NYC, Montreal, Berlin, and Mexico City with HKJB, a nomadic curatorial group he co-founded with artist Benjamin King. His artwork and curatorial practice have been written about in Hyperallergic, Brooklyn Magazine, Bushwick Daily and NYFA Current, among others. He received his MFA from Rutgers University and BFA from Southern Methodist University.

Chaz Underriner (b. 1987 in Texas, USA) is a composer, transmedia artist and performer based in DeLand, Florida where he is an Associate Professor of Digital Arts at Stetson University. Chaz’s work explores the representation of reality in art, especially landscape, through the juxtaposition of video projections, audio recordings and live performers.

Chaz’s work has been programmed both nationally and internationally at festivals and venues such as Gaudeamus (Utrecht), the Moscow State Philharmonic Society (Russia), the International Computer Music Conference, the Impuls Festival (Austria), and Timucua Arts Foundation (Orlando, USA). Chaz was a Fulbright scholar to Vienna, Austria for an artist residency at the MuseumsQuartier in 2024.

As an engineer, composer, and performer, Chaz’s work has been released on Edition Wandelweiser Records, Slubmusic, New World Records, Fleur du Son, Task Records, Sedimental Records, and Delos. Chaz is the founder and producer for Deadland Records.

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Junior Preview
2026-03-21 00:00 - 2026-04-23 23:59 | Duncan Gallery, 421 N. Woodland Blvd, DeLand, FL 32723 United States, FL, 32723, United States
Stetson University Rising Studio Art Seniors

Featuring recent works by Ginger Anders, Chelsea Gonzales, Ava Shea, Milo Silva, and Yoyo Zuniga

Faculty Advisers: Justin Quaid Grubb and Luca Molnar

Arts & Crafts (All Ages)
2026-03-21 12:00 - 16:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
This Saturday, our drop-in Arts & Crafts session will coincide with an exciting event by Stetson’s Studio Art Program. Enjoy face painting, a scavenger hunt and plenty of creative activities!

Before heading over to the Hand, be sure to check out the Gillespie Museum’s STEAM event from 10 am to noon.

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

STUDIO ART Open house + Sale!
2026-03-21 12:00 - 16:00 | Stetson University, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, Florida, 32724, United States
The Studio Art Program at Stetson University is opening its doors to the public for an exciting behind the scenes experience on Saturday, March 21 from noon to 4 pm. Enjoy a student art sale, a silent benefit auction featuring artworks by Studio Art professors, students and alumni, an insider look into studio spaces, and a live demo of ceramic 3D printing. Also on view: a Junior Preview exhibition at Duncan Gallery and the last day to view Looks Good on Paper and Anti-Mapping Architecture at the Hand.

Parents and guardians – we did not forget you! Youth of all ages are invited to guided and self-guided arts and crafts, and a secret scavenger hunt across all event locations.

Cultural credit available for Stetson students

Scrapped!: A Century of Stetson In Pages
2026-03-23 00:00 - 2026-04-17 23:59 | Gallery duPont, 134 E Minnesota Ave, DeLand, FL, 32724, United States
at Gallery duPont

Charlotte Holley, Curator

Dr. Katya Kudryavtseva, Faculty Mentor

Reception: March 23 at 5 pm

Scrapped! brings together four scrapbooks—crafted in 1916, 1947, 1971, and 2025—by women who attended Stetson University across four generations. More than personal keepsakes, these scrapbooks serve as rich archival records, capturing daily life and their evolving roles over the past century. Through photographs, clippings, mementos, and handwritten notes, visitors will explore how women documented their identities, relationships, and activities within and beyond campus life. Together, they invite us to reconsider what we preserve, who does the preserving, and why it matters.

Sponsored in part by the LaValle Experiential Learning Fund and the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Exhibit Reception for Scrapped!: A Century of Stetson In Pages
2026-03-23 17:00 - 18:00 | Gallery duPont, 134 E Minnesota Ave, DeLand, FL, 32724, United States
at Gallery duPont

Charlotte Holley, Curator

Dr. Katya Kudryavtseva, Faculty Mentor

Scrapped! brings together four scrapbooks—crafted in 1916, 1947, 1971, and 2025—by women who attended Stetson University across four generations. More than personal keepsakes, these scrapbooks serve as rich archival records, capturing daily life and their evolving roles over the past century. Through photographs, clippings, mementos, and handwritten notes, visitors will explore how women documented their identities, relationships, and activities within and beyond campus life. Together, they invite us to reconsider what we preserve, who does the preserving, and why it matters.

