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. SORRY, THIS TOUR IS SOLD OUT. Email WWW@jaxhistory.com to be placed on the Wait List. Thanks! You are invited to experience our best bus tour ever. It is so richly packed with art and architectural splendor, we are calling this "The Mega-Tour 2017." This 2-day, 1-night tour will take place on Saturday-Sunday, March 18-19, 2017. In just two days, you will visit the following:
We would
love to have you go with us on this special
roadtrip aboard the Magic Bus! It is an
inclusive trip -- $268 per person (based on
double occupancy hotel room, pick your own
roommate. Or, for single person occupancy,
$333.) This includes your hotel, all We will
leave Jacksonville Saturday morning March 18
at 8am and return Sunday evening March 19
around 5:15pm. Please
note that some parts of this tour are not
handicapped accessible, and moderate walking
is required. Indications are that it will sell out quickly. (Our last Frank Lloyd Wright bus trip sold out in two days!) So please secure your reservations early. This trip will attract some of the most interesting people in the Jacksonville arts community, and your presence would add much to our rolling party on the "Magic Bus". Please come if you can! All
proceeds from this
trip go to
 Itinerary  Saturday, March 18 - 7:30 am - Bus loading at McIver Clinic parking lot, 710 Lomax Street, Jacksonville, FL.Sunday, March 19 - 8am - Breakfast at the Radisson Resort You
will
experience
these gems of
Florida's art
and
architecture:
F  rank
Lloyd Wright's Florida
Southern College campusIn 1938, the Florida Southern College president, Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, approached Wright with the task of transforming the 100-acre lakeside orange grove into a modern college campus. The collection of Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture at Florida Southern College is called "Child of the Sun." The name for the architecture came from Wright’s idea of removing the "uninspired" buildings of the pre-existing campus and replacing them with a campus that would, according to Wright, "grow out of the ground and into the light, a child of the sun. The present campus comprises 70 buildings on 110 acres of land and is home to the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. In 2012, it was selected as the most beautiful campus in America by The Princeton Review. The works by Wright include the following:
Santi  ago
Calatrava's new Florida
Polytechnic University"Structural ingenuity meets visual intrigue in the work of Santiago Calatrava, the Spanish architect, engineer, and artist known for devising edifices and bridges so dynamic they seem ready to take flight." -- Architectural Digest Anchoring the Florida Polytechnic University campus near Lakeland, Florida is Calatrava's 200,000-square-foot Innovation, Science and Technology (IST) Building, a dazzling feat of design wizardry that was unveiled in August, 2014, after two years of construction. An ethereal pergola of powder-coated aluminum surrounds the elliptical stunner, forming a ring of partially shaded outdoor space while reducing the solar load on the interiors by some 30 percent. More striking still is the roof, which features 94 robotic louvers. These elements can be automatically raised or lowered in response to the movement of the sun, optimizing light in the glass-topped meeting hall below. Reminiscent of flapping wings, the crown is mirrored in the reflecting pool that encircles the building, creating an exquisite moment of symmetry that offers further proof of Calatrava’s powerfully poetic touch. Th  e Morse
Museum of Tiffany Art in
Winter ParkThe Morse Museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), including the artist and designer’s jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded-glass lamps and windows; his chapel interior from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago; and art and architectural objects from his Long Island country estate, Laurelton Hall. The Museum’s holdings also include American art pottery, late 19th- and early 20th-century American painting, graphics, decorative art. Louis Comfort Tiffany, one of the most creative and prolific designers of the late 19th-century, declared that his life-long goal was “the pursuit of beauty.” With its comprehensive assemblage of Tiffany’s work, the Morse Museum’s collection uniquely documents that quest. Although his father, Charles Lewis, had founded the most prestigious silver and jewelry company in America, Louis chose another professional direction. The Morse Museum was founded by Jeannette Genius McKean (1909–89) in 1942 and named for her grandfather, Chicago industrialist and Winter Park philanthropist Charles Hosmer Morse. Its collections were built over a half-century by Mrs. McKean and her husband, Hugh F. McKean (1908–95), the Museum’s director until his death. The museum is just a 5-minute walk from the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival.  The
Winter Park
Sidewalk Art FestivalVoted "America’s Best Juried Fine Art Fair," the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival is one of the nation’s oldest, largest and most prestigious outdoor art festivals. It is also ranked the #1 Best Fine Art and Design Show in the southeast and #5 in the Nation by Sunshine Artist Magazine, 2014. The Festival extends for four city block through Central Park, and it draws more than 350,000 visitors each year. For 2017, more than 1,100 artists from around the world applied for entry. An independent panel of three judges selected the 225 artists exhibiting their works. Artists complete for awards totaling $72,500.  TheRadisson Resort Hotel in Celebration, FL Inviting amenities include restaurants, two outdoor swimming pools, a poolside bar, two hot tubs, a fitness center, two tennis courts, two basketball courts, a volleyball court, and a business center. 
Your
Tour Guide
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 Dr.
Wayne Wood is the organizer of this tour
and has previously led a number of trips for
Jacksonville residents to unusual, arts-related
places throughout the Southeast. A noted author,
speaker, artist, historian, and self-proclaimed
"arts agitator," Wayne has published thirteen
books on Northeast Florida's history and
architecture and for many decades has been a
leader in Jacksonville's historic preservation
movement. His books include the award-winning
best seller, Jacksonville's
Architectural Heritage, as well as the
430-page
Jacksonville Family Album: 150 Years of the
Art of Photography, which many
consider to be one of the most beautiful books
about Jacksonville ever published.Wayne's interest in art and architecture, combined with his inquisitiveness about the historic past as well as the avant garde, led him to become a true architraveler. He has visited over 100 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, as well as architectural wonders in 27 different countries around the world. Folio Weekly called him "the most interesting man in Jacksonville." |
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