Past Exhibits

The Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence (SURE) is a poster- or display-based forum for UCF undergraduates to present their research and creative projects to the broader university community. The 2009 event took place on April 2. First and second place posters from 8 judging divisions will be presented throughout the month of May. For more information visit www.Showcase.ucf.edu.

Peter A. Burg, award winning Master of Photography (M.Photog., Cr., CPP) is a photographic artist. His recent trip to Cuba is documented in this exhibit showing the colorful contrasts of Cuban life, architecture, and landscapes. See more examples of Peter Burg’s photography at www.burgphoto.com.

He has had a life-long love of travel. Born in Karloy Vary, Czechoslovakia, he and his parents fled the country in 1948 just after the Russian invasion, moving first to England and then to the United States. He has traveled to Okinawa, Japan with the military and extensively throughout the US, Canada, British Isles, China, Tibet and Italy.

Pete’s love of photography began in 1968 as a work study scholarship student at Rider University where he was the yearbook photography editor. In the 1970’s, he began his professional photographic career with an early specialty in portrait and wedding photography. He began concentrating on commercial and architectural photography as well as travel, scenic and panoramic photography in the 1980’s.

He is sought after as a lecturer, teacher, mentor and judge by other photographers. He has received the following degrees, awards and recognition: Master of Photography, Photographic Craftsman, Certified Professional Photographer, Florida Degree of Photographic Excellence, Florida Service Award, Florida Education Degree, Qualified Panoramic Photographer, Kodak 50th Anniversary Award for Consistent Quality, the Becker Award for Creative Photography, the Professional Photographers Showcase at Epcot Center, numerous Kodak Gallery awards, and several Fuji Masterpiece Awards.

He is man of many interests which are reflected by his involvement in many organizations. These include the Professional Photographers of America, Florida Professional Photographers, Professional Photographers Society of Central Florida, Digital Imaging Association, Orlando Camera Club, Seminole County South Rotary, All British Car Club and Central Florida Triumph Register.

This exhibit pays tribute to the tremendous contribution to Aviation made by Ensign Jesse Leroy Brown, the first African American Naval Aviator and highlights the importance of his accomplishments to the success of future black aviators.

Diversity in Social Work (pie chart of the Florida Diversity and Multi-Cultural Faith calendar) as well as domestic violence awareness.

Uniforms and artifacts recall service from UCF veterans. (Cases 1 & 3)

We want the UCF body to be aware of what the Social Work profession brings to the local community and internationally.

Panel of war veterans discussing issues they face as students and family members.

Jesse Leroy Brown , the First African American U.S. Navy Aviator, was shot down in 1950 in the Pacific. In 1973, a Knox-class destroyer was commissioned in his honor. The U.S.S Jesse Brown was the first naval warship to be named for an African American naval hero. This exhibit, consisting of photographs, mixed media and artifacts, pays tribute to the tremendous contributions to aviation made by Ensign Jesse Leroy Brown, and highlights the importance of his accomplishments to the success of future black aviators. Items in the exhibit are courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum. Hosted by the Zora Neale Hurston Institute for Documentary Studies.
Screenings of a documentary about Jesse L. Brown will be shown in UCF Library Room 223. Anthony Major, Director of the Zora Neale Hurston Institute for Documentary Studies will introduce the film and lead a discussion about the exhibit on display in the Library and the importance of Jesse Brown to African American studies.
Scheduled screenings are:
Monday 9/14 10:00 A.M. - 12 noon; Wednesday 9/16 10:00 A.M. - 12 noon; Monday 0/21 10:00 A.M. - 12 noon; Tuesday 9/22 9:30 A.M - 11:30 A. M. & 1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.; Tuesday 9/29 9:30 A.M.- 11:30 A. M. & 1:30 P.M.- 3:30 P. M.

You might know us from SDES, Facilities and Safety, or the classroom; we serve UCF in various offices and departments across the campus. But we are not just diligent and loyal UCF employees. Deep in our hearts, we are artists.