Sponsored in part by the LaValle Experiential Learning Fund and the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Artist Talk with Deshun Peoples
2026-03-26 17:00 - 18:30 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
Event organizer: Justin Quaid Grubb, Assistant Professor of Studio Art

Deshun Peoples is a ceramic artist and designer from Chicago, IL who is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Prior to starting at Whitman, Deshun completed studies in clinical social work at the University of Chicago’s Crown School of Social Work, while also working as an intern psychotherapist in a group private practice, and Ceramics Studio Manager at Firebird Community Arts in Chicago navigating the intersection of Community Mental Health and Creative Arts Practice. Peoples received his dual BA in Studio Art and Rhetoric from Bates College in 2017. He received his MFA in Ceramics from RISD in 2021, and his MSW from UChicago Crown School in June 2024. Deshun has taught various courses at Rhode Island School of Design, the University of Arkansas, Chicago State University, and now Whitman.

Peoples has shown his work widely, including a solo exhibition at Bates College Olin Arts Center, and group exhibitions at Eutectic Gallery in Oregon, Worcester Center for Craft in Massachusetts, Abel Contemporary in Wisconsin, Crocker Art Museum in California, KOBO Gallery in Washington, and The Clay Studio in Pennsylvania. His honors include an apprenticeship with artist Theaster Gates, a Fulbright Student Research Grant to study in Jingdezhen, China, an Emerging Artist Cohort Grant from the American Craft Council in 2022, and an Emerging Artist Fellowship from NCECA in 2023.

Artwork by Deshun Peoples. Courtesy of the artist.

Lecture with Elizabeth Glander on Art Conservation
2026-03-27 13:30 - 15:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
Museum & Curatorial Studies Professional Development Series

Elizabeth Glander is a second-year graduate fellow in the Winterthur University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC), focusing on paintings conservation. Elizabeth grew up in DeLand, FL, and in her senior year of high school she began her career as professional ballet dancer. After a nine-year career, Elizabeth retired from professional ballet and attended Walsh University. She graduated summa cum laude from Walsh with a BA in Museum Studies and triple minors including Chemistry, Art History, and Art. During her time as an undergrad Elizabeth interned at ICA – Art Conservation, a nonprofit regional art conservation lab in Cleveland, OH. Elizabeth has also interned at the Toledo Museum of Art and the Williamstown and Atlanta Art Conservation Centers. During the summer in between her first and second year at WUDPAC, Elizabeth interned at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Reflections
2026-04-14 00:00 - 2026-05-09 23:59
Studio Art and Digital Arts Senior Exhibition

Locations: Hand Art Center, Duncan Studio, Elsewhere Gallery

Stetson Showcase: Tuesday, April 14 | Reception: Thursday, April 16, 6-8 pm

Maria Latour, Garden of Eden (3,000m Down), 2026. Oil and ceramics on wood 9 ft by 4 ft.

Featured Artists:

Amelia Heck

Ariel Castillo Palacios

Arnold Shakirov

Ashley Phillips

Ella Swartz

Emma Avellino

Francheska Tellez

Helena Pendergrass

Isabella Colombo

Isabella McKinney

Isabelle Gauthier

Jonah Daniel

Jordan Brewster

Julian Rocha

Luke Paxton

Maria Latour

Nathan S. Biagianti

Nyah Molina

Samuel C. Morrison

Silvana Diaz Soto

Tyler Gantert

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Stetson Showcase
2026-04-14 09:30 - 15:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
Please visit www.stetson.edu/other/research/showcase.php for the most up to date information.

ART EXHIBITIONS AND MUSEUM STUDIES

ART-1 – 9:15-9:30 am – Ashley Phillips – Midnight Dinner

ART-2 – 9:35-9:50 am – Amarige Champion – The Making of Bum Painter or So-Called Architect: Oscar Bluemner’s Transition to Painting

ART-3 – 9:55-10:10 am – Arnold Shakirov – Crossover Video Game

ART-4 – 10:15-10:30 am – Isabella McKinney – Gay Movie Night

ART-5 – 10:35-10:50 am – Maria Latour – Fish Sermon

10:50-11:00 BREAK

ART-6 – 11:00-11:15 am – Ella Swartz – The Show Ponies

ART-7 – 11:20-11:35 am – Amelia Heck – At the Root

ART-8 – 11:45 am -12:00 pm – Jordan Brewster – CYBERSPACE (Duncan Gallery Vitrine, Sampson Hall)

