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       Lighthouse ArtCenter’s Radical                                                                       Fourth Annual



       Jewelry Makeover                                                                                     Holiday Plant



       Report and Photos by Penny Sheltz                 Florida’s first ever Radical Jewelry Makeover South
                                                         Florida (RJM) this winter.
         The Lighthouse ArtCenter, in participation with the     Many people donated old, unwanted, and/or broken  Swap
       Armory ArtCenter and Resource Depot, will be hosting
                                                                                 jewelry for this community
                                                                                 mining  and  recycling       Master Gardener
                                                                                 project.                   M aura and her
                                                                                   Started in 2007, the     husband Steve hosted
                                                                                 RJM mission is to educate   their  Fourth Annual
                                                                                 jewelers of all levels     Holiday Plant Swap
                                                                                 about material resourcing   New Years’ Day at
                                                                                 issues involved in jewelry-  their home in  The
                                                                                 making through fun, fast   Shores of Jupiter. We
                                                                                 paced projects.            celebrated the new
                                                                                   In  January interested   year by learning about
                                                                                 participants met at Gallery   growing plants in Jupiter’s subtropical Zone 10. We met
                                                                                 Square North to sort       new and old friends and neighbors, swapped plants and
                                                                                 through many boxes and     seeds and learned about some plants unique to Florida.
                                                                                 bags of unwanted jewelry.   We swapped stories, century plants, plumeria, crinum
                                                                                 This was followed by a     lilies, herb and flower seeds. Leftovers were donated
                                                                                 one-day symposium.         to the VA Hospice Meditation Garden currently under
                                                                                   Artists  then  have  eight   construction. Thank you to old friends and new who
                                                                                 weeks  to  produce  their   stopped by and said hello, and to those who participated
                                                                                 reclaimed jewelry pieces   in the swap. Thanks to my husband, Steve, for helping
                                                                                 from donations for an      me schlep the flowerpots and to our dear neighbor, Jay
                                                                                 opening  reception  to  be   Mauney. May 2020 be a happy, healthy, and prosperous
                                                                                 held  March  19  from  5:30   new year.
                                                                                 to 7:30 p.m. at Lighthouse
                                                                                 ArtCenter Gallery Tequesta.
                                                                                 The made-over jewelry will
                                                                                 be on display and for sale at
                                                                                 the ArtCenter from March
                                                                                 19 to April 24.
                                                                                   For more information
                                                                                 call 746-3101 or view
                                                                                 the  following  website:
                                                                                 Lighthousearts.org/RJM.

























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