Whether we have exhibited in galleries around the world or have never shown our work before, we are artists. Whether we pick up a brush, chisel, or stylus, we are artists. Whether we work in paints, clay, or gemstones, we are artists. Whether we photograph, sculpt, or sew, we are artists.

We present to you the work of our hearts. We are UCF Artists Exposed.

Artists include Amy Kleeman, Russ Muller, Fiona Murphy, Judy Bragg Pardo, Brian Pate, and Jimmy Watson (Student Development and Enrollment Services); Dawn Herrod, Diane Reitz and Tina Tran (Strategy, Marketing, Communications, & Admissions); Skip West (Facilities and Safety); and Allison House (College of Engineering & Computer Science). The group has invited a guest artist, Tony Cervone–UCF retiree and former faculty, to show his work in the exhibition.

UCF Artists Exposed exhibition opening reception is Thursday, August 6 from 4-6 p.m. at the UCF Library, Room 223. Everyone is welcome!

Jacqui Johnson, one of the Libraries' "hidden artists", exhibits a broad range of artisitic talents. On display are examples of digital art, Kumihimo (Japanese braiding), bead embroidery, silk painting, hand made artist books and digital photography. (Case 3)

UCF Special Collections & University Archives newest exhibit, The OSS & Vietnam is a look at the relationship between the United States and Vietnam in 1945. Using materials from the Archimedes L.A. Patti collection, The OSS & Vietnam shows how members of the OSS - the precursor to the CIA - permanently linked the United States and Vietnam as early as the 1940’s. Featuring documents, photographs, and books The OSS & Vietnam looks at this turbulent relationship through the eyes and research of an OSS man who was actually there. The exhibit is located on the 5th floor of the library outside of Special Collections & University Archives, room 501 and will be up until the end of October. Exhibit hours are the same as the operating hours of the Main Campus library and is free to the public.

Wayne Bennett's work depicts wildlife, as well as, ethereal landscapes, and vibrant floral images from several countries and the U.S.

He is past president of the Orlando Camera Club. One of his images was in a submission, sponsored by Natures Best Magazine, which won the Windland Smith Rice Award as the best camera club portfolio. The portfolio was featured at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History from November 2008 – May 2009.
Bennett is a dentist and has been a professional photographer for the past 15 years. He now shoots for the Corbis and Alamy agencies. He taught photography with the Great American Photography Weekends workshop group and also at Disney Institutes. Many of his images have been featured in national publications such as Outdoor Photographer. He has travelled throughout several continents, capturing their natural beauty. Nikon has been his camera system of choice for 35 years. Bennett still leads workshops to various locations and can be reached at this web site:
http://www.waynebennettphotography.smugmug.com

Let's Learn Creole!!
Learning the Creole Language with the Bryant West Indies Collection
July 1-31, 2009
Presented by the UCF Libraries Special Collections & University Archives

Learn a new language in no time flat! UCF Libraries Special Collections & University Archives invites you to their annual summer exhibit of the Bryant West Indies Collection where this year YOU become the student! Along with your professor, ‘Dr. Bryant, the Articulate Owl’, explore artifacts as the actual items teach you the Haitian Creole language. Items on display include archaeological artifacts, musical instruments, paintings and sculpture. ‘Class’ starts July 1st and runs through July 31st.
(Cases 1,2,3 and Tables 1 & 2)

Turtle and tortoise lovers will enjoy this month's exhibit! Dr. Peter Pritchard, renowned turtle expert and founder of the Chelonian Research Institute, recently visited the Galapagos Islands to continue his studies of the species that thrive there. Time Magazine designated this hero to turtles as "Hero for the Planet" in 2000. On display are photographs of tortoises, iguanas, sea turtles, lava lizards in their terrestrial and marine habitats. All species are native to the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. Other artifacts include shells and skeletons collected (no reptiles were killed for thesecollections) from the Islands and wood carvings from local artisans. For more information on Dr. Pritchard's research and the Chelonian Research Institute see: http://chelonianresearch.wordpress.com/
Books about turtles from the UCF Libraries and local turtle artifacts are in Table 1. These shells are from the collection of Dr. Penny Beile.

History of these popular candy dispensers. (Case 1)

The process and materials used in the designing, creating and decorating various types of hats. (Case 2)

Star Trek books: Boldly going where new books have gone before. Star Trek books, fanzines and misc. items celebrating 40 years of Star Trekin' thru the universe. (Case 3)

The Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence (SURE) is a poster- or display-based forum for UCF undergraduates to present their research and creative projects to the broader university community. The 2009 event took place on April 2. First and second place posters from 8 judging divisions will be presented throughout the month of May. For more information visit www.Showcase.ucf.edu.

U.S. DOCUMENTS - MILITARY
Display of publications and pamphlets relating to military and war. Information about the military that is educational, fun, interesting, and historical. (table 1)

THE FLORIDA COLLECTION
A display of fun, educational and interesting documents from our Florida Documents Collection (table 2)

Chaz Mena, portrays Cuban national hero, Jose Marti. The time is 1891 and he must inspire the Cuban people to fight for independence against Spain. This program was created with a grant from the Florida Humanities Council. 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.Tuesday April 16, 2009. Library Room 223

Dr. Kevin Meehan & Conjunto Kimbombo will perform Cuban Folklorico music at a lunchtime concert.
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Tuesday 4/14/09 Library room 223.

Popcorn Flick. Screening of "Lejos de la Isla", a documentary with personal accounts tracing the waves of emigration from Cuba to the United States over the past 47 years. Luis Salas, writer & director will attend. 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.Thursday April 9, 2009 Library room 223

Photographs and images taken in the United States and countries around the world. Mrs. Juge was a charter UCF staff member and is a UCF alumna. Her photos have appeared at many juried exhibits and she has been the Artist of the Month at Orlando Museum of Art. You may view examples of her work at http://www.artistjuge.com/ Etta Jean and Frank Juge used digital techniques and different papers, canvas, texture fine art paper and standar semi-matt photo paper to produce these photographs and images.
"It is my hope that the photos on this site will give you a break from the everyday and lift your spirit to a different level. In addition to images that I have taken, you will also find
several images taken by my husband, Frank."
— Etta Jean Juge

On May 15, 1939 the Germans allowed more than 900 Jews on the liner St Louis to sail for Cuba. On arrival in Cuba, only 29 were allowed to disembark. Even with valid permits, the rest were refused entry under revised Cuban immigration restrictions. For 3 days the liner cruised slowly off the U.S. coast waiting in vain for America to accept its human cargo. The ship was forced to return to Europe, where the governments of England, France, Holland and Belgium ageed to divide the passengers among them. In the end, many of the St. Louis passengers who returned to Europe would die at the hands of the Germans.

Photographs and images taken in the United States and countries around the world. Etta Jean Juge is a charter UCF staff member and is a UCF alumna. Her photos have appeared at many juried exhibits and she has been the Artist of the Month at Orlando Museum of Art. View some examples of her work at http://www.artistjuge.com/ Etta Jean and Frank Juge used digital techniques and different papers, canvas, texture fine art paper and standar semi-matt photo paper to produce these photographs and images.
"It is my hope that the photos on this site will give you a break from the everyday and lift your spirit to a different level. In addition to images that I have taken, you will also find
several images taken by my husband, Frank."
— Etta Jean Juge

The Cuban Revolution in Print

Luis Martínez-Fernández, Ph.D.; Professor of History at the University of Central Florida; author of several books on Cuba and Chief Editor of the multiple award-winning Encyclopedia of Cuba has displayed an intriguing exhibit about Cuba and especially the Literacy Campaign of 1961.

2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Among the early transformations of the Revolution was a boom in literary creativity and publishing and the government’s attempt to eradicate illiteracy. Scores of literary figures who had been living in exile returned to Cuba, including authors of international fame like Alejo Carpentier, Nicolas Guillen and Heberto Padilla. The increasingly dictatorial government of Fidel Castro launched an aggressive literacy campaign in 1961. While succeeding in bringing down the rate of illiteracy, the campaign also served the government’s goal of indoctrinating the masses. Cuba’s increasing ties with the Soviet Union in 1962 served as the context for the government’s first clashes with Cuban authors and intellectuals. Censorship became widespread and several Cuban authors fled the island. Others, like, Reinaldo Arenas, endured persecution within Cuba.

