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       Lighthouse ArtCenter Hosts



       Meet The Artists Reception On June 16



        Meet the artists
      from Lighthouse
      ArtCenter’s newest
      exhibition,  “Art
      Connects: Across  the
      Ages,”  on Thursday,
      June 16, 5 to 7 p.m. at
      373 Tequesta  Drive,
      Tequesta, FL 33469.
        Art Connects:
      Ac ross  t he  Ag e s                              Illustration by Roxie Munro
      (running through  Tom Casmer
      August  6)  features                               the  Shorr  Gallery,  meet  Roxie  Munro,  whose  award-
      contemporary glass                                 winning nonfiction children’s books are available for
      sculpture by world-                                signing. Her original illustrations are showcased along
      renowned sculptors                                 with illustrations from the popular Fancy Nancy series   Segmented Mural of Dive In by Roxie Munro
      Chihuly, Lino, and                                 by Robin Priess Glasser.”
      Vallien; evocative                                   Tom Casmer was raised in the Midwest and studied   as a freelance artist. The shapes and forms of his high
      woode n wa l l                                     at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, earning   relief wood sculptures are reminiscent of Louise Nevelson
      constructs by artist                               a  Bachelor  of Arts  degree  in  Fine Art/Drawing  and   and influenced by machines, diagrams, blueprints, and
      Tom Casmer; original                               Painting. He later studied design and illustration, earning   schematics which become the underlying themes in
      illustrations from                                 a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School of the Associated   his work. These constructs are hand-milled with deep
      bestselling  Fancy                                 Arts (College of Visual Arts), also in St. Paul. Casmer   textural relief using a variety of sustainable woods.
      Nancy children’s book                              has served on the faculties of the College of Visual     Author and illustrator Roxie Munro, visiting from
      series by Robin Priess                             Arts and Brown College in                         Manhattan, has written and illustrated more than 45
      Glasser; original  Roxie Munro                     Minnesota and the Ringling                        award-winning nonfiction and concept children’s books
      illustrations from two                             College of Art and Design                         and has 14 New Yorker magazine covers published. On
      of author/illustrator Roxie Munro’s latest award-winning   in Sarasota, Florida. Over                exhibition are her original illustrations from Dive In and
      children’s books; and Bryan Ballinger’s playful plastic   his career, he has also                    Anteaters, Bats & Boas and a selection of her New Yorker
      3-D Faulty Dogs.                                   worked as an illustrator/                         cover illustrations. Munro’s illustrations from both Dive
        The public is invited to meet two exhibiting artists,   designer both in-house and                 In (2020) and Anteaters, Bats & Boas (2021) are exhibited
      Tom Casmer and Roxie Munro, while enjoying the                                                       in a colorful segmented mural. The illustrations are true-
      stunning art and the ArtCenter’s signature hors d’oeuvres                                            to-size sea creatures and rainforest animals living in their
      and refreshments. Admission is free for members                                                      colorful ecosystems. Anteaters, Bats & Boas was recently
      and there is a $5 donation for nonmembers. For more                                                  awarded Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year
      information, visit lighthousearts.org.                                                               2022 and was recognized by American Scientist as one
        “Learn about Tom Casmer’s inspiration for his hand-                                                of the Top 12 STEM Books for children. Munro will be
      milled wooden  constructs that contrast with sculpted                                                available for questions and book signings.
      glass pieces from a preeminent private collection in
      our Spencer Gallery,” says Curator Janeen Mason. “In   Bombas by Tom Casmer  Black Moon by Tom Casmer
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