WELLINGTON ART SOCIETY FEATURES SPEAKER LUCY KESHAVARZ
Lucy Keshavarz, founder of Art & Culture Group, Inc. will be the featured speaker for the Wellington Art Society meeting on October 14, 2015 at Bootz Culture Camp, 420 State Road 7, Royal Palm Beach. The meet and greet with refreshments begins at 6:30, followed by a member spotlight and a brief meeting. Lucy’s talk will be the highlight of the meeting. The last item on the agenda is a fabulous raffle. We invite all artists and art lovers to join us, enjoy meeting fellow artists and learn about the Wellington Art Society.
Lucy Keshavarz is a fifth generation Floridian, graduating with a BFA from Florida Atlantic University. She assisted her husband in opening Keshavarz & Associates, a civil engineering and survey firm. In addition to being a talented artist, she has always had a vision and passion to create a connection between art and communities. This passion led to the formation of the Art & Culture Group, Inc. in 1999. Since then they have had several completed arts projects in Palm Beach County and throughout the country. They specialize in bringing project specific solutions based on the needs of the client and community. This leads to authentic and original results. The group has won two awards for EcoArt projects.
The Art & Culture Group has worked with public, private and nonprofit organizations in facilitating Art in Public Places. They design, fabricate and install Public Art and EcoArt. They promote and manage two multi-media exhibitions by artist Michael Nye, traveling the United States. Lucy has written a guide book used with Children of Children: Portraits of Teenage Parents, by artist Michael Nye.
Lucy says that everything she does and all that she comes in contact with, adds to her artistic reservoir that she draws from. She is compelled to capture ideas and concepts that are often overlooked. She says, “My master is our natural world and the creative spirit that resides within”.
The Wellington Art Society is a non-profit charitableorganization In its 35th year. It is open to artists of all mediums and patrons of the arts, allowing both local and regional artists to display their art work in local galleries, interact with other artists and serve the community through. their art.
For further information visit wellingtonartsociety.org