Four Arts 23-24 Season Programs

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ESTHER B. O’KEEFFE BUILDING

Art Galleries, Customer Service, and Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

102 Four Arts Plaza

(561) 655-7226

Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m.

Monday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday: Four Arts members only, 1 to 5 p.m.

Wednesday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

GIOCONDA AND JOSEPH

KING LIBRARY

101 Four Arts Plaza (561) 655-2766

Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Saturday (November through April): 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

CHILDREN’S LIBRARY

(2nd floor, Rovensky Building)

100 Four Arts Plaza (561) 655-2776

Monday-Friday: 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Saturday (November through April): 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

FITZ EUGENE DIXON EDUCATION BUILDING

Campus on the Lake, Customer Service

240 Cocoanut Row (561) 805-8562

Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

BOTANICAL GARDENS

AND PHILIP HULITAR SCULPTURE GARDEN

Enter next to King Library, Dixon Education Building, and at Royal Palm Way and Cocoanut Row

Daily: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Closed for inclement weather and on major holidays

COVER PHOTO: Abelardo Morell, 2016 - Flowers for Lisa #30, 2016, 35 ½ by 27 ½ in., courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FINE ARTS ............................................................................... 5-13

Scenes of New York City: The Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection

Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts

Flora Imaginaria: The Flower in Contemporary Photography

Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden; photography and visitor policies

LIVE PERFORMANCES ....................................................... 14-20

Season overview; Beethoven Festival; Pianists, Quartets, Ensembles, Jazz, Choral, Dance, Bluegrass

HIGH-DEFINITION SCREENINGS & FILMS ...................

The Metropolitan Opera; National Theatre Live; Exhibition on Screen; Friday Film Series

WELCOME TO THE FOUR ARTS

Master Classes; Classes & Workshops; Field Trips

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ............................................... 48-53

Beyer Artist-in-Residence; Garden Club of Palm Beach; Four Arts Contemporaries; Family-Friendly Programs

KING LIBRARY ..................................................................... 54-62

Page Turners fiction book discussions; Florida Voices author series; Talk of Kings non-fiction book discussions; Color, Create, Craft; Short Story Book Group; Biography Book Club; Teen Programs

CHILDREN’S LIBRARY ....................................................... 63-69 Family Book Club; Family Story Times; Preschool School Times; School-Age Programs; School Field Trips

Each year The Society of the Four Arts offers a dynamic lineup of cultural programming, including notable speakers, films, high-definition opera, plays and art documentary screenings, live performances, educational programs, and art exhibitions. The campus is home to beautiful sculpture and botanical gardens and a state-of-the-art educational facility. The Four Arts maintains two libraries: the Gioconda and Joseph King Library, with several book discussion groups, and the Children’s Library, featuring free story time programs. Founded in 1936 on the eastern shore of the Intracoastal Waterway, The Four Arts is one of Palm Beach’s oldest and most respected cultural destinations.

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING

From I-95: Take Exit 70 Okeechobee Boulevard and go east for two miles. Cross the Intracoastal Waterway and make a left turn onto Four Arts Plaza.

Parking: Parking is limited in the lots on the Four Arts campus. Please plan accordingly. Only park at The Four Arts if you are attending programs or visiting the libraries or gardens.

Uber / Lyft / Ridesharing: Drop-off and pick-up are available in front of the King Library, 101 Four Arts Plaza.

TO PURCHASE OR RESERVE TICKETS

Go to fourarts.org and select the program you wish to attend Call (561) 655-7226 • Email customerservice@fourarts.org Visit a Customer Service desk inside the O’Keeffe or Dixon buildings

TICKET ON-SALE DATES

Reservations or tickets required for all programs. All sales are final; no refunds or exchanges. Tickets and reservations can be made starting at 10 a.m. on the following days:

KING LIBRARY PROGRAMS

Four Arts members may reserve beginning Monday, August 21

The general public may reserve beginning Monday, August 28

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11

Chairman’s Forum members may purchase or reserve Fine Arts, Live Performances, HD Screenings & Films, Campus on the Lake, and Special Presentation programs

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18

Benefactors Council members may purchase or reserve Fine Arts, Live Performances, HD Screenings & Films, Campus on the Lake, and Special Presentation programs

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25

All Four Arts members may purchase or reserve Fine Arts, Live Performances, HD Screenings & Films, Campus on the Lake, and Special Presentation programs

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8

The general public may purchase or reserve Fine Arts, Live Performances, HD Screenings & Films, Campus on the Lake, and Special Presentation programs

ESTHER B. O’KEEFFE SPEAKER SERIES - TBA

Reservation dates for Chairman’s Forum, Benefactors Council, and all members for the Esther B. O’Keeffe Speaker Series will be announced in fall 2023

FOURARTS.ORG

Please bookmark our website, fourarts.org, and select from our Programs & Events, Watch Online, Plan Your Visit, or Connect & Support drop-down menus for easy access to our programs and useful tips for visiting The Four Arts campus, along with information about donations and memberships. Check back all season long to find the latest updates to our hours, program offerings, and streaming options.

FINE ARTS

The Fine Arts department enriches the Palm Beach community through a dynamic program of rotating exhibitions. Each season, the department mounts traveling and curated exhibitions in the Esther B. O’Keeffe Building. The exhibitions feature a variety of art movements, styles, media, subjects, time periods, and cultures and may be accompanied by gallery guides or catalogues.

The Fine Arts department also manages the Mary Alice Fortin Children’s Art Gallery and further encourages an appreciation for the visual arts by decorating Four Arts’ buildings with art from the permanent collection. The collection contains paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures, including sculptures permanently displayed in the Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden and the Four Arts Botanical Gardens. The department enhances exhibitions and the gardens with loaned and site-specific works.

Gallery Hours

Monday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday: Four Arts members only, 1 to 5 p.m.

Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m.

Closed on most holidays, see fourarts.org

Gallery Admission*

$10 ■ No charge for Four Arts members or children 14 & under

Tickets available in advance or at the gallery entrance, walk-ins are encouraged

To purchase tickets or make reservations: Call (561) 655-2766

Email customerservice@fourarts.org

Select art exhibitions at fourarts.org

* The Four Arts is a Blue Star Museum and participates in the Museums for All program. Visit fourarts.org for more information.

SCENES OF NEW YORK CITY

The Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection

Saturday, November 18, 2023 through Sunday, January 28, 2024

Esther B. O’Keeffe Building

Scenes of New York City: The Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection features selections from a promised gift of paintings, watercolors, prints, drawings, and sculptures to the New-York Historical Society. The Hirschfelds are prominent philanthropists and art collectors who have been dedicated to collecting art that portrays New York City and the people who make it unique.

The exhibition presents 115 works from the Hirschfelds’ donation. A visual love letter to New York, it depicts vivid snapshots of the City’s most beloved icons — its buildings, bridges, skyscrapers, parks, landmarks, and people — by nationally and internationally prominent artists, including Theresa Bernstein, Marc Chagall, Willem de Kooning, Rauol Dufy, Keith Haring, Childe Hassam, David Hockney, Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, Fernand Léger, Reginald Marsh, LeRoy Neiman, Georgia O’Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, and Andy Warhol.

The exhibition includes a catalogue with an essay about the sweeping history of New York City, an interview with Elie Hirschfeld, and scholarly entries on each work.

Scenes of New York City is organized by The New-York Historical Society.

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), Study for “Brooklyn Bridge”, 1949, charcoal and black and white chalk on paper. New-York Historical Society, Promised gift of Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld, Scenes of New York City, IL2021.51.49 © 2023 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

LEFT: William Merritt Chase, detail of The Boat Harbor (Gowanus Pier), ca. 1888, oil on paper, mounted on board. New-York Historical Society, Gift of the Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection, Scenes of New York City, 2020.35.1. RIGHT: Stuart Davis (1894-1964), New York Skyline, 1938, gouache on beige board. New-York Historical Society, Promised gift of Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld, Scenes of New York City, IL2021.51.68 © 2023 Estate of Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Weekly 45-minute docent-led tours of the exhibition are on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11 a.m., from January 3 through January 27. Tours are free with gallery admission and reservations are not required.

Groups (up to 25 max.) may schedule 45-minute docentled tours of the exhibition on Thursdays and Fridays, from November 30 through January 26. Tours are timed at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and payment of a group tour fee ($50) is required in addition to gallery admission. To book a tour, please visit fourarts.org/grouptours.

Exhibition lecture

Wendy Nalani E. Ikemoto, Ph.D., Senior Curator of American Art, New-York Historical Society

Friday, January 19, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. No charge ■ Reservations required Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Wendy Nalani E. Ikemoto, Ph.D., curated the award-winning Scenes of New York City and co-authored the exhibition’s catalogue. Dr. Ikemoto is Senior Curator of American Art at the New-York Historical Society and holds a Ph.D. in the History of Art and Architecture from Harvard. She will discuss the Hirschfeld gift, which diversified the New-York Historial Society’s holdings, and narrate the development of the exhibition.

George Luks (1867-1933), Commuters (Transportation Problems): Study for Cartoon in the “New York World”, 1899, watercolor and black ink on paper. New-York Historical Society, Promised gift of Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld, Scenes of New York City, IL2021.51.15

Robert Henri (1865-1929), Snow in Central Park, 1902, oil on canvas. New-York Historical Society, Promised gift of Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld, Scenes of New York City, IL2021.51.12

Norman Rockwell, (1894-1978), detail of Gramercy Park, ca. 1918, oil on canvas. New-York Historical Society, Promised gift of Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld, Scenes of New York City, IL2021.51.70

GUILD HALL An Adventure in the Arts

Saturday, February 10 through Sunday, April 28, 2024

Esther B. O’Keeffe Building

Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts presents highlights from the collection of Guild Hall (East Hampton), one of the country’s first multidisciplinary centers to combine an art museum, theater, and education program. Established in 1931 by Mary Woodhouse (also a co-founder of The Society of the Four Arts), Guild Hall has become the cultural heart of the East End through its core principle that participation in the arts creates greater civic engagement. For more information on Guild Hall, go to guildhall.org.

While Guild Hall is undertaking a facility-wide Capital Improvements Project, it is sharing its collection, which comprises over 2,400 works by internationally renowned 20th and 21st century artists, through this traveling exhibition. An Adventure in the Arts features 72 works by 59 artists, including George Bellows, Lynda Benglis, Chuck Close, Jane Freilicher, Adolph Gottlieb, Jasper Johns, Thomas Moran, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, and Robert Rauschenberg. Many of these artists lived and worked in the East End, highlighting the tradition of artists in residence since the 1870s. The exhibition is accompanied by the publication Guild Hall For All (2021), which was published in celebration of the institution’s 90th anniversary.

Exhibition lecture

Weekly 45-minute docent-led tours of the exhibition are on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11 a.m., from February 14 through April 27. Tours are free with gallery admission and reservations are not required.

Groups (up to 25 max.) may schedule 45-minute docent-led tours of the exhibition on Thursdays and Fridays, from February 15 through April 26. Tours are timed at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and payment of a group tour fee ($50) is required in addition to gallery admission. To book a tour, please visit fourarts.org/grouptours.

Helen A. Harrison, Director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, NY

Friday, February 16, 2024 at 11 a.m. ■ No charge, reservations required ■ Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Helen A. Harrison, a former New York Times art critic and National Public Radio commentator, is the author of numerous articles, exhibition catalogues, essays in scholarly and popular journals, and four mystery novels set in the art world. She was the curator of the Guild Hall Museum, Parrish Art Museum, and Queens Museum before becoming director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. In her lecture, she will discuss the history of the East End’s art community, Guild Hall’s role as its cultural center, and a selection of works in the exhibition.

Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts is organized by Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY in association with Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.

Guild Hall Façade. Photo: Peter Aaron and Jessica Dalene, with rendering elements by Peter Pennoyer Architects

TOP LEFT: Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Little Old Cottage, Egypt Lane, East Hampton, 1917, oil on canvas, 32 3/4 x 45 ½”. Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Garver (in memory of her great aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Childe Hassam), 67.1

TOP RIGHT: Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Untitled, c. 1972, oil on paper mounted on canvas, 41-1/2 x 30”. Guild Hall Purchase Fund, 87. © 2023 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

CENTER LEFT: David Salle (b. 1951), High and Low, 1994, color lithograph and woodcut on two sheets of paper, 57 x 37 inches. © 2023 David Salle / VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery, NY

CENTER RIGHT: Thomas Moran (1837-1926), Approaching Storm, East Hampton, 1878, oil on mahogany panel, 4 3/4 x 8”. Purchase through the Guild Hall Art Acquisition Fun, 91.18

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Marilyn Monroe, 1967, screenprint, 36” x 35”. Tito Spiga Bequest, 91.8.6. Photo by Gary Mamay, Courtesy of Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY. © 2023 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

FLORA IMAGINARIA The Flower in Contemporary Photography

Saturday, December 2, 2023 through Sunday, April 28, 2024

Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden

No charge ■ No reservations needed

Flora Imaginaria: The Flower in Contemporary Photography celebrates the beauty and biodiversity of flowers in 71 photographs by 49 internationally acclaimed artists. This spectacular bouquet of floral imagery will be on display in the Four Arts’ Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden, providing a unique experience with art in the context of nature.

Flowers have been a source of inspiration for photographers since the medium’s inception. Today, flower photography remains in full bloom as contemporary photographers continue the storied tradition of depicting floral motifs in novel ways. Flora Imaginaria features images shot over the last 30 years and is an ode to this historically important

Ann Mandelbaum, Red Lily, 2020, courtesy of the artist

Sharon Core, 1634, 2011, © Sharon Core, courtesy of the artist

Viviane Sassen, In Bloom, shot for Dazed & Confused magazine, 2011 © Vivian Sassen, Courtesy Steveson Gallery, SA

Exhibition lecture

William Ewing, Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 11 a.m. No charge ■ Reservations required Dixon Education Building

Noted author, curator, professor, and museum director with 50 years in the field of photography. William Ewing will discuss the history of the flower in photography and the social and cultural connections between humans and nature. He co-curated Flora Imaginaria with Danae Panchaud, with whom Ewing also co-authored Flora Photographica (2022), which recounts the history of flower photography from 1990 – 2020. This publication followed Ewing’s first book of the same name (1991) that explored flower photography from 1835 to 1990, and served as the inspiration for the exhibition.

photographic subject. It explores the aesthetic and decorative qualities of flowers and their rich cultural history as symbols and motifs through many genres of photography, including still lifes, botanical studies, portraits, studies of the body, street photography, and surrealist collages.

Featured artists include Pedro Almodóvar, Valérie Belin, Daniel Gordon, Abelardo Morell (featured on this guide’s cover), Vik Muniz, Viviane Sassen, and Martin Schoeller, along with a selection of emerging artists. The exhibition is accompanied by the publication Flora Photographica (2022), a must-have for lovers of flowers and photography alike.

