Wildlife Scientist to Produce Activist Mural in Boynton Beach!

Seeing RED by Diane Arrieta 

ActivistArtistA's Bay Gates Project

ActivistArtistA Bay Gates Project
Boynton Beach Art District
404-422 West Industrial Ave
Boynton Beach, Florida 33426
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Reception: July 25, 2013 at 7 PM
ActivistArtistA Gallery

Wildlife scientist and graduate student at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Diane Arrieta begins mural this weekend at the Boynton Beach Art District.

This mural project is in conjunction with Diane Arrieta's science research as partial requirement  for my master's thesis graduation.

                   MSc Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystems Health

                   University of Edinburgh School of Medicine and Veterinarian Medicine

                   College of Biomedical Sciences



Summary: Please take the survey! It is vital to the project.

SURVEY

Seeing Red is based on the IUCN's red list of endangered species.

Biodiversity may be defined as the variety, of plants, animals and other living things in a particular area or region. Biodiversity is the foundation of all ecosystems (managed or unmanaged). The services it provides determine the quality of human and animal well-being. Loss of biodiversity affects climate regulation, promotes the spread of disease, keeps our water clean, aids in carbon storage and many other aspects of daily life. Everything in an ecosystem (plants, animals, habitat, water, soil, and people) is dependent on the other. Human activities and land use changes are threatening all of the components necessary for healthy living.

Seeing Red focuses on one aspect of biodiversity loss (endangered species). Scientists now estimate that we are losing species at 1,000 to 10,000 times faster than we did in previous times.

The Center for Biological diversity states that 99 percent of currently threatened species are at risk due to human activity. Those driving habitat loss, global warming and the introduction of exotic species are causing the greatest degradation (harm).

 

To find out more about what biodiversity is and how you can be affected by the loss of it, please visit these websites to learn more.

IUCN Red List

Biological Diveristy.Org

Millenium Ecosystem Assessment

The projects aim is to raise biodiversity awareness by directing participants to explore and learn important scientific concepts regarding biodiversity and conservation.  By seeking out new information, the project intends to offer scientific models to a general audience and encourage participation towards a positive change for a healthy planet.

For more information: BIRDS ARE NICE

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BOCA Magazine: Behind The Re-Branding by John Thomason

BOCA Magazine

July/August 2013

By John Thomason

Arts and Entertainmet: Currents

Boynton Gets the Picture. Little by little, Boynton Beach is transforming into a 

destination--thanks, in no small part, to its suddenly thriving arts district.

BEHIND THE RE-BRANDING

There has been viewable art in Boynton Beach's once-nascent arts district for 

more than two decades, but you're forgivin if you didn't know about it

until the last couple of years. It's durning that time that artist Rolando Chang Barrero,

the somewhat unintentional figurehead of what is now the

Boynton Beach Art District, moved from South Beach to Sout Palm Beach County

and went to work promoting and re-branding the area.

These days, what once was the sleepy workplace for a handful of artists is 

colorful and thriving, with motley museum-quality murals painted on warehouse bays, 11 artists renting out space, and popular monthly art walks and open-mic nights launched from Barrero's ActivistArtistA gallery (activistartista.com).

"I organize the open-mic, but I trying to give ownership to others so they can feel 

that they are part of the community, that it's not my event," says Barrero, 50.

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Rolando Chang Barrero: Up Close by John Thomason

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Boca Magazine Blog: Boynton's Thriving Arts District--BBAD Artists Nancy Nolan and Michael Kupilas

Read about Nancy Nolan and Michael Kupillas in Boca Magazine Blog.

Boynton's Thriving Arts District

By John Thomason, Boca Magazine

Nancy Nolen

The art: Nancy Nolen brings a ray of sunshine and surrealist, kumbaya whimsy to the Boynton Beach Arts District. Half-moons, half-naked mermaids and fully formed snakes appear with frequency and symbolic resonance in her acrylic paintings. “I generally paint from my imagination, but with snakes, they represent water on land,” Nolen says. “The most ancient expression comes from the sea. It has ancient memories.”

To that end, she’s been broadening her palette from traditional canvases to wooden paddles and pieces of gnarled driftwood, working with their rough edges and painting around and on their imperfections. “First, nature went ahead and began, and I went with that impulse,” she says. “I really feel like I’m co-creating with nature. The more I do it, the more I want to do it.”

