Andrew Furman

Images (left to right): Andrew Furman, Professor of English, FAU; cover of Bitten by Andrew Furman

Andrew Furman

Book Reading

Bitten: My Unexpected Love

Affair With Florida

Friday, October 10

6:30pm, Schmidt Center Gallery

This public and free event is presented in association with:

BRIEF BOOK DESCRIPTION

In Bitten, an environmental memoir of Florida, Furman shares his amazement at the beautiful and the bizarre of his adopted state. Over seventeen years, he and his family have shed their Yankee sensibilities & awakened to the terra incognita of their new home. Each chapter of the book highlights a fascinating aspect of his journey into Florida's natural environment, from pinelands to the Everglades, snail kites to snook, cassia to coontie. As he learns to fish for snook and seeks out the state's oldest live oak, a behemoth that pre-dates Columbus, Furman realizes that falling in love with Florida is a fun and sometimes humbling process of discovery.

GRAPHIC ADVOCACY

International Posters for

the Digital Age, 2001 - 2012

Ritter Art Gallery through October 25

COMMON GROUND

Artists in the Everglades

Schmidt Center Gallery
through November 5

GUIDED TOURS

The University Galleries offers an active Museum Education Program to plan and give tours to fit educational and other needs. It is approved by the School District of Palm Beach County as a Field Experience Provider. Please contact Jill Lavetsky at 561.297.2661 or email her at jlavetsk@fau.edu for more information.

Common Ground is made possible in part by Artists in Residency in the Everglades (AIRIE).

The public programs are presented in collaboration with the Dean's office of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters.

If accommodation(s) for a disability is required, please contact Rod Faulds at 561-29-2661 or TTY 1-800-955-8770, a minimum of five (5) working days in advance of the date of the event.

DIRECTIONS & PARKING

From I-95 or the Florida Turnpike, exit onto Glades Road, heading east. Approximately 1 mile east of I-95, turn left at the main FAU entrance (West University Drive). Turn right immediately and stop at the Information Booth for a $2 Visitor's Pass and a campus map. After exiting the Information Booth, make your first right onto Indian River Street and proceed to the first stop sign. Go straight through the stop sign. Turn left at St. Lucie Avenue South. Continue until you reach a 4-way stop sign. Make a left onto Arts Avenue. With your visitor's pass, you may park in the parking garage to your left before you reach the roundabout. From the garage, walk west towards the University Theatre. Once past the building on your left, take a left. The gallery is located in the Performing Arts building, which is marked by a tall, white cubicle tower. The Schmidt Center Gallery is located halfway down the hall on your left. Metered Parking - $1 per hour - is also available on campus (the Visitor's Pass will NOT work here). Visit www.fau.edu/parking or call 561.297.2771 for more information.

GALLERY HOURS

Sunday and Monday: Closed

Tuesday - Friday: 1 - 4pm

Saturday: 1 - 5pm

Class and group tours are

welcome by appointment.

University Galleries, School of the Arts

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton