Simon Cherkasski‘s artwork offers metal sculptures that evoke Mother Nature, the general life of ordinary people, Old World scenes, and cultural scenes from around the world.  He is one of the Featured Artists at the Hotworks Show in Boca Raton on Saturday, November 6 and Sunday, November, 7, 2021.  Admission is FREE. While some artists are easy to classify in terms of subjects or styles, what we love about Simon’s artistry is that he is continually evolving and brings us along on his journey.  The Rickie Report shares some sneak peeks, videos, and an interview with the artist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Click   Here  To  See  Simon  working

 

 

 

TRR:  Were you always creative?

SC:

I was artistic and stubborn from day one! Although my love was for Ancient history and my dream was to become to be an archeologist, drawing and painting was big part of my life and made up most of my classes. During Middle School, I took local classes from Eliad, a local artist. My father, a mechanic and welder, made metal arrangements and figurines as a side hobby, so creativity was a large part of my family life.  My school advisor encouraged me, so I took the exams to enter one of the best art schools at the time, in Haifa. I was willing to commute 1.5 hours a day to attend the Professional Art School of ORT Hana Senesh.

 

 

TRR: What kind of art medium did you initially work in ?

SC:

I painted with oils in the beginning and continued to push myself to try other mediums as well, including pottery, China ink, wood carving, and more.  My favorite was creating etched gravures.

 

 

 

 

TRR: What made you decide to try metal work?

SC:

In 2006, my primary creative medium was synthetic fabric collages, which I learned from Smadar Livne. I suffered a tragic electrical fire in  my studio which destroyed nearly 5 years of my work. As with most artists, I had no insurance.  I had been working on collection for prestigious solo show and all of my fabric collages had been stored in the studio. After that, I found mentally challenging to keep painting. The tragedy triggered my swing of media. For distraction, I started working with metal and was grateful when a friend who was a historic copper roof contractor offered me some leftovers from his job site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRR:  Your style is distinctive !  What inspires you to try new sculptures?

SC:

I just can’t stop creating and exploring.  New ideas are typically born as I work on a project and I can’t wait to finish current work to start a new one!  Anything probably can trigger a new design to appear in my mind, only one thing I never do is to copy anyone else – this is taboo for me.  Honestly I have no need to grab other people’s ideas – I hope to live long enough to finish half of mine.

 

 

 

 

TRR: You have a depth of knowledge that speaks to your creativity.  Tell us more about being an illustrator, graphic designer, art director, radio jingle writer, and program director.

SC:

I would have never survived a static occupation, even with the promise of a bright future because I was always looking for innovational ways to feed my creative hunger. Graphic design is a form of art both visually and subconsciously. While it is commercial, it is still art. I worked as illustrator, graphic designer and eventually Art Director at a weekly newspaper (with about 200 pages every week). But as everything became routine, I eventually left for a radio job and enjoyed years of Jingle writing and program directing, securing myself a piece of all the visual advertisement go through my design studio at the time.

 

 

 

 

TRR:  What kinds of books do you enjoy reading?

SC:

I usually read about 3 books a week in Hebrew, Russian and English. I enjoy the Classics like Emil Zola and Victor Hugo as well as memoirs and history.  Science Fiction continues to be a favorite in my heart, because of unlimited fantasy and creativity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRR: Tell us more about your inventive cooking!

SC:

My father was an amazing cook (my mother was good, too) and he constantly experimented with dishes, sharing with family and friends, same way as I do now. Cooking is art in itself. Mixing and matching a spice bouquet is no different from color matching in a way. I love to trigger my taste buds and take pleasure in eating good food. It can be as simple as a baked potato with a feta or farmer cheese filling, to marinating lamb for 4 days with wine and roasted greens. I do have a special place in my heart for filled French/ Greek/Balkan (both sweet and savory puff pastry – guilty as charged).

 

 

 

 

 

TRR: Do you prefer any one type of metal or stone to work with ?

SC:

I love copper for its natural amazing and surprising color shades and flexibility. I am intrigued with the idea that it’s a core natural mineral from nature. Stones are my second love and I love them all, naturally pretty and different. Marble and granite have less of my admiration because they have been used so much commercially and they can be monotonous in small sizes. Give me limestones or flagstone which are colorful and unique in their patterns.  I can spend hours in local landscape yards to hand pick each piece.

