Winter 2011 Artful Strings: Four Centuries of Harp Making January 17- April 15, 2012 Harp Photos: Douglas Nesbitt 633 Osceola Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789 407-647-6294 fax: 407-647-0410 www.polasek.org Listed on the National Register of Historic Places Florida Artists Hall of Fame Great Floridian 2000 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10-4 Sunday 1-4 Admission: Adults $5, Seniors (60+) $4, Students w/ID $3 Members & Under 12 Free Our Mission: To promote the legacy of internationally known Czech-American sculptor Albin Polasek, N.A., and to encourage study, appreciation and furtherance of representational art. Board of Trustees: Albin Polasek Foundation Board of Trustees at a retreat in October. Front row, left to right: President: Jere F. Daniels, Jr. President-Elect Mark Terry, Executive Director Debbie Komanski, Ann Polasek, Douglas Nesbitt. Back row left to President Elect: Mark Terry right: President Jere Daniels, Gary Hollingsworth, Michael Kakos, Secretary Judy Duda, Don Martin, David Treasurer: Robert Sharpstein McLeod, Todd Deery, Lanie Shower, Paul Beckmann, Carolyn Bird, Todd Ruopp, Rob Sharpstein. Secretary: Judith M. Duda Carolyn Bird, Todd Deery, Gary Hollingsworth, Michael Kakos, Douglas Nesbitt, Ann Polasek, Todd Ruopp, Lanie Shower, Paula Zahn Trustees Emeritus: Special thanks to Betty Duda, William Carter, J. Blair Culpepper, Foundation President Jere Daniels John D. Haines, Randal Knight, Donald S. Martin, Allen Trovillion The Board and Staff wish to thank Jere Daniels for his Honorary Trustee: dedication and leadership during the past three years of Martha Muska his service as President. International Advisory Board: Jere F. Daniels, Jr. was born March 23, 1967 at Winter Paul Beckmann, Robert W. Doubek, Jiri Klucka, Zdenek Michalek, Park Memorial Hospital in Winter Park, Florida. He was Robert Petrik, Roberto Santo, Jiri Unruh the 3rd of 4 children born to Jere F. Daniels and Jane H. Staff Daniels. Jere was raised in Winter Park and attended Debbie Komanski, Executive Director Brookshire Elementary School, Glenridge Junior High Claire Ponsonby, Director of Operations School and Winter Park High School, where he graduated Elaine Noel, Bookkeeping in 1985. He then attended Auburn University from 1985 Rachel Frisby, Curator Jere F. Daniels, Jr. Bena Greene, Membership through 1990 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Petra Hays, Docent degree from the School of Architecture, Design and Construction. While at Auburn Trudy Furno, Research/Docent University Jere was initiated into the Sigma Chi fraternity, participated in a coopera- Jennie Miller, Docent tive education program with Hubbard Construction Company and most importantly, Byron Walker, Facilities met his wife-to-be, Ashley A. Hoffmeister. Jere then attended the University of The Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens is Florida, College of Law and graduated in 1993. Upon graduation from law school, a 501(C)(3) public charity, nonprofit Jere accepted a position as Associate Counsel for OHM Remediation Services Corp. organization whose budget is funded by donations in their Atlanta, Georgia office where he worked from 1993 through 1998. and memberships. All donations and dues go to In 1998 he accepted a position with the law firm of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward support the preservation, maintenance and operation of the Albin Polasek Museum & & Woodman, P.A. in Winter Park, where he is now a Shareholder practicing in the Sculpture Gardens. Please give generously. firm’s Real Estate Department. Jere was married to Ashley A. Hoffmeister on We need your support! May 21, 1994. They are blessed with three wonderful children, Patrick (14), Harrison (12) and Lillian (8). Jere’s other community commitments include serving Sponsored in part by the as a Trustee of The Galloway Foundation, ushering and serving on various committees State of Florida, Department of at All Saints Episcopal Church, volunteering / serving as a merit badge counsel for Boy State, Division of Historical Scouts Troop 205, and serving as a Trustee and officer at the Albin Polasek Museum & Resources, assisted by the Florida Historical Commission. Sculpture Gardens. 2 Mark your calendar today for next year’s Paint Out! April 22 — April 28, 2012 Artists paint in The Polasek’s sculpture gardens and at other locations throughout Winter Park. Works will be on display and for sale as soon as they are completed and dropped off at the museum’s wet room. Stop by to see and purchase works produced during this year’s Winter Park Paint Out! A Plein Air Celebration! Patrons and Sponsors Preview Reception Saturday April 28 — 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Update on the 2012 Paint Out Paint Out Patrons and Sponsors gather for an exclusive The Artists Selection Panel has the list of artists for the preview of Winter Park Paint Out artwork. 