Volusia County, FL- The Volusia County Public Library system will sponsor a Great Gatsby art show as part of its 2017 Big Read programs.
Emerging and professional artists age 18 and over are invited to submit
up to three works by Nov. 15 for possible inclusion in ARTiculating
Gatsby, a juried exhibit overseen by a committee of local art experts.
Selected works will be displayed from Jan. 3 to 25 in the Thomas C.
Kelly Administration Center, Peabody Auditorium and New Smyrna Beach
Regional Library.
Artwork must reflect “The Great Gatsby,” a 1925 novel written by F.
Scott Fitzgerald. All media, except video, will be accepted. Artists are
expected to explain the connection between their work and the novel.
The Big Read program offers grants to support innovative community
reading programs designed around a single book. The library system
received a $15,000 Big Read grant from the National Endowment for the
Arts in May and chose “The Great Gatsby” as its theme. The library
system’s 13 branches and other venues will host book discussions and
schedule author talks, theatrical events and music programs in January
and February 2017. The branches also will show the film versions of the
book and schedule children’s programs and performances of an original
play written by Karen Poulsen, grant program administrator and activity
project manager for the library system.
For more information about the art exhibit, contact Art Exhibit
Coordinator Margaret Schnebly Hodge at mhodge@volusia.org or Programming
Coordinator Deborah Shafer at dshafer@volusia.org.