Behind the Scenes Tour of Whitespace Collection: Visit The Mordes’ Private Home Collection

Once a year, Marvin and Elayne Mordes open their private home to the public.  Usually only open to private groups, it promises to be a whimsical, provocative and entertaining tour!  The Rickie Report staff  has seen their private collection and can attest that lovers of contemporary art will not want to miss this event! Come to Whitespace Collection on February 14th and see the full Whitespace Collection!

 

 

 

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Spend part of your Valentine’s Day with a special behind-the-scenes tour with Marvin and Elayne Mordes.  Usually open to only private tour groups, this is an opportunity to walk through their private home and view their personal collection of wall art, sculpture and furniture.

 

In addition to touring their private space, you will see the entire Whitespace Collection, including the “Zoetrope” of Mat Collishaw and a preview of “Love” by Tracy Moffett (courtsey of the Sagamore Art Hotel in Miami Beach) .  The Mordes’ are “sweetening” the invitation with bubbly and sweet refreshments, a special “Goodie Bag”, a complimentary limited edition print from the Claudia Alvarez Project and a special “thank you” gift.

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In order to increase our viewing audience and to promote
Contemporary Art awareness in our community,
Whitespace is implementing this new continuing project.
Join us at a Whitespace program,
and receive a free limited edition artwork done by a selected artist specifically for Whitespace.

#2 – 2013
 Claudia Alvarez
          Espacio Vacio/Espacio Lleno
           Empty Space/Filled Space 
The Journey of human survival is beautifully complex.
This photograph of me at the age of three was taken when I immigrated into the United States.
It suggests the concepts of assimilation, displacement, tolerance, and compassion -
and their relationship to time, space and experience.
Claudia has written a  poem to accompany this project.
A copy will be included with each poster.

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Mat Collishaw:  Parnagraphia 

a spinning installation based on Mantegna’s famous painting “Mars and Venus”or sometimes titled Parnaso – 1497 and currently displayed at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.  Both depict the forbidden love between Venus and Mars, surrounded by Apollo and the Dancing Muses of the arts, under the protecting gaze of Mercury.
Collishaw appropriates the delicate symbology of Mantegna’s work and explodes it in a sculptural intervention on the zoetrope’s pre-cinematographic technology, giving the illusion of a moving dioramic set in which all the symbolic elements are conveyed in a mesmerizing choreography.

Marvin and Elayne will lead this special tour.  Sharing their vast knowledge of the contemporary art scene as well as personal anecdotes, The Rickie Report knows that this promises to be a Valentine’s Day you won’t soon forget. Make your reservations NOW!  

 In addition, Whitespace Collection is offering:

Miami Art Tours
Elayne and Marvin Mordes as your guides
Sunday, February 17
Tour Art Wynwood – sponsored by Art Wynwood
and a private tour of the Sagamore Art Hotel Collection
Includes coach bus transportation, mini breakfast, entrances, tours, lunch, bubbly and chocolates
for information - www.whitespacecollection.com  or 561.842.4131
  reservation required  – no refunds
partial proceeds benefitting the arts through Community Foundation
PUBLIC VIEWING DAYS
Every Sunday 1-4pm
$10 admission Students- $5 Children under 12- free

Contact: 561-842-4131.  Whitespace Collection is located at 2805 N. Australian Avenue  West Palm Beach, FL 33407. Visit  www.whitespacecollection.com for more information.  All events benefit Arts through The Community Foundation.

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Beyond Hollywood: The Watercolors of Dina Merrill Presented by Lighthouse ArtCenter

In keeping with the landscape theme, the Lighthouse ArtCenter will present a little known side of Hollywood actress, Dina Merrill.  A student of Ted Matz, her watercolors of birds and flowers will be exhibited from January 14th through March 13th.  Examining the pieces, The Rickie Report sees a true appreciation for the medium as well as her subjects.  Make a date with Dina on January 17th!

 

 

Watercolors by Dina Merrill

 January 14th to March 13, 2012

 Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum, Gallery Square North

373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta

Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Members free; $5 nonmembers ages 12 and up; Saturday, free admission

 

Lighthouse ArtCenter gets star power with show by Dina Merrill!  She is a bona fide movie star.  But when Dina Merrill-Hartley paints, she simply signs her work as Nedenia.

 Mrs. Hartley shows a sensitive eye in her watercolors of birds and flowers.

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Dina Merrill’s Watercolor “Bluebird of Happiness”

“Dina has a very unique perspective in her art making as she views the world around her,” said noted artist Ted Matz, a Lighthouse ArtCenter instructor who teaches Mrs. Hartley.

 

Mrs. Hartley, the daughter of Marjorie Merriweather Post and E.F. Hutton, came of age at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, and still has a home on the island.

 

She had a Hollywood career that included such films as 1957′s  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desk_Set (with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn), 1959′s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Petticoat (with Cary Grant), 1960′s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sundowners (with Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Peter Ustinov) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfield_8 (with Elizabeth Taylor) and 1961′s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Savages (with Burt Lancaster).

 

Perhaps that career informs Ms. Merrill’s art.  “She combines her wit and her love of nature to make artwork that has a unique perspective and a charm of its own.  She is just a delight,” Mr. Matz said.

 

Dina Merrill with Lighthouse ArtCenter Instructor Ted Matz

Dina Merrill with Lighthouse ArtCenter Instructor Ted Matz (Photo by Katie Deits)

 

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The Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum & School of Art, a member-supported nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, provides visual and performing arts for the community through unique collections, engaging exhibitions and cultural programs, a dynamic School of Art and diverse outreach activities.

 

For more information on the Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum, School of Art, exhibitions, programs and events, visit LighthouseArts.org or call (561) 746-3101. The Lighthouse ArtCenter is located in Gallery Square North, 373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Fla., one-half mile west of US Hwy 1. Museum hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with admission free for members and $5 for non-members ages 12 and up.  Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with free admission.  Programs are funded in part by the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council and the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners.

 

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561-537-0291

Ceramic League of the Palm Beaches Presents a Mixed Media Holiday Show and Sale

The Rickie Report is pleased to announce the Mixed Media Holiday Show and Sale sponsored by the Ceramic League of the Palm Beaches.  You will find ceramic pieces, pottery, jewelry,paintings, mixed media and fiber art!  This is a great time to consider giving yourself the gift of classes in a new art form you have always wanted to try!  Stop by and meet the artists and check out the affordable art.

 

 

 

This show and sale will include Ceramic League of the Palm Beaches members’ art, including pottery, fused glass, paintings, jewelry, mixed media and fiber art.

 

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There will be demonstrations and refreshments during the opening reception on December 13th from 5:00- 7:30 pm. The Show is open December 13th through the 15th at the Craft Gallery.  Part of the  proceeds  from our Holiday Show and Sale will be added to our annual  Scholarship Fund!

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Ceramic League of the Palm Beaches, Inc. is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to advancing the education of its members in the Ceramic Arts and in promoting public interest, appreciation and enjoyment of Ceramics in the Palm Beach Area.

 

 

 

 

 

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The Ceramics League of The Palm Beaches meets every third Wednesday from 1 – 3 pm at the Craft Gallery.  Contact Betty Wilson potteryme@aol.com or 561-585-7744.  Or www.ceramicleaguepalmbeaches.org. The Craft Gallery is located at 5911 South Dixie Highway West Palm Beach (9 blocks North of Forest Hills Blvd on the West side of Dixie Hwy)

 

 

 

 

Raku Stained Glass Vase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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You’re Invited to Preview Seashells and Paintings

The Rickie Report loves when local businesses and artists network!  We hope you will stop by Ursula’s Fine Art at West Best and meet Nancy Bisquerra, from La Portada Magazine, and Ursula Fernandez for “Art, Objects and Paintings”.  The free reception takes place on Friday November 16th from  5- 9 pm.  Please note the correct name of the location is Fine Art at West Best!

Nancy Bisquerra, from La Portada magazine, is presenting her art, hand made jewelry and decorative art pieces.  Nancy uses sea shells as a focus in her creations.  Ursula Fernandez, a member of the Wellington Art Society and art instructor will have her paintings on the walls. The event is sponsored by La Portada Magazine and a portion of all sales will benefit ASPIRA.

 

Portada’s mission is to help Executives in Business and Media understand and reach Hispanic and Latin American consumers.  ASPIRA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower the Puerto Rican and Latino community through advocacy and education and leadership development of its youth.  For more information:  www.portadaflorida.com  

 

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561-537-0291

Tiffany Bus Trip Has Added Extras – Learn How To Blow Glass Yourself!

The Rickie Report is pleased to announce that McMow Art Glass Studios has added extra elements to their already enticing bus trip to the Tiffany exhibit at the Morse Museum!  Read this post and sign up now!

 

 

Join us for an incredible experience!


McMow invites you to experience the beauty and splendor

of the


NEW “Tiffany at the Morse Museum” Exhibit.

The Museum recently expanded 14,000 square feet MORE dedicated entirely to Tiffany!

About the Morse Museum: The world’s most comprehensive collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) is housed at The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. The Museum’s Tiffany collection includes jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded-glass windows and lamps, and the chapel interior the artist designed for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

 

Trip Details: Saturday, November 10th from 8am – 7pm
Departing McMow at 8am- Arrive in PGA for 2nd Pick up location. Bus trip will take 3 hours (including 1 stop at rest area). Arrive in Winter Park at 11am. You will have time to grab lunch and see the surrounding Winter Park area until 12:30 pm.

 

We will be meeting at 8:30am in PGA and departing promptly at 8:45 am.

DoubleTree by Hilton Palm Beach Gardens & Executive Meeting Center
4431 PGA Blvd  Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

Gather at the Morse Museum at 12:30 pm for our introductory film about the exhibit.

1:00 pm docent led tour

1:45- 3:30 self guided tour of rest of museum, and time to shop at the gift shop. We will be departing Winter Park at 4 pm sharp and arriving at 7pm at McMow Art Glass.

 

Cost: $65.00 per person. Trip fee includes bus transportation, docent led tour of the museum, and art glass expert as a guest speaker on the bus.  No discounts or gift certificates can be used to register. For groups of 3 the cost is $60.oo per person. Groups of 10 or more just $55.00!

 

ALSO INCLUDED!!!!

Guest Speaker & Master Torch Work Artist – Courtney Tavares will be joining us! Courtney will be screening video of some of her more advanced work and discussing torch work with everyone on board. Even more exciting!!! She will be giving out a special offer to take classes to trip attendees ONLY! We’re talking more than $50 in savings.

An exceptional offer from local Glass Blower – RICK EGGERT!

Take a glimpse into the fascinating world of Glass Blowing when we watch a short video from Rick Eggert. Rick is a local glass blower based in Stuart; FL. Rick has provided an incredible deal for everyone attending the trip.

Learn how to Blow Glass:
The Experience – 30 minutes of glass blowing fun where you make either a vase or bowl for $50 per person (normally $75)
The Intro -  (one and a half hours) leave with several of your own glass blown creations for just $150 per person (normally $250)

Again, this pricing will be available to Morse Trip participants ONLY!

 

To Register: Register in-person at McMow Art Glass Studios, by calling 561-585-9011 x100 or online at www.mcmow.com under classes.  McMow customers, friends and family are all invited to join us on this exciting adventure!

 

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561-537-0291

Meet The Artists Who Are Right Up Your Alley!

The Rickie Report knows you will enjoy a stroll through Artists Alley in Delray Beach on Thursday August 16 from 6:00 pm  to  9:00 pm .  See some favorites and meet some new artists who have moved into the area.

 

Madeline Gallo has taken some studio space in Artist Alley at the A. Funk Studio.  She began working with clay over 40 years ago.  She finds it both magical and a language which speaks to her.  “Working with it centers my entire being—it is a tangible, spiritual, creative connection that spans hundreds and thousands of years.  It is a connection with the earth, with what makes all of us part of a common humanity”.

Gallo agrees that working with clay also teaches you respect.  “You understand the need for patience and tolerance… It teaches you the value of forgiveness, and gives one the ability to learn from mistakes without judgment or condemnation”.

As it never ceases to fill this artists with a sense of wonder, it behooves everyone to go and not only see her work but meet and speak with this woman!   One can see how her feminine role models and her being a mother have affected her work.  Much of her work is prompted by what goes on in our world….the individual, collective and incomprehensible acts of inhumanity, aimed too often towards women and children.  Yet there are those acts of humanity that Madeline taps into, which give us so much hope.

Connections by Madeline Gallo

She explains, “Many of my pieces explore the way we, both as individuals and as part of a common humanity, communicate— how we cross the sometimes overwhelming abyss to understanding, wholeness, and acceptance.  I believe art is a critically important language that cannot be separated from its social, human context.  It is what helps us scale that abyss.”

Steve Blackwood with “Time Traveler” Clock

 

 

If you are looking for something more functional, stop by and see Steve Blackwood’s imaginitive clocks at Cacace Fine Art Gallery.  He uses repurposed materials to make his whimsical and statement worthy pieces.

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone looking for help in bringing their inner creativity to paper and paint needs to check in with Vincent J. Cacace.  He is offering Studio Painting Lessons on Tuesdays from 1:00-5:00 pm. All Levels are welcome! Contact Vincent at CACACE Fine Art in Artists Alley  Delray Beach, FL cacacev@netscape.com , www.cacaceart.com  or call: 561-276-1177 Gallery . . . 561-523-5300 Cell.

 

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Local Treasures Open House at New Location

The Rickie Report is pleased to share this Open House invitation from Local Treasures. Stop by and see their new location on Friday July 27 from 5:30- 7:30 pm!

For more information, contact Kathy at

LOCAL TREASURES

WHERE EVERYDAY IS AN ART SHOW!

Open Wednesday – Saturday

357 Cypress Drive, #9 Tequesta, FL

   561-741-1901

www.local-treasures.com

 

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Discover London’s New Stars at Art Palm Beach

LONDON’S NEW STARS: CHRISTOPHER WALKER ART ANNOUNCES ARTISTS FOR FIRST US SHOW – ART PALM BEACH (Jan 19th-23rd).Christopher Walker Art’s dedication to “discovering tomorrow’s stars” across all media is demonstrated by this selection, with the choice of three young photographers, and four painters. They will be shown at the Palm Beach Convention Center from January 19th.

Selection of Painters

Leading the painters selected to exhibit is Isao Miura. Miura is a Japanese painter and sculptor based in London. He trained in Japan, then at the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. He paints with oil colors and inks, on canvas and tatami (Japanese reed mats). His sculptures are mainly in wood and stone and other natural materials. He also makes installations using a variety of found or crafted objects, such as moss, rocks and Japanese tea ceremony utensils. Mick Goggin, Arts Service, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea comments “…MIURA’s work reflects his Japanese background, with its emphasis on balance and harmony, and somehow recovers the Japanese influences that have suffused the work of European artists”

Lady By Ingrid Lucas

Ingrid Lucas’s work is highly intelligent, looking at hidden agendas and gender manipulation. Her paintings use color and size to seduce the viewer into another world of time gone by. Oil paint is applied thinly and evenly over a large canvas, with naively depicted figures mimicking magazines or children’s picture books. A prominent feature of her work is the choice of primary colors selected from her predilection for the 1950s magazines’ printing methods.

She deals with events and images that have had political impact in an attempt to remind us of lessons learnt and forgotten. Ingrid herself comments –“The ambiguity of time and space within my paintings creates confusion…….a juxtaposition of the visible becoming invisible, the seen becoming unseen and forgotten.”

