This is your chance to see 3 artists who will show their pottery, clay, and porcelain creations in one space.  John McCoy, Nena Escobar and Karla Walter will be part of the 3rd Annual John McCoy Pottery Show and Sale.  The Rickie Report suggests you mark your calendars for May 25 – 26.  The exhibit and sale includes functional as well as decorative pieces. More information is in this article.

John McCoy Pottery

Presents:

3rd Annual Pottery Show and Sale

Featuring the work of:

John McCoy

Nena Escobar

Karla Walter

Saturday May 25 & Sunday May 26

10am – 4 pm

58th Court North   West Palm Beach, FL 33411

Tea Set by John McCoy

John McCoy Pottery will be hosting its 3rd Annual Pottery Show and Sale on Saturday, May 25th and Sunday, May 26th from 10 am to 4 pm.  Local clay artists, John McCoy, Nena Escobar and Karla Walter will exhibit their most recent work which includes functional stoneware, porcelain, wood fired pottery and clay sculpture.  

Functional Pottery by John McCoy

John tells The Rickie Report, ” I hope this show continues to be an annual event where local artists get a chance to meet their neighbors and share their work with our community.”   John is a nationally recognized artist, potter and educator with many years of experience.  His work can be found in private collections throughout the United States.  John’s focus is stoneware and wood fired functional pottery.

Functional Porcelain by Nena Escobar

Nena Escobar specializes in elegant functional work made in porcelain.  Karla Walter creates beautiful animal and bird sculptures in clay.

Pitcher by Karla Walter

For directions or to see more of their work, please visit: www.JohnMcCoyPottery.com/more   .   For directions go to this link and click on “where to find me”  or call: 561-328-3984.

Ian Levinson, a pottery creator and teacher will be discussing his art at the next BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair) event at the Ortiz Smykla Gallery | Studio on May 18th.  The Rickie Report knows Ian will not only be informative, but he will also be raffling some of his signature hand made mugs to those in attendance. Kudos to Evelyn and Jonathon Ortiz-Smykla for bringing artists to the Northwood neighborhood.  This is a great opportunity to learn and then dine out!

Saturday, May 18, 2013

You’re invited

  BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair)

 Lecture Series

5 pm – 7 pm

Ortiz-Smykla | Gallery-Studio

Meet Potter, Ian Levinson

 Free Drawing for attendees:

•  2 “squishy” tumblers
•  $80 vase
• 2.5 hr One-On-One lesson on the potters wheel

500 Northwood  Village  West Palm Beach, FL

Corner of Spruce and Northwood Road

Welcome to OSGS Gallery’s second in a series of lectures titled BYOB (Bring Your Own Chair).  OSGS [Ortiz-Smykla | Gallery-Studio] is featuring one of it’s own incredible artists each month by which she/he will share a short biography, how they got started, how they decided on their medium(s), techniques used, and how their work has evolved and where they see it going.  Bring a comfortable chair, relax, and learn from the best.  We know it will be time well spent, entertaining, and inspiring.

Visit OSGS’ current exhibit filled with local artwork that ranges from oil painting to sculpture to glass art and beyond.  If you have not yet been to the Gallery it is located in the heart of Northwood Village, just East of 95 in West Palm Beach and only blocks from downtown off of North Dixie.

For coverage of your events, to place an advertisement, or speak to Rickie about appearing in The Rickie Report, contact The Rickie Report at:

Rickie Leiter, Publisher

The Rickie Report

P.O.Box 33423

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420

Rickie@therickiereport.com

561-537-0291

The Rickie Report is excited to share so many events and activities that are available here in Palm Beach County!  Family-friendly arts and cultural activities are abundant!  No need to hear “I’m bored” anymore!

 Cultural Council of Palm Beach County

invites you to experience

family-friendly arts

cultural activities,

venues and

locales

Right Here –  In Florida’s Cultural Capital^®

Explore hundreds of family-fun things to do online at http://artscalendar.com/thepalmbeaches

The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County invites visitors to enjoy a fun variety of family-friendly activities, venues and locales taking place all over the county and discover why it’s called, Florida’s Cultural Capital^®! With a colorful and diverse array of arts and cultural activities, offerings and fun, there’s sure to be something for families of varying age, taste, and budget. Check out happening events on tap, visit websites, and even purchase tickets by visiting: http://artscalendar.com/thepalmbeaches.

It’s all about `Outdoor Florida’ on the South end of Palm Beach County at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Nestled along AIA in Boca Raton, this venue offers visitors an expansive outdoor nature center with its Sea Turtle Garden, container garden of herbs and local flora, gopher tortoise exhibit and a butterfly nursery. Nature Craft for Father’s Day is planned to take place on June 15; 11 a.m. – Noon; ages 7 – 12; RSVP (561) 544-8615.

Enjoy live theater by taking the family for a “peek” ‘under the sea’ through the eyes of the Sol Children Theatre Troup’s musical play adaptation of Disney’s Broadway production, The Little Mermaid, Jr. July 4–5, Olympic Heights Performing Arts Theater, in Boca Raton; 561.447.8829.