MUSEUM AND MEDIA STUDIES

ART-9 – 1:00-1:15 pm – Charlotte Holley – Presenting Scrapped!: A Century of Stetson in Pages

ART-10 – 1:20-1:35 pm – Lily Woolard – Danielle Hunt: Evolution in 3D

ART-11 – 1:40-1:55 pm – Emil Rasen – We Were Children Once… and Soldiers

ART-12 – 2:00-2:15 pm – Moira Hughes – Imagining for Another: Curating Painting Requests from Tomoka 3

ART 13 – 2:20-2:35 pm Travis Romero – What is Disturbance and How Do Varying Types of Media Portray It?

Senior Show Exhibit Reception
2026-04-16 18:00 - 20:00
Reflections: Studio Art and Digital Arts Senior Exhibition

Locations: Hand Art Center, Duncan Studio, Elsewhere Gallery

Maria Latour, Garden of Eden (3,000m Down), 2026. Oil and ceramics on wood, 9 ft by 4 ft.

Featured Artists:

Amelia Heck

Ariel Castillo Palacios

Arnold Shakirov

Ashley Phillips

Ella Swartz

Emma Avellino

Francheska Tellez

Helena Pendergrass

Isabella Colombo

Isabella McKinney

Isabelle Gauthier

Jonah Daniel

Jordan Brewster

Julian Rocha

Luke Paxton

Maria Latour

Nathan S. Biagianti

Nyah Molina

Samuel C. Morrison

Silvana Diaz Soto

Tyler Gantert

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Arts & Crafts (All Ages)
2026-04-25 12:00 - 16:00, 2026-05-09 12:00 - 16:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
Visit our current exhibits and enjoy free guided and self-guided art activities. All ages welcome!

Spring 2026 Dates:

January 24 – drop in from noon to 4 pm

February 21 – Stamping with Vegetables Workshop led by special guest Fontaine Rogers, drop in from 1 to 3 pm

March 21 – drop in from noon to 4 pm

April 25 – drop in from noon to 4 pm

May 9 – Celebrate our seniors! Go Hatters!

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Juried Show – Call to Artists!
2026-05-01 00:00 - 2026-08-29 23:59
37th Annual Student Juried Exhibition. Stetson students of any major, graduate or undergraduate, can submit up to 5 artworks of any medium for consideration by guest juror Carly Gibran. Awards and cash prizes available for participating artists!

Submissions accepted from May 1 to August 29

Note: submissions must be ready to hang. The Hand Art Center does not print, mat, nor frame student artwork.

Exhibition on view October 15 to November 21. Reception on October 15, 6-8 pm, Awards at 7:30 pm.

Extended Hours
2026-05-01 11:00 - 2026-05-09 16:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
In celebration of Museum Month, enjoy extended museum hours from May 1 to May 9, from 11 am to 4 pm on weekdays and weekends!

Exhibit on view: Reflections: Studio Art and Digital Arts Senior Exhibition.

To view additional Museum Month events in Volusia County, go to visitwestvolusia.com

Behind the Scenes Experience: the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection
2026-05-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
In celebration of West Volusia Museum Month, the public is invited to a unique behind-the-scenes experience. View rare items, including family heirlooms, that tell the story of Modernist artist Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938) and his family. And visit museum work spaces as staff catalog and digitize each item.

Please RSVP:

Name *Email Address *RSVP

Donated to Stetson University in 1997 by Vera Bluemner Kouba, the artist’s daughter, the collection is composed of over 1,000 works of art and an accompanying assortment of documents, personal items, and books, as well as artwork by artists Bluemner admired. While Bluemner’s own artwork was catalogued in the late 90’s and early 2000s, with an increasing amount available for online view via our museum database, family items are only now being processed. This means there is a lot to learn and many exciting mysteries to unlock, including more information about Vera and her passion for music and the arts.

To view additional Museum Month events in Volusia County, go to visitwestvolusia.com

Florida Artists Group Area 5: New Work
2026-06-23 00:00 - 2026-07-25 23:59 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
Exhibit Location: Hand Art Center

Exhibit Reception: Friday, June 26 from 5 to 7 pm

Summer Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday: noon-4 pm. Closed on July 2-4.