2012 Winter Park Paint Out event finalized. Twenty six Join us for a private reception with the artists and first artists have accepted the invitation to participate. The choice of paintings delivered Saturday before the selection process has been time consuming and demanding Garden Party sale. Please contact The Polasek Museum in many ways, but will provide the opportunity to have a more diverse event. Half of the artists in the 2012 event at 407.647.6294 for more information about will be from outside the Winter Park area and a number of becoming a Paint Out Patron or Sponsor. the artists are coming from outside the state of Florida. This participation and exposure is a testament to the success of the prior events. Visit the website at Paint Out Garden Party www.winterparkpaintout.org for the list of artists for 2012. Saturday April 28 — 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Now that the list is finalized, the Paint Out Committee is Join us for a special night “en plein air” at The Polasek asking for support to assist in providing housing for the out of town artists. Hosting an artist will not only help make the Museum. We’ll be celebrating the masterful works of event more successful, but will provide the opportunity for Florida’s finest artists as we bring the 2012 Winter Park the host to be more involved. Imagine the satisfaction of Paint Out to a close. Meet the artists from this year’s discussing the day’s events with one of the artists. event and see the entire exhibition before Sunday’s If anyone has an interest in hosting an artist for the opening. For ticket information, please contact 2012 Paint Out event, please let the Polasek know via The Polasek Museum at 407.647.6294. email at [email protected] or call 407-647-6294 for more information. The patron program for the Winter Park Paint Out will See website for complete details be even more exciting and rewarding for the 2012 event. www.WinterParkPaintOut.org The Winter Park Paint Out event is still one of the few art events that gives 100% credit of the patron contribution towards the purchase of artwork created in the event. Free Painting Demonstrations The Paint Out Committee is in the process of finalizing all Other Special Events the benefits and advantages of being a patron for the 2012 event. An additional patron level with even more benefits Sponsorships and advantages is being developed. Keep up with more Art Patrons news and details about the patron opportunities at www.winterparkpaintout.org. Please let the Polasek know via email at [email protected] or call 407-647-6294 if you are interested in receiving more information on becoming a patron. 3 A Special Visit at The Polasek Museum by Trudy Furno On Saturday, October 8, 2011, The stayed when he visited his relatives in Polasek Museum had a visit from Vienna. At the time of Albin’s appren- Wolfgang Polasek of Vienna, Austria. ticeships in Vienna, Albin’s Uncle Rudolf, Wolfgang is a distant cousin descended wife Anna Polasek, and cousins lived from his father’s brother, Albin’s Uncle there. The three youngest of these chil- Rudolf. Mr. Polasek was visiting here in dren, Mathilde, Maria, and Johann Florida for the first time in conjunction (Wolfgang’s grandfather), were Albin’s with a speaking engagement at University cousins. Albin was said to have gathered of Central Florida’s College of Business. soft wax from candles in the church Accompanying Mr. Polasek were a col- while visiting the family and practiced league of his and his colleague’s friend. his modeling using the malleable Wolfgang was very happy to be here material. In addition, Wolfgang related, and see his relative’s home. He told me Albin was a frequent visitor to the Sokol that the Polasek family originally came gym, which was only a few blocks away from somewhere in what is now modern- from the Polasek home. On the ground day Poland and that the name “Polasek” floor of the house in Vienna was a room Wolfgang Polasek and Trudy Furno in the Salon. meant “small Polish.” In keeping with that devoted to selling Moravian woven historical tidbit, we started the day off textiles. Otto was a young man in the 1920s and with a viewing of the Polasek DVD and a Well into adulthood, warm family ties set out to ride his bicycle from Vienna to thorough tour of the house and chapel were maintained as two of these cousins, Tunis. Apparently, word reached Albin in amid pouring rain and monsoon-type Mathilde and Maria, Wolfgang disclosed, Chicago that Otto had run out of money winds. Undeterred by the weather, Mr. were present at the dedication of Albin’s and was stuck there, whereupon Albin Polasek was eager to relate his side of the work on Mount Radhost, as noted in the wired enough money to Tunis to enable Polasek story.