Just north of Boca Raton in the heart of Downtown Delray Beach, visitors will find the charming and whimsical Puppetry Arts Center of the Palm Beaches. Robin Hood, by Master Puppeteer Jerry Bickel with the Bits ‘N Pieces Marionettes takes the stage 10:30 a.m., May 16, 17; and 2 p.m., May 18;

A short walk from the Puppetry Arts Center finds Arts Garage, home of jazz, blues, big band, live theatre, comedy and more! Dance in your seats to the popular family musical, “Footloose,” May 16 – May 19; table reservations available; show times vary. 561-450-6357, orinfo@artsgarage.org.

On the western end of Delray Beach visitors can experience the magical and serene setting of the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. This year, its annual Sushi and Stroll event offers several dates and themes to enjoy. On June 7, from 5:30 p.m – 8:30 p.m. `Sip while you stroll’ at the Morikami’s Sip & Stroll: An All-About-Sake Evening event. Enjoy a unique selection of sake and menu items from the Cornell Café and learn all about the appeal of this age-old Japanese spirit. www.morikami.org.

Nature enthusiasts can also enjoy a visit to the Sandoway House Nature Center, found along AIA in northern Delray Beach.  Sandoway is home to the largest private collection of shells in southeast Florida with 10,000 museum quality shells on display.  Shark feeding anyone? Plan to arrive at 1:30 p.m. sharp, Tuesday through Sunday, to participate in this thrilling local favorite. If getting your toes in the sand is more your thing, sign up for its May 25 Beach Walk, taking place from 11 a.m. – noon. www.sandowayhouse.org.

For those who like to shop until they drop, explore artsy and trendy Lake Avenue in Downtown Lake Worth. At the corner of Lake and L Street, visitors will not want to miss stopping in at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County to find over 1200 artist-created items for sale in its Uniquely Palm Beach Store. While there, check out its exhibitions by Palm Beach County artists: Artist as Author through May 18; and, County Contemporary: All Media Juried Show – June 14 – Sept. 7.  In the Cultural Council’s Cultural Information Center, take advantage of utilizing its interactive, touch-screen Explore Board to peruse arts and cultural venues; pick up brochures, event calendars, maps, the Winter issue ofart&culture magazine, and fill your day book or extended stay itinerary with destination stops sure to fulfill your quest for exciting arts and cultural happenings fun for the entire family – found all over the county. www.PalmBeachCulture.com

Just north of Lake Worth, in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County’s world class community youth choir, Young Singers of the Palm Beaches, presents “Ubuntu”, a special 10th Anniversary performance at the Annual Spring Concert on May 19. This award winning community chorus featuring 350 of the area’s top, talented youth voices; 7 p.m.; 561-832-SHOW; 1-800-KRAVIS-1.

A constant nearby draw for visitors of all ages is the Palm Beach Zoo, with exciting and educational encounters available to help you get to know some of the county’s resident animals. Daily Keeper Talks and `informative feeding and enrichment’ events give visitors an up close and personal look into topics like: What makes tigers so “chuffed” (happy); how alligators and pelicans eat; and what monkeys like to do when they, `monkey around.’ Open   9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily; www.palmbeachzoo.org.

Archelon, part of the “Savage Ancient Seas” Exhibit at the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium

Hop across the street to see what’s new at the newly-expanded South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, formerly known as the South Florida Science Museum. Celebrate with fun, interactive science 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on June 7 – “Community Opening Day.” Admission is Free. Experience the first blockbuster exhibit to fill the newly open exhibit hall, Savage Ancient Seas: Dinosaurs of the Deep.  Kids and adults alike will gasp in awe at Archelon, a  17-foot-wide sea turtle.  Archelon will be on display as part of the Museum’s newest traveling exhibit – Savage Ancient Seas: The Ancient Aquatic Deep -  opening to the public on Friday, May 17.   www.sfsm.org.

Have a budding artist in the family?  Every first Saturday of each month The Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach offers, `Art on the go!’ ages Kindergarten to 5^th Grade. These art workshops are designed just for kids. Dates vary; RSVP:  www.armoryart.org

It’s well-known that the acclaimed Norton Museum of Art, in Downtown West Palm Beach, has permanent collections and exhibitions of masterpiece works of art year-round, but did you know it also offers family-friendly hands-on activities for kids of all ages?  On June 20, the museum invites guests to Be a LEGO® Architect. Begin in the classroom and learn about types of buildings. Next, participants draw designs and take plans to the LEGO® building activity area to construct it in 3-D on a special city map. Are you a Florida Resident planning a staycation? The Norton offers free admission for Florida residents in June, July and August and free admission to Palm Beach County residents every Saturday from June 1 – Aug. 3. www.norton.org.

Nearby along the intracoastal waterway finds the serene and tranquil Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens. Gain rare insight into the life’s work of American Sculptor Ann Weaver Norton by exploring Ann’s studio, gardens, and historic home. The vast, meticulously landscaped property is adorned with Ann’s monumental sculptures. Open 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Wed. through Sunday; closed in August. www.ansg.org.

A natural, outdoor setting that invites guests to set their own pace and explore nearly three acres of striking sculpture and native landscape is the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach. The gardens are open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there is no charge for admission. To learn more, visit www.fourarts.org/gardens.

North Palm Beach is home to the beautiful, tucked away John D. MacArthur Beach State Park. Learn about the park’s ecosystems and history with an array of events. Enjoy a Butterfly Walk on May 25; 11 – Noon; Daily nature Walks at 10 a.m.; Saturdays at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Free with Park admission. Guided two-hour Kayak tours occur daily at high tide; Turtle Walks, May 28 – July 19 with RSVP required; 8 p.m. – 11 p.m., or later, depending on the turtles. 561.624.6952.

