September 26th 2009
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Dr. Carter G. Woodson Museum  2240 9th Ave S., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
To preserve, present and interpret African American history and promote an understanding to help all respect and value diversity as well as to foster equal rights and social justice.

• "Obama: A Perspective in Photographs" an exhibit featuring revealing photographs from some of the nation's elite photojournalists as well as White House photographer Peter Souza.
• The Royal Theater Art Academy/Boys and Girls Club will act as youth docents to give guests interesting details about the exhibit.
• Student entertainment and a Spoken Word under the Oaks in the museum's Legacy Garden from 2 to 4 p.m. 
  

• Courage and Compassion: The Legacy of the Bielski Brothers. The Bielski brothers led the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in World War II.'
• Fragments: Portraits of Survivors: Photographs by Jason Schwartz. A freelance photographer from Toronto, Canada, has captured the expressions of memories of Holocaust Survivors.
• Jehovah's Witnesses: Faith Under Fire. Chronicles the Nazi persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses and the Witnesses' nonviolent resistance to Nazi terror inside and outside the camps.

Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College, 244 2nd Ave. N. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
FIM is renowned for bringing a series of blockbuster traveling exhibitions over the last few years to St. Petersburg including Treasures of the Czars; Splendors of Ancient Egypt; Titanic; Diana, a Celebration and Vatican Splendors.

• In a New Light: Selections from the Gulf Coast Museum of Art Collection.125 works by significant contemporary Florida artists and fine craftsmen from the Southeast. Many set the tone for today's rich and diverse arts community in Tampa Bay by embracing this region's history and beautiful conventional "Florida" art.
• 11 a.m. Christopher Still will be a special guest speaker, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution.

• Lots of fun to be part of - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Engine Company 15 Fire House, FIT4ALLKIDSVILLE, I Can Construct, My First Market, Orange grove, Be a Great Vet, St. Pizza. Robot Lab, Raceway, Pull Yourself Up and many more exciting, role-playing, interactive stations.
  

• Lessons in Creativity. A new series of exhibitions showcasing the artwork created by our students and faculty. This show features the paintings made by students in Betsy Orbe Lester's painting class.
• Morean Arts Center Members' Show. Annual non-juried members' exhibition.
• Let's Create!: Summer Camp Exhibition. Work from students in the Center's 10-week summer camp program in a variety of media from digital to photography to clay to painting to collage.
• Visual Scavenger Hunt: Test your ability to pay attention to detail and explore the Members' Show with questions relating to the artwork.
• Vote for the People's Choice Awards.
• Morean Members' Workshop Day: Open Critique 10 to 11:30 a.m. No charge for Morean Members $10 for guests, first come, first served,  Business of Art Luncheon noon to 2 p.m. $20 for Morean Members includes lunch $30 for guests includes lunch and An Artist Talks Shop 2:30 to 4 p.m. No charge for Morean Members $10 for guests.
• Closing Party of the Morean Members' Show: 5 to 7 p.m. A final celebration of the Morean Members' Show.

• Latin American Art: Glimpses from the 1960's and 1970's. Features 38 colorful paintings and prints.
•  A Different Luster: Pewter from the Andrews Collection. Features a selection of the fine pieces of pewter.
• Theater in Ancient Art: The William Knight Zewadski Collection. View 50 antiquities, dating from the sixth century B.C. to the fourth century A.D.
• Cafe will be open.
• Docents will be throughout galleries.
• Last museum admission 4:15 p.m.

• Let Our Fish Entertain You!
• Touch Tank from 1 to 4 p.m. 
• Activities in the Pier Lobby.
• Interactive Fresh Fish Theater.
• Watch videos about our regional fishing industry and play an interactive game about fish caught in Tampa Bay.
• Hear the sounds in the sea through our mobile hydro phone installed underneath The Pier.
• and much more fishy fun.

• Dali, Freud and Surrealism. 70 works centering on two important influences in Dali's life: Sigmund Freud and the 20th century Avant-garde movement.
• Mabel Palacin "Una noche sin fin" [An Endless Night]. Catalan video artist Mabel Palacin's innovative double-screen video projection represents a single night. 
• Dali Seen Through Glass.
  Rarely seen collection of glass sculptures for the prestigious French glass house Daum Cristal.
• Dali at Work and Play: The Photographs of Marc Lacroix. Photographs capture behind-the-scene images of the artist and his wife Gala from the 1960s-70.
• Docent tours on the half-hour starting at 10:30 and ending at 3:30 p.m. The 11:30; 12:30; 1:30 and 2:30 tours will be SLA (ASL) interpreted. 
• Kid's crafts in the Community Room from 11:45 to 4 p.m. 

• Girl Scouts of West Central Florida - A Look Back at Our History. Vintage uniforms, old handbooks and memorabilia.
• St. Petersburg Audubon Society's Centennial Celebration. Environmental preservationist, Katherine Tippetts, is recognized for her pioneering work.
• Greater Pinellas Point Civic Association's Neighborhood.  The exhibit will chronicle the development of the area from prehistoric times and culminate with today's neighborhoods.  
• Florida Highwaymen. In the early 1950's through the 1980's a group of twenty-six African-American artists known as the "Florida Highwaymen" used vivid and bright colors to display the beautiful untouched Florida landscape.

• Scissors: Pop-Up. An Exhibition of Original Moveable and Handmade Books.
• Gift shop discount today only: 10% off with a minimum purchase of $25.00.