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SUMMARY:Hope on the Horizon- Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
DESCRIPTION:The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) has been leading the way in Alzheimer’s research since its founding in 1998. Thanks to the generosity of our founders\, Leonard A. Lauder and Ronald S. Lauder\, 100% of every dollar donated to us goes directly to science. The ADDF has awarded more than $209 million to fund over 690 Alzheimer’s drug discovery programs\, biomarker programs and clinical trials in 19 countries.\nWe make investments\, not grants\, in research. Employing a venture philanthropy model\, the ADDF is helping to shape the Alzheimer’s research pipeline through both scientific leadership and providing venture capital for innovative\, often underfunded research areas. Our unique model generates investment returns that are channeled right back into our science. Our bold strategy includes investments in a diverse range of novel treatments and diagnostics that are altering the course of Alzheimer’s research. \nThe ADDF supports one of the largest and most diverse clinical development portfolios for Alzheimer’s disease\, with over 30 active clinical trials that span multiple drug targets. Our early focus on the biology of aging\, an out-the-box idea at a time when all eyes were on targeting amyloid plaques in the brain\, is now a guiding research principle. This is not just reflected in our clinical trial portfolio\, but across the entire robust Alzheimer’s pipeline where most clinical trials are focused on drug targets other than amyloid\, aimed at neuroinflammation\, vascular problems\, synapse loss\, and other aging malfunctions. \nThe ADDF continues to serve as a significant driver of meaningful innovation and change in drug discovery and development. Many initiatives with the ADDF’s footprint are paying off in breakthrough firsts. \n\nEarly funding for development of the Amyvid™ PET scan\, the first diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s disease. Amyvid™ was instrumental in the approval of the first disease-modifying Alzheimer’s drug\, Aduhelm\, in 2021\, providing the biomarker data needed under the FDA’s accelerated approval guidelines.\nThe ADDF also invested early and often in PrecivityAD™\, the first commercially available blood test to help physicians with early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s.\nThrough the Diagnostics Accelerator\, the ADDF provided funding to Altoida\, Inc.\, a leading precision neurology company\, which was awarded U.S. Food and Drug Administration Breakthrough Device Designation for the Neuro Motor Index\, a predictive system for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.\n\nMany of the concepts we supported in early-stage research have advanced to phase 2 clinical trials\, moving us closer to a cure. More than 75% of ADDF-funded trials are in phase 2 and\, true to our mission\, they are focused on diverse drug targets. \nOur support is also designed to help investigators and early biotech firms move important research through the expensive and challenging research process. After receiving ADDF support\, our researchers have gone on to receive commitments of over $3 billion in follow-on funding from the government\, pharmaceutical companies\, and venture capital firms. This is a testament to our rigorous review process and to the resources we provide to researchers. \nToday\, the ADDF is well positioned to continue its leadership role in driving exciting scientific discoveries. Each year brings us closer to achieving our mission to conquer Alzheimer’s disease.
URL:https://theseasun.org/event/hope-on-the-horizon-alzheimers-drug-discovery-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Palm Beach
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SUMMARY:Kravis Center Gala
DESCRIPTION:A major performing arts facility had long been a dream of Palm Beach County residents. Efforts to build an arts center began here in the early 1950s. The first step in this direction came with the arrival of the Palm Beach Playhouse\, later the Royal Poinciana Playhouse. In 1968\, a local arts pioneer\, Mary Howes\, along with a group of other residents\, formed Fine Arts Festival\, Incorporated. They sponsored six benefits to raise funds to build an arts center that would accommodate major opera\, orchestra\, ballet\, and theatrical productions. They got as far as commissioning the late architect John Volk to draft a model. A feasibility study was conducted\, and land was optioned next to the current site of the West Palm Beach Auditorium. But it became apparent that the community was not yet ready to support such a major undertaking.
