Page 30 - PGA Community News - March '23

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Attention: Benzaiten Center For Creative Arts

PGA Residents Of Mellowing Years Benzaiten Brings manipulated into unconventional
objects used to evoke landscapes as
A single phone number may help you to live Husband And Wife Team To viewed from a unique perspective.
confidently and gracefully in your own home. Palm Beach County Shared interests in light and color,
Now there is a volunteer senior ambassador within architectural and geometric
PGA community who is well-schooled in resources The Benzaiten pattern, nature, and narratives,
available to help with problems of elders. The Alpert Center for Creative help guide the formal elements of
family and Children’s Services has been helping Arts is excited about each object as they build layers and
seniors do just that for many years. bringing husband and deconstruct the bubble. A variety
• You have questions? We may have answers. wife team, Josh Davids of hot glass color applications, diamond cutting, and sand
• You don’t know where to go? We can guide you. and Ekin Aytac, to engraving coalesce and come together to represent the visual
• You don’t know what you need? We’re well-versed spend two days at the rhythms of the world we inhabit together.
in that problem. center. They will be
• Do you know a neighbor who needs help? displaying various Davids And Aytac Events
Don’t wait. Call now. Dorothy Weiss, 624-4035. Let’s skills in glassblowing,
keep connected with each other as a community. All you diamond cutting and Friday, March 17, Artist Blow-Out, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
need is the desire to live comfortably in your own home. sand engraving. Ekin This is a high-energy and muscular three-hour combination
is from Edremit, glassblowing, diamond cutting and sand engraving
Turkey and Josh demonstration all with the help of our own talented staffers. It
comes from Colorado. is unlike anything you may have experienced elsewhere. The
Medicare draws from a unique demonstration. The cost for this event is only $15 at the door
This dynamic duo
center also brings in local bands to accompany this amazing
and that includes simple nibbles and two drink tickets!
combination of culture, heritage, and experience to elicit
profound expression in new works of glass art. They have
Saturday, March 18, Free Family Fun Day, 1 to 4 p.m.
This is a two hour demonstration by Davids and Aytac
open enrollMent lived, travelled, and created artwork together since 2014. which is free to the public.
Their collaborative Cityscape body of work is a sculptural

April 13 To 15
exploration offering reflections on the nature of self as it
Our last visiting artist event this year will feature Rob
relates to the places and things that shape our experience.
Drawing on both modern and ancient mythos as well as a Stern, April 13 to 15.
This event is being underwritten by First Republic Bank
meditation on the causal relationship between set and setting,

for 2023 they work together to weave a visual tapestry of form, light, and will include Thursday night Meet the Artist Dinner, the
and color. For them, glass is a special medium because of
Friday night Artist Blow-Out, and the free Family Fun Day.
So you do not miss out on any of these exciting events,
both its elemental nature and inherent optic qualities such
as refraction, dispersion, transmission, and reflectivity please contact the center to be put on their mailing list. Better
cHecK For – which speak directly to the movement of light within yet become a basic member at $50 and get:
• Free passes to all Artist Blow-Outs
the material. In these series, traditional vessel forms are
• 10 percent off all gift shop purchases
eXcItInG • 10 percent off all classes

To learn more, be sure to visit their website at www.
benzaitencenter.org or call them at (561) 508-7315 or email
them at inspired@benzaitencenter.org. Hours are Tuesday to
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