Start your new year off right with the best in music, art and fun at Old Town Untapped on January 6, 2023! The headliner band is Girlfriend Material, one of the most dynamic party bands in South Florida. Visit Bailey Contemporary Arts Center (BaCa) to meet this month’s featured artist in residence, mosaic wizard Darcy Roberts. Attend the opening reception for the stirring new exhibition, Men Painting Women. Enjoy craft beer, food trucks, and artist vendors selling unique and artistic merchandise, and meet and mingle with the bustling crowd. Old Town Untapped takes place on the first Friday of the month from 6 – 10 p.m. and is free for all ages to attend. The lively street festival happens in the heart of Downtown Pompano, near Bailey Contemporary Arts Center (BaCA). Learn more at www.pompanobeacharts.org.
Live Music: Girlfriend Material
This group is a contagiously high energy and fun cover band playing a wide range of the music we all know and love across many genres, including alternative, rock, pop, and surf. True party music! The group features the talents of Bryan Smith on guitar and vocals, Tom Coughter on bass and vocals, and Mike McCleary on drums and vocals
BaCA AiR Featured Artist: Darcy Roberts
Come meet this brilliant mosaic artist who is inspired by color, movement, and nature. Having lived in England, Germany, and Spain, she enjoys experimenting with varied cultural influences, and her art is constantly evolving. Known for her mixed media tile works featured in public spaces, she has been commissioned to create large scale mosaic murals by schools, office buildings, and The Phoenix Children’s Hospital, among others, and exhibited at the prestigious L.A. Art Show in 2020. She recently moved to Pompano Beach from Redondo Beach, California, and is excited about her residency at BaCA, where she is focusing on the labor-intensive process of creating mini mosaics that will be used in a future large-scale mural.
Exhibition at BaCA: Men Painting Women
Bailey Contemporary Arts Center (BaCA) is proud to present a group exhibition that explores how male painters portray women in their artwork. This exhibition is curated by artist Robert Shirk and features his own pieces along with other award-winning artists including Herbie Martin, Leonardo Montoya, Wilson Romero and Weldon Ryan. The opening reception takes place on Friday, January 6, 2023, during Old Town Untapped, from 6 p.m.-10 p.m., and the exhibition, in the East and Central Galleries, runs through March 28, 2023.
About the City of Pompano Beach Cultural Affairs Department
The mission of the Cultural Affairs Department is to provide cultural programming that includes visual arts, digital media, music, film, theater, dance and public art for the enjoyment and enrichment of residents and visitors to Pompano Beach, Broward County, and the greater South Florida area. The department programs and manages the City’s premiere cultural arts venues including the Pompano Beach Cultural Center, Ali Cultural Arts Center, Bailey Contemporary Arts Center, and the Blanche Ely House Museum. The department also oversees the City’s Public Art Program and the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts’ Our Town grant awarded to the Pompano Beach Crossroads place-making arts initiative.