URL:https://theseasun.org/event/kravis-center-gala/
CATEGORIES:Palm Beach
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SUMMARY:Evening of Vision Gala- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
DESCRIPTION:Global Leader in Eye Care\, Vision Research and Ophthalmology Education\nBascom Palmer Eye Institute serves as the Department of Ophthalmology for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami\, Florida. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life by improving sight\, preventing blindness\, and advancing ophthalmic knowledge through compassionate patient care and innovative research. \n\nThis year marks the 20th time that Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the country as published in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals issue. Ophthalmology Times ranked Bascom Palmer the best overall ophthalmology program in the nation with the best eye hospital and the best clinical and residency programs. Additionally\, many of our doctors are listed in Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors. \nIn addition to providing excellent eye care to more than 250\,000 patients annually at our five patient care centers in Miami\, Palm Beach Gardens\, Naples\, Plantation\, and Coral Gables at the Lennar Foundation Medical Center\, our faculty members conduct innovative biomedical research and present progressive\, industry-leading academic programs to ophthalmologists and other physicians in the community and worldwide. \n \nAdvancing Medical Innovation\nConsistent with our mission to resolve diseases and disorders of the eye\, our scientists and physicians develop new theories\, therapeutic techniques and surgical instruments that advance the course of ophthalmic practices worldwide. \nThe Institute’s full-time faculty of internationally respected physicians and scientists encompass every ophthalmic sub-specialty. Its contribution to ophthalmic knowledge\, research\, and diagnostics has\, in many cases\, revolutionized ophthalmologists’ understanding and management of eye diseases and disorders. \nWorld Renowned Research\nBascom Palmer’s scientists and physician-investigators actively search for the causes\, preventive measures and most effective treatments for diseases and disorders of the eye. Some current areas of clinical research directly addressing patient care include macular degeneration\, glaucoma\, diabetic retinopathy\, artificial cornea development and ocular cancer. \nOur multidisciplinary research program covers a broad spectrum\, from the most basic investigations into the nature of molecules\, cells and tissues\, all the way to the development of devices for clinical application. We have extended our mission as an umbrella organization uniting all eye and vision researchers at University of Miami and neighboring academic institutions. Research activities have been initiated to enhance the collaborative environment for this multidisciplinary group. \nToday’s and Tomorrow’s Ophthalmologists\nWe regard the education of our ophthalmology residents and fellows\, medical students and ophthalmologists from around the world as one of the highest priorities to ensure that the vision needs of future generations are met. This tradition of excellence has been instrumental in earning Bascom Palmer Eye Institute world recognition as an outstanding teaching\, research and patient care facility. Our training programs are regarded as the best in the nation. In addition to offering an ophthalmology specialty for residents and sub-specialty training for fellows\, physicians may also participate in our continuing medical education programs. \nBascom Palmer Eye Institute thanks you for your support of these events. \n\nPalm Beach Medical Forum\nDate: TBDTime: TBDLocation: TBDChairs: TBD \nThe Forum features the latest developments in vision research and eye care. \n\nNaples Luncheon\nDate: TBDTime: TBDLocation: TBD \n  \n  \n\nEvening of Vision Gala in Palm Beach\n  \n  \nDate: TBDTime: TBDLocation: TBD \n  \n\nFor more information about our events\, please contact the Development Office at 305-326-6190. \nBascom Palmer Eye Institute is part of UHealth\, the University of Miami Health System. The University of Miami is a not-for-profit\, 501c3 corporation and as such\, all gifts\, contributions\, and donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
URL:https://theseasun.org/event/evening-of-vision-gala-bascom-palmer-eye-institute/
CATEGORIES:Palm Beach
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SUMMARY:Heart Ball- American Heart Association
DESCRIPTION:Before the American Heart Association existed\, people with heart disease were thought to be doomed to complete bed rest — or destined to imminent death. \nBut a handful of pioneering physicians and social workers believed it didn’t have to be that way. They conducted studies to learn more about heart disease\, America’s No. 1 killer. Then\, on June 10\, 1924\, they met in Chicago to form the American Heart Association — believing that scientific research could lead the way to better treatment\, prevention and ultimately a cure. The early American Heart Association enlisted help from hundreds\, then thousands\, of physicians and scientists. \n“We were living in a time of almost unbelievable ignorance about heart disease\,” said Paul Dudley White\, one of six cardiologists who founded the organization. \nIn 1948\, the association reorganized\, transforming from a professional scientific society to a nationwide voluntary health organization composed of science and lay volunteers and supported by professional staff. \nSince then\, the AHA has grown rapidly in size and influence — nationally and internationally — into an organization of more than 