 

 

 

TRR: Tell us more about your classes

SC:

There has been a demand for classes for some time, but I still struggle with liability insurance issues because I work with an open flame and smoldering metal. I am focusing on offering online classes on my YouTube channel, which is in the process of completion.

 

TRR:  Each creation is one-of-a-kind.  Do you offer commissions?

SC:

I am always open to creating a special piece of artwork for a client.  My creativity thrives on their enthusiasm!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information about Simon’s artistry:

Email:  artist@cherkasski.com

FaceBook:  https://www.facebook.com/cherkasskiartist

Youtube:  https://youtu.be/ibGacaSaZBo
  https://youtu.be/Mnq-izBKcCY

 

 

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The 11th Boca Raton Fine Art Show presented by Hotworks™ at Sanborn Square Park announces the winners of the juried event.  Professional artist awards were juried by Mark Forman, sculptor, painter, and art educator.  Criteria was based on originality, technique, execution of medium, and booth appearance.  All award winners will be invited to participate in the January 2020 Hotworks show.  The Rickie Report shares the details and some photos of the winners.  Kudos to all!  

 

 

 

See Art, Love Art, Buy Art!

 

 

Announcing:

 

Professional Artist Award Winners

&

Budding Artist Award Winners

 

Hotworks.org 11th Annual

Boca Raton Fine Art Show™

January 26 & 27, 2019

 

Sanborn Square Park   Boca Raton

 

 

Save the date for the hotworks.org

Boca Raton Fine Art Shows™

November 2019

and

January 25 & 26, 2020

Downtown Boca Raton

 

 

 

 

Photos shown are Zaki, Mixed Media and Ezra Siegel, Painting

 

 

 17 Professional Artist Award Winners:

 

 

Two $500 Best of Show:

Zaki, Mixed Media, Antwerp, Belgium

Ezra Siegel, Painting, Batavia, IL

 

Five $100 Awards of Excellence:

Charles ‘Chic’ D’Onofrio, Fiber, Danbury, CT

Mel Fleck, Printmaking, Louisville, KY

Paula Mae Green, Batik, Pompano Beach, FL

Kipley Meyer, Sculpture, Madison, GA

Janet Renfro, Clay, Johnson City, TN

 

 

Ten Awards of Distinction:

John Furches, Printmaking, Elkin, NC

Merab Gagiladze, Painting, Tbilisi, Georgia

Cherie Haney, Metal, Ann Arbor, MI

Ariel Celestino Hernandez, Painting, Hialeah, FL

Jim Holehouse, Watercolor, Winter Garden, FL

Svetlana Kuznets, Fiber, Cape Coral, FL

Evan Schwarze, Painting, Vero Beach, FL

Chantel Soustra, Painting, Miami, FL

Sam Stark, Glass, Eden, NC

Amee Sweet-McNamara, Fiber, Andover, NH

 

 

 

 

 

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Budding Artist Competition for grades 6-12 or ages 9-13 was integrated within the art show. Sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, the associated 501c3 non-profit organization, students were encouraged to submit his/her original art that was publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend.

 

Zaki, Mixed Media artist, was one of the two Best of Show winners and the Budding Artist Judge. Criteria was based on the same as the professional artists in the show – originality and technique/execution. Each winning Budding Artist received the same, two-foot-long beautiful ribbon that the professional artists received. There was $250 in Budding Artist Awards as students begin to learn the rules of being part of a professional art show. The program brings families to the art show and exposes them to great art.