Topics and Artifacts:
The xhibit documents some of the main literary and educational issues and historical episodes of the Cuban revolution. Also on display are items from the UCF Libraries' Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection which are usually stored in the Special Collections & Archives .Department.

A comprehensive collection of one of the premeir student publications at UCF. It is our twenty year anniversary this will be a celebration not only of The Cypress Dome, but also for those who have contributed in the past or have aspirations for the future. It will also serve as an invitation to attend the reading of the current issue.

From March 22 - 27, 2009 on the main floor of the Library. Read the handwritten letters by 18 second graders from Sunset Park Elementary School. The topics of the letters to President Barack Obama range from friendly pen pal type letters to much more serious letters about the need for lower energy prices. The class is also on track to become published authors by June. Their book is titled, “Fantastic Writers and Awesome Future Leaders.” In the book, the students write about the future of America and ideas they have to help solve some of the problems our country is facing.

A traveling exhibit that showcases architectural design submissions by members of the American Institute of Architects, Orlando Chapter is displayed on the 3rd floor of the Library from March 16 - April 6, 2009. Several UCF buildings, including the College of Medicine and the International Reading Center are included.

Display of various contributions of India to science spanning the fields of medicine, physics, etc.

To celebrate Women's History Month, materials from the Bea Ettinger, Phyllis Hudson, Lynda Von Scoyoc ,and Democratic Women's Club collections bring alive the history of women in Florida state politics. Buttons, news clippings, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and a letter from Hillary Clinton demonstrate the sacrifices and achievements of women during the last century. This exhibit is on display on the 5th floor near the entrance to Special Collections & Archives.

Promoting women's values and issues of concern.

African American Studies Program highlights African American officials who have been elected or appointed to government positions in the United States. The posters focus on Joseph Hayne Rainey, Pinckney B.S. Pinchback, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Shirley Chisholm, Carl Stokes, Douglass Wilder, Carol Moseley Braun, Colin Powell, Condeleeza Rice, and President Barack Obama.

“Enter Colored Hat” is a photographic exhibit of 30 photographs and artifacts.
The exhibit supports the publication of “African Americans in Sanford” an Arcadia Publication by Valada Parker Flewellyn and Sanford Historical Society, April 2009. The exhibit is the result of a collaboration between EYESEEIMAGES, The Sanford Historical Society, the Sanford Museum and the Zora Neale Hurston Institute for Documentary Studies, housed in the University of Central Florida’s College of Arts and Humanities, Dean’s office.

Founded by General Henry Sanford in 1870, Sanford became the “Gate City of South Florida,” The business district was set out on the waterfront to take advantage of the steamboat traffic. The residential neighborhood was established to the south, away from the threat of flood and disease. In 1871 Henry Sanford began to clear the land for citrus groves. He imported 149 varieties. Mr. Sanford, had a particular interest in Sanford’s black community as he built his city during the era of Reconstruction, The first African American had come to the area during the fort period. When Sanford arrived he attempted to use black laborers in his groves but was discouraged by the violent reaction of some locals. In response he created “Georgetown” a neighborhood with its own commercial district, which encouraged the rise of a black middle class in the city. With the use of black laborer, Sanford became known as “Celery City” and was the leading producer of celery. Several years later (1891) in west Sanford the citizens in the community of Goldsboro, lead by William Clark, drew up articles of incorporation and Goldsboro became the second African American town in Florida to incorporate. Eatonville was the first. Goldsboro operated independently for 20 years (1911) and then due to fear that it would impede the growth of Sanford, Forest Lake, then state legislator proposed to have its incorporation dissolved and Goldsboro became a community in Sanford,

In the summer of 2006 students from the documentary film class at the University of Central Florida, under the direction of Professor Tony Major and author/poet Valada Flewellyn, produced a documentary, Goldsboro: An American Story. The class held an historic town hall meeting at New Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Goldsboro and filmed the residents sharing their stories. The students also filmed the 100th birthday party of Daphne Crooms Williams the oldest living relative of Professor Joseph N. Crooms the founder and principal of Crooms Academy, the oldest public school for blacks in Seminole county.