North on U.S. 1 is Juno Beach’s Loggerhead MarineLife Center, filled with nature-based exhibitions to explore, and a state-of-the-art turtle rehabilitation center.  Each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. children under 5 can bring their own “hatchlings” to share and enjoy ocean-inspired stories, crafts, and more with Hatchling Tales story time. Enjoy books, music, and group activities-Free; Celebrate World Oceans Day at Loggerhead on June 8 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. to honor the body of water which links us all and to learn ways we can all generate awareness about conserving and protecting our world’s oceans- Free. www.marinelife.org.

Participating cultural and arts organizations say, `Welcome to Palm Beach County” – where Culture has found its place in the sun®. For a wide preview of family fun events and other arts and cultural offerings in Palm Beach County, visit the Cultural Council’s Arts Calendar at: http://artscalendar.com/thepalmbeaches

About the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County:  The Cultural Council is Palm Beach County’s official arts agency and serves non-profit cultural organizations and professional artists throughout the county. It’s responsibilities include marketing the county’s cultural experiences to visitors and residents, administering grants to organizations and artists, expanding arts and cultural education opportunities, advocating for funding and arts-friendly policies, and serving cultural organizations and artists through capacity building training and exposure to funders and audiences. For more information, see  www.palmbeachculture.com.  Admission to the Cultural Council is free and open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For coverage of your events, to place an advertisement, or speak to Rickie about appearing in The Rickie Report, contact The Rickie Report at:

Rickie Leiter, Publisher

The Rickie Report

P.O.Box 33423

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420

Rickie@therickiereport.com

561-537-0291

The Rickie Report enjoys sharing information about artwork and the artists who create it.  In this column, we will look at the elements of framing, to not only showcase the artwork but protect it as well. Framing is truly a craft unto itself.  Evelyn Ortiz Smykla of OSGS|Gallery Studio at 500 Northwood Rd. West Palm Beach answers our questions.

OSGS | Gallery Studio

Ortiz Smykla | Gallery Studio offers custom framing services.  We spoke with Evelyn Ortiz Smykla to answer some frequently asked questions and explain more about this aspect of art ownership.

Evelyn shares, “Picture frames date back to Roman times but examples of the craft is extremely rare in that period. It’s believed that they were probably rare then as well. Not until the Renaissance period when artists, patrons and craftsmen began working together to produce what exist even today as a tribute to man’s capabilities did frames begin to take the stage. The importance the great masters placed on the integrity of a properly finished work and the value the patrons of those artists had in the image they were portraying influenced in no small way the direction and inspiration of the artisan/craftsman picture framer.  Since then the craft blossomed.”

She explains, “We at OSGS (Ortiz|Smykla|Gallery|Studio) Works of Art and Custom Framing strive for the same professional approach to all the framing opportunities that come our way.  We have interned and trained with professional framers and attended advanced framing classes.  We pride ourselves in keeping up with the newest techniques, design styles and conservation methods available.”

TRR:  What is the advantage of custom framing?

Evelyn:  

So why custom framing instead of ready-made frames or frames from large franchises or art supply stores?  Attention to detail and the needs of our customer are foremost.  We work directly with the customer; ask their preferences, their décor and color schemes, life and value (price versus emotional connection to…) of the piece or item to be framed.

TRR:  Most people think of a “frame” and consider how it looks facing us.

Evelyn:

There are 4 major components to a custom frame:  the backing for support, the mat board(s), glass, and the frame itself. There are several methods and materials used to protect special items and memorabilia.  Making sure the materials used are acid free is the first step and keeping those precious items out of drafty or damp locations is the second.  Choice of glass can preserve or destroy a fine piece of art.  Fortunately the cost of these materials has gone down with the increased interest in the ‘greening’ of the globe and our environment.

 TRR: The choices of different types of glass can be very confusing.

Evelyn:

Here are examples of the different types of glass available for your framing needs and reasons for their use.

MUSEUM GLASS ® Anti-reflective technology with UV blocking properties

CONSERVATION PERFECT VUE, Proprietary technology improves transmission and clarity;

CONSERVATION REFLECTION CONTROL ® Single-sided etched non-glare

CONSERVATION CLEAR ® Essential for conservation framing.

Perhaps you have a very bright room in which you will display your artwork, or you intend to hang the piece opposite a window or lamp. Anytime you think reflection may become a distraction from the enjoyment of your artwork, you may want to ask for Conservation Reflection Control® Glass. (This “soft focus” actually enhances some images such as portrait photography and impressionist landscapes, where an atmospheric effort is desirable.)  The best way to preserve your art is to protect it from exposure to UV light from the outset.  Museum Glass effectively blocks a minimum of 98% of the dangerous UV light – protecting your artwork without affecting the visible light spectrum so your colors show truly as nice in a year as they do the first day you frame them.

If you are concerned about keeping costs down,  glass is one way to do this.  Keep in mind if you do not care to preserve your items or worry about glare then regular glass may be the route you prefer to take.  We strongly urge anyone interested in preserving any item to consider conservation glass.   You will  want to take into account the size of your piece, where it is to be hung, amount of light and humidity in the room, and with whom you may want to share it generations to come.

TRR:  What about using plexiglass?

Evelyn:

Plexiglas, a light transparent weather resistant thermoplastic is an alternative to glass.  It is best to use plexiglas when the item to be framed is oversized to reduce the weight, therefore making it easier to hang and move from one location to another.  It is also used many times over posters or prints of  that size.  The only drawback to this material may be the need to take special care in using only ‘plexiglas’ specific cleaning agents so not to discolor or create a film over the surface.  Plexiglas is not necessarily a less costly alternative to using regular or conservation glass so we recommend the customer always inquire and ask for price comparisons.

TRR:  We’ve seen some family heirlooms framed in dramatic ways.

Evelyn:

Three dimensional items can be framed in what is referred to as shadow boxes; they are referred to as such due to the depth of the box not because it necessarily allows for shadows or shadowing. Objects such as vintage clothing, eye-glasses, guitars, etc., are all candidates for framing.  Using the correct materials, these frames will help to preserve the item and keep it free from dust mites, mold spores, and fading depending on the glass chosen.

TRR: Tell us more about staying on a budget.

Evelyn:

There are many ways one can keep costs down.  The first step to defray cost is to communicate with the framer by letting us know what kind of budget you’re working with.  Do you want to keep an old frame, does it matter to you whether museum quality glass versus regular or anti-glare glass matters to you?  Where is the piece going to hang?  If your piece is going to be the focal point of your living space then you might want to spend more on your frame but perhaps choose less expensive options for your mat.  Perhaps one strong mat rather than two or three will do the trick.  If in a dark room, then no need for non-glare glass. 

Floating objects, pictures, etc., in a frame is also another less expensive approach to framing multiple items in a frame without the use of cut outs.  There are so many ways we can work with the customer and still give them a beautifully finished piece. 

TRR: Do you recommend that the frames in one room all match?

Evelyn:

Not all frames in a room or mat colors need to match, but through consulting efforts of a professional custom framer a collection of different frames and mat color choices can be made to work well within any room or décor.

TRR: How does someone become a trained framer?

Evelyn:

The only special training required to become a custom framer is the desire to create and please others. Of course it helps to have some knowledge of color, texture, and design.  And, most important, custom framing also requires math skills; just 1/8 of an inch can make a difference on the ability to bring all components of an entire job together.

Fortunately today there are several framing schools available throughout the country whereby one can go for training and/or certification.   Framing4Yourself, ABCFrames, The Frame Shop, PPFA (27 Chapters throughout the US) are just a few locations that offer training.  Like many others these schools offer beginning, intermediate, and advanced training techniques from introduction of materials and equipment, hands on training from measuring and cutting mat boards, glass, and frames (chops) to professionally finishing a frame request.  Some schools also offer business training and advice as well as marketing tools to assist with promoting one’s business.  The desire to learn is your best advocate and determination to excel is your best teaching tool.

The Rickie Report knows that the proper framing not only serves to preserve artwork, photos, or three dimensional objects. From our experience, the right mat and frame can help enhance that art piece.  We hope our readers will take the time to consider all of the elements Evelyn shared with us.  Buying a piece of artwork is only the first step to enjoying it.

  This is a wonderful opportunity to meet some of Palm Beach County’s illustrious artists who are also authors.  The Rickie Report hopes you will make a reservation, because you are sure to enjoy this event!  This is the final lecture of the series, though the exhibit continues through May 18th

Artist as Author

April 30th

3:00 pm

Lectures are free for members of the Cultural Council;

$10 for non-members.

R.S.V.P. is required with limited seating: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/artistauthorlectures

Meet the artists of Artist as Author in final lecture of the series on April 30 at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County

Artist as Author – a free exhibition of a collection of original artistic works and books by Palm Beach County artists in various creative disciplines -  runs through May 18

The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County is pleased to invite the public to attend its third and final lecture as an added feature of its current exhibition: Artist as Author on April 30, 3 PM at the Cultural Council’s headquarters, 601 Lake Avenue, in Lake Worth. The lecture will feature a panel presentation by Palm Beach County artists: Bruce Helander, Harry Benson, Carlos Castellanos, and Sandra Thompson. A Q & A and book-signing session will follow the presentation.

Palm Beach County artists: Stephen Gibson, Barry Seidman, JoAnne Berkow, John Mercurio, and Andrew Kato, led a panel discussion on April 16 at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. Each is currently exhibiting artistic works and books in the Council’s current exhibition: Artist As Authorthrough May 18.

Since the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County opened its latest exhibition: Artist as Author -presented by PNC Bank, and its media sponsor: The Palm Beach Post - two special lectures with featured Palm Beach County artists: John Loring, Edwina Sandys, Nancy Ellison, Jeffery Smith, John Mercurio, Andrew Kato, Barry Seidman, Stephen Gibson, and JoAnne Berkow have taken place in April.

“We hope that more members of the community will take advantage of this intimate opportunity to ask questions and gain valued insight into these amazing artists’ backgrounds as well as what inspires them to create art works and books,” said Rena Blades, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County.

The Fourteen Palm Beach County artists whose artistic works and complimentary books makeup the exhibition - Artist as Author - represent a diverse variety of art mediums, including: painting, sculpting, photography, printing, architectural design and interior design. Each of the artists exhibiting in Artist as Author have published books to expose more people to their discipline with photographs of their works and essays about the meaning and techniques associated with creating them. Others have enjoyed success by writing content for books about topics unrelated, or tangentially connected to their artistic specialty.

