Native Art Department International: Bureau of Aesthetics is currently on view through April 16. Native Art Department International (NADI) is a collaborative project created by Toronto-based artists Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan. Bureau of Aesthetics was produced and organized by Mercer Union, Toronto, and is guest curated by Julia Paoli, Director and Curator.
NANCY HAMLIN-VOGLER presents BACKYARD STUDIO KITCHEN, a new series of mixed media paintings throughout March at Butterfield Garage. The artist will be present on Friday, March 5th , from 11-7 and will lead a demo/Q&A on the gallery portico on Saturday, March 20th from 1-4 pm.
During the past year’s isolation, She became immersed in a still life series, in which studio ephemera and her environment appear in diverse contexts: abstracted, realistic, within an imagined location. Hamlin-Vogler treats her subjects intriguingly, mixing her favorite materials – paints, pastels, collage, and recycled silkscreens – often leaving the viewer hanging by a thread yet satisfied with multiple possibilities.
Nancy’s artistic life has flowed in a series of interesting transitions. While in graduate school to continue her studies in French Literature, she became enthralled with silkscreen printing after taking a printmaking class at the University of Maine. She designed a colorful series of fine art cards, later to become the trademark images for her greeting card company, Eastern Sun Printworks. Upon earning her M.A., she left Maine and the USA for a backpacking trip around the world. During those profound two and a half years, the traveler kept written and painted journals, collected kitchen utensils and fabrics from many countries and gathered a wealth of experience to enrich her life’s journey and fuel her creative resources. Her career as a fine artist had thus begun.
Fast forward 35 years – after hard work and accomplishment in printmaking, she has refocused her time to paint and experiment in her spacious studio near the Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine, FL. Active in the local art scene, Hamlin-Vogler is a Managing Member of Butterfield Garage, a member of the Art Association and has received numerous high awards in outdoor juried art shows. Last year during the pandemic, Last September, several of her paintings were selected for a stellar exhibition at Chrisp Ellert Art Museum “The Nameless Now, NE FL Artists Respond”.
In 2020, Nancy was recognized with an Art Ventures grand from The Community Foundation of Northeast FL, to explore and reinterpret the contemporary still life genre. Follow her creative journey on her website: www.nancyhamlinvogler.com
Butterfield Gallery is located at 137 King St, St. Augustine, is open daily from 11-5, and has free parking front and back.
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“Worlds Apart” 22×28 acrylic mixed
“Where Blue Meets Green” 22×28 acrylic mixed
Studio shot (horiz)
Join the Villa Zorayda Museum this Holiday Season for a special Christmas experience. Due to Covid19, we are unable to continue our annual “Candlelight Tours” this year, but visitors will still be able to tour the Museum and view our beautiful Christmas display in a unique way. The Villa is beautifully decorated for the Holidays with decorations throughout the Museum and a spectacular Christmas Tree, decorated in the colors of the Zorayda – red and gold – is located center stage in the Court of Lions. Victorian and traditional decorations are found in every room of the Museum for our visitors to enjoy. Over 100 candles are aglow throughout the Museum as you take a state of the art audio guided tour of this historic former home.
These special tours are on select evenings during St. Augustine’s “Nights of Lights” celebration and include a grand Lighting of the Christmas Tree. Doors open at 5:00 pm and tickets are on a first come first serve basis. Tour at your own pace. You can begin your audio guided tour at anytime. Last admission will be at 5:30 pm or when capacity has been met. To keep our visitors and staff comfortable and safe, a limited number of guests will be allowed for this event. At the appropriate time, guests will begin taking their socially distant places around the upper and lower balconies of the Museum in preparation for the big event. Delight in the beauty of Christmas as the Museum goes dark and the dramatic Lighting of the Christmas Tree begins with each floor in the Museum gradually coming back to light. Continue your audio tour at your leisure until the Museum closes at 6:30 pm.
This tour requires standing and walking for the duration of the tour. There is no elevator inside the Villa Zorayda Museum. This tour is approximately 60 minutes and includes an overview of the history of the Villa Zorayda, its previous owners, and the art and antique collection inside.
2020 Tour Dates:
Friday, November 20th
Saturday, November 21st
Friday, November 27th
Saturday, November 28th
Saturday, December 5th
Friday, December 11th
Saturday, December 19th
Saturday, December 26th
Sunday, December 27th
Monday, December 28th
Wednesday, December 30th
Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
Doors open at 5:00 pm and tickets are on a first come first serve basis. Last admission will be at 5:30 pm or when capacity has been met. Adult Admission is $14.95. Children 7 – 12 are $6.95. All prices subject to 6.5% sales tax. Audio guide included and is available in English, Spanish and French. Reservations are suggested, but not required. To make reservations, please contact the Museum at (904)-829-9887.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM JUNE 5-6 TO NOVEMBER 5-7, 2020. FMFF is dedicated to nurturing an experimental art and film culture in St Augustine by providing an inspired platform of the best national and international short films alongside a burgeoning local and regional culture of time-based creators and story tellers. Our goal is to discover, cultivate and screen new local narratives as a means of generating critical discussion and empowering community collaboration.
Our vision will merge the robust cultural power of an international short film festival with a collaborative localized program that provides instruction to citizens in order for them to explore storytelling through the creation of time-based artwork. A screening of Local and Student films will be on Friday, November 6, from 5pm to 8pm, in conjunction with First Friday Art Walk. We will screen selected International Shorts on Saturday, November 7 at 6pm.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM JUNE 5-6 TO NOVEMBER 5-7, 2020. FMFF is dedicated to nurturing an experimental art and film culture in St Augustine by providing an inspired platform of the best national and international short films alongside a burgeoning local and regional culture of time-based creators and story tellers. Our goal is to discover, cultivate and screen new local narratives as a means of generating critical discussion and empowering community collaboration.