Explore Flora Imaginaria while touring the Four Arts gardens and campus in a self-guided Walking Tour. The tour includes the Sculpture Garden, Botanical Gardens, and Four Arts historic buildings and landmarks. Free Walking Tour booklets are available in the gardens or use the QR code displayed there to open the tour on your smart device (which is also available by going to www.fourarts.stqry.app).

Flora Imaginaria is co-organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis/Paris/Lausanne, and the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, FL, in association with The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL.

Elaine Duigenan, detail of Pumpkin Tendrils, from the series Blossfeldt’s Apprentice, 2016, © Elaine Duigenan, courtesy of the artist

Robert Walker, Montréal botanique #43, 2009, © Robert Walker, courtesy of the artist

Open to the public daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Will close during inclement weather

• Closed on major holidays *

No charge • No reservations needed

THE PHILIP HULITAR SCULPTURE GARDEN SCULPTURE GARDEN

* Additional Sculpture Garden closure dates

The Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden will be closed due to Four Arts special events and the installation and deinstallation of the Flora Imaginaria exhibition on the following dates:

• November 27 through December 1, 2023

• February 9, 2024

• February 14 through March 1, 2024

• April 30 through May 3, 2024

The Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden first opened in November of 1980. The Four Arts has owned this 2.2-acre expanse of land since the mid 1960s, but it remained unused until 1979, when Four Arts’ member Mrs. John Clifford Folger asked Philip Hulitar, a fashion designer, and former Four Arts’ Chairman of the Board, to transform the undeveloped space into a sculpture garden. Mr. Hulitar also helped acquire the first sculptures that adorned its grounds. The garden was renamed the Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden in 1988 in honor of his continued support and many years of service to The Four Arts.

The Sculpture Garden has evolved over time, most recently in the mid-2000s after a series of hurricanes. The Four Arts hired the landscape architecture firm Morgan Wheelock, Inc., to redesign the Sculpture Garden and the Botanical Gardens, which reopened in March of 2007. The firm transformed the Sculpture Garden into an outdoor fine arts gallery that included new sculptures, additional seating, water fountains, and a new garden pavilion donated by Mr. and Mrs. William G. Pannill. The most visited part of The Four Arts, the Sculpture Garden is an oasis in Palm Beach and an important community gathering space.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Diana, 1979, bronze and gilding, gift of Miranda and Robert Donnelley in honor of Nancy Mato, longtime vice president and curator of The Society of the Four Arts, collection of The Society of the Four Arts, 2015.1

One entrance to the Sculpure Garden is located next to the King Library.

Self-Guided Garden Tours

Explore the Four Arts gardens and campus in a selfguided Walking Tour. The tour includes the Sculpture Garden, Botanical Gardens, and Four Arts historic buildings and landmarks. Free Walking Tour booklets are available at the garden entrances at the King Library and Dixon Building or use the QR code displayed there and below to open the tour on your smart device (also available at www.fourarts.stqry.app).

When visiting The Four Arts

CASUAL PHOTOGRAPHY

We welcome you to take informal photos with your personal camera or smartphone anywhere outdoors on The Four Arts campus.

However:

• Photography is not allowed inside buildings

• Videography is not permitted

• Do not climb on the sculptures or walk into the fountains at any time

ANY FORMAL, PROFESSIONAL, STAGED OR THIRD-PARTY PHOTOGRAPHY NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE FOUR ARTS

Permits are required for all staged, third-party, professional, or formal photos. Permits can be obtained at fourarts.org/faq. The permit must be approved by The Four Arts and the fee must be paid in advance. All photo shoots must end by 4:45 p.m. daily. Call (561) 655-7227 during regular business hours for more information.

In addition:

• No commercial or corporate photography is allowed anywhere on the Four Arts campus

• Do not bring any equipment (ladders, lights, clothes racks) besides professional cameras

NOT PERMITTED

The following are not permitted anywhere on the Four Arts campus:

• Wedding ceremonies

• Wedding receptions

• Non-Four Arts events

The following are not permitted in the Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden or Four Arts Botanical Gardens:

• Pets - except for leashed service dogs

• Bicycles, skateboards, or roller blades

WI-FI

Public Wi-Fi is available at The Four Arts by selecting the SOFA Guest network.

BATHROOMS

Are available in all buildings as well as inside the Pannill Pavilion in the Philip Hulitar Sculpure Garden along the right-hand hallway.

Grainger McKoy, Recovery, 2010, steel, gift of Edith Robb Dixon, collection of The Society of the Four Arts, 2013.1

Visitors are welcome to interact with Lawrence Holofcener’s The Allies, but please do not climb or sit on any other sculptures.

LIVE PERFORMANCES

Dear Four Arts members and friends,

Thank you for your endorsement and support of our 2022-23 season. Your enthusiasm brought a wonderful sense of energy, and we are happy to report that there was a great audience increase. You continue to inspire us to bring you the best programs.

We will begin our 2023-24 season with two legendary institutions from New York: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Jazz at Lincoln Center, both representing the highest artistic standards in their genres. Our annual Season Festival, led by cellist David Finckel and pianist/artistic advisor Wu Han, this year offers an opportunity to explore one of the greatest composers in history: Ludwig van Beethoven. A rare performance of Beethoven’s complete cello sonatas covers the three important periods of his musical language; another concert juxtaposes piano trios by Beethoven and his predecessor Haydn; and a mixed wind and string ensemble concludes the Festival with Beethoven’s mighty Septet, a performance that is hard to come by on the concert stage.

Three stellar pianists, the brilliant Jeremy Denk, rising virtuoso/composer Michael Stephen Brown, and Van Cliburn Competition silver medalist Anna Geniushene (right) are featured in riveting solo recitals. Four internationally renowned string quartets Calidore, Schumann, Escher and Jerusalem provide a rich serving of the beloved quartet repertoire. The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, from London, brings us a special program of quintets for winds and piano. The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Artists in Concert visits with a selection of its rising stars, in conjunction with a lecture by Met Opera leader Peter Gelb. And do come to experience our special family-friendly programs (see page 53): one features a holiday screening of Tchaikovsky’s immortal “Nutcracker” ballet; the PBAU Chamber Choir sings holiday songs in the Four Arts gardens; another explores Beethoven to compliment the Beethoven Festival; and Nick Luby and Susan Zhang bring their incredible Concert Truck back to the Four Arts Mall for two entertaining afternoon performances.

Other events include the charismatic American genre-bending ensemble Time for Three and the Larry Stephenson Band in a program of bluegrass. Special dance programs focus on the art of flamenco with the Siudy Garrido Flamenco Company (right), and on the storied histories of both ballroom and Latin dancing performed by Fred Astaire West Palm Beach.

There are so many opportunities in this season for us to be inspired, moved and entertained. Music is food for the soul, and we know you will be enriched by the 2024 season. Because of our audience surge, do order your tickets early! We look forward to greeting you and reveling in great art together.

Sincerely,

Wu Han, Artistic Advisor

Sofia Maduro, Chief Programs Officer

Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

Photo by Migdalia Salazar

Sofia Maduro

Wu Han

Photo by Ralph Lauer

Tickets are $40 ■ No charge for Four Arts members fourarts.org ■ customerservice@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-7226

All performances take place in the Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium inside the Esther B. O’Keeffe Building, 102 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach Doors open 45 minutes prior to performance ■ Program selections are subject to change

DECEMBER PERFORMANCES

“Big Band Holidays”

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Ashley Pezzotti, vocalist

Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 3 p.m.

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year at The Four Arts with soulful big band arrangements of songs both sacred and secular. Each December, Jazz at Lincoln Center brings their beloved “Big Band Holidays” concerts to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. This year, special guest vocalist Ashley Pezzotti joins Wynton Marsalis and the band for an imaginative spin on holiday classics.

“Brandenburg Concertos” Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

J.S. Bach’s “Brandenburg” Concertos exude all the joy and energy of the holiday season. With triumphant trumpet calls, furious fiddle cadenzas, and vivacious violas, these masterpieces sparkle with the best that music of the Baroque era has to offer. Join the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, who will bring their annual, sell-out tradition of performing all of these inspired concertos in one concert to Four Arts audiences.

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Photo by Luigi Beverelli

Photo by Lawrence Sumulong

BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL

Performed by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center January 7, 10 and 14

In three performances, a select roster of the world’s finest chamber musicians explores Vienna during one of history’s most exciting and consequential eras. In just a decade overlapping the 18th and 19th centuries, Ludwig van Beethoven seized the helm of the ship once commanded by his predecessors Haydn and Mozart and became the world’s most famous composer. With works of unimagined daring, energy, and beauty, Beethoven transformed the art of music and elevated the image of the composer to heroic, vaulted status.

Beethoven Festival I: Cello Sonatas with Wu Han and David Finckel

Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 3 p.m.

The Festival’s opening concert features Artistic Advisor and pianist Wu Han, with her husband cellist David Finckel, in one of classical music’s most unique and seldom-heard programs: the complete Cellos Sonatas by Beethoven. The concert traces Beethoven’s evolution as a composer, from the brilliant beginning of his career, through his storied “heroic” period, and concluding with two pieces that herald the transcendent beauty and sophistication of his late works. Together, the sonatas offer the listener a complete portrait of Beethoven’s composing in the span of just one afternoon, a rare treat for Beethoven lovers and the ideal introduction to his music for newcomers.

Beethoven Festival II: Haydn and Beethoven Piano Trios

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Haydn is well known for his 104 symphonies and 68 string quartets, but his piano trios supply equal delight for listeners and inspiring challenges for performers. In this program, we hear the direct effect of Haydn’s genius on Beethoven, as three familiar and formidable Chamber Music Society musicians weave together seminal trios by both composers. We will hear the evolution of this genre, from the Classically-oriented trios of Haydn, to one of Beethoven’s bombastic Op. 1 Trios, to the famed

eerie and characterful slow movement was reportedly inspired by the witches’ scene from Macbeth.

“Ghost” Trio, whose

Photo by Frank Stewart

Beethoven Festival III: The Septet and Trios

Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 3 p.m.

Between 1797 and 1800, the youthful Beethoven was taking Vienna by storm with his daring compositions and electrifying piano playing. He was also writing an astonishing amount for wind instruments, music that is highlighted on this program. First, a playful piece featuring clarinet with piano and cello; then, a trio that pushed three strings to their absolute limits. The centerpiece of the program is Beethoven’s Septet, a wildly popular work during his lifetime. Its distinctive instrumentation — violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, horn and bassoon — opened the door for future composers, such as Schubert, to write for unusual mixed ensembles.

MORE JANUARY PERFORMANCES

“Flamenco

Intimo”

Siudy Garrido Flamenco Company

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Choreographer Siudy Garrido, known for her collaborations with the Farruquito, Antonio Canales, Gustavo Dudamel, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, brings her unique contemporary vision of Flamenco dance to the stage in “Intimo.” This Flamenco suite, featuring acclaimed choreography and dance solos, was co-created by Garrido, composer and guitarist Jose Luis De la Paz, and flutist Juan Parrilla. It explores the wide range of colors and emotions found in traditional flamenco styles such as Guajiras, Seguirillas, Alegrias, and Solea.

Jeremy Denk, piano

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Pianist Jeremy Denk, a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and winner of the Avery Fisher Prize, leaps from the flighty energy of a Bach Partita to the heartrending turns of works by Clara Schumann and Frédéric Chopin to Missy Mazzioli’s virtuosic Heartbreaker. Denk truly is, as he was described by the New York Times, “a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs.” The program concludes with Franz Schubert’s triumphant A major Piano Sonata, which shows off the worlds of expression that can be created on a single keyboard.

Photo by Shervin Lainez

Photo by Migdalia Salazar

FEBRUARY PERFORMANCES

Calidore String Quartet

Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 3 p.m.

The Calidore String Quartet, Grand Prize winners at the inaugural M-Prize Competition and recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, returns to The Four Arts for an afternoon of “Remembering the Future.” By drawing on the music of J.S. Bach and Henry Purcell, composers like Felix Mendelssohn and Benjamin Britten reveal not only reverence for the past but also a unique capacity to transform such allusions into the sounds of tomorrow. Each half of this program creates a transcendent bridge between old and new, which speaks to music’s capacity to travel across time and place.

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Wind Ensemble

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Members of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields team up to perform a swirl of works for winds and keyboard. In trios of Francis Poulenc, Heinrich Molbe, and Mikhail Glinka, pairs of wind instruments joust with the piano. Jean Francaix’s Divertissement is a light delight – a perfect warmup for Mozart’s Piano Quintet in E-flat, where the full group unites to showcase the brilliant ensemble work that the Academy is known for from their countless award-winning recordings.

The Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Artists in Concert

Friday, February 9, 2024 at 7 p.m.

Enjoy an evening of dazzling performances from members of The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, created in 1980 to identify and develop extraordinarily talented opera artists. The program has trained generations of celebrated American and international singers, coaches, and pianists, who perform in productions at the Met and opera houses around the world. Join us for songs and arias performed by the opera stars of tomorrow.

Related lecture February 8: Peter Gelb, “The Future of Opera”, see page 37.

Schumann Quartet

Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 3 p.m.

The internationally acclaimed Schumann Quartet, featuring brothers Mark, Erik, and Ken Schumann together with violist Veit Hertenstein, will perform evocative works by Mozart, Janáček, and Beethoven. First, a Mozart quartet noted for its drum-like percussive energy; then, music of Leos Janáček, inspired by the psychological drama of Leo Tolstoy’s short story “The Kreutzer Sonata.” The program concludes with Beethoven’s brilliant Quartet in E-flat major (Op. 127), full of plenty of opportunities to hear the “fire and energy” that critics have praised in this ensemble for years.

Photo by Gabriela Marks

Photo by Marco Borggreve

Photo by Harald Hoffmann

MARCH PERFORMANCES

Escher String Quartet

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

The Escher String Quartet is at the forefront of American string quartet playing for their mix of profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. The group’s M.C. Escher-inspired philosophy of balancing individual components with a cohesive whole comes to life in an evening of Classical and 20th Century Quartets. Haydn’s “Lark” soars with appealing melodies and fluttering figures; Janáček’s String Quartet No. 2 conjures the intimate side of string playing; and Ravel’s glorious Quartet in F major traverses the full range of human emotion from introspection to exuberance.

Michael Stephen Brown, piano

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Michael Stephen Brown, hailed by the New York Times as “one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performercomposers,” takes audiences at The Four Arts on an epic journey in this multifaceted recital. He folds his own animated compositions into a lively sequence of works that goes from Haydn to Haydn-inspired music of the 20th century to masterpieces of Ravel and Mendelssohn. Brown’s EtudeFantasy picks up where earlier Haydn homages left off, and his Breakup Etude passionately reflects on Pandemic isolation.