33 million volunteers and supporters dedicated to improving heart health and reducing deaths from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. \nHere is a timeline of American Heart Association milestones in more than 90 years of lifesaving history: \n  \n\n\n1915\nLooking for Answers: Nearly a decade before the formal creation of the American Heart Association\, physicians and social workers convene to find more answers about the mysteries of heart disease. \n\n\n1924\nAmerican Heart Association is Founded: Six cardiologists form the American Heart Association as a professional society for doctors. One of the founders\, Dr. Paul Dudley White\, described the early years as a time of “almost unbelievable ignorance” about heart disease. \n\n\n1925\nScientific Sessions Begins: The AHA holds its first Scientific Sessions meeting where scientists and healthcare professionals learn the latest developments. The meeting\, held every year since except for during World War II\, grows to become the largest annual cardiovascular meeting in the United States and a leading international destination for the cardiovascular health community. \n\n\n1947\nHeart Week Kicks Off: First public campaign kicks off in February to celebrate National Heart Week. \n\n\n1948\nThe AHA Reorganizes: The AHA reorganizes\, transforming from a scientific society to a voluntary health organization composed of volunteers and supported by professional staff. Support for the AHA’s mission becomes much more visible\, with fundraising activities taking hold in communities and businesses. \nFirst Research Grant Awarded: The association awards its first research grant\, to Nobel Prize winner Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi. The grant helped fund studies about the energy that muscles\, such as the heart\, need to contract. In all\, the AHA has funded 14 Nobel Prize winners\, including nine whose AHA-funded work led to the Nobel Prize. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLife-changing Breakthroughs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1956\nSteady Hearts: An external defibrillator successfully returns a quivering heart back to a steady rhythm for the first time in humans. Dr. Paul Zoll leads the study\, with funding from the AHA. \n\n\n1957\nFirst Pacemaker Implanted: The first battery-operated\, wearable pacemaker is implanted in a patient. The research leading to this discovery\, pioneered by Dr. William Weirich and funded by the AHA\, led to the development of the fully implanted pacemakers used today. \n\n\n1960\nImplantable Pacemakers Make Way: The first successful surgeries for completely implantable pacemakers are reported by Dr. William Chardack\, who received funding from the AHA. Production of implantable pacemakers quickly gets underway. \nThe Beginning of Artificial Heart Valve Replacements: The first successful artificial heart valve replacement is performed by Dr. Albert Starr\, who received support from the AHA to develop the mechanical heart valve with hydraulic engineer Lowell Edwards. The Starr-Edwards valve is still used today\, along with other artificial heart valves\, improving countless lives. \n  \n\n\n1961\nAHA-Funded Research and CPR: AHA-funded research from Drs. William Kouwenhoven\, James Jude and Guy Knickerbocker show how CPR can save lives after cardiac arrest. Their research is reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. We now know that effective bystander CPR can double or triple chances of survival. \nPioneering Microsurgery: Dr. Julius Jacobson performs surgery with the aid of a microscope. He becomes a pioneer in microsurgery with AHA funding. Microsurgery leads to advances in coronary artery surgery\, neurosurgery and numerous other procedures. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecent Achievements\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2008\nResearch Shows Breaths Not Required for CPR: With funding from the AHA\, Dr. Gordon Ewy shows uninterrupted\, high-quality chest compressions — without mouth-to-mouth respiration — are important for keeping blood circulating to vital organs. As a result\, the AHA releases new recommendations that say bystanders can skip mouth-to-mouth and use Hands-Only CPR to help an adult who suddenly collapses. \nAHA Issues Statement on Hands-Only CPR: The AHA releases a statement about Hands-Only CPR\, saying that bystanders who witness the sudden collapse of an adult should dial 911 and provide high-quality chest compressions by pushing hard and fast in the middle of the victim’s chest. This is a departure from traditional CPR that requires rescue breaths. \nNobel Prize Awarded to Early AHA-Funded Researcher: Dr. Martin Chalfie wins the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing green fluorescent protein as a genetic tag to see inside living cells\, including heart cells\, to better understand how the cells are made and how they work. The AHA funded Chalfie earlier in his career. \n  \n\n\n2009\nAHA Advocacy Efforts Help Lead to Tobacco Oversight: The AHA helps lead the way in the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The law lets the FDA regulate tobacco\, bans candy-flavored cigarettes and adds large warning labels to tobacco products. Billboard advertising near schools is banned\, and tobacco companies can no longer alter their products to make them more addictive or to make misleading health claims. \n\n\n2010\n2020 Impact Goal Announced: The AHA announces a major goal to improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20 percent while reducing deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke by 20 percent by 2020. Prevention is a major focus of the 2020 Impact Goal. \n\n\n2014\nAHA Leads Heart