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        VOL. 15 NO. 2                                           www.seabreezepublications.com                                          FEBRUARY 2021


      Voters’ Guide for March 9th


      Boca Raton City Council Elections




         If you are a year-round Boca Raton resident who has   family. This newspaper’s recognition of such importance is      It is because we recognize the importance of the City
      registered to vote in this year’s City Council elections, you   reflected in the fact that every issue contains an informative   Council in the lives of our readers that we invited each of
      will be asked to cast a ballot for one of the four candidates   column by the Mayor, and another column written on a   the six candidates in this election to provide for this article
      competing for Council Seat C, and for one of the two   rotating basis each issue by another member of the City   a brief statement as to why he or she deserves your vote.
      candidates competing for Council Seat D. In addition,   Council. Together, they serve to keep constituents updated   A more informed voter is a wiser voter.
      there are two measures on the ballot that require “yes” or   about the important progress being made on behalf of all      We have also included, at the end of this article, the
      “no” votes.                                       Boca residents.                                    text of the two ballot measures so that you can give them
         (Note: The current Council members holding Seats A      Over the past difficult pandemic year, the Mayor and   due consideration prior to casting your vote.
      and B are not up for re-election; they are still serving their   other City Council members have managed to guide Boca      You have until February 27th to register to vote, if you
      three-year terms, as is Mayor Scott Singer, who is one of   Raton through a period of new corporate business growth   haven’t already done so. For information about where you
      the five members of the City Council.)            (which translates to new home buying for transplanted   should go to cast your vote, visit the website: pbcelections.
         While last November’s national election garnered, and   executives)  as  well  as  reduced  crime,  a  new  school,  a   org and click on: precinct finder.
      deserved, massive worldwide attention, the results of the   planned new station for an intra-state rail line, new park
      local ones to be held here on March 9th will also have   and recreational facilities, the lowest tax rate of any full-  Voters’ Guide for March 9th on page 3
      significant critical impact on the lives of every Boca Raton   service city in south Florida, and more.
      Boca Raton Museum of Art’s “Glasstress 2021”


      International Exhibition Features 34 Artists,



      Centuries-Old Venice Tradition of Murano Glassmaking



         “There is every reason this year to have a world view,” says
      Irvin Lippman, the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s Executive
      Director, as South Florida ushers in the new year with the
      national premiere of Glasstress 2021 Boca Raton. “Three
      years in the making, with 2020 being such a challenging
      year to coordinate an international exhibition of this size and
      scope, the effort serves as an important reassurance that art
      is an essential and enduring part of humanity. This is also a
      tribute to the resilience of Venice’s surviving the floods and
      continuing to make art through the pandemic.”     Cougar Heads (detail), by Jimmie Durham
         Most of these works in glass have never been seen
      elsewhere, and were handpicked by Kathleen Goncharov, the   Berengo. “This concept of transformation has always held an
      Museum’s Senior Curator who traveled to Italy in 2019. The   affinity with glass, a medium which—as the name Glasstress
      new exhibition runs through September 5th, 2021 and the   suggests—exists in a state of constant tension. Life needs
      Museum will feature online initiatives for virtual viewing.  tension, it needs energy, and a vibrant exchange of ideas.”
         The 34 artists in this new edition of Glasstress were all     The exhibition presents 34 new works that explore some
      invited by Adriano Berengo to work alongside his master   of today’s pressing subjects, including human rights, climate
      glass artisans at the Berengo Studio on the island of Murano   change, racial justice, gender issues and politics. The Boca
      in the Venetian lagoon. With incredible energy, the Studio   Raton Museum of Art has dedicated more than 6,500 square
      has brought a new vision on how to stimulate today’s leading   feet of exhibition space to this collection. A fully illustrated
      artists into thinking how the medium of glass can be made   catalogue is also available.
      into dramatic and provocative works of contemporary art.      The mission of Glasstress is to restore the visibility and
      Most of these artists have, during their careers, been invited   reputation of Murano glass after decades of closures of ancient,
      to participate in the Venice Biennale. Some of the works   centuries-old glass furnaces. Instead of creating decorative
      were completed during the pandemic lockdowns, with artists   objects with glass, these artists are invited to create original   Song Dong and his Chandelier Sculpture
      collaborating remotely via Zoom with their glass artisan   works, often on a massive scale. They collaborate with glass
      partners after initial on-site work at the studio in Venice.   masters whose expertise has been developed over generations      The results are breathtaking. The first installation visitors
         “Unlike the past and the present, what comes next for   in Venice. Most of these artists have never worked with glass,   to the Museum will encounter is Sala Longhi by Fred Wilson.
      our world presents itself as constant possibility, always   so they unite their artistic ideas with the technical expertise of   He created this series at Berengo Studio after the Biennale
      transforming as we move forward in time,” says Adriano   their skilled collaborators.                exhibited his work about Black residents of Venice from the
                                                                                                           Renaissance to the present. This installation features an ornate
                                                                                                           white chandelier with 29 glass panels that mirror 18th-century
                                                                                                           Venetian artist Pietro Longhi’s paintings. Instead of canvases,
                                                                                                           Wilson shows the viewer only the whites of the eyes of his
                                                                                                           Black subjects through cutouts in black reflective glass.
                                                                                                              “We have brought Glasstress to countries around the world
                                                                                                           for ten years, seeking to expand and enliven international
                                                                                                           awareness of the variety and richness of contemporary artists
                                                                                                           using glass in their creative practices,” adds Adriano Berengo.
                                                                                 Pandemic Oculus, by Nancy
                                                                                 Burson                    Boca Raton Museum of Art’s “Glasstress 2021”  on page 4
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