Page 8 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - February '22

Page 8, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Hearts Of Mirasol Sculpture By Artist Debbie Mostel

Raises Thousands Of Dollars For Charities

Artist Debbie Mostel turned her Hearts of Mirasol
sculpture into hundreds of thousands of dollars for local
charities in Palm Beach County.
Mostel is a multitalented artist who has won numerous
awards with her sculptures and designs and whose jewelry
has been worn by celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Christie
Brinkley, Patti LaBelle, Emily Blunt and others. But
Debbie always wanted to turn her love of art – sculptures,
in particular – into a powerful way to raise substantial
funds for charitable organizations.
Valerie Crosson knew about creating unique sculptures
to help raise millions of dollars for charitable causes.
Valerie had a success with the UNICEF Snowflake, which
hangs in Manhattan above Fifth Avenue at 57th Street.
She joined The Mirasol Foundation board for 2020/21.
With guidance from the Palm Beach Cultural Council,
Valerie contacted seven regional artists, including Debbie
Mostel, and issued a request for proposals to create a piece Debbie spent six months working on the sculpture creating The finished work has 850 crystal hearts that represent
with “hanging hearts” to help reunite the residents of the a wave to represent our area ocean and 850 crystal hearts donors who gave from $150 up to $5,000, totaling
Mirasol community, many of whom felt disconnected due representing the many donors. hundreds of thousands of dollars raised.
to social gathering restrictions due to COVID. Valerie said the piece is a “great success, connecting
The sculpture is 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide with a 5-foot Debbie said she was “driven by the importance of people at a time when we couldn’t be together” and raising
tree blowing in the wind forming the crest of a Florida giving back to our local community affected by COVID hundreds of thousands of dollars to benefit area charities.
ocean wave. The tree has 140 handblown Nautilus shapes and giving the Mirasol community a legacy sculpture A video on the building of the sculpture can
emerging like flowers in the spring in Mirasol. that would renew that sense of oneness every time it was be seen on Debbie Mostel’s website, https://www.
The idea was to use “hanging hearts” as a centerpiece viewed.” It is now a permanent installation in the entrance debbiemosteldesigns.com/.
for a major fundraising effort – largely because the of the club. Photos by Penny Sheltz
COVID pandemic made traditional fundraising methods
impractical.
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