 

 

 

 

One $100 Best of Youth Art:

Rebecca Fazio, Photography,  Grandview Preparatory School

 

Three $50 Youth Art Awards of Excellence:

Leora Baitner, Painting,  Katz Yeshiva High School

Sadie Cohen, Other,  Grandview Preparatory School

Andrew Galitzer, Drawing,  Katz Yeshiva High School

 

A special thank you to Art Teachers, Stephanie Espinosa with Grandview Preparatory School and Lori Stern with Katz Yeshiva High School for always entering their students in this very important program, which is unique and one-of-a-kind within Hot Works shows. To date, more than 2,600 students have participated in this program.  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Renowned organizer Hot Works, LLC is bringing two Fine Art and Fine Craft shows to Boca Raton this season, November 3 & 4 at Mizner Park Amphitheater and January 26 & 27, 2019 in Sanborn Square Park, N.E. 1st Avenue and E. Boca Raton Road in downtown Boca. One of the artists whose work will be prominently featured is Marvin ‘Murf’ Murphy of Weston. The Rickie Report shares the details and some sneak peeks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more than three decades, Murphy has been employing a keen sense of color and unique feel for design and form to create dynamic, multi-dimensional geometric abstract paintings that have earned him recognition on an international scale. Murf equates his compositions with cartography. But he’s not interested in mapping out shorelines, islands, continents or seas. He is busy charting the universe and the unifying threads that run through all of nature.

 

Award of Excellence Goes to Murf Murphy

 

Toward that end, he has developed a language of colors, lines and geometric forms. But there’s an architectural quality to his abstract works. Some of that inheres in his use of thick layers and impasto applied with brushes, palette and even putty knives. But he confers three-dimensionality on many of his works by combining colored acrylic films with glass that he sets about half an inch from the painted surface of his underlying canvas.

 

 

 

 

 

When he was just starting out, Murf had a day job tinting car windows. He quickly discovered that he could piece together scenes on windows, sliding glass doors and storefronts from these colored films in much the same way that Henri Matisse used scissors and colored paper to fashion his renowned posters and other cutouts during the final chapter of his storied career.  “At some point, I began framing them and taking them to art shows and festivals,” Murf recounts. “The process evolved from there.”

 

“Fire and Ice” by Murf Murphy

 

 

Today, he affixes his colored film cutouts to the underside of a plate of clear glass in patterns that augment or contrast with the geometric patterns in the composition beneath the glass. As the beam of a gallery spotlight passes through the glass and film cutouts, it is focused, splintered and refracted to create mesmerizing highlights and shadows on the textured surface of the canvas. Natural, organic light will produce the same effect, although in a more diffuse, subtle manner.

 

 

 

 

 

The resulting three-dimensional, tactile quality is a new wrinkle in the 100-year history of the abstract art movement. But there’s more to Murphy’s abstractionism than texture and dimensionality. He also evokes a preoccupation with the building blocks of the natural world and cosmology: light, color and geometrical shapes, particularly rectangles and squares. “Silver Square”, “Yellow Light”, “Green Light”, “Across the Sky”, “New Horizons”, “Golden Moon”  and “Color Source” are the names of just a few of his contemporary constructs. These cues aside, Murf leaves it to his viewers to intuit whether the interplay of light, color, shape and shadow reflect cosmic truths or some cogent commentary on the human condition in modern society denoted, as it is, by the repudiation of fact and science, environmental damage, and impending climatological cataclysm.

 

“Color Dance” by Murf Murphy

 

 

 

 

Over the years, Murf has converted some of his more popular compositions into lithographs. Several have been popularized as art show posters and album and magazine covers – including Hot Works award-winning 16th Orchard Lake Fine Art Show held in West Bloomfield, Michigan this past July. A number can be found in the collections of famous jazz musicians and other public figures, including Dave Sanborn, Richard Elliot, Kenny Rankin, Dave Koz and President Bill Clinton.

 

 

 

He has also shared the limelight at environmental, educational and social events with the likes of Pamela Anderson, Bob Barker, Ivana Trump, and former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore.  In 2010, Murf presented his “Earth Island” lithograph to the newly installed Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon. That work was also featured on the PBS “Jim Brickman Beautiful World” special.

 

 

 

Interior scene of Murf Murphy’s Artistry

 

While the fall show is new this season, the winter Boca Raton Fine Art Show has been voted among the top 100 art shows in America three years running. Institute for Arts & Education is the associated 501( c)(3) non-profit organization that is dedicated to fostering art education among youth, cultural diversity, visual arts and community enrichment. 

 

 

 

 

Hotworks shows are the Best!

 

patty@hotworks.org.

