Historical Winter Park

Winter Park Historical Association is a quaint museum in the heart of Winter Park’s historic Park Avenue near Rollins College. To celebrate ArtsFest, the museum hosted a series of classes for children called “That ‘70s Show” for children from 2 to 6 years old. Delta Dawn and Sunny invited you into their living room and back to a simpler time. Through interactive song, games and stories, they recreated the spirit of the seventies and gave kids a glimpse of Winter Park’s past. For more information call 407.647.2330 or visit www.wphistory.org. The museum is a small, brick building that showcased art, photography, and fashion from that era. When I walked inside I was greeted with a huge smile and a tour. Some of the photos on the wall included images of what the stores on Park Avenue used to look like. It truly felt like I was walking back in time for a moment. We visited all around the area to find the current buildings to match them up with the photos from the museum for our video.

written by Jessica Northey  |  jessicanorthey.com 

 Historical Winter Park Museum

Clouds in My Coffee – Music & Spoken Word

Clouds in My Coffee Theater at Dex Imaging Skyline Club at the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium Clouds of Love included Orlando’s best spoken word and live music featuring Mozaic. Spoken word is a form of art with origins in both the Harlem renaissance and blues music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoken_word). Spoken word can take on the form of a spoken poem or song and is typically comprised of a story with dramatic tones to keep the audience’s attention. It can be mixed with music. To listen to more music from the video, please visit Mozaic’s website (http://www.reverbnation.com/mozaicsoul and hear her song called “Rolling in the Deep” http://soundcloud.com/mozaicsoul). Watch the video for interviews and a sneak peek at part of the spoken word performance.


written by Jessica Northey  |  jessicanorthey.com 

Clouds in My Coffee – Music & Spoken Word

Orlando Youth Circus

The Orlando Youth Circus performed at the Downtown Library to help celebrate ArtsFest. The group learned their clown skills during summer Circus Camp. Created five years ago, the Orlando Youth Circus gives children in Central Florida the opportunity to experience the physical, emotional, and social benefits of circus arts through classes and camps.  The performance was captured on video here and shows children juggling, stilt walking, building human pyramids, and more. For more information about circus classes, click here to visit their website. Watch our video to see an interview with the Director and the performance.


written by Jessica Northey  |  jessicanorthey.com 

  Orlando Youth Circus 

Orlando Science Center and Human Library at The Urban ReThink

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            Orlando Science Center has a theater called “Dr. Philips CineDome” with a choice of a few educational movies. We arrived an hour before the movie started so we could visit all of the floors to capture video for our ArtsFest fans. It turned out to be a great idea because the movie lasted 45 minutes, which felt like a break from playing with all of the kids and neat toys. There was so much to see; even the gift shop was very cool.

            Corey decided to continue capturing video of the Science Center while I watched the movie. I chose to watch Animalopolis. They have stadium seating that is covered with a dome screen, with 28,000 watts of audio power, and 30 speakers. This is a family-oriented event where kids were laughing at all of the funny things animals do when they think we’re not watching. The visuals were incredible with a very cute story line with a musical twist, and rhyming narration. I can honestly say that I learned a few things about animals that I had never heard of before. Did you know that a cheetah could run up to speeds of 72 mph?

            Our next stop was at Urban ReThink, located downtown off of E. Central Blvd. Urban ReThink is a creative, collaborative, and transformative atmosphere. Their event for ArtsFest was unique for the United States. The concept originated in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2000 and has now reached its way here through Urban ReThink’s event planner. It was called ‘The Human Library’ and you could check out a human book to hear a story based on the book title you choose. More details about the event can be found on their website at http://www.urbanrethink.com/node/587. Our video includes a brief interview with the event planner and a sneak peek at one of the human books in action. For a listing of future events happening at Urban ReThink visit: http://urbanrethink.com/calendar. If you’re interested in becoming a human book, they’re interested in hearing from you. For more information on how to sign up, visit: www.tinyurl.com/beahumanbook.

REMINDER: on the last page of the ArtsFest schedule of events is a passport that’s been provided for you to collect one or more stamps throughout ArtsFest. The more stamps you get the better your chance is to win valuable prizes and discounts to local arts and cultural organizations and businesses. Get your passport stamped at participating ArtsFest venues.

written by Jessica Northey | jessicanorthey.com 

 Orlando Science Center

The Human Library at Urban ReThink