Starlight Blossom, by Elle Schorr, at the Ross Gallery of Art.Art: West Palm Beach’s newest art gallery debuts tonight as Guy Chaifetz transforms part of the building that houses The Edit Centre, his video editing and duplication service, into Ross Gallery of Art. Painting, sculptures and photographs will be featured by recognized artists such as … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2010
Weekend arts picks: May 21-23
Art: West Palm Beach’s newest art gallery debuts tonight as Guy Chaifetz transforms part of the building that houses The Edit Centre, his video editing and duplication service, into Ross Gallery of Art. Painting, sculptures and photographs will be featured by recognized artists such as Dennis Aufiery, Devlynne Dawn, Elodia Fanjul, TD Gillispie, Gail Gold, Jackie Gorissen, … [Read more...]
Art review: Boxer exhibit shows painter’s love affair with abstraction
Roilypeersamongbloomednights (1991), by Stanley Boxer.By Jenifer A. VogtRetrospective exhibits excite because they allow enthusiasts to witness an artist’s evolution. Rememberingstanleyboxer: A Retrospective 1946-2000, currently on view at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, is no exception.The 50 works, mostly paintings, but with a few sculptures … [Read more...]
Boxer exhibit shows painter’s love affair with abstraction
Retrospective exhibits excite because they allow enthusiasts to witness an artist’s evolution. Rememberingstanleyboxer: A Retrospective 1946-2000, currently on view at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, is no exception. The 50 works, mostly paintings, but with a few sculptures speckling the landscape, tell the story of Stanley Boxer’s progressive love affair with abstraction. It’s … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: State funding for arts ‘an embarrassment,’ cultural leaders say
Sherron Long, left, and Rena Blades.By Gretel SarmientoThis is about money, or rather, about the absence of it.That’s what 80 executives representing cultural organizations from Palm Beach County heard at the State of the Arts meeting Monday at the Armory Art Center.Turns out they are part of the problem and the solution.Last fiscal year, Palm Beach County … [Read more...]
State funding for arts ‘an embarrassment,’ cultural leaders say
This is about money, or rather, about the absence of it. That’s what 80 executives representing cultural organizations from Palm Beach County heard at the State of the Arts meeting Monday at the Armory Art Center. Turns out they are part of the problem and the solution. Last fiscal year, Palm Beach County received $150,000 in arts money from the state in the form of six … [Read more...]
Opera review: Sometimes brilliant, sometimes silly, FGO’s ‘Carmen’ still bold, colorful
Kendall Gladen and Adam Diegel in Act IV of Carmen.(Photo by Gaston de Cardenas) By Greg StepanichThe Florida Grand Opera closed its 69th season Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale with a production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen that was sometimes brilliant, sometimes risible, but that also offered reliably good singing and enough dramatic punch to give it real … [Read more...]
Sometimes brilliant, sometimes silly, FGO’s ‘Carmen’ still bold, colorful
The Florida Grand Opera closed its 69th season Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale with a production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen that was sometimes brilliant, sometimes risible, but that also offered reliably good singing and enough dramatic punch to give it real entertainment value. In their bid to reinterpret this greatest of French operas, the Franco-Canadian team of André … [Read more...]
Take our Sondheim trivia quiz — if you dare — and win ‘Into the Woods’ tickets
Stephen Sondheim.By Hap ErsteinIn honor of Broadway composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s 80th birthday and the opening of the Caldwell Theatre’s staged reading of his Into the Woods this Friday through Sunday, May 21-23, we fiendishly present our Ultimate Sondheim Trivia Test, geared to separate the obsessive fanatics from the casual fans.And the Caldwell has … [Read more...]
Take our Sondheim quiz – if you dare – and win ‘Into the Woods’ tickets
In honor of Broadway composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s 80th birthday and the opening of the Caldwell Theatre’s staged reading of his Into the Woods this Friday through Sunday, May 21-23, we fiendishly present our Ultimate Sondheim Trivia Test, geared to separate the obsessive fanatics from the casual fans. And the Caldwell has generously donated a pair of tickets to any … [Read more...]