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"There's definitely more color in Florida after this."

- Michael Adno, artist
 

[Gallery]  Michael Adno Tackles 'Cracker Politics' in Latest Exhibition
Philip Lederer, Phil.Lederer@srqme.com

Opening tonight at Art Center Sarasota, Cracker Politics: The Limits of Colonial Knowledge explores the singular history and peoples that give the region and the state its distinct character, and the institutions that seek to define them. SRQ sits down with Michael Adno, the Florida-born but now New York-based artist behind the installation, to talk inspiration and purpose.

SRQ: What does Cracker Politics: The Limits of Colonial Knowledge mean?

Adno: Cracker has no definitive etymology. It’s known as a derogatory term for whites in the South—from the cracking of a bullwhip to the diet of swamp cabbage and crackers—so Cracker Politics is a way of referring to the everyday politics that southerners and specifically people of a certain milieu—which is not just white people, but a lot of people—ascribe to.

And the limits of colonial knowledge?

When I first began working on the project almost four years ago, I was working in all these archives. And the way these archives work, whether they’re historical societies or the Library of Congress or the Smithsonian or public libraries—they’re fashioned by a certain body of knowledge. The history of Florida was very much fashioned by colonial knowledge. If you look at the pre-Colombian history, there’s not much of it. You have basically the 15th and 16th centuries, the settlers that came over and in those cases they had a recorded history, or more of an anthropology or ethnography, so that’s where the limits of colonial knowledge came from. It was a jab at the idea that an archive could really represent something fully and wholly or with any truth to it.

Did you learn anything about the area that surprised you or made you look at yourself differently?

What I learned is that my heart is in Florida. I love this place immensely. It’s a platitude to say that I learned how rich the area is. It’s not that the area is so rich but that I now have more depth to the way that I think about the area. Because I can think about the pre-Columbian history, I can think about the colonial era of British, French and Spanish and I can see all of that mixed up in the architecture and the landscape. Everything has more meaning and everything is just a little bit more colorful. There’s definitely more color in Florida after this.

What are you hoping people will take from the exhibit?

That everything is a little more stratified and layered than they like to think of it as, and that there is a level of grandiose beauty, awe, wonder and whimsy to everything, no matter how violent or ugly or troubled or conflicting or contradictory you might find it to be. Just a few layers down, there is a beauty in that. Beyond that, to look a little more closely at things. There are a lot of meaningful things to be seen in the most mundane and prosaic things of everyday.

Cracker Politics: The Limits of Colonial Knowledge opens tonight at 5pm at Art Center Sarasota with the artist in attendance. 

Pictured: Photograph from "Cracker Politics." Image courtesy of Art Center Sarasota.

[Daily Shop]  Shining Sphere
Aviel Kanter, aviel.kanter@srqme.com

The Garden Room at Shoogie Boogies is good for more than food. In fact, everything on the property holds a price tag, ready and waiting for beguiled garden wanderers to scoop up at their leisure. One such product found inside the cottage-meets-shop grants any blank or needy wall in your home with a dash of both color and fragrance. Hang up one (or several) of the delicate bubble wall vases and just add water and a handful of wildflowers to transform any space into a secret garden of your own. Drop in a bushel of dried lavender stems and hang in your bathroom for a constant sweet smell in the air; trim a pink peony and take advantage of its fleeting bloom with a spot in your light-filled kitchen (grab a ranunculus during the winter months). Whatever bud catches your eye, bring them to life with a home in a bubble vase.   

Photo courtesy of Shoogie Boogies.

The Garden Room Cafe at Shoogie Boogies, 1919 Morrill St., 941-951-5437.

