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Airport Art Gallery

Palm Beach International Airport

1000 James L Turnage Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33415​


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Bloom Where You Are Planted Exhibition​



Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), in partnership with Palm Beach County Art in Public Places, invites you to the new “Bloom Where You Are Planted” exhibition which runs through October 30, 2024. The exhibition’s featured photographs, paintings, fabric collage and mixed media works were selected by a Selection Panel including members of Palm Beach County’s Public Art Committee and a representative from PBI. Elayna Toby Singer, Palm Beach County Art in Public Places Administrator is the PBI Art Gallery’s Curator.

The show features works by 15 artists who call the Palm Beaches home. Featured artworks metaphorically convey thriving in difficult circumstances, just like a flower that blooms despite its surroundings.

Centrally located on level 2 in the atrium near the putting green, the PBI Art Gallery’s pre-security location encourages passengers and locals to stop by to discover unique artistic expressions by locally and internationally renowned artists. ​

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“Let There Be Light” Exhibition Shining light into darkness, artworks shimmer, shine and sparkle; illuminating the shadows.

 

Artworks were selected by Palm Beach County's Public Art Committee from more than 60 pieces submitted by artists who call the Palm Beaches home. The Art Gallery at PBIA is centrally located on level 2 in the atrium near the putting green. Its pre-security location encourages passengers and locals to discover these exceptional artworks. For more information about purchasing art featured in this exhibition, please contact Palm Beach County's Art in Public Places Administrator Elayna Toby Singer at esinger@pbcgov.org or at (561) 233-0235.

 

ARTIST RECEPTION

Journeys

Thursday, June 22, 2023
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
PBI Art Gallery
Palm Beach International Airport
Main Terminal, Level 2, Near the Putting Green
Free and Open to the Public
Park in Long Term, Levels 6 or 7

Meet Featured Artists
Tony Arruza | Brent Bludworth | Dana Donaty | Ron Garrett
B. Corey Johnson | Abbe Kalman | EJ Morales | Sharon Pollak | Hilary Pulitzer
Merry Renert | Giada Robinson | Janet Siegel Rogers | Barry Seidman
Debbie Shapiro | Linh Trinh


​Enjoy "Creativity Takes Flight" to hear artist stories about their artwork featured in the Journeys exhibition.




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​The Blue Lagoon

By Ilene Adams
Mixed Media on Canvas
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48” x 30”
Price: $3,800​
 
I work in mixed media and photography, each medium with a different conceptual focus. Traditionally, in my paintings, I use old family photographs and vintage ima​ges to create stories that evoke a feeling of nostalgia. I examine that although things are separate, they are all a part of the whole. The red string is symbolic in Kabbalah and Italian, Buddhist, and Hindu cultures, all of which have touched my life. It traditionally symbolizes protection, but I also use it to hold my world together and make things mesh.
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​Evocation

By Carla Golembe
Acrylic on Canvas
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30” x 30”
Price: $2,000
 
This painting comes from a place of sadness. When a loved one is ill, the responsibilities of being a caregiver can be overwhelming and the experience heartbreaking. Through painting and nature I've called on my inner strength to find places of peace and joy. The woman in the painting evokes tranquility and the spirit of hope. The flowers convey growth in times of adversity. The hummingbirds represent soaring above difficulties. Her expression reflects hope and beauty, her stance is strong and grounded, she believes in herself and positive times ahead.​​


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Ballerino

By Willa Kanter
Acrylic on Canvas
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36” x 48”
Not For Sale
 
This piece depicts a male dancer doing what he loves despite stereotypes. My brother is a dancer who has been bullied for doing ballet, as his peers believe that "boys shouldn't dance". My painting portrays my brother embracing his passion for dance, regardless of these preconceived opinions and remarks of others.
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​​​Simply Grounded

By Gillian Kennedy Wright
Fabric Collage on Duck Cotton
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48” x 48”
Price: $1,500​
 
As a multi-disciplinary artist this fabric collage portrait uses upcycled, Ankara fabrics and other fabrics sourced from around the world. It explores how life brings people of different cultures together. Our collective histories are woven like fabric and grounds our present-day existence. Against all odds our innate spirit encourages us to bloom and flourish where we are planted.
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​​A Bromeliad's Journey

By Diana Morrison
Acrylic on Canvas
 
42” x 54”
Price: $1,700
 
Amid adversity, a striking bromeliad blooms on a rock pile, showcasing its vibrant, magical-colored inflorescence. Its existence cultivates an ecosystem, supporting algae and organisms that nourish mosquitos, larvae, and insects, bringing life to barren spaces. Similarly, personal growth often stems from confronting challenges, not from ease. Obstacles, when faced, propel us towards transformation and improvement, teaching us that true growth emerges through overcoming difficulties, not from comfort or prosperity.


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​Flora Ontario Pathways

Gregory Dirr
Mixed Media on Wood

34” x 31” 
Price: $5,000
 
This piece uses layered Plexiglas and paint to achieve a dreamy, abstract portrait of wildflowers and plant life that people consider weeds. I chose to depict plants that are usually overlooked and unwanted in order to highlight the beauty that surrounds us if we allow them to bloom. Hidden worlds coexisting unbeknownst to each other, Flora Ontario Pathways enters the viewpoint of the viewer as something as small as an insect, forcing perspective that normally wouldn't be seen.