Disease and Stroke Research Funding: After 65 years of funding research\, AHA’s investment in heart disease and stroke research totals more than $3.5 billion. The AHA is the leading funder of heart disease and stroke research outside the federal government. \n\n\n2016\nOne Brave Idea: The AHA establishes One Brave Idea\, an unprecedented research initiative awarding $75 million to one team focused on curing heart disease. It’s funded through an alliance of the AHA\, Verily and AstraZeneca. \nAHA Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine: Through the institute\, the AHA provides funding for researchers focused on mining massive volumes of data in their quest to solve a range of heart disease issues. The institute began collecting\, linking and leveraging patients’ data to help improve heart health. \n  \n\n\n2018\nResuscitation Quality Improvement Partners: The AHA and Laerdal Medical establish RQI Partners as a legal\, joint venture — a big step toward realizing our bold vision of a world where no one dies from cardiac arrest. The for-profit subsidiary partnership focuses on the Resuscitation Quality Improvement® program\, the HeartCode® portfolio and solutions being co-developed with the Resuscitation Academy Foundation. \n\n\n2019\nAHA Grantee wins Nobel Prize: Gregg L. Semenza\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, of Johns Hopkins University was co-awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovery of how cells sense and acclimate to oxygen availability\, the mechanism for one of life’s most essential adaptive processes. He shares the prize with William G. Kaelin Jr.\, M.D.\, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute\, Boston and Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe\, M.D.\, of the University of Oxford\, England\, and Francis Crick Institute in London. Their collaborative work established the basis for understanding how oxygen levels affect cellular metabolism and physiological function\, paving the way for promising new strategies to fight cardiovascular disease and many other acute and chronic conditions\, including anemia and cancer. Dr. Semenza has received five AHA research grants. The Association’s support of his now Nobel Prize winning work on HIF-1 began in 1993.
URL:https://theseasun.org/event/heart-ball-american-heart-association/
CATEGORIES:Palm Beach
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SUMMARY:Alliance for Eating Disorders
DESCRIPTION:The National Alliance for Eating Disorders is the leading nonprofit\norganization dedicated to the outreach\, education\, early intervention\, support\, and advocacy for all eating disorders.\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Founder\n\n\n\nAfter recovering from a long battle with various eating disorders\, Johanna Kandel founded The National Alliance for Eating Disorders (“The Alliance”) as a way to give back and make a difference. Since founding The Alliance in October 2000\, Johanna has brought information\, awareness\, and support to hundreds of thousands of individuals nationally and internationally. In addition\, she facilitates free\, weekly support groups\, helps thousands of people gain information and find the help they need\, and advocates for change on local\, state\, and national level.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat We Do\n\nThe National Alliance for Eating Disorders (formerly The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness) is the leading national nonprofit organization providing referrals\, education\, and support for all eating disorders. Since October 2000\, we have worked tirelessly to raise awareness; eliminate secrecy and stigma; promote access to care; and support those susceptible to\, currently experiencing\, and recovering from eating disorders. \nThe Alliance offers comprehensive services\, including: \n\nEducational presentations and training days\nFree\, weekly\, therapist-led support groups nationwide (virtual and in-person) for those experiencing eating disorders and for their loved ones\nSupport and referrals through both our free help-line and comprehensive referral website/app\nDirect\, low-cost\, life-saving\, outpatient treatment to underinsured and uninsured adults in the South Florida community.\nUnique and empowering Southern Smash scale smashing events and SmashTALK panel discussions.\n\nOver the past 21 years\, we have demonstrated our tireless commitment to creating change and making a positive impact on our community.
URL:https://theseasun.org/event/alliance-for-eating-disorders/
CATEGORIES:Palm Beach
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T180000
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SUMMARY:We believe Season of Dance Gala
DESCRIPTION:Palm Beach Ballet
URL:https://theseasun.org/event/we-believe-season-of-dance-gala/
CATEGORIES:Palm Beach
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SUMMARY:Bethesda Hospital\, Baptist Health Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Olga & Nelson Lazo\, Bethesda Hospital CEO\, introduce the Gala of Generosity. Join us for an unforgettable evening as we raise funds to support the modernization of the Emergency Department at Bethesda Hospital East. Attendees will enjoy cocktails\, chef stations\, eclectic hors d’oeuvres\, live entertainment and much more poolside at Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa. Sponsorship opportunities are now available.\n  \nPlease note: The format of all events are subject to change. All events will take place in a safe and socially distanced format that follows established recommendations by the CDC and Baptist Health South Florida policies. We appreciate your consideration as we work through an ever-changing environment.
