Marya Summers

The Beijing Summer Olympics are history, which makes "Let the Games Begin: The Art of Competition and Just Plain Fun" an ideal way to reflect on how the issues and controversies this year fit into the bigger historical and global arena. Organized in five sections, the exhibit begins with "The...

"So This Is Florida" sums up life on the peninsula in many different ways. To start with, the exhibition of decorative book bindings and book jackets is state-themed. More significantly, it reminds us that in this part of the subtropics, even when it comes to something deep like literature, appearances...

Tapestry is too delicate a word for the chunky, textured weavings of Madie Lazenby. Created on a Navajo loom, hers are often bold – sometimes shaggy – wool creations that work with the varying textures of the medium, which are as much a part of the composition as the shapes...

"Paintings Beneath the Sea by Jason Mathias" lets museumgoers catch a school of fish by the South Florida artist who has been featured at the International Game Fish Association museum hall of fame. Presenting his aquatic subjects realistically, the artist often renders their environments impressionistically. For instance, Wide Open, which...

A flash course in the history of photography, from a practical documentary medium to a contemporary conceptual one, is available in the photographic gallery at the Boca Museum. An evolution in technology is reflected in selections of antique daguerreotypes, albumen prints, lantern glass slides, gelatin silver prints, and cibachrome prints...