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SUMMARY:Mind\, Body and Color: Orlando Health Arts in Medicine Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Mind\, Body and Color\n\nFor 30 years\, artists have connected with Orlando Health cancer patients through the Arts in Medicine program. Whether writing\, dancing\, or painting\, patients take their minds off treatment and focus simply on creating. For many\, this reconnects them with who they are—not simply a patient\, but a person.\n\nSince 2013\, the Arts in Medicine program has hosted an annual exhibition at City Arts Gallery\, celebrating the creative works of patients at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute.\n\nThis year’s theme\, “Mind\, Body and Color” celebrates how creativity provides a wholistic approach to wellness. Each piece offers a glimpse into how patients use art to transform their personal challenges into expressions of wholeness\, vitality\, and the world they aspire to see.\n\nFrom May 21 through June 13\, this inspiring exhibition will feature over 50 works created by cancer patients and their loved ones. Join us at City Arts Gallery to experience the healing power of creativity and honor those on their journey to wellness.\n 
URL:https://downtownartsdistrict.com/event/mind-body-and-color-orlando-health-arts-in-medicine-exhibition/
LOCATION:CityArts\, 39 S. Magnolia Avenue\, Orlando\, FL\, 32801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening
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SUMMARY:3rd Thursday Opening Night Reception (May)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Third Thursday at CityArts. Enjoy drink specials\, curator conversations\, artist connections\, and seven new exhibitions. Meet the artists and explore what’s new in the galleries.\nCityArts is a proud partner of the newly expanded 3rd Thursday Orlando: Arts. Making. History.\n____________________________________________________ \nFeatured exhibitions at CityArts include:\nAustin Commercial Gallery – “Mind\, Body and Color”: Orlando Health Arts in Medicine Exhibition\nUpstairs Signature Gallery – Osceola County School for the Arts Student & Alumni Exhibition\nSide Gallery – Solo Exhibition by Brian Strigel\nCityArts Cafe Gallery – “Mind\, Body and Color”: Orlando Health Arts in Medicine Exhibition\nThe Mahesh Chaddah Family Trust Spotlight Gallery – Solo Exhibition by Stemberger\nNew Art in the Young Artists Gallery & Redefine Gallery\n____________________________________________________ \nPARKING\nCityArts provides parking validations for the Plaza Parking Garage ONLY. The validation reduces the parking fee to $4. The Library Parking Garage is closer\, but CityArts does not provide parking validations for that garage. Metered street parking is free after 6:00 p.m. \n____________________________________________________ \nPARTICIPATING VENUES IN THIRD THURSDAY\nInterstruct ArtCube \nOn Thursday\, May 21 from 5–8 p.m.\, Parramore Arts presents a double-header exhibition at Interstruct Design + Build\, 814 W. Church Street\, during Third Thursday Orlando. \n● CONNECTION by Angelo the Artiste is a multimedia installation debuting at ArtCube\, a glass-fronted shipping container micro-gallery. Curated by Pat Greene. \n● FUTURE PERSPECTIVES welcomes four artists debuting at Parramore Arts to transform U-Haul trucks into pop-up galleries for one night only\, featuring work by Roberto Sébastien\, Dessary Francis\, Robb Johnson and Ishaan Vadhera. Curated by Damany Cruickshank. \nThe public is invited to the opening on Thursday\, May 21\, from 5–8 p.m. at Interstruct\, 814 W. Church Street in Parramore\, featuring an Artists Talk beginning at 7:15 p.m. Free onsite parking will be available\, along with a complimentary shuttle from CityArts (Pine & Magnolia) in Downtown Orlando. \nEola View \nJoin us as part of the Third Thursday Art Walk with a featured stop at Eola View. \nEola View will be hosting a casual evening of art and community as part of the Third Thursday venue lineup. Visitors can explore a variety of local creative activations throughout the space in a relaxed setting. Learn more. \nThis month includes: \n\nGiveaway: private party at Bar One ($100 bar tab and appetizer package for up to 20 people)\nCash bar\nPop-up portraits\nTarot readings\nCustom clothing\nLive painting\nBalcony views overlooking “Achromatic Arte Fresca: An Ode to Harmony”\n\nWe look forward to welcoming guests as they move through the Third Thursday Art Walk and experience each participating venue. \n____________________________________________________ \nThank You to Our Annual Sponsors:\nOrange County Arts and Cultural Affairs \nCity of Orlando \nUnited Arts of Central Florida \nDowntown Development Board \nRemixed