Patty Narozny, Executive Producer

Hotworks, LLC Fine Art & Fine Craft Shows

Your Art. Our Passion.™

www.hotworks.org

www.facebook.com/hotworksartshows

941-755-3088 FL    248-684-2613 MI

 

 

 

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The 9th Annual Boca Raton Fine Art Show™ was held January 27 & 28th in downtown Boca Raton. This Fine Art and Fine Craft fair, juried by art professionals, is voted one of the top art fairs in the U.S. All artwork was original and personally handmade by the 160 artists who participated in the show.  Sponsored by Hot Works, LLC. and The Institute for the Arts & Education, Inc., it focuses on visual arts, diversity, fostering art education among young students, and community enrichment.  The Rickie Report shares the outstanding winners of both the Fine Art Show and the Budding Artist Competition for students in grades 6-12 or ages 9-19.  KUDOS to Patty Narozny’s team!  

 

 

See Art, Love Art, Buy Art!

 

9th annual
Hot Works Boca Raton Fine Art Show™
January 27 & 28, 2018
Downtown Boca Raton
Announcing Professional Artist Award Winners

 

 

 

 

Best of Show  Gail Markewicz, Clay

 

The 9th annual Hot Works Boca Raton Fine Art Show was held on January 27 & 28, 2018 in downtown Boca Raton, in Sanborn Square Park, on N.E. 1st Avenue and on East Boca Raton Road. Voted in the top 100 art shows in the nation for three years, this juried fine art and fine craft art show included 140 juried artists whose art work was original and personally handmade. To recognize great talent, there was $1,500 in Professional Artist Awards – criteria was based on originality, technique/execution, and booth appearance.

 

 

Best of Show, Kent Euler, Sculpture

 

Tema Kissin of Palm Coast, Florida was the Artist Judge. As a graduate from Philadelphia College of art, she continued on to University of New Mexico, where she worked at Tamarind, helping artists print their work. Receiving a teaching scholarship at Montclair State, NJ, she finished her Masters in Art and taught printmaking. Some of the corporate collections her work is in include Bank of America, NY, I.B.M, Fl, Campbells, NJ, Citibank, NY, Zales Corp, TX, Haagen Das, NY, Northern Trust, IL, to name a few. Exhibitions include: Newark Museum, NJ, Kathryn Markel Gallery, NY, Addison Ripley Gallery, D.C., as well as group shows in the metropolitan area.  

 

City of Boca Raton Council Member & CRA Chair Scott Singer joined Patty Narozny, Executive Producer for “Prize Patrol”, in which the awards were presented to the winners below. Photos are available upon request and are posted on the website, www.hotworks.org.

$500 Best of Show (2)

Kent Epler, Sculpture, New Albany, IN
Gail Markewicz, Clay, Woodbridge, CT

$100 Awards of Excellence

Orna & Ami Amrani, Mixed Media, Tamarac, FL
Marilyn Endres, Wood, Driftwood, TX
Dana & David Melnick, Jewelry, New York, NY
Nancy Ney, Photography, Miami, FL
Robbie Robinson, Fiber, Chicago, IL

Awards of Distinction

Alexis Barbeau, Jewelry, Boca Raton, FL
Heidi Hess, Fiber, Chicago, IL
Kue King, Sculpture, Woodbury, TN
Dewey James, Digital, Minneapolis, MN
Ed Loedding, Digital, Brandon, VT
Jo Nelson, Mixed Media, Hastings, NE
Reza Pishgahi, Sculpture, Bloomington, IN
Don Tran, Fiber, St. Louis, MO
Sip-Tshun Ng, Pompano Beach, FL
Jerry Yang, Fiber, Dublin, OH

Best Budding Artist 2018, Daniel Pan, Drawing

Announcing Budding Artist Award Winners

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Budding Artist Competition is integrated into the show within a 10’x20’ area. Sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, students in grades 6-12 or ages 9-19 were encouraged to enter his/her original and personally handmade art that was publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend.

There was $250 in Budding Artist Awards as students are exposed to the rules and entrepreneurship opportunity of doing something they love for a living – creating their art. The program brings families to the art show and exposes them to great art. Students are encouraged to speak with the professional artists in the show and ask them what inspires him/her.

