I'm Brooke Savage, the writer behind the "Setting The Stage" newsletter, with what's happening in Central Florida's theatre and art scene during the end of October.

I'm Brooke Savage, the writer behind the "Setting The Stage" newsletter, with what's happening in Central Florida's theatre and art scene during the end of October.

Exhibit features '80s skateboarding photography from J. Grant Brittain.

"Golden Legacy: 80 Years of Original Art from Golden Books" to be at Orlando Museum of Art Sept. 6 – Dec. 1.

'Art's The Spark' offered on select Saturdays with an event this weekend.

Hi friends! It’s Brenda, back for all the Central Florida Happenings.

The Orlando Museum of Art will offer free admission next week as part of its Access for All initiative.

The new “Florida Prize in Contemporary Art” exhibit is honoring and recognizing 10 working artists throughout the state.

Celebrate the start of spring with this weekend’s “Art in Bloom” event at the Orlando Museum of Art.

The Lake Mary-Heathrow Festival of the Arts is gearing up for its 37th annual celebration of fine arts.

A former executive director of a Florida museum which was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings is filing counterclaims against the museum.

The annual Festival of Trees is making its return to the Orlando Museum of Art, starting this weekend.

A central Florida art museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has sued its former executive director and others, claiming they were part of a scheme to profit from the sale of the fake artwork.

The lawsuit claims that De Groft was persuaded to join in the “conspiracy” by promising De Groft a “significant cut of the proceeds of the anticipated multimillion-dollar sale.”

As many across Orlando remember and honor the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting and their loved ones, artists are taking their story and turning it into a moving message with a mural.

The Orlando Museum of Art announced a new interim executive director and CEO Monday nearly a year after its former leader left following the FBI seizure of fraudulent paintings displayed in the Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit.

A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

A Los Angeles auctioneer agreed to plead guilty in a criminal case involving an FBI raid at the Orlando Museum of Art during June of last year, according to The New York Times.

Would you wear a gown made of flowers? The floral couture is all part of the Art in Bloom, a spring fundraiser benefitting the Orlando Museum of Art.

It’s an event that not only gets you in the holiday spirit, but benefits art education programs at the Orlando Museum of Art.

Tis’ the season for festive contests.

Interim Director Luder Whitlock of the Orlando Museum of Art resigned from his position as the museum considers a permanent change in leadership, according to OMA officials.

The Orlando Museum of Art announced the organization of an exhibition task force nearly two months after the FBI raided and seized works the museum displayed and claimed were created by Jean-Michele Basquiat.

County, city and art-community leaders are calling for transparency after the Orlando Museum of Art came under fire from a recent raid by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Orlando Museum of Art has parted ways with its CEO in the days after the FBI raided the Florida museum and seized more than two dozen paintings attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Following a raid by the FBI where investigators seized the Orlando Museum of Art’s Basquiat exhibit, museum officials have announced a change in leadership.

The FBI raided a Florida art museum on Friday and seized more than two dozen paintings attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat following questions about their authenticity.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the Orlando Museum of Art early Friday, according to reports.

Celebrate spring at the Orlando Museum of Art this week with Art in Bloom, a festival of fine arts and flowers.

Families can enjoy free fun at the Orlando Museum of Art this weekend.

The annual Festival of Trees is making its return to the Orlando Museum of Art this weekend.

Much like his artwork, Filipino American and Orlando-based artist Jefrë is larger than life.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kenya Robinson remembers working on a marketing campaign and searching for a stock image of a Black woman wrapping her hands for kickboxing. With over 18,000 stock photos coming up in her search, she couldn’t find the look she needed. Now she’s on a mission to restock image databases with photos of visibly Black individuals with BLIXEL:(Re)stock Image Project. “The whole idea is to address this whole notion of the stock image and kind of the role that it plays and how we might restock that,” she said. The dream is to one day release a stock image service for companies to subscribe to, and to pay her volunteers and photographers.

“I looked completely different because they don’t know how to shoot and film women of color, they don’t know how to shoot brown bodies,” she said. The professional performer says that experience is just one of many barriers Black women have to break through to pursue a career in the arts. From sharing stories with other women online about washed-out headshots, having to dye dance tights to match one’s skin tone, and discussing hairstyles fit for stage lights came a new community that has evolved today to become the nonprofit Black Theatre Girl Magic. “We started in 2017 as just a small network for Black and brown performing women in Central Florida. Black Theater Girl Magic (Copyright 2020 by CNN Newsource - All rights reserved.)