“Dance Fantasy”

Fred Astaire West Palm Beach

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Generously supported by Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Forbes

Back by popular demand following their inspiring 2022 performance at The Four Arts, the unparalleled dancers from “Fred Astaire West Palm Beach” provide a glimpse of the elegant, exciting, and dynamic world of Ballroom and Latin dancing. This program will make you dream about the Waltz, want to try out the Tango, fancy a Foxtrot, and get excited about so many other dances. Be enticed and experience a wonder of sparkles and flourishing moves during this enchanting evening.

Photo by Shervin Lainez

Photo by Cherylynn Tsushima

APRIL PERFORMANCES

Jerusalem Quartet

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Since their 1996 debut, the Jerusalem Quartet’s wide repertoire and stunning depth of expression have been met with countless accolades, including the Diapason d’Or and the BBC Music Magazine Award for chamber music. They bring a program that includes a late work by the father of string quartet music, Joseph Haydn, and also Brahms’s galloping, whimsical String Quartet in B-flat. They cap it off with Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 2, which gradually morphs from playful whimsy to passionate turbulence.

“Las Repúblicas”

Larry Stephenson Band

Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 3 p.m.

In The Four Arts’ annual bluegrass concert, hear one of bluegrass music’s finest tenor vocalists, Larry Stephenson. He is a Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame member and five-time awardee of Male Vocalist of the Year from the Society for The Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America. He leads the award-winning Larry Stephenson Band, which has been entertaining audiences for 30 years.

Time for Three

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Grammy and Emmy-winning ensemble Time for Three stands at the busy intersection of classical music, Americana, and singer-songwriter traditions. In their concerts, Charles Yang (violin, vocals), Nicolas “Nick” Kendall (violin, vocals), and Ranaan Meyer (double bass, vocals) arrange and perform from a vast catalogue of their own compositions, commissions, and arrangements. Their programs allow the many eras, styles, and traditions of Western music to fold in on themselves and emerge anew in a form they are proud to share with the world.

Anna Geniushene, piano

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Claudia Hilda, contemporary dance Beyer Artist in Residence

Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 3 p.m. No charge Reservations required For more information, see page 49

Pianist Anna Geniushene, silver medalist at the 2022 Van Cliburn Competition, has been sharing her fresh, layered, and powerful interpretations since her debut at the age of seven in the small hall of the Berlin Philharmonic. She presents a program of the first published pieces of great composers from across two centuries. Hear the likes of Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Weinberg, and Schumann burst out of the starting gates with captivating miniatures, along with breathtaking Op. 1 Sonatas by Clementi, Berg, and Johannes Brahms.

Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

Photo by F. Broede

Photo by Lauren Desberg

HD SCREENINGS & FILMS

The Society of the Four Arts enriches the Palm Beach community by screening high-definition programs from cultural partners and curating a long-standing film series.

Each season, the Four Arts proudly presents the following:

• The Met: Live in HD: View world-class opera transmitted live from New York City. All Live in HD screenings are live unless noted. Run times, intermissions, and casting are subject to change.

• National Theatre Live: Enjoy top-notch drama performed in London. All National Theatre Live screenings are previously recorded.

• Exhibition on Screen Series: The critically-acclaimed Exhibition on Screen series delves into the lives of renowned artists and their work. All screenings are previously recorded.

• Friday Film Series: This Four Arts series presents entertaining selections, including second-run hidden gems, documentaries, and films which complement the season’s programming.

• Friday Film Series with Discussions: New this season, these 4:30 p.m. screenings feature a question-and-answer session with a renowned speaker and a wine reception following the film.

Tickets or reservations are required for all programs fourarts.org ■ customerservice@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-7226

All screenings and films take place in the Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium inside the Esther B. O’Keeffe Building, 102 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach

| 23-24 Season Programs

ABOVE: The Metropolitan Opera’s Champion will screen here on March 2, 2024. Photo Ken Howard / Met Opera

THE MET: LIVE IN HD

Saturdays at 1 p.m. unless otherwise noted • Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Tickets $30 ■ $25 for Four Arts members ■ $15 for students with valid ID

Purchase via: fourarts.org • customerservice@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-7226

Screenings live unless noted ■ Run times, intermissions, and casting all subject to change

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Anthony Davis

Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 1 p.m.

Approximately 3 hours, 40 minutes with two intermissions

Libretto by Thulani Davis, story by Christopher Davis

Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential 1986 opera finally arrives at the Met. A cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven the operatic retelling of the civil rights leader’s life.

Florencia en el Amazonas

Daniel Catán

Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 1 p.m.

Approximately 2 hours, 35 minutes with one intermission

Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform — and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle.

The Magic Flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 1 p.m. ■ Recorded in 2006 1 hour, 50 minutes with no intermission ■ Family-friendly Enjoy a special encore screening of this abridged, English language version of Mozart’s fable featuring spellbinding staging, a kaleidoscope of color, and a stellar cast of Met stars.

Nabucco

Giuseppe Verdi

Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 1 p.m.

Approximately 3 hours, 5 minutes with one intermission

Ancient Babylon comes to life in a staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze stars as the imperious king Nabucco, with soprano Liudmyla Monastyrskaas as his vengeful daughter.

Carmen

Georges Bizet

Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 1 p.m.

Approximately 3 hours, 45 minutes with one intermission

Dazzling mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the volatile title role in this vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works.

Florencia en el Amazonas

The Magic Flute

Nabucco

RELATED PROGRAMS

Peter Gelb

“The Future of Opera”

Thursday, February 8 (see page 37)

The Metropolitan Opera

Lindemann Artists in Concert

Friday, February 9 (see page 18)

Champion

Terence Blanchard

Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 1 p.m. ■ Recorded in 2023

3 hours, 20 minutes with one intermission

Libretto by Michael Cristofer

A young boxer (bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green) rises from obscurity to become a world champion, but his older self (bassbaritone Eric Owens) is haunted by the ghosts of his past.

La forza del destino

Giuseppe Verdi

Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 12 p.m.

Approximately 4 hours, 20 minutes with two intermissions

Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife features stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented — and thrilling — heroines.

Roméo et Juliette

Charles Gounod

Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 1 p.m.

Approximately 3 hours, 30 minutes with one intermission

Two singers at the height of their powers — radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim — are the star-crossed lovers in this sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation.

La Rondine

Giacomo Puccini

Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 1 p.m.

Approximately 2 hours, 45 minutes with one intermission

Puccini’s bittersweet love story features soprano Angel Blue opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers the courtesan an alternative to her life of excess.

Dead Man Walking

Jake Heggie

Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 1 p.m. ■ Previously recorded

Approximately 3 hours, 15 minutes with one intermission

Libretto by Terrence McNally

Based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean

Jake Heggie’s masterpiece about Sister Helen Prejean’s fight for the soul of a condemned murderer the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years arrives at the Met.

Dead Man Walking

La forza del destino

Champion

Photos by Paola Kudacki, Ken Howard and Marty Sohl / Met Opera, and Magda Hueckel / Polish National Opera

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE

Saturdays or Sundays at 2 p.m. • Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Tickets $30 ■ $25 for Four Arts members ■ $15 for students with valid ID

Purchase via: fourarts.org • customerservice@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-7226

All programs are previously recorded.

The Seagull

Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 2 p.m.

2 hours, 30 minutes with one intermission

Written by Anton Chekhov, in a version by Anya Reiss ■ Directed by Jamie Lloyd

Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) stars in this retelling of Chekhov’s tale of love and loneliness. In an isolated home in the countryside, dreams lie in tatters, hopes are dashed, and hearts broken. With nowhere left to turn, the only option is to turn on each other.

Othello

Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2 p.m.

3 hours with one intermission

Written by William Shakespeare

Directed by Clint Dyer

Wed in secret, Desdemona and Othello crave a new life together in this new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy. But love across racial lines has a cost, and as unseen forces conspire against them, they find their future is not theirs to decide.

The Crucible

Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 2 p.m.

2 hours, 50 minutes with one intermission

Written by Arthur Miller

Directed by Lyndsey Turner

A witch hunt is beginning in Miller’s parable of power and its abuse. Raised to be seen but not heard, young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta, and accusation spreads, no one is safe from trial.

Best of Enemies

Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 2 p.m.

2 hours, 25 minutes with one intermission

Written by James Graham

Directed Jeremy Herrin

Inspired by the documentary by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon, David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play political rivals William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal as they debate on TV the moral landscape of a shattered 1968 America.

Othello

The Seagull

Best of Enemies

The Crucible

Photos by Johan Persson and Myah Jeffers / NTL

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN

Saturdays at 2 p.m. • Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Tickets $20 ■ $15 for Four Arts members or students with valid ID

Purchase via: fourarts.org • customerservice@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-7226

This series explores great exhibitions and the lives or renowned artists.

Hopper: An American Love Story

Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 2 p.m.

1 hour, 30 minutes ■ Previously recorded

Directed by Phil Grabsky

Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942, AIC Chicago

Edward Hopper’s work is the most recognizable art in America. Painters, photographers, filmmakers and musicians have been influenced by his art — but who was he, and how did a struggling illustrator create such a bounty of notable work? This film takes a deep look into Hopper’s art, his life, and his relationships.

Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 2 p.m.

1 hour, 30 minutes ■ Previously recorded

Directed by David Bickerstaff

In the spring of 2023, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum opened the largest Vermeer exhibition in history, with loans from across the world bringing together his most famous masterpieces. This highly-reviewed and successful film invites audiences to view the exhibition, accompanied by the director of the Rijksmuseum and the curator of the show.

Pissarro: Father of Impressionism

Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 2 p.m.

1 hour, 30 minutes ■ Previously recorded

Directed by David Bickerstaff

Camille Pissarro, Design for a Fan: The Pea Stakers, 1890, courtesy of Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Without Camille Pissarro, there is no Impressionist movement. By the age of 43, he had corralled a group of enthusiastic artists into a new collective with a new name: the Impressionists. This film documents the recent major new exhibition at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum, the first major Pissarro retrospective in over 40 years.

Canaletto and the Art of Venice

Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 2 p.m.

1 hour, 25 minutes ■ Previously recorded

Directed by David Bickerstaff

No artist better captures the essence and allure of Venice than Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto. The remarkable group of over 200 paintings, drawings and prints on display offer unparalleled insight into the artistry of Canaletto and his contemporaries, and into the city he became a master at capturing.

Left: Canaletto, Venice: The Bacino di S. Marco on Ascension Day, c. 1733–4. Royal Collection Trust. © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

Left: Johannes Vermeer, The Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665, Mauritshuis

FRIDAY FILM SERIES WITH DISCUSSIONS

Fridays at 4:30 p.m. • Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Tickets $10 ■ No charge for Four Arts members • Q&A and wine reception to follow

Purchase via: fourarts.org • customerservice@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-7226

Tickets are available in advance and at the door 30 minutes before each screening.

Chasing the Thunder

Friday, December 8, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. only

2018 • Not rated • 1 hour, 36 minutes

Q&A with producer Katie Carpenter follows

A thrilling high seas adventure feature documentary where two marine conservation captains go on a hundred-day chase of the illegal poacher and pirate fishing vessel the Thunder. “Chasing the Thunder” producer Katie Carpenter is an Emmy-nominated film maker who focuses on marine conservation.

Fire of Love

Friday, February 2, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. only

2022 • PG • 1 hour, 38 minutes

Q&A with producer Jessica Harrop follows

Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion, unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded. Producer Jessica Harrop inspires passion about science through film. Winner of the Peabody Award for Best Documentary.

Ophelia

Friday, March 29, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. only

2018 • PG-13 • 1 hour, 46 minutes

Q&A with professor Charles E. Pierce, Jr. follows

A reimagining of Hamlet told from Ophelia’s perspective, starring Daisy Ridley (Star Wars). Charles E. Pierce, Jr. received his Ph.D. in English literature from Harvard. He was a Professor at Vassar College for 17 years and Director Emeritus of The Morgan Library and Museum in New York for 20 years.

Dark Waters

Friday, January 19, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. only

2019 • PG-13 • 2 hours, 6 minutes

Q&A with Dr. Edie Widder follows

A corporate defense attorney (Mark Ruffalo) takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a history of pollution. Dr. Edie Widder is the co-founder of ORCA (Ocean Research and Conservation Association). Widder is an oceanographer and marine biologist based in Vero Beach.

The Swimmers

Friday, March 15, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. only

No charge ■ Reservations required ■ 2022 • PG-13 2 hours, 14 minutes ■ Q&A with ICFJ’s Mais Katt follows

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use. Mais Katt has closely covered the Syrian war for 10 years. Her ICFJ fellowship focuses on women as advocates for peace, justice and freedom.

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Friday, April 5, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. only

2012 • R • 1 hour, 31 minutes

Q&A with Asia Society’s Orville Schell follows

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei prepares for a series of exhibitions and gets into clashes with the Chinese government. A long-time friend of Ai Weiwei, Orville Schell is Director of the Center on US–China Relations at the Asia Society and former Dean at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

International Center for Journalists

Project Paradise documentaries

Friday, April 26, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. only

Various ■ Not rated

A panel discussion, Q&A with the filmmakers and wine reception follow

Enjoy a selection of short documentaries on Florida’s precious and varied natural resources, wildlife, and ecosystems, including the Everglades. Filmmakers who have received funding through Project Paradise will share perspectives on Florida’s natural surroundings and why it is so important to protect them.

FRIDAY FILM SERIES

Fridays at 2 and 5:30 p.m. • Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Tickets $10 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Purchase via: fourarts.org • customerservice@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-7226

Tickets are available in advance and at the door 30 minutes before each screening.

Empire of Light

Friday, December 1, 2023 at 2 and 5:30 p.m.

2022 • R • 1 hour, 55 minutes

Starring Olivia Colman

Directed by Sam Mendes

A cinema manager and her new employee find a sense of belonging and experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community in an 1980s English coastal town.

King Richard

Friday, January 5, 2024 at 2 and 5:30 p.m.

Delicious

Friday, December 15, 2023 at 2 and 5:30 p.m.

2021 • Not rated • 1 hour, 52 minutes

In French with English subtitles

France 1789 before the Revolution: with the help of a surprising young woman, a chef who has been sacked by his master frees himself from his position as a servant and opens the first ever restaurant.

2021 • PG-13 • 2 hours, 24 minutes • 2022 Oscar Winner

for Best Actor (Will Smith)

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams (Will Smith). Training on Compton, California’s neglected tennis courts rain or shine the girls are shaped by their father’s unyielding commitment and their mother’s balanced perspective and keen intuition.

The Outfit

Friday, January 12, 2024 at 2 and 5:30 p.m.

2022 • R • 1 hour, 45 minutes

Starring Mark Rylance

A master English tailor in 1930s Chicago who makes beautiful clothes for a family of gangsters must outwit them in a deadly game of murder and deception in order to survive a fateful night.

Resistance

Friday, January 26, 2024 at 2 and 5:30 p.m.

2020 • R • 2 hours

In English, multiple languages with English subtitles

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.