Original works by these Palm Beach County artists and the books they created will be on display and for sale in the Cultural Council’s gallery and Uniquely Palm Beach Store throughout the exhibition at the Council’s headquarters, 601 Lake Avenue, in Lake Worth.

“We are fortunate to live in Palm Beach County where so many nationally and internationally recognized artists reside,’ said Elaine Meier, guest curator of Artist as Author. “Artist as Author is a celebration of their workand their literary achievements.”

The group of artists participating in the Artist as Author exhibition are Harry Benson, celebrated photographer; JoAnne Berkow, realist painter and gallery owner; Geoffrey Bradfield, nationally-recognized interior designer; Carlos Castellanos, syndicated cartoonist; Nancy Ellison, celebrity portrait photographer; Stephen Gibson, award-winning poet; Bruce Helander, collage artist; John Loring, iconic design director emeritus at Tiffany & Co. and silk screen artist; John Mercurio and Andrew Kato, award-winning composer/lyricist and concept developer; Edwina Sandys, renowned painter and sculptor, Barry Seidman, still life photographer; Jeffery W. Smith, recognized architect and Sandra Thompson, Palm Beach’s painter.

About the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County:   The Cultural Council is Palm Beach County’s official arts agency and serves non-profit cultural organizations and professional artists throughout the county. The Cultural Council’s responsibilities include marketing the county’s cultural experiences to visitors and residents, administering grants to organizations and artists, expanding arts and cultural education opportunities, advocating for funding and arts-friendly policies, and serving cultural organizations and artists through capacity building training and exposure to funders and audiences. For more information, please visit www.palmbeachculture.com.   Admission to the Cultural Council is free and open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For coverage of your events, to place an advertisement, or speak to Rickie about appearing in The Rickie Report, contact The Rickie Report at:

Rickie Leiter, Publisher

The Rickie Report

P.O.Box 33423

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420

Rickie@therickiereport.com

561-537-0291

Here are three new Calls to Artists.  The Rickie Report is eager to celebrate when you are accepted, so please keep us posted!

1)  Stick With WPB

Deadline: May 8, 2013

For more information contact Talya Lerman at:  talya.lerman@armoryart.org

2) Palm Beach State College  

3^rd National Photography & Digital Imagery Competition 2013

Palm Beach State College, Eissey Campus, is presenting its third juried Photography/Digital Imagery Competition.  The theme of the show is open interpretation, represented by traditional and digital photography as well as digital imagery.  This competition is open to all artists 18 years of age and older who are legally residing in the United States. The judge for the competition is Ashley Ford who is the Leonard and Sophie Davis Curatorial Fellow at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, FL.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Artists must submit their work by July 15^th as high resolution jpeg files on a CD. Images should be sized to 1200 PPI on the longest side. The entry fee is $30 for up to three images. Please include the non-refundable entry fee with the application. Images should be mailed to:  The Gallery at Palm Beach State College   3160 PGA Blvd     Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410     Attn: Karla Walter

Accepted applicants will be notified via email by August 15^th, 2013. Accepted works, delivered or shipped, are to arrive at the gallery between the dates of September 16th – 23rd, 2013.  No work will be accepted after 5pm, September 23rd.  If shipping artwork, please include a prepaid return-shipping label.  Artists must pay for shipping to and from the gallery. Palm Beach State College is not responsible for loss of work due to theft or damage. Artists should obtain insurance for their artwork.  Accepted work must appear the same as the submitted images and specifications originally stated in application. All work must be professionally framed and ready to hang.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:   Proceeds from this show will benefit student fine arts scholarships at Palm Beach State College. Palm Beach State College does not participate in the sale of artworks, nor does the college receive commission or any other type of financial compensation from the sale of artworks. All sale inquiries will be directed to the artist. Artist/photographer retains all copyrights, but Palm Beach State College has the right to display winner and/or entries on the web or in printed publications.

Please SEE  application below for more information.

APPLICATION FORM                                                   

  NOTE:  THE DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS July 15, 2013

ENTRY 1                                       ENTRY 2

ENTRY 3                      

Please enclose a check for the amount due with your application. ($30 for 3 images maximum, non-refundable)

Please make your check payable to Palm Beach State College 

Please send check and application to The Gallery at Eissey Campus          3160 PGA Boulevard     Palm Beach Gardens, FL  33410

   Attn: Karla Walter

I have read and agree to the terms and conditions outlined in this exhibition prospectus.

___________________________________________

ARTIST’S SIGNATURE DATE

2013 AWARDS

$500   FIRST PLACE

$200   SECOND PLACE

$100    THIRD PLACE

 2013 DATES  AND DEADLINES

 Application due July 15

Acceptance Notification  August 15

Works to arrive at Eissey Gallery  September 16-23

Notification of Winners  October 18

Exhibition Run Dates      October 22- November 22

Opening Reception  Tuesday October 22    5:30 – 8 PM

Judge’s Comments and Gallery Walk    October 22

Pick up  November 25-26

Return of Work  November 30

AWARDS:

$1000 FIRST PLACE

$500. SECOND PLACE

$250 THIRD PLACE

Please fill out application form, and be sure to include a value for your work even if the piece is not for sale. CD’s will be returned to the artist if a SASE is included with the application. All work must be submitted on a CD in jpeg.  Do not send original work at the time of entry.  All correspondence including submission packets and accepted works should be mailed to The Gallery at Eissey Campus, Palm Beach State College, 3160 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, FL  33410 Att: Karla Walter.  For additional questions or comments, please email Karla Walter at walterk@palmbeachstate.edu     For additional questions or comments, please email Karla Walter at  walterk@pbcc.edu

http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/artgallerypbg/photo-imagery-competition.aspx

thank you!

