Wellington,
FL -- ArtStart, a
Wellington based non-profit whose
mission is to provide educational opportunities in
the arts, has been selected as the charity of
record for the 28th Annual Palm Beach Winter
Antiques Show. The organization will help organize
and benefit from a preview party at the
Crowne
Plaza, 1601
Belvedere Road , West Palm
Beach,
FL on Thursday, January 14, 2010 from 6-9p.m. and will also receive a portion of every ticket
sold for the
3-day show, which runs January 15-17 at the
Crowne
Plaza.
Preview party tickets are $80 and entitle the buyer
to repeat admission to the show and complimentary
valet parking. For more information or to make
reservations, contact Jeannette Pomeroy Parssi
at (561) 635-2037 or visit www.ArtStartInc.org.
Partygoers will enjoy champagne, wine and hors
d’oeuvres and will have the first chance to view and
purchase antiques, art and jewelry items from the
dealers at the show, many of whom will have traveled
internationally to attend.
Sponsoring the preview party are
Wellington,
Florida based Liberty Media Group, headed by
ArtStart chairman Bill Underwood and David Berns,
CPA. Berns also provides pro bono services for
ArtStart.
Honorary Chairpersons for the event are A. Donny
Strosberg, a lead scientist at the Scripps Research
Institute in
Florida and author Eliane
Strosberg, founder of Rencontres Art et Science, an
organization that organized exhibitions and lectures
in Paris
“This is a
traditional antiques show with a
Palm Beach flair,” said show
organizer Zita Waters Bell, “and is known by all who
attend as a great buying show. The show is vetted
and excellence is our priority.”
Bell went on to say that every
effort is made to have an exclusive show with only
the best in antiques. “As we did last year,”
Bell continued, “our policy
will allow art dating to the mid 20th century. We’ll
also have an are we will call ‘A Touch of Vintage.
Our recent Vintage Show & Sale was so well received,
attendees asked if we could do it again, so we
decided to add a handful of vintage dealers to the
show.”