The back story: Nolen practically painted while she was in the womb; some of her earliest memories are art-related. Simply put, “My soul just said do it,” she says. “I have memories of first grade, doing papier-maiche or something and thinking it’s a cool way to spend time.” These days, she sells T-shirts bearing images of some of her signature paintings, and the bongo drums in the center of her studio suggest one of her other creative outlets: When she’s not painting, she creates music, dances and teaches yoga.

Career highlight: A life-size mermaid portrait she painted on commission for a Boca Raton collector.

Area in which the Palm Beach County art scene could improve: “More artist co-ops, as far as living situations. That’s for sure. Creativity should be everywhere.”

Michael Kupillas

The art: From ethereal miasmas of red and black globules to an image of New Orleans’ Superdome in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Michael Kupillas’ oil paintings dabble proficiently in both abstract and representational styles. His best works conjure both worlds, with abstracts feigning figural imagery and the realistic pieces feeling slightly abstracted. Those compelling red-and-black abstracts, for instance, invariably suggest topographical close-ups, thermal imagery, our circulatory system and even the parabolic shape of an airplane pillow.

He’s also found inspiration in aquatic surrealism, capturing images of complex underwater colonies rife with unusual marine life, and waves crashing against beaches near rolling hills. The pieces are known for their dedicated attention to detail, for drawing audiences into the big picture and then surprising them with the small stuff.

“I love the idea of fantastic creatures,” he says. “These aren’t straight animal studies; I try to play around and have different elements. The detail is part of the overall experience. I like people to look at a piece and go, ‘that’s really beautiful,’ and then have the detail draw them in. And that way, when you step back a little bit, you have a fuller appreciation of what goes into the piece.”

The back story: Kupillas began making art as a teenager, specializing in airbrush and acrylics. Like Warhol, he started as a commercial artist, working on car drawings for an advertising company. The work was too graphically bound, and he found the drawings “very mechanical.” He describes his progression toward an organic aesthetic as much more artistically fulfilling.

Career highlight: Owning the now-defunct Village Studio and Gallery in Delray Beach. “We opened in 2010, and we just closed this year. It was a cop-op type of thing, but it wasn’t a pay-to-show situation. Over two years, I had 300-some artists appear there, and we did live music. I was working with a lot of nascent artists, and that was basically the whole motivation behind doing it. I’ve always sold stuff, but doing it as your main business, on Atlantic Avenue in Delray, it’s very tough.”

The Rickie Report to focus on Boynton Beach Art Scene! Thank you Rickie!

The Rickie Report

"One of the most infuential Arts Reporter Rickie Leiter to focus on The Boynton Beach Art Scene!"

By Rickie Leiter

A First Look At Boynton Beach’s Art Scene

Posted on June 25th, 2013 • Category: Acrylic, ActivistArtistaGallery, Art, Art in Public Spaces,Fiber Arts, Glass, Jewelry, Local News and Events, Metal, Mixed Media, Oil, Pastel/Drawing,Photography, Pottery/Ceramics, Sculpture, Water Color, Weaving/Fabric Art, Wood

The Rickie Report introduces our first article focusing on the art scene in Boynton Beach. We hope you will take advantage of the lively and spirited Art Walk at the Boynton Beach Arts District (BBAD). This is an environment where emerging and established artists work together in an incubator setting, bringing varied art elements together to celebrate creativity.  A future article will focus on Boynton Beach’s Art in Public Places, which covers a vast array of artistry. Go. Explore. Enjoy!

Best Art Walk 2013 CELEBRATION!!

BOYNTON BEACH ARTS DISTRICT (BBAD)

422 WEST INDUSTRIAL AVENUE

WHERE ART COMES ALIVE! ALTERNATIVE ARTS INCUBATOR! 

June 27, 2013

6 – 10 pm

BBAD, Boynton Beach Art District serves as an incubator space where all art forms are showcased, including visual and performing arts. It is an alternative contemporary art scene dedicated to creating an environment where art comes alive.  