URL:https://theseasun.org/event/bethesda-hospital-baptist-health-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Palm Beach
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SUMMARY:Curated Treasures from the Palm Beaches
DESCRIPTION:« All Events \nARTISTRY: Curated Treasures from the Palm Beaches\n\nJanuary 19\, 2023 – January 21\, 2023\, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm\n\n\n\n \nJoin us in 2023 for a new event at the Armory Art Center! \nARTISTRY- a sale like no other featuring: vintage and designer clothing and accessories\, tabletop and decorative accessories\, petite furniture\, art\, and more! \nJanuary 19-21\, 2023 | 10:00 am-6:00 pm\nFree and open to the public\n \nEvent Chairs: Lynn Feld and Linda Silpe \n  \nDonation Days: \nWe are also seeking donations of your curated treasures! See below dates for drop off at the Armory Art Center.\n\nNovember 28\, 10:00 am-2:00 pm\nNovember 29\, 10:00 am-2:00 pm\nNovember 30\, 10:00 am-2:00 pm \nThe donation center will be in our courtyard tent behind the main building. \n  \nSponsorship opportunities available from $500-$10\,000. \nFor more information on how to get involved\, contact us here. \n\n\nThe story of the Armory Art Center mirrors America’s progression of history from the early twentieth century into the twenty-first.  As the United States moved away from being primarily a rural/agrarian country\, struggled to find a way out of the Great Depression\, fought through World War II\, dealt with post-war damage and reconstruction\, developed new ideas to reinvent itself\, and emerged as an economically and artistically vibrant urban society\, so the Armory progressed\, every step of the way. \nFROM THE FARMLAND.  At the turn of the twentieth century\, growers farming the rich soil around Lake Okeechobee sent fruit and vegetables on barges down a winding canal along what is now State Road 80/Southern Boulevard\, floating past what is now Palm Beach International Airport\, and cruising northward along what is now Parker Avenue to stop at a fruit and vegetable stand called the Municipal Market where the produce was sold to the people of the Palm Beaches. A short distance past the stand there was a basin wide enough for the barges to turn around to make the return trip back to The Glades. The basin is still there\, located on the south side of Okeechobee Boulevard\, across the street from the Kravis Center and next to the Howard Park Tennis Courts—however\, now the barge turnaround basin is a decorative pond with fountains shooting up in the middle. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE GREAT DEPRESSION.  The vegetable stand’s initial structure was converted into the Palm Beach County Armory\, 1939\, WPA Project Sponsored by Palm Beach County and the City of West Palm Beach for Company C\, 124th Infantry… W.M King\, Architect as told by the words carved into a large granite commemorative plaque and by some old photos of the fruit and vegetable stand while it was under renovation. \n\n\n\n\nAlthough the Municipal Market was partially dismantled\, in the reconfiguration a portion of the old structure remained. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Works Progress Administration (WPA) was the largest of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal agencies to jump-start the American economy out of the Depression\, employing millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects such as the construction of public roads and buildings… \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n…including a number of armories! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe iconic Art Deco Stars on the façade go back to the summer of 1939! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy September 1939 the façade’s familiar ARMORY lettering had appeared. \nIn 2010 the granite plaque from that 1939 WPA commemoration was found partially buried on the Armory campus. It was restored and mounted inside the front door of the Armory’s main gallery. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWORLD WAR II.  Before\, during\, and after World War II\, the Armory served as a training center for soldiers and National Guardsmen.  The main building still houses a vault where the guns were stored. The arched ceiling has the look of an old airplane hangar.  The building behind it was the motor pool for repair and maintenance of jeeps and other military vehicles.  A famous photograph in the Administration office shows about fifty soldiers standing at attention in front of the Armory building with the iconic Art Deco stars prominent on the support arms of the front door canopy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAFTER THE WAR.  During the 1950’s and 60’s\, as related from memories of many of local high school graduates\, the National Guard Armory also served as a hot-spot for proms\, parties\, and dances.  A local musician who recently played at an Armory art exhibition recalled in 1960 bringing Chubby Checker up from Miami Airport to play at an Armory dance/concert and demonstrate his new dance sensation\, The Twist. \nBy 1981 when the Armory had fallen into disrepair and it was no longer needed as a military facility\, it was closed and left abandoned.  In 1985 the Norton Art Museum closed down its art school\, leaving a group of art teachers without a place to create.  