Reservations are available for 2024-2025 programs for members on August 12 and for the public on August 19.
This book discussion features author Keri Watson
What do the West Palm Beach Post Office’s “Barefoot Mailman” murals and the Florida Caverns State Park in Marianna have in common? Both were funded by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. In Florida, 16 new post offices were built between 1937 and 1943, and each was decorated with murals or relief sculptures paid for by the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture. Watson is an award-winning curator, author, and associate professor of art history at the University of Central Florida.
Florida Voices is generously supported by the Fred J. Brotherton Endowment for Literature, established at The Four Arts by the Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation. Fred Brotherton, who died in 2003, was for many years a Benefactor of The Four Arts and a strong supporter of its programs. Florida Voices, featuring the state that was Mr. Brotherton’s winter home, serves as a continuing memorial to this much-respected member of The Four Arts.