John Buck and Deborah Butterfield Receive Montana's Governor's Arts Award

Congratulations to John Buck and Deborah Butterfield whose work has been recognized by the Montana Arts Council with a 2010 Governor's Arts Award.  The Governor's Arts Awards program honors outstanding citizens and organizations in Montana whose achievements in the arts have been of great value to the state's culture.

They were recognized at a ceremony in the state Capitol's Old Supreme Court Chambers Friday, January 22, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. 

Boaz Vaadia on White Collar!

I was certainly excited to see one of Boaz Vaadia's pieces featured on the USA network's fun new series White Collar.  And, they mentioned Boaz by name!  For those of you for whom popular television culture isn't all consuming (as it is for me) White Collar features a very slick art thief/con man played by the very slick young actor Matt Bomer who, after an unfortunate incarceration, is forced to help the FBI on high-end crimes.  This week's episode found them in the home of a young trustifarion whose art collection was the target of a nasty, but attractive, thief.  If you really don't have an hour to invest in this kind of eye-candy, you can catch Boaz' piece on Hulu at http://www.hulu.com/watch/127084/white-collar-home-invasion?c=1185:1310

You may have to sign up for a Hulu account to see the video clip, but it's free and who knows?  You may discover the forbidden pleasures of non-HBO or PBS TV.  Enjoy!

Boaz Vaadia in Israeli Press

Congratulations to Boaz Vaadia on the installation of his beautiful piece, Asa & Yehoshafat, in Tel Aviv's Independence Park.  Here is a link to an Israeli press article on the work.  Those of us who don't read Hebrew can enjoy the lovely image of the piece in its new home on the left.

Tel Aviv web:  http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/arts