Jacek Gancarz

Lake Worth photographer Jacek Gancarz’s exhibit, The Last Pink Flamingo, is on view from 7-10 p.m. November 6 at Whitespace in West Palm Beach

“The plastic pink flamingo, which had proliferated front yards during the spread of American suburbia, was elevated to iconic status after 50 years – blurring the lines between kitsch and high art,” Gancarz said. Production of the original plastic pink flamingo, designed in 1957 by Don Feathersone, ceased in June 2006 when Union Products closed the factory.
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DETROIT (AP) — Sir John Herschel made important contributions to the nascent field of photography more than a century and a half ago, inventing a chemical process that allowed an image to be fixed onto photosensitive paper.

So it’s fitting that the first work attendees will see at a new photo exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts is an 1867 portrait of the British scientist.

“People still feel that because a photograph’s made with a machine, a camera, it’s not like painting, it’s not like sculpture,” said museum associate curator Nancy Barr, who put together the exhibition. “It started out on an unsure footing. But people like (Julia Margaret) Cameron pushed for it to be an art, and other people did as well.”

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THIS WEEK
CLAY, GLASS, METAL, STONE: A COOPERATIVE GALLERY GRAND OPENING — 6-10 p.m. today, Flamingo Clay Studio, 605 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. See the work of up to 21 artists. Hours: noon-9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, noon-8 p.m. Sunday and Monday. (561) 588-8344. Email: JClay6@aol.com
CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY — The Boca Raton Museum of Art will offer free admission on Sunday to celebrate International Museum Day. 501 Plaza Real in Mizner Park, Boca Raton. (561) 392-2500. www.bocamuseum.org.
EARTHLY DELIGHTS OPENING RECEPTION — 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, The Gallery at Eissey Campus Theatre, 3160 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. Art teachers display original artwork that comments on the relationship between natural and manmade beauty. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–Thursday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Call Karla Walter at (561) 207-5015.
ARTAVOX III: A CELEBRATION OF ARTISTS — 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Schoolhouse Children’s Museum, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Free. RSVP at www.palmbeachculture.com/artavox
A.E. BACKUS MUSEUM’S ANNUAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW — Opens Wednesday and runs through June 28. The museum is at 500 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce. Admission is free. Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday. (772) 465-0630. www.backusmuseum.com
ON DISPLAY NOW
ROMAN VISHNIAC: SELECTIONS FROM THE VANISHED WORLD — Through July 26, Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Roman Vishniac was an accomplished Russian-American photographer, biologist, art collector and historian, whose portfolio The Vanished World is one of the few pictorial documentations of Jewish culture. (561) 832-5196.
ANDREW STEVOVICH: THE TRUTH ABOUT LOLA — Through May 31, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real in Mizner Park, Boca Raton. Stevovich may consider himself an abstract painter but his deadpan narrative paintings, with their frozen moments of social interactions, are set in the contemporary world. (561) 392-2500. www.bocamuseum.org.
CLEVE GRAY: MAN AND NATURE — Through May 31, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real in Mizner Park, Boca Raton. This retrospective of noted American painter Cleve Gray (1918-2004) illustrates the evolution of his signature gestural, color-based abstraction between 1970 and 2000. (561) 392-2500. www.bocamuseum.org.
DAVID MAXWELL: TO THE POINT — Through July 19, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real in Mizner Park, Boca Raton. Often called a “contemporary Seurat,” Maxwell (American, born in Chicago 1941-2006) painted the contemporary world in a meticulous pointillist technique. (561) 392-2500.