City of Boca Raton Council Members Andrea Levine O’Rourke and Robert Weinroth were part of the Budding Artists Awards Presentation held on Sunday, January 28 at 3pm. Special recognition was given to local art teachers including Hope Campbell and Shelley Weiss of North Broward Preparatory School, Jennifer Schultz of Grandview Preparatory School, and Heather Schumulian of Hebrew Academy School in Margate who entered their students into this art-education program.

Participating artist in the show, Mixed Media Artist Zaki of Antwerp, Belgium was the Budding Artist Judge. Similar to the judging of the professional artist awards, the budding artists were judged based on originality, technique, and execution. Zaki provided an explanation as to why each student won his/her prize which provided an educational learning experience about art.

 

2018 Budding Artist Award Winners:

One – $100 Best Budding Artist:
Daniel Pan, Drawing,  Westglades Middle School

 

Three – $50 Budding Artist Awards of Excellence:

Savannah Carpenter, Painting,  Boca Raton Middle School
Rebecca Fazio, Photography,  Grandview Preparatory School
Sophia Vigne, Painting,  Home-Schooled, Boca Raton

 

Budding Artists 2018

 

SAVE THE DATE:

10TH ANNUAL BOCA RATON FINE ART SHOW

JANUARY 26, & 27, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information please contact Patty Narozny, Executive Producer, Boca Raton Fine Art Show
Hot Works, LLC Fine Art & Fine Craft Shows™
President, Institute for the Arts & Education, Inc.

Event Hot Line: 941-755-3088
Event Website: www.HotWorks.org
Event Email: Info@HotWorks.org
Email: Patty@HotWorks.org

 

 

 

 

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The Boca Raton Fine Art Show returns to downtown Boca Raton on January 27 & 28. Produced by Hot Works, LLC, this perennial top 100 show features original work by 150 Nationally and Internationally acclaimed artists in painting (oil, acrylic and watercolor), drawing (pastels, colored pencil and pen-and-ink), photography, digital imagery, sculpture (metal and stone), clay, ceramics, wood working and carving, glass, fiber art (including batik and tapestry), art jewelry and more. The Rickie Report shares the details here.

 

 

9th ANNUAL HOTWORKS.ORG

BOCA RATON FINE ART SHOW ™

Saturday, January 27, 2018

&

Sunday, January 28, 2018

 10 am – 5 pm Both Days

 

 

Sanborn Square Park on East Boca Raton Road and NE 1st Avenue

 

Roads close at 3pm Friday, January 26 until 10pm, Sunday, January 28

 

 

 

 

 

One of the many strengths of this show is its intimate, boutique nature which allows art lovers and collectors to engage the artists about their inspiration, process and what makes them unique within the highly-competitive realm of fine arts and fine crafts. But Executive Director Patty Narozny employs a number of other time-honored techniques to make Hot Works’ shows a positive experience both for participating artists and patrons.

 

 

First and foremost, she enlists a team of art professionals with more than 120 years of combined experience to judge the work of the hundreds of applicants who wish to participate in Hot Works’ shows. Narozny is choosey, and her interest goes well beyond digital images and paper applications. She visits many of her artists in their homes and studios to make sure that their work makes a contribution to the quality of her shows and a statement in the collections of the people who patronize them.

 

 

Left to right: Boca Council Member and CRA Chair Scott Singer; Executive Producer Patty Narozny; Sculptor Reza Pishgahi, 2017 Best of Show 1 of 2, Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie, Boca Council Member Robert Weinroth, Artist Judge Robin Markowitz

 

 

 

 

But Narozny also understands that most of the folks who come to her shows are far from experienced collectors. In fact, many are newbies – or have yet to take the plunge and buy their first artwork. They are still in the process of defining their tastes and have yet to figure out what they like and why is speaks to them. Which is why she builds variety into every Hot Works show. Further, she and her team strive to ensure that the work presented covers a wide range of price points. There is art for every budget. Last but not least, purchasers can buy with confidence. Because Narozny does her homework so meticulously, they know they’re not only getting an original work of art from a credentialed artist, they are getting value as well.