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Revelation

By Arlet Gomez
Acrylic on Canvas

30” x 30” 
Price: $3,500
 
In the middle of a gloomy dark place, perhaps in difficult circumstances, you can reach for the hand of your guardian and walk by his side so that the timid fire that still dwells in your heart grows into a flame that swells up into light. “Revelation” celebrates the only light that lights up the interior of the human being and writes in Braille on the canvas: “Keep your lamp trimmed and burning”. This piece invites you to touch it and read the text in the language of the visually impaired.

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Wet Rose

By Karen Katonah
Photograph Printed on Canvas

30” x 30”
Price: $150
 
The photograph is a picture of a rose that I grew in my garden, which was very difficult in Florida due to the extreme heat, torrential rain and soil conditions. This rose bloomed where it was planted.


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Nurturing Resilience

By Doreen McGunagle
Photograph on Acrylic

30” x 30”
Price: $2,000
 
"Nurturing Resilience" embodies resilience, growth, and nurturing amidst adversity. A nest of white herons symbolizes hope and perseverance amid uncertainty. Delicate chicks within represent the power of care despite challenges. The herons' dedication demonstrates resilience in adversity. Viewers reflect on their journeys. Like herons, individuals can thrive despite circumstances. This artwork reminds us of the human capacity to overcome obstacles. Through imagery and symbolism, it inspires resilience, growth, and flourishing in adversity.


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Treasure in the Sand

By Debbie Shapiro
Photograph on Canvas

30” x 30”
Price: $400
 
As an artist, I am always looking for things of interest, beauty, and novelty to photograph. I carry props in my car's trunk to use if I see something of that nature. One day at the beach in Delray, as I was leaving I saw a very small patch of flowers blooming in the sand. I had never come across these, or any, flowers at a beach. I ran to my car, picked up a golden frame from the trunk, and created this photo. ​
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​Twinkle Toes

By Dana Donaty
Acrylic on Canvas

56” x 46” ​
Price: $10,000 ​
 
In my painting series, Pareidolia, larger-than-life human figures are imposed upon a playground blooming with tiny fantastical creatures. A narrative that speaks to the paradoxes of freedom and equality in an out-of-scale, absurd, surreal world. Through the painting process, using chance marks like life's challenges spark the creatures' existence. Yet, humanity persists, attempting to control a world born from chaos.
 

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​Beauty From Asphalt

By Peter Hoffman
Mixed Media on Canvas

36” x 48” 
Price: $4,900​
 
This work tells a story of resilience and triumph of life in a single contrasting, paradoxical archetype: the symbolic image of individual humanity represented and ripened in full-flower whose provenance - against all odds - emerges from seed and blooms in full measure from its urban hardscrabble environment. The stylized botanical is comprised of its genetic tri-chromatics of its life stages. Its single root still allied with the asphalt; its graceful yet mottled, asymmetrical petals carry the rough-hewn imperfections of its heritage.


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I Will Always Love You

By Benjamin Kenagen
Photograph, Silver Gelatin Print
 
30” x 30”
Price: $300
 
I use photography to portray the human condition.


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Flowers

By Quinn Miller
Digital Photogaphy on Lustre Photo Paper
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38” x 36”
Price: $3,000
 
I've met people who are scared of flowers. They think that they're growing at an alarming rate, surrounding them, and that they're appearing in places they shouldn't. Some people even go as far to say that they're weeds who should be plucked! This piece is an allegory to discuss the homophobia I've witnessed. Let people bloom where they've been planted, and I promise they won't hurt you. And if you're a flower, I hope that no human stunts your growth, because you deserve to expand to your fullest.
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​Illumination​​

By Rubi Villa
Mixed Media on Canvas

41” x 31” 
​Price: ​$2,500
 
Illumination depicts the process of awakening to a deeper reality as the veil is pulled aside. Through this awakening, the subject becomes an illuminator, shining her light on the world.
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ARTIST RECEPTION

Let There Be Light

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
PBI Art Gallery
Palm Beach International Airport
Main Terminal, Level 2, Near the Putting Green
Free and Open to the Public
Park in Long Term, Levels 6 or 7

Meet Featured Artists
Sasha Chernyshenko | Gabe Curry | Kris Davis | Ayesha DeLorenzo
Stan Dornfest | Shari Gerson | Stephanie "Alyrical" Gowdy | Anthea Kerou​
Cynthia Oakes | ​Susan Oakes | Jamie Rodriguez | Helga Ruopp
Elle Schorr | Gwenn Seuling | SueAnn Walentuk​​

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“Fly. Soar. Leap.” exhibition features ar​​tworks that convey uplift, forward movement, pos​sibility, rising up.

Artworks were selected by Palm Beach Co​unty's Public Art Committee from more than 60 pieces submitted by artist​s who call the Palm Beaches home. The Art Gallery at PBIA is centrally located on level 2 in the atrium near the putting green. ​Its pre-security location encourages passengers and locals to discover these exceptional artworks. For more information about purchasing art featured in this exhibition, please contact Palm Beach County's Art in Public Places Administrator Elayna Toby Singer at esinger@pbcgov.org​ or at (561) 233-0235​.​
 

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