Benediction

Friday, February 16, 2024 at 2 and 5:30 p.m. 2021 • PG-13 • 2 hours, 17 minutes

ICS Winner for Best Original Screenplay

Legendary 20th-century war poet Siegfried Sassoon’s life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships goes unresolved, never realizing it can only come from within.

She Said

Friday, March 1, 2024 at 2 and 5:30 p.m. 2022 • R • 2 hours, 9 minutes

Starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation a story that helped ignite a movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

Phantom Thread

Friday, March 8, 2024 at 2 and 5:30 p.m. 2017 • R • 2 hours, 10 minutes

2018 Oscar Winner for Costume Design

Daniel Day-Lewis plays a dressmaker in 1950s London whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman who becomes his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love.

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Friday, April 12, 2024 at 2 and 5:30 p.m.

2019 • Not rated • 1 hour, 50 minutes

In English and Dzongkha with English subtitles

A teacher in Bhutan shirks his duties while planning to go to Australia to be a singer. As a reprimand, he is sent to a glacial Himalayan village called Lunana to complete his service, and begins to be transformed through the amazing spiritual strength of the villagers.

Parallel Mothers

Friday, March 22, 2024 at 2 and 5:30 p.m.

2021 • R • 2 hours, 3 minutes

In Spanish with English subtitles

The story of two mothers who bond in an unexpected way after giving birth the same day. Penélope Cruz earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in this film by Pedro Almodóvar, the seventh time the actress and director have worked together.

Rebel in the Rye

Friday, April 19, 2024 at 2 and 5:30 p.m.

2017 • PG-13 • 1 hour, 46 minutes

Starring Nicholas Hoult and Zoey Deutch

Biopic of legendary author J.D. Salinger details his relationship with socialite Oona O’Neill, his fighting in World War II and his writing process for The Catcher in the Rye. An all-star cast includes Hope Davis, Eric Bogosian, Kevin Spacey and Sarah Paulson.

This season’s real-life star turns:

Nicholas Hoult as writer J. D. Salinger

Zoey Deutch as actress Oona O’Neill

Jack Lowdon as poet Siegried Sassoon

Carey Mulligan as Times journalist Megan Twohey

ESTHER B. O’KEEFFE SPEAKERS SERIES

Tuesdays at 3 p.m., January through March

Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

The Esther B. O’Keeffe Speakers series features celebrated lecturers, experts and performers from the arts, politics, culture, science and the media. Seven of the 2023-2024 lectures are endowed and named in honor of Four Arts members and families distinguished for their vision and leadership: John R. Donnell, Esther Elson, Walter S. Gubelmann, Beatrice and Randolph Guthrie, Samuel J. Heyman, Bynum Merritt Hunter, and Jocelyn and Robin Martin.

RESERVATIONS AND TICKETS ARE REQUIRED

Members: Tickets are no charge for Four Arts members, but reservations are required. Reservation dates for Chairman’s Forum, Benefactors Council, and all other Four Arts members will be released this fall at fourarts.org and a reservation order form will be included in the forthcoming Esther B. O’Keeffe Speakers Series brochure.

Non-members: Tickets are $50 and must be purchased in advance. Tickets go on sale to the public six days before each presentation. Some presentations sell out in advance, so public tickets, including same day walk-ins, may not be available.

MEMBERS-ONLY PARKING: TUESDAYS FROM NOON TO 5 P.M.

Members: Parking in Four Arts lots on Tuesday afternoons is available only to members with a Four Arts parking pass. Passes may be picked up at the Esther B. O’Keeffe Building starting November 1. Non-members: Parking is not available for non-members. Ride-share drop-off and pick-up is located in front of the King Library, 101 Four Arts Plaza.

THE 2024 O’KEEFFE SPEAKERS

At the time this Season Programs guide went to press, the Four Arts Speakers Committee was putting the final touches on the 2024 Esther B. O’Keeffe Speakers series. The schedule will be published in the fall at fourarts.org. Here are some of the speakers who will make up the 2024 Esther B. O’Keeffe series:

On 13 successive Tuesdays this season, specialists in the fields of culture, science, and public life will once again address our members and guests in the Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium. The star-studded lineup will include:

Bret Baier, journalist, news correspondent, TV anchor and historian, will speak on The White House, Congress, and a Non-partisan Look at Politics in America.

General David Petraeus and co-author Andrew Roberts, acclaimed biographer of Winston Churchill, will discuss their recent book, Conflict. The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine.

Karim Lakhani, professor at Harvard Business School and founder of Harvard’s Laboratory for Innovation Science, will report on the hottest topic of the decade, that of artificial intelligence.

Robert Gates, former Secretary of Defense and Director of the CIA, will share his vast experience and wisdom and ask the question Is War Inevitable?

Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko will review the life and art of their father, Mark Rothko, whose highly influential color-field Abstract Expressionism was a peak of American painting in the twentieth century.

Karl Rove, in this year of the US Presidential election, will bring news from across the nation.

Steve Wynn: Take Henri Matisse and the 14th Dalai Lama, add water — poof and you have a culture primordial forces and the road to creativity.

Robert Ballard, retired US Navy officer, professor of oceanography and spell-binding lecturer, is remarkable for his discoveries in underwater archeology.

Peter Zeihan once more will update us on some of the most critical geo-political, financial, economic, cultural, political and military developments of the year.

Thomas Friedman is an internationally renowned author, reporter, columnist, Pulitzer prizewinner and household name thanks to book titles such as The World is Flat.

In the fall, Four Arts members will be mailed an Esther B. O’Keeffe Speakers brochure, with reservation dates and details of the full series of lectures.

Follow the O’Keeffe Speakers Series at fourarts.org

Select the Programs & Events drop-down menu and then select O’Keeffe Speakers. Our website also includes Watch Online, Plan Your Visit, or Connect & Support drop-down menus for easy access to our programs and useful tips for visiting our 10acre campus, along with information about becoming a part of The Four Arts.

CAMPUS ON THE LAKE

The Campus on the Lake department at The Society of the Four Arts offers a variety of cultural education programs that explore art, drama, literature, music, and the art of living well. Program offerings include lectures, master classes, classes and workshops, field trips, the Beyer Artist-in-Residence series, and collaborations with The Four Arts Contemporaries and The Garden Club of Palm Beach.

All programs are open to the public, and the majority take place in the Fitz Eugene Dixon Education Building. The landmarked building dates from the 1920s as Palm Beach’s public school building. The Four Arts acquired the property and renovated it, preserving the facility’s landmarked exterior while modernizing the interior for 21st-century learning. The pedestrian entrance to the Dixon Education Building is on its south side facing Lauder Way.

All Campus on the Lake programs take place in the Dixon Education Building, unless otherwise noted

Tickets or reservations are required for all programs

Please use any of the following options to purchase or reserve tickets: fourarts.org ■ customerservice@fourarts.org ■ (561) 805-8562

LECTURES

Dixon Education Building unless noted • Tickets required Purchase via: fourarts.org • customerservice@fourarts.org

Elliot Bostwick Davis

Edward Hopper & Cape Ann: Person and Place as Creative Catalysts

Monday, November 20, 2023 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members ■ Book signing to follow

During his 1923 summer painting holiday in Gloucester, Mass., Edward Hopper transformed his practice, as he began painting in watercolor, the favorite medium of fellow artist and future wife, Josephine Nivison. Art historian, curator and museum director Elliot Bostwick Davis examines the importance of Cape Ann in shaping Hopper’s artistic vision during five summers spent there between 1912 and 1928, shedding light on the role of Nivison in her husband’s transformation. Related programs: Scenes of New York City exhibition November 18 to January 28 (pages 6-7) and Hopper: An American Love Story, screening January 20 (page 25).

Alvin Felzenberg Ulysses, We Hardly Knew Ye

Monday, November 27, 2023 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members ■ Book signing to follow

Ulysses S. Grant was one of the most celebrated and vilified leaders in American history. At the end of the Civil War, he was regarded as second only to Lincoln the person who did more than any other to preserve the union and abolish slavery. Recognized expert on American politics, the American presidency, Congress, and political movements, author Alvin S. Felzenberg will attempt to separate Grant from the myths that have defined him so that his legacy as president might be better understood.

Charlotte Mosley The Mitfords, Letters Between Six Sisters

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members Book signing to follow

Over 80 years of correspondence between the legendary Mitfords the six British sisters who set the world on its ear with their politics, books, and marriages — reveal complicated relationships between Nancy, the sharptongued novelist; Pamela, who chose a quiet country life; Diana, who married fascist leader Oswald Mosley; Unity, who befriended Hitler; Jessica, who embraced communism; and Deborah, who became the Duchess of Devonshire. Journalist Charlotte Mosley is the daughter-in-law of Diana Mitford who has spent many years delving into the Mitford family archives.

The Mitford family, 1934

Sumeet Chabria

The Future is Now: AI’s Most Promising Innovations in Healthcare and Beyond

Monday, December 11, 2023 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

By harnessing the power of AI responsibly, we can aspire to live better, healthier, and longer lives. While acknowledging the presence of significant risks and ethical challenges, and underscoring the need for responsible development and regulations, a compelling case will be made to cautiously embrace the revolutionary possibilities of AI, while ensuring guardrails are in place. ThoughtLinks Group CEO & Founder Sumeet Chabria advises Fortune 500 companies on how best to use emerging technologies to digitally transform their business.

René Silvin

Hernan Diaz Trust

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members ■ Book signing to follow

Hernan Diaz is the 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust, a New York Times fiction best-seller that is currently being developed as a limited series. Trust explores the representation of class and wealth in American literature, the distinction between fiction and truth — and how power consistently blurs the line between them. Diaz is the author of two novels translated into 35 languages and is a recipient of the John Updike award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters.

Elizabeth Taylor: A Life of Passion and Resilience

Monday, December 18, 2023 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Book signing to follow

Elizabeth Taylor lived her entire life in the public eye, ultimately becoming the highest paid movie star in the world and capturing two Oscars for Best Actress. She was a self-confident maverick who blazed a unique trail of joys and tragedies, eliciting international adoration and criticism. Historian and lecturer René Silvin will share personal anecdotes of Taylor and detail her complex story, which includes her eight weddings, using her stardom to bring awareness to the AIDS crisis, and amassing one of the world’s most legendary jewelry collections.

Stewart Manger

What’s Your Style? Stylish Interiors for Modern Living

Monday, January 8, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20

■ No charge for Four Arts members ■ Book signing to follow

Join Stewart Manger, regarded as one of the rising stars of the interior design world, for a journey into home design using local workrooms, artists, craftsmen and auction houses to produce the finest interiors. Learn how an American designer works in London, Paris, Scotland, Mallorca and New York. Manger will sign copies of his recent book, Romancing the Home: Stylish Interiors for a Modern Lifestyle, written with Galerie’s Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline Terrebone (Rizzoli, 2022).

Carlton Ward Jr. Path of the Panther

Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members ■ Book signing to follow Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Presented in partnership with The Garden Club of Palm Beach Generously supported by the Chastain Charitable Foundation

Following in the footsteps of the Florida panther, Carlton Ward Jr. uses photography to inspire conservation of his beloved home state’s nature and culture. Now embarking on his most important journey, Ward aims to accelerate the rate of conservation in Florida. His current project, Path of the Panther, focuses on one of the world’s most elusive and endangered carnivores to show how the Florida panther can help us save the Florida Wildlife Corridor and keep the Everglades connected to the rest of America.

2023-24 Museum Collections Series: Several lectures this season focus on the art of collecting, amassing a collection or managing museum collections and are noted by this logo.

Lisa Sutcliffe Don’t Forget to Call Your Mother: Reflections on the Photographs Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 11 a.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

The Metropolitan Museum of Art began collecting photographs in 1928. Established as an independent curatorial department in 1992, The Met’s Department of Photographs houses more than 75,000 works spanning the history of photography from its 1830s invention to the present. Explore the Museum’s collection through the eyes of its newest curator, Lisa Sutcliffe, who will discuss a selection of works from her first exhibition at the Museum.

Andrew Lownie

Guy Burgess and the Cambridge Spy Ring

Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members Book signing to follow

Guy Burgess was the most important, complex and fascinating of The Cambridge Spies Maclean, Philby, Blunt all brilliant young men recruited at Cambridge in the 1930s who betrayed their country to the Soviet Union. Author Andrew Lownie was educated in Asheville and the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh where he took his doctorate. A member of the six-man team which set-up the Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., he has written for a variety of newspapers including The Wall Street Journal and The London Times.

Sadie Barnette, (American, b .1986), Photo Bar, 2022, Inkjet print in arched frame, neon, holographic vinyl upholstery, glitter, mirror Plexiglas. Photo by Phillip Maisel

TOMORROW’S BREAKTHROUGHS TODAY SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM SERIES

Presented by the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation in partnership with Heidi and Tom McWilliams

Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 50 million people and is the only top 10 cause of death that cannot yet be prevented, treated, or cured. “Tomorrow’s Breakthroughs Today” features world-class scientists discussing the path toward new, cutting-edge treatments for Alzheimer’s and other dementias. This series invites three top investigators to share the latest updates on their research with moderator Dr. Howard Fillit, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF). Founded in 1998 by Leonard A. and Ronald S. Lauder, the ADDF is dedicated to developing therapeutics and biomarkers that prevent, treat, and cure Alzheimer’s and related dementias.

Dr. Kristine Yaffe

Preventing Alzheimer’s: Addressing Risk Factors to Preserve Brain Health

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Dr. Kristine Yaffe is an internationally recognized expert in the epidemiology of dementia and cognitive aging and the foremost leader in identifying modifiable risk factors for dementia. Her team was one of the first to determine that potentially 30% of dementia risk is preventable. The ADDF funded Dr. Yaffe’s first-of-its-kind cohort study researching depression as a potential risk factor for dementia. Dr. Yaffe is a Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Population Brain Health at the University of California, San Francisco.

Frank Lee

Advancing Novel Alzheimer’s Treatments: Inflammation and the Brain

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Frank Lee, Executive Chairman of Therini Bio, will discuss Therini’s work developing a drug aimed at targeting brain inflammation to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Lee has over 30 years of global experience in product development and commercial leadership both in small biotech and large pharma. Therini is developing a drug to block the protein fibrin from causing inflammation without affecting its essential blood clotting function. The ADDF is currently funding a phase 1 clinical trial for Therini’s drug.

Dr. Miranda Orr Targeting Zombie Cells to Treat Dementia

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Dr. Miranda E. Orr, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, will discuss her cuttingedge research targeting senescent “zombie” cells to treat Alzheimer’s disease, recently featured in National Geographic. These cells develop mechanisms to avoid the natural death cycle that should come to all cells and instead live on, accumulating in the brain, causing brain inflammation, and releasing damaging toxins. Dr. Orr’s work is now in a phase 2 clinical trial with support from the ADDF.

