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Art and Culture Center's 40th Anniversary History
Art and Culture Center's 40th Anniversary History
1975 2015
Were extremely proud to have reached our 40th anniversary at a time when the future of the Center has
never been brighter. Its a testament to everyone that
has been a part of the Center these past four decades
that were widely recognized as a vital contributor to the
quality of life in Hollywood and throughout the region.
For this publication, we have gathered information
from press clips, archival materials, and interviews
with participants to create a cursory history of how
the Center arrived at this milestone. As you will find in
learning more about our history, the Centers longevity and its status in Broward County are the result of
an engaged community and elected officials in the
City of Hollywood that recognize the role of the arts
to inspire creativity, innovation, and collaboration.
We go forward into the future committed to further enriching the lives of residents and visitors
in our community for generations to come.
Joy Satterlee
Executive Director
October 25, 2015
The first home for the Art and Culture of Hollywood, 1975
In the beginning
Mayor David Keating and Mrs Eleanor McGee at the Centers ribbon cutting,
1975
he beginning of the end for the beach location was set in motion in 1985 when city engineers inspected the building and determined
that it needed $320,000 in repairs. Built on sand
(not pilings) in 1969, it was deemed not worth fixing and a search began for a new home in downtown
Hollywood. Rouby told the Sun-Sentinel, [Downtown]
is more accessible and its an opportunity for more
facets of the community to utilize what we have.
sculptor Louise Nevelson. A 16-page illustrated pamphlet was published by the Center with text by
Wendy Blazier. Closing day was Nov. 3, 1991.
Johnnie Sue Glantz was elected Chair, beginning a sixyear tenure, as the Center transitioned to the downtown
site. The Center finalized a long-term lease with the City
to pay $1 annually to rent the Kagey Mansion. On Sept.
5, 1991, the Articles of Incorporation were amended
to formally make the Center independent from the
Parks and Recreation Department and City oversight.
Opening day was Sunday, Feb. 2, 1992, with
the 83-piece exhibit, As Seen By Both Sides,
based on the Vietnam War as viewed through
the eyes of 20 American and 20 Vietnamese artists. More than 400 people attended.
In 1991-92, the Center received the largest infusion of
private sector funding in its history to that point. A
capital campaign to continue renovations also raised
more than $450,000 in cash and pledges to be paid over
five years. An application to the State of Florida Cultural
Facilities Grant Program resulted in a $381,000 award
for capital improvements and expanded programming.
Pamela Josephs Sideshow of the Absurd was named Best Solo Art Exhibition
for 2003 by New Times
C
The legendary Mikhail Baryshnikov performed at OceanDance
ynthia Miller was hired in the newly created position of Curator of Education in Sept.
1997, and within a few months replaced
Dan Tomberlin as Executive Director. The foundation for what the Center represents today began with
The Distance Learning Arts Studio has delivered instruction to more than
12,500 students and educators in Broward County public schools
Thank you to Leadership Hollywood for its contributions to the Arts School
The Center is one of just eight Major Cultural Institutions in Broward County
2005 to 2013
Exhibition programming evolved into new areas beginning in 2007 with the resignation of Samantha
Salzinger and the hiring of Jane Hart as Curator of
Exhibitions, a position she held until 2015. The South
Florida Project Room was introduced in September
2007 as an installation space for emerging South
Florida artists. Spaces in the Main and Middle galleries
were devoted more often to individual artists, versus
thematic group shows developed by the curator.
Artist Unknown/The Free World featured hundreds of bizarre amateur photographs found online by artists John D. Monteith and Oliver Wasow
A first in reaching families began in 2008 with an exhibition of Lego sculptures by New York-based sculptor Nathan Sawaya.
A former attorney,
May 2007: Joy Satterlee
Sawayas summer
was named the winner
2008 show at the
in the category of Arts
Center, The Art of
Administrator at ArtServes
the Brick, was among
18th Annual Encore Awards.
his first in an established arts institution.
Sawaya is now renowned world-wide with as many
as five shows being exhibited simultaneously.
The success of The Art of the Brick resulted in an unprecedented relationship with a single artist for the
Center as Sawaya returned with new family-friendly
exhibitions in the summers of 2010, 2012 and 2014.
More than 35,000 attended Sawayas shows, including visitors from more than 50 states and countries.
Artist Nathan Sawaya creates a new Lego sculpture for his 2012 exhibition
at the Center
the annual Abracadabra event was the Centers version of running with the bulls as patrons raced through
the Main Gallery hoping to claim their favored art
piece from among the 100+ original works on exhibit.
