The Wallflower Gallery

TOMORROW - Sat, May 11, Love The Everglades Movement hosts the Love Your Mother Everglades Clean-Up 2024 - sponsored by World Of Smoke & V**e - meeting at the Miccosukee Casino & Resort at 3:00 pm! We are looking for people with trucks to help haul out more trash! This is a group project - even if you can’t attend, please spread the word! Contributions are needed to help cover costs - donations are tax deductible! Join the adventure and make a difference!
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Some time last year, I had optimistic notions of The Wallflower Gallery’s 25th Anniversary happening this May, but the plans are not to be and now I am hoping something can be arranged for next year. The largest factor in the non-plans starts with Churchill’s continued closure. I had glimmers that they would have been opened by now, although I still hear rumbling of potential re-emergence. While I know other venues are out there, I have not been active enough to pull something together under recent conditions. In addition, I don’t have a budget since I have not really been working as before. Fortunately I am getting back into street promotions again, so that helps with funding, scoping potential venues and reconnecting on a few levels. Elements of a more formatted motion are coming back into play, so that may include The Wallflower Gallery’s 26th Anniversary for 2023!!??

CALL TO ARTISTS - TIME SENSITIVE!!
Proposal for Mural 10' H x 40' W
Completion Date: January 15, 2022

Requested Themes:
Honoring the Communities of Lake Okeechobee: the plants, animals and people

Dimensions:
10' High x 40' Wide

Deadline to Submit Your Proposal:
5 pm, Wednesday, December 29. 2021

Selected Artist will be notified:
Friday, December 31, 2021

Painting will start:
Monday, January 3, 2022

Mural Completion Date:
Saturday, January 15, 2022

Aguaculture LLC will provide up to $2000 of painting supplies needed

Love The Everglades Movement is offering $2,000 as Artist Fee

The mural will be applied to a large tank sitting on a barge which will float on Lake Okeechobee. This project will enhance a water quality improvement program which removes invasive aquatic vegetation from Lake Okeechobee, thereby contributing to Everglades Restoration.

The machine will be located near Lake Okeechobee and the mural will be done on site.

Please include the following info with your proposal:
Images of past work on a similar scale
A sketch of your proposed mural

This project is a collaboration between:
Aguaculture, LLC
Mike Elfenbein
Rev. Houston R Cypress, Otter Clan
Love The Everglades Movement

For more information, or to submit your proposal;
[email protected]

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While it is not a surprise, we are disappointed to announce that The Wallflower Gallery 24Th Anniversary Celebration will be postponed this year - again. Even though some events are happening and performers are able to work, this type of gathering is designed for interaction and reconnection. When we postponed last year’s celebration, I had high hopes that we would be back within a few months - things didn’t work that way. We lost too many people in the last year and their memories are ingrained in our collective history. It is my hope that we will be back to a more interactive mode soon and next year we will celebrate our creative convergence with The Wallflower Gallery’s 25th Anniversary!