Opened in 2011 to worldwide acclaim, the architect Yann Weymouth designed an awe-inspiring building described as a “building that combines the rational with the fantastical: a simple rectangle with 18-inch thick hurricane-proof walls out of which erupts a large free-form geodesic glass bubble known as the enigma.” The impressive helical staircase inside the building recalls Dalí’s own obsession with spirals and the double helix shape of the DNA molecule. Petersburg, 727/823-3767, 10am-5:30pm Fri.-Wed., 10am-8pm Thurs., $24 adults, $22 seniors, military, police, firefighters, and educators with ID, $17 students, $10 ages 6-12, free under age 6), the world’s most comprehensive collection of permanent works by the famous Spanish surrealist master, with other exhibits relating to Dalí. They are still here.Perhaps the most popular art museum in Pinellas County is the Salvador Dalí Museum (1 Dali Blvd., St. Usina sits at a table, making his nets from handmade tools. The shrine proudly displays their heritage. Their cars are marked with Menorcan bumper stickers and street side shops still serve Menorcan food. The descendants of these ancestors still live in Northeast Florida. Maintain an active witness to our ancestors.” “That means that we do not lock themĪway and let them get moth eaten. Through an active witness,” Hillier said. The indigo and other textiles of the Greek who came to Saint Augustine Hillier, director of the shrine, has set up a corner of her museum to showcase The materials seen onĭisplay in the St Photios Shrine Greek Orthodox National Shrine are not Menorcanīut belong to Saint Augustine’s history as much as any Menorcan belongings. That permeated every aspect of the people’s lives. These indigo dyes and materials dyed with indigo speak of a time of suffering We can look at Navajo blanketsĪnd discern something about their makers,” Newland said. Maintaining and recycling changes the meaning. Weavings speaks far more to our history than the images thereupon,” Ricketts He spoke about learning about forgotten or poorlyĭocumented cultures through their textiles. Keynote speaker, Rowland Ricketts, is an artist and assistant professor atĮnvironment responsibility and learning from the past, especially within the Speakers gave lectures on indigo and its role in shaping the region today. Those unfamiliar with the history of Northeast Florida. Net-making was so much a part of myĪncestor’s life and I just stuck with it,” Usina said. With delicateįingers and caring eyes, he watches his own hands move with a deftness only Nets, even while sitting at his table during the symposium. After I’m gone there’s no one else who can do this. “You might look at me as a dying breedīecause, well, I’m it. Back in the 40’s and 50’s and into the 60’s it really In the traditional Menorcan way, weaving them over days with his own handmade Showcased Febuary 21 in the Crisp-Ellert Museum. The Menorcans, and he is the last Menorcan net maker. Nine years later, the 300 survivingĬolonists fled to Saint Augustine, bringing their trades and customs with them. 1400 came to northeast Florida in 1768, where they worked in Settlers from Greece, Italy and Spain, taking their name from the Spanish Examples of Menorcan society and their relationship with the indigo trade in Northeast Florida dominated the discussion, as the Menorcan people were critical in the cities Saint Augustine and others around it have become. Over the course of the three-day event, visitors attended lectures, viewed examples of historical and modern indigo textile work and attended an indigo dye workshop. Saint Augustine and Flagler College hosted Deeper than Indigo, the Southeast Textile Symposium, from Febuary 21 to 23.
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