BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: \;\nState College of Florida\, Manatee- Sarasota (SCF) F ine Art Gallery will feature the exhibit \; "Petrichor" by Swoon in an opening reception from 6 - 8 p.m.\, Feb. 28\, at the Fine Art Gallery at SCF Bradenton\, 5840 26th St. West. \; Prior to the reception\, Swoon will host an artist's talk at 5 p.m.in the Fine Art Gallery.\n"Pet richor" is the scent of the first rain upon the earth after a long dry s pell and derives from the Greek name of the fluid that flows through the veins of the gods. Swoon selected "Petrichor" as the title of her new s ite-specific installation\, which exalts ordinary life as it unfolds.&nb sp\;\nFor the last 14 years\, Swoon has been involved in an ongoing expl oration of people's relationships to their environments. The artist's in itial impetus to create interventions in the urban landscape continues t o unfold in a variety of ways.\nFrom 2006-2009\, she constructed and nav igated flotillas of rafts made from recycled materials down the Mississi ppi and Hudson rivers and across the Adriatic Sea from Slovenia to Venic e\, Italy. \;\nSince 2008\, Swoon has been working independently and in collaboration with Transformazium\, a group of artists and activists \, on community-based projects in the town of Braddock\, Penn.\nShe has partnered with the group Konbit Shelter since 2010 for an ongoing projec t to construct a community center and a home in earthquake-devastated Ha iti\, bringing her creativity to the reconstruction effort.\nSwoon also is currently working on the construction of a musical house called "Dith yrambalina" with the New Orleans Airlift.\nIn addition to her community- based work\, the artist maintains a studio and installation-based practi ce of drawing\, printmaking and the construction of architectural instal lations and sculptures around the world.\nSwoon is a resident of Brookly n\, New York\, where she attended the Pratt Institute from 1998 to 2001. \nExhibit dates are Feb. 28 &ndash\; April 3. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday\, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. The gallery will be closed for Faculty/Staff Professional Development Day on March 1. \;\nState College of Florid a\, Manatee- Sarasota (SCF) Fine Art Gallery will feature the exhibit&nb sp\; "Petrichor" by Swoon in an opening reception from 6 - 8 p.m.\, Feb. 28\, at the Fine Art Gallery at SCF Bradenton\, 5840 26th St. West.&nbs p\; Prior to the reception\, Swoon will host an artist's talk at 5 p.m.i n the Fine Art Gallery.\n"Petrichor" is the scent of the first rain upon the earth after a long dry spell and derives from the Greek name of the fluid that flows through the veins of the gods. Swoon selected "Petrich or" as the title of her new site-specific installation\, which exalts or dinary life as it unfolds. \;\nFor the last 14 years\, Swoon has bee n involved in an ongoing exploration of people's relationships to their environments. The artist's initial impetus to create interventions in th e urban landscape continues to unfold in a variety of ways.\nFrom 2006-2 009\, she constructed and navigated flotillas of rafts made from recycle d materials down the Mississippi and Hudson rivers and across the Adriat ic Sea from Slovenia to Venice\, Italy. \;\nSince 2008\, Swoon has b een working independently and in collaboration with Transformazium\, a g roup of artists and activists\, on community-based projects in the town of Braddock\, Penn.\nShe has partnered with the group Konbit Shelter sin ce 2010 for an ongoing project to construct a community center and a hom e in earthquake-devastated Haiti\, bringing her creativity to the recons truction effort.\nSwoon also is currently working on the construction of a musical house called "Dithyrambalina" with the New Orleans Airlift.\n In addition to her community-based work\, the artist maintains a studio and installation-based practice of drawing\, printmaking and the constru ction of architectural installations and sculptures around the world.\nS woon is a resident of Brooklyn\, New York\, where she attended the Pratt Institute from 1998 to 2001.\nExhibit dates are Feb. 28 &ndash\; April 3. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday\, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. The gallery will be closed for Spring Break March 11-15.\n \;\n \; URL:http://bradenton.patch.com/events/scf-fine-art-gallery-exhibit-featur ing-petrichor SUMMARY:SCF Fine Art Gallery Exhibit Featuring "\;Petrichor"\; LOCATION:State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota: 5840 26th St W\, Brad enton\, FL END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR