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Local fashion icon Iris Apfel makes a fashion statement at the Norton Museum’s new exhibition By John Loring
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e v e r y d a y i s a n a d v e n t u re The ever-changing—but always exciting—lives of local curators By Roger Hurlburt
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a sense of place and space Public art transforms the Palm Beach County landscape By Leon M. Rubin
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play time How four local theaters keep audiences coming back By Christine Wood
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c r a v e c u l t u re & c o n g re g a t e Renowned art and antique shows call Palm Beach County home By Tim Luke
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Creating a new sense of energy and vibrancy at the Cultural Council By Rena Blades
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e d i t o r ’s n o t e art&culture ’s editor examines the local art scene By Hillary Hunter
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u p f ro n t • Find out what our “Downtowns & Small Towns” have to offer • Listen to the spoken word at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival • Enjoy the wonderful melodies at CityPlace’s Music for the Mind student concerts • Attend one of the many events at the inaugural 11-day Festival of the Arts BOCA • Learn about the Palm Beach Pops’ 13-year-old protégé • Celebrate the Kravis Center’s 15th anniversary • Go to Art-Sea Living, a gallery/studio centered on the Florida lifestyle
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p ro f i l e Mary Fisher talks about her work as a local artist and HIV/AIDS activist
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Four months of cultural events throughout Palm Beach County
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i n s i d e c u l t u re Young Friends at the Sneak Peek Soiree, arts advocacy, artists-in-residency and more of the latest Cultural Council news
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It promises to be a stellar 15th Anniversary season at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. For a complete 2006-2007 schedule or to order tickets visit kravis.org or call 561-832-7469 or 1-800-572-8471.
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Cultural Council Board of Directors Officers R. Thomas Mayes, Jr., Chair Gale G. Howden, Vice Chair Debra Elmore, Treasurer Rick Gonzalez, Secretary Directors John W. Blackmon Michael J. Bracci Pamela O. Dean Timothy A. Eaton Shirley Fiterman
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As we worked to develop the Palm Beach County Cultural Council’s current five-year strategic plan, we heard clearly from the community that we could––and should––do more to inform residents and visitors alike about the varied cultural opportunities that our county offers. We have been working diligently to achieve this goal. In fact, this magazine is just one element of a broader vision that involved evaluating the Cultural Council’s overall corporate identity. In doing so, we decided there was a need for an image that conveyed a new sense of energy and vibrancy to reflect the expanding scope of our organization’s services and the greater level of awareness that we are seeking to create for our cultural community. I would like to tell you about several ways in which we are accomplishing these goals. You might have noticed, for example, that the first issue of art&culture contained another first––the debut of our new Cultural Council logo. This clean and colorful design is meant to evoke a tropical feeling, to suggest movement and action, and to convey an air of sophistication. We believe it succeeds on all fronts. Another key component of our public persona is our Web site, which you can find at www.palmbeachculture.com. We have introduced a bold new look in this area as well. Please visit the Web site soon––and let us know what you think. Our Be Smart arts education campaign represents yet another way in which we are engaging the community in new and exciting ways. The Summer Cultural Activities Guide that we published in the spring and the Newspapers in Education publication that we distributed recently are two tangible indications of the importance we are placing on enlightening children about art and culture.
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We arrived at each of these new aspects of our identity in a highly collaborative way. We have been fortunate to draw upon the creativity of four design partners: Wilesmith Advertising and Design (the logo), Forte Interactive (the Web site), Strategic Marketing Inc. (the Be Smart campaign identity) and of course Passport Publications & Media Corporation (this magazine). The design process was a bit chaotic to manage at times, but it was extremely exciting. (See page 78 for samples of what our design partners created.) Now, about that snake… We wanted the inaugural issue of this magazine to make a bold statement––and from all indications, we succeeded! That memorable image of one of the inhabitants of the Palm Beach Zoo certainly caught the eye. It also made the point that we plan to take a broad, inclusive view of art and culture. I am pleased to tell you that the response to the first issue was overwhelmingly positive. We greatly appreciate your feedback. Please continue to send us your comments and ideas. We enjoy hearing from you.
Rena Blades President and CEO Palm Beach County Cultural Council
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Each morning as I commute from Lake Worth to West Palm Beach, a smile comes across my face as I drive by a brightly colored building off Parker Avenue. Those passing by can’t help but notice flowing swirls of paint that draw many drivers’ eyes off the hectic traffic and onto the structure. I’ve taken the same route every single workday for over five years and never even took a second look at the typical brown building until approximately a year ago when I noticed people painting the façade of the usually mundane warehouse as if it were a canvas. Then, little by little, day by day, I watched the building become a masterpiece.
Delving deep into the world of curating, Roger Hurlburt is back, sharing his expertise and answering the age-old question— just what exactly is a curator?—in “Everyday is an Adventure,” page 52. Christina Wood returns, discussing local nonprofit professional theater companies in “Play Time,” page 66. While many theater companies consider their competition a threat, you’ll find the four theaters Wood engaged share the common philosophy of entertaining and education.
From blight to brightness, art in Palm Beach County has transformed public spaces. In this issue of art&culture, our Managing Editor Leon Rubin takes readers on a journey of art in public places throughout the area in “A Sense of Place and Space,” page 58. From the mural on the Ballet Florida building to the barricades at the downtown Palm Beach County Courthouse, art is popping up everywhere.
As many of you know, Palm Beach County has become the destination for winter art and antique shows. In “Crave Culture & Congregate,” page 70, Tim Luke, local antique appraiser and the star of HGTV’s “Cash in the Attic,” explains the ins and outs of the local art show scene, including a quick reference guide so you don’t miss a show.
Also in this issue, we are once again honored to have enlisted the magnificent talents of John Loring, design director of Tiffany & Co., who shares with us the incomparable Iris Apfel fashion collection in “Haute Accessories,” page 42, including international photographer Eric Boman’s glorious images of the collection. Boman’s photographs have graced the pages of Vogue and Vanity Fair for decades. The Norman Norell coat on our cover is one of many images Boman has taken of Apfel’s extensive collection, which is coming to the Norton Museum in February. Seeing Apfel’s canny ability to mix haute couture with flea market finds truly amazes fashionistas everywhere.
While you’re out on the town enjoying a museum exhibition, an art and antique show or a night at the theater, take a look around and discover your favorite piece of public art that brings a smile to your face. Have a wonderful season!
Hillary Hunter Editor
Generations of Style
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contributors Born in the Far East and raised by mystics, Christina Wood developed a flair for the creative at an early age. Oh all right, she was born in Wisconsin and raised by good people who loved good books. In fact, to honor the memory of her parents, Christina founded the Wood Memorial Children’s Book Drive, which gives the gift of reading to hundreds of deserving children in our community every year. For more information, please call the Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition at (800) 273-1030.
John Loring, design director of Tiffany & Co. since 1979, is the author of numerous Doubleday and Harry N. Abrams books on style and social history. He is the former New York bureau chief and a contributing writer for over 30 years of Architectural Digest. He graduated from Yale University, completed four years of graduate studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and has an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute. Jim Fairman
Tim Luke has an extensive background with antiques and collectibles. He is the featured appraiser on HGTV’s “Cash in the Attic” and has participated as an appraiser on PBS’ “Antiques Roadshow.” Before starting his own personal property business, TreasureQuest Appraisal Group, Inc., he worked as the director of the Collectibles Department for Christie’s. He has appeared on the “Today Show,” “The View,” “Oprah,” “Good Morning America,” “CBS This Morning” and CNN.
Leon M. Rubin has been writing about the arts for more than 30 years. As a freelance writer and public relations consultant in South Florida since 1991, he has been fortunate to serve many cultural organizations, including the Palm Beach County Cultural Council. The founder of the Boca Raton Cultural Consortium, he is pleased to play an ongoing role in the production of this magazine. A proud graduate of The Ohio State University, he feels equally strongly that, “It’s great to be a Florida Gator!”
Roger Hurlburt grew up in the New York metropolitan area, but has lived in Florida for 30 years. He has a degree in fine arts from Rollins College and completed graduate work in art history at Florida State University. For two decades he served as features writer, art critic and film reviewer for the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Since 1979, he also has been an adjunct professor of art history at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
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On Location To u r i n g O u r Downtowns & Sm a l l Tow n s Replete with rich heritage, unique culture and artistic passions, Palm Beach County is proud to lead the way for Visit Florida’s “Downtowns & Small Towns” initiative with five dynamic cities—Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Lake Worth, Jupiter and West Palm Beach—on the map. The program by Visit Florida, the state’s official source for travel planning, was initiated to promote dozens of Florida cities that have revitalized downtown areas featuring distinct cultural venues, historic sites, shops, restaurants and attractions.
Step aboard the Boca Raton Historical Society’s trolley for a tour of contemporary and historical portions of the city on Thursdays from January through April. You’ll learn about the historic town hall, Old Floresta, Pearl City, Mizner Park and The Addison. Tours start at 10 a.m. at town hall, and reservations are required. 71 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; (561) 395-6766, ext. 100 or www.bocahistory.org.
Presented by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History, the much-celebrated Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach take place on the fourth Saturday of every month year-round and make stops at such historical sites as the Colony Hotel and Sandoway House. Reservations are required. Tours depart at 11 a.m., with boarding, ticketing and parking at Trinity Lutheran Church & School. 400 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; (561) 243-2662 or www.mlfhmuseum.org.
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One-of-a-kind tours offer a great way for newcomers, visitors or even longtime locals to explore Palm Beach County’s thriving downtowns and small towns. Below is a sampling of how you can experience our unique areas.
Hop on the City of Lake Worth’s trolley and take in the scenes of Lake Osborne, the beach and picturesque downtown. The trolley, which runs daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., makes a stop near the Cultural Plaza’s Mainstage (M Street, between Lake and Lucerne avenues), where the weekly Evening on the Avenues festival occurs every Friday night from 6-10 p.m. For trolley information, call (561) 586-1720, ext. 104 or visit www.lakeworth.org. For festival information, call (561) 582-4401 or visit www.lwchamber.com. Climb the 105-step spiral staircase of the historic Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, which conducts tours Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., with special sunset tours the last Wednesday of every month. Reservations are required for the sunset tours only. Lighthouse Park, 500 Captain Armour’s Way, Jupiter; (561) 747-3830 or www.jupiterlighthouse.org.
Downtown West Palm Beach’s free open-air trolley starts at Macy’s on Rosemary Avenue, travels east to Flagler Drive and returns to Clematis Street, offering a complete tour of the popular downtown area, including historic architecture. The trolley operates Sunday through Wednesday from 11 a.m.- 9 p.m., and Thursday through Saturday from about Palm Beach County’s 11 a.m.-11 p.m. 575 Rosemary Ave., “Downtowns & Small Towns,” West Palm Beach; (561) 833-8873 or visit www.palmbeachculture.com www.westpalmbeachdda.com. and click on “Calendar.”
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Feed Your Brain at these upcoming events at Lynn University in Boca Raton
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Dively Frontiers in Globalization Luncheon Lecture Series Soledad O'Brien Jan. 30 David Gergen March 16 Noon luncheon The Louis and Anne Green Center for the Expressive Arts Lynn University, 3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton Tickets: $60. Call 561-237-7798 or buy online at www.lynn.edu/dively
Soledad O'Brien Lynn University Philharmonia Orchestra Schwantner, Shostakovich Dec. 2 and Dec. 3 Copland, Barber, Mozart, Stephenson Feb. 3 and Feb. 4 Theofanidis, Brahms March 31 and April 1 Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m. Sunday performances at 4 p.m.
National Violin Competition
All performances held at Roberts Hall at Saint Andrew's School, 3900 Jog Road, Boca Raton Tickets: $30. Call 561-237-9000 or e-mail tickets@lynn.edu
Presented by the Lynn University Conservatory of Music and the National Society of Arts and Letters
A Family Holiday Concert
Feb. 11 at 9:30 a.m. Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall at Lynn University 3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton Tickets: $25 (includes box lunch) Call 561-237-9000 or e-mail tickets@lynn.edu
Presented by Friends of the Lynn University Conservatory of Music Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. The Boca Raton Resort & Club 501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton Tickets: $25. Call 561-237-9000 or e-mail tickets@lynn.edu
Libby Dodson's Live at Lynn What is Glamour? What is Style? Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Ethel Merman's Broadway Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 28 at 4 p.m. 100 Years of Broadway Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. (Feb. 18 performance sold out) Shields and Yarnell March 10 at 8 p.m. (March 11 performance sold out) Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall at Lynn University 3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton Tickets: $25, $35 and $45. Call 561-237-7500 or buy online at www.lynn.edu/liveatlynn
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S h o w & Te l l Student Musicians Shine Local students have reaped the benefits of CityPlace’s Music for the Mind concert series, which has raised over $85,000 for local music education programs since its inception in 2002. Concerts are held on the third Tuesday of every month at The Harriet Himmel Theater, and each show directly benefits the performing group. The series has featured student musicians from groups such as the Bak Middle School of the Arts, Arts Theme School of Wellington High, Kings Academy, Meyer Academy and the Palm Beach Opera Educational Program.
Music for the Mind The Harriet Himmel Theater 600 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach • (866) 449-2489 www.cityplace.com December 19 – Kings Academy January 16 – Rotary Club/Dreyfoos School of the Arts February 20 – Wellington High School, Performing Arts Division March 20 – Summit Christian School
“Involvement in music and the arts can enhance how we think, reason and create,” says Kathi Kretzer, president of Kretzer Piano, which is the presenting sponsor of the series. “Studies show that music students score much higher on the SAT, have lower substance abuse problems and lower school dropout rates. This series has given young performers the opportunity to shine onstage, while raising awareness of the significant benefits of having music in our schools.”
Literary Devices Poetr y Festival Speaks to All “A good poem is like a photograph taken of someone else in which we recognize ourselves,” says Miles Coon. “This is a good thing—using art to open our lives beyond their narrow boundaries.” As director and co-founder of the increasingly popular Palm Beach County Poetry Festival, Coon certainly knows a good poem when he sees one, and with renowned master poets such as Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Dunn, Quincy Troupe, Heather McHugh and Thomas Lux (pictured from top to bottom) on tap for the 2007 festival, Coon is well-prepared to share his passion with Palm Beach County. After the incredible success of the first two festivals in 2005 and 2006—all 96 workshop seats were sold and “the festival was being talked about from California to Maine to Florida,” Coon says—the third annual festival, running from January 23-28 at Delray Beach’s Old School Square, will be the biggest yet.
While the eight workshops are limited to writers who applied months ago, the festival also features seven events open to the public, including poetry readings, craft lectures, the Palm Beach County High School Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony and the Late Night Poetry Coffee House Reading with two of America’s best performance poets, Jeffrey McDaniel and Patricia Smith, and a jazz recital by local musicians. The nonprofit festival also has future plans to provide courses for teachers on ways to engage students in writing and reading poetry. “For children to discover the joys of reciting poems, the wonderful possibilities of storytelling in poems and the great advantage in having lines of great poets in their hearts, we must begin early and with passion to bring kids into the magical realm of poetry,” Coon says. Palm Beach County Poetr y Festival January 23-28 Old School Square 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach Tickets at Crest Theatre Box Office (561) 243-7922, ext. 1 www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org
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Kravis Center Celebrates 15 Years
10.66 acres When the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors in 1992, it What was the most challenging set to create fast became a Palm Beach County cultural icon. Fifteen years later, the for a show? much-celebrated venue continues Phantom of the Opera—one-month load in; 32 truckloads. to attract residents and visitors to its vast selection of concerts, How b i g i s t h e K r a v i s C e n t e r ’s Dre y f o o s Ha l l s t a g e ? plays, comedy acts, ballets and 150 feet wide, 65 feet deep, with 100 feet of fly space. operas as well as lectures, classes and fundraisers. What performer has been to the Kravis Center
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Celebrating in style, Metropolitan Opera soprano Harolyn Blackwell and Tony Award-winning Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell will join Cabaret stars Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey center stage in the Kravis Center’s 15th anniversary spectacular, Back to Back to Broadway, on February 10. To celebrate the 15th anniversary, the Kravis compiled a few fun facts:
Violinist Itzhak Perlman has performed in Dreyfoos Hall 17 times. W h a t s h ow h a s b e e n t o t h e K r a v i s C e n t e r t h e m o s t ?
Forbidden Broadway has performed in the Rinker Playhouse nine times. H o w m a n y s t u d e n t s h a v e a t t e n d e d S . T. A . R ( S t u d e n t s & Te a c h e r s A r t s R e s o u r c e ) S e r i e s p e r f o r m a n c e s ?
Over 1 million! Who is the Kravis Center named after?
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opened compared to now? A consortium of friends of Oklahoma native The Kravis Center had approximately 60 employees when it opened. Raymond F. Kravis, a prominent geologist and There are 97 full-time employees and 103 part-time employees today. philanthropist who wintered with his wife, Bessie, in Palm Beach, agreed to raise $5 million in Mr. How many volunteers does the Kravis’ honor. The gift served as a major catalyst to the private fundraising campaign Kravis Center have? and inspired the Center’s official name. By The Kravis Center has approximately 700 volunteers who perform a variety of functions, the time the Center opened to the public call (561) 832-7469 or from serving on its board and committees to in 1992, contributions in Mr. Kravis’ honor visit www.kravis.org ushering, preparing mailings and providing tours. totaled over $10 million.
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At the foot of the Ocean Avenue Bridge in Boynton Beach is ArtSea Living, a unique gallery filled with all mediums of bright-colored art created by Florida artists. But the space isn’t just a gallery—it also features a studio with classes offered in watercolors, oils, jewelrymaking, pottery painting and more. Artist/owner and native Floridian Barbara Lentz, who creates jewelry and other unique gifts, opened Art-Sea Living in 2003 and is a great example of local artist entrepreneurs. Stop by to peruse the art and antiques, custom-order a piece or call (561) 737-2600 or take in a lesson.
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“The attention the Festival of the Arts BOCA will bring to Boca Raton and Palm Beach County will continue to reinforce CFA as a cultural institution of merit and Boca Raton as a community offering outstanding quality of life and extraordinary cultural experiences,” says Deborah Kennemer Phelan, CFA executive director. Music is certainly the backbone of the festival, with well-known conductor Vladimir Jurowski at the helm of the Russian National Orchestra, Lady Jeanne and Sir James Galway as well as jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and the Latin band Tiempo Libre performing with the Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia, and performances by other internationally acclaimed music virtuosos including Itzhak Perlman, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Yefim Bronfman, Nina Kotova and Hélène Grimaud.
F e s t i v a l D r a w s Ta l e n t t o B o c a As one of the major focal points for culture in south Palm Beach County and home to the Boca Raton Museum of Art and Count de Hoernle Amphitheater, Mizner Park is the ideal setting for the much-anticipated Festival of the Arts BOCA. Running from March 1-11, the festival will feature a range of artistic disciplines with seven concerts, literary discussions and readings with leading authors, film screenings, art exhibits, master classes, wine and culinary tastings and post-event receptions.
The festival’s literary icons include noted playwright Edward Albee (“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” “The Zoo Story” and “The Sandbox”), David Ebershoff (“The Danish Girl”) and Pulitzer Prize winner Anna Quindlen (“Rise and Shine”). Adding to the cultural cocktail, the Palm Beach International Film Festival will showcase award-winning films during the festival while the Boca Raton Historical Society’s fifth annual Boca Bacchanal will feature wine seminars and vintner dinners and run in tandem with the festival from March 9-11. Special programming is also planned at the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
The inaugural 11-day festival—which, with a $2 million budget and an anticipated audience of 20,000, is expected to put Boca Raton and Palm Beach County on the map for a festival of this magnitude—is hosted by the Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park (CFA) and presented in partnership with IMG Artists, producers of the renowned Tuscan Sun Festival in Italy and Festival del Sole Napa in Napa Valley. Generous grants were provided by the City of Boca Raton, Palm Beach County and the Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council.
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Florida Star Shines Practicing the piano for at least three hours a day every day may not sound appealing to the typical 13-year-old, but Mark Mayea is not the average teenager. “I plan to be a concert pianist,” says the determined Mayea, who began playing when he was 6 and now studies with Dr. Irena Kofman of Florida Atlantic University’s Department of Music.
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Last year, when Mayea was invited to receive one-on-one mentoring with Maestro Bob Lappin and perform as a special guest with the Palm Beach Pops through its Florida Stars community outreach program, Mayea knew his hard work was worth it. “It’s a big commitment, but everyone promised it would pay off and it did when I was accepted into the Florida Stars program,” says Mayea, who lives in Boca Raton, attends Omni Middle School and hopes to go to the Dreyfoos School of the Arts before moving on to The Julliard School. Mark Mayea & Bob Lappin
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Florida Stars has also given Mayea more than the opportunity to perform at the Pops’ concerts and social events. Thanks to generous donations from many members of the Pops’ board of directors, Mayea is also now the proud owner of a new Steinway baby grand piano. Bob Lappin and the Palm Beach Pops Featuring Mark Mayea
March 12-13 Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach March 14-16 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton (561) 659-7237 www.palmbeachpops.org
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The Palm Beach Pops established the Florida Stars program in 1993 to mentor and showcase gifted South Florida youth between the ages of 6 and 18. The program accepts two or three students at a time, with flutist Natalie Zeldin, 16, currently participating along with Mayea.
enthusiasm. “Mark is a bright child with a tremendous passion for music and a fierce dedication to his craft,” he says. “I think his genuine love for music, and for the piano, shines when he sits at the keyboard.”
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Even though Mayea has competed in—and won—numerous local and state competitions, not much compares to performing with the Pops and being surrounded by “really amazing people.” His experience with playing during the Pops’ To Louis Armstrong With Love series in 2006 “was the best time I ever had,” he says.
Finale concert of the Pops’ In-School Youth Education Program at Sound Advice Amphitheatre
Bob Lappin with Lillias White, who performs at the Pops’ March 25 concert
Preserving the American Songbook for 15 Years Celebrating its 15th anniversary this season, the Palm Beach Pops has distinguished itself as a world-renowned pops orchestra with special guest artists, such as James Taylor, Kenny Rogers and Maureen McGovern, performing during concerts every season. Since its founding in 1992, the Pops has also made a huge impact on the Palm Beach County cultural scene, increasing the number of concerts and patrons each season and even releasing a CD, “Yours is My Heart Alone,” last year.
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Mayea’s parents realized their son’s talents right away, and when he was 7, they traded in their family vehicle for a Kawai upright piano. “I’m really happy that my mom and dad are my parents,” he says with gratitude.
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After artist Mary Fisher learned in 1991 that she had contracted the virus that causes AIDS, she chose not to despair or be pitied. Instead, she used her artistic gifts to make a difference for those who share her HIV-positive status. Her colorful artwork tells stories of the many touched by HIV/AIDS: children orphaned by the disease, communities banding together to fight it and her dreams for her own two sons.
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As a well-heeled, white suburban mother who contracted the virus through marriage, Fisher gave a new face to the HIV/AIDS epidemic when she spoke at the 1992 Republican National Convention and revealed her HIV status to the world. Fisher’s natural talents in the arts have allowed her to deliver her message through various mediums, including numerous books, scores of speeches and an inspiring array of artwork. Most of the proceeds from her book and art sales go to the Mary Fisher Clinical AIDS Research and Education Fund (CARE) and other charities. A nationally recognized artist long before her battle with HIV/AIDS began, Fisher was always passionate about creating art. “I love, just love, being in my studio—or anywhere I can do art, which might even be on an airplane or in a doctor’s waiting room,” exclaims Fisher, who attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Wayne State University and the University of Michigan, and previously worked as a television producer and assistant to former President Gerald R. Ford.
by Catherine Smith Fisher, who now lives in Palm Beach Gardens, enjoys experimenting with her art and works in several mediums, including handmade papers, painting, sculpture, jewelry, photography and, most recently, quilting. “On a recent trip to Rwanda, I got to study basket-making with master weavers. Trying new things doesn’t always work, but it is what feeds my soul,” Fisher notes. With her works traveling the world in solo and group exhibitions, Fisher is delighted to have her renowned ABATAKA exhibit at Old School Square’s Cornell Museum of Art & History from now through January 14. ABATAKA, which is a panAfrican term for community, has toured the country since early 2003 and features approximately 30 works of art quilts, sculptures and fiber art. Visitors to the exhibit will have an opportunity to purchase and decorate a handmade dove to hang on the “Tree of Life” for $5, which will benefit the CARE Fund. “My hope is that it will help people understand how even one simple act can make a difference,” Fisher says.
“Knowing is the Object” quilt by Mary Fisher
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Mary Fisher is honored with the prestigious Orphan Ranger Award at the Worldwide Orphans Foundation’s Second Annual Benefit Gala in 2006
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She continues: “One of my personal heroes is former First Lady Betty Ford, and this ‘Tree of Life’ project embodies something she told me that I try to live by. She said we never can know the impact of the actions we take, to try to make a difference in the world. She likened it to throwing a pebble into a pond—the ripples spread out from the pebble, on and on, further than you can ever see or know.” The daughter of longtime Palm Beach County residents and Cultural Council supporters Marjorie and the late Max M. Fisher, Mary Fisher is no stranger to the Palm Beach County art scene. Her family owned The Harrison Gallery in Boca Raton’s Gallery Center in the late 1980s and she has had exhibits at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach and Ora Sorensen Gallery in Delray Beach. She also has spoken to many local groups, including the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs, the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County and Palm Beach County Bar Association. “I think the arts have gotten more sophisticated (in Palm Beach County), which is probably due to the market creating opportunities for the arts to flourish. They’ve also become more eclectic, both artistically and culturally. There’s just a wonderfully broad and rich variety of art and artists here,” reflects Fisher. As a big proponent of arts education, Fisher co-founded West Palm Beach’s Educational Gallery Group: A Community of Young Artists (EG2) in 2000. EG2 engages students’ interests in the visual and performing arts and also allows students to create, showcase and sell their artwork in a public venue.
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Today, with her sons Max and Zack now 19 and 17, Fisher spends more time working in her expansive studio, traveling to Africa and tending to her three dogs, Daisy, Freckles and Patches. “Americans are obsessed with making their lives long; we would be better if we put at least equal energy into making our lives valuable,” Fisher once said.
Mary Fisher holds a baby girl in Africa’s Zambia, where the CIDRZ has helped hundreds of thousands of women and children through its Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission program
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You’ve said that your artwork is a way to get your message out. How do the various mediums you work in translate the message differently? For example, you’ve noted that most people think of quilts as being warm, nurturing and non-threatening but still send the same ultimate message about the devastation of HIV/AIDS.
A ABATAKA Through January 14 Old School Square, Cornell Museum of Art & History 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach (561) 243-7922 www.oldschool.org or www.maryfisher.com
FACTS • 6,555 Palm Beach County residents, one out of every 166, has AIDS or is HIV-positive1 • Every day, 1,500 children worldwide are infected with HIV, with the vast majority being newborns2 • In 2005, 2.8 million people with AIDS died and over four million people were infected with the virus2 • One dose of a medicine that reduces by half an HIV-positive pregnant woman’s risk of transmitting the virus to her baby costs $20 for three doses in Africa3
Sources: 1 Comprehensive AIDS Program of Palm Beach County, Inc. 2 Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 3 Mary Fisher Clinical AIDS Research and Education (CARE) Fund
I think it’s more that the different media tend to attract different audiences, or speak differently to different audiences. The different media also have different powers—and limitations. Sculpture lets you give a sense of dimensions—say, the dimensions of the AIDS plague in the world. Photography permits the isolation of the moment; we don’t lose it in the blur of time speeding by. A speech allows you to form and express a complete idea and allows you an intimacy with an audience that you don’t have when your work of art is taken home and away from you.
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This special, ambassadorial status from the UN is such an honor, and it allows me to go a little deeper in countries where I’ve already been working. For example, in Zambia, we support a fabulous program called the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)—the fastest-growing program on the globe in terms of identifying and enrolling HIVpositive people in treatment. But just getting people the medications doesn’t give them healthy lives—it keeps them from dying, but to be healthy
they need to have clean water, food on the table, means to keep their children in school. My UN role helps me go further into efforts such as economic development, especially for women; it helps me connect with First Ladies and other leaders when I visit. So serving as an ambassador for the UN on HIV/AIDS hasn’t changed what I do—it has only increased my activity and my ability to connect with people.
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How has the decreased attention to HIV/AIDS in the United States, including less education in schools, affected the general public’s view of the disease, and how has it affected those with the disease? It’s a social illustration of a classic inverse relationship. The more that’s said about HIV/AIDS, the more education and awareness, the less fear and stigma is out there. But the less that’s said and done about it, the greater the fear and stigma is—and the more people die. At the International AIDS Conference this summer in Toronto, I had the opportunity to address a group of journalists from around the world. I told them I consider them heroes in the war against HIV/AIDS, because they fight to keep covering what they know is an important story even when their editors consider it “old news” and the public seems more interested in the latest crisis du jour or celebrity sighting. We have enough science to find and treat AIDS. We have the medical knowledge we need to keep people alive. Nonetheless, tens of millions of people are dying because they lack the knowledge or awareness to protect themselves. We must give them that knowledge and awareness— and by we, I mean both members of the media and all of us who can make our voices heard through them.
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Many feel that AIDS is a disease that doesn’t affect “us.” Why is it important that we as a society not become apathetic to the HIV/AIDS epidemic? The history of the epidemic in the United States is that, by sheer coincidence, it happened to break out first in the gay men’s community. So for the first 10 years, the widespread belief was, “I’m not gay so I’m not at risk.” But 25 years into the epidemic in this country, we know now that the risk is everywhere, in every strata of humanity. There’s something else as well, and it’s not so much about the apathy as the stigma. People tend to think that if someone has a heart attack, they need drugs. If they have cancer, they need radiation. And if they have AIDS, they’re bad people. Identifying myself with the epidemic is a way of forcing people to pass judgment on me, if that’s what they want to think.
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What can we as individual citizens do in the fight against HIV/AIDS? We can tell the truth to our children. We can give a dollar to Zambia. We can put a dove on a “Tree of Life” and join with every other person who has also shown they do know about HIV/AIDS and they care. Today, we’re approaching a staggering figure: nearly 50 million people who now have, or have had, HIV/AIDS. We tend to treat that as one story about 50 million people, but it is not. It’s 50 million stories. Just as every person with AIDS is an individual, so everyone without AIDS is an individual— and my role is to build the bridge between them. To anyone who would help me build it I say, “Welcome, come make a dove, join me at the ‘Tree of Life.’”
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Bert Stern, Here’s to You from the Last Sitting, 1962. © Bert Stern 1982 Curated by Artoma, Hamburg, Germany. Tour by International Art & Artists, Washington. D.C.
from the photography of Richard Avedon and Henri Cartier-Bresson to the pop art of Andy Warhol, 268 works by more than 80 artists capture the spark, sex appeal and sensation of Marilyn Monroe. Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe runs December 6April 1 at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton; (561) 392-2500 or www.bocamuseum.org.
Voices of Pride, the gay men’s chorus of the Palm Beaches, presents an evening of familiar holiday favorites, angelic choruses and a devilish Voices of Pride touch here and there December 15-16 at the Duncan Theatre. 4200 Congress Ave., Lake Worth; (561) 868-3314 or www.voicesofpride.org.
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The Sugar Plum Fairy and all her South Moon Photography
George Frederic Handel’s Messiah twice this month! The Delray Beach Chorale, celebrating its 25th anniversary season, presents its version on December 10 at the First Presbyterian Church of Delray. 33 Gleason St.; (561) 865-3354 or www.delraybeachchorale.org. On December 17, the Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches offers the celebrated work at the Royal Poinciana Chapel. 60 Cocoanut Row, Palm Beach; (561) 845-9696 or www.masterworkschorus ofthepalmbeaches.com.
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friends return as Ballet Florida presents Marie Hale’s The Nutcracker December 23-28, complete with dazzling sets and costumes, breathtaking special effects and memorable dancing at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; (561) 659-2000 or www.balletflorida.com.
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In only the second U.S. production since its debut, the Elvis Presley musical tribute Hunka
Hunka Burnin’ Love promises an energetic celebration of the songs that made Elvis a star through December 17 at the Caldwell Theatre Company. 7873 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; (561) 241-7432 or www.caldwelltheatre.com.
Stars of Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Love (from left) Ryan Link, Kelly King and Tom LoSchiavo
The Harid Conservatory’s talented students showcase their work in their annual Holiday Dance Performances from December 15 to 17. The highlighting program will be The Nutcracker, Act II as well as a new work choreographed by Harid’s modern-dance instructor Tara Mitton Catao. Olympic Heights Performing Arts Theater, 20101 Lyons Road, Boca Raton; (561) 998-8038.
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The youthful choristers of Young Singers of the Palm Beaches––the first stand-alone, not-for-profit community children’s choir in the county––take the stage for their Winter Concert on December 10 at Park Vista High School. 7900 Jog Road, Lake Worth; (561) 659-2332 or www.yspb.org.
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{upfront-calendar} Two international exhibitions displaying more than 600 examples of original poster art, The Graphic Imperative, International Posters for Peace, Social Justice and the Environment, 1965-2005 and Graphic Noise, Art at 1,000 decibels, are on view through January 27 in the Schmidt Center Gallery at Florida Atlantic University. 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton; (561) 297-2966 or www.fau.edu/schmidt.
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Marsha Christo, Blessings Brighten as the Fly (2006), stamping and relief printing with acrylic on paper, 47 by 32 inches
off its eighth year on an international note January 23 at the Harriet Himmel Theater with the Marian Petrescu Trio, led by the phenomenal Romanian pianist. CityPlace, West Palm Beach; (866) 449-2489 or www.jamsociety.org.
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The Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach Community College continues its Family Fun Series with the fastpaced, universally engaging and theatrically clever Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. on January 27. 4200 Congress Ave., Lake Worth; (561) 868-3309 or www.pbcc.edu/duncan.
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celebrates its 20th year with three exhibitions from December 7 to January 15, including Contemporary Approaches to Printmaking––Tradition Meets Technology, featuring the work of Marsha Christo. 1700 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach; (561) 832-1776 or www.armoryart.org.
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The Flagler Museum’s stunning winter exhibit, Augustus SaintGaudens: American Sculptor of the Gilded Age, runs January 16-April 15 and spotlights the artist who has been described as the “American Michelangelo.” Cocoanut Row and Whitehall Way, Palm Beach; (561) 655-2833 or www.flaglermuseum.us.
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Best known for his Tony-winning roles in the 1990s as a detective in City of Angels and the razzle-dazzle attorney in Chicago, James Naughton is still a certified show-stopper with his laid-back style and sexy baritone vocals. He stops by the Maltz Jupiter Theatre on January 26. 1001 Indiantown Road, Jupiter; (561) 575-2223 or www.jupitertheatre.org.
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Hip hop on over to Northwood University on January 31 for an energetic performance by five stars of BREAK! The Urban Funk Spectacular. The show offers a tribute to the uniquely American urban art form of Hip Hop dancing at the Countess de Hoernle Student Life Center. 2600 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach; (561) 478-5551.
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Bob Lappin and the palm beach pops come to eissey theater January 25th
A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER and other great composers Featuring Broadway Singing Stars DAVID CHANEY & BONNIE SCHON With 7 Tony Awards, 3 Grammys, an Oscar and a Golden Globe, Andrew Lloyd Webber has created musicals that are beloved the world over. With a mix of other favorites from renowned Broadway composers, this spectacular concert is sure to delight our patrons.
March 25th A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG Featuring by popular demand, LILLIAS WHITE and LONGINEAU PARSONS Tony Award Winner Lillias White and Master Trumpeter and Vocalist, Longineau Parsons bring a soulful and sassy interpretation to the music of Louis Armstrong. This powerful tribute honors the everlasting legacy of Louis Armstrong and his influence upon generations of American musicians.
2006-2007 season THE PALM BEACH POPS WELCOMES 11-TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER RICKY SKAGGS AND KENTUCKY THUNDER KRAVIS Nov 2, 3 FAU Nov 5, 6, 7
AN EVENING OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN Featuring Carousel in Concert - KRAVIS Nov 27, 28 FAU Nov 29, 30, Dec 1 THE GENIUS OF GEORGE GERSHWIN KRAVIS Jan 5, 6 FAU Jan 8, 9, 10
THE SOUL OF RAY – A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF RAY CHARLES Featuring Dee Daniels - KRAVIS Feb 5, 6 FAU Feb 7, 8, 9 I LOVE A PIANO Bob Lappin and friends perform subscribers’ favorite American Songbook standards KRAVIS Mar 12, 13 FAU Mar 14, 15, 16
SWINGIN’ WITH THE BIG BANDS Featuring The Mills Brothers and The World Famous Count Basie Orchestra. Directed by Bill Hughes, featuring Butch Miles on drums KRAVIS Apr 9, 10 FAU Apr 12, 13, 14
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the Lighthouse Center for the Arts presents Putting on Airs: The Fine Art of Airbrush Painting, featuring the works of nationally recognized artists Beverly Hallam, Peter Maier and Bruce Yodanis. 373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta; (561) 746-3101 or www.lighthousearts.org.
Really-Red, airbrush painting by Peter Maier
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Carroll Trio returns to The Colony Hotel’s Royal Room Cabaret Series February 13-24. One of Manhattan’s favorite performers for decades, Carroll is a regular at New York’s famed Algonquin Hotel. 155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach; (561) 659-8100 or www.thecolonypalmbeach.com.
Miami City Ballet’s Program III at the Kravis
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FEBRUARY Carlos Guerra and Jennifer Kronenberg in Lilac Garden
Georgia O’Keeffe: Circling Around Abstraction gathers more than 40 works to examine this groundbreaking American artist’s utterly unique approach to abstraction. Organized by the Norton Museum of Art and displayed there from February 10-May 6, the exhibition will travel subsequently to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach; (561) 832-5196 or www.norton.org.
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Forbidden Planet and Lost in Space fame, are among the stars of the South Florida Science Museum’s high-tech, interactive Robotics exhibit, which continues February 1 through September. 4801 Dreher Trail N., West Palm Beach; (561) 832-1988 or www.sfsm.org.
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Center for the Performing Arts on February 16-18 features the company premiere of Lilac Garden by Anthony Tudor––a tale of secret romantic truths between a quartet of lovers set to music by Ernest Chausson––along with George Balanchine’s Raymonda Variations and Symphony In Three Movements. 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; (561) 832-7469 or www.miamicityballet.org.
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The Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia’s season continues February 18
at the Roberts Theatre, Saint Andrew’s School, featuring Mozart’s “Magic Flute Overture” and Beethoven’s wonderful “Pastorale” symphony, with guest conductor Scott Yoo (above, left) and cello soloist Bion Tsang. 3900 Jog Road, Boca Raton; (888) 426-5577 or www.bocasymphonia.org.
Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show Presidents’ Day Weekend February 1 6 -20, 20 07 a prestigious event with over two hundred international exhibitors in the palm beach county convention center
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The Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach hosts its fifth
The Peacock’s Feather: Male Accessories of Old Japan presents an overview of the highly decorative objects favored by 18th and 19th century Japanese gentlemen at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens from January 11 to March 18. 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach; (561) 495-0233 or www.morikami.org.
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annual Turtlefest on March 24 from noon to 4 p.m. The family-friendly event features animal displays, turtle feedings, music, children’s games and crafts. 14200 U.S. Highway 1, Juno Beach; (561) 627-8280 or www.marinelife.org.
Boca Ballet Theatre’s Co-Artistic Director Dan Guin choreographs an epic version of Romeo & Juliet March 30-April 16. Shakespeare’s classic love story is punctuated by Prokofiev’s passionate musical score at Florida Atlantic University’s Boca Raton campus. 777 Glades Road, (561) 995-0709 or www.bocaballet.org. The Jewish Community Center of the Palm Beaches’ Coffeehouse Series concludes its season with Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman of the popular ’80s band The Hooters (“And We Danced” and “Day by Day”) on March 10 at the Atlantic Theatre. 6743 W. Indiantown Road, Jupiter; (561) 712-5201 or www.jcconline.com.
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Palm Beach Opera’s 45th season concludes with the tragic and poignant Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini March 2326 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; (561) 833-7888 or www.pbopera.org.
MARCH The seventh annual Gathering of Kuumba showcases diverse works by nearly 20 regional African-American, Haitian and Caribbean artists as well as artwork by student artists from throughout Palm Beach County January 18-March 18 at Old School Square. 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; (561) 243-7922 or www.oldschool.org.
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Betty Buckley headlines an Andrew Lloyd Weber tribute with the Florida Sunshine Pops on March 16 at the Eissey Campus Theatre. 3160 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, (561) 278-7677. She takes the stage March 17 at Florida Atlantic University. 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, (800) 564-9539 or www.sun setet.com.
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Broadway and film star Molly Ringwald brings the eternally optimistic Charity Hope Valentine to life March 6-11 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in the effervescent Sweet Charity. The Cy Coleman/ Dorothy Fields score features “Hey, Big Spender” and “If My Friends Could See Me Now.” 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; (561) 832-7469 or www.kravis.org.
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When the Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel exhibition opens at the Norton Museum of Art on February 25, the resplendent plumage of Palm Beach County’s most celebrated bird of paradise will “razzle-dazzle ‘em” with star-quality fashion glamour. The exhibit will treat us all to a maverick demonstration of what it means to be chic as defined by Iris Apfel: “That is, daring not caring what anyone would think,” and having “a persona of my own” and “a vision, come hell or high water, (to) bring it forth.”
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That unique and eccentric vision began to take form long ago and far away in the routinely uneccentric, New York bluecollar enclave of Astoria, Long Island, where a young photographer was pressed into service to immortalize 8-year-old Iris Barrel’s artistic leanings. Then and there the budding Iris first encountered the exhilarating shock of emerging fashionista passions, which she refers to as “the eternal feminine panic: ‘I have nothing to wear.’” After surfing the pages of her balletomane mother’s “The Big Beautiful Book of Ballet Dancers,” the iconic, diaphanously draped Isadora Duncan was selected as a role model. Yards of white cheesecloth intended for household cleaning rather than for haute couture were called into service to stiffly allude to Duncan’s eminently fluid stage apparel. The ribbons of black satin ballet slippers were crisscrossed and tied without the slightest regard for Duncan’s barefoot approach to dance, and little Iris––who the Barrels’ housekeeper Lottie pronounced “Pavlova incarnate”––in her improvised finery was off to her first photo session. “That it was an exercise in futility mattered not at all,” Madame Apfel states in “A Word, or Three or Four,” her brilliantly witty introduction to art publisher Thames & Hudson’s lavish forthcoming photo essay book by Eric Boman, “Rare Bird of Fashion.” “I thought it was all fabulous and it was on that day, I now know, that I began my hopelessly lifelong love affair with style,” she adds.
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That colorful love affair quickly ran away from ballet and on to serial careers in interior decorating. (Her first client was the somewhat flamboyant Hollywood producer of Hopalong Cassidy films.) Decorating interiors led to collecting antique textiles, which in turn led to the creation of Old World Weavers––the interior design world mecca of consummate quality and style in luxurious home furnishing fabrics––with her co-founder, partner and husband Carl Apfel. Throughout all this adventure, fashion burned brightest amongst Iris Apfel’s passions, and the blossoming Iris moved on from Isadora Duncan to more authentic goddesses and heroines in the rarified world of haute chic including Hattie Carnegie celebrity graduate Pauline de Rothschild; Balenciaga dressed and Navajo turquoise and silver jewelry bedecked Standard Oil heiress Millicent Rogers; and the “Auntie Mame” incarnation of movie star Rosalind Russell amongst others. From the massings of ethnic jewels and Bakelite bangles redirecting or just plain subverting the best laid plans of many a famed couturier in the Norton exhibition, it could legitimately be suspected that Millicent Rogers had an edge over other International Best Dressed Listers in Iris Apfel’s pantheon of fashion. One thing is clear. Iris Apfel says “Yes!” to accessories in a great big way. “I think the key to personal style lies in accessories. My oversize glasses and armfuls of bracelets have become a sort of signature for me,” she explains. “With a little black dress and a modicum of imagination, accessories can make you a big wardrobe.” The Rare Bird of Fashion exhibition originated last year at no less a venue than the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, where it broke all records.
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Harold Koda, the distinguished curator of the Costume Institute, has written an insightful introduction to the Thames & Hudson book of Iris Apfel’s fashion collection, which quotes Oscar Wilde’s famous dictum, “Either be a work of art or wear a work of art.” He also points out that the Rare Bird of Fashion exhibition “not only presents works of intrinsic artistic merit, but also a strategy of dressing that is in itself an artistic exercise.” With high praise for Mrs. Apfel’s accomplishment, he asserts that, “Like democracy itself, American style is a celebration of the individual, the independent and even on occasion, the eccentrically idiosyncratic.” He adds that Mrs. Apfel’s unorthodox vision “is characteristic of the slyly witty and irrepressible ‘anything goes’ bravura of American style at its most imaginative.” Iris Apfel throws in, “I’ve pleased myself, it’s delicious to have an appreciative audience.” That audience will exponentially grow in numbers during the Norton Museum of Art’s masterfully presented exhibition (February 25-May 27, 2007).
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Also not to be missed is the must-have catalogue-cumcoffee-table book of celebrated photographer Eric Boman’s superb fashion photos, which he hopes “will offer a whiff of sea air, the tinkle of an ice cube in a cocktail glass, the rhythm of a cha-cha and the sound of laughter” as it chronicles “one woman’s way of turning herself out on (her) voyage through a lifetime of work and play.”
Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel February 25-May 27, 2007 Norton Museum of Art 1451 S. Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach (561) 832-5196 www.norton.org The Norton will celebrate the opening of the exhibition with a premiere event, Rara Avis: Iris Apfel and the Art of Fashion, chaired by Mrs. Jeffrey Fisher and Mrs. T. Suffern Tailer and co-chaired by Mrs. Edward Elson, Mrs. Sidney Kohl, Mrs. Wilbur Ross and Mrs. Frances Scaife. A premiere dinner for “Grand Benefactors” and “Benefactors,” sponsored by Lydian Bank & Trust, will follow at “Windsong,” the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ross.
Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel by Eric Boman will be available at the Norton Museum’s gift shop, www.thamesandhudsonusa.com and bookstores nationwide.
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Dr. Armand Hammer appeared pleased, pausing from picture to picture at an exhibition of his renowned private collection of old masters. The setting was West Palm Beach’s Norton Gallery of Art nearly two decades ago. The atmosphere indeed was rarified. As an art writer for the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, I had been invited to a singular press conference that afforded an intimate walk-through with the collector, who took delight and often-critical pleasure with each selection. Hammer––a noted art collector and the former chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation––smiled with satisfaction before Peter Paul Rubens’ lustrous “Portrait of a Young Lady with Golden Hair.” Then, peering intently, he stepped close and carefully scanned Albrect Durer’s precious “Tuft of Cowslips,” a small watercolor on vellum painted in 1526. He slowly shook his head and held up a finger, beckoning to an attentive aide. “No, no … this won’t do,” Hammer quietly said to a young man now at his side. “Look at how the edges have begun to curl. Please see it is re-framed immediately after the show.” The fellow taking note was Dr. Hammer’s personal curator, the one entrusted with ensuring the conservation of the Durer gem––and a whole lot more. A curator? Brush up on the Latin and find that cura means “to care for.” Or consider a recent New York Times crossword puzzle and the seven-letter answer to the clue “collection custodian.” That’s what curators do; they oversee artworks in a myriad of ways. Beyond conserver, a curator often must be a historian, archivist, cataloguer, researcher and organizer. Those at the post also must know how to properly pack and unpack, arrange, frame, store and, sometimes, string a wire and drive a nail. And there is no shortage of diplomatic work in this line either. Part of the curator’s job is to secure the acquisition of art and tend to exhibitions in-house––or coordinate those presented afar. Despite so many responsibilities, curators invariably remain behind the scenes of museum operations. So it is not surprising, says Rena Blades, president and chief executive officer of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council, that the curator is not only overlooked but also misunderstood as well. “It can be confusing knowing exactly what a curator does,” she says. “I think there are many misconceptions about what the profession really is all about.” The Palm Beach County art scene has no shortage of hard-working curators. To further illuminate their roles, here is what four talented professionals had to say about the requirements, rigors and rewards of the work.
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens This 18th-century painted folding screen at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens represents “a grassroots feel of living in the city of Kyoto,” says Director Tom Gregersen.
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Today, Tom Gregersen is director of The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach. He initially came to The Morikami in 1978 fresh out of graduate school as assistant curator. Gregersen holds a degree in Japanese studies from the University of Michigan and also has lived in Japan. “I didn’t actually have a museum background,” he says. “In the case of The Morikami, they needed a curator with essential knowledge of Japanese culture, language and art. The department at Michigan actually was an outgrowth of Japanese language training that was given secretly during World War II by the U.S. Government, with an eye on what would happen after the war. Now it has developed into a broader Japanese studies program.” Well-versed in the history of Japanese humanities, history, anthropology and other disciplines, Gregersen applies expertise in Japanese material culture to The Morikami’s holdings of bronzes, lacquerware, paintings and select utilitarian objects. He also has been busy interviewing applicants for the vacant curator position. “Over the years it’s been a case of on-the-job training––I’m constantly building knowledge,” Gregersen says. “That’s one of the nice things about being a curator; I’m always finding reasons to broaden. Every day is an exciting adventure because I get to pursue avenues of inquiry and discovery.” As to his favorite piece at The Morikami, Gregersen is drawn to a pair of six-panel painted folding screens that were donated to the museum several years ago. “They have a grassroots feel of living in the city of Kyoto,” he says with obvious admiration. “The screens are by an unknown artist and date to the 18th century. They evidence so well the genre of screen painting during the Edo Period and such decorations were used in homes of the rising merchant class. Each reflects the formula of human activity and the depiction of lively festivals. They are monumental art compositions that also are highly functional as room dividers. How the use of gold, which the Japanese love, must have reflected light within a dim Edo Period castle!”
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While Gregersen was a curator who became a director, Wendy Blazier at the Boca Raton Museum of Art was a museum director who turned to curatorial work. Director of the Art and Culture Center in Hollywood, Florida, from 1985-95, Blazier came to the Boca Raton Museum of Art as director of development in 1997 and was appointed senior curator in 2001, following the museum’s expansion with its new facility at Mizner Park. On this day, as she was catching up with stacks of mail, telephone messages and a halfdozen uncompleted projects, the topic of curating took some reflection––and unknowingly demonstrated the remarkably diverse pressures of her work. “I just spent all night finishing the catalogue essay for the next exhibition, so bear with me,” she laughs with a sigh. “Actually, we’re opening three exhibitions in less than a month––an internationally traveling exhibition of more than 300 images and artworks about Marilyn Monroe, an exhibition of the ultra-high resolution gigapixel landscape photography of physicist Graham Flint and an exhibition of the small jewel-like mezzotints of Japanese graphic master Yozo Hamaguchi.” “I know what a curator does, but I’m not always sure what a curator is!” Blazier adds, catching her breath. “I think of myself as an art historian, a writer, a teacher and a frustrated artist, but also a pragmatist. When I think about ‘what a curator does,’ or what I do specifically, it encompasses this incredible range of tasks, from setting the vision and curatorial premise of the exhibitions to researching, writing, lecturing and occasionally picking up a hammer and hanging the shows!” What is her favorite piece at the Boca Raton Museum of Art? “I’m always drawn to the conceptual brilliance of our Georges Seurat black chalk drawing “Two Women” from 1882 in the Dr. and Mrs. John J. Mayers Collection. But I am equally proud of Louise Nevelson’s “Shadow Chord,” a major ‘black wall’ wood construction she created in 1969, perhaps because I played a role in its acquisition. It was the first major gift the museum received when we opened the new facility at Mizner in 2001.”
Louise Nevelson’s black wood “Shadow Chord” created in 1969 remains one of Senior Curator Wendy Blazier’s favorite artworks at the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
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The Flagler Museum At Palm Beach’s Flagler Museum, the chief curator position is ably filled by Tracy Kamerer. A newcomer to South Florida, she hails from Richmond, Virginia, where she served as curator of the State Art Collection for a decade. A specialist in American studies, she looked after artworks and furnishings dating back to the 16th century in the historic Capitol Square, the highlight of which was the 1785 State Capitol, a building designed by Thomas Jefferson. Since May 2006, her office has been at Whitehall. “I’ve always been fascinated by the Gilded Age, the years in America between the Civil War and the 1929 stock market crash,” Kamerer says. “It is a great period for America’s cultural identity and history, with science, technology, the economy and, of course, the arts flowering. It is an intriguing time when the nation was still connected to Europe but also trying to break away.” Kamerer says she wasn’t exactly job-hunting before she applied for the position at the Flagler. She simply felt that the job description was perfect for her. “My hobby has been studying the display of art in European homes, especially English. Wealthy Americans in the Gilded Age, such as Henry Flagler, were also fascinated by European décor,” she explains. “Henry Flagler was not a big, flamboyant collector. His main purpose was to fill the house to create a showplace and museum. That’s what I love about Whitehall.” “… My favorite? Wow, there are so many jewels in the collection. But it’s the décor of the rooms that most impresses me. The French Drawing Room is outstanding. I find the aluminum leaf decoration on the walls fascinating. Why did they use aluminum instead of silver? The practical reason was that aluminum wouldn’t tarnish or corrode in the Florida climate. At the time, aluminum was a relatively new commercial material and it would have appealed to Flagler’s interest in technology. But it was also extremely hard to process, as valuable as gold, and they chose it to do the room. It must have been such a statement in 1902! I feel it is a beautiful room, but when you hear details like that they add other layers and shed a light on the history of cultural values.”
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The South Florida Science Museum Peter Feher, the South Florida Science Museum’s director of exhibits, stands proudly in front of a 2,000-year-old child mummy in the museum’s permanent Ancient Egypt exhibit.
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The fine arts are not the only arena for the curator. Any institution that mounts exhibitions and houses items for display needs an enlightened caregiver. Consider the South Florida Science Museum in West Palm Beach. With its emphasis on educational, personal-involvement shows, the right person pulling the strings can make all the difference. That’s what makes Director of Exhibits Peter Feher’s background in industrial design and expertise in organizing traveling exhibitions ideal to the workings of this popular science-wise facility. “I’m in my 16th year in the museum field,” Feher says. “I came to West Palm Beach from the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. I was a part-time employee while going to college, and when I left I was the senior exhibit designer. I’ve done several multimillion-dollar exhibitions, two of which have traveled all around North America.” Feher has received national recognition for his displays. One, coming to the museum in December, is a downsized version of the immensely successful Robotics, which debuted 10 years ago. Feher says the exhibit features a pair of sci-fi, full-scale replicas of Robbie the Robot from the classic film “Forbidden Planet” and the B-9 robot from the television show “Lost in Space.” “Curating is actually only a small part of my job,” he says. “Being a science museum, we’re trying to expand and become a modern science center, which is different. Mainly, we concentrate on hands-on activities to teach science to the public. I am responsible for the continual care of objects we do have, yet I’ve tried to get the museum away from doing those static, non-interactive displays.” And what is the plum of Feher’s affection at the Science Museum? “I’m quite fond of the permanent Ancient Egypt display, which features an authentic mummy of a child. The 2,000-year-old mummy is on loan from the Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. This was the first exhibit that I designed for the South Florida Science Museum when I joined the staff three years ago. I’m particularly proud of the display because we managed to create an immersive Egyptian environment on an almost non-existent budget. The most amazing thing is that the exhibition was created in just three weeks time and it is still one of the most attractive displays at our museum.”
To be sure, a curator must don many hats in a profession that demands a blend of knowledge, foresight and creativity, which, ironically, often remains unsung. They are the invisible choreographers who make a museum dance. Whenever this former fine-arts journalist reflects on a career of looking, learning and the written word, a curator invariably figures in. Who else could have afforded me the time to study an Italian Renaissance painting in the storeroom of the Worcester Art Museum or locate an obscure 19th-century letter in the archives of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston?
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“ASTRALIS,” by Wendy M. Ross, is located on the PGA Boulevard overpass and consists of computersequenced LED color spectrum lighting, creating a gateway to the city of Palm Beach Gardens.
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Public art is an age-old concept with a future that’s brighter than ever. Popular for centuries (think Roman fountains and Mayan pyramids), it is becoming more and more prevalent around Palm Beach County. From courthouses and city halls to office buildings and shopping centers, you’re almost as likely to encounter public art today as you are palm trees.
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All right, maybe not quite. But it could happen. And wouldn’t it be wonderful? “Public art is about place-making,” says Elayna Toby Singer, Palm Beach County’s Art in Public Places administrator. “If it’s successful, public art becomes a destination and attracts people to experience it. All over the country and the world, public art is an integral component of cultural tourism.” Increasingly conscious of the potential aesthetic and economic benefits, municipalities are putting ordinances in place to encourage,
if not mandate, the creation of public art. Delray Beach, West Palm Beach and Wellington all direct 1 percent of the cost of capital construction projects above a specific level for public art purposes. Since 1989, Palm Beach Gardens has required developers of nonresidential projects to contribute 1 percent of the cost of vertical construction over $1 million to the city’s public art fund—or to invest the same amount in art on their own. You’ll find more than 30 examples of public art today in the city, from the Municipal
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Complex to retail and commercial properties. The newest, which was installed atop the PGA Boulevard overpass in November, is “ASTRALIS” by artist Wendy M. Ross. The work consists of four towers highlighted by metal spheres that reflect sunlight during the day and are illuminated at night.
an exchange of ideas. We hope that our residents will take the opportunity to view the pieces and discuss them,” notes Krisztina Ergas, project manager for the Village of Wellington, where 32 new works went on display in October. “Public art is another way of discovering and enjoying things,” observes Sharon Koskoff, chair of the Delray Beach Public Art Advisory Board and an artist who has created numerous murals and other public art installations. “It becomes a landmark. You can take people to see it and explain why you’re proud to have this in your city. It creates a sense of place and space, and when it’s done well, it can really make you feel good.”
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Created by Alexander Liberman, this work of art sits at the bottom of West Palm Beach’s Regions Financial building, which is home to the Cultural Council offices.
Boynton Beach’s new ordinance, which was adopted in October 2005, combines both models, levying a 1 percent public art fee on the construction value of city and private projects over $250,000. “We spoke with public art administrators, studied programs, talked with visionaries and designed a program that’s right for our city’s culture and demographics,” explains Debby ColesDobay, the city’s public art administrator. While these programs may differ in the fine print, they share common objectives. “The goal of our program is to encourage cultural and educational diversity and foster
Another characteristic shared by the county’s government-sponsored public art initiatives is a commitment to engaging members of the public. The county has an active Public Art Committee, while each of the municipalities with public art ordinances has an advisory board of some kind. But the public’s role can be—and often is— even more hands-on. “Public art is as much about engaging people in the process of creating art as it is about the completed artwork,” Singer says. “For example, community needs and visions influence the initial concept development stage, and sometimes hands-on participation occurs in the fabrication phase.” One ready example is the West County Courthouse project in Belle Glade, where artist Shanon Materio of McMow Art Glass in Lake Worth worked with teens from the local Boys and Girls Club to integrate original glass mosaic stepping stones into the entrance plaza. Another is the South County Courthouse in Delray Beach. Community input inspired many of the cultural and historical images incorporated into two huge murals painted by Andrew Reid. Also in Delray, Koskoff teamed with schoolchildren to paint a number of murals through programs funded by the Palm Beach County Cultural Council and the Center for Creative Education. Several of them can still be seen at Pine Grove Elementary, Carver Middle School and the Delray Full Service Center. “My first commu-
nity mural, the Love’s Drug mural, was an artist in residency grant,” she adds. It no longer exists, but that’s OK with the artist. “Murals don’t always last forever, but they’re about the process of the community getting together and creating the art.” Next door in Boynton Beach, family members and friends are contributing their remembrances to a memorial to beloved city employee Carolyn Sims, which artist Frank Varga is crafting for the city’s Wilson Center recreation facility. Varga will open his studio to the public during the process. There’s another important constituency that benefits from public art, of course: artists. As these programs grow, more artists have a chance to participate in proposing, designing and creating artworks— providing them with financial compensation as well as intangible rewards. “Watching people interact with something I’ve created is really fun for me,” says West Palm Beach artist Mark Fuller, who has several installations in the county. “As an artist, you’re relatively anonymous. To watch people get pleasure from what I’ve done—that’s really a huge reward.”
Sharing the Wealth Adding to the proliferation of public art in the county are a number of commercial developments. Whether or not these artworks exist because of municipal requirements is irrelevant; the bottom line is that they enrich the vibrancy of our cultural scene. One of the newest examples of these forces at work can be found at Downtown at the Gardens, Menin Development Companies’ “retail, restaurant and lifestyle center” on PGA Boulevard east of Interstate 95 in Palm Beach Gardens. The center features three dramatic art fountains and a sculpture garden showcasing works by a wide array of artists. “We take great pride in ensuring Downtown at the Gardens has a human touch,” says Craig Menin, the firm’s founder and CEO—and a member of the Cultural Council’s board of directors. “Art is an integral part of our effort to enhance the visitor experience. We are committed to showcasing emerging and established artists, and offering our visitors a changing ‘exhibition’ of Continued on page 63
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The 3,300-square-foot, two-walled mural, a component of “Delray Progress,” by Andrew Reid and Carlos Alves brightens the exterior façade of Delray Beach’s South County Courthouse.
“Reflections,” by Douwe Blumberg, is composed of a bronze upper head and a rare stainless steel casting for the lower image, and stands 10 feet tall at Village Park in Wellington.
Soaring 20 feet high in front of the 610 Clematis condominiums in downtown West Palm Beach is “Spheroid,” a diachronic metal and glass sphere weighing over 5,000 pounds, by Ray King.
Located at Downtown at the Gardens, Tom Ostenberg’s “Wing and a Prayer I” is a bronze sculpture reflecting the artist’s personal search for emotional and spiritual equilibrium.
The Palm Beach County Courthouse features barriers with artistic elements designed by Michael Singer.
“Contiguous Currents,” by Costas Vaotsos, is located at the Palm Beach Gardens Municipal Complex.
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Part of “Delray Progress� by Andrew Reid and Carlos Alves, this 14-foot sculptural ceramic pineapple bench is located outside the South County Courthouse in Delray Beach.
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interesting, quality sculpture.” An exhibition of six monumental bronze works by internationally renowned sculptor Roberto Santo will be on view at the center in February. Across the Interstate, PGA Commons is home to four outdoor sculptures installed between 2001 and 2005, including Mark Fuller’s whimsical “Butterfly Grove.” Another sculpture will arrive around the first of the year. Elsewhere on PGA Boulevard in the First National Centre building (home to Seacoast National Bank), a first-floor public gallery provides a home for a dozen paintings and two sculptures. The collection, which was curated by the Patricia Cloutier Gallery, primarily features regional artists. One more striking example of public art on a private site is “Spheroid,” a 20-foothigh, 18-foot-wide metal and glass Ray King sculpture at 610 Clematis, a luxury condo-
minium at the corner of Clematis and Rosemary streets in downtown West Palm Beach. “Public works of art are an ideal way to inject culture and sophistication into a community while supporting artists’ creative contributions to our society,” states Willy A. Bermello, president of BAP Development. The artwork was installed through a joint initiative with West Palm Beach’s Art in Public Places Program.
Form Out of Function As Elayna Toby Singer notes, public art often enhances architectural features that have a predominantly utilitarian purpose. Consider the Palm Beach County Courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach. At the suggestion of then-County Commissioner Carol Roberts, an initially straightfor-
ward concept for a proposed street-level security barrier project was reconfigured to include a public art component. Renowned artist Michael Singer won the commission to design the barriers, which feature massive granite blocks inscribed with historic quotes about justice, liberty and democracy. Another innovative blend of form and function evolved when West Palm Beach faced the potential need to dispose of tons of earth dredged from six new drainage retention ponds in Dreher Park. “Just to cart away the dirt would have cost $200,000,” recalls Joan Goldberg, the city’s cultural affairs advisor. “The idea arose that maybe there was something an artist could do to create something wonderful.” Enter artists Jackie Brookner and Angelo Ciotti, who conceived “Elders’
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Cove”—a landscape complex that includes a 14-foot vegetated “biosculpture,” a cluster of earthen mounds, wetland habitats and a playground that evokes the area’s rich Seminole history. The project drew much acclaim, including recognition in Americans for the Arts’ prestigious “2005 Year in Review,” a compilation of the most exciting, compelling and innovative public art projects in the United States and beyond.
What the Future Holds While public art in Palm Beach County certainly isn’t new—artworks were commissioned for Palm Beach International Airport in the late 1980s, for example—it is still “in its formative stage,” Singer observes. Neighboring Broward County spent 2006 celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Public Art and Design Program, and MiamiDade County isn’t far behind. But there are strong indications that the climate is more favorable than ever. “When I tried to paint the first mural in 1993, I had to beg the city for permission,” remembers Koskoff. “Now, the whole society has become less rigid and more open to ideas. We’re in a visual arts phenomenon right now.” Increased public funding has provided a strong incentive, as well. Palm Beach County voters approved a $500,000 bond issue to fund the three courthouse art projects in 1999, and an additional $1 million was allocated through a 2002 recreational and cultural bond issue. Those funds are providing a $100,000 matching grant program to assist municipalities in creating public art. West Palm Beach has a strong tradition of devising creative solutions that blend the city’s 1 percent ordinance monies with other resources, Goldberg notes. “We use a lot of flexibility to think through what the best scenario will be,” she says. “Humans respond to beauty,” Singer comments. “Even in tight economic times, communities are supporting the arts. Citizens, politicians and business owners are looking for opportunities to bring a unique identity to their communities through the arts, especially with public art.” Just look around. She’s right. And all of us are richer for it.
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Phil Materio creates intricate glass mosaic panels that adorn the front columns of the West County Courthouse in Belle Glade.
Take a Virtual Tour! To find out more about public art in Palm Beach County, and to view many of the works that make it special, visit the following Web sites: Palm Beach County Art in Public Places Program www.co.palm-beach.fl.us/fdo/art/index.htm Boynton Beach www.boynton-beach.org (Click on Arts Commission) Palm Beach Gardens www.pbgfl.com/visitor/art/art.asp Wellington www.ci.wellington.fl.us Led by Sharon Koskoff, 35 volunteers paint 12 Adirondack chairs, which are dispersed along Delray Beach’s Cultural Loop.
West Palm Beach www.cityofwpb.com/art.htm Downtown at the Gardens www.downtownatthegardens.com/downtownart.asp To learn about public art on a national scale, visit the Americans for the Arts Public Art Network Web site at www.americansforthearts.org/services/public_art_network/
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The Maltz Jupiter Theatre starts the season with “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” a musical tribute to Fats Waller.
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“There’s open dialogue and collaboration among the theaters,” William Hayes, producing artistic director of Palm Beach Dramaworks, says, referring to the relationship he shares with colleagues at the Caldwell Theatre Company, Florida Stage and the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. “There’s a strong sense of community,” he explains. “Our missions and visions are unique and diverse and we all fill a different niche.” Since it was founded in 2000, Dramaworks has been committed to presenting seldom produced, timeless, classic and contemporary plays. “Variety is the key word for us,” says Michael Hall, artistic director of the Caldwell Theatre Company, now in its 32nd season. Andrew Kato, artistic director of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, prefers the term eclectic. “We have to program knowing that we have 554 seats to fill, eight performances a week. That’s a huge challenge,” he admits. “Especially with a company that is so new.”
Originally built by Burt Reynolds in 1978 as a dinner theater, the Maltz was given a new name and a new lease on life in February 2004. As the new kid on the county’s theatrical block, Kato says, the organization still needs to develop its audience. “You are taking your audience on a journey every night when they come to see a show,” he explains, “but in addition to that, you’re taking them on a journey as the years pass.” The journey for Florida Stage, which produces contemporary works by both established and emerging playwrights at its 250seat theater in Manalapan, is in its 20th year. “When you’re doing new work, it’s always an adventure,” says Louis Tyrrell, the company’s producing manager. “There’s a great deal of risk involved and you more or less always feel you’re working without a net, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. We love the search for new material, new voices and new ideas in the theater and, thankfully, we have an audience that meets us halfway and allows us to do it.”
In the early days when Tyrrell was still running his theater’s box office out of his home, the Caldwell Theatre Company was already an established fixture on the cultural scene. “When we first started there was no theater in Palm Beach County except the tours that came into the old Royal Poinciana Theater,” Hall recalls. “It was a much more modest time here, culturally,” Tyrrell agrees. “The term barren, cultural wasteland was bandied about regularly. That can no longer be said about Palm Beach County or South Florida in general.” He hastens to add, “There is so much to do now.” The launch of the 2006-2007 theater season resonated with distinctive and diverse voices, ranging from Elvis Presley and Arthur Miller to a priceless viola. When you add in the variety of touring shows, community theater productions, school plays and special theatrical engagements on the schedule, it’s easy to see what he means.
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Patti Gardner and Mark Ulrich star in Arthur Miller’s “The Price” at Palm Beach Dramaworks.
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Florida Stage’s cast for Michael Hollinger’s “Opus” includes Jeff Talbott, Joe Kimble, Jim Shankman and Natasha Sheritt.
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“In the old days, it was not easier, it was different,” Hall says nostalgically. “Your focus wasn’t so much on the dollars and the computer wires and the new telephone system; it was more about the work.” He might miss the simpler times, but growth does have its rewards. After performing in three different locations over the years, the Caldwell has begun construction of a permanent home in Boca Raton. Opening of the 300-plus seat facility is set for November 2007. If Hall has a good moving company, he should share the name with Hayes. Dramaworks is rapidly outgrowing its home, an 84-seat black box theater in downtown West Palm Beach. The constraints of the location may be a hindrance in some respects (matinee performances have, so far, eluded the company due to the lack of daytime parking in the city), but Hayes looks on the bright side. “Most of our single
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“You are taking your audience on a journey every night when they come to see a show,” Kato explains, “but in addition to that, you’re taking them on a journey as the years pass.”
ticket buyers convert to subscription,” he explains, with justifiable pride. “It has become increasingly evident there’s a solid audience for thought-provoking work,” he says, but admits, “because our venue is an intimate studio theater, patrons are quick to secure their seats for future productions.” If the company’s upcoming production of “Trying” by Joanna Glass, a play about Frances Biddle, attorney general under Franklin D. Roosevelt and chief judge of the Nuremberg Trials, sells out, you might want to go see “Deathtrap,” a mystery thriller playing at the Maltz. If that’s not your cup of tea, “A House With No Walls,” Thomas Gibbons’ thought-provoking new drama, will be opening at Florida Stage; the Caldwell will be offering “Steel Magnolias.” “We all have very different views of what we want to do and what we think an audience would like to see,” Tyrrell observes. When it comes to the role of
theater in our lives, however, he and his colleagues are in passionate agreement. “Theater has a wonderful way of changing people’s perceptions,” Kato states. “In a two-hour period you have an opportunity to present an idea that is entertaining and yet hopefully challenging, that makes people see things in a different way.” “The more technology isolates us, the more people gravitate to those experiences that offer a sense of fellowship, a sense of being together with other people,” Tyrrell explains. “The theater is a perfect environment for a community to come together to meet and to be entertained and to consider ideas and to think and to discuss and to share all that makes us human.” “Obviously our first objective is to entertain, after all this is the entertainment business,” Hayes points out, “but we all, on our various levels, want to impact individuals. Whether it’s impacting your day or your life, we all believe in the transformative power of theater.”
“I find it sad that the younger generations don’t go to the theater,” Hall admits, “We have to work together to try to figure out ways to develop this audience.” These dedicated theater professionals will all tell you that their objective isn’t just to fill seats at some point in the future. Whether it’s the Technical Apprentice Program at Dramaworks, the annual Young Playwrights Festival at Florida Stage, Caldwell’s Theater for Schools program and storytelling series, the after school and weekend classes at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre Institute, the discounted student tickets they all offer or any of the other innovative education programs available across the county, the goal is to encourage personal development and nurture local talent as well as to develop audiences for tomorrow. “We’re very much in this together,” Hall says in a clear voice that reflects the beliefs of a whole community of theatergoers and theater lovers.
At This Theater… Caldwell Theatre Company 7873 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton (561) 241-7432 or (877) 245-7432 www.caldwelltheatre.com
Florida Stage Plaza del Mar 262 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan (561) 585-3433 or (800) 514-3837 www.floridastage.org
Maltz Jupiter Theatre 1001 E. Indiantown Road, Jupiter (561) 575-2223 or (800) 445-1666 www.jupitertheatre.org
Palm Beach Dramaworks 322 Banyan Blvd., West Palm Beach (561) 514-4042 www.palmbeachdramaworks.org
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Jamey Garner, Shelley Thomas and Tom LoSchiavo perform in the Caldwell Theatre Company’s Florida premiere of “Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Love.”
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The Annual Palm Beach Winter Antiques Show presents this rare lifesize French majolica flamingo-form vase, circa 1880, by Delphin Massier.
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palmbeach3 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center incorporates three fairs focusing on contemporary works, photography, art and design.
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Local art & antique shows attract national attention s human beings, we all experience basic needs. However, when it comes to antiques, fine art and things old and desirable, other instincts kick in—especially here in South Florida during the winter months. “There is a need for humans to congregate,” states Kris Charamonde, show manager for the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show. “Along with congregating comes the ‘see and be seen’ factor of attending art and antique shows here in Palm Beach County,” Charamonde jests. There is certainly no shortage of opportunities to congregate or be seen in our area this winter. Several major shows from January to March (see sidebar at end of article for schedules), monthly West Palm Beach Antique & Collectibles shows at the fairgrounds
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Economic Engine Interestingly, local tourism officials have little data that tracks specific attendance at art and antique shows. However, all of the show promoters interviewed agreed that the economic impact— from hotel room nights to restaurants frequented by the dealers,
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Top: American art pottery and Victorian majolica at the West Palm Beach Antique & Collectibles Show at the South Florida Fairgrounds Middle: West Palm Beach’s Antique Row comes to the Flagler Museum for the first annual “Antique Row” Show. Bottom: Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show at the Palm Beach County Convention Center
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decorators, clients and attendees at the shows—has far-reaching influence on tourism overall. Statistics aside, an irrefutably positive economic indicator is the increasing number of shows held in Palm Beach County during the winter months. This is a testimony to the favorable convergence of winter climate and hospitality coupled with the demographic of affluent individuals who search for culture and seek out venues to experience and explore artwork “up close and personal.” Another factor, points out Kae Jonsons, director of marketing and special events for the 2007 Palm Beach Design Fair, “It is much less frenetic here in Palm Beach County,” in comparison to New York and Los Angeles or other larger cities hosting art and antique shows. According to the consensus of the show promoters, attendance has been good over the years with modest increases more recently. They attribute the popularity of the shows to the moderate winter temperatures, the ease of travel to and from our area, the “small town” feeling of West Palm Beach and the proximity to Palm Beach, which dealers appreciate because it lets them make personal visits to their clients on the island before or after the show. Clients love the convenience and mystique of buying quality items at a major art and antique show and the opportunity to speak with prominent dealers in various collecting areas such as folk art, paintings, glass or jewelry. “Palm Beach is a destination with a community that loves art and a perfect destination for winter art and antique shows,” comments Michael Mezzatesta, director, Palm Beach | America’s International Fine Art & Antique Fair. Additionally, the shows’ promoters welcome the increasing number of venues with the attitude, “you can never have too much art.” Zita Bell, promoter of the 25th Annual Palm Beach Winter Antique Show, stresses there are not just more shows, but “more good shows!” The county’s popularity can also be attributed to the newly constructed Palm Beach County Convention Center. The overall size of this state-ofthe-art facility (350,000 square feet) coupled with the location near downtown yields beneficial results for both show promoters and attendees. Larger shows are attracted to the convention center because the facility has ample space for exhibitors, while attendees are in close proximity to surrounding restaurants, cafes and hotels.
Cultural Enlightenment Those seeking culture will certainly get their fill by taking advantage of the assortment of shows in Palm Beach County. In actuality, the various winter art and antique shows are diverse and offer unique components that set them apart; however, one common theme centers around items touted by their respective shows as being the best, finest or excellent examples offered by notable domestic and international dealers and artists. Fascinatingly, those interviewed maintain that items offered at their shows can be purchased for hundreds up to millions of dollars, and every show manager indicates that the goal of the show is to provide a balance of items with great diversity. This is accomplished by including a cross-section of quality dealers able to provide a mixture of items at various price points. Additionally, the dealers not only offer items for sale, but provide an opportunity for novice and veteran collectors to benefit from their expertise and experience by asking questions or engaging in conversation. The Palm Beach3: Contemporary, Photography, Art + Design show, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, tends to focus on “mid-career” artists with offerings from emerging and “market-hot” artists. This combination makes it interesting for the beginning as well as seasoned collector. Offering some sage advice, Fran Kaufman, the show’s new director, says, “Collectors should buy what they like at modest price points, take the work home and live with it. It’s part of the process of building a collection, learning and educating your eye.” Michael Mezzatesta, director, Palm Beach | America’s International Fine Art & Antique Fair, points out his show is unique because over 5,000 years of art is represented. Furthermore, the show is vetted by a large team of well-known professionals in their areas of expertise from around the country. The informal education seminars conducted by the dealers in their booths help to educate prospective collectors on the artist, medium and market. In its fourth year, the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show is one of the largest in the county, with 200 dealers covering 100,000 square feet. The show's concept and structure are carefully designed around the convention center facilities. “Our show was the very first contract signed with the Palm Beach County Convention Center,” Charamonde proudly states. The advantage to having so many great dealers offering jewelry, fine art, decorative
Top: Patrons discuss a work of art at the 13th Annual Antiques Show & Sale, held at the Delray Beach Community Center, with guest speaker Nina Campbell (center). Middle: Asian art abounds at the West Palm Beach Antique & Collectibles Show at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Bottom: Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show at the Palm Beach County Convention Center
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Marx-Saunders Gallery presents Jose Chardiet’s “Mohegan Bluff” at palmbeach3.
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arts and antiques is greater depth and diversity. Also in its fourth year in South Florida, the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show continues a 19-year history as a fine craft show held yearly in New York and Washington, D.C. This show offers unique hand-crafted works of art from top artists in a variety of mediums allowing people to browse the diverse and unique offerings and “kick the tires” before committing to a purchase. In gallery situations, you rarely have contact or the opportunity to meet an artist, but at this show all of the artists are up close and personal with the buying public.
Social Situations All of the winter antique shows are striving to diversify their audiences and mount proactive marketing strategies to boost attendance. Internet marketing, direct mail and carefully selected magazine and newspaper advertising all play a vital role in generating the “buzz” about a show. The approaches may be similar, but the execution by savvy promoters looking for innovative ways to bolster attendance ventures into creative and strategic party planning.
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The Palm Beach Design Fair started in August 2006 by hosting a kick-off event in the Hamptons for the January 2007 show. By targeting clients with multiple residences by throwing a party at the height of vacation season in the Hamptons, they hope to entice Palm Beach clients to attend the Design Fair. The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach enters the art and antique show landscape with its first annual “Antique Row” Show featuring 20 local dealers from “Antique Row” on South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. They will display high-quality and affordable antiques appropriate for the Florida lifestyle, all amassed under a tent on the South Lawn of the museum. The event, organized by the Flagler Museum’s Whitehall Society, seeks to attract a new generation embarking on a lifelong journey of collecting. According to John Blades, executive director of the museum, “We want to fill an open niche in the show scene here in South Florida.” The unique facet of this considerably smaller show is that it will showcase high-quality and affordable antiques on the grounds of a National Historic Landmark, arguably the most beautiful and unusual setting among the season’s many antique shows.
Another attendance marketing tool that plays into the “see and be seen” aspect is a preview party. Some shows add a philanthropic angle to their preview party by partnering with a charitable organization. Examples include the Annual Palm Beach Winter Antiques Show holding a preview party to benefit the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens and the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show hosting a preview party to benefit Ballet Florida. In addition, the 2007 Palm Beach Design Fair benefits the Historical Society of Palm Beach County, while the Delray Beach Historical Society is the beneficiary of the 14th Annual Antiques Show and Sale in that community. We are incredibly fortunate here in Palm Beach County to have an abundance of art and antique shows offering a variety of items for every budget. All of the shows will undoubtedly provide cultural entertainment along with the opportunity to congregate in large groups around quality art, antiques and decorative objects. Bell articulates the wonderful experience of attending shows: “It’s magic to connect with the items at a show and find the one true love of your life.”
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Artist Mark Levin’s “Autumn Leaf Shelf,” the start of a new series based on a piece the artist did in the ’80s is featured at the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show.
Set in gold and silver, this piece by Marianne Hunter is fabricated, engraved and combined with gems to create this neckpiece/pin/sculpture, featured at the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show.
18K yellow gold diamond cuff bracelets by Gianmaria Buccellati featured at Palm Beach | America’s International Fine Art & Antique Fair
Local Art & Antique Shows West Palm Beach Antique & Collectibles Show January 5-7, 2007 • February 2-4, 2007 March 2-4, 2007 • April 6-8, 2007 May 4-6, 2007 • June 1-3, 2007 South Florida Fairgrounds 9067 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach (561) 640-3433 www.wpbantiques.com 2007 Palm Beach Design Fair January 11, 2007 Gala Preview January 12-14, 2007 Cohen Pavilion at the Kravis Center (561) 832-4164, ext. 103 www.historicalsocietypbc.org PalmBeach3: Contemporary, Photography, Art + Design January 11, 2007 Private Preview January 12-15, 2007 Palm Beach County Convention Center 605 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach (561) 209-1308 www.palmbeach3.com “Antique Row” Show January 17, 2007 Private Reception January 18-21, 2007 Flagler Museum 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach (561) 655-2833 www.flaglermuseum.us Annual Palm Beach Winter Antiques Show January 18, 2007 Private Preview January 19-21, 2007 Crowne Plaza 1601 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach (561) 697-5359 www.zitawatersbell.com Palm Beach | America’s International Fine Art & Antique Fair February 2, 2007 Private Preview February 3-11, 2007 Palm Beach County Convention Center 605 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach (561) 209-1308 www.palmbeachfair.com 14th Annual Antiques Show & Sale February 10-11, 2007 Delray Beach Community Center 50 N.W. First Ave., Delray Beach (561) 243-2577 www.delraybeachhistoricalsociety.org Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show February 16, 2007 Private Preview February 17-20, 2007 Palm Beach County Convention Center 605 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach (561) 822-5440 www.palmbeachshow.com Palm Beach Fine Craft Show March 1, 2007 Private Preview March 2-4, 2007 Palm Beach County Convention Center 605 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach (203) 254-0486 www.craftsamericashows.com
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we look mar velous! In support of its goal of raising the profile of arts and culture in the area, the Palm Beach County Cultural Council has introduced a new corporate identity, a fresh look for its Web site and a distinctive logo for one of its signature arts education programs, Be Smart. This magazine, art&culture, also is playing a key role in this increased visibility. Please see “From the CEO� by Rena Blades, president and CEO of the Cultural Council, on page 14, for more information about these developments.
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{inside culture} cultural council news m u s e s i n s p i re n e w a w a rd s p r o g r a m The heavens are expected to align on Friday, January 5, for the Palm Beach County Cultural Council’s inaugural Muse Awards presentation at The Harriet Himmel Theater in West Palm Beach’s CityPlace. Inspired by the Nine Muses––the mythological Greek goddesses who preside over the arts and sciences––the new awards program celebrates the exemplary achievements of the Palm Beach County people, organizations and businesses that raise the bar in advancing art and culture through Advocacy, Arts Education, Philanthropy, Visual Arts, Performing and/or Literary Arts and Science & History. Monte Markham (pictured right), a prolific actor, director, producer and owner of Perpetual Motion
Films, will serve as master of ceremonies. Andrew Kato, artistic director of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre and three-time associate producer of the Tony Awards broadcast, will produce the event. The award itself was created by acclaimed Palm Beach County artists Luis Montoya and Leslie Ortiz, who worked closely with the Council to create an inspiring and beautiful bronze sculpture. The Muse Awards event begins with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and the awards presentations at 8:15 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Palm Beach County Cultural Council’s efforts to support arts education programs in Palm Beach County. For more information, please call (561) 471-2901 or visit www.palmbeachculture.com.
One of America’s Great House Museums Become a Flagler Museum Member and enjoy year-round benefits including, free admission, invitations to exclusive receptions, discounts to Museum programs, and much more. The Flagler Museum is a National Historic Landmark featuring guided tours, changing exhibits, and a variety of programs. For more information call the Museum at 561-6552833 or visit WWW.FLAGLERMUSEUM.US
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Approximately 500 Young Friends and supporters of arts and culture gathered in The Harriet Himmel Theater at CityPlace earlier this fall for the third annual “Sneak Peek Season Soiree.� Attendees mingled among displays that highlighted programming and volunteer opportunities at 16 cultural organizations. The Soiree was conceived by event co-chair Deirdre Sykes Shapiro with assistance from co-chair Janet Murphy, who hope to inspire a younger audience to participate in the county’s wide array of cultural offerings. “It’s very exciting to see such a young, enthusiastic crowd exploring Palm Beach County culture,� Sykes Shapiro says. “We’re now hosting twice as many organizations as when we started. The number of participants and the party’s vibrant atmosphere are a wonderful testament to our exciting cultural landscape.� The Palm Beach County Cultural Council and the Young Friends Cultural Collaborative, which comprises Young Friends groups associated with non-profit cultural organizations, hosted the event. The Palm Beach Post was the lead sponsor; additional sponsors included Wilesmith Advertising & Design, Continental Catering and The Harriet Himmel Theater.
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arts advocacy brings p o s i t i v e re s u l t s Local and statewide efforts to solidify and enhance funding for arts and cultural programs and initiatives were highly successful in 2006. “It was a good year all around,” notes Bill Nix, the Cultural Council’s vice president for marketing and government affairs.
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w w w. b o c a m u s e u m . o r g BERT STERN Here’s to You from the Last Sitting (detail), 1962. © Bert Stern 1982.
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In Palm Beach County, the Board of County Commissioners voted to incorporate $400,000 in funding for the Cultural Council’s grants to mid-sized cultural organizations into the county’s permanent budget. Previously, the Council had to submit an annual request for those funds. The Council’s program for small and emerging organizations was funded once again at the $400,000 level, while major institutions funded through the Cultural Tourism Development Fund (supported by bed tax money) received $300,000 more than in 2005. “It is encouraging that the county commissioners clearly recognize the value of funding for the arts,” Nix says. “We will continue to make the case for increased investment in the arts as we move into 2007.” At the state level, advocacy efforts played an important role in the decision by the Florida Legislature to allocate $32,659,462 to the Division of Cultural Affairs and $26,130,799 to the Division of Historical Resources for 20072008. The amounts rose over the previous year in both categories, and included increases in the Challenge Grant, Cultural Endowments and Cultural Facilities programs. This was good news for Palm Beach County organizations, five of which received $240,000 each in matching funds through the Cultural Endowment program (the Norton Museum of Art, Boca Raton Historical Society, Kravis Center for Performing Arts, Harid Conservatory and the Cultural Council). Four groups received Cultural Facilities funds: the South Florida Science Museum, Caldwell Theatre Company, City of Belle Glade and
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Register today for a studio class at the Armory Art Center Village of Royal Palm Beach. In total, $4.5 million in funds––a significant amount–– went to Palm Beach County.
Choose from a variety of classes in every art form including ceramics, painting, drawing, jewelry or sculpture. Beginning, intermediate and advanced classes are available!
The Legislature also approved a measure to include one full credit of fine arts as a graduation requirement for Florida high school students, beginning with the current school year. The action was successfully advocated by a coalition of local arts agencies, statewide fine art associations and school districts as well as other interested parties. Efforts will continue to add a similar requirement for middle school, Nix reports.
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Palm Beach County (2007-2008) $400,000 funding for mid-sized organizations $400,000 for small and emerging organizations $3.3 million in funding for major cultural organizations, a $300,000 increase
State of Florida (2007-2008) funding for culture $32,659,462 from Division of Cultural Affairs $26,130,799 for Division of Historical Resources Increased funding for Challenge Grant, Cultural Endowments and Cultural Facilities programs $4.5 million in state funding to Palm Beach County cultural organizations
One full credit of fine arts added as a high school graduation requirement
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Step Afrika! will partner with the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center in a new Artist-in-Residency project
The Palm Beach County Cultural Council’s Board of Directors awarded 2007 Artist-inResidency grants to Step Afrika!, a dance troupe from Washington, D.C., and Mari Omori, a visual artist from Spring, Texas. The four-yearold grant program is funded annually through the Cultural Council’s share of Florida “State of the Arts” specialty license plate revenue. Step Afrika!, which received a $10,000 grant, will partner with the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center for a project called “Step Up to College.” The troupe will conduct workshops in December focusing on the history, development and choreography of stepping for approximately 260 elementary, middle and high school students. The step teams will then work with coaches through March 2007, when Step Afrika! will return and the teams will perform at the 2007 Afro-Arts Festival on the campus of Palm Beach Community College in Belle Glade. Omori, who received a $20,000 award, will work with The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach on a project entitled “The Culture of Tea: Shared Experiences, Individual Expressions.” Participants will discuss the traditional tea ceremony and take part in exercises such as learning Japanese tie-dyeing, quilting and writing and/or drawing about the tea experience. G-Star film students will document the entire artistic process and produce a documentary, which will become part of an innovative installation at The Morikami in October 2007.
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i n n ov a t i v e N I E p r o j e c t focuses on the arts Every fourth grader in the School District of Palm Beach County has a new way to learn about the arts thanks to 4 Arts––a 28-page Newspapers in Education (NIE) edition that helps students learn about dance, music, theater and the visual arts. “The Cultural Council is very excited about helping to bring some of the county’s cultural organizations to students and their families,” says Rena Blades, president and CEO of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council, which coordinated the project. “4 Arts is an innovative educational tool that will leave a lasting impression on current, and future, fourth-grade students.”
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4 Arts is the latest arts education program from Be Smart, a Cultural Council initiative promoting arts education and cultural programs in Palm Beach County. This is thought to be the first instance where an organization such as the Cultural Council coordinated multiple arts organizations to create an NIE edition solely dedicated to arts education. The publication was distributed to 120 schools serving more than 18,000 fourth-grade students. The Be Smart initiative was introduced in a series of public service campaigns, sponsored by the law firm of Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. & Associates. The campaign was started in reaction to a series of studies conducted by the Education Commission of the States (www.ecs.org) that have shown that exposure to arts and culture improves students’ learning abilities as well as social development. According to the research by the ECS, arts instruction has profound effects on children, including: • Assisting in rehabilitating at-risk youth and juvenile offenders. • Improving school attendance and retention. • Building positive self-image. • Developing intellectual, social and emotional skills as well as motor, language and overall literacy abilities. • Improving academic performance, problemsolving skills, creativity and self-expression.
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Strategic Marketing Inc., which designed the Be Smart logo, developed the innovative concept for the project. It was created with the support of Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. & Associates, the School District of Palm Beach County, The Palm Beach Post, the Lawrence A. Sanders Foundation, the Miles and Shirley Fiterman Charitable Foundation, the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and the following Palm Beach County cultural organizations: Armory Art Center, Ballet Florida, Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia, Center for Creative Education, Florida Stage, Klein Dance, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Palm Beach Opera and Norton Museum of Art. Each participating organization produced a background summary and developed activities to help students learn about the arts. The learning activities meet Sunshine State Standards and can be used both in the classroom and at home to stimulate reading and connect the arts with real-world academic applications. Many of the arts activities are offered at little or no cost to encourage the participation of all children, regardless of their family’s income.
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cultural council news c u l t u re & c o c k t a i l s a t t h e c o l o n y begins intriguing new season Culture & Cocktails at the Colony, a series of six cultural conversations co-sponsored by the landmark Colony Hotel on Palm Beach and the Cultural Council, launched its 2006-2007 schedule with a preview of the upcoming cultural season featuring five area writers and editors who cover the arts. Cultural Council Board Member Sydelle Meyer and Sylvia Gusar (photo below) were among the more than 70 attendees.
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Subsequent programs include “Bach to Rock: A Conversation About the Power of Music” on February 12 and “Hey Big Spender: A Conversation About Investing in Art & the Art of Investing” on March 12. For information and reservations, call the Cultural Council at (561) 471-2901.
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In November, more than 75 people attended “Yum Yum,” a conversation between local great chefs from L’Opera, Café Boulud, The Colony-Palm Beach, The Breakers and Flagler Steakhouse. The next program is “Show Time: A Conversation About the Upcoming Art & Antique Fairs” on January 8, featuring Kris Charamonde, founder of the Palm Beach
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(Pictured from left) Robert Goodhue, executive chef of L’Opera; Zach Bell, executive chef of Café Boulud; panel moderator Toni May, Emmy-winning producer and host of “South Florida Today” on WXEL-TV; Vincente Burlaos, executive chef of The Colony-Palm Beach; Anthony Sicignano, executive chef of the restaurants of The Breakers; and John Savarese, Flagler Steakhouse chef, The Breakers Palm Beach
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As many as 25 artists from Florida and beyond will set up their easels at scenic and historic sites from Boca Raton to Jupiter and Belle Glade on March 22 and 23 as part of WetPaint ’07, an innovative fundraiser for ArtStart, the Wellington-based nonprofit that supports area arts education and outreach programs. The artists will paint for two days “en plein air” (in the open air) for all to observe. The newly created paintings will be sold at a live auction on March 24 at The Harriet Himmel Theater in CityPlace.
Prior to the event, ArtStart will distribute 5,000 full-color maps of the county, pinpointing the location of each artist so the public can drop by. Each location will be marked with a colorful “Wet Paint” sign, making them easy to spot. Participating artists will be juried into the event, with John Amman of Phillips Galleries on Worth Avenue overseeing the process. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top three paintings. For a map or more information, visit www.artstartinc.org or call (561) 791-2861.
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Building on the success of its inaugural concert in 2006, the Boynton Regional Symphony Orchestra will present two Saturday evening concerts in its second season. The orchestra will feature soloists Alfred Schneider, former first violinist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, on January 20, and Steven Sigurdson, former associate principal cellist with the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, on March 3. The concerts take place in the Boynton Beach Community High School Auditorium, 4975 Park Ridge Blvd. For ticket information, call (561) 369-3432. Buoyed by its first grants from the Palm Beach County Cultural Council and Target Stores, the intergenerational orchestra attracts musicians––including several talented students from Dreyfoos School of the Arts––and audiences from throughout the county. It is led by Musical Director Barry M. Volkman (pictured), a Manhattan School of Music graduate who conducted the Hallandale (Florida) Symphonic Pops Orchestra for nine seasons and earlier conducted choruses, Broadway shows, orchestras, bands and operas in New York.
{inside culture} cultural compendium celebrations fete artist e d n a h i b e l’s 90th birthday Well-known Palm Beach County artist Edna Hibel is marking her 90th birthday with a number of special events and the publication of two new books: “Edna Hibel: An Artist’s Story of Love and Compassion” by Millie Brown Clarkson and “The Life and Art of Edna Hibel” by Shawn McAllister. On December 10, a book signing and 90th birthday celebration will take place at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. Next, on January 13, comes “Edna’s 90th Birthday Bash!” at the Hibel Museum of Art on the Jupiter campus of Florida Atlantic University.
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{inside culture} cultural compendium f a u re c e i v e s r u s s i a n fine art collection Florida Atlantic University received a gift of 20th century Russian fine art valued at more than $2.2 million from Michael and Tonya Aranda of EH Building Group in North Palm Beach. The gift will enhance the programs of the department of visual arts and art history within the School of the Arts in FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. The collection of 977 pieces includes 70 original signed lithographs and serigraphs by the Russian artists Mihail Chemiakin, Shimon Okshteyn, Kasimir Malevich, Moisey Kogan, Alexandre Zlotnik and Michail Aleksandrov. “This collection of Russian art represents the largest single donation of artwork ever given to our college,” says George Sparks, director of the School of the Arts. Pieces in the collection may be used within the University Galleries’ Museum Education Program, which offers educational outreach programs for elementary, middle and high school students, and also may be part of an exhibition in the coming year. “Callgirl,” by Shimon Okshteyn
c u l t u r a l t r u s t p l a n s p r o g re s s i n w e l l i n g t o n The Wellington Village Council unanimously approved the Cultural Trust of the Palm Beaches’ plans for the construction of its 7,600-square-foot cultural facility in Wellington. The Cultural Trust’s presentation to the council brought the first images of the facility to the public eye, as well as the floor plans and site plan. The facility that was unveiled features a 1,200-square-foot administrative wing, six dressing rooms, storage and receiving space as well as an innovative stage that will serve a dual purpose as a performance space and events venue. About a dozen residents lined up at the podium to speak to the council in support of the project, asking them to vote in favor of the proposed site plans. “This is the best thing to ever happen in Wellington,” says Dr. Lenny Sukienik, one of the proponents who voiced his support. Construction of the project is slated to be completed by mid- to late 2007.
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Remaking Reality and the Make-Believe
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Now through January 7, 2007 James Casebere (American, born 1953): Abadia from Lower Left, 2005. Digital chromogenic print mounted on Plexiglas. © James Casebere, used with permission, 2006. Courtesy of Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Organized by the Norton Museum of Art. National sponsorship of this exhibition has been provided by Mrs. Shelby Cullom Davis. Georgia O’Keeffe (American 1887 - 1986): Abstraction, 1946. White-lacquered bronze. Collection of Gerald and Kathleen Peters, Courtesy of Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. © 2006 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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November 4, 2006 - January 28, 2007 Organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. National support for this exhibition and publication has been provided by The Henry Luce Foundation.
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Walton Ford: His Chaplain, 2003, Watercolor, gouache, pencil and ink on paper. Courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery
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T h e A m e r i c a n O rc h i d So c i e t y has released its official Orchids calendar for 2007, showcasing spectacular photographs of a dozen flowers that have received AOS judging awards. Downs Matthews, author of 10 books and numerous articles on the subject of orchids, provided the introductory text and Tom Etheridge authored the monthly captions. The calendar can be purchased online through the Society’s Web site at www.aos.org or at www.amazon.com.
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T h e So u t h Fl o r i d a Cu l t u r a l C o n s o r t i u m —an alliance of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council and its counterpart arts agencies in Broward, Martin, MiamiDade and Monroe counties––received the South Florida Regional Resource Center’s (SFRRC) Regional Governance Award for 2006. The SFRRC specifically cited the Cultural Consortium’s efforts to collaboratively host the Winter Institute in Arts Management seminar series, which was presented in South Florida from 2003 to 2006 in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts/ Arts Extension Service. The seminars took place in Palm Beach Gardens in March 2006. (From left): Bill Nix, vice president, marketing and government affairs, Palm Beach County Cultural Council; Michael Spring, director, Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs; Nancy Turrell, executive director, the Arts Council of Stuart & Martin County; Mary A. Becht, director; and Jim Shermer, grants administrator, Broward Cultural Division
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The Story of Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & the Southeast Florida Frontier”––the fourth book on South Florida’s rich and colorful heritage by James D. Snyder––utilizes over 70 rare photos, maps, letters and new research to tell the fascinating story of the construction of the Jupiter Lighthouse in 1860. It reveals a wild, lawless frontier ruled by bears, panthers and alligators until the new lighthouse became a hub for hunters, surveyors, Civil War blockade-runners, Union gunboats and pioneer farmers. The book is available at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Visitors Center and the Loxahatchee River Historical Museum. Call (561) 747-6639 for more information.
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The Boca Raton Hi s t o r i c a l So c i e t y ( B R H S ) received a 2006 Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History’s Leadership in History Awards for its newly redesigned Web site, www.bocahistory.org. “It definitely could be used as a model. It has everything you ever needed,” an AASLH representative commented. In addition to information about BRHS programs, the site includes downloadable information on the city’s history, online exhibitions, historic newspapers and a sampling of the BRHS’ historical photo collection.
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Exhibition Winter One-Act Plays Southern Crossings II – An Artistic Collaboration
Drawing & Printmaking Competition Tuesday Nite Band
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senior Lee Kirchner recently got to meet one of his heroes when he accompanied Carol Watson––a film, writing and production professor in Lynn’s College of International Communication––to Austin, Texas, to videotape an interview with writer/director Quentin Tarantino on the set of his upcoming film, “Grindhouse.” Watson has worked on and visited several Tarantino sets with her husband, Martin Kitrosser, who has been script supervisor on all of Tarantino’s feature films. Kirchner and Watson were given unprecedented access to Tarantino, the film crew and cast, which includes Kurt Russell and Rosario Dawson.
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W X E L - F M , Pa l m B e a c h C o u n t y’s l o c a l p u b l i c r a d i o s t a t i o n , celebrated the 10th anniversary of its midday program “Classical Variations with Joanna Marie,” in November with a special concert at the Watson B. Duncan Theatre in Lake Worth. “Joanna Marie (pictured) has been the shining light for classical music in our area for the past 10 years,” says WXEL’s President and CEO Jerry Carr. Local artists featured in the concert included Wendy Reynolds, soprano; Mark Galsky, piano; the Klezmer Company; the Palm Beach Community College Jazz Band; and Voices of Pride.
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Preserving our Past, Building our Future
Built in 1926, the First Methodist Church is now The Harriet Himmel Theater in CityPlace Inset: F.E.C. News Co.; Genuine Curteich-Chicago “C.T. Art-Colortone” Postcard
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Preserving Palm Beach County’s history The Sound of Music: Local musicians enrich us—and our children Living the culture of Japan at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens A springtime calendar of events not to be missed Up Front—keeping you in the art and cultural loop What’s happening at the Cultural Council
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