Art Notes: For the week of April 6-12 | Palm Beach Entertainment ...

SPECIAL EVENTS

THE ARTISTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY MONTHLY SHARING MEETING: 7-9 p.m. Monday, Pferdekamper Studio, 14281 Collecting Canal Road, Loxahatchee. Owner artist/photographer/ceramist Gisella Pferdekamper will demonstrate her oil-painting technique. Free for members, $5 nonmembers. Info: (561) 278-4479

GALLERY TOUR IN FRENCH: 11 a.m. April 14, Norton Museum, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Features a closer look at Tacita Dean and Outside/In. Free for Norton members ; $10 for Alliance Francaise members and $12 general. Info: (561) 832-5196

GALLERY TALKS ? 11 a.m. April 14 and 11 a.m. and noon April 21 and 28, Society of the Four Arts, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Members of the William I. Koch Curatorial Team will speak about the exhibit, "Recapturing the Real West: The Collections of William I. Koch." $5, includes exhibit admission, gallery talk and catalog (while supplies last). Children younger than 15 are free. Reservations. (561) 655-7226

LECTURE: ANIMAL SYMBOLS IN CHINESE ART: 3 p.m. April 15, Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Hou-Mei Sung speaks in conjunction with the installation "Decoding Messages." She tell stories linked with real and mythical animals, including dragons, quail, cicadas, crabs, bats and horses. Free with museum admission. Info: (561) 832-5196; norton.org

THE LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER?S ARTWORKSHOP WEEK: April 30-May 5 at the center, Gallery Square North, 373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta. Features workshops of all different media and skill levels tailored to meet each individual?s artistic needs. Get info at (561) 748-8737; www.LighthouseArts.org

OPENING THIS WEEK

AN ARTISTIC DISCOVERY: THE CONGRESSIONAL STUDENT ART SHOW: Opening reception at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Features entries from Florida?s 19th Congressional District in the nationwide high school arts competition sponsored by the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Rep. Ted Deutsch will attend the reception. Info: (561)392-2500; bocamuseum.org.

LAST CHANCE

FOUNDATIONS: Through April 14, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Robert M. Montgomery Jr. Building, 601 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. Works by 16 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship winners, in a wide variety of mediums. Info: (561) 471-2901; www.palmbeachculture.com

CHRISTOPHER BURLINI: POP PLURALIST: Through April 15, Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Also features a screening of the film From the Artist?s Perspective today in the Crest Theatre highlighting Burlini?s artistic journey. A pop pluralist with classical orientation ? his bold, surreal and magical work challenges the viewer to peel back the concept, expose the subject and reveal the meaning. Info: (561) 243-7922; www.oldschool.org

THE 2012 BIENNIAL JURIED ART COMPETITION: Through April 15, Levis Jewish Community Center?s Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery, 21050 95th Ave. S., Boca Raton. An exhibition of original works including paintings, graphics, mixed media, wood, clay, metal, glass, fiber art, indoor and outdoor sculptures and photographs. Opening features a meet and greet with the artists and a concert of classical and pop music by Utopian Strings. Free, but RSVPs requested. Info: (561) 558-2520

PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE RESIDENTS OF ADMIRAL?S COVE: Through April 15, PBSC?s Eissey Campus Theatre Gallery, 3160 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. www.palmbeachstate.edu/x13034.xml

ON DISPLAY

JOURNALIST/ Through April 20, ActivistArtist: A Gallery, 422 W. Industrial Ave., Boynton Beach. Features photographic images of Michael Herb and Jonathan Dvoretz, curated by Rolando Chang Barrero. Info: (786) 521-1199

JOSHUA BANKS EXHIBIT: Through April 27, Jupiter Community Center, 210 Military Trail, south of Indiantown Road, Jupiter. This 24-year old autistic man enjoys music, gymnastics, hiking and horseback riding but doesn?t speak. Info: silvervicki@gmail.com

NEW LIGHT ON TIFFANY: CLARA DRISCOLL AND THE TIFFANY GIRLS: Through April 22, Flagler Museum, 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach. More than 50 Tiffany lamps, windows, mosaics, enamels, ceramics. Free with museum admission. Info: (561) 655-2833; www.flaglermuseum.us.

