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The Smiling Easel
Stacey Barden created The Smiling Easel to share her knowledge and passion for art with aspiring young artists. With 15 years of teaching experience, she has worked with students in early childhood through secondary education, as well as students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She’s an active member of the arts community and a member of the National Art Education Association, in addition to holding faculty positions at both Memorial Presbyterian Day School and Veritas Classical School in St. Augustine, Florida.
The mission of the Smiling Easel is to stimulate curiosity, foster creativity, and encourage self-expression in children and young adults. Through innovative lessons, students journey through the timeline of art history as they are introduced to art techniques and movements, along with learning about the works of prominent artists of the past and present.
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Featured Organizations
Presenting beautiful music in beautiful St. Augustine at the Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College! EMMA’s mission is to offer quality music and dance performances by national and international artists. They also aim to encourage interest in classical music and to provide opportunities for the youth of St. Johns County. EMMA accomplishes this by offering school concerts in local schools and funding requests from music teachers for instruments and equipment.
The Historic Florida Militia (HFM) is a non-profit umbrella organization supporting re-created historic interpretive units and representing a number of cultures and time periods. "We are not street performers, we are educators. We are not parades, we are historic programs. This is not an exercise in free speech, this is an opportunity to educate. We are not promoting a political agenda, we are promoting the city's history through a practical and factual teaching method".
Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College
Built in honor of Dr. JoAnn Crisp-Ellert and her husband, Dr. Robert Ellert, the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum offers Flagler College students and the Northeast Florida community a venue for fostering knowledge and a deep appreciation of contemporary art. As an educational resource for the College, the Museum exhibits regional, national and international artists, and provides opportunities for critical engagement and exposure to a variety of exhibitions and personal interactions with visiting artists. The Museum challenges students, the Flagler community and the public to cultivate individual creativity, critical reflection, historical consciousness and respect for the free exchange of ideas. In this spirit, the Museum also hosts public programs, including artist talks, readings, panel discussions and film series that provide a platform for vital interdisciplinary dialogue.