SJRCC PRESS RELEASE July 2007 Florida School of the Arts announces its 2007-08 season Florida School of the Arts is pleased to offer a variety of performing and visual arts to enlighten and entertain the community with its 2007-08 season. Scheduled performances will include a British musical farce, a Pulitzer Prize-winning melodramatic comedy and a classic coming-of-age story. The visual arts calendar will be as equally diverse with gallery shows exhibiting drawings, paintings and sculptures from various artists, alumni and students. FloArts Dean Gary Piazza, Ph.D. said he is excited to begin the visual arts season with former FloArts student Michael Everett. "Michael will present his masterful drawings. The attention to detail in his work is absolutely astonishing, and I might add that Michael is also the new art instructor at Palatka High School," Piazza said. "In the theatre realm, we will kick off the fall theatre season with the musical "Lucky Stiff" by Linda Ahrens, which should be a lot of fun to perform as well as watch," Piazza said. "We are also anticipating the faculty debut of the exquisite art of Michael Burban, who will be exhibiting with fellow fine arts faculty Aaron Alexander, Charles Marsh and Sarah Alexander in February," he said. "Then this April we will head up to the SJRCC Orange Park Campus and perform ÔBarefoot in the ParkÕ at the lovely Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts." 2007-08 performing arts season: October 18-21 -"Lucky Stiff" by Linda Ahrens November 15-18 - "An Evening of Dance" November 30 - Musical Theatre Ensemble February 14-17 - "Crimes of the Heart" by Beth Henley February 28-March 2 Ð "Spring Dance Gala" April 18-20 - "Barefoot in the Park" by Neil Simon (at Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts on the Orange Park Campus) June 12-15 - "Look Homeward, Angel" by Ketti Frings 2007-08 visual arts season: September 5 - Michael Everett - Drawings October 17 - Vanessa McKnight - Paintings November 28 - Graduate Show January 9 - Rebecca Forster - Sculpture February 20 - Faculty Show March 26 - Student Show May 14 - Graduate Show June 4 - Graduate Show Gallery openings begin at 7:00 p.m. of the designated evening. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. FloArts is located on the Palatka Campus of St. Johns River Community College and is Florida's first state-supported professional arts school. Approximately 150 students attend FloArts each year from across the state, the southeast region and New York City. Admission is based on audition and portfolio review. For more information, call 386-312-4300 or visit the Web site at www.floarts.org. Return to SJRCC home page.