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SUMMARY:Create\, Connect\, Grow with Stephanie McMillan
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DESCRIPTION:As part of McMillan's residency project at The Storefront\, "O
 ur Loving World" is an installation that invites you to learn about and cr
 eate art based on South Florida's native plants and animals. .\nhttps://br
 oward.libnet.info/event/13965371
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Create\, Connect\, Grow: Activities and Ar
 t by Stephanie McMillan</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coloring Station</li>\n<li>Plant Id
 entification Games</li>\n<li>Make Your Own Nature Journal</li>\n<li>Share 
 Art\, Recipes\, Growing Tips</li>\n<li>Share Seeds and Cuttings of Edible 
 &amp\; Medicinal Plants</li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.in
 fo/frontend-images/events/broward/sm_the_storefront_flyer.png" width="791"
  height="1024" alt="" /></p>\n<p>The Storefront: Stephanie McMillan:<em> O
 ur Loving World</em> will be on view July and August 2025. The closing rec
 eption will take place on Wednesday\, Aug. 27\, 5-7pm. All are invited!</p
 >\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/broward/
 poster50smaller.jpg" width="788" height="1124" alt="" /></p>\n<p style="te
 xt-align: justify\;"><strong>Artist Statement:&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p sty
 le="text-align: justify\;">A consistent thread through my art has always b
 een a lighthearted visual style combined with seriousness of intent. Evolv
 ing from 25 years of drawing comics\, my colorful paintings\, drawings and
  sculptures feature characters of various species who affirm values such a
 s reciprocity\, solidarity\, and social transformation toward living in ha
 rmony with a thriving Earth.</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">My curr
 ent multi-faceted project\, called &ldquo\;Our Loving World: A Celebration
  of South Florida&rsquo\;s Edible and Medicinal Plants\," aims to connect 
 community by learning together and sharing observations\, knowledge\, idea
 s\, and experiences. Components include humorous illustrations for plant l
 abels and plant identification games\, coloring pages\, noncommercial ways
  of distributing art\, food forest and garden tours -- all focusing on get
 ting to know the plants who sustain us\, care for the land\, collective cr
 eativity\, and strengthening local resilience.</p>\n<p style="text-align: 
 justify\;">As a third-generation Fort Lauderdale resident\, I feel a deep 
 fondness for local plants and wildlife. Making art is my effort to spread 
 love and respect for all the living beings who make this place unique and 
 beautiful.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;<img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-im
 ages/events/broward/McMillan2025.jpg" width="396" height="435" alt="" /> &
 nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;"><strong>Bio:</strong></p>\n<p
  style="text-align: justify\;">Stephanie McMillan\, a visual artist born i
 n Fort Lauderdale\, Florida\, continues to live and work in her hometown. 
 McMillan received a BFA from Tisch School of the Arts\, New York Universit
 y (1987). For 25 years she worked primarily as a cartoonist and illustrato
 r producing award-winning editorial cartoons\, syndicated comic strips and
  graphic novels\, several of which have been translated and published inte
 rnationally. Clients have included the Los Angeles Times\, Forbes\, Schola
 stic/New York Times\, and her hometown daily paper\, the Sun-Sentinel.</p>
 \n<p style="text-align: justify\;">In recent years she has focused on draw
 ing and painting\, plus assemblage using recycled and found natural materi
 als. Her playful figurative work\, evolving from her career in comics\, fo
 cuses on ecological and social transformation.</p>\n<p style="text-align: 
 justify\;">Solo exhibitions include "Rewild Florida\," Flamingo Gardens\, 
 Davie\, FL (2024)\; "We Are All Related\," Art and Culture Center of Holly
 wood\, FL (2024)\; and "The Political Art of Stephanie McMillan\," Califor
 nia State University at Northridge (2011). Selected group exhibitions incl
 ude "Power Lines: Comics and the Environment\," Billy Ireland Cartoon Libr
 ary &amp\; Museum\, Ohio State University\, Columbus (2021-2022)\; SCOPE I
 nternational Contemporary Art Show\, Miami Beach\, Florida (2014)\; and "T
 oo Hot to Handle\," San Franscisco Cartoon Art Museum\, California and And
 y Warhol Museum\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania (2003-2004).</p>\n<p style="te
 xt-align: justify\;">Since 2022\, McMillan has been an ongoing Artist-in-R
 esidence at the New River Inn History Museum\, Fort Lauderdale\, Florida. 
 She received an Artist Innovation Grant from the Broward County Cultural D
 ivision and Community Foundation of Broward (2024-2025). She also has rece
 ived Artist Support Grants from the Broward County Cultural Division (2022
  and 2024)\, the RFK Journalism Award for cartooning (2012)\, and the Sigm
 a Delta Chi award for editorial cartoons (2010). Sixteen of her illustrati
 ons\, collectively titled "Love is All Around\," were commissioned by the 
 Downtown Development Authority and are permanently installed on utility bo
 xes in downtown Fort Lauderdale\, Florida (2023).</p>\n<p style="text-alig
 n: justify\;">Her art is in numerous private collections worldwide. Her or
 iginal sketches\, illustrations\, comics\, and papers are archived at the 
 Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at Ohio State University.</p>\n<p
  style="text-align: justify\;"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/fronte
 nd-images/events/broward/Broward-Cultural-Division.jpg" width="275" height
 ="165" alt="" /></p>\n<p><em>The Storefront is a contemporary art space lo
 cated in Broward County Main Library. This project is made possible in par
 tnership with the Broward County Cultural Division.</em>&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps
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