Exhibit featuring The Florida Artists Group Inc. – Area 5 – Brevard, Osceola, Orange, Seminole, Volusia and Lake Counties.

Featured Artists

Peggy Banks, Kelly Berning, Donne Bitner, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Chee Bravo, Mindy Z Colton, David Lee Cumbie, Nancy Dillen, Therese Ferguson, Deborah Hildinger, Carson Kapp, Sophia Lacroix, Grace Leal, Barb Wheeler Leto, Renee Lewis, Susan Martin, Kestrel Michaud, Raymond Olivero, Kathy O’Meara, Ellen Pavlakos, Clare Radigan, Juliana Romnes, Margaret Schnebly Hodge, Katty Smith and Lynn Warnicke

Exhibition Manager: Jody Poczik

IMAGE CREDITS

Slide 1: Nancy Dillen, The Gossamer Navigator; Peggy Banks, Dancing Through the Trees | Slide 2: Smoke Goddess by Kelly Berning; Black Circle by Donne Bitner; The Choir by Chee Bravo | Slide 3: Barbara Leto, Botanical Whispers; Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Owl Protector; Therese Fergunson, Perfection in Blue; David Lee Cumbie, Chief Big Head | Slide 4: Mindy Z. Colton, Storm Horse; Deborah Hildinger, An Offering For Their Future; Grace Leal, Echoes of Memories | Slide 5: Sophia Lacroix, Bel Machann Ti Panyen; Kestrel Michaud, Leap of Faith; Raymond Olivero, Up the Down Staircase | Slide 6: Renee Lewis, Thru the Eyes of Klimt; Susan Marin, Down to the River; Kathy O’Meara, Murmurs of Memory; Juliana Romnes, Chasm | Slide 7: Ellen Pavlakos, On the Wall; Margaret Schnebly Hodge, Impermanence; Katty Smith, Where Memory Resists; Lynn Warnicke, Soaring thru the Shadows | Slide 8: Clare Radigan, Barn Studio; Carson Kapp, Spiritual Awakening

Postcards from my Travels: A ~Bluemner Kids~ Exhibit
2026-06-23 00:00 - 2026-07-25 23:59 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
Exhibit Location: Oscar Bluemner Gallery, Hand Art Center

Summer Hours: Tues – Sat, noon to 4 pm, or by Appointment. Closed July 2-4.

In partnership with Visit West Volusia, this art exhibit focuses on documenting adventures near and far for children of all ages. From discovering our local natural springs to admiring the downtown murals, you can capture your own backyard just as Oscar Bluemner did in this collection. Learn more at visitwestvolusia.com.

Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938) visited many places across New Jersey. From lush forests to quiet towns, he produced sketches and notes on location, capturing the scenes before him. This hands-on exhibit features enlarged reproductions of artworks and special activity stations for visitors of all ages.

Event Calendar

Sat, June 27, from 2 to 4 pm: Oscar Bluemner’s Birthday Party

Please check back soon as we update the summer calendar to also include Babies @ the Hand, Toddler Time, and much more!

Exhibit Reception for Florida Artists Group Area V
2026-06-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
Exhibit Location: Hand Art Center

Join the opening reception for the exhibit Florida Artists Group V: New Works

Featured Artists

Peggy Banks, Kelly Berning, Donne Bitner, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Chee Bravo, Mindy Z Colton, David Lee Cumbie, Nancy Dillen, Therese Ferguson, Deborah Hildinger, Carson Kapp, Sophia Lacroix, Grace Leal, Barb Wheeler Leto, Renee Lewis, Susan Martin, Kestrel Michaud, Raymond Olivero, Kathy O’Meara, Ellen Pavlakos, Clare Radigan, Juliana Romnes, Margaret Schnebly Hodge, Katty Smith and Lynn Warnicke

Exhibition Manager: Jody Poczik

Oscar Bluemner's Birthday Party
2026-06-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand, FL, United States
Celebrate Oscar Bluemner’s 159th birthday at the Hand Art Center! Snacks and cupcakes available while supplies last.

All ages (adults welcome!)

Julius Oskar Blümner (Oscar Florianus Bluemner) was born June 21, 1867, in Prenzlau, Prussia (now Germany). In 1997, his life’s work was generously donated to Stetson University by his daughter, the late Vera Bluemner Kouba.
