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The Fall Festival of the Arts is underway! You can peruse the streets until 5pm today, and tomorrow again from 10am - 4pm. Check out the amazing art on display 🤩!

DeLand-based artists Tim Peterson (in the Hawaiian shirt) and Jason Parodi (in the T-shirt) do some plein-air painting, or painting outdoors in the open air, this afternoon on Artisan Alley in Downtown DeLand. Peterson has been plein-air painting since 1968, and he's showing Parodi, who has never done this style of painting, the ropes. "It's ugly until it's not," Parodi laughed. "You have to trust the process a bit." Here you can see the two artists' paintings in the early stages, and then the progress made in roughly two hours. Peterson plans to take his finished product from his painting today and sell it at the Fall Festival of the Arts DeLand later this month. You can read more about Peterson, who was West Volusia Artists of DeLand's September artist of the month, on our website, link in bio.

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William Entrekin produces most of his work in his studio from photographs and sketches made on location within a few blocks of his home in Florida. He often quotes artist and friend Robert Meredith who once told him, “If you paint a basket, don’t just paint that basket. Paint every basket that you’ve ever seen.” This palpable and visceral quality is always evident in William Entrekin’s work which evokes a strong sense of place and familiarity with his subject matter.

William Entrekin, Giant, 2018, Watercolor on Paper (Detail)

On view at our downtown DeLand location.

moartdeland.org/event/william-entrekin

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Day 3: Butterfly
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Congratulations to the Stetson Mansion! They did it again!🎉

⭐⭐⭐The historic home has received recognition from TripAdvisor as part of the annual Travelers' Choice Awards, ranking No. 8 on the list of the top 25 attractions in the entire United States!⭐⭐⭐

Click on the story to hear the announcement from one of the owners, JT Thompson. 😍

📸: @dbnewsjournal

#visitwestvolusia #oldfloridanewvibe #seeyouatthemansion

Coming soon, this whole beautiful #mood ☔
William Entrekin: The Keen Observer opens at our downtown gallery space on Friday, July 14. Join us for the opening reception from 5 – 7 p.m. Member admission is free and non-members $10.
Read about the exhibit at: moartdeland.org/event/william-entrekin

Image: William Entrekin, A Sudden Shower, No date, Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in. (Detail)

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I did a double take when I saw the name of this beautiful 1921 theater, which isn’t in or near Athens anything.

It’s in DeLand FL, an utterly charming college town kinda between Daytona Beach and Orlando. Very walkable, lots of old buildings (old for Florida, anyway) and cute shops. It’s also home to Stetson University, which has a gorgeous shady campus full of live oaks. Further north of town there’s still a bunch of mid century motels and businesses with funky, decrepit signs (always a 10/10 for me)

So anyway, founder Henry DeLand hoped to create a town that would be the “Athens of Florida” and the theater was duly christened to reflect that.

IMO it doesn’t need to be the Athens if anything, it’s perfectly fine just like it is 👍🏻

#deland #delandflorida #delandfl #athenstheatre #florida #smalltown #oldbuildings #oldbuilding #oldbuildingsarecool

The Athens Theatre - Deland, FL 1922

Happy to announce my next solo art exhibition opening this October. Can you guess where? That’s right, at the Museum of Art-DeLand Downtown in DeLand, Florida, a charming town inland from Daytona. moartdeland #moartdeland #delandfl #tyvekart #womanartist #museumartist

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New fields of vision…Collect them all at our downtown DeLand exhibition of Andrea Kowch: Mysterious Realms.

Image: Andrea Kowch, Light Keepers, 2014, Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 72 in., Collection of Robert Kalimian (Cropped)

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I was on my way to meet up with someone in DeLand when my route changed because of an event downtown. Little did I know that I was now down a street in the historic black district. When I looked to my right, I noticed this colorful mural. So when I came back into town later that evening, I made sure to stop and take a picture of it. I also had to take a picture of an old church that is similar in structure to some of the churches in the historic black area of Daytona Beach. Last but not least was the American Legion Post building that has served as a meeting place for black military veterans in that area.

#blackhistory #delandflorida #deland #voorhis #mural #wallart #history #blackchurch

Wow!
A Huuuggggeee thank you and appreciation to the amazing ivachampion artwithiva
On our newest art installation at Dyno 💚

We Love it!!!

More wow for your weekend. 😍 Family Fun Saturday is back with FREE ADMISSION, today only. Enjoy our current exhibitions, plus a free hands-on art activity for kids at our 600 N. Woodland Blvd. location until 1 p.m. Galleries close at 4 p.m.

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🦋 Scenes and styles from January’s Mysterious Realms Gala, our opening celebration of Andrea Kowch’s stellar exhibition downtown. Don’t miss this captivating showcase of over 40 paintings by the quintessential figurative realist, on view through April 9 at 100 N. Woodland Blvd. in DeLand.

A special thank-you to the artist Andrea Kowch for joining us at this incredible event, to thecanovasphoto for these beautiful images, and to our generous sponsors and collectors who made the evening possible.

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#DELAND #DELANDFL #FLORIDA #ILOVEFL

Sit and take notice. A new selection of drawings and photographs from the Permanent Collection are now on view at our 600 N. Woodland Blvd. location.

Jill Cannady, Swifty, 1990, Conte Crayon on BFK Rives Paper (Detail)

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Did you know that October is National Arts & Humanities Month? Celebrate with a visit (or ten!) to the Museum, or better yet, invest in a $35 membership for yourself or a loved one. The gift of art not only empowers the individual, but it strengthens our communities and the enhances the well-being of the world around us.

Learn more about National Arts & Humanities Month at:
americansforthearts.org/events/national-arts-and-humanities-month

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Starting a new mural in DeLand. #delandmural #delandwings #delandflorida #blackmural

#deland #delandhistoricdistrict #Volusia #volusiahistory #delandfl #delandflorida

And a sunshine goodmorning to you #deland #urbanbrick

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Hello, greetings everyone! I have gained quite a lot of new followers and figured it would time I reintroduce myself! I like to do this every so often so that my new followers get to know me better!

First off my name is Andrea and you’ll typically find me posting about Disney, Florida adventures, and a little bit of travel stuff.

☀️ I live in the sunny state of Florida
🌎 I grew up in the midwest
🏰 I’m a Disney AP holder
🐱 I’m a fur mom to two 🐈 and two 🐕
✈️ I’m a pilot significant other
🧳 I love to travel and see new places
🖥 I work in business development for a tech company
💪🏼 I have an obsession with going to Orangetheory

What else would you like to know about me?

Toured the beautiful villafestaflorida and decided to check out Downtown Deland while we’re here. So cute ad vibrant! #venuetour #downtowndeland #delandwings

if anyone ever comes to central florida, be sure to check out downtown deland. they have a lot of really amazing murals, including this chicken one by genecanova biancaiveliz_art & kindakitschy