EXHIBIT: FLORIDA FROM COAST TO COAST — Through June. Edward and Deborah Pollack Fine Art, 205 Worth Ave., Palm Beach. Paintings of locations throughout Florida by artists Frank H. Shapleigh (1842-1906), Hermann Herzog (1831-1932), Emile Gruppé (1896-1978), Louis C. Vogt (1864-1939), Anthony Thieme (1888-1954), Emmett Fritz (1917-1995), A. E. (Bean) Backus (1904-1990), and others. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. (561)-655-1425 or e-mail dcpollack@bellsouth.net.
FLORIDA ARTIST DON RAY’S EXHIBITION — Through Labor Day weekend, in the atrium of the Spa at the PGA National Resort, 400 Avenue of Champions, Palm Beach Gardens. Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Closed Tuesdays in June). A collection of 21 wildlife and marine life paintings with new pieces added to the show throughout the summer. Sale of the pictures benefits the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary. (561) 575-3399. www.buschwildlife.com or (561) 627-3111. www.pgaresort.com
DENNIS OPPENHEIM: GARDEN OF EVIDENCE — Through May 30, Eaton Fine Art Sculpture Gallery, 435 Gardenia St., West Palm Beach. (561) 833-4766.
COLLABORATION: A SALUTE TO WOMEN — Through May 31. pening Reception 5-10 p.m. today, Eg2: Educational Gallery Group, 408 Northwood Road, West Palm Beach. Hours: 6-9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 5-9 p.m. Thursday, 5-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 5-9 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday. (561) 714-6674.
LOVE EARTH: DOUG ALLAN AND SUE FLOOD — Through May 30, Rosenbaum Contemporary Gallery, 608 Banyan Trail, Boca Raton. These nature photographers display their photographs. (561) 994-9180.
TOWN OF JUPITER ANNUAL POSTER CONTEST WINNERS — Through May 29. Jupiter Town Hall Gallery of Art, 210 Military Trail, Jupiter. Children welcomed. (561) 746-0378.
FRAMING PERFECTION — Through May 30, Present Global Art Gallery, 5301 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Features the photographs of Jacqueline Benyes, Katherine Kaestner and Maria Mcginley. (561) 588-1965.
‘EXPRESSING THE VOICE WITHIN: IMAGES OF EATING DISORDERS’ EXHIBIT — Through June 30. Artwork created by eating-disorder patients in a variety of media. Through June 30, Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center’s Sandler Center for Jewish Life Enhancement, 21050 95th Ave. S. (just off Glades Road between Lyons Road and US 441), Boca Raton. Hours: 9 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday.(954) 698-9222 or kpolin@renfrewcenter.com.
ART EXHIBITION OF OILS AND PASTELS BY EVA MARIA G. DELUIGI — Through June 2 at the PBCC Eissey Campus Theatre Gallery, 3160 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. Hours 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday- Friday. (561) 207-5905.
SPRING GROUP EXHIBITION — Through May 23, Gavlak, 3300 South Dixie Highway, Suite 4, West Palm Beach. Features works by Lisa Anne Auerbach, Carolyn Carr, Orly Genger, Marilyn Minter, Nora Mulheren, Robert Russell, Mungo Thomson. (561) 833-0583. www.gavlakprojects.com
GARDENSART — Through May 26. Palm Beach Gardens City Hall Main Lobby, 10500 N. Military Trail. Out of the Fire III features work from Ceramic League of the Palm Beaches and oil paintings by Liz Ghitta Segall. On display through May 26. (561) 630-1116. www.ceramicleaguepalmbeaches.org or www.lgsegall.com
STERLING ELLIOTT: A VEHICLE FOR REFORM — Through May 31 at the Elliott Museum, 825 N.E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart. (772) 225-1961.
LAST CHANCE
ZAMBIA: AROUND THE CORNER, ACROSS THE GLOBE — Through May 24. Eg2, CityPlace, West Palm Beach. Features art and photographs made with children in Zambia from the Educational Gallery Group (Eg2), and work by local Palm Beach County students.
UNCOMMON OBJECTS — Through Saturday. LK Mix Gallery, 5616 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. An invitational group art exhibit. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. (561) 586-5651.
SPRING 2009 MASTER OF FINE ARTS EXHIBITIONS — Through May 22, Schmidt Center Gallery, FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. Hours: 1-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-5 p.m. Saturday. Free. (561) 297-2966.