Our vision will merge the robust cultural power of an international short film festival with a collaborative localized program that provides instruction to citizens in order for them to explore storytelling through the creation of time-based artwork. A screening of Local and Student films will be on Friday, November 6, from 5pm to 8pm, in conjunction with First Friday Art Walk. We will screen selected International Shorts on Saturday, November 7 at 6pm.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM JUNE 5-6 TO NOVEMBER 5-7, 2020. FMFF is dedicated to nurturing an experimental art and film culture in St Augustine by providing an inspired platform of the best national and international short films alongside a burgeoning local and regional culture of time-based creators and story tellers. Our goal is to discover, cultivate and screen new local narratives as a means of generating critical discussion and empowering community collaboration.
Our vision will merge the robust cultural power of an international short film festival with a collaborative localized program that provides instruction to citizens in order for them to explore storytelling through the creation of time-based artwork. A screening of Local and Student films will be on Friday, November 6, from 5pm to 8pm, in conjunction with First Friday Art Walk. We will screen selected International Shorts on Saturday, November 7 at 6pm.
Born in 1900 in southern France to a family of painters, Marguerite Castaing had a long career as an artist. At 16 she became a member of the French Salon where she exhibited for over two decades. While living in Paris, she studied under renowned artists Paul Albert Laurens and Pierre Bonnard, and she rubbed shoulders with influential writers, collectors, and critics like Pulitzer Prize winner Louis Bromfield. Marguerite’s work, Impressionistic in style, elicits passion and precision. The artist was inspired by the people and places that surrounded her, from family and friends to the rolling landscapes of southern France, and eventually the colorful seasons of New England. On display for the first time in over a decade, this exhibition of her work showcases over 80 drawings, paintings and pastels detailing her life as a passionate female artist throughout the 20th Century.
October is the inaugural BUTTERFIELD GARAGE INVITATIONAL. This year, many of the member artists have invited artists they admire, resulting in a diverse mix of seasoned artists in the community, family members who are artists, and newcomers who are beginning to make their mark. Butterfield Garage is excited for the opportunity to showcase these talents. Visitors to the gallery will have an opportunity to discover and explore the work of these artists. During this month long event, each invited artist will be available in the gallery to talk about their work with discussions of why they were chosen.
Butterfield Garage welcomes all to visit the gallery and explore this extraordinary group of artists. They invite you to come talk first hand with both the artist and the Butterfield member who chose them.
Schedule of Artist Appearances
Oct 3-4
Dee for Roberts Family Sat. 12-2:30pm
Katharine Evans Sat. 4-6:00pm
FiberArts Network artists Sun.12-3:00pm
Oct 10-11
Angel Cox Sat. 12-2:30pm
Sean Kelly Conway Sun 12-2:00pm
Jo Sinclair- Sun 3-5:00pm
Oct 17-18
Pat Konover Sat 12-2:30pm
Sara Pedigo Sun 12-1:30pm
Oct 24
Tina Henle forMaria Henle 12:00-2:00pm
Valarie Pothier-Forrester 3-5:00pm
October is the inaugural BUTTERFIELD GARAGE INVITATIONAL. This year, many of the member artists have invited artists they admire, resulting in a diverse mix of seasoned artists in the community, family members who are artists, and newcomers who are beginning to make their mark. Butterfield Garage is excited for the opportunity to showcase these talents. Visitors to the gallery will have an opportunity to discover and explore the work of these artists. During this month long event, each invited artist will be available in the gallery to talk about their work with discussions of why they were chosen.
Butterfield Garage welcomes all to visit the gallery and explore this extraordinary group of artists. They invite you to come talk first hand with both the artist and the Butterfield member who chose them.
Schedule of Artist Appearances
Oct 3-4
Dee for Roberts Family Sat. 12-2:30pm
Katharine Evans Sat. 4-6:00pm
FiberArts Network artists Sun.12-3:00pm
Oct 10-11
Angel Cox Sat. 12-2:30pm
Sean Kelly Conway Sun 12-2:00pm
Jo Sinclair- Sun 3-5:00pm
Oct 17-18
Pat Konover Sat 12-2:30pm
Sara Pedigo Sun 12-1:30pm
Oct 24
Tina Henle forMaria Henle 12:00-2:00pm
Valarie Pothier-Forrester 3-5:00pm
October is the inaugural BUTTERFIELD GARAGE INVITATIONAL. This year, many of the member artists have invited artists they admire, resulting in a diverse mix of seasoned artists in the community, family members who are artists, and newcomers who are beginning to make their mark. Butterfield Garage is excited for the opportunity to showcase these talents. Visitors to the gallery will have an opportunity to discover and explore the work of these artists. During this month long event, each invited artist will be available in the gallery to talk about their work with discussions of why they were chosen.
Butterfield Garage welcomes all to visit the gallery and explore this extraordinary group of artists. They invite you to come talk first hand with both the artist and the Butterfield member who chose them.
Schedule of Artist Appearances
Oct 3-4
Dee for Roberts Family Sat. 12-2:30pm
Katharine Evans Sat. 4-6:00pm
FiberArts Network artists Sun.12-3:00pm
Oct 10-11
Angel Cox Sat. 12-2:30pm
Sean Kelly Conway Sun 12-2:00pm
Jo Sinclair- Sun 3-5:00pm
Oct 17-18
Pat Konover Sat 12-2:30pm
Sara Pedigo Sun 12-1:30pm
Oct 24
Tina Henle forMaria Henle 12:00-2:00pm
Valarie Pothier-Forrester 3-5:00pm