After four wonderful years on Lake Avenue in Downtown Lake Worth, Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery has moved to 15 South J Street, Lake Worth. They will be celebrating this move with thirty-two local artists; most mainstays of the gallery. Joining them are six new artists with museum quality works.The gallery celebrates the move with a Grand Opening on Friday, May 3rd from 6-9PM. Moving from a long, narrow, dark space into a beautiful, new, articulated and well lit gallery, the artists feel like they have emerged from a cocoon, unfurling their butterfly wings. In this space everything looks new. Traditionally the gallery celebrates its birthdays by releasing 100 butterflies. This year the butterflies are scarce and endangered. This year there will be 100 beautifully crafted butterflies for the first 100 visitors to the gallery. In addition, lanterns of peace and good fortune will be launched into the night sky.

Among the gallery’s new artists are Emilio Aponte-Sierra, Steve Brouse and Barbara Schwartz. Each brings a distinctive body of work. Emilio, a transplant from Miami, is a new resident of Palm Beach. His intricate paper sculptures were featured in Designer’s Week in Miami and graced many of the local and national fashion magazines. Encased in Lucite, they are an imposing presence throughout the gallery. Steve Brouse’ works are strong and colorful contrasts of bold images painted onto furniture, fronds, cars and tapestries. Originally a 3-D artist who graduated to paintings and murals, he is returning to his roots. Barbara Schwartz is a specialist in porcelain works finished with her own exotic glazes and lusters. Her wonderfully formed constructions look like painstaking carvings. Her decorative plates are works of image and narrative taking weeks to complete.

Clay Glass Metal Stone Cooperative Gallery is sponsored by the Flamingo Clay Studio, a non-profit arts organization whose mission is to provide affordable studio and gallery space for three-dimensional artists. The gallery is located at 15 South J. Street in downtown Lake Worth. Hours are Sunday thru Tuesday, 9AM-1PM. Wednesday thru Saturday, 9AM-9PM. Gallery openings are the first and third Friday of each month from 6-9 PM with many special events in-between.

For information call Joyce Brown-215-205-9441 or JCLay6@aol.com. Gallery phone: 561-588-8344.