 

 

 

Left to Right: Executive Producer Patty Narozny; Boca Council Member and CRA Chair Scott Singer; Sculptor Robert Hyde, 2017 Best of Show 2 of 2; Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie, Boca Council Member Robert Weinroth, Artist Judge Robin Markowitz

 

 

 

 

While the business side of the equation is serious work, attending a Hot Works show is a relaxing, casual experience. It’s like taking a leisurely stroll through a park filled with artwork. There’s no pressure to do anything more than look and envision what that great painting, photograph or sculpture might look like in your home or office. And if you need a little help in the latter category, all of the exhibiting artists are only too happy to bring one or more artworks to your house after hours so that you can see exactly what it looks like on your bookcase, floor or wall.

 

 

For more information:

Visit http://www.hotworks.org or email info@hotworks.org.

 

 

 

 

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HotWorks.org Presents the 9th Annual Boca Raton Fine Art Show™ on January 27 & 28, 2018 located in Downtown Boca Raton, FL at Sanborn Square Park. $1,500 in Professional Artists Awards plus the Budding Artist Competition for grades 6-12 or ages 9-19; a program which encourages students to create their original and personally handmade art; $250 in cash prizes.  The Rickie Report shares the details and urges you to mark your calendars!

 

 

 

9th Annual The Boca Raton Fine Art Show™

 

 

 

January 27 & 28, 2018

Saturday & Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm daily

Sanborn Square Park on East Boca Raton Road and NE 1st Avenue.

Roads close at 3pm Friday, January 26 to 10pm, Sunday, January 28

 

 

 

 

The Boca Raton Fine Art Show™ has been voted in the top 100 art fairs in the nation.  Up to 135 juried fine art & fine craft artists, ensuring all work is original and personally handmade by the artists present at the show.
All discipline of art is for sale – paintings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, wood, jewelry, photography & more.

Juried by art professionals with 120+ years combined experience. Criteria for jurying is technique/execution, originality, and booth appearance. $1,500 in Professional Artist Awards – plus, each winning artist receives a beautiful, 2’ long ribbon. Budding Artist Competition for grades 6-12 or ages 9-19; a program which encourages students to create their original and personally handmade art; $250 in cash prizes.

 

 

 

 
Professional artist applications are accepted electronically via Zapplication.org or “manual” application.

The deadline to apply is September 13.

Produced by Hot Works LLC, under the direction of Executive Producer & Owner, Patty Narozny, whose long-standing national reputation is above reproach.  Institute for the Arts & Education, Inc., the 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to educate and promote fine arts and crafts among all artists and students, of all age groups and diversity, and the general public. IA&E implements ways to enrich lives and strengthen our community through the power of arts. Our mission is to enhance visual arts, diversity, community enrichment and fostering art amongst youth. Hot Works™ and its non-profit 501.C.3 arm, the Institute for the Arts and Education, are proud of the success and nationwide recognition we have achieved in our educational endeavors.

 

 

 

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Budding Artist Competition encourages students in grades 6-12 or ages 9-19 to create their original and personally handmade art. All entries are publicly displayed under a large tent labeled, “Budding Artist Competition“. Students are exposed to, and begin to learn the rules of, being part of a professional art show. $250 in Youth Art Awards will be presented on Sunday at 3pm.

The deadline to apply is December 15.

 

 

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsors whom are looking to excite the affluent are a perfect match for this event. Our partnership with sponsors is designed to put you foremost in the attendees mind. Corporate sponsorship is a marketing vehicle that allows your company to connect with communities drawn together by a cause, passion, or purpose. When you align your business with these same values, you engage with potential customers in deeper, more resonant ways than by using other marketing media. The patrons who attend this event have an understanding of art and are quality art buyers. They are all your potential customers.

Our #1 goal at Hot Works™ is to make the Boca Raton Fine Art Show® a pleasant and profitable experience for all of our stakeholders, at the same time bringing a wonderful event to the community. With our proven method of teamwork, recruiting the best artists in the field, and last but not least, our unique brand of marketing, we at Hot Works™ hope to not just continue maintaining our current level of success, but to make it even better yet in the years to come. We hope you will join us.

 

For more information please visit:

www.hotworks.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hotworks.org presents the 7th annual Boca Raton Fine Art Show™ which takes place on Saturday, January 23 & Sunday, January 24, 2016, from 10am-5pm (both days), at 72 N. Federal Highway, downtown Boca Raton, Florida, on Federal Highway and in Sanborn Square Park. This juried show is a world-class production directed by Patty Narozny and features an exclusive slice of 160 unique and elite established artists from 31 states. The Boca Raton Fine Art Show™ is voted in the top 100 art fairs in the nation. The Rickie Report shares the details and some sneak peeks.  Be sure to stop by the “Budding Artists” area!   See Art, Love Art, Buy Art! See You There!