Karla Walter, Art Gallery Specialist

Palm Beach State Colllege, Art Gallery     3160 PGA Blvd.  BB113     Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

561-207-5015 fax. 561-207-5009

3)  Beading Contest

For coverage of your events, to place an advertisement, or speak to Rickie about appearing in The Rickie Report, contact The Rickie Report at:

Rickie Leiter, Publisher

The Rickie Report

P.O.Box 33423

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420

Rickie@therickiereport.com

561-537-0291

The Rickie Report knows you will want to see what the members of the Gem and Mineral Society of the Palm Beaches have been creating this year.  Their next meeting on April 18th will showcase their newest work and a lot of it will be for sale!  This is also a great time to stop by and  just see what the group is all about.  Bring the kids, this is a family friendly event!

Public is Invited

Semi-Annual Members’ Show and Sale

Thursday

April 18, 2013

7:30 PM

South FL Science Museum  

4801 Dreher Trail North  W. Palm Beach  33405

The April program will be or semi-annual member’s show and sell. Our members will be out in full force showing off their talents in jewelry and lapidary arts, many of which are learned at Society classes. Items will be for sale! Come join us and see what the Society has to offer.

IMPORTANT:  Starting in January 2013, we will be meeting at the South Florida Science Museum NOT the Garden Club. The Museum is across the street from the Garden Club.

Mineral of the Month- Do you know what it is?

This is a large, double terminated assemble of Quartz-crystals.  They are semi-lustrous with some glossy faces.  Perched on the Quartz is a huge Fluorite-crystal!  There is blue, some lavender on the edges, a dark green zone in one corner and a green phantom in the lower right corner.  Location: Yaogangxian, Chenzou,Hunan, China.  Specimen, photo, & © viamineralia.com

For more information please visit:  www.gemandmineral.cc

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Artists need materials to create their work and The Rickie Report knows that for many, recycling has become the norm when it comes to frames, glass and some other materials.  We hope you’re aware of Resource Depot and will check out their terrific supplies and stock.

Read this article to find out more about their services and “Evening for the Earth”.  Resource Depot’s annual silent auction/cocktail event, will be held on Friday, April 19^th at the Lake Pavilion and Terrace in downtown West Palm Beach. This event directly supports Resource Depot and our mission to divert reusable materials (hundreds of thousands of pounds each year!) from Palm Beach County’s landfills to benefit students and teachers through arts and environmental education.

Resource Depot’s

6^th Annual Evening for the Earth

Friday, April 19^th 2013

6:00 – 9:00 pm

At Resource Depot, every day is Earth Day…but there is one day in particular where they invite you to celebrate our Earth, and the ways we can all help protect it. That day is “Evening for the Earth”, taking place this year on April 19^th from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at the Lake Pavilion in Downtown West Palm Beach.

Andrea Creating

You may have seen Resource Depot at events around Palm Beach County. They can be found at the ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival, City Place’s Free Family Fun Fest, the South Florida Fair and at events at Downtown at the Gardens, to name a few. Or you may know them because you have a teacher friend who “shops” for classroom materials there, or have a child who did a creative project during one of their field trips.

Scouts Creating, 2012

You may not know, though, exactly what it is Resource Depot does.  Resource Depot is a nonprofit center for creative reuse.  Resource Depot is a place where businesses and individuals can donate high-quality, unwanted materials to be reused for creative play and learning by teachers, schools and other non-profits in the local community. A place where kids, and the teachers who teach them, can go to learn techniques for creative reuse that positively impact education as well as the environment. The items they collect would normally end up in the landfill—but through creative reuse are given a second…or even third life!

For the past five years, always around Earth Day, Resource Depot has held its annual fundraising event, “Evening for the Earth”, where supporters of education, the arts and the environment gather to enjoy an evening of cocktails, entertainment, and silent auction.

Volunteer with Auction item

“Last year, nearly 200 people…city commissioners, radio personalities, local cultural organizations and individuals who support us because they believe in what we do, all came out to support Resource Depot’s Evening for the Earth,” says Executive Director Jennifer O’Brien. “This just goes to show how pervasive the belief that environmental stewardship is every sector’s responsibility has become.”

Guerilla ART ArtiGras, 2013

This year, Resource Depot hopes to win over even more people to the idea that you can take one problem…namely, the pounds of landfill waste created in Palm Beach County alone – and work towards solving that problem in a way that helps alleviate another – the number of dollars that teachers pay out of pocket each year for classroom supplies.”

Resource Depot’s 6^th Annual Evening for the Earth is presented by Emerald Green Sponsor, The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, and sponsored by Florida Power & Light, Southern Waste Systems, Berkowitz & Huff, P.A., Ronnye Sands on behalf of Shaklee Corporation, and Paymaster, Inc.

