Christmas Festival
Come out to the farm for the 2023 Christmas Festival! U-Pick vegetables, train rides, pictures with Santa, meet the GRINCH, pony rides, food, music, and MUCH more! December 2nd &… Read More
Pet Pics with Santa
Bring your pet to Tractor Supply in Homosassa and have its picture taken with Santa for only $10. Best of all, it benefits the Tampa Bay Retired Police K-9 Foundation! This nonprofit organization works to raise awareness and medical funds for police K-9s in retirement and ease some of the… Read More
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Florida Wildlife Corridor Mural Unveiling
October 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Award-winning artist Justin Alsedek is painting the largest mural in the history of Brooksville on the walls of City Hall! The mural will highlight Brooksville’s role in protecting the nearly 18-million-acre Florida Wildlife Corridor.
The geography surrounding the city of Brooksville connects the Green Swamp with the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge and the Nature Coast. But this stretch of the corridor is vulnerable. It contains numerous unprotected lands critical to keeping the corridor connected for both wildlife and people alike.
Brooksville Main Street is proud to partner with the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation to bring a new and exciting mural to downtown Brooksville!
Meet the artist
Justin’s journey began in Harrisburg Pennsylvania in a home where creativity and music were encouraged. His desire to create led him on a path towards art school. He graduated from Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in fine art photography. Since then, it has become a life practice for Justin to take off to new places spreading his art along the way. He has had the fortune of seeing many beautiful places in and out of our country. The exotic and geologically astounding sites he encountered inspired many of his pictures and paintings. After 8 years of steady travel, he landed in Ocala, Florida with his wife and son, where his art career unexpectedly blossomed. After more than a decade of commissioned-based portrait work, he is now making a living with his own work, traveling to art festivals, doing gallery shows, and creating large public murals like the one he will complete in downtown Brooksville. The mural will feature native wildlife and Brooksville’s signature tangerines.
Celebrate Brooksville Founder’s Day with their unveiling of the new Florida Wildlife Corridor mural. Meet the artist and partners while enjoying light refreshments and learning more about why Brooksville is an important link for the Florida Wildlife Corridor. Promptly at 11 a.m.:
| Welcome | Chris Rhodes, Brooksville Main Street Board President |
| FL Wildlife Corridor Foundation
Remarks and partner intros
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Mallory Dimmitt, Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation CEO |
| Check Presentation (fundraiser results for the mural)
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Blair Hensley, Florida Cracker Kitchen |
| Fundraiser Match
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Denyve Boyle, Community Foundation Tampa Bay |
| Why Brooksville and the Corridor?
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Mayor Blake Bell, Brooksville |
| Support for the Corridor
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Commissioner Steve Champion, District 5 |
| Why murals?
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Allisa Babor, Hernando County Fine Arts Council |
| Process and mural defined
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Justin Alsedek, artist and muralist
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| Closing remarks | Chris Rhodes, Brooksville Main Street |
| Ribbon Cutting |
Councilman Thieryung holds scissors. Mayor Bell, Mallory Dimmit, Justin Alsedek, Chris Rhodes, Steve Champion, Blair Hensley, Denyve Boyle, Allissa Babor, Plan to include other dignitaries as present. |
Save the date for October 14th for a special mural unveiling where you can see the new mural, mingle with the artist Gypsea Arts, meet our mural partners, and learn about the mission behind the project!
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