The photographs in the exhibit “Enter Colored Hats” depict the lives of African Americans in the communities of Sanford. Goldsboro, Georgetown, Bookertown, Midway/Canaan. Some of the photographs were taken by UCF students during the filming of the documentary, others are from the EYESEEIMAGES archives and the book, by Valada Parker Flewellyn and the Sanford Historical Society, “African Americans of Sanford”, available for purchase in April, 2009.

The exhibit intends to give information about Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi and his followers Mevlevi or Whirling dervishes. Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi was a philosopher and mystic of Islam.His doctrine advocates unlimited tolerance, positive reasoning, goodness, charity and awareness through love. Whirling Dervishes are the followers of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi.They are also known as the Whirling Dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling as a form of dhikr (remembrance of God). Dervish is a common term for an initiate of the Sufi Path.

Wednesday January 28, 2009 7:00 - 8:30 P.M. UCF Library, Room 223
Saving "Dreamland": Henry Nehrling's Florida. Come learn about the pioneer horticulturalist, Henry Nehrling, and the Nehrling Society's mission to save one of Florida's most endangered historical sites, located in Gotha, Florida. Dr. Nancy Decker, the founding president of the Henry Nehrling Society and Associate Professor of German at Rollins College will speak about the legacy of Henry Nehrling and his impact on horticulture. She has done extensive studies on both Henry Nehrling and the history of Gotha.
Parking for the event is available in Lot B3. Directions to campus and the Library can be found at www.ucf.edu/locations. The UCF Library is open to the public seven days a week, except for major and university holidays.

Tuesday, Jan. 27, 11 a.m., UCF Library, Room 223
Fr. Joseph Philippe is the founder of Fonkoze (major micro-credit bank in Haiti), the University of Fondwa (Haiti's first and only rural university) and the Peasant Association of Fondwa (leader in the emerging peasant congress movement in Haiti). Fr. Philippe will speak on the topic: "The Struggle for Public Services in Rural Haiti."

Parking is available in Lot B3. Directions to campus and the Library can be found at www.ucf.edu/locations. The UCF Library is open to the public seven days a week, except for major and university holidays.

Monday, Jan. 26, 7 p.m., UCF Library, Room 223
Students in UCF’s Engineers Without Borders chapter recently returned from Mare Brignol, Haiti, where they are partnering with the Atlanta-based Health Education Relief Organization to perform a water source study for the town. The study will determine the most cost-effective and technically feasible way of providing water to the hilly area where approximately 10,000 people live. Representatives from Engineers Without Borders will talk about their experiences.

The Henry Nehrling Society is offering the purchase of Honorary Deeds to one or more square yard parcels of the Nehrling Gardens site, at $50/parcel. The money raised will be donated to the Acquisition Fund required to save this threatened National Historic Register property.

Talk with booksigning to follow in the library room 223 on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008 from 3 - 5 pm. For more details about the author and her book, please see below.

In the 19th Century, Floridians were
determined to rid the land of water, never imagining how sorely we would
someday miss 9 million acres of wetlands drained statewide. In the
20thCentury, we viewed our aquifers underground as endless, handing
out water
permits to anyone who asked for one, never imagining a time when our
once-abundant groundwater resources would no longer be sustainable for
future supply. So what assumptions are we making today that will seem equally far-fetched 50 or 100 years from now? Cynthia Barnett says one false assumption is that we must have more and more and more water to grow our economy. Population growth and economic prosperity, she argues, need not
follow the increasing-demand, mega-infrastructure path of the last century.
In the 21st Century, for the first time in its history, Florida has a chance to forge a sustainable water path. Will we do it?

