OMAM celebrates completion of projects

Also, one local senior donates a 'Free Little Art Gallery' for the museum gardens.

By Jarleene Almenas
| 4:00 p.m. November 7, 2022

The "Gale Lemerand Butterfly Garden" â€” an art display of butterflies sponsored by Lemerand â€” is now on display. Photo courtesy of OMAM

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Two projects were recently completed at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and gardens.

According to a newsletter by the museum, the "Gale Lemerand Butterfly Garden" — an art display of butterflies sponsored by Lemerand — and the installment of a chandelier in the grand entrance are now available for public viewing. The chandelier was sponsored by Sherry and Roy Gailey.

The new chandelier was sponsored by Sherry and Roy Gailey. Photo courtesy of OMAM

In addition, one local Seabreeze High School senior created a "Free Little Art Gallery" for the museum gardens.

The newsletter states that Annabella Olivari, on a mission to share her love of art with her community, created the wood structure with a metal gable roof, styled after OMAM's historic Emmons Cottage. The little gallery houses miniature works and small blank canvases to provide a dedicate and accessible place for visitors to gift and discover art. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for this

Annabella Olivari recently created a "Free Little Art Gallery" for the museum gardens. Photo courtesy of OMAM

new feature is set for 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Olivari is the vice president of Seabreeze's National Honor Society and the recipient of the Silver Key from the Northeast Florida Scholastic Art Awards. She founded an installed a "Free Little Library" at the Environmental Discovery Center and on Seabreeze's campus.