Link: Appears to be included daily in the Events Search in the New Times Broward-Palm Beach throughout the exhibition:
Online at http://www.newtimesbpb.com/search/events.php?eventSearch=1&date=2006-04-26The Color of Creativity
By Jason Budjinski
At first glance, Laura Ospanik's sharp and shiny Shadow Lights looks like something she cranked out on a computer. Step a little closer, however, and you'll see between the lines -- the pencil lines, as it were. Ospanik is a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, whose art is featured in a current exhibit at Old School Square’s Cornell Museum (51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach). However, while that’s pure graphite and paper, there’s another exhibit currently on display at the museum -- the sixth annual “Gathering of Kuumba.” It’s a matter of culture, not media, pooling together works by local African-, Haitian-, and Caribbean-American artists. Kuumba is Swahilia for creativity, and there’s no shortage of that to go around, from the spiritually influenced paintings of Allah Emmanuel to the mixed-media mash-ups of Trina Slade Burks. Both exhibits are open now through June 3. Call 561-243-7922, or visit www.oldschool.org. Through June 3
Old School Square, 51 N Swinton Ave , Delray Beach
From Arts & Entertainment in The New Times Broward-Palm Beach April 19, 2006
Online at http://www.newtimesbpb.com/Issues/2006-04-20/culture/artbeat.htmlNow on Display
With more than 1,600 members and the mission "to present the public with the highest aesthetic standards in fine art," the Colored Pencil of Society of America has selected its finest 105 for its "Signature Showcase," an exhibition that includes winners from the society's competitive international exhibit. Displayed at the Cornell Museum, the works are exhibited in loose thematic groups so that you'll find fruits, veggies, and flowers in one room and animals, landscapes, and architecture in another. The styles are as varied as the colors: realism, photo-realism, impressionism, cubism, and abstraction among them. Some are predictable in their subject matter — for instance, Peppers IV, a serial study by Arizona's Bill Cupit — though expertly executed. Several, like Seattle-resident Laura Ospanik's Shadow Lights, study the play of light through transparent objects. Others are striking in their creativity: Lula Mae Blocton from Connecticut uses a bold, geometric pattern (presumably African) to dominate the foreground of Amistad Mende while an image of the historical slave ship repeats in the background. (Through June 3 at Cornell Museum at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Call 561-243-7922.)
From Arts & Entertainment in The New Times Broward-Palm Beach June 10, 2006
Online at http://www.newtimesbpb.com/Issues/2006-06-08/culture/artbeat_full.htmlIn school, colored pencil is a medium for those who've matured beyond crayon but aren't quite ready for paint. In the hands of experts, though, colored pencil can produce remarkable, diverse, and vivid results. With more than 1600 members and the mission "to present the public with the highest aesthetic standards in fine art," the Colored Pencil of Society of America has selected its finest 105 for its Signature Showcase, an exhibition which includes winners from the Society's competitive International Exhibit. Displayed in a former elementary school, now the Cornell Museum, the works are exhibited in loose thematic groups: fruits, veggies, and flowers in one room and animals, landscapes, and architecture in another. The styles are as varied as the colors: realism, photo-realism, impressionism, cubism, and abstraction among them. Some are predictable in their subject matter — like "Peppers IV," a serial study by Arizona's Bill Cupit — though expertly executed. Several, like Seattle-resident Laura Ospanik's "Shadow Lights" study the play of light through transparent objects. Others are striking in their creativity: Lula Mae Blocton from Connecticut uses a bold, geometric pattern (presumably African) to dominate the foreground of "Amistad Mende" while an image of the historical slave ship repeats in the background. Running concurrently, Gathering of Kuumba (Swahili for creativity) presents a multi-media exhibition by African-American, Haitian, and Caribbean artists in South Florida. The uneven show includes the works of both very talented artists and their less-accomplished contemporaries and displays originals — textiles, ceramics, sculptures, paintings — alongside giclee reproductions. (Through June 3 at Cornell Museum at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Call 561-243-7922)