When the old National Guard building was considered as a new location for an art school\, attorney/art lover/philanthropist Robert Montgomery and his wife Mary provided $100\,000 to renovate the National Guard building and the Palm Beach County Cultural Council and many others also contributed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNotice the Armory Art School sign under the awning on what is now the front entrance with an arrow directing people to go around to the back! \nAs a long-term lease was being negotiated with the City of West Palm Beach\, Muriel Kaplan\, teachers\, students\, and donors were seen with other volunteers sweeping out the cob webs\, chasing out the pigeons that roosted in the rafters of what is now Montgomery Hall\, and generally cleaning up the building to make way for teachers\, students\, and art exhibitions. \nAN ART SCHOOL.  On November 21\, 1986\, the Armory Art Center\, Inc.\, was incorporated as a Florida not-for-profit corporation.  The Armory commenced operations on July 1\, 1987\, as a community arts organization providing the combination of art education classes and art exhibitions.  From 1987 to 1988 there was major renovation of the main building\, naming it The Robert and Mary Montgomery Historic Armory Building.  Over the years Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery continued with large donations.  The organization was originally called The Robert and Mary Montgomery Armory Art Center\, however\, eventually the Montgomery’s asked that their name be removed from the organization as a whole to encourage other donors.  Their name remains on the building and in the main exhibition hall\, Montgomery Hall\, dedicated on April 11\, 1992.  On June 11\, 1992\, the building was certified on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old West Palm Beach National Guard Armory. \nGrowth and renovation on the campus continued.  With a significant contribution from Jerold Kaplan in 1999\, the Armory began a major makeover of the National Guard’s motor pool garage building which later served as a repair facility for the City of West Palm Beach fire trucks\, converting it into a ceramics/sculpture complex named the Muriel S. Kaplan Building after Mr. Kaplan’s mother who was an original Armory faculty member\, and dedicating the completion on March 16\, 2000.  In 2001\, the Armory built a wholly-owned third building called the Young Artist Studio Facility\, a two-story building dedicated to painting\, drawing\, printing\, and fiber arts.  Being true to the instincts and needs of great painters\, it was especially designed to feature natural light from the north.  The Ansin Kiln Complex\, a further development of the ceramics and sculpture building\, was dedicated on February 27\, 2003. \nAlthough you won’t see a famous person at the Armory every day\, celebrity visitors appear from time to time.  Then First Lady Hillary Clinton gave a speech in Montgomery Hall\, opera star Luciano Pavarotti presented an exhibition of his paintings\, movie stars Burt Reynolds and Lonnie Anderson organized a fund raising sock hop\, Broadway star Carol Channing of Hello\, Dolly!signed up for an art class\, and Leonard Nimoy who played Dr. Spock on Star Trek held an exhibition of his photography.  Rock star visitors include Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks and Def Jam rocker Russell Simmons. \nWith both beginner classes and ever changing innovative intermediate and advanced art classes and with art exhibitions ranging from works of student and faculty shows to emerging and cutting-edge artists on the threshold of fame\, every year seems to bring something new!  Most recently in December 2016\, the Armory established the initial and highly successful two-day West Palm Beach Arts Festival attended by thousands with artists from around the country. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTO THE FUTURE…  Like most histories\, the story of the Armory Art Center comes from a few written documents\, some old photographs\, some eyewitness accounts\, and a lot of often-repeated\, unwritten stories.   Some of these stories\, perhaps told during art classes and exhibitions\, may have become more romantic than accurate over time\, so if you have more information to contribute to the picture\, please let us know! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeld in twelve state-of-the-art studios\, nearly 100 courses are offered including ceramics\, digital arts\, drawing\, jewelry\, painting\, printmaking\, fibers\, sculpture\, and a variety of exhibitions are hosted annually in four galleries. Providing art classes for students of all ages\, exhibitions\, art salons\, lectures\, and special events\, The Armory Art Center continues to make history every day through nurturing ongoing artistic expression that shapes\, defines\, and reflects all of our lives. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Armory Art Center has celebrated over 30 years in the West Palm Beach community and anticipates many more inspiring years ahead!
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DESCRIPTION:NO DATE SET YET-\nSince its founding\, the Boca Raton Historical Society has embraced advocacy of historic preservation as one of its principal missions. We believe that historic preservation can and does define\, enhance\, and maintain the character of our community as well as its livability. In the rapidly changing world which is South Florida today\, our very heritage is at stake as historic structures and sites – the few tangible reminders of our historic and sometimes hard-scrabble past – are fast disappearing. It is incumbent upon the citizens of the present to preserve these reminders for future generations.
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