 

 

7th Annual Boca Raton Fine Art Show™

 

 

Saturday and Sunday,

January 23 & 24, 2016!

10 am – 5:00 pm

 

 

 

 

Federal Highway/US-1 will be closed between Palmetto Park Road and NE 2nd street 

 

 

There is plenty of on-street parking and at First United Methodist Church

 

 

In addition to the great artists and Budding Artist Competition, enjoy music and great food by Potions in Motion of Boca Raton.

 

Free Admission

 

 

This year’s show features art by Kristin Holeman, a professional artist since 1974. Raised in Venezuela and Argentina, Kristin has been a Florida resident for 42 years. She is a self-taught jeweler specializing in enameling process. Kristin has returning customers spanning her 42-year career, and her collectors have donated her work to museums around the country, including the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC. Her art is often described as whimsical and uplifting. Most pieces are autobiographical, telling a story about her family or a life event using metal and enamel.  In May 2015, Kristin was a finalist at the Santa Fe Symposium® in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Rio Grande Jewelry Supply Company recognizes distinction in jewelry design, announced the winners of the 15th Annual Saul Bell Design Award competition.

 

 

 

Handmade Glass Work by Pishgahi

 

 

The selected “Artists Juror” for the show is internationally acclaimed artist and resident of Boca Raton, Mark Forman. Mark began his career working in clay, and since has worked with all forms of discipline. His sculptures and ceramic wall forms garnered much national recognition during his years of working in that medium. Mark has a Master of Arts degree from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Mark received Fellowship Grants in 1979, 1983 and 1987 from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. His work is part of dozens of private and public collections and exhibitions nationwide.

 

 

 

Metal Sculpture by John Petrey

 

 

There are 17 professional artist awards which will be presented Saturday, January 23, 2016, between 3-4pm.

Professional Artist Awards include:
Two – Best of Show
Five – Awards of Excellence
Ten – Awards of Distinction

 

 

Our mission of multicultural arts promotion, ethnic diversity, and positive image remain strong, and we are proud to continue our popular Budding Artist Competition for grades 6-12 or ages 9-19. This program encourages students to create their original and personally handmade art that is publicly displayed in the Budding Artist tent during the entire weekend.

 

 

Painting by Armik Malekian

 

There are four Budding Artist awards totaling $250 in cash prizes, presented on Sunday, January 24 at 3pm. This competition is sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, our associated 501c3 non-profit organization. IA&E is dedicated to educate and promote fine arts and crafts among all artists, students and the general public of all ages and diversity. World-renowned sculptor, Ben Foster recently featured on South Florida’s network TV news, will be participating and presenting his large, bronze sculptures to the public!

 

 

 

Painting by Yu

 

 

 

We look forward to continuing our great relationships with sponsors, artists, press, and all of our fans. Show Executive Producer Patty Narozny is committed to making sure this year’s event builds upon her exceptional reputation, her commitment to excellence of visual arts, diversity, and fostering art education among youth.

 

 

See Art, Love Art, Buy Art! See You There!

 

 

For more information:

Please visit www.hotworks.org 

Contact:

Patty Narozny, Executive Producer, Hot Works, LLC Fine Art & Fine Craft Shows

941-755-3088

 

 

 

 

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Rickie Leiter, Publisher

The Rickie Report

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Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420

Rickie@therickiereport.com

561-537-0291

Professional artist applications are now being accepted for HotWorks™ 7th Annual Boca Raton Art Show.  The Rickie Report shares the details and application information. Deadline for applications is September 13th and all categories are open!   Art Patrons and Art Lovers, mark your calendars for January 23rd and 24th for this great show!

HotWorks.org presents:

The One & Only Original
7th Annual
Boca Raton Art Show

 

Located
In Downtown Boca Raton, FL
Federal Highway/US-1 at Palmetto Park Road
In Sanborn Square Park

 

January 23 & 24, 2016

 

 

 

 

Juried Fine Art & Fine Craft Show

All Categories Are Open!

