Art Deco Lecture: “100th Anniversary of the Lake Worth Playhouse- Celebrate 1924 to 2024”
Join Sharon Koskoff for the Art Deco 2nd Wednesdays in 2024!
SPEAKER: MICHAEL MCKEICH
FREE lecture
Applaud the theatrical history of our Oldest Building on the ADSPB Historic Register with historian Michael McKeich, President of Board of Trustees of Lake Worth Playhouse and Archivist of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Organizer
Sharon Koskoff is a mural artist, designer, educator, tour guide, photographer, and author, who works on large-scale community projects, installations, and is the lead artist of ARTintheAlley.org. The multi-media artist is a cum laude graduate of Brooklyn College, where she majored in Honor Photography & Sculpture. She then mastered Color Theory at the New York School of Interior Design. Koskoff served as chairperson for the Public Art Advisory Board of Delray Beach and in 2014 was honored with the prestigious Muse Award in Arts Education from the Cultural Council for PBC.
Koskoff, the Duchess of Deco, is the president of the historic preservation organization, Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches and wrote two local history books, Art Deco of the Palm Beaches, and Murals of the Palm Beaches, winner of two silver medals.
Venue
The Armory Art Center campus facilities include three buildings dedicated to art classes, a sculpture garden, and an interior tented courtyard.
The Armory Art Center provides art classes for students of all ages, exhibitions, art salons, lectures, and special events. Nearly 100 courses held in 12 state-of-the-art studios are offered including
- ceramics, photography & digital media, drawing, jewelry, painting, printmaking, textiles & fiber, and sculpture.
- Youth art classes and summer art camps are offered.
- Various exhibitions are hosted throughout the year in three galleries.
- The campus, located at 811 Park Place, West Palm Beach, at the south end of Howard Park, includes three buildings—the two former Palm Beach County National Guard Armory buildings and the Young Artists Studio Facility.
