LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER GALLERY & SCHOOL OF ART
373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, FL 33469 (561) 746-3101, www.lighthousearts.org Lighthouse ArtCenter has provided uninterrupted art and cultural programming for over 50 years. Located in Southeast Florida, it serves over 900 members and 22,000 visitors from its three-building campus in the exceptional waterfront town of Tequesta. The ArtCenter’s mission is to inspire, engage and connect visitors with unique exhibitions, a vibrant school of art, and diverse special events.
“We are so excited for this coming season! With the onset of COVID-19, we took the quiet time to completely reenergize and overhaul our facilities, which will enhance our exhibitions, workshops, and classes,” says Nancy Politsch, executive director. “We welcome visitors back to the gallery January 2021, with refreshed and modernized facilities and a plethora of culturally diverse and enriching exhibitions.”
Soul on Art: Ghosts of Africa, from January 26 to March 10 at the newly renovated gallery, is a timely exhibition featuring works by significant brown and Black artists including William Kwamena-Poh, Kara
Walker and Purvis Young.
Radical Jewelry Makeover, running January 26 through March 20, showcases Ethical Metalsmiths’ innovative community mining project. It raises awareness of the connection between mining, metalsmithing, activism, collaboration and art. RJM utilizes donated jewelry as a source of “raw” material. The donated jewelry is then deconstructed to the original components and reconstructed into wearable works of art by artists, students and professionals.
The eighth annual Plein Air Festival, held March 14 to 20, is considered one of the premier plein air festivals in the Southeastern United States. Twenty-five national award-winning artists have been invited to exhibit their fresh works in the gallery and online during this highly anticipated celebration of representational art, which captures our environment as history in the making.
“Some of Florida’s best art galleries are in Northern Palm Beach County. If you have an interest in purchasing or collecting art, or you just enjoy walking through galleries and observing, you will find a plethora with a variety of styles and mediums to satisfy all tastes.”
— Nancy Politsch, executive director, Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery & School of Art