On Feb. 21, 2010, the Center became the first South
Florida arts organization to present a concert by
9-year-old Hollywood music prodigy Ethan Bortnick.
Recognized by the Guinness World Records as The
South Florida jazz musician Joe Donato plays a tune at the opening weekend of Charles M. Schulz: Pop Culture in Peanuts
Orange Crush, collage on wood, from the exhibition Phillip Estlund: Subprime/Subtropics
High-school students prepare for the future with the Teen Arts Ambassadors
program
2014 to 2015
Dave Muller: Rock n Old explored the history of recorded music with a gallery mural and listening stations that played 349,370 songs
The 2014-15 gallery season featured ambitious site-specific exhibitions by Los Angeles artists Dave Muller (Rock
n Old) and Wayne White (Art is Supposed to Hypnotize
You or Something). Muller painted a mural of a musical timeline throughout the Main Gallery, and White
constructed a 12-foot-tall cardboard puppet of Broward
County namesake, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward. Art is
Supposed to Hypnotize You or Something received an Art
Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
For the first time at the Harrison Street site, all four
first-floor galleries were devoted to a single artist for
Jose Alvarezs spectacularly beautiful mixed-media
show As Far as the I Can See (March 27 to May 24,
2015). The Broward-based Alvarez also presented
several special events that were attended by his
husband James Randi, including the acclaimed documentary film about Randi, titled An Honest Liar.
Emmy Award-winning artist Wayne White used cardboard and hot glue to build his supersized puppet of one-time Florida governor and Broward Countys
namesake, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward
Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.): The Encounter #2, 2014, 43 1:2 X 67 1:2, Acrylic, enamel, ink, colored pencil, feathers, quills, and collage on canvas mounted on dibond.
Courtesy the artist and Gavlak Gallery
The future
Staff
Board of Trustees
Executive Staff
Joy Satterlee, APR
Executive Director
Susan Rakes, Assistant Director
Executive Committee
Misty Weinger, CPA, CFF, CVA
Chair
Alan Koslow, Esq.
Vice Chair/Legal Counsel
Oscar Llorente Nadeau
Vice Chair
Ed Walls, Treasurer
John Mabry, Secretary
Marianne Ferro, At Large
Randall Gilbert, At Large
John Stengel
Immediate Past Chair
Education
Kate McCarthy-Draizin
Education Manager
Jordan Canal
Education Coordinator
Theater
Chad Harris, Theater Manager
Joseph Popejoy, Technical Director
Shawn Stevens, Theater Associate
Development
Jeff Rusnak
Director of Development
Daphna Starr, Administrative
and Development Associate
Marketing / Public Relations
Alesh Houdek, Marketing Director
Leo Sarmiento, Public Relations and
Community Partnerships Manager
Aurlie Bredent, Design and
Website Coordinator
Accounting
Elizabeth Veszi, Finance Manager
Trustees
Kenneth C. Brown
Hon. Sandra Coleman, Esq.
Lou Anne Colodny
Tim Curtin
Tanya I. Davis, CPA
Cate Farmer
Virginia Fifield
Shelly Loos
Allison S. Lovelady, Esq.
Tracy Lyons, Esq.
Barbara A. Marks
Josh McCumber
Cristy Pea
Anna Smith
Jason Swineford, MD
Ben Wesley
Honorary Trustees
Hon. Patricia Asseff
Bonnie Barnett
Steven R. Becker, Esq.
Susan Best
Hon. Joseph S. Geller, Esq.
Neil Gold
Francie Bishop Good
Michael Goodman
Hon. Sue Gunzburger
David Horvitz
Carmen Hotchkiss
Jarett Levan
Susan Renneisen
Drazia Rubenstein
Wilma Siegel, MD
Hon. Eleanor Sobel
Les Weil
Visitor Services
Chris Keller
Visitor Services Coordinator
Ambar Gonzalez
Visitor Services Associate
Our Mission
The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood cultivates
creativity and the support of the arts in our community
through education, innovation, and collaboration.
Core Values
Creativity, education, innovation, and collaboration.
"Culture is
everything. It is
the water in which
the fish swims. The
fish is not aware of it,
but cannot exist
without it."
Derrick Ashong
The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported in part by its members, admissions,
private entities, the City of Hollywood; the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward
Cultural Council; and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
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