On display at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach through Dec. 6 is the exclusive South Florida exhibit of the COVID-19 Memorial Quilt, with 19 panels commemorating people from all over the world as well as two Florida-related panels. Each panel is made up of an 8-inch-by-8-inch piece of fabric (symbolizing infinity, or a sign of life) cut into squares that will be … [Read more...]
New sculpture on Boca’s ex-IBM campus a symbol of art and science
Jutting up from the green grass with the blue sky and Marcel Breuer’s iconic IBM building as backdrop, Virginia artist Hubert Phipps’s monumental stainless steel sculpture, Rocket, brings a touch of majesty to the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC). The 30-foot sculpture is part of an Art in Public Places initiative facilitated by Irvin Lippman, executive director of the … [Read more...]
PBAU merges two divisions, creates new College of the Arts
Palm Beach Atlantic University has merged its School of Music and Fine Arts and School of Communication and Media to form a new College of the Arts. The college is headed by Jason Lester, a professional opera singer who formerly was dean of the School of Music and Fine Arts, and in recent months was acting dean for the School of Communication and Media. The Communication … [Read more...]
New Kravis programming director sees big potential for growing audience
Georgiana Young was perfectly content in her job as vice president of marketing and sales at Miami’s Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Then she got a call from Lee Bell. She was aware that Bell, senior director of programming at the Kravis Center for the past 24 years, had announced his intention to retire, so she felt she owed him a call or maybe lunch. But Bell … [Read more...]
Cultural Council recognizes, honors innovative local artists
“This came at exactly the right time,” said Dave Lawrence, CEO of the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County. He was speaking June 19 at the opening reception for the council’s summer exhibit, which marks its inaugural Artist Innovation Fellowship Program. “We’re so thrilled to be here,” he said. “It was a challenging year for everyone. Tonight is a night of jubilee, to … [Read more...]
New brewpub brings good karma to Lake Park
If you could go back in time to pick a worse date to open a new business than May 2, 2020, Coastal Karma Brewing proprietors Charles and Sara Chase would like to know what date that would be. The married couple had little choice but to open their Lake Park brewery as scheduled just as the COVID-19 pandemic was cresting. Which meant only cautious, temporary attendance that … [Read more...]
Kips Bay’s Palm Beach house boasts sunny Florida design
For the fourth year, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House Palm Beach shows off the best of interior design with the best of interior designers locally and from around the country. The event, a season staple in New York City since 1973, benefits the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County and the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club and runs until May 9. The 4,400-sq.-ft. … [Read more...]
Arts buzz: Kravis posts classical lineup; Buffett in Delray; PB Opera announces season
WEST PALM BEACH — Major performers and ensembles in the classical music world have been scheduled for the coming Regional Arts season at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, in the expectation that vaccinated audiences can return to the West Palm Beach venue. The season, announced April 6, will feature a dozen programs, and include appearances by the much-beloved … [Read more...]
Oscars 2021: Radical reinvention was good thing for awards show
It sounds heretical to say this, because the pandemic has taken such a toll on the film industry this year, but COVID-19 is the best thing to happen to the Academy Awards broadcast. The virus and its social distancing protocols, which previously sank the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild and other awards programs prompted Oscars producer Steven Soderbergh – an Oscar winner … [Read more...]
Festival of the Arts BOCA opens 15th edition, virtually
By Dale King Festival of the Arts BOCA launched its 15th edition this past weekend with a musical start following by a series of lectures. It’s basically the same format used since the first show took place in Mizner Park a decade-and-a-half ago. This year, things are very different. First, the COVID-19 pandemic has become a global impediment to outdoor events around … [Read more...]