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Thursday, May 8
Center for the Arts Update

This week’s program is brought by Britt Shiver and Sam McCoy with the Center for the Arts.

Britt is director of programs and engagement for the Center for the Arts, where she cultivates relationships with community members, partners, artists, and instructors, and is responsible for shaping the vision for day-to-day programming. 

She has established five new programs in the past year, all of which are open and accessible to a wide-ranging audience, including newcomers and beginners. 

Sam is director of exhibitions at the Center. She works with artists and is part of the curatorial team that brings shows to the Center’s main building and Wall Space at Grassroots Coffee Co. She works with established artists who showcase contemporary exhibitions three times a year, emerging artists to develop and build their professional practice as fine artists, and the Center’s local collective of artists, the THOM Collective, on putting together juried exhibitions.

Sam also is an instructor in the Interior Design and Architecture department at Florida State University as well as a contemporary painter who earned her MFA from FSU.  Her work focuses on contemporary landscapes with a focus on hyperlocal flora and fauna.  She’s interested in how tourism has shaped our ecology and the roles of curated gardens and the ecotourism industry.

They will provide an update about what’s happening in art in our community. 

Posted by Sally Bowman
May 7, 2025

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