The Boynton Beach Art District Bear (Bay Gate by Sergio Quiñones)

Located at 410 – 422 West Industrial Avenue, BBAD has been designated as “Best Art Walk in Broward/Palm Beach County,” and there will be a big celebration during their next Art Walk on June 27, 2013 from 6 to 10 PM.   Beverages will be provided by Community Caring Center of Boynton Beach.  Food provided by “Best of List” winner PS*561, with their award winning hot dogs!  

The ActivistArtistA Gallery: Printed Matters Exhibition, The Work of Cary Polkovitz

The New Times Magazine’s Best of List is release once a year and provides the community with recommendations, reviews, and directions to the various establishments. This is an amazing boost to Boynton Beach, which has, of recent, been touted as the new cultural force in South Florida.

More......

Please vist THE RICKIE REPORT for the latest news and upcoming events in Palm Beach County!

Bay Gates by Various Artists

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Dancer Maryann Payne Joins ActivistArtistA for Summer...

Maryann Panye joins ActivistArtistA

The young, beautiful, and talented dancer, 

Ms. Maryann Payne will be joining the staff of 

ActivistArtistA, the promoter of the emerging art scence at the 

Boynton Beach Art District. With the District's new designation of Best Art Walk in Palm Beach and Browrd County, Ms. Payne could not have picked a better time to share her experience with the Palm Beach County area. Payne was one of two candidates considered for the postion through an internship program developed by 

Annette Gray's Global Business Developement Center. 

Photo by George Wakefield Photography

Maryann's apointment to the staff will serve two distinct functions: to help estabish her as a dance advocate, an initate the first dance program at the Boynton Beach Art District.  Her efforts at programing will be spotlighted during the Golden Festival in early October-ActivistArtistA 2nd Anniversary Celebration of the Arts.  Ms. Payne will be providing a much needed boost to dance programing in our area.

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Currently a resident of Boynton Beach, Ms.Payne recently retuned from 

perfoming Lorraine in "Hairspray the Broadway Musical" with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. California native, Maryann Payne began her dance studies at age 8 with the Lula Washington Dance Theatre, in Los Angeles. Her passion grew as she studied modern, African, ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, and Afro-Caribbean techniques. Joining the Youth Dance Ensemble (YDE), she traveled the community and state performing as a company. At the age of 14 Maryann began her professional dance career with the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks. At that moment she decided this is what she wanted to continue her life doing. Relocating to Florida Maryann's mother enrolled her in Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Dance major. There she trained with teachers and choreographers with prestigious technical professional backgrounds. Troy Powell, Margo Sappington, Kathy Posin, Jan Hanniford to name a few. Through the school she was able to travel The Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Joffrey Ballet, Florida Ballet Conservatory. After high school she began training at New World School of the Arts and 

Miami Ballet Conservatory.

Boynton Beach Art Walk Going All The Way This Thursday!

New Times "Best Art Walk 2013" 

Celebration!

Boynton Beach Art Walk Going All The Way This Thursday

Open Studios, Gallery Exhibitions and More!

Vist the studios of:

Denny Reed
Michael Kupillus
Nancy Nolan 
Chanimal Shepherd
Tony Hernandez
Rolando Chang Barrero
Dxtr
and 
Richard W Beau Lieu

Read about it here:
http://activistartista.blogspot.com/2013/06/new-times-best-art-walk-activistartista.html

VW Roundup!

Come out and see Vintage VW that have been restored and customized!

Performing Live in Concert!!

MONTAGE! 

from 9-10 PM

Live Perfromances!

Belly Dancing, LED Hooping and Fire Dancing by:

 BDUB LOVE 

Eduardo Carneiro

  

Roslin Atreides!

Food Provided By: Ps561

Beverages by:Communtiy Caring Center of Boynton Beach

Specialty Wine Wine Tasting by:

Eva Richter of PRP Wine International
Organic Juice Tasting: Nina Raw Chef Kauder
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Montage/151159638240112?fref=ts

Every 4th Thursday from 6-10 PM

Art Walk Begins at 6 PM

Meet our new resident artist: Tony Hernandez.

Come out and see the New Bay Gates which will be Painted by:
Venom, Veins, Winkstyles, Ripe, Eduardo Medietta, Jorge Rodriguez, Nino Liguori, Serafima Sokoov, Paul Caprio Flicker Seezone, and Craig Mcinnes!

Come and enjoy the FUN !
See our New Organic Garden! 
Open Studios!
Meet the Artists!
See the Exhibitions!