Press Release

Art In Chambers Features the Works of Rosemary Gillett

The Sweet Life in Winter Park

WINTER PARK, Fla. an internationally recognized ICMA Excellence Award winner (November 4, 2008) The City of Winter Park Public Art Advisory Board is proud to announce the newest Art in Chambers exhibition featuring the works of Rosemary Gillett. The exhibition is currently open for public viewing from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in Commission chambers and Room 200 in City Hall located at 401 Park Avenue south, and will remain on display through January 2009. the public is invited to an opening reception from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., on wednesday, November 5, in Commission Chambers.

Rosemary Gillett lives and maintains her studio in Winter Park. Her paintings describe her interest in Italy and most recently her home town of Winter Park. The artist said that the task she set out for herself for the painting in the Commission Chambers entitled Unanimous, Tabled, Denied! is to convey a message with minimal lines and maximum color about what goes on in the City Hall Commission Chanbers. Her paintings in Room 200, Was, Is, Could Be are a series of popular Winter Park scenes whimsically viewed through the artist's imagination.

Art in Chambers is a project of the Winter Park Public Art Advisory Board which showcases the city's art collection, works by local artists, or works borrowed from local museums. The project enlivens Winter Park's public rooms and exposes residents and visitors to art, highlights the importance the city places on art and culture, projides city support to local artists and studios, and creates opportunities to educate the populace on the value of art and its place in a meetingful life.

For more information regarding Art in Chambers and additional City of Winter Park events, please visit the city's official Web site at www.cityofwinterpark.org or call 407-599-4398