The night features refreshments by Café Joshua, live entertainment, and of course, some amazing auction items…everything from a firefighter for a day to VIP event tickets, original artwork, and fun themed gift baskets. Ticket sales and more event information can be found at www.resourcedepot.net or by calling (561) 882-0090.  Or visit:  

Location: The Lake Pavilion & Terrace in Downtown West Palm Beach, site info at http://wpb.org/waterfront/lake.html

Tickets: $45.00 each or $75.00 per couple, available at http://theresourcedepot.wordpress.com/events/evening-for-the-earth/
Parking: West Palm Beach DDA parking locations can be found here http://www.westpalmbeachdda.com/parking-locations

Website: www.resourcedepot.net

Event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/152141154942429/

Organization Social Media: www.facebook.com/TheResourceDepot, https://twitter.com/resourcedepot,http://pinterest.com/resourcedepot/

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OSGS (Ortiz-Smykla | Gallery-Studio announces the first of a lecture series titled BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair – Lecture Series).  The Rickie Report  thinks this is a terrific way to begin a Saturday evening in the Northwood neighborhood!  Instead of bringing your chair to the beach, bring it to the gallery.  Painter and sculptor, John Rachell will give you the inside scoop about his art work  and then after browsing the gallery, you can wander off to any of the various restaurants in the area for a bite to eat!

 Saturday, April 13, 2013

You’re invited

  BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair)

 Lecture Series

5 pm – 7 pm

Ortiz-Smykla | Gallery-Studio

Meet Painter and Sculptor, John Rachell

500 Northwood  Village  West Palm Beach, FL

Welcome to OSGS Gallery’s first of a series of lectures titled BYOB (Bring Your Own Chair).  OSGS [Ortiz-Smykla | Gallery-Studio] is featuring one of it’s own incredible artists each month by which she/he will share a short biography, how they got started, how they decided on their medium(s), techniques used, and how their work has evolved and where they see it going.  Bring a comfortable chair, relax, and learn from the best.  We know it will be time well spent, entertaining, and inspiring.

This month we will be featuring local artist John Rachell an accomplished painter and sculpture.  Nature is his Inspiration.  For John Rachell, gardens have long represented peaceful havens for people. They offer to become a place like no other, a place of solitude and company, a place that ceaselessly changes but continues to remain itself. Gardens have inspired the creative energy of artist John Rachell (johnrachell.com) to connect with nature and Spirit.

These connections are evident in John’s work. Still it amazes us that a few years ago he woke up one morning and discovered that his right arm was numb. When he got out of bed, he realized that his right leg couldn’t hold him up. He had a stroke, and for a time he ended up loosing the use of his right arm and leg.

Garden, May 16, 2012

For some people that might have felt tragic, and especially for a professional artist, but John saw this hurdle as a gift, and he tells us ”Life is so marvelous that no matter what the limitations are you can expand other manifestations of spirit.” He uses his left hand to paint while the right hand recovers strength. On his website, one can enjoy the work ”Art of the Stroke”. Though more impressionistic than his exquisitely detailed style, it radiates the same warmth.

Garden, August 19, 2012

John studied art locally in the 70s with Fred George, a local jeweler/sculptor and drawing and painting with Rueben Hale at Palm Beach Junior College. He furthered his art education attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago working with artist Ted Halkin, Steve Miller, Jim Zanzi, Ray Martin, Karen Savage and Eldon Danhausen. The same year he graduated the Art Institute he was in the 1977 Fulbright Competition Exhibition at the United Nations Plaza in New York City.

Garden, September 14, 2012

Since then, he has exhibited his work in a number of venues in both Florida and Illinois. Currently, John’s work can be seen at OSGS Gallery on Northwood Road in West Palm Beach; Capital Guardian Wealth Management Offices, West Palm Beach; Bruce Webber Gallery, Lake Worth; William Wright Collection, Lake Worth; Van Michaels Collectibles, West Palm Beach; The White Penguin Collection, Tequesta and Ford Fine Art, Delray Beach.

OSGS is located in the heart of Northwood Village at 500 Northwood Rd. (corner of Spruce and Northwood Rd.).  Visit us April 13th, Saturday evening from 5pm-7pm.  This a great opportunity to hear from a talented local artist and then to stroll through the Village to learn more about what Northwood has to offer.  With wonderful shops and restaurants, you will enjoy the evening.

For more information about OSGS or this program, contact: Evelyn Ortiz Smykla & Jonathon Ortiz-Smykla  OSGS Ortiz-Smykla|Gallery-Studio  p: 561-833-2223  e: OSGSart@hotmail.com www.OSGSart.com  or Find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/OSGSart

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 When writing about a fiber artist, the images usually conjured up include “wearable art” pieces, but Leora Stewart jumps beyond that seemingly ‘ordinary genre’ and brings a new way of thinking to fiber art.  The Rickie Report is eager to share her artwork because she has so much to offer in terms of teaching workshops, leading classes and providing amazing artwork for your home, office or yacht.

Leora Klaymer Stewart

Fiber Artist

Tapestry

Will Offer a Four Week (one day a week)

Tapestry Weaving Workshop

Armory Art Center

Begins Tuesday, April  30th   10 am – 5 pm

Students will Learn basic Tapestry Weaving techniques and design and weave a finished piece. To register call 561-832-1776 and speak with the registrar.

