Road Triop

I have narrowed the amount of images I'm taking to Pensacola to 36. I'll be leaving after work on Saturday, about 4:00 p.m. I'll do about half the trip Saturday evening and find a hotel/motel, then finish the trip Sunday and drop off my work. I'll take it easy on the way back, looking for photo op's along the way. Needless to say, I'll have my cameras ready. I have a couple of ideas for photo's. I hope they turn out. It's been a long time since I've been in the panhandle. Film at 11.

Spiritual Gifts

I believe we are given spiritual gifts at birth. It is up to us to explore, cultivate, and share those gifts. Having taught photography through Summer Photo Camps and with the Clover 4H of Port St. Lucie gave me the opportunity to minister my talents to younger individuals, and committing to helping children improve their quality of life. I think my services will also aid in building a better community in and around Indiantown and provide opportunities for professional growth through artistic expression. My classes will be designed to nurture each student, developing technical skills and inspire excellence. This will be done through classes, as well as hands on experiences through field trips and assignments. I wish to engage my students, allowing opportunities for expression. I am looking to involve and collaborate with other educational groups such as the Dupuis Preserve and the Lahti Library to increase the recognition for the need of arts programs here in Martin County. I will also encourage local businesses to help build community awareness for the program. Programming will consist of children 10 years old to 18. Classes should contain no fewer than five students, preferably about ten per session, with four to six classes per session. I feel this program can work continually throughout the year. Sincerely, Kevin Boldenow

Waiting

So I've been awarded a grant for my pictorial history of Indiantown through Women Supporting the Arts/Martin County Arts. I have started printing images for the show, but my income cannot keep this up. I have to wait for that check to come. I know I've got two months yet, but timing is everything. Some of the money I've spent needed to go towards my museum exhibit. I'll be delivering those images in less than two weeks.

History

Though our history are but moments in time, the study is a continuing process. This process brings our past to light, creating a pride in our beginnings and struggles that strengthen our will to achieve. My exhibit is meant to be such a continuing event. The exhibit will be an impetus. Taking place at the Lahti Library from May 17 – June 28,2014, the next stop for the images will be in the offices of local businesses. Kevin Powers of Indiantown Realty and Jonnie Flewelling, owner of the Seminole Inn would welcome some of the images in their place of business. Jonnie has also mentioned that works of art had been sold at the Inn. This can provide additional funding for the Lahti Library. The images can return to the Lahti Library in the Fall, for a second viewing. This would be a great time to introduce the calendar. I was honored to hear that my images were a big push to create an historical society in Indiantown. I believe this is a great endeavor for the city of Indiantown. Should the historical society find a permanent home, some of my images may find a home there too.

Commitments

I have just mentioned the Indiantown 2015 calendar to a few people, primarily business people(of course), and have received three commitments for ad space. I'll keep working on the project until all commitments are fulfilled. I think this calendar will far outdo the Molly's House calendar from a few years back.

Indiantown Project

As part of my pictorial history of Indiantown project, I am planning on designing a calendar for 2015 with images from my upcoming exhibit. I was going to seek support from local businesses to contribute to the calendar project and provide the businesses with a business ad at the bottom of each month. The cost for each business would be approximately $125.00. This would cover set up and printing of 250 calendars. The sales proceeds from the calendars will go to the Friends of Martin County Library, specifically earmarked for the Elizabeth Lahti Library. I'm attaching an image I plan on using in the calendar. Sincerely, Kevin Boldenow www.krbphotoimagery.com 561-722-2715

Indiantown History and My Exhibit

Indiantown was originally established by the Seminole people as a trading post. It was then settled by white American migrants in the 1890s. In 1924, Indiantown was transformed when S. Davies Warfield built an extension of the Seaboard Air Line Railway from Coleman, Florida to West Palm Beach, passing directly through, and stopping in Indiantown.[ Warfield planned to make Indiantown the southern hub of the Seaboard rail line. Toward that end, he planned a model city, laying out streets and building a school, housing, and a railroad station. Warfield also built the Seminole Inn, which is now on the National Register of Historic Places.[ But the Florida land boom of the 1920s fizzled out after 1926. Warfield died a year later, putting an end to plans make Indiantown the Seaboard's southern headquarters. The 1928 Okeechobee hurricane wreaked significant destruction and halted further development. Seaboard trains continued to stop at the Indiantown depot through the 1960s but passenger service to the station was eliminated when Amtrak took over in 1971. The depot was demolished several years later. The Seminole Inn is virtually all that remains of the 1920s boom.[ Warfield's contributions to Indiantown are memorialized in, among others, Warfield Boulevard (the main route through Indiantown) and Warfield Elementary School.[ Kevin Boldenow, a fine art photographer in Palm City, Florida, has been creating a pictorial history of Indiantown. With the help of Women Supporting the Arts of Martin County providing grant support, and the Martin County Library System, Kevin will exhibit some of his photos beginning May 17th through June 28th , 2014, at the Elizabeth Lahti Library in Indiantown. After the first phase of the exhibit, Kevin hopes to showcase his project at local businesses in Indiantown. A calendar will be developed for 2015 with twelve images of Historic Indiantown, as the exhibit returns to the Elizabeth Lahti Library in October and November. Proceeds of the sale of images and calendars will go to the Elizabeth Lahti Library. To view more of Kevin’s art, please visit his website at www.krbphotoimagery.com