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MAYOR’S MESSAGE
Broward Celebrates its Centennial with Year-long Events
By Mayor Barbara Sharief
Broward Celebrates its Centennial with
Year-long Events By Mayor Barbara Sharief
Happy New Year! Did you know…Broward
County will turn 100 in 2015? Broward
County has begun a yearlong celebration
(October 2014 through October 2015)
comprised of regional events and community activities that will pay tribute to
the County’s past, present and future and
promote Broward County arts on a global
scale.
Programming will raise the awareness of the unique attributes of Broward
County and provide an opportunity to use
the arts to engage local artists, businesses,
residents and visitors. If you know of a
Broward County resident who is 100 years
old or older in 2015, we would like to
honor them during our Broward 100.
Broward 100 commemorates Broward
County’s centennial with bold, innovative art and performance projects to
attract visitors and bring Broward residents together using our arts, sports and
recreation venues, natural attractions
and incredible diversity to creatively
bridge, bond and build their communities.
Broward 100 is framed by four distinct
cornerstones of community engagement:
VisualEYES, Inside Out Broward, Calendar
100 and Duende.
VisualEYES encourages connectivity
and community engagement through a
series of public art works. The goal of the
Broward 100 Mural Project is to create
artworks that are located in all sectors of
the community with the clear and artistic
message that the visual arts are essential
to a strong community. Broward artists
will build on existing community pillars to
create a legacy for years to come. VisualEYES will also engage galleries and museums to create opportunities to showcase
artists and build new social bonds through
public art.
Inside Out is a global art project that
gives communities all over the world a
platform to express themselves through
black and white photographs. Inspired
by Parisian street artist JR and his largeformat street pastings, Inside Out gives
everyone the opportunity to share their
portrait and make a statement by capturing a collective message through head
Barbara Sharief, MSN, ARNP, Broward County
Commissioner, Commission District 8
shots of individuals, which are printed on
posters, pasted on public spaces and
archived online. This global platform allows people to tell their untold stories and
transform messages of personal identity
into works of public art.
Calendar 100 is a yearlong listing of
centennial-specific events October1, 2014
to October 31, 2015 centrally located on a
comprehensive, online Broward 100 calendar. Submit a new event to be sanctioned,
or evolve your current annual events into
an official celebration of Broward 100 Celebrating the Art of Community.
Duende [(art); \ dü-’en-(,)dā\ a quality of
passion and inspiration; a spirit; having soul, a heightened state of emotion,
expression and authenticity] will bring
together Broward County’s diverse talent
in a countywide finale in October 2015,
through a mosaic of art, culture, and
entertainment.
Our first Duende will launch an annual
signature event to showcase the talent
of Broward County, create global connections and set the stage for the next 100
years.
To find out how to nominate a Broward
centenarian, participate, volunteer, or
have your event listed as an official Broward Centennial event, visit:
broward100.org or email:
[email protected].