Art is a way to express oneself, and there are various forms of how one might do so. There’s music, dance, photography, painting, etc. Our featured artist of the month dabbles in the latter two. Heather Nagy says every painting has a story, but so does every artist. Let’s hear hers. Heather Nagy grew up in Michigan and reminisces about her time spent there. “I remember … [Read more...]
Game Design Summer Camp
Imagine if students could transform their passion for playing video games into a passion for building them. In Game Design camp, students will explore the fundamentals of designing and developing multidimensional video games and will develop an understanding of what it takes to build a game from the ground up. Using the GameMaker Studio 2 platform, students will use visual … [Read more...]
The Artist: Beauty in Obscurity
“There is beauty in obscurity,” said artist Samantha Shumaker in our email interview, which was also obvious in the time I spent leafing through her website and portfolio observing the intricacy she maintains in each and every one of her pieces. Shumaker lives in the greater Orlando area, and she holds Lake Nona near and dear to her heart as a place for not only inspiration but … [Read more...]
Art of the Heart: Carlos Alberto Quintero
Whether you’re from his home country of Colombia or the United States, if you’ve seen a piece of Carlos Alberto Quintero’s artwork, you know it’s impossible not to be captivated. Quintero’s use of color and pattern, along with the intermixing of realism and the abstract, make for graphic designs illuminated with color and rich with texture, adding vibrance to the real world and … [Read more...]
Art After Dark
For those of you interested in the arts, you now have a local event to attend every Friday night from 7-10 p.m., rain or shine. Located in the Lake Nona Town Center between Chroma Modern Bar + Kitchen and Bosphorous Turkish Cuisine, the Art After Dark event showcases local artists and their art displays, live demonstrations, special exhibitions and music. Those who attend the … [Read more...]