Harrison

Coll

Dancing from

to Screen: My

Stage

Journey from NYC Ballet Soloist to a “Jet” in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story

Monday, January 22, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. $20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

New York City Ballet soloist Harrison Coll has always imbued his dancing with storytelling. In a conversation with NYCB

Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford, Coll will share stories from his work on Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, and what in his dancing career made him uniquely suited for this cross-over role. Hear about Coll’s wide and varied work including featured roles in numerous Balanchine and Robbins masterpieces and originating new works by Troy Schumacher, Giana Reisen, Keerati Jinakumwiphat and Justin Peck, who collaborated with Spielberg on West Side Story.

Robert van Langh Operation Night Watch at the Rijksmuseum

Monday, January 29, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

How can science help us determine whether a work of art was made by a specific creator? And how can it contribute to the understanding and preservation of our cultural heritage? The Netherlands has formulated a distinctive answer to these questions: through the intrinsic collaboration between conservator, curator and scientist, creating new points of view and unlocking value and narratives previously overlooked. Robert van Langh, director of conservation at the Rijksmuseum, will share examples that provide a glimpse into the vision for the field.

Sandi

Peterson The Future and AI

Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will quickly lead to major advances in the fields of medicine, technology, security, weather forecasting, transportation and other areas which will have a profound effect on our lives. In the wrong hands it could also lead to the destruction of human civilization. Sandi Peterson, featured on Fortune Magazine’s inaugural list of leaders changing healthcare, is a renowned global business leader at the forefront of leveraging technology, design thinking and strategic execution to create new business models that radically improve the health and wellbeing of people around the world.

Lord Burlington Contemporary Art: The Heritage of the Future

Monday, February 5, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Lord Burlington explores 16 generations of his family’s passion for collecting. Chatsworth in Derbyshire houses one of Europe’s more significant art collections still in private hands. Burlington will introduce the collection and reflect on contemporary art through the lens of time. Burlington is Chairman of the Devonshire Group and also chairs the Council of Management of the Chatsworth House Trust, the registered charity responsible for the long-term preservation of the house, garden, woodlands and park. He is President of Chesterfield Football Club and co-founder of the Towers and Tales children’s literary festival.

Peter Gelb

The Future of Opera

Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Peter Gelb started at The Metropolitan Opera as a teenage usher and worked his way up to become, in August 2006, the storied company’s 16th general manager. Under his leadership, the Met has recruited many of the world’s greatest theater, film, and opera directors, increased the number of new productions, and launched

The Met: Live in HD, screened each season at The Four Arts. Gelb has launched a number of initiatives to revitalize opera, to connect it to a wider audience and lead it into the future.

Related live performance February 9: The Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Artists in Concert, see page 18.

Amanda Triossi Earrings from Antiquity to the Present

Monday, February 12, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Jewelry has been a fashion accessory for women of all ethnicities and socioeconomic levels for centuries, but earrings are in a vital category of their own. Amanda Triossi, MA, FGA, and co-author of Earrings from Antiquity to the Present, will explore materials and design through the 5,000-year history of this adornment. Born and educated in Rome, Triossi graduated in History of Art from Cambridge University. She has held executive positions at Sotheby’s and Bulgari, including the creation of the Bulgari Historical Archives which led to major Bulgari exhibitions on three continents.

Marlene Strauss Art’s Bad Boys

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members ■ Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

This illustrated talk will discuss “Bad Boy” artists, including Courbet, Gauguin, Duchamp, Man Ray, Matisse, Warhol, Koons, Modigliani, Manet, Van Gogh, Benvenuto Cellini, and Picasso. Marlene Strauss has lectured annually at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the 21st Century Club in Cleveland. She has spoken at many museums, town halls, women’s clubs and organizations throughout the United States including The Society of the Four Arts as an O’Keeffe Speaker.

Austin Wright Hail to the Chief!

Monday, March 4, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members Book signing to follow

Austin Wright is the chairman of the Museum of Democracy, a nonprofit which comprises the largest collection of political and historical memorabilia and artifacts in the United States. He will showcase objects that tell the story of Democracy in America, ranging from political buttons to posters and paper dresses, flags and even ice cream bars, all of which form a fascinating, moving, sometimes humorous and at times outrageous physical record of America’s most important achievement –its democratic system.

Nancy Lorenz Commissions in Art

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members Presented in partnership with Gavlak Gallery

Nancy Lorenz is a visual artist and John Simon Guggenheim Fellow who lives and works in New York City. Her work has been exhibited at numerous museums and galleries and she frequently collaborates with leading international architects and designers. Lorenz will discuss Commissions in Art – a subject that is always a hot topic in art and investment circles. In her practice, Lorenz combines a deep understanding of Post-War abstraction with a reverence for the craft and materials in an ongoing exploration.

Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members Presented in partnership with American Friends of the Victoria & Albert Museum

The Victoria & Albert Museum in London will present the exhibition Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto from September 2023 through February 2024. More than 200 looks will be seen together for the first time, as well as accessories, perfumes and jewelry. The show will explore Chanel’s pioneering approach to fashion design, which paved the way for a new elegance and continues to influence the way women dress today. Connie Karol Burks, Exhibition Project Curator at the V & A, will offer her unique perspective on Chanel and this extraordinary exhibition.

Dorothy Byrne Women’s Art Collection

Monday, March 11, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Presented in partnership with Cambridge in America

Only 7% of art in British museums and galleries is by women. And at the National Gallery in London, it’s just 1%. Murray Edwards College one of the two higher education institutions for women in the UK is home to the largest collection of women’s art in Europe. Founded in 1992, The Women’s Art Collection now features over 600 works by leading artists including Barbara Hepworth, Tracey Emin and Lubaina Himid. Dorothy Byrne is the President of Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge.

Connie Karol Burks Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto

Gabrielle Chanel.

Photo by Roger Schall

Chanel outfit in Paris (Vogue). © 1960 William Klein

Mikel Folcarelli and John Gwynne The Rakes’ Progress: Where Did Fifty Years Go?

Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Presented in partnership with The Garden Club of Palm Beach

For fifty years Sakonnet Garden in coastal Rhode Island has tested the limits of what’s possible to grow in the northeast, from Himalayan Blue Poppies to camellias and fancier rhododendrons, even palms outdoors in New England’s south coast. Experimenting in both design and horticulture, its projects currently focus on sophisticated color combinations and a new pollinator garden. Mikel Folcarelli serves on multiple local boards and commissions, plus welcomes thousands yearly to Sakonnet Garden. John Gwynne, former head of design for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo, now focuses on new experiments at Sakonnet Garden.

Caroline Rayman

The Two Elizabeths, Bookends of the Empire

Monday, March 18, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

This lecture will compare two extraordinary women, who were alike in many ways. The first Elizabeth was the product of a very unhappy childhood, but she was fearless and clever, running the country alone through difficult and dangerous times. The second Elizabeth had an idyllic childhood and a happy marriage and, although not as intellectual as her predecessor, she was perspicacious and quite brilliant at coping with several local difficulties during her long constitutional reign.

Caroline Rayman

Catherine de Medici, Poor Queen

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Catherine, who came in 1533 at an early age from Florence to marry the French prince Henry, suffered terribly at the French court. She was looked down on by everyone except her father-in-law King Francis I and throughout her marriage had to endure the fact that her husband loved someone else and indeed spent most of his time with her. However, as you will learn, Catherine triumphs in the end.

Caroline Rayman has worked in England, Italy and America conducting cultural tours for Patrons of American Arts Institutions visiting private collections and gardens throughout Great Britain and Europe.

Frederick Ilchman

Who Picks the Art? Behind the Scenes at America’s Great Museums

Monday, March 25, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Encyclopedic art museums in the United States are admired for deep holdings that embrace many cultures and centuries. These large collections continue to grow through purchase and donation. Who sets all the priorities in refining and building a collection? What steps must be taken before something officially belongs to a museum? Frederick Ilchman, a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since 2001 and Chairman of Save Venice since 2016, will pose these questions with an insider’s view that includes many examples from the MFA, the Met, and other major institutions.

Pattie Boyd

My Life in Pictures

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members ■ Book signing to follow

Meet English model and photographer Pattie Boyd one of the leading international models of the 60s, who epitomized the British “It” look of the era. My Life in Pictures is a pictorial feast in which she documents her life with George Harrison, her later marriage to Eric Clapton, sharing intimate access to her personal archive for the first time. The book includes many memorable images of their close friends and contemporaries, including Twiggy, David Bailey, Mick Jagger, Billy Preston and The Beatles.

Bill Cross American Everyman: Winslow Homer

Monday, April 8, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members Book signing to follow

Biographer William (Bill) R. Cross tells the stories of Americans whose works are known, but whose lives are not. In 2019, he curated Homer at the Beach, A Marine Painter’s Journey, 1869-1880, a nationally acclaimed exhibition at the Cape Ann Museum that revealed Homer’s formation as a marine artist. In Winslow Homer: American Passage (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2022) Cross unveils Homer’s surprising role as the visual counterpart to American literary figures such as Walt Whitman and Mark Twain.

Winslow Homer, The Water Fan, 1898-99, Art Institute of Chicago

Artemisia Gentileschi, The Sleeping Christ Child, 1630-32, Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Emmanuel Ducamp

An Introduction to Italian Gardens

Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Italian gardens owe their origins to many different sources, as far back as Antiquity and the 19th century Romantic landscape. This lecture will start with Roman gardens known to us through refined frescoes from Pompei or Villa di Livia, and will continue with examples from the Middle Ages, concluding with elements of Renaissance gardens, which have been influential throughout Europe. Emmanuel Ducamp is an art historian and lawyer by training who started his career as a specialist of French Decorative Arts.

Lea Carpenter with Porter Goss

The Art of Espionage: Spies in Literature and Real Life

Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Book signing to follow

Generously supported by Chilton Trust

Guillaume Kientz and Bob Vila

The Magnificent Huntingtons and the Hispanic Society Museum & Library

Monday, April 15, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Explore the legacy of Archer M. Huntington, founder of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, and his well-known family of collectors, cultural trailblazers, and philanthropists. Open to the public since 1908 in New York City, the HSM&L is an all-under-one-roof resource about the cultural heritage of the Spanish and Portuguese speaking world, committed to educating and empowering its community and visitors. Guillaume Kientz is the CEO and Director of the HSM&L. Bob Vila is a home improvement TV host and trustee of The Four Arts.

Told “women don’t write espionage,” novelist Lea Carpenter set out to determine if that was true. Why are there so many misperceptions about women in the genre and about women in the real world of the international intelligence services? Carpenter and former CIA Director Porter Goss will discuss these questions, the history of spies in literature, film, and TV, and other misconceptions about the world of intelligence.

Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill Blenheim Palace

Monday, April 22, 2024 at 3 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members

Book signing to follow

Lady Henrietta SpencerChurchill is the eldest daughter of the 11th Duke of Marlborough whose family home is Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, notably the birthplace and ancestral home of Sir Winston Churchill. Following the palace’s completion, it became the home of the Churchill (later Spencer-Churchill) family for the next 300 years, and various members of the family have wrought changes to the interiors, park and gardens. She is also the founder of Spencer-Churchill Designs — an internationally successful producer of furniture, fabrics and wallpapers.

MASTER CLASSES

Dixon Education Building unless noted • Tickets required Purchase via: fourarts.org • customerservice@fourarts.org ■ (561) 805-8562

The History of Magic with Taylor Hagood, Ph.D.

Mondays from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

$175 for live performance plus 4-part series

January 8: A Night of Magic

Walter S. Gubelman Auditorium

February 5: Magic’s Essence and Origins

March 18: Magic of the Enlightenment

April 1: The Golden Age of Stage Magic

April 15: Magic Today

Even in a world filled with technological developments that would seem to render stage conjuring obsolete, sleight-of-hand magic never goes out of style. There is something deeper at work in magic — something embedded in the human mind that is expressed in and touched by being fooled and in seeing the impossible become possible. Professor Taylor Hagood will present the history of magic in its many forms, from the magic of deities to street trickery to extravagant stage performances. The series will kick off with a live magic performance in the Gubelmann Auditorium by Hagood, who, as the child of a magician, has spent a lifetime around magic as a performer and historian.

American Foreign Policy with Jeffrey Morton, Ph.D.

Thursdays from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

$150 for 5-part series or $35 a lecture

Titian, The Later Works with Philip

Rylands, Ph.D.

Monday, January 22, 2024 at 3 p.m. ■ $25

Titian was to live to a great age, dying in his 90s in 1576. His career from 1530 onward established him not only as the premier painter of the Venetian school but the most celebrated and successful artist in Europe, counting among his patrons Pope Paul III (Farnese), Emperor Charles V and King Philip II of Spain. Philip Rylands is President and CEO of the Four Arts.

January 25: China, Taiwan & the US

February 29: Iran

March 21: Mongolia

April 4: Cyprus

April 18: Pakistan

In this continuing master class series, Dr. Jeffrey Morton will address global challenges that are rapidly changing. Not one of the topics is what it was a decade ago and each one’s future evolution will have enormous strategic implications for the United States and the international system. Jeffrey S. Morton is Professor of World Politics at Florida Atlantic University and a Fellow at the Foreign Policy Association. He has lectured nationally on matters relating to U.S. foreign policy, received his Master’s degree from Rutgers University in 1991 and his Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina in 1995, and is the author of three books.

Titian, detail of Tarquin and Lucretia, 1568-71, Cambridge (UK), Fitzwilliam Museum

The Supreme Court of the United States, with Judge

Douglas H. Ginsburg

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 3 p.m. ■ $25

Every year the Supreme Court of the United States issues decisions that affect the public and the government at all levels. Freedom of speech and of religion, gun rights, voting rights, the powers of the president and of the Congress are always on the docket. How much do you know about how the Court functions? How do the cases get there and how do the Justices go about deciding them? Judge Douglas Ginsburg, who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and now serves on the federal Court of Appeals in Washington, DC will cover these questions and take your questions about the Court.

The Genius of Don Quixote: Rethinking the World’s First Novel with Joseph Luzzi, Ph.D.

** VIRTUAL PROGRAM **

Tuesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

February 13, 20, 27

$275 for series

This three-part course will cover only Part 1 of Don Quixote, first published in 1605 and now one of the mosttranslated books of all time. Fictional nobleman Alonso Quixano reads so many chivalric romances that he decides to serve his nation as a knighterrant. He and his squire, Sancho Panza, take on several quests and land themselves in a world of trouble. The novel is often interpreted today as a social commentary that is foundational to the modern literary canon. Joseph Luzzi received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is the Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature at Bard College, where he has taught since 2002.

Donatello Due, Master of the Renaissance, in our Era with Giuliana Castellani Koch,

Ph.D.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 3 p.m. ■ $25

Andrea Palladio with Philip Rylands, Ph.D.

Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 3 p.m. ■ $25 ■ Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) may have been the most influential architect who has ever lived. His buildings influenced Russian Palaces, Georgian country Houses in Britain, plantation houses in the American South, and Italian baroque churches. This lecture surveys his villas (in the Veneto), his palaces (in Vicenza), and his churches (in Venice) as well as two elusive palaces on the Grand Canal that were never built.

In interpreting the spirit of the environment in which he lived, Donatello left a legacy of timeless, eloquent inspiration. Future artists learned from, then incorporated, the epic and the pathos of the Florentine Master’s work with their own interpretation of humanistic motifs. Giuliana Koch will highlight the art of sculptors who benefited from Donatello’s legacy and credited the master for their own inspiration, technical skills and passion for detail. Koch holds a doctorate from the University of Florence in Contemporary Italian and Comparative Literature. Her family dates back to the 14th century in Florence.

Donatello, Horse Protome, c. 1456, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Italy

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Dixon Education Building • Tickets required

Purchase

Shell Chic with Robin Grubman

Thursdays at 10 a.m.

$195 for November, March, or April class

$255 for December or February class

All materials are included

November 16: Capiz Boxes

December 14: 8 x 10 frames

February 15: Sailors Valentine Boxes

March 21: Greek Goddess Bust

April 11: Bookends

Workshop participants will create beautiful ocean-inspired, one-of-a-kind shell objects that can be a treasured keepsake or fabulous gift. Robin Grubman, previously a proprietor of The Reef Boutique on Worth Avenue who now works with interior designers and local boutiques, has worked with shells for the past 24 years. Her designs have been featured in many well known prestigious publications. She will be sharing her talents and techniques in mastering the art of shelling, so come join her for a “shell of a day”.

A Passion for Opera with Ariane Csonka Comstock

Mondays from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Session I: November 27; December 4, 11;

January 8, 22, 29; February 5, 12

Session II: March 4, 11, 18, 25;

April 1, 8, 15, 22

$175 per 8-class session

Intermediate Bridge Refresher with Bill Greenspan

Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon

November 30; December 7, 14

$150 for 3-class session

This class is an appropriate review for those preparing to take the Intermediate class in January. Bill Greenspan began playing bridge while in college. He played in numerous regional and sectional tournaments achieving the rank of life master at 27.

Ariane Csonka Comstock enriches the experience of opera with extensive background material in literature, stage and costume design, language, history, and politics. She will illustrate performances with DVDs, videos, and recordings of charismatic stars past and present, and will lead discussions of current productions around the world. Opera buffs and beginners alike are welcome!

Intermediate Bridge with Bill Greenspan

Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon

January 4, 11, 18, 25; February 1

$250 for 5-class session

This class is for those who have a minimum of three years of bridge playing experience. A solid understanding of Jacoby transfer bids, Stayman, Takeout doubles, and Blackwood is a prerequisite. All areas of the game will be covered with an equal emphasis on bidding, defense, and play of the hand.

Legendary Films, Directors, & Actors with Bill David

Thursdays from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. $100 for series or $35 per class

November 30: Martin Scorsese

Director known for depictions of male violence driven by insecurities, and loss in films such as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Good Fellas, Casino, and The Departed, for which he won an Oscar for Best Director.

January 4: From Here to Eternity

This classic 1953 film tied for most Oscars in film history, with eight. The film features a superlative cast and screen play, a romantic drama of soldiers and women stationed on Hawaii a few months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

March 28: Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness was one of the most respected British stage and film actors in history, creating brilliant parts in comedy movie classics like The Lady Killers and acclaimed, serious roles including The Bridge over the River Kwai for which Guinness won the Academy Award.

April 25: Ingrid Bergman

Fourth in the American Film Institute’s list of Top 25 Legendary Actresses, Bergman is one of only six actors to win three Academy Awards for Best Acting. Forever known as Elsa Lund in Casablanca, she starred in Spellbound, Notorious, and For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Bill David served as a Marine infantry officer and spent his career in magazine publishing.

Personalities, Events and Artists of the 19th Century with

Juliette de Marcellus

Fridays from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Session I: December 1, 8, 15; January 5, 12, 26;

February 2, 9

Session II: March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; April 5, 12, 19 $175 per 8-class session

Follow the dramatic development of society and culture in France and England following the Napoleonic wars, including famous scandals, fashion trends, and political and social personalities. In France, follow the reign of Louis Philippe and a cultured Paris featuring Chopin, Liszt, Balzac, George Sand and Delacroix. In England, learn about the first Reform Bills, the postal system and police force during an explosion of written works by Dickens, the Brontes, Thackeray and Byron.

Classical Music

with Juliette de Marcellus

Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

December 13; January 10; February 14; March 6; April 10 $100 for series

Explore the great Romantic piano concertos from Brahms to Tchaikowsky and enjoy an introduction to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Beethoven Festival at the Four Arts in early January.

Juliette de Marcellus is an award-winning music critic, lecturer, and author of fiction and non-fiction.

Plein Air Painting with Elle Foley

Wednesdays from 2 to 4:30 p.m.

January 10, 24; February 7, 14;

March 13, 27

$450

Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden and Four Arts Botanical Gardens

Loosen your technique and create light-filled paintings while learning how to paint with a limited palette. Spend time discovering the wonderful light in the Four Arts gardens and attempt to capture that light on your canvas.

Valentine’s Day Collage Class with Elle Foley

Monday, February 12, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

$125

This will be a love letter to you or someone you love. Start by finding inspiration to building references through sketching and words, to creating a finished collage of painted canvas and random materials. Elle Foley attended the Maryland Institute, College of Art where she earned a degree in Fine Arts and the Boston Architectural Center for a degree in Architecture. She worked as an architect in New York City and began painting again at the Art Students League. Bordering between abstract and representation, her works are a delight in painterly gesture, nuance, and subtle beauty.

Unlock Your Artistic Potential with Yelitza Károlyi

Mondays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

March 4, 11, 18, 25; April 1, 8

$450 ■ All proficiency levels welcome

Students develop techniques aimed at enhancing their artistic potentials, including color mixing, perspective and creative use, and application of acrylics, charcoal, ink, and collage. Students will be free to choose between figurative, abstract, and still life modes of expression with guidance tailored to each. Yelitza Károlyi has been painting for 17 years. She received instruction at the Maine College of Art and The Art Students League of New York.

The Great Churches of Paris with Russell Kelley

Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

March 13, 20, 27; April 3

$125 for 4-part series or $35 per class Presented in partnership with Alliance Française Miami Metro

Trace the evolution of church-building in Paris over the past 1,000 years, from the rustic Romanesque abbey churches that rapidly spread across France during the 11th and 12th centuries, to the soaring Gothic cathedrals built using new engineering techniques between the 12th and 15th centuries, to the Renaissance churches inspired by Italy of the 16th century, to the domed Baroque churches of the Counter-Reformation of the 17th century, to the Neoclassical churches

with their distinctive porticoes and columns constructed before and after the Revolution in 1789, and finally to the 19th century movement to restore the venerable edifices that had fallen into ruin through neglect or depredation, and the concomitant construction of eclectic churches using new building materials and techniques. Russell Kelley has lived in Paris for 30 years and is the author of The Making of Paris (Lyons Press, 2021).

FIELD TRIPS

Buses depart from and return to Dixon Education Building

Tickets are required and must be purchased in advance

Purchase via: fourarts.org • customerservice@fourarts.org ■ (561) 805-8562

Field trip participants should check in 15 minutes prior to departure

Art Basel

Friday, December 8, 2023 from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. $175, includes transportation, ticket, and boxed lunch

This field trip is a self guided tour. On the bus ride, Chief Programs Officer Sofia Vollmer Maduro will share expert tips on how to “navigate” the fair. Once you arrive, you will have four hours to explore the fair and discover recent trends.

Private Art Collection in Palm Beach with Lacy Davisson

Thursday, January 4 or January 18, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $225, includes transportation, private tour & lunch

We will be visiting a private home in Palm Beach to view a personal Contemporary art collection with art historian Lacy Davisson. The collector will share insights and anecdotes about the evolution of the collection. After viewing many artworks ranging from Modern to cutting-edge Contemporary, we will enjoy lunch as a group to continue the conversation on collecting and recent art.

Palm Beach Show – Jewelry, Art, Antiques, Design with Amanda Triossi, F.G.A.

Friday, February 16, 2024 from 2 to 5 p.m. $150, includes transportation, ticket and guided tour

The 21st Annual Palm Beach Show returns as the most anticipated annual art, antique & jewelry show featuring both domestic and international exhibitors. Amanda Triossi, jewelry historian, curator & author, will spearhead a tour of the show. A fellow of Britain’s Gemological Association, she will guide Four Arts participants through the very best jewelers, and those fortunate may even try on some rare gems.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Thursday, March 21, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. $225, includes transportation, tour, & lunch

Miami’s Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is an 83-acre botanic garden with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees, and vines. We will walk garden paths surrounded by the wonders and beauty of nature, talk to experts in horticulture and conservation science, see butterflies and birds at every turn. The Garden includes many collections and exhibits as well as native habitats brought together in a unified landscape design that flows from one area to another.

BEYER ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

Generously supported by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Beyer

Robert Walker, photography

Robert Walker made his reputation as a color street photographer, working mainly in New York, but also in Paris, Venice, Warsaw and Montreal. After working for decades in dense urban environments he decided he needed a new challenge and turned his focus to nature and photographed the Jardin botanique de Montréal over a period of five years.

His work has been published by Oxford University Press in a book titled New York Inside Out with an introduction by William S. Burroughs and Color is Power, published by Thames & Hudson. His photographs are included in many public and private collections.

Flowers: From Paint Brush to Camera Lens

A conversation with William A. Ewing

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 3 p.m. No charge ■ Reservations required

William A. Ewing is a noted author, professor, curator and museum director with fifty years of work in the field of photography. Ewing will discuss with Robert Walker how his artistic practice evolved from photographing dense cityscapes, influenced by Pop Art painters such as Rauschenberg and Rosenquist, to an engagement with nature, photographing flowers, influenced by abstract ”Color-field” painters.

Color-fields: A Painterly Approach to Photographing Flowers

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ■ January 29, 31; February 2, 5

$425 for series

Bring a camera, digital or analog. This class is for all experience levels. You will take home three photographs to frame at the end.

Photographing flowers and gardens, along with significant family events, has always been one of the central themes for the amateur photographer. This workshop will avoid the cliché of the typical flower and garden picture by introducing various new techniques in approaching the subject. To do this, Robert Walker will examine a brief history of abstract painting, where the subject matter is reduced to pure form and color. Then he will transpose these compositional elements onto natural forms in the garden, thereby creating images that are both unique and compelling. Exercises will be given followed by informal critiques, where results will be analyzed and compared by the group as a whole.

Claudia Hilda, contemporary dance

Claudia Hilda is a Cuban New York-based award-winning contemporary dancer and choreographer. She aims to subtly interweave an expanded multidisciplinary practice combining performance, video art, and writing, to create art that is sensitive, reflective, and widely aware of its contemporary times. Her art claims freedom, beauty, receptiveness, innovation, and joy, yet is also an expression of combat and resistance as the gestural and visual articulation of the elsewhere communities’ languages, and fights. Hilda is an award-winning contemporary dancer, dance maker and researcher who has collaborated in neoclassical, contemporary, and conceptual pieces with international creators and performed in major theatres around the world.

Contemporary Dance: The Continuous Awakening of an Art Form

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 3 p.m. No charge ■ Reservations required

From academic and historical perspectives to personal narratives, the lecture will explore the Contemporary Dance world to inform about its history and evolution. This multilayered talk accompanied by visual material and storytelling will be an ideal opportunity to answer questions about Contemporary dance, an art form that reinvents itself continuously. During the lecture Claudia Hilda will invite you to reflect on this dance genre as a turning point in cross-disciplinary experiences aimed towards the expansion of cultural and artistic spectrums.

Live Performance:

Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 3 p.m.

No charge ■ Reservations required

Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Behind the Dance Curtain

Thursday April 4 and 11, 2024, from 11 a.m. to noon No charge ■ Reservations required

Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look into the performers’ daily work and preparation. We will unfold essential elements that make up Cuban dance as one of the most beautiful and eclectic techniques within the dance world. This training weaves American modern dance with Afro-Cuban folk elements, building a method that combines virtuosity and temperament, lyricism and strength, sensuality and dynamism. The result is the emergence of creative dancing bodies that navigate the stage with incomparable grace, expressiveness, and endless dynamic possibilities.

The Las Repúblicas performance is an innovative contemporary dance project that aims to inform about political bodies and amplify their voices through critical thinking, metaphor, and beauty. This creation invites the audience to dive into dynamic, insightful, and sensual dance experience, which will delve into common issues such as the arbitrary and unregulated exercise of power and, consequently, the constant migrations of people from their original lands. This show proposes to translate through gestural and visual codes the common symbologies of individual and collective bodies that struggle for autonomy, and freedom; and will also underline the importance of community as a safe destination in new geographies. The beautiful articulation of the performance, together with the dancers’ exquisite physical and interpretative technique will ensure a magical experience of intellectual, visual, and spiritual delight.

“Las Repúblicas”

Photo courtesy Las Repúblicas project

THE GARDEN CLUB OF PALM BEACH

The Garden Club of Palm Beach is dedicated to preserving our natural world through its work in floral design, horticulture, the environment, conservation, and civic improvements. Its dedicated members maintain The Demonstration Garden and The Chinese Garden at The Four Arts, host two annual fundraisers, present a biennial flower show, and sponsor educational and entertaining programs open to club members as well as the general public.

ANNUAL SPEAKER Living Floral with Margot Shaw

Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 3 p.m.

No charge

No reservations needed Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

Flower expert Margot Shaw presents an inspirational and instructive look into the worlds of top tastemakers; interior, floral and event designers, as well as gardeners and architects, who share their joy of flowers at home, for entertaining with a flair and in decorating. All who share a passion for nature’s bounty will be inspired to incorporate flowers in their everyday life.

Shaw is the founder and editor-in-chief of Flower Magazine, a native of Birmingham, Alabama who studied art history at Hollins College and interior design at the University of Texas. Once a self-confessed “call and order flowers girl,” Shaw reached a watershed moment when planning her daughter’s wedding. Working alongside the floral and event designer, she recognized the artistry and inspiration involved in floral design. Unable to locate a publication that spoke to her passion, she set about creating one and launched Flower. Now in its 16th year, the magazine has grown to include features on homes, gardens, entertaining — all portrayed through a botanical lens. She is a sought-after speaker at antique & garden shows, museums, botanical gardens, interior design centers, and more. Her most recent book, Living Floral, published by Rizzoli, is now in its fifth printing.

Christmas Boutique

Thursday, November 9 and Friday, November 10, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

No charge

No reservations needed Dixon Education Building

House & Garden Day

Sunday, March 3, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

An outdoor boutique with local vendors opens in front of the O’Keeffe Building at 9 a.m. Tickets to the tour of homes must be purchased in advance, with shuttle bus service to and from The Four Arts available from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information: gardenclubpalmbeach.com ■ gcpalm@gmail.com ■

(561) 837-6635

FOUR ARTS BOTANICAL GARDENS

Planted in 1938 by members of the Garden Club of Palm Beach, many of whom were also members of The Four Arts, the Botanical Gardens were conceived as demonstration gardens to educate new residents about the types of plants that thrive in South Florida. It was designed in a series of small, thematic gardens inspired by architectural styles popular in the Town of Palm Beach: Chinese Garden (Mrs. Lorenzo Woodhouse), Italian Garden (Mrs. Joseph Cudahy), Moonlight Garden (Mrs. Joseph F. Gunster), Bermuda-style English Garden (Mrs. Clifford V. Brokaw), Rose Garden (Hugh Dillman), Jungle Garden (Dr. Leroy Dow), Madonna Tropical Fruit Garden (Mrs. Alfred G. Kay), and the Spanish Patio (Mrs. John S. Phipps).

Today, the Botanical Gardens remain an important demonstration garden to the community, but they have changed over time. In 1956, the landscape architecture firm Innocenti & Webel restored the space after it fell into disrepair and Morgan Wheelock, Inc. redesigned it after the devastating hurricanes of the mid-2000s. The Four Arts is grateful to The Garden Club of Palm Beach, which continues to maintain the beautiful garden on behalf of The Four Arts. To learn more, visit gardenclubpalmbeach.com.

FOUR ARTS CONTEMPORARIES

The Four Arts Contemporaries’ mission is to educate, enlighten, and inspire with thoughtprovoking discussions from the fields of science, contemporary culture, media, and the arts. Programming is geared toward younger supporters and parents aged 21 to 49. All programs take place in the Dixon Education Building.

Mickalene Thomas

In Conversation with Isolde Brielmaier

Monday, December 4, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts Contemporaries and members

One of the most influential artists in the world today, Mickalene Thomas’ innovative practice has yielded instantly recognizable and celebrated aesthetic languages within contemporary visual culture. She is known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel. Her masterful mixedmedia paintings, photographs, films and installations command space and dissect the complexities of Black and female identity within the Western canon. Isolde Brielmaier is the Deputy Director at the New Museum in New York City.

the Journey

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts Contemporaries and members

Lauren Bush Lauren will discuss the issue of global hunger and her personal journey to confront some of the vast disparities that exist in the world. Lauren, a grand-daughter and niece of two U.S. Presidents and daughter-in-law of fashion designer Ralph Lauren, is the Founder and CEO of FEED, an impactdriven brand founded upon the belief that food is a universal human right. FEED has helped provide over 125 million school meals to kids around the globe and in the U.S. since 2007.

Lois Gibson Art in the Service of Criminal Investigations

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts Contemporaries and members

Nearly killed in a violent attack at age 21, Lois Gibson channeled that trauma into a forensic art position serving the Houston Police Department and surrounding areas since 1981. She created the first forensic sketch shown on “America’s Most Wanted” and her drawings have appeared on other crime-fighting programs. Gibson is currently painting Alamo Defenders who perished in 1836, extrapolating their appearance from descendant photos. She is the the author of Forensic Art Essentials: A Manual for Law Enforcement Artists.

For more information or to join: fourarts.org ■ campus@fourarts.org ■ 561-805-8562

Lauren Bush Lauren FEED

FAMILY—FRIENDLY PROGRAMS

The Society of the Four Arts is proud to offer programming dedicated to families. The following programs can be enjoyed by adults and children of all ages.

Special Holiday Film Screening: The Nutcracker

Performed by the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 2 p.m. ■ Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

No charge ■ Reservations required ■ 2 hours, 13 minutes with no intermission

Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Choreographed by Helgi Tomasson ■ Conducted by Martin West

This visually stunning production of Tchaikovsky’s graceful, immortal ballet sets the tale in the time of the 1915 San Francisco World’s Fair. From the lovely “Waltz of the Flowers” to the perfection of the “Snowflake Waltz,” each scene brings to life beloved characters and cherished music. It’s a dazzling journey, beautifully captured on film and perfect for the holiday season.

“Carols on the Lawn”

Performed by the Palm Beach Atlantic University Chamber Choir

Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 4 p.m.

Philip Hulitar

Sculpture Garden

No charge

No reservations needed

Celebrate the holidays in Palm Beach style! Folding chairs or blankets are recommended as you enjoy the Palm Beach Atlantic University Chamber Choir bringing joyful holiday favorites to the Four Arts gardens.

The Concert Truck

Meet the Music!

“Leave it to Ludwig”

Performed by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 2 p.m. Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium

No charge ■ Reservations required

Ludwig van Beethoven’s instrumental music tells powerful stories without using any words! In this hour of fun for the whole family, Beethoven himself will make an appearance. Together with artists from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, he will help a young pianist to express all that this music has to say about everyday life, our actions, and our emotions.

Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 3 and 4:30 p.m.

Four Arts Mall (in front of the Esther B. O’Keeffe Building)

No charge ■ No reservations needed

The Concert Truck is a mobile venue that strengthens communities by redefining the concert experience and making live music accessible to everyone. Impassioned by their love for playing for people, pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang converted a 16-foot box truck into a fully functioning mobile concert hall. They return to The Four Arts with a program full of favorite works for solo and four-hands piano.

Photo by Erik Tomasson

KING LIBRARY

The King Library has a large collection of materials on all subjects, including the latest best-sellers, DVDs, audiobooks, e-books, digital magazines and world newspapers, and an historic collection of books, all while presenting an expansive schedule of events.

Hours: The King Library is open Monday through Friday year-round from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., and Saturdays during season (November through April) from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Visit fourarts.org for complete details.

Memberships: Anyone may belong to the King Library. The annual subscription is $25 for residents of the Town of Palm Beach and $30 for non-residents.

King Library membership entitles two people of a household to use the Library. Non-members are invited and encouraged to visit the Library but borrowing privileges and online services are limited.

For King Library program reservations:

• Call (561) 655-2766

• Email kinglibrary@fourarts.org

• Visit the program’s page at fourarts.org

King Library members receive:

• Full use of the Library and its services, including online databases, e-books, requesting and suggesting books and DVDs, using the beautiful reading and study spaces, and more;

• Reader advisory services supplied by a thoughtful staff of librarians who are dedicated to members’ intellectual and creative growth;

• The ability to use electronic devices, such as laptops and tablets; and,

• Tech tutor services available by appointment.

Speak to a librarian about becoming a King Library member at (561) 655-2766.

This book discussion group explores new titles and modern works of fiction. Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. • King Library

Open to the public • No charge • Reservations required • Seating is limited Reservations available for in-person attendance, for viewing the discussion live via Zoom, or for viewing a recording posted to fourarts.org following the discussion.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

November 8, 2023

Facilitator: Hindel Levitin

Revisit this beloved American classic about a young girl’s coming-of-age at the turn of the 20th century growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn. Betty Smith has created a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as deeply resonant moments of universal experience.

The First Ladies

January 17, 2024

Facilitator: Mary Weiss

Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray’s novel focuses on the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune — different, yet equally formidable, passionate, and committed women, and the way in which their singular friendship helped form the foundation for the modern civil rights movement.

The Thread Collectors

March 13, 2024

Facilitator: Hindel Levitin

Shaunna J. Edwards and Alyson Richman’s historical novel features two women who use their needlework skills to support the Union cause during the Civil War. As they risk everything for love and freedom, an unexpected encounter leads them to discover the most delicate threads have the capacity to save us.

Horse December 13, 2023

Facilitator: Mary Calhoun

A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, Pulitzer-Prize winner Geraldine Brooks braids a story of spirit, obsession, and injustice in a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.

The Last Mona Lisa

February 14, 2024

Facilitator: Carole Pichney

August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Jonathan Santlofer’s suspenseful tale taps into our universal fascination with da Vinci’s enigma, why people are driven to possess certain works of art, and our fascination with the authentic and the fake.

The Marriage Portrait

April 17, 2024

Facilitator: Carole Pichney

In 1550s Florence, the third daughter of a grand duke is thrust into the limelight when her older sister dies on the eve of an arranged wedding. Full of beauty and emotion, Maggie O’Farrell turns her talents to Renaissance Italy in an extraordinary portrait of a resilient young woman’s battle for her very survival.

FLORIDA VOICES

This book discussion series engages in dialog with celebrated Florida authors. Each program features a presentation by the author, a Q&A, and a book signing. Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. • Dixon Education Building or King Library

Open to the public • No charge • Reservations required • Seating is limited Reservations available for in-person attendance, for viewing the discussion live online, or for viewing online up to 30 days following the presentation, unless otherwise noted.

Ira Mark Egdall

Cosmic Roots: The Conflict Between Science and Religion and How It Led to the Secular Age

October 25, 2023 • King Library

Cosmic Roots traces the five-thousand-year conflict between science and religion — and how it has shaped our modern secular worldview. Told with rare clarity and striking insight, this fascinating and thought-provoking book focuses on the history of cosmology and its sister science astronomy. Ira Mark Egdall is an award-winning author who gives lectures in modern physics at Lifelong Learning Institutes in South Florida.

Katherine Reay

A Shadow in Moscow

November 15, 2023

• King Library

A betrayal at the highest level risks the lives of two courageous female spies: MI6’s best Soviet spy and the CIA’s newest Moscow recruit. As the KGB closes in, a compromise must be struck if either woman hopes to survive. Katherine Reay is a national bestselling and award-winning author of several novels. She has enjoyed a lifelong affair with books and history, and brings that love to her stories.

Clay Henderson

Forces of Nature: A History of Florida Land Conservation

December 6, 2023 • King Library

Despite Florida’s important place at the beginning of the American conservation movement and its notable successes in the fight against environmental damage, the full story of land conservation in the state has not yet been told. In this comprehensive history, environmentalist Clay Henderson celebrates the individuals and organizations who made the Sunshine State a leader in state-funded conservation and land preservation.

Florida Voices is generously supported by the Fred J. Brotherton Endowment for Literature, established at The Four Arts by the Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation. Fred Brotherton, who died in 2003, was for many years a Benefactor of The Four Arts and a strong supporter of its programs. Florida Voices, featuring the state that was Mr. Brotherton’s winter home, serves as a continuing memorial to this much-respected member of The Four Arts.

FLORIDA VOICES

Nicole Stott, Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet And Our Mission to Protect It

January 10, 2024 • Dixon Education Building • with Brendan Byrne

Join veteran NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott and space reporter Brendan Byrne for an exciting interview discussing Nicole’s time in space and her latest book. Stott had two spaceflights and spent 104 days living and working in space as a crewmember on both the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. She will share her experiences and discuss her post-NASA mission of bringing the healing power of art to children.

Andrea Taylor

Three Women & An Architect: Maurice Fatio

February 7, 2024 • Dixon Education Building

Learn about the pivotal roles played by three women in famed Swiss-born architect Maurice Fatio’s life: his mother Marguerite, his wife Eleanor, and his daughter Alexandra. Through their support and inspiration, these women raised, elevated, and sustained Fatio throughout his career, helping him to achieve the pinnacle of success in Palm Beach. Andrea Taylor, Fatio’s granddaughter, examines how they inspired his Palm Beach landmarks.

Tracey Enerson Wood

The President’s Wife

March 6, 2024 • King Library

Playwright, screenwriter, and novelist Tracey Enerson Wood discusses her newest novel about Edith Bolling Wilson, who some consider to be the first female president. She contends with the demands of a tumultuous country, the secrets of her husband’s poor health, and the potentially devastating consequences of her failure in this astonishing portrait of a courageous First Lady and the sacrifices she made to protect her husband.

James Clark

Lost Attractions of Florida

April 10, 2024 • Dixon Education Building

It was a simpler time in Florida. An alligator could transform a gas station or roadside fruit stand into a tourist attraction. Similar attractions dotted the Florida landscape, offering everything from ostrich races to health-restoring springs. They have been replaced by roller coasters, animatronics, shopping centers, and housing developments. James C. Clark is a senior lecturer at the University of Central Florida and a four-time Florida Voices presenter.

Diane Bergner

Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club: A Novel

May 8, 2024

• King Library

Take a look inside the world of high society fundraising and philanthropy. Debut author Diane Bergner will discuss how her own experiences inspired her to write fiction. Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club details what goes on in this sophisticated, alluring line of business: galas, gossip, cocktails, corruption, and underhanded secrets. Bergner is the Chief Development Officer at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach.

Photo courtesy The Historical Society of Palm Beach County

TALK OF KINGS

This nonfiction book group delves into captivating tales in history and culture. Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. • King Library

Open to the public • No charge • Reservations required • Seating is limited Reservations available for in-person attendance, for viewing the discussion live via Zoom, or for viewing a recording posted to fourarts.org following the discussion.

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century’s On-line Pioneers

September 19, 2023

Facilitator: Dr. Richard D’Elia

Enjoy Tom Standage’s colorful story of the telegraph’s creation and remarkable impact, and of the visionaries, oddballs, and eccentrics who pioneered it, from Samuel Morse to Thomas Edison. The telegraph nullified distance and shrank the world, and its story mirrors and predicts that of the Internet in numerous ways.

Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone

October 10, 2023

Facilitator: Ed Lamont

Martin Dugard has produced an extraordinarily researched account of a thrilling adventure defined by alarming foolishness, raw human achievement, and intense courage. Trace the remarkable journeys of Livingstone and Stanley with breathtaking immediacy and face their perils and challenges, along with the transformation that occurred afterward as Stanley rose in power and prominence and Livingstone found himself alone and in mortal danger.

Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America

November 7, 2023

Facilitator: Dr. Richard D’Elia

In the winter of 1913, Grand Central Station was officially opened and immediately became one of the most beautiful and recognizable Manhattan landmarks. Sam Roberts’ celebration of the terminal looks back at its conception, amazing history, and the far-reaching cultural effects of the station that continues to amaze tourists and shuttle busy commuters.

Desert Fox: The Storied Military Career of Erwin Rommel

December 5, 2023

Facilitator: Billy David

Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.’s gripping account gets to the heart of this mysterious figure respected and even admired by the people of the Allied nations he fought against. Follow Rommel’s improbable and meteoric military career, his epic battles in North Africa, and his fraught relationship with Hitler and the Nazi Party. Again and again, Rommel outfoxed the Allies — until the war of attrition and Hitler’s blunders doomed the Axis cause.

Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission To Bring Healing To Homeless People

January 9, 2024

Facilitator: Dr. Diana Barrett

Dr. Jim O’Connell created a community of care for Boston’s unhoused population, including those who sleep on the streets — “rough sleepers,” showing how one person can make a difference. Tracy Kidder follows O’Connell as he navigates the city, offering medical care, socks, soup, empathy, humor, and friendship to the city’s most endangered citizens.

