Art Notes: For the week of May 18-24 | Palm Beach Entertainment ...

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TROPICAL IMPRESSIONS: EMERGING ARTIST BONNIE WILBURN: Through Saturday, Bruce Webber Gallery, 705 Lucerne Ave., Lake Worth. An innovative style, vibrant colors and strong lines. Info: (561) 582-1045; www.webbergallery.com

AN ARTISTIC DISCOVERY: THE CONGRESSIONAL STUDENT ART SHOW: Through Sunday, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Features entries from Florida?s 19th Congressional District in the nationwide high school arts competition sponsored by the U.S. House of Representatives. Info: (561)392-2500; bocamuseum.org.

EXHIBITS AT BOCA MUSEUM OF ART: Through Sunday, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Info: (561)392-2500; bocamuseum.org.

• Will Barnet at 100: To mark the 100th birthday of pioneering painter, printmaker and educator Will Barnet (born May 25, 1911), this exhibition of nearly 50 works explores the evolution of Barnet?s art from realism to abstraction.
• Muted Imprints: An Installation by Misako Inaoka: Inaoka?s kinetic sculpture and site-specific installations evoke wilderness, but are grounded in technology.
• Glass Act: The contemporary studio art glass movement turns 50 and this survey of contemporary studio glass celebrates one-of-a-kind fine art glass pieces made in individual studios rather than glass factories.

FIELD OF COLORS: AN EXHIBITION BY ZIVI AVIRAZ: Through May 31, PBSC Eissey Campus Theatre Lobby Gallery, 3160 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. Mixed media-acrylic paintings. Info: (561) 207-5905.

PAINTINGS IN THE AFTERMATH: Through May 31, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Japanese students painted in the aftermath of the tsunami of March 2011. Compiled from six schools in Japan?s Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, the paintings are based on three themes: Appreciation of World Friendship, My Life 10 Years from Now and What I Want to Do in the Future. Info: (561) 495-0233; www.morikami.org

IMPORTANT CERAMIC WORKS: Through June 2, Elaine Baker Gallery, Gallery Center, 608 Banyan Trail, Boca Raton. Works by Jun Kaneko, Peter Voulkos, Ken Price, Don Reitz, Toshiko Takaezu, Pablo Picasso, Michael Lucero, Tony Marsh, Rick Dillingham, Christine Federighi, Richard DeVore and Betty Woodman. Info: (561) 241-3050.

WYNN BULLOCK: INSIGHTS & SURPRISES: Through June 9, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, 415 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. The mid-20th century master photographer is best known for his evocative black and white images, but he also created a significant body of color work he called Color Light Abstractions. Info: (561) 253-2600; www.workshop.org or www.fotofusion.org.

OUTSIDE/ FLORIDA PHOTOGRAPHERS FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE MUSEUM COLLECTION: Through June 10, Norton Museum, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Selected photographers? work, juxtaposed with works from the Norton?s Photography Collection. Featured photographers: Maria Martinez-Ca?as of Miami; Alexander Diaz of St. Augustine; Valerie George of Pensacola, Christopher Morris of Tampa; and the team of Eduardo del Valle and Mirta G?mez of Miami. Christopher Morris will present an Artist Lecture at 6:30 p.m. Thursday . Info: (561) 832-5196; norton.org

DECODING MESSAGES IN CHINESE ART: Through June 24, Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. A special installation of seven Chinese works of art features the newly acquired 13th century painting, Five Quail. Info: (561) 832-5196; norton.org

SOLO EXHIBITIONS: ELLE SCHORR AND MARK FOREMAN: Through July 2, Palm Beach Cultural Council, 601 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. Schorr, a Lake Worth resident, calls her photographs ?contradictions and overlapping impressions of city life.? Forman?s work challenges the ideas of Expressionism and Reduction. Info: (561) 472-3336; palmbeachcultural council.org

FORT MOSE: COLONIAL AMERICA?S BLACK FORTRESS OF FREEDOM: Through July 29, The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 170 N.W. Fifth Ave., Delray Beach. This exhibit from the Florida Museum of Natural History explores the history of Fort Mose, America?s first legally sanctioned free black community. Info: (561) 279-8883; www.spadymuseum.org.

PBC: ART: Through Aug. 4, Palm Beach County Cultural Council, in the Robert M. Montgomery Jr. Building, 601 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. A collection of 26 original works chosen from almost 400 submissions by a jury panel of art industry experts. Info: www.palmbeachculture.com

?POP! MOVABLE BOOKS FROM THE ARTHUR J. WILLIAMS POP-UP COLLECTION: Through Aug. 12, The Jaffe Center for Book Arts at FAU Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. Wildly colorful and interactive books that open to elements that pop up, slide and twirl. Info: (561) 297-3770; www.library.fau.edu/geninfo/hours.htm.

PARADISE IN PERIL: WORLD WAR II IN PALM BEACH COUNTY: Through Aug. 18, Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Archival photographs of Palm Beach County citizens, maps of historically significant areas and artifacts. Free. Info: (561) 832-4164; www.historicalsocietypbc.org.

WHAT REMAINS REMEMBERS: Through Sept. 7, Palm Beach State Art Gallery Campus, 3160 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. Features the work of Justin Rabineau. Info: (561) 207-5015.

NEW EYES SHOW: FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER BARRY SEIDMAN: Through Oct. 31, Harris Private Bank, Phillips Point, 777 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 140 E, West Palm Beach. Seidman exhibits 85 pieces from various photographic series. Presented by the Lighthouse ArtCenter. Available by appointment through Christi Thompson at (561) 366-4218. www.BarrySeidman.com

AMERICAN MASTERS AT THE NORTON: Through Fall, Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Features the work of Clyfford Still and Joan Mitchell, masters of late 20th-century American painting. Still is credited with laying the groundwork for the Abstract Expressionism movement. Mitchell used paint directly from tubes, applying it with her hands and conceiving of compositions that worked from the center out, rather than over the entire surface of her canvas. Info: (561) 832-5196; norton.org

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