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 Barbara Osmundsen is exhibiting one of her sculptures at the new Cardiac Wing of Holmes Regional Medical Center. The sculpture," Ballet in Wood" is sculpted from Florida Eucalyptus wood and is seated on a Tennesse Mountain rock base. The sculpture will be exhibited through May 16,2007.

 Virginia King has been accepted in the current Southern Water Color Show which opens March 16 and closes April 3 at the Colquitt Arts Center in Moultri, Georgia. The show encompasses twenty states and D.C. Virginia is at this entry as a signature member of the show. Virginia also had two pictures in the Strawbridge juried show. Three group-painted pictures by the Waterworks will be hanging in Building C at BCA in Viera starting March 20. It is called “Cocoa Village Playhouse.” The picture was taken by Virginia’s group members and then each member painted a section. There are 12 sections.

 Toni DiRocco is having her annual poetry and music program at the Cocoa Beach library at 1 PM Thursday March 15, featuring four poets, a pianist and the C-Pipers Recorder Ensemble.

 The Vero Beach Book Center will present JoAnna O’Keefe sharing from and about her new book “Morning’s Light: Poems from my journal” at 2:30 PM, Tuesday May 1, 2007. The Vero Beach Book Center is located at 2145 Indian River Boulevard, telephone 772-569-2050. JoAnna is the author of best selling “Come to the Garden” and “The Path Less Taken,” and was interviewed in a February 18, 2007 Florida Today article by Maria Sonnenberg. Maria wrote that JoAnna “knows the language of the soul.” In addition, Maria wrote that “The simplicity of O'Keefe's poetry belies the poet's uncanny ability to explore the secret chambers of our hearts and find for us inspiration and renewal.” JoAnna was also featured on the front page of the March 4 Hometown News (Melbourne/Palm Bay editions). At the same time, JoAnna’s dear friend Frances Howard hosted a "Champagne & Poetry" party/book signing at her lovely home in Suntree. Joanna’s busy schedule includes a March 11 sisterhood luncheon at Temple Israel sisterhood luncheon in Viera where she will be the guest speaker.

 Loretta Schnitzius' "Fruit Salad" received the Brevard Watercolor Society Award for its challenging composition. In her February 27, 2007 Florida Today article with the headline “There’s more to art than meets the eye,” writer Pam Harbaugh interviewed artist and competition juror Harry Messersmith who listed seven guidelines to use when choosing fine art: “Harmony among the “three C’s—Craftsmanship, composition and concept,” “scale or understatement,” “mastery of technique and interpretation,” “standout work,” “technically weighted,” “finely hued assemblages,” and “boldness.” Messersmith talked about Loretta’s winning submission. "It's hard to pull (boldness) off," Messersmith was quoted by Harbaugh. "I think she did that well. The negative space becomes a strong form in the composition to interplay with these (fruit-filled) bowls."