“Netscape”: Collaged Box with Wrapped Elements

It is the threads of our lives that bring together friendships, circumstances and family into a meaningful pattern.  Leora Klaymen Stewart  is not only adept with these skills, but she literally uses fiber to create her art pieces.

In an interview by John Nelander, a Special to the Palm Beach Daily News on November 9, 2009, it becomes clear that Leora “wove a highly successful career using threads of rich experiences from her childhood, adolescence and early adulthood.”Her family’s life in the days of pre-Israel Palestine lent a certain understanding to how the underpinnings of any tapestry must begin with closely woven and strong threads. Emigrating to South Africa in 1947, her parents were in charge of an orphanage which housed 80 children.   While Leora’s family had their own apartment,  she tells Nelander ,

“In a way, I was part of the orphanage, although I attended a different school. I made friends and celebrated holidays with the kids. I ate meals with them. “My best friend was from the orphanage — her name was Storm.

“These were children between 8 and 18, kids who came from broken homes, divorces or other situations. On weekends their parents might pick them up, or an aunt. It wasn’t that they were children who were totally destitute, they were getting a good education.”

It had an emotional affect on both Leora and her parents — she being an only child, her parents as well after each suffered deep losses in the Holocaust. “Both of their families were wiped out — my father lost his entire family and my mother lost her family.

“They lived all this. Here they were, directors of this orphanage and then they find out that their families were all murdered. So the orphanage became kind of an extended family. It was a wonderful experience for me.”

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“Intertwined Metafossil”: Woven linen with hand made paper and wrappings

 

In the 1050′s, Leora’s family moved to Detroit. Both parents loved teaching and nurturing young people, in a time when Detroit was ripe with change and promise.  Leora reminisces about being in class with Diana Ross at the arts school, Cass Commerce.  

According to www.historicdetroit.org,  ”More than 50,000 students graduated from it, and hundreds of thousands of others walked its halls. Among the distinguished students who wandered the old Cass Tech’s halls: singer Diana Ross, comedians Lily Tomlin and David Alan Greer, auto executive John DeLorean, former Miss USAs Carol Gist and Kenya Moore, violinist Regina Carter, jazz musicians Donald Byrd and Earl Kluge, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Compuware CEO Peter Karmanos. Aviator Charles Lindbergh’s mother, Evangeline Lindbergh, taught chemistry at Cass from 1922 until 1942.”

 

  She shares, “On receiving my MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1968, I was awarded a travel grant which I used to travel to East Africa and Israel which had an important influence on further developing my artwork in Fiber as I designed rugs that were woven in Ethiopia and I designed a rug that was woven in Israel.”  She tells us it was the perfect time to travel to these exotic places, many of which were populated with idealistic Peace Corps volunteers.”   After living in an artists’ village in Israel, she returned to the U.S. to teach. 

Leora tells The Rickie Report, “Upon returning to the USA I was awarded the first of two National Endowment for the Arts Grants which gave me the time to create work and set up a studio.  I began my teaching career at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA, where I established an undergraduate and a graduate program in the Fiber Arts in 1970.”

“I moved to New York City in 1974 and set up a studio where I created large scale architectural commissioned works that were installed in a number of major institutions around the country. I also had a number of one and two person exhibitions in Art Galleries and had my work placed in numerous Corporate Collections,” she explains.

“Netscape Sea and Sky”: Woven linen with hand made paper and wrappings

She taught a course in the Fiber Arts for 20 years at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.  In 2001, Leora had a 10 year retrospective exhibit at the 2/20 Gallery in New York and in 2006 she relocated to Florida.

Stewart is very quick to point out that she is not retired. And The Rickie Report can understand why.  To work on this article took a number of emails back and forth to find a good time for us to speak.  She is very busy!

One of Leora’s  strengths is networking (another component of fiber design: a fiber creation does not stand by one thread alone).  A colleague, photographer Ray Neubert, shares that ,”Leora is always interested in what other people are doing. So many artists view other people’s art through the lens of their own work. She very open-minded.” Leora’s fiber pieces have been displayed at the Palm Beach International Airport.

 

Since settling in Palm Beach, FL, Leora has been teaching a class in Fiber Arts at the Armory Art Center  located in West Palm Beach.  True to her nurturing and networking inner being, the students who have taken her course have now developed into a group which meets once a month.  They discuss and exchange ideas on different areas of the Fiber Arts and related Arts as well.  They view exhibitions, are involved in workshops, invite guest artists to present work, and further develop as individual artists.  If other fiber artists are interested, please contact  Leora at:  www.leorakstewart.com

“Entanglements” – Natural hemp fiber, knotted and wrapped with crystal beads.  This piece was created as a site specific installation  at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens in West Palm Beach, FL and was inspired by the intertwining of the banyan/ficus trees in the Gardens where it hung between these two majestic trees as part of EARTHDAY Celebrations, 2010.

In a recent Artist Statement, Leora tells us , “Since living in Florida my work has evolved and grown in a new direction being influenced by my surroundings, the sea and the sky and the lush vegetation. These works are based on my observations of nature and the pieces are horizontal emphasizing their relation to landscape.  I refer to them as “landscape structures”.  The pieces are created by using natural fiber threads with handmade papers and copper wire and are constructed using several textile techniques and I consider these pieces to be similar to forms and structures found in nature as one of constant growth and change.

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