Page 4 - Boca Club News - November '24

Page 4, Boca Club News
Boca Unveils First Public Art Experience:

Mi Casa, Your Casa 2.0 at Wildflower Park

The City of Boca Raton has extended
an invitation for the community to
experience Mi Casa, Your Casa 2.0,
a large-scale interactive public art
experience that debuted in Wildflower
Park on October 25th and will be
available to experience through
Thursday, December 5th.
Launched by the city’s Public Art
Boca program in partnership with
leading destination maker Creos, Mi
Casa, Your Casa 2.0 is Public Art
Boca’s first major temporary public art
installation.
Created by acclaimed artists Esrawe+
Cadena, Mi Casa, Your Casa 2.0 is
inspired by the mercados of Latin America, lively street community and connection that defines the city,” commented landscape, and foster community engagement through
markets where human connections are made every day. The Veronica Hatch, the city’s Public Art Coordinator. “This is innovative and thought-provoking installations. Recent
installation features eight three-dimensional red frames that an opportunity for everyone that encounters this interactive initiatives from Public Art Boca have included a community
illustrate the warmth, comfort and safety of our homes. Inside art experience at Wildflower Park, to reflect and celebrate survey, a new interactive online map of public art in Boca
each is a swing that invites visitors to engage in a fun and the warmth of sharing spaces as a community.” Raton and a Community Conversation on the impact of public
playful way, transforming the area into a hub of engagement Public Art Boca, part of the city’s Recreation Services art in our community.
and activity where people of all ages can socialize. A warm Department, is dedicated to enhancing Boca Raton’s urban Wildflower Park is located at 551 E. Palmetto Park Road
glow invites passersby to enter when a Casa is empty, with environment and distinctive sense of place by integrating in Boca. The art experience is available from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
the glow intensifying to indicate someone is home. art and creativity throughout the community. The program until December 5th. To learn more, visit the city’s Public Art
“Mi Casa, Your Casa 2.0 represents the spirit of aims to make art accessible to all, enrich the city’s cultural Boca webpage.
FAU’s 5th Annual “CAST” Party to Present

“Great American Songbook: The Next Generation”

Event Celebrates Arts and Culture, Raises Student produced Grammy-winning artists and producers, industry- be rezoned for housing. Over time, the FAU students’ design
Scholarship Funds leading music executives, world-class music educators and proposals will become new models for adaptive reuse and
The lively vibe, memorable music and sing-along lyrics top-tier scholars. sustainable living in Florida and beyond.
of “The Great American Songbook” will fill the ballroom The college’s partnership with AHF and Glavovic Studio All proceeds from the event will benefit student scholarships
and dance floor at the fifth annual Culture, Arts and Society is the first-of-its-kind, bringing together a leading academic for the Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. The college houses
Today (CAST) Party hosted by Florida Atlantic University’s institution, a global nonprofit organization and a for-profit 21 academic programs including the School of the Arts, along
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, on Monday, architecture studio to advance innovative solutions to the with humanities degrees, social science degrees, and the areas
February 24th, 2025 from 6 to 9 p.m., at Delaire Country affordable housing problem in Florida and across the United of communication and architecture. The college also houses
Club in Delray Beach. States. Approaching the affordable housing crisis from the Center for Peace, Justice and Human Rights; the Center
The annual fund-raiser for student scholarships will once different perspectives, the three partners work with FAU for the Future Mind; Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies;
again celebrate the cultivation of arts and letters at FAU and students to identify adaptive reuse opportunities and amplify Global Studies; Jewish Studies; among others.
in the community with a night of cocktails, fine food and the voices of the next generation in solving generational Tickets are $300 per person until Saturday, December. 31st;
American Songbook-themed décor and entertainment. The problems. Through the new partnership, FAU students have and $350 per person thereafter. To purchase tickets, visit www.
evening, emceed by Legends Radio’s “Manfredi & May developed a guidebook to help identify which kinds of existing fau.edu/artsandletters/cast-party/ or contact Daniela Andrade
Mornings” co-host Toni May, will include nostalgic nods vacant properties may be most viable for affordable housing at (561) 297-2337.
from the 1920s to 1960s by the FAU Jazz Band, visual arts projects, putting adaptive reuse into practice. Sponsorships are available at many levels. For more
pop-ups, and dancing to live pop music from FAU’s own The students have also unveiled comprehensive architectural information contact Esther Swann at eswann@fau.edu or (561)
commercial music band. designs on specific sites in South Florida, taking advantage of 297-4667. For more information about the CAST Party, visit
The fittingly themed evening is also a warm tribute to the state’s new Live Local Act that allows certain properties to www.fau.edu/artsandletters/cast-party/FAU.
Bob Lappin, the legendary founder, music director and
maestro of the Palm Beach Pops and honors his son, Jon
Lappin, president and executive director of the Legacy
Foundation of Palm Beach County/Palm Beach Pops, for
his contributions to the college and the music industry.
Broward-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF),
the largest global HIV/AIDS organization and a longtime
advocate for affordable housing, also will be recognized
for its strategic partnership with the college’s School
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