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NEWS RELEASE: June 12, 2002 |
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"Elements of Art"
VSA arts of Florida - Palm Beach County
The Sixth
Annual VSA arts of Florida - Palm Beach County exhibition, "Elements of Art"
opens to the public from July 31 to August 21 at the Lighthouse Center for
the Arts in Tequesta. Join us for an opening reception on Wednesday, July 31st
from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m, featuring a full color retrospective of VSA arts
classes conducted from the summer of 2001 to the spring of 2002. The exhibit
displays tile mosaics, ink paintings, cartoons and painted furniture created
by 27 talented student artists. Lighthouse Center for the Arts is located at
Gallery Square North, 373 Tequesta Drive in Tequesta.
Meet the artists, applaud their accomplishments, relax and
enjoy an evening celebrating creativity and fun! Students from the VSA arts
Clowning ArtStops class taught by Glass Productions will perform and
entertain all. Artists Christopher Torres and Debbie Schmees will
demonstrate their drawing and painting techniques respectively. Chris, an
adult with autism, has been drawing since he was four. Debbie, an adult with
a learning disability, enjoys painting in the impressionistic style and has
won several awards for her work.
Katie Gardner, a twelve year old from Jupiter Middle School,
shows off her most recent work "The Dragon" created in the Sumi-e ink
painting class taught by Susan Wilders at the Morikami Museum. Katie has
Spinal Muscular Atrophy and has been using an electric wheelchair since she
was two years old. Her first experience with VSA arts was as the winner of
the Holiday Card Contest in 2000. Ms. Gardner participated in her first
furniture painting class through VSA arts taught by artist, Gail Ganzlin.
Katie states, "I love to draw and paint, I’m looking forward to taking the
watercolor painting class."
VSA arts of Florida - Palm Beach County promotes arts,
education and creative expression in more than 1,800 children and adults
with disabilities, thereby strengthening their human spirit and improving
their quality of life. Programs are held in classrooms, performance halls
and art studios throughout Palm Beach County.
The Lighthouse Center for the Arts exists to educate and
develop an appreciation of the arts to all populations. The center’s
partnership with VSA arts of Florida - Palm Beach County and Martin County
is just one of the many collaborations that brings the visual and performing
arts to the community, providing needed programs to schools, health and
government organizations, and the under-served populations.
For more information, please contact the VSA arts office at
(561) 588-5038 or the Lighthouse Center for the Arts at (561) 746-3101.
Contact: Cindy
Pijanowski, (561) 588-5038
Please do not print after August 21, 2002 |
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