ART MUSEUMS
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART — 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Collection includes Degas, Matisse, Picasso, Cezanne. Now showing: Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams; Impressionist landscapes. (561) 832-5196.
BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART — 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Drawing in Space: The Peninsula Project – Sculpture by John Henry, Through May 31. Rabarama in the Park, through May 31. David Maxwell: To The Point — Through July 19. (561) 392-2500.
FLAGLER MUSEUM — Cocoanut Row and Whitehall Way, Palm Beach. Gilded Age estate built by Henry Flagler in 1902. (561) 655-2833.
MORIKAMI MUSEUM AND JAPANESE GARDENS — 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Exhibits on Japanese culture, tropical bonsai, garden path, Asian cafe and museum store. (561) 495-0233 or visit www.morikami.org
SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS — Four Arts Plaza, off Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach. Features library, children’s library and gallery, horticultural and sculpture gardens. (561) 655-7226.
CORNELL MUSEUM OF ART AND AMERICAN CULTURE — 51 N. Swinton Ave., Old School Square, Delray Beach. (561) 243-7922.
ARMORY ART CENTER — 1700 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach. (561) 832-1776.
COMMUNITY, SOUTH FLORIDA MUSEUMS
ADOLPH & ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER — Nathan D. Rosen Art Gallery, 9801 Donna Klein Blvd., Boca Raton. (561) 852-3241.
THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY BOTANICAL GARDEN — 16700 AOS Lane, Delray Beach. (561) 404-2000 or visit www.aos.org
ANN NORTON SCULPTURE GARDENS — 253 Barcelona Road, West Palm Beach. Nine brick-and-granite sculptures. (561) 832-5328.
ARTISTS’ GUILD EXHIBITION CENTER — Mizner Park, across from the Museum of Art, 433 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. A display of work by the Artists’ Guild. (561) 393-9115.
BASS MUSEUM OF ART — 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach. (305) 673-7530.
BINK GLISSON HISTORICAL MUSEUM — Yesteryear Village, South Florida Fairgrounds, 9067 Southern Blvd. Artifacts, memorabilia and historical documents of interest to the local area. (561) 795-3110 or (800) 527-FAIR.
BURT REYNOLDS AND FRIENDS MUSEUM — U.S. 1 and Indiantown Road, Jupiter. Memorabilia depicting Reynolds’ film career and collection of pictures and items from his famous friends. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. (561) 743-9955.
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM — 498 Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton. Programs highlighting the arts, sciences, history and humanities. Open noon-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. (561) 368-6875.
CORAL SPRINGS MUSEUM OF ART — 2855 Coral Springs Drive, Coral Springs. (954) 340-5000.
COURT HOUSE CULTURAL CENTER — 80 E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart. (772) 287-6676.
EDNA’S FINE ART — In the Remi-Danielle Design Center, 5505 S. Dixie Highway at Bunker Road, West Palm Beach. Features the original paintings, drawings, stone lithographs, serigraphs and sculptures of Edna Hibel. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. (561) 891-6619.
ELAINE BAKER GALLERY — 608 Banyan Trail, Boca Raton. Through Jan. 31: Paintings by Hunt Slonem and sculpture by Jun Kaneko. Phone: (561) 241-3050.
ELLIOTT MUSEUM — 825 N.E. Ocean Blvd., Hutchinson Island, Stuart. Turn-of-the-century Americana, period rooms, Baseball Hall of Fame memorabilia and antique automobiles. (772) 225-1961.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY — 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Ritter and Schmidt Galleries are open 1-4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 1-5 p.m. Saturday. (561) 297-2661.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY — MacArthur Campus Library, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter. (561) 799-8530.
HIBEL MUSEUM OF ART — Main Street and University Drive, Jupiter. On campus of Florida Atlantic University MacArthur Campus. Permanent exhibit: “Works by Edna Hibel.” (561) 622-5560.
HOUSE OF REFUGE — 301 S.E. MacArthur Blvd., Hutchinson Island, Stuart. Built in 1875, it was a haven for shipwrecked sailors. Now it has historic furnishings. (772) 225-1875.
JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA — 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. (305) 672-5044.
JUPITER INLET LIGHTHOUSE & MUSEUM — 500 Captain Armour’s Way, Jupiter. (561) 747-8380.
THE LIGHTHOUSE CENTER FOR THE ARTS — Gallery Square North, 373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta. (561) 746-3101.
LOWE ART MUSEUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI — 1301 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables. Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, plus galleries of American, American Indian, pre-Columbian and Asian art. (305) 284-353.
MARITIME & YACHTING MUSEUM — 3250 S.W. Kanner Highway, Stuart. Classic and antique boats, ship models, nautical artifacts and tools, paintings, books, magazines and other maritime treasures. (772) 692-1234.
MUSEUM OF ART — 1 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. (954) 525-5500.
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF LAKE WORTH — 414 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. Historical artifacts, textiles, photographs and furnishings. (561) 586-1700.
MUSEUM OF POLO AND HALL OF FAME — 9011 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth. Polo memorabilia, trophies, art and artifacts. Heroes of the sport are honored in the Polo Hall of Fame. On display: 19th- and 20th-century paintings and memorabilia, plus works by contemporary artists. (561) 969-3210.
MUSEUM AT RAGTOPS — 2119 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Memorabilia, pedal cars, antique cars, vintage station wagons, collectible cars, gas station, drive-in theater, soda bar, 1930-40 showroom. (561) 655-2836.
PALM BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE — Eissey Campus, 3160 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. (561) 207-5015.
PALM BEACH MARITIME MUSEUM — 2400 N. Flagler Drive (Currie Park) north of Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard in West Palm Beach. Open 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. On Peanut Island: Tours of the Kennedy bunker and Coast Guard station from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. (561) 832-7428.
RICHARD AND PAT JOHNSON PALM BEACH COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM — 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Permanent and temporary exhibit space reflecting the influences of the many cultures in Palm Beach County’s diverse history. (561) 832-4164.
SALLY BENNETT BIG BAND HALL OF FAME MUSEUM — Yesteryear Village, South Florida Fairgrounds, 9067 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach. Note: Yesteryear Village is closed except for group tours and special occasions. (561) 795-6400.
SPADY CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM — 170 N.W. Fifth Ave., Delray Beach. (561) 279-8883.
STUART HERITAGE MUSEUM — 161 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart. Local history, including tools, furniture, paintings, fixtures, clothing, photographs, maps, pioneer memorabilia through the 1950s. (772) 220-4600.
UDT-SEAL MUSEUM — 3300 N. State Road A1A, North Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce. Warfare craft, swimmer vehicles and World War II memorial. Weapons, scuba gear and exhibits dedicated to equipment used by the SEALS. (772) 595-5845.
VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART — 3001 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach. Through Dec. 28: “The Greeting 1995,” a video installation by Bill Viola. (772) 231-0707.
WOLFSONIAN ART MUSEUM — 1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. (305) 531-1001.
WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME & SIDNEY SAMOLE CHESS MUSEUM — 13755 S.W. 119th Ave., Miami. (786) 242-4255.

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