Matt Webber’s abstract paintings are built up, layer by layer, over a period of many months. The artist begins each work by drawing an element from a landscape image. Although this aspect will be largely obscured, it forms the structure for the piece, and creates the opening ‘move’ in the painting’s development. The artist describes the process of making these works as being like a game or a conversation, with each layer subtly influencing the outcome of the next. Sometimes this happens on a purely aesthetic level, but at other times the effect is a chemical one, as almost-dry paint reacts to the application of a new layer of oil paint, creating unplanned textures and forms.” At a certain point in the painting’s development”, Matt notes “when I feel that all the parts are in place, I begin to strip the layers away, carving and scraping the finished painting from a dense slab of accumulated paint. Every layer that has been applied gradually re-emerges; every mark that has been made on the surface during the painting’s construction will have a part to play in the final image.”
Matt sees his paintings as landscapes in their own right. Rather than being overt representations of a specific place, they become a new, often alien environment; one that is created by a process of obscurement and destruction, a process that the artist sees as being analogous with our wider environment. He studied fine art in the North of England but now works out of a studio in London’s East End.

Jazmin Jane is the youngest of Christopher Walker’s painters, but also one of the most talented. She grew up in the East of England and studied fine art at Canterbury University. She concentrates on the physical and emotional aspects of a subject, using color and texture on the canvas’s surface to demonstrate character in portraiture. Jazmin says “I make vivid observations. The hard jaw lines which showcases a person’s strong will; a past story or memory that can be read from the lines in someone’s expression.” This will be the first exhibition of her work.

Photographers Selection

Nudibranch1 by Nicky Taylor

New star, Nicky Taylor, is fast establishing a reputation as one of the UK’s leading landscape photographers. Although he has lived most of his life overseas in South America, Canada, Europe, Australia and the Caribbean. His extensive landscape, seascape and underwater photography reflects this global perspective, and he has been well received in the fringe scenes of London and Sydney. He has been published in various national and international newspapers and magazines, including “El Pais” and “La Provincia” in Madrid, and “Tangent Fashion” in Sydney. He currently splits his time between the United States and London, where a major exhibition is planned at the Strand Gallery in 2012.

Nicky Taylor commented – “I see my work as part of the ‘return to beauty’ that has gripped the new wave of young photographers in London. My work seeks it’s inspiration in Nature’s destructive, and yet creative, forces – shaping the world as we see it, and dwarfing man’s mark.” Eleven of Nicky’s works will be shown, three of his underwater photographs, such as “Nudibranch 1” above, and eight landscape photographs including “Oddacity” below. Nicky will also be exhibiting in New York later in the year.

 

Grace Vane Percy’s series of female nudes in classical settings reflect a strong creative flair, and artistic sensibility. The glorious, stately, backdrops celebrate English Palladian architecture at its finest. Grace Vane Percy’s approach is resolutely artistic, reflecting her training at the Charles Cecil studios in Florence as a classical artist working mainly in charcoal. This has also influenced her comprehension of anatomy, and the strong sense of chiaroscuro which is visible in her current work. Grace herself grew up in an English country house in Cambridgeshire. Her love of photography started from an early age when she discovered her father’s collection of Victorian glass plate negatives. She studied history of Art at the Courtauld Institute and Fashion photography and darkroom techniques at Central St. Martins. She has been commissioned to photograph some of the most elite and successful women in London and New York. She recently photographed new mother, and wife of Orlando Bloom,Miranda Kerr, and has been invited to join the ‘Women in Photography’ Archive at Yale.

Tim Lord works from a garret studio in London’s Soho which overlooks the city’s roof tops.  Soho is the center of London’s creative community – including advertising, theatre and film.   It is also historically the center of its sex and entertainment industries, and acts as a refuge for its outsiders and misfits.  His street work reflects that quarter’s multiple roles, and the sometimes grim and gritty backdrop in which creativity flourishes.  His portraits range across the varied characters and mavericks of Soho, captured in traditional black and white medium format film photography.

561 568 8445   or  info@christoferwalkerart.com

         

     

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