Next ‘Museum Monday’ Features Abstract Art
By Space Coast Daily // February 20, 2013
Works Of Irene Neal To be Displayed
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Abstract art will be featured at the next Museum Monday event at the Foosaner Art Museum in Melbourne.
On Monday, Feb. 25 Florida Institute of Technology’s Foosaner Art Museum will display works of Irene Neal, an abstract painter from Merritt Island at 10 a.m., in the Harris Community Auditorium.
Neal, inspired by the tradition of Jackson Pollock and the Abstract Expressionism movement, reinterprets this tradition by using new, state-of-the-art acrylic paints and gel medium.
Experimenting with new materials, she reveals beauty through the coalescence of liquefied color.
After graduating from Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa., in 1958, Neal lived, worked and studied in Brazil, Portugal, Argentina and Puerto Rico for the next 16 years. She has exhibited her works in museums and galleries worldwide, including New York, Paris, Canada, Brazil and the Czech Republic.
Museum Monday is a community outreach program that focuses on art and creativity.
Each free program is held on the fourth Monday of the month, January through May and light refreshments are served.
The Foosaner Art Musuum is at 1463 Highland Avenue in the Eau Gallie Arts District of Melbourne.
It i8s open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1 tom 5 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Admission is priced at Adults $5; seniors, children and students with I.D. $2, and free for museum members and for faculty, staff, and students of Florida Institute of Technology.
Special rates and tours are available for groups of eight or more. To schedule, call 321-674-8919 at least two weeks in advance.