[Synergy]  Coldwell's Roger Pettingell Attends International Event

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate’s Roger Pettingell of the company’s Longboat Key office, recently attended the International Luxury Alliance Network event held at the Peninsula Hotel in New York City. The event was hosted by NRT LLC. NRT, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company, is the parent company of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate. Representing the Sarasota marketplace, Pettingell was joined by fellow luxury marketing experts from North America and Europe affiliated with Coldwell Banker and New York’s premier luxury sales professionals from the Corcoran Group, the leading residential real estate brokerage company headquartered in New York City. In total, the group represents more than $2.5 billion in sales volume in luxury real estate sales and ranks within the top 1 percent of Coldwell Banker and Corcoran agents worldwide.

   

Coldwell Banker

[Recognition]  Miner Recognized for Service to School Board

Manatee County School Board member Dave “Watchdog” Miner recently completed his year-long term as chair of the Central Florida Public School Boards Coalition. The Coalition consists of 13 school districts stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean and focuses on issues and advocacy for over 1 million students that live within its districts. At Tuesday night’s meeting of the School Board of Manatee County, Miner was recognized for his service to the Central Florida Public School Boards Coalition by Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene, who presented him with an honorary plaque. 

  

Manatee County Schools

[Recognition]  Comprehensive Plan Receives Award

Sarasota County's Comprehensive Plan has received the 2016 Outstanding Planning Project Award from the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Florida Planning & Zoning Association (FPZA). The Comprehensive Plan guides the county's decision-making and investment of resources in the unincorporated areas of the county. Sarasota County recently completed an 18-month update to this important, overarching plan in order to reflect changes to our community characteristics and demographics. The FPZA is a professional planning organization consisting of planners, zoning officers, property owners, developers, engineers, private and public lawyers, landscape architects, appointed and elected officials, laypersons, businesses and administrators. 

  

Sarasota County Comprehensive Plan



[TODAY]  PERFORMANCE: Guys and Dolls , November 18 – January 1

When it comes to wit, style, and sheer exuberant joy, Guys and Dolls is the odds-on favorite as the best musical comedies, paired with a feature score by Frank Loesser. The plot involves the unlikeliest of romantic pairings: a high-rolling gambler and a save-your-soul missionary, a showgirl dreaming of the straight-and-narrow and a crap game manager who is anything but. Place your bet on love conquering all in this hilarious classic that defined Broadway’s Golden Age.

The Asolo Repertory Theatre , 5555 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, 34243

[SOON]  GALLERY: Gateways , December 16 – January 20, 11am-5pm

Hans Van de Bovenkamp, renowned for monumental sculpture installations with the pwoer, lyricism and grand proportions that heighten a viewer's sense of imagination and discovery, unveils Gateways at Alfstand& Contemporary. The exhibition features more than 30 pieces. The opening reception will be December 16 from 5:30pm-8pm.

Alfstad& Contemporary, 1419th 5th Street, Suite A

[SOON]  FESTIVAL: 6th Annual New Years Eve Fireworks on the Bay , December 31 – January 1, 11:00 am–2:000 am

The 6th Annual New Years Eve Fireworks Celebration at Marina Jack will be bigger and better than ever. Enjoy a variety of entertainment and menu options onshore at Marina Jack along with a sparkling midnight fireworks show. Climb aboard the Marina Jack II for a four–hour celebration dinner cruise, complete with party favors, live music and fireworks on Sarasota Bay. Either way, you are sure to have a sparkling New Year! 

Marina Jack Sarasota Bayfront , 2 Marina Plaza, Sarasota, Florida 34236

[SOON]  FESTIVAL: First Responder Appreciation Month , January 1 – March 31

The Downtown Improvement District (D.I.D) kicks off the New Year with the first ever First Responders Appreciation month to honor firefighters, police officers and EMS professionals.  The D.I.D encourages you to show your gratitude for our first responders the entire month of January. Wear D.I.D sponsored First Responder Appreciation Month buttons, display D.I.D sponsored First Responder Appreciation Month flags, give a thumbs up to first responders, write a letter to a first responder, wear your red, whites and blues, or lunch on the D.I.D, in the D.I.D.

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