Art Guild to host winter show
The 2013 Winter Art Show for the Ormond Beach Art Guild will be at the Casements Gallery through Feb. 21 at 20 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach.
The guild will be displaying art in watercolor, oil, acrylics and pastels.
For information, call (386) 676-3216.
Documentary premiers at Cinematique
The documentary film "Out of the Woods: Life and Death in Dirty Dave's Homeless Camp" will premiere at Cinematique at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at 242 S. Beach St., Daytona Beach.
The director of the film, advocate for the homeless, urban designer and filmmaker Michael E. Arth, who also rebuilt 32 homes and businesses in DeLand's Garden District, will answer questions after the free screening.
Reviewers and others may preview the 93-minute feature documentary film on YouTube.
"Out of the Woods: Life and Death in Dirty Dave's Homeless Camp" is a real-life horror story with a realizable solution.
By showing four years of life in a local homeless camp, the film lays out the case for Tiger Bay Village, which the filmmaker and others have been trying to get approved for more than six years.
For more information about Tiger Bay Village, or to watch the film, visit villagesforthehomless.org.
'Conversation with the Artist' planned
Skydiving cinematographer and photographer Norman Kent will speak from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum, 78 East Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach.
He will talk about his projects, including shooting extreme skydiving footage for major motion pictures.
This event if free. To make a reservation, call (386) 676-3347.
Watercolor workshops slated
Expressions in Watercolor with Flowers, a two-day workshop will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, and Tuesday, Feb. 12, at The Casements, 25 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach.
The cost is $150.
Expressions in Watercolor with Faces & Figures, a three-day workshop will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, to Friday, Feb. 15. The cost is $225.
To register, call (386) 451-8441 or visit watercolorbyrogers.com.
Popular poet will deliver Valentines
Len Greco, a well-published Long Island, N.Y. poet, more recently from The Villages, will visit Lilian Place in Daytona Beach, 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb.10, to deliver a Valentine program.
His performance will be followed by an open mic at which local poets can read a love poem of their own.
He has published 9 chapbooks of poetry over a long career.
The Lilian Place staff will be selling light refreshments as well as offering tours for a small fee at 1 and 4 p.m. Lilian Place is at 111 Silver Beach Ave., Daytona Beach.
The poetry event, offered free to the public, is cosponsored by Tomoka Poets and the Creative Happiness Institute.
For more information, e-mail axelrodthepoet@yahoo.com or call (386) 337-4567.
Exhibit of Russian's photography opens
The Southeast Museum of Photography will open the exhibit "A Perpetual Hold" by Irina Rozovsky at 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach.
This exhibition is comprised of two sections. "In This Russia," Ms. Rozovsky returns to her childhood home of Russia to describe a place both real and imagined by years of absence and the disorientation of being a stranger in a familiar land.
The second series, "One to Nothing," was made in Israel, a place of historic conflict where it is not always clear who is the victor and the victim.
An opening reception, artist's talk and book signing will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15.
The exhibit will be on display until May 12.
For more information: http://smponline.org/ex_rozovsky_perpetual.html