ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Island Historical Society will host An Evening of the Arts on Friday, Jan. 21.
Open to the public, the free event will take place at the Anna Maria Island Historical Museum from 5-7 p.m. and feature the artwork of local artists Karen Beach, Angie Prindle and Janet Razze. Wine and cheese will be served and there will also be live music.
“Beach is a watercolorist who is drawn to subjects in nature, architectural forms and compositions most frequently including water or oceans,” AMIHS Publicity Director Valerie Wilson said in a press release. “Her artwork often combines pencil, ink and watercolor and is often inspired by the beauty surrounding where she lives or by photos taken while traveling. She is proud to have been the designer for the public art that graces the base of the cell tower on the grounds of Anna Maria City Hall.
“Prindle describes herself as an emotional expressionist who ‘takes moments in time and transfers the feelings inspired by random experiences in my life’s journey.’ She is a watercolorist turned mixed-media artist. She found using only one medium limiting and now uses many. The ability to use glass beads, modeling paste, resin and thick-bodied acrylic paints has lent her works a more tactile sense,” according to the press release.
“Razze is a second-generation, stained glass and lamping (torching) artist who also does watercolor, acrylic and mixed media work. Her focus is on nature. Many of her stained glass works incorporated shells and feathers to honor the first inhabitants of our Island area. Her watercolor and mixed-media works tend to focus on local marine life and birds. She believes living in this area is pure pleasure and creates an atmosphere any artist would love. She still uses many of the tools that belonged to her father. The customized church windows for the Cortez Road Baptist Church in Cortez are a great example of her work,” according to the press release.
Michael Whitty will perform the live music. Whitty is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and arranger who has performed with various Grammy award-winning artists in a wide range of styles and genres throughout the United States and Canada, the release states.
The Anna Maria Historical Museum is at 402 Pine Ave. For more information, call 941-778-0492.
