The recent opening of new paintings and collages by Bruce Helander at ArtHouse 429 brought out a crowd of nearly 200 art aficionados, who enjoyed cocktails in the adjoining sculpture garden designed by Claudia Helander and accented by towering sculptures by Edwina Sandys and John Martini.
Among the guests were artists Helmut Koller, Alyssa di Edwardo, Donna Long, Raul Vega, Sam Perry, Debbie Mostel and Linda Prince, interior designer Cynthia Thomas; television producer Gloria Viseltear; architect Lee Kvarnberg; musicians Mark Telesca and Rick Geragi from Blues Dragon; and Boca Raton Museum of Art curator, Marisa Pascucci; arts patron Vicki Halmos, Catherine Brownstone, Stephania Conrad, former Congressman Mark Foley, Cheryl Gowdy, Emily DiMaggio, were among the other attendees.