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Benzaiten Center Jupiter Medical Center

For Creative Arts Celebrates 45th Anniversary

Benzaiten Center Hosts

Glassblower, Dan Alexander Leadership Reflects On 45

March 15 And 16, Plus An Art Auction Years Of Growth And Looks
Cocktail Party March 28 Ahead To Future
Dan Alexander Jupiter Medical Center (JMC) is celebrating 45
Dan Alexander years of service as the area’s only independent, not-
has always been for-profit hospital in its region. The hospital opened
interested in art, its doors for patient care on Feb. 14, 1979, as a 34-bed
history, nature, and facility treating just 1,800 patients a year. Today, the
creating. After seeing health system employs more than 2,500 dedicated team
glass being made for members, oversees 400 volunteers and has over 750
the first time, he knew affiliated physicians to care for nearly 400,000 patients lymphoma and myeloma. Additional recognitions were
this was a trade he annually. Leadership for the hospital is reflecting on the achieved from Becker’s Healthcare, The Palm Beach Post
had to master. He organization’s tremendous growth while also looking and the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy.
attended Kent State ahead to the future. Since Jupiter Medical Center opened, Jupiter and the
University and “Jupiter Medical Center started as a local hospital for region have grown in population exponentially. In 1980,
received a Bachelor emergency access,” said Amit Rastogi, M.D., MHCM, the U.S. Census recorded nearly 10,000 people lived in
of Fine Arts. In president and CEO of JMC. “But as the population grew, Jupiter. Four decades later, the census reported that more
college he was able we worked diligently to evolve in order to meet the needs than 60,000 people resided in Jupiter.
to explore glass as an Dan Alexander at work of the community and the region. Today, we’ve expanded In 2020, under Dr. Rastogi’s leadership, JMC
artistic medium while the depth and breadth of our clinical services, and we are launched its cardiac surgery program at the Robson
being introduced to other the number one rated hospital in our region for patient Heart & Vascular Institute and opened its comprehensive
materials, art history, color safety, healthcare quality and patient experience.” Anderson Family Cancer Institute. Last year, the hospital
theory, and composition. Jupiter Medical Center’s stellar reputation is supported completed more expansion projects – starting the year
Post-graduation, he by peer, industry and community accolades from with the completion of a significant renovation and
studied with some of the local, regional and national organizations. Notably, in expansion to its emergency department and finishing the
top glass artists in the field December, JMC was the only hospital in Palm Beach year with the completion of its new, highly anticipated,
and even worked in Murano, County to earn the recognition of “Top Hospital” from state-of-the-art Johnny and Terry Gray Surgical Institute.
Italy. He spent several years The Leapfrog Group, the most elite distinction given by New projects on the horizon for the hospital’s main
working for the Corning the national not-for-profit patient safety watchdog group. campus include a new five-story, 92-bed Patient Care
Museum of Glass where The recognition followed an “A” Hospital Safety Grade Tower and a five-deck garage with 800 parking spaces.
he held the Lead Gaffer from the same organization one month prior. The tower will connect to the surgical institute and is on
position traveling the world Last year JMC was also named an “America’s Best- track to open in 2025.
and educating the public in-State Hospitals” for 2024 by Newsweek and U.S. News For more information about Jupiter Medical Center,
about the science and history & World Report named the hospital a High Performing visit jupitermed.com, call (561) 263-2234, or follow
of glass art. One of Dan Alexander’s glass hospital for stroke, colon cancer surgery, lung cancer Jupiter Medical Center on Facebook and Instagram @
Dan has now branched blown vessels surgery, heart failure, knee replacement, and leukemia jupitermedicalcenter or on Twitter @JupiterMedCtr.
out from his studio manager
role and has made a name for himself as an independent
artist. In recent years he was awarded an emerging artist
residency with the Duncan McClellan Gallery, the AACG
professional artist residency at GoggleWorks Center for the
Arts in Reading, Pa., was included in The Chihuly Collection
“Made” exhibition and was also nominated for the Glass
Art Society’s Saxe Emerging Artist Award. His work is on
display in fine art galleries across the USA. He is currently
also exhibiting in Istanbul Turkey, Austria, and Australia.
As usual we are hosting Dan for a three-hour demo at our
now famous Friday night “Artist Blow-Outs” with live music,
nibbles and drinks from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. with another demo
on Saturday, our free “Family Day,” from 1 to 4 p.m.
The Art Auction Cocktail Party
This is an incredible opportunity to purchase artwork at
cost or below! Before J.B. Berkow founded the Benzaiten
Center she was a gallerist for 30 years. She has a lot of
inventory left over that she has not had the time or space to
exhibit since starting the center. Thus, to clear out some much-
needed space, she is willing to move a lot of this art at cost
or below. Half of all proceeds raised by this auction will go
to the center’s many children and scholarship programming.
Don’t miss this opportunity.
To learn more about these events and to register for them
online, visit the center’s website at www.benzaitencenter.
org or call (561) 508-7315.
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Find Us: 1105 2nd Ave. South, Lake Worth Beach, FL 33460
GPS does not always get you there so use the following
simple directions:
Exit I-95 at 6th Avenue and go east. Take a left at the blue
Kwik Stop Store and then a right on 3rd Ave. S. Park in our
parking lot or anywhere on the street.

Two works of the highly collectable Spanish artist, Joan
Colomer Valls will be in this year’s auction.