GUY HARVEY EXHIBITION: Through May 1 at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, 10900 Jack Nicklaus Drive, North Palm Beach. Features both originals and prints by the iconic artist. Free with park admission. Info: (561) 776-7449; macathur.org

CUERPOS PINTADOS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHBITION: Through May 5, Holden Luntz Gallery, 332 Worth Ave., Palm Beach. A photographic project of body painting by Roberto Edwards. Info: (561) 805-9550; www.holdenluntz.com

THREE GENERATIONS OF LOVE AND ART: Through May 4, the Armory Art Center, 1700 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach. Three generations ? Stanley Katz, Roni Doppelt, and Stephanie Doppelt ? showcase their work that will highlight the influence that they have on each other and demonstrate the inspiration they achieve by working together. Info: (561) 832-1776; www.ArmoryArt.org

• Artistic Visions II: Women In The Visual Arts, Inc.: Through May 5, the Armory Art Center, 1700 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach. Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, metal, glass and fibers. Info: (561) 832-1776; www.ArmoryArt.org

HISTORY OF FLORIDA SURFING EXHIBITION: Through May 12, University Galleries at FAU?s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. Presents the 80 year history of Florida surfing through contributions from more than 50 photographers including Florida standouts like Tom Dugan and Richard Meserrol to internationally known photographers Jeff Divine and Steve Wilkings. Info: (561) 297-2966 or visit www.fau.edu/galleries

NEW EXHIBITS AT BOCA MUSEUM OF ART: Through May 20, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Info: (561)392-2500; bocamuseum.org.

• Will Barnet at 100: To mark the 100th birthday of pioneering painter, printmaker and educator Will Barnet (born May 25, 1911), this exhibition of nearly 50 works explores the evolution of Barnet?s art from realism to abstraction.
• Muted Imprints: An Installation by Misako Inaoka: Inaoka?s kinetic sculpture and site-specific installations evoke wilderness, but are grounded in technology.
• Glass Act: The Contemporary studio art glass movement turns 50 and this survey of contemporary studio glass celebrates one-of-a-kind fine art glass pieces made in individual studios rather than glass factories.

WYNN BULLOCK: INSIGHTS & SURPRISES: Through June 9, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, 415 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. The mid-20th century master photographer is best known for his evocative black and white images, but he also created a significant body of color work he called Color Light Abstractions. Info: (561) 253-2600; www.workshop.org or www.fotofusion.org.

OUTSIDE/ FLORIDA PHOTOGRAPHERS FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE MUSEUM COLLECTION: Through June 10, Norton Museum, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. These photographers? work, juxtaposed with works from the Norton?s Photography Collection. Featured photographers: Maria Martinez-Ca?as of Miami; Alexander Diaz of St. Augustine; Valerie George of Pensacola, Christopher Morris of Tampa; and the team of Eduardo del Valle and Mirta G?mez of Miami. Christopher Morris will present an Artist Lecture at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24. Info: (561) 832-5196; norton.org

DECODING MESSAGES IN CHINESE ART: Through June 24, Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. A special installation of seven Chinese works of art features the newly acquired 13th century painting, Five Quail. Info: (561) 832-5196; norton.org

NEW EYES SHOW: FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER BARRY SEIDMAN: Through June 29, Harris Private Bank, Phillips Point, 777 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 140E, West Palm Beach. Seidman exhibits 85 pieces from various photographic series. Presented by the Lighthouse ArtCenter. Available by appointment through Christi Thompson at (561) 366-4218. www.BarrySeidman.com

PARADISE IN PERIL: WORLD WAR II IN PALM BEACH COUNTY: Through Aug. 18, the Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Archival photographs featuring Palm Beach County citizens, maps of historically significant areas and artifacts. Free. Info: (561) 832-4164; www. historicalsocietypbc.org.

AMERICAN MASTERS AT THE NORTON: Through Fall, Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Features the work of Clyfford Still and Joan Mitchell, masters of late 20th-century American painting. Still is credited with laying the groundwork for the Abstract Expressionism movement. Mitchell used paint directly from tubes, applying it with her hands and conceiving of compositions that worked from the center out, rather than over the entire surface of her canvas. Info: (561) 832-5196; norton.org

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