Opening Reception of Sally Michel: Abstracting Tonalism

Members-Only Preview:
5:30 - 6:30pm
Curated Bites by Runway Catering & Cash Bar

Public Reception:
6:30 - 8:00pm

Music by Christine MacPhail, Orlando Harpist

Free for Members
$10 for Future Members

Sally Michel: Abstracting Tonalism is the first museum retrospective in over 20 years of Sally Michel's Modernist landscapes and figurations from the 1930s - 1990s, long overlooked in traditional Art Historical discourse. Michel’s modern use of simplified color and line ensured that the mood and atmosphere of her own personal moments could be universally understood as the Tonalists before her - especially the paintings of Florida, which radiate with soft pastels that recall mid-century beachside motels, glow with neon sunsets, and diverge with the stark tones the sun brings to a landscape after late afternoon rain.