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"We Are All Related" -- paintings, drawings and mixed media work by Stephanie McMillan Sat., May 18 – Sun., June 16, 2024 Art and Culture Center/Hollywood1650 Harrison St.Hollywood, FL 33020 OPENING RECEPTION Sat., May 18 | 5 – 8 pm Admission $7 | Members FREE Refreshments will be served.   SAVE THE DATE Free Arts! Family Day Artist Workshop Sun., June 16 | noon - 4 pm Admission FREE Explore your creativity with a Coloring Book Workshop inspired by the original Illustrations of artist Stephanie McMillan.   Stephanie McMillan's colorful drawings, paintings, and prints are inspired by the artist’s love for...

Flamingo Gardens presents:  Rewild Florida – The Art of Stephanie McMillan, an exhibit of drawings of South Florida plants and wildlife by Fort Lauderdale artist Stephanie McMillan. Her art portrays iconic species such as the Florida panther, manatee, and alligator, as well as less widely appreciated species like the spiny orb weaver, larraflower, and the ring-neck snake. For McMillan, creating art has become a spiritual practice that opens possibilities for connecting with plants, wildlife, and the human community. The underlying message of this collection is: “Let’s get to know the wild beings around us and participate in the web of...

As part of a group exhibition of work by several Artists-in-Residents at the New River Inn museum at History Fort Lauderdale, Stephanie McMillan will present approximately 30 new drawings and paintings created from emotions of affection and respect for local plants and wildlife, and from a desire to imagine ways of improving relationships within the web of life. These figurative artworks are loosely rendered with combinations of various mediums on paper and cardboard, and sometimes include text. Their lighthearted and accessible visual style (contrasting with their seriousness of intent), is the mature expression of McMillan’s life in Fort Lauderdale, where...

Below is a map of the downtown area, followed by a list of species depicted on each utility box. The whole collection is called "Love is All Around." A larger pdf of the map is also here: mapPDF "Let's get to know the wild beings  around us, and participate in the web of life with love and respect for all." This project was paid for by the Downtown Development Authority, with support from Business for the Arts of Broward. Installed by Image360 Lauderhill. 1. Mangrove Community great blue heron, fiddler crab, Florida softshell turtle, human, red mangroves, mangrove tree crab,...

I'm happy to announce that I've been chosen to design 16 utility box wraps for downtown Fort Lauderdale. Below is a press release from the Downtown Development Authority, and some renderings from my original proposal. I've been working hard on drawing these, and have 7 done so far. They should all be done by fall/winter.     

  Hello. This list is a current reflection of my own evolving process of attempting to relate better within the web of life. My personal understanding and efforts are shaped by my history as a descendant of European settlers on Turtle Island, raised within capitalism/imperialism which systematically conquers, genocides, exploits, commodifies, and forcibly disconnects its subjects from land. Though each person's ideas are inevitably conditioned by our individual placement within the overarching global economic process, the process itself is social, collective and ever-unfolding, and we each have some agency within the role we play. So I share this list in...

Here are some photos from the group show at the New River Inn history museum in April. It was really fun! I was happy that many people enjoyed the coloring pages -- some took them home and others hung them on the wall at the museum.

(See event listing on ArtsCalendar.com) As part of a group exhibition of work by six Artists-in-Residents at the New River Inn museum at History Fort Lauderdale, Stephanie McMillan will present 30 digital drawings of local plants and wildlife, created with affection in her colorful and charming signature style. Since October, she has been placing free prints of these drawings around the Fort Lauderdale area for people to find and take home. She will continue to do this through September 2023, until she has distributed 300 free prints of at least 50 different plants and creatures. This exhibit is an opportunity to...

Thanks to our local Fort Lauderdale daily paper, the Sun-Sentinel, for running an article about my public print giveaway project! Here's a link (which requires a subscription, so I'll also paste an image of the article below): https://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/theater-and-arts/fl-ne-artist-hands-out-work-20221219-ihl5s5odszc4zlo4rk5m2laazi-    

"We Live Here Too" is a collection of digital drawings of local plants and wildlife, labeled with their names. My purpose in creating them is to encourage appreciation for the beautiful web of life that surrounds us and that we are part of. By learning the names of different species, saying hello when we see them, and getting to know them better as friends and kin, perhaps we'll be moved to find ways of being more effective about protecting them from the many threats they face. Currently I leave several free signed art prints per week of local plants & wildlife at...