The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

February 6, 2024

Facilitator: Billy David

Chinatown is the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. Its twist ending is the most notorious in American film and its closing line of dialogue the most haunting. Sam Wasson peels off layers of myth to provide the true account of Chinatown’s creation. Looming over the story is the imminent eclipse of the 1970s filmmaker-friendly studios as they gave way to the corporate Hollywood we know today.

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

March 5, 2024

Facilitator: Dr. Diana Barrett

After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, journalist David Grann set out to determine what happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the “Lost City of Z.” For centuries Europeans believed the Amazon, the world’s largest rain forest, concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history. Then he vanished.

Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology

April 2, 2024

Facilitator: Dr. Douglas Nelson

Eric H. Cline’s lively introduction to the story of archaeology takes readers from the pioneering digs of the 18th century to today’s exciting new discoveries and addresses major achaeological questions: How do you know where to dig? How are excavations actually done? How do you know how old something is? Who gets to keep what is found?

COLOR, CREATE, CRAFT

Select Fridays from 2 to 4 p.m. • King Library

Open to the public • No charge • Reservations required • Seating is limited

Enjoy a relaxing activity in a calming atmosphere. Explore a new craft or work on one you already enjoy. We invite adults to participate, and the library will supply all materials.

October 6: Macrame Feather Leaf

October 20: Wine Cork Pumpkins

November 17: Holiday Wreath

December 1: Paper Honeycomb Ornaments

December 15: Crepe Paper Poinsettia

January 5: Simple Stitch Book Binding

January 19: Memory Wire Jewelry

February 9: Valentine’s Day Cards

February 16: Block Printing

March 8: Needlepoint Coasters

March 22: Papercutting Designs

April 5: Butterfly Mobile

April 19: Sun Hat

KING FLING

Friday, November 3, 2023 from 4 to 7 p.m. $75 tickets required, on sale to Four Arts members

September 18, to public September 25

Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden

Join us at the King Library for the season kick-off celebration! This special event will feature wine tastings and food stations, with tours of the Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden. As a King Fling guest, you will have access to shop the King Library book sale in the Pannill Pavilion and participate in the Mystery Wine Selection ($25). Enjoy a fun, festive evening where all proceeds benefit the King Library Collection.

For more information, please contact the King Library at (561) 655-2766 or kinglibrary@fourarts.org

SHORT STORY BOOK GROUP

Tuesdays at 2 p.m. • King Library

Moderator: Margaret Wilesmith

Open to the public • No charge • Reservations required • Seating is limited Engage in meaningful conversations about literature and connect with other book enthusiasts. Each moderated group will focus on an award-winning short story.

The Swimmer

October 3, 2023

Neddy Merrill decides to swim home from a friend’s pool party, traveling from fashionable swimming pool to swimming pool on a perfect midsummer’s day. But as night falls and the season begins to change, Neddy sinks from optimistic bliss to utter despair.

Here’s Your Hat.

What’s Your Hurry?

November 14, 2023

A woman in her eighties shows up at the homes of distant relatives. While they learn to put up with having their lives invaded by an outspoken relative, their suspicions grow that she is actually not who she says she is.

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

October 24, 2023

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher follows a fictionalized account of an encounter between a working-class woman and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

Hills Like White Elephants

November 28, 2023

At a small café in rural Spain, a couple’s future hangs in the balance as they wait for a train. First published in 1927, Hills Like White Elephants exemplifies Ernest Hemingway’s style of spare, tight prose that continues to win readers over to this day.

Margaret Wilesmith is a founding director of the Palm Beach Book Festival and is working on a collection of short stories. She served as President of Wilesmith Advertising | Design from 1998 to 2018.

BIOGRAPHY BOOK CLUB

Wednesdays at 11 a.m. • King Library

Open to the public • No charge • Reservations required • Seating is limited

Each moderated group will focus on the life of a prominent person. A suggested reading list of available books from the King Library will be distributed once registered. The book group requires attendees to read at least one of the suggested books and come ready to discuss.

Hedy Lamarr

October 18, 2023

Moderator: Mary Calhoun

Austrian-American actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) was a film star during Hollywood’s golden age and who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WIFI, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.

Georgia O’Keeffe

November 29, 2023

Moderator: Rebecca A. Dunham, Head of Fine Arts

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was among the most influential figures in Modernism, best known for her large-format paintings of natural subjects, especially flowers and bones, and for her depictions of New York City skyscrapers and architectural and landscape forms unique to northern New Mexico.

Dick Van Dyke

February 21, 2024

Moderator: Dr. Rachel Schipper, Director of Libraries

Richard Wayne Van Dyke (1925-) is an American actor, entertainer, and comedian. His award-winning career has spanned seven decades in film, television, and stage. Van Dyke is the recipient of multiple awards, including a Golden Globe, Tony, Grammy, a Daytime Emmy, and four Primetime Emmys.

Georges Auguste Escoffier

November 1, 2023

Moderator: Roberta Sabban

Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) was a French chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. Escoffier’s recipes, techniques and approaches to kitchen management remain highly influential today.

Henry Morrison Flagler

January 3, 2024

Moderator: Ed Lamont

Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway. His Whitehall winter retreat is now the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach.

Amelia Earhart

March 20, 2024

Moderator: Dr. Richard D’Elia

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) was an American aviator who set many flying records and championed the advancement of women in aviation. She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first person ever to fly solo from Hawaii to the United States mainland.

TEEN PROGRAMS

Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. • King Library

Ages 12 to 18 • No charge • Reservations required • All materials provided

To reserve, please call (561) 655-2766 or email kinglibrary@fourarts.org

Mapping the City: Drawing and Collage

January 6, 2024

Presenter: Kristin Miller

Creating a collage using found maps and grid paper, students will think about concepts of place, city and architecture. Working with themes shown in the exhibit, Scenes of New York City: The Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection, students will celebrate our local cityscapes through collage and observational drawings. Following the workshop, teens and families will be invited for complimentary admission to the exhibit.

Tapestry Techniques

February 3, 2024

Presenter: Dr. Rachel Schipper

Enjoy creating aesthetic and functional pieces during this session while experimenting with a variety of patterns and techniques. Rachel Schipper is a fiber artist, Four Arts’ director of libraries, and volunteers as a mediator in the Florida County and Family Courts.

Teen Zines 101: The History and How to Make Your Own

March 9, 2024

Presenter: Sammi McLean

Discover the world of zines in this hands-on workshop! Participants will learn about the fascinating history of zines, practice simple bookbinding structures, and create personalized zines using collage, drawing and text. The resulting zines will be photocopied to exchange with friends and to be displayed in the King Library. Sammi McLean is a Florida native and hybridized maker, with a special interest in all things printmaking.

POP! BOOM! POW! Creations

April 6, 2024

Presenter: Kristin Miller

Using inspiration from the exhibit, Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts, students will create their own Pop Artwork. We will explore the bold lines with markers and collaged paper to embrace the power of colorful text, bezier dots, and bold layers. Following the workshop, teens and families will be invited for complimentary admission to the exhibit. Kristin Miller is an artist, educator, and designer living in South Florida.

CHILDREN’S LIBRARY

The Children’s Library is located on the second floor of the John E. Rovensky Building. Children are invited to borrow books and enjoy special event programs at no charge. Children of all ages, newborn through 17, must always be chaperoned by an adult while in the Children’s Library. Likewise, all adults must be accompanied by a child.

The Children’s Library is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., and Saturdays during season (November through April) from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Visit fourarts.org for complete details.

The Children’s Library offers a variety of programs throughout the year, including Preschool Story Time, Family Story Time, School-Age Programs, and other special event programs.

As part of our commitment to community outreach, The Four Arts offers free field trips, story times, and programs that can be customized for your school, children’s group or organization. Degreed librarians facilitate all story time and field trip programming. The minimum number of students required for group reservations is 18.

For more information about the Children’s Library:

• Call (561) 655-2776

• Email schooltrips@fourarts.org

• Select Children’s Programs in the menus at fourarts.org

SPECIAL FAMILY EVENT!

Life and Lilly with Lilly Leas Ferreira

Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.

No charge ■ Reservations required

The Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden Fun for the whole family!

Lilly Leas Ferreira is a fourth-generation Palm Beach local and granddaughter of Lilly Pulitzer. Recently, she wrote “Life and Lilly: A Palm Beach Adventure” as a love letter to her hometown. Inspired by her mother and grandmother and dedicated to her daughters, the story captures Lilly’s memories of growing up on the Island and the feelings of adventure and community that she hopes to pass down to the next generation. Outside of writing, Lilly is also a successful real estate agent in Palm Beach and when she’s not working, she’s spending time in the ocean with family and friends. This family program will include book reading, Lilly Pulitzer inspired arts & crafts, and refreshments.

More details and reservation information will be in the Children’s Library Newsletter and at fourarts.org.

FAMILY BOOK CLUB

Independently Reading Children ■ One Saturday a month

Facilitator: Samantha Merigold, Children’s Librarian

No charge • Reservations required • Space is limited

Our book club program consists of two meetings for each selected book. Readers receive their own copy of the book at the first meeting! Our goal for Family Book Club is to learn, grow, and become passionate readers together!

Selected books for this season are:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

Dates of classes, more details on the programs, and our reservation dates for each class will be in our Children’s Library newsletters and at fourarts.org.

FAMILY STORY TIMES

Select Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. • November through April

8 years of age and younger • No charge • No reservations needed

Each story time is based on an educational theme. Afterward, enjoy arts and crafts that bring the stories to life.

End of Season Pirate Party

NOVEMBER 2023

Travel

Saturday, November 4

Thanksgiving

Saturday, November 11

FEBRUARY 2024

I Love My Family

Saturday, February 3

Happy Valentine’s Day

Saturday, February 10

DECEMBER 2023

The Nutcracker

Saturday, December 2

The Grinch

Saturday, December 9

MARCH 2024

Camping

Saturday, March 2

Pond

Saturday, March 9

JANUARY 2024

New Year Birthday Party

Saturday, January 6

Frozen Pond

Saturday, January 13

APRIL 2024

Tea Party

Saturday, April 6

End of Season Pirate Party

Saturday, April 27

PRESCHOOL STORY TIMES

Most Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. • October through April 4 years of age and younger • No charge • No reservations needed

Each story time is based on an educational theme. Afterward, enjoy arts and crafts that bring the stories to life.

OCTOBER 2023

Fire Prevention Day

Thursday, October 12

Owls

Monday, October 16

Pumpkins

Thursday, October 19

Monsters

Monday, October 23

Skeleton & Bones

Thursday, October 26

Trick-or-Treat

Monday, October 30

NOVEMBER 2023

Leaves

Thursday, November 2

Fall Animals

Monday, November 6

Friends

Thursday, November 9

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Monday, November 13

Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 16

Winnie the Pooh

Monday, November 27

Kevin Henkes

Thursday, November 30

DECEMBER 2023

Holidays

Monday, December 4

Hanukkah

Thursday, December 7

“Sweet Smells” of the Holidays

Monday, December 11

“Delicious Tastes” of the Holidays

Thursday, December 14

Animals at Christmastime

Monday, December 18

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Thursday, December 21

JANUARY 2024

Seasons

Thursday, January 4

PJ Day

Monday, January 8

Imaginary Creatures

Thursday, January 11

Frozen Pond

Thursday, January 18

Dinosaur

Monday, January 22

Fairy Tale

Thursday, January 25

I am Big!

Monday, January 29

Trick-or-Treat

FEBRUARY 2024

Feelings

Thursday, February 1

Colors

Monday, February 5

Chinese New Year

Thursday, February 8

Happy Valentine’s Day

Monday, February 12

Birds

Thursday, February 15

Hat Day

Thursday, February 22

Clothing

Monday, February 26

MARCH 2024

Dr. Seuss Day

Monday, March 4

Garden Day with Garden Club of Palm Beach

Thursday, March 7

Let’s Picnic

Monday, March 11

American Farmer Day

Thursday, March 14

Bugs

Monday, March 18

Animal Sillies

Thursday, March 21

Bunny Day

Monday, March 25

APRIL 2024

Flower Day

Monday, April 1

Growing Things

Thursday, April 4

USA

Monday, April 8

Weather

Thursday, April 11

Zoo

Monday, April 15

Mermaids

Thursday, April 18

Florida

Monday, April 22

The Sea

Thursday, February 29

Peter Cottontail Day and Egg Hunt

Thursday, March 28

Thursday, April 25

End of Season Pirate Party

Monday, April 29

“If You Give a Mouse a Cookie…”

American Farmer Day

Happy Valentine’s Day

SCHOOL-AGE PROGRAMS

Children in Kindergarten and up • Select weekdays

No charge • Reservations required • Space is limited

The Children’s Library offers monthly art, cooking, and floral design classes. Reservations must be made by calling the Children’s Library at (561) 655-2776.

Please see the Children’s Library newsletters for more information about each program. Dates of classes and our reservation dates for each class will be in our newsletters and at fourarts.org.

SUMMER DAYS AT THE LIBRARY

We are open during June and July, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

We invite families to enjoy the library during the summer! Toys, games, and LEGOs are available for in-house checkout. Families may bring a packed lunch or snack to eat together in our Art Room.

Art 101 with Jason Merigold

Floral Design with Vickie Denton

Fun Chefs with Stacey Stolman

SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS

Minimum 18 students • By appointment, reservations are required

Please call (561) 655-2776 or email schooltrips@fourarts.org

The Four Arts offers additional transportation funding for The School District of Palm Beach County. Inquire with your bookkeeper or the Children’s Library.

ART EXHIBITION

Illustrating Words: The Wondrous Fantasy World of Robert L. Forbes, poet, and Ronald Searle, artist

Please visit fourarts.org for hours ■ No charge for admission

Mary Alice Fortin Children’s Art Gallery

This exhibition, organized by The Society of the Four Arts, features the inventive and whimsical words of Robert L. Forbes and Ronald Searle’s joyful watercolor illustrations. Rich with color and fanciful detail, the drawings capture the spirit and essence of each poem. The delightful collaboration of these two artists invites the viewer to expand their imagination, creativity and appreciation of words brought further to life with illustration. This program can be customized for any grade level. Visit includes poetry reading, gallery viewing, and thematic arts and crafts.

Reserve a field trip beginning September 6, 2023. Approved in Palm Beach County for K-12th. Select Wednesday and Friday mornings available.

Story Time Programs for Your School Group

The Children’s Library is pleased to offer curriculum-based story times for your school group or organization. These free story times include themed arts and crafts and other group activities customized for any grade level. Reservations begin Tuesday, September 12, 2023.

Additional school field trip programs may be announced throughout the 2023-2024 school year.

Photo credits: Are listed with individual photos throughout this guide. If not directly credited, photographs are by Four Arts staff or are provided courtesy of the artists, artist management companies, or Four Arts cultural partners.

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Administrative Office (561) 655-7227

100 Four Arts Plaza • Palm Beach, FL 33480 contactus@fourarts.org

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