The Wellington Art Society (WAS) invites the public to the Opening Reception on Tuesday, October 13th at Wellington City Hall.  Enjoy the exhibit of 36 paintings and photographs by WAS artist members.  Lucy Keshavarz, founder of Art & Culture Group, Inc. will be the featured speaker for the Wellington Art Society meeting on October 14th, 2015 at Bootz Culture Camp in Royal Palm Beach. The meet and greet with refreshments begins at 6:30, followed by a member spotlight and a brief meeting. Lucy’s talk will be the highlight of the meeting. The last item on the agenda is a fabulous raffle. All artists and art lovers are welcome to join us, enjoy meeting fellow artists and learn about the Wellington Art Society.  The Rickie Report shares the details of both events and gives you a glimpse of Lucy’s artistic reach through art into the environment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WELLINGTON ART SOCIETY

 

 

 

 

CITY HALL RECEPTION

 

Open To The Public

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

5:30 – 7 pm

12300 West Forest Hill Blvd.   Wellington, FL

561-791-4000    www.WellingtonFL.gov

 

The Wellington Art Society will host a reception on Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 from 5:30 – 7 pm  to showcase their exciting new exhibit in the beautiful Wellington City Hall Gallery. The reception is free to the public and there will be fun door prizes for guests and light refreshments. The exhibit features thirty six paintings and photographs by thirteen of the Wellington Art Society’s artists.

 

 

MONTHLY   MEETING

Everyone Welcome!

 

Wednesday, October 14th

6:30 – 9:00 pm

Featuring  Lucy Keshavarz

 

Bootz Culture Camp

420 State Road 7         Royal Palm Beach, FL

 

 

 

“Environmentally Engaged”

 

 

Lucy Keshavarz, founder of Art & Culture Group, Inc. will be the featured speaker for the Wellington Art Society meeting on October 14th, 2015 at Bootz Culture Camp, 420 State Road 7, Royal Palm Beach. The meet and greet with refreshments begins at 6:30, followed by a member spotlight and a brief meeting. Lucy’s talk will be the highlight of the meeting. The last item on the agenda is a fabulous raffle. We invite all artists and art lovers to join us, enjoy meeting fellow artists and learn about the Wellington Art Society.

 

 

“Native Impressions” by Lucy Keshavarz

Lucy Keshavarz had a vision and passion to create a connection between art and communities. This passion led to the formation of the Art & Culture Group, Inc. in 1999. Since then they have completed arts projects in Palm Beach County and throughout the country. They specialize in bringing project-specific solutions based on the needs of the client and community. This leads to authentic and original results. The group has won two awards for EcoArt projects.

 

 

Lucy Keshavarz

 

 

 

 

The Art & Culture Group has worked with public, private and nonprofit organizations in facilitating Art in Public Places. They design, fabricate and install Public Art and EcoArt. They promote and manage two multi-media exhibitions by artist Michael Nye, traveling the United States. Lucy has written a guide book used with “Children of Children: Portraits of Teenage Parents”, by artist Michael Nye.  Lucy says that everything she does and all that she comes in contact with, adds to her artistic reservoir that she draws from. She is compelled to capture ideas and concepts that are often overlooked. She says, “My master is our natural world and the creative spirit that resides within”.

 

Babbling Brook Eco Art Project 

Above photo from Babbling Brook in Westgate Community Redevelopment Agency, Unincorporated Palm Beach County.  Materials: Soil, unite, Pebble Tec, recycled concrete sidewalk slabs and over 70 species of Florida native plants.  Dimensions: 500 ft. by 125 ft.  Commissioned by Westgate CRA.  Location: SW corner of Seminole Blvd & Chickamauga Ave in Westgate CRA.

 

 

Babbling Brook Eco Art Project

 

 

This was a collaborative project with CRA, civil engineers and native plant experts. Babbling Brook is a stormwater beautification EcoArt project that creates an aesthetically pleasing dry detention area and increases stormwater quality by circulating water from the Central Lake across the street through the Babbling Brook. The remaining portion of the dry detention area is landscaped with over 70 species of native Florida plant species that provide food and shelter for migrating birds and the opportunity for hands-on science (citizen scientist) for community members. This project has received “Urban Oasis Designation” from Audubon of Florida. Recycled concrete slabs taken during sewer renovations in another area of the CRA were used as sculptural pieces to line both sides of the brook channel and create the retaining wall at the head of the brook.

 

 

 

 

6 Old Dixie EcoWalk at Seabourn Cove

Materials: Custom concrete butterfly stamps, Florida cap rock boulders, custom plant ID tiles and HDL interpretive panels.  Dimensions: One quarter mile by 50 ft. – on City utility easement.  Commissioned by FM Contract Services, LLC – developers of Seabourn Cove, luxury rental apartments in Boynton Beach, FL.  Location on Old Dixie Highway two blocks north of Gulfstream Blvd, Boynton Beach, FL.

 

 

“Native Impressions” by Lucy Keshavarz

 

 

 

An EcoArt project that reforests a quarter of a mile utility easement with over 60 species of Florida native plants interwoven with art elements that highlight native butterfly species. The public art elements are interspersed along the quarter of a mile pathway and include: five large rock sculptures, five small rock sculptures, five educational panels on large rock bases, fifty-five custom plant IDs on small rock bases and three butterfly watering holes. And intriguing and educational place that offer people the opportunity to reconnect with the important value natural systems bring to our urban areas. In collaboration with developer, landscape architect, three scientists and City of Boynton Beach.  For more information please visit: www.artculturegroup.com

 

 

 

The Wellington Art Society is a non-profit charitable organization In its 35th year. It is open to artists of all mediums and patrons of the arts, allowing both local and regional artists to display their art work in local galleries, interact with other artists and serve the community through their art.
For further information visit wellingtonartsociety.org

 

 

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