when || tuesday, november 16, 2010 from 5:30-8:30pm
where || the artful homes of Commissioner Edie Yates and Steve & Carol Boyington || 127 & 135 Lake Morton Drive, Lakeland FL 33801 || map it!
tickets || order online – $50 per person.

Hosts || Commissioner Edie Yates and Steve & Carol Boyington

Choose a handmade bowl and fill it with food created by local chefs.

Red Door Wine Market: Richard DeAngelis
Texas Cattle Co.: Grant Piche
R & R Chutney “The Island Gourmet”: Rex Harris
Companion Baker: Erin Lazenby
Sundowner Restaurant: Patrick Rene Schaefer
Platform Art Board Member & Chef: Jack Strollo

In addition to food, wine & beer, we will serve up large portions of art, live music, fashion and films.

Host Committee || Sue Bentley, Steve Bissonnette, Lynda & Stephen Buck, Stevie Buck, Jean & David Bunch, Jeff Clark, Andy Crossfield, Michael Folsom & Leigh Killian, Karen & David Grisham, Cynthia Haffey, David Henderson, Bev Hendricks, Evelyn & Randy Hollen, Elizabeth & John Hoppe, Mimi Jenko, Frank Kendrick, Laurenia & Tim Jackson, Linda & Michael Jezard, Adam Justice, Mike LaPan, Lynda & Tom Mack, Jim Malless, Meri & Leonard Mass, Lisa Parks, Trish Pfeiffer, Lori Powell, Nikki Powers, Prebor, M.C. Pruitt, Beatty & Maurice Raymond, Kim & Ken Ross, Leah & Greg Sanoba, Karen Seggerman, Commissioner Don Selvage, Catherine Stetson, Tiana & Brian Stevens, Deanna & Web Tanner, Lucia Taxdall, Claire Twomey, Ann Wilson, Chair

Wine Sponsors || Steve & Carol Boyington with selections from Red Door Wine Market

Beer Sponsors || Schenck Company

when || saturday october 2nd 2010 – 7pm to 11pm
where || St. Joseph’s Academy, 310 McDonald Street, FL 33803 || map it!
tickets || order online in advance at $15 / day of event price is $20 at the door.  Student tickets are $15 at the door.
annual pass || $50 order online – includes passes for both fall & spring art parties, two drink tickets for each, and enjoy a mixer with the artists and hors d’oeuvres at the VIP preview party from 6-7pm.

Exhibition by 25 visual artists, short films and fashion that includes t-shirtdesigns from Design the Difference and full sleeve tattoos modeled by clients of  Scooter’s Skin Art.  You’ll also want to shop for the finery in Shameless Commerce.

There is a henna artist from World Henna as well as a caricature artist who for a small fee will create a work of art just for you.

Enjoy a mix of musical performances, including Christian R&B/Pop singer George Lott, the bands 48 States Away and The Soul Committee. Poet and sound artist Wayne Mason from Lakeland, will present his working class inspired poetry that has appeared widely across the small press in print, online magazines and anthologies.

We are very pleased to welcome Shankh and his friends presenting the fusion band WAHH…with members Abhik Mukherjee on Sitar, Stevy on guitar, Ray Villadonga on Bass Guitar and Emily Williams on drum and Shankh on tabla and vocals.

The dramatic arts are represented through HIS Company, an ecumenical acting troupe sponsored by First Presbyterian Church of Lakeland, who will present excerpts from their upcoming living art show “All We Need Is Love”, in which famous works of art come to life revealing various manifestations of love in imaginative contexts.

Moxie Le Femme presents a cabaret-style show. Other dance performances are in the works.

Expect the unexpected as there are more surprises planned throughout the evening.

Annual Pass Holders (members), Platform Art donors and sponsors are invited to attend an exclusive VIP preview party from 6-7pm to mix and mingle with the artists and enjoy hors d’oeuvres before the Art Party begins at 7pm.

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