URL:https://downtownartsdistrict.com/event/3rd-thursday-opening-night-reception-may/
LOCATION:CityArts\, 39 S. Magnolia Avenue\, Orlando\, FL\, 32801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening
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SUMMARY:Opening in the Side Gallery: Solo Exhibition by Brian Strigel
DESCRIPTION:“Everything’s Connected: \nConnecting the Dots\nLife is full of dots waiting to be connected.\nNothing exists alone.\nEverything connects. \nThese paintings begin like connecting the dots—small shapes coming together to form something larger. As they link\, patterns appear: cells\, systems\, life. \nInspired by science but guided by color\, the work shows how simple parts become something complex and alive. The connections are visible.” \nOn view in the Side Gallery at CityArts (39 S. Magnolia Avenue) May 21\, 2026 – June 13\, 2026
URL:https://downtownartsdistrict.com/event/opening-in-the-side-gallery-solo-exhibition-by-brian-strigel/
LOCATION:CityArts\, 39 S. Magnolia Avenue\, Orlando\, FL\, 32801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Continuum: A Gathering in Practice brings together current students and alumni of Osceola County School for the Arts at CityArts Orlando
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Patricia Calderon\, Continuum: A Gathering in Practice brings together current students and alumni of Osceola County School for the Arts at CityArts Orlando. \nAs a founding member of OCSA’s Visual Arts program\, established in 2003\, Calderon has worked across generations of artists whose practices continue to evolve beyond the institution. This exhibition extends that long arc into a shared public context\, convening artists without collapsing their distinct trajectories. \nSeveral alumni featured in this exhibition are actively practicing artists whose work continues to evolve through sustained creative practice\, exhibition\, and independent inquiry.They are presented not as outcomes of a program\, but as artists in their own right\, whose practices continue to develop over time. \nAt its core\, Continuum considers practice as an ongoing\, never-ending process. Creation is not presented as a fixed destination\, but as a process of continuous becoming\, where each iteration informs the next\, and every act of making exists within a larger\, unfolding progression. Across media and subject\, the works resist a singular narrative\, inviting viewers to reflect on creativity not as one final outcome\, but as a living continuum of inquiry\, transformation\, and possibility. \nContinuum: A Gathering in Practice offers a space where artists meet across time\, not as before and after\, but within an ongoing field of practice. \nPOSTER DESIGNER  \nMelody “Mel” Capielo is a 2007 alumna of Osceola County School of the Arts and a Creative Director with more than 15 years of experience spanning hospitality\, food and beverage\, local government\, medtech\, and academia. Her passion for graphic design began in the halls of OCSA in 2003\, working alongside Mrs. Calderon and the school’s small but mighty yearbook staff\, where she first discovered the power of visual storytelling and creative collaboration.\n\nAfter spending four years on the yearbook staff\, Mel set an ambitious early goal: to one day see her name featured in a magazine’s masthead. It was a goal she accomplished within her first year of college\, thanks in part to the strong design fundamentals she developed at OCSA\, which helped her land her first professional design role. She later earned a BFA in Graphic Design from Miami International University of Art & Design in 2010.\n\nSince then\, Mel has built a career developing brand identities\, immersive experiences\, and strategic visual communications across print and digital platforms\, working with both startups and large organizations. Her approach combines concept development\, art direction\, and thoughtful design strategy\, grounded in the same curiosity and creative discipline first sparked during her time at OCSA. Now based in Denver after relocating from Miami\, she continues to bring creativity\, leadership\, and gratitude for the place where her design journey began.
URL:https://downtownartsdistrict.com/event/continuum-a-gathering-in-practice-brings-together-current-students-and-alumni-of-osceola-county-school-for-the-arts-at-cityarts-orlando/
LOCATION:CityArts\, 39 S. Magnolia Avenue\, Orlando\, FL\, 32801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Art
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