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    President’s Day weekend filled with art events in Palm Beach County

    Each year Presidents’ Day weekend brings exciting art events to the county, and this weekend is no exception. The 2012 ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival (February 18 – 20) in Abacoa Town Center, Jupiter has been named one of the top 50 art festivals in the country and top 20 events in the southeast. The event showcases a juried exhibition of outstanding fine art along with activities which include live entertainment, artist demonstrations, children’s interactive art activities, celebrity art doodles, Youth Art Competition Gallery and the opportunity to meet more than 300 of the top artists from around the world. Among them is local artist Lynn Morgan whom you can find in booth 626.

    In addition, for the first time, Jupiter’s Artigras festival offers a glimpse of local artists’ visions of EcoArt: art that does a job, namely by specifically helping the environment directly and in highly visible, educational and aesthetically interesting ways. Artists Daryl McCann, Lucy Keshavarz and Jesse Etelson will showcase their recent work at EcoArt Works!!, a joint presentation by the US Green Building Council’s Palm Beach County Branch and EcoArt South Florida. Gregory Lombardi Design, Inc. is sponsoring the presentation.

    Artigras tickets are available online and at selected locations throughout Palm Beach County. Advance Sale One Day Ticket (good any one day) – $6.00. Advance Sales Three Day Ticket (good all three days) – $12.00.  Kids 12 and under admitted FREE – limited to 2 children with each adult. $1.00 from each ticket sold in advance will be donated to local school art programs.

    In West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach is hosting Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show, February 18 – 21, 2012.  Show dates and hours are Saturday – Monday, 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. and Tuesday, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Hailed as one of the most important events of its kind in the US, the show has something for every collector from the novice to the museum curator.  Pieces span time ranging from the antiquities to the 20th century, including Deco and Modernist periods.

    A highlight of this year’s show will be the “Hope Designer Showcase,” curated by AD100 interior designer Scott Snyder. The exhibit features five room vignettes created by Snyder and other top interior designers, including Geoffrey Bradfield, Jim Aman and John Meeks, Bruce Bierman and Campion Platt. The designers utilize fine art, furniture and decorative accessories from exhibitors in the show to create beautiful spaces that exemplify how antiques integrate into today’s lifestyles. Tickets for this show can also be purchased online.  A one-day pass is $15 or a four-day pass is $25. 

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    - Maxine Schreiber

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