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Chinese
Kites
and The
Armory
Opening August 2008 at the Daytona Beach, Museum
of Arts and Sciences
Chinese Kites
by the artist Sheng-li Gao
August 8 - 28,
2008
An exhibition of fifty Chinese kites will be on view for one month
from August 8, 2008 in the Root Gallery, in honor of the 2008 Olympic Games
in Beijing, China. These elegant kites will be installed to
float and flutter from the high ceiling transforming the MOAS Root
Gallery into a dreamlike wonderland.
Varying in size from around three inches square to two feet by ten
feet, the kites depict great soaring birds, forest animals and
symbolic Chinese designs created in glorious color by the young
master kite maker Sheng-li Gao, who will be an honored guest
demonstrating the craft of kite making throughout the
show.
The
Armory
Opening August 15, 2008 - on
long term display
Mary Louise Marzullo
Gallery
Antique firearms, weapons and armor from the collections donated to
MOAS by Kenneth Worcester Dow and Mary Mohan Dow in 1998, these spectacular artifacts have
never been exhibited before.
This includes the artistry of some of the most famous gunsmiths
and weapon makers from the medieval period to the 19th century
illustrated through a wide range of finely designed and decorated
muskets, rifles and pistols, lions-head daggers, war axes, knives,
sabers and straight-edge swords together with a rare late 17th
century inlaid German crossbow.
Museum of Arts &
Sciences
352 S Nova Road
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
www.moas.org
* Charles and Linda Williams Children's Museum Opening
November 21, 2008! - The first hands-on science center
in VolusiaCounty featuring over 9,000 square feet of interactive
exhibits.
* Currenty
Showing - Great Masters of Cuban Art: 1800 - 1958 *
The Classical World: From the Tampa Museum of Art * Memories of
World War II: Photographs from the Archives of the Associated
Press
*Opening Fall 2008 - Barbie® doll! Celebrating 50 Years of an
American Icon * Wishes and Dreams * Frits van Eeden - Dutch
Master Sculpture and Artist
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