• A few spaces are available for the last four sessions of this summer’s Art Camps at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville. Remaining classes include ”Color, Elements and Principles - the Fundamentals” July 9-13, “Drawing and Painting with a Variety of Media Types” July 16-20, “Found Objects and Recycled Materials” July 23-27 and “Three Dimensional Forms” July 30-Aug. 3. Member price is $175 per week per camper, non-members $200. For information, call 366-6911 ext. 221 or visit www.mocajacksonville.org.
• Speaking of MOCA, works by Minoru Ohira will be on exhibit at the museum Sept. 14-Jan. 6, 2008. The Japanese-born sculptor uses wood salvaged from construction sites and material found on the side of the road to create what is described by MOCA Director George Kinghorn as “a dynamic assortment of meticulously crafted seductive forms.” Some of the sculptures are more than eight feet in length and were created with hand saws and hatchets through traditional woodworking techniques. A free preview reception for museum members will be held Sept. 14 at 7 p.m., non-members $25 at the door.
• Reminder: Art Walk will not be held in July because it falls on the 4th of July. The next Art Walk will be Aug. 1.
• Jacksonville Suns shortstop Chin-lung Hu and manager John Shoemaker were selected to participate for the World Team in the 2007 XM Satellite Radio All-Star Futures Game on July 8 in San Francisco. The game features the top minor league players competing against each other. The game will be televised on ESPN2 at 1 p.m.
• The Museum of Science and History’s Cosmic Concert schedule for this Friday and Saturday is “Space Rocks!” at 8 p.m., “David Bowie” at 9 p.m., and “Aerosmith” at 10:30 p.m. Tickets for all shows are $7.
• The First Coast Chapter of the Florida Motion Picture & Television Association has announced Jacksonville will host the “48 Hour Film Project” Aug. 3-5. Registration is now open for the competition in which filmmaking teams have 48 hours to complete a six-minute short film including writing, shooting, editing and adding a musical score. Completed films will be screened to an audience that will select a winner to advance to the national competition with the chance to have the work screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Registration is $125 per team and information is available at www.48hourfilm.com or e-mail: [email protected].
“The audience is the most revered member of the theater. Without an audience there is no theater. Every technique learned by the actor, every curtain, every flat on the stage, every careful analysis by the director, every coordinated scene, is for the enjoyment of the audience. They are our guests, our evaluators, and the last spoke in the wheel which can then begin to roll. They make the performance meaningful.”
– Viola Spolin