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The 36th Edition Of The ArtiGras

BigWigs Campaign from page 1

diagnostics, navigation, Fine Arts Festival Now Accepting
education, screening and
treatment services provided
throughout Florida. It won’t Artist Applications
be unusual to see these
participants popping up
around social media (and The Festival Will Run Feb. 13 Known as one of the nation’s top art festivals, ArtiGras
hopefully around town annually attracts tens of thousands of art lovers and collectors.
soon enough) donning To 14, Over Presidents’ Day The two-day outdoor festival showcases a juried exhibition of
their pink wigs and sharing gallery-quality art and offers a unique opportunity for visitors
informational tips about Weekend 2021 to interact with and purchase directly from the artists.
breast health, personal Kate Watt ArtiGras also offers the “emerging artist” category for local
stories of their ties to breast artists. This program offers selected developing artists mentoring
cancer, and asking for services, professional booth photos and complimentary tent
donations to help support rental. Qualifications include artists who have never exhibited in
Komen’s efforts to create a a show and reside in the Palm Beach County area. Emerging artist
world without breast cancer. applicants should proceed in the same manner as professional
Each participant is artists and submit their artwork online through zapplication.org.
challenged to raise a Deadline for artists to apply online for inclusion in ArtiGras
minimum of $1,000 is Friday, Sept. 25. Artists can email artists@artigras.org, call
to support breast health (561) 748-3942 or visit www.artigras.org for more information.
programs and services in Along with the 280 onsite artists, the 36th edition of ArtiGras
Florida, and along the way will feature interactive art exhibits, children’s activities, live
they will be treated to prizes, music, youth art and recycling art competitions among other
incentives and opportunities Chief Michael Gregory demonstrations. For more information visit www.artigras.org.
to boast of being named a top ArtiGras artist Russell Yerkes with his 2020 Best of Show About Palm Beach North Chamber Of Commerce
fundraiser, top team, BigWig ribbon The Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce is one of
with the most donors, or the largest and most active business organizations in Southeast
most creative campaign. The Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce is Florida. Serving businesses in the ten municipalities that make up
While BigWigs are having accepting artist applications at zapplication.org for the Palm Beach North, the chamber fosters a partnership of private,
tons of fun, the reason they 36th edition of the ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival scheduled public, educational and civic organizations working together to
are fundraising is that breast for February 13-14, 2021, in Jupiter. Artists can apply for ensure Palm Beach North is Florida’s “Prosperity Coast.” The
cancer continues to affect 1 jury selection in 12 fine art categories including ceramics, chamber’s four strategic imperatives are: a prosperous economy,
in 8 women at some point digital art, drawing and printmaking, fiber (wearable and high quality of life for all residents, a smart and connected
in their lifetime, and a non-wearable), glass, jewelry, mixed media, painting, region and regional leadership. For more information visit:
countless number of men. photography, sculpture and wood. pbnchamber.com.
This year many of these
people will also have lost Matt Goldstein
their jobs and their health
benefits. Every two minutes, one case of breast cancer is
diagnosed in the United States. This year alone 268,000
new cases of invasive breast cancer are anticipated to
be diagnosed in women and 2,600 cases in men. With
events such as these, Komen Florida is able to make
an incredible impact on increasing the current number
of 3.8 million breast cancer survivors living today.
For more information on the 2020 BigWigs
campaign, please visit at komenflorida.org/bigwigs,
or contact Kelly Lindsey at (561) 514-3020 or kelly@
komenflorida.org with questions.
About Susan G. Komen And Komen Florida
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locally through a variety of direct patient-centered
services and by collaborating with area providers to
remove barriers and connect people to needed care
across the state of Florida. For more information, call
(561) 514-3020 or visit www.komenflorida.org.
About Susan G. Komen ®
Susan G. Komen is the world’s leading nonprofit
®
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