 

 

https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=4103

 

 

 

 

What you need to know:

§ Average sales per artist was $5,237, based on Sunshine Artist review in April 2015 publication;

§ Boca Raton, FL is one of Florida’s most affluent and sophisticated art-buying and art-loving audiences;

§ Hot Works™ Executive Director Patty Narozny boasts a tremendously loyal artist following because:

o She works hard to keep out the buy/sell – and does the research to keep it out;
o She knows how to work the media, and brings in the patrons with money to purchase high-end art;
o Patty’s unique brand of marketing via Hot Works™ has consistent, proven success;
o Patty respects and always does her best to do what’s right for the artists and for the art fair industry;
o Patty has over 30 years’ experience as a successful event and media producer and the know-how to connect artists with art-buying audiences;
o Each artist’s booth sign states emphatically, “All work in this booth is personally handmade by…”

§ No stages or pulsating music! Music is low key so you don’t have to shout to sell your high-end art.

§ Deadline to Apply: September 13, 2015

• Upon Acceptance, artist booth prices are as follows:
• 10’ x 10’, $400
• Booth and a half (10’ x 15’), $550
• Double booth (10’ x 20’), $675
• Corner, +$75
• Electric, +$75 (must request in advance)

§ Limited to 175 artists (or less)

§ Institute for the Arts & Education, Inc., our 501c3 non-profit organization that focuses on visual arts, diversity and community enrichment.

§ Budding Artist Competition for grades 6-12 or ages 9-19

If your first priority is sales, then  shows are for you. We do have cash awards, but we spend proportionately much more money to get the people to the show than we do to award money.

 

 

 

Any Questions?

Please contact Executive Director Patty Narozny patty@hotworks.org or 248-684-2613/941-755-3088

 

 

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

Rickie Leiter, Publisher

The Rickie Report

P.O.Box 33423

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420

Rickie@therickiereport.com

561-537-0291

The Rickie Report shares some sneak peeks from the upcoming Hotworks.org  6th Annual Boca Raton Fine Art Show™!  There is art all around us!   See Art!  Love Art! Buy Art!  The event takes place January 24th & 25th, 2015 in downtown Boca Raton on Federal Highway at Palmetto Park Road.  Admission is FREE to this family friendly event.  Stop by the “Budding Artists” Competition to see local talent from middle and high schools in Palm Beach County.  Kudos to Patty Narozny, Show Director and Coordinator, for bringing art education to the streets.

 

 

 

 

6th annual  HotWorks.org

Boca Raton Fine Art Show™ 

Saturday, January 24th

and

Sunday, January 25th

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Daily

FREE Admission

Downtown Boca Raton

Federal Highway/U.S. 1 from Palmetto Park Road to N.E. 2nd Street, adjacent to Sanborn Square Park

Part of the Hot Works’ family of events, the Boca Raton Fine Art Show™ has earned a reputation for quality art in a relatively short period of time. Celebrating its 6th annual event on January 24 & 25, the Boca Raton Fine Art Show™ has already been voted one of the top art shows in the nation.

Parking :

Parking is available at various metered street parking, HSBC Bank, 1st United Bank, First United Methodist Church, or St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church.

 

 

The event focus is visual arts, diversity, community enrichment, and fostering art education among young students. This art fair is juried by art professionals who have a combined experience of more than 140 years. All work is original and personally handmade by the artist in the show. You will see more than 150 artists with all discipline are for sale including sculpture, painting, glass, clay, fiber, wood, jewelry, photography and more. There is something for everyone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While there, be sure to visit the Budding Artists Competition for grades 6-12 or ages 9-19, located in Sanborn Square Park. As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, this budding artist competition offers students the opportunity to create their original and personally handmade art as they begin to learn the rules of being part of professional art fair. There is $250 in Budding Artist Awards, sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, Inc., the 501c3 non-profit arm of the art fair.

 

 

The art fair is located on Federal Highway at Palmetto Park Road and in Sanborn Square Park. Show hours are 10am to 5pm daily.

See Art, Love Art, Buy Art!

See You There!

More info Visit www.hotworks.org

 

 

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