The speaker:Cynthia Barnett is senior writer at Florida Trend magazine, where she has worked for 10 years covering
investigative,environmental, public policy and business stories. She's won numerous
journalism prizes, including seven Green Eyeshade Awards, which recognize
outstanding journalism in 11 southeastern states.

Her book, Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S,
recently won the Gold medal for best nonfiction in the Florida Book Awards.

"In the days before the Internet, books like Rachel Carson's *Silent
Spring*and Marjory Stoneman Douglas'
*River of Grass *were groundbreaking calls to action that made citizens and
politicians take notice," The Times said in its review. "Mirage is such
a book."

Presentation of a travel journal/scrapbook of possibilities available to UCF students who study abroad.

A display of several of Julia Alvarez's books to include In The Time of Butterflies and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.

The Dharma Bums, one of Jack Kerouac's most famous books, was published 50 years ago this year. Kerouac wrote the book in eleven days and nights while living at 1514 ½ Clouser Street in the College Park neighborhood in Orlando. Photos and books on display in the library.

The UCF Hidden Artists Uncovered exhibit showcases the inspired, artistic and talented staff who work in the divisions of Student Development and Enrollment Services as well as Marketing,Communications and Admissions. The goal of the exhibit is to increase awareness of the varied activities of these two divisions. Many of these artists have displayed their works at other local exhibits.

Tupperware Unsealed: Brownie Wise, Earl Tupper, and the Home Party Pioneers."
In 1940s, Earl Tupper patented a reusable plastic container and unsuccessfully tried selling the products through traditional store retailing. Along came Brownie Wise, a businesswoman far ahead of her time, who created the Tupperware home party, a sales phenomenon from the 1950s through the 1970s. Wise was the first woman to appear on the cover of "Business Week" and became instrumental in making Tupperware a household name.

Earl Tupper anointed Wise as the company's charismatic leader. Many years before Disney, the lavish national headquarters and the annual Jubilees in Kissimmee drew sales people, who were mostly women, and tourists. At the height of her national celebrity, she was fired under mysterious circumstances, and was written out of Tupperware history. She died in obscurity in Kississmee. Adoring Tupperware dealers were stunned by her sudden fall from grace.

Author-Journalist Bob Kealing interviewed pioneering executives who helped build the company alongside Wise, reviewed hundreds of primary source documents written by Tupper and Wise, and obtained access to a wealth of previously unknown information, including sealed court depositions regarding a series of boat accidents successfully kept out of the press by the company, and details of secret recordings made by Tupperware Home Parties management seeking to prevent their distributors from unionizing.

Mr. Kealing will discuss his latest book, “Tupperware Unsealed: Brownie Wise, Earl Tupper, and the Home Party Pioneers,” at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, Room 223 in the University of Central Florida Library on the main campus. The event is free and open to the public, and a book signing will follow the presentation.

Event parking is available in Lot B 3, located west of the Progress Energy Welcome Center and south of the Teaching Academy. Maps to campus are available at http://library.ucf.edu/Administration/Maps/. More information about the event and UCF Library hours is available at http://library.ucf.edu/Exhibits/ For more information, please call 407-823-5880 or e-mail chinshaw@mail.ucf.edu

William J. Bryant, an avid collector of Caribbean and West Indies artifacts, is the son of the namesake of the UCF Libraries Special Collections & University Archives flagship collection, the William L. Bryant Caribbean and West Indies Collection. After graduating from Dartmouth, Bryant went into business with the Bryant Chucking Grinder Company. Located in his home state of Vermont, Bryant served as president of his company from 1945 to 1958. Bryant then went on to Florida where he founded the philanthropic organization, the William L. Bryant Foundation in his father’s honor. The Bryant Foundation’s goal is to educate the community on archeology and cultural heritage in Spain, the Caribbean and the West Indies. William J. Bryant donated his collection of materials to the UCF Libraries in 1972. Today the collection has over 1600 items including paintings, sculpture, metal work, fabrics, sound recordings, maps, books and manuscripts. The William L. Bryant collection is an important source for historians, archeologists, anthropologists, and artists to study and in turn educate others on this important region.