The Delray Beach-based cultural arts management group that opened the Arts Garage in 2011 and presented hundreds of events there has been tapped to develop programming and manage two new cultural venues in Pompano Beach.
The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) in Pompano approved a contract with Creative City Collaborative (CCC) to come up with cultural programming for Pompano’s Bailey Contemporary (BaCA) and the Ali Building.
“We are thrilled to have been selected to develop and implement new programming for the exciting cultural revitalization in Pompano Beach,” said Alyona Ushe, the CCC’s executive director. “The expansion of the CCC into Broward County allows for the creation of an even greater cultural experience for South Florida residents and visitors, and provides tremendous opportunities for each cultural movement to expand individual programming and national visibility.”
After a lengthy review process, the Pompano CRA picked the CCC team, citing its successful track record of creating the Arts Garage. The CRA also recognized the positive impact that will be achieved with a synergistic relationship that crosses county lines.
Since opening the Arts Garage, Ushe and her team have presented more than 300 concerts by international talent and emerging artists and launched an array of signature series, including musical concerts, visual art exhibitions, theater programs and educational and outreach initiatives.
“The expansion into Pompano Beach enabled us to assemble a creative leadership team that is second to none,” she said. “By sharing resources, expertise and talent, we will be able to provide and implement a much more diverse and exciting vision for both the Delray Beach and Pompano Beach cultural scenes. either one would be able to afford such a creative force individually, but together, the possibilities are infinite.”
Ushe and her team have already begun plans for phase one of the project: programming for BaCA. The city bought the pigeon-filled building in 2012 and subjected it to a $1.2 million renovation with the idea of making it the center of artistic energy in the city.
Ex-MOAFL chief Lippman tapped as Boca Museum’s interim director
BOCA RATON – Irvin Lippman, who headed the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale for nearly a decade, has been chosen the interim director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
The museum’s Board of Trustees said Lippman will lead the museum as well as a search committee tasked with identifying a new executive director to replace Steven Maklansky, who resigned Jan. 31 after a two-and-a-half-year tenure.
Executive director of the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale from 2003 to 2012, Lippman has worked in the field of visual arts for several decades.
“The [Boca] museum is uniquely situated in a beautiful park alongside thriving businesses, restaurants, and shops,” said Lippman. “We must collaborate with our neighbors to find ways to embrace the arts and use the museum as a centerpiece in the lives of Boca Raton residents and visitors.”
With Lippman’s appointment to ensure the museum’s continued financial stability and prominence in the community, Dalia Stiller, president of the board, said, “The potential for growth and engagement has never been greater. I am personally very excited that Irvin has agreed to work with us and provide his leadership which we so very much respect.”
While in Fort Lauderdale, Lippman presented critically acclaimed exhibitions such as Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, established an artist-in-residence program and created the Studio Arts School and Education Center. He subsequently oversaw the merger of the museum into Nova Southeastern University in 2008.
He received his master of arts degree in art history from the University of Texas at Austin and his bachelor of fine arts from the University of Denver.
De Kooning, Soutine works up for auction in Boynton
BOYNTON BEACH — Original works by such major artists as Willem de Kooning, Chaim Soutine and Angel Botello, plus Chinese objects and other Asian antiques, will be sold at an estates auction by Elite Decorative Arts on Saturday, March 15, at the firm’s gallery in the Quantum Town Center, 1034 Gateway Blvd., Suites 106-108, Boynton Beach.
The 1 p.m. auction will contain more than 350 lots and feature fine Chinese carvings and works of art, fine decorative arts and Asian works. Internet bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted.
Expected to bring between $60,000 and $80,000 is an original oil painting on cardstock board by Russian-born French painter Chaim Soutine (1893-1943), titled Road to the Village.
A challenge to the Soutine work for top lot of the sale could come from an abstract oil painting by Dutch-American artist de Kooning (1904-1997), an abstract Expressionist and New York School painter. The signed and framed work could sell for $50,000 to $70,000.
Other big-ticket possibilities include a bronze sculpture of a seated girl by Spanish-born Puerto Rican artist Angel Botello (1913-1986), a space-flown HN-3 stamped Duralumin strut from a Chinese rocket ship, and a 14K white gold ring with a 4.82-carat natural oval cabochon cut jadeite stone
Auction previews will be held Friday, March 14, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday, March 15, from 11 a.m. until the first gavel falls at 1 p.m.