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You'vebeentoMoMA,now cometoPaPA
PaPAisthenameofthenew exhibition TheSummerexhibition,"Yvonne
spaceandculturalcenterinEastern Parker&Friends,"July16-August28,
Pennsylvania,twohoursfrom New York showedacollaborativeartprojectin
City.PaPA(ParkerandParkerArt)is whichYvonneinvitedcontemporary
housedinthecentury-old,33,000 artists/friendstosharefragmentsof
squarefoot,historicWelwoodSilkMill theirownwork,whichwerethen
buildinginWhiteMills,PA. incorporatedbyParkerintoher
"FragmentedBeauty"series.
TheinauguralSpringopening
receptiononMay28,2011featured TheFallexhibitionfusedMusic,Artand
highlightsoftheprivateartcollection Danceinashow called"MAD",
ofRonaldandYvonneParker,exhibited September10-October16,2011.
atthenewlyrenovatedArtSpace
withinPaPA.Thisgorgeousspace Collectingarthasbeenthedriving
resemblesaChelseagallerywith16' passionoftheParkerssincetheymetat
ceilingsandbeautifulwoodenfloors. theBaselArtFairinSwitzerlandin
1990.Whenaskedwhatmotivateshim,
TheParkershaveownedormanaged Ronaldstated,"Thereisnothingmore
23galleriesinAmericaandEurope. excitingandrewardingthantoshare
Theirinternationalcollectionofmainly artwiththepublic."
contemporaryart,acquiredovera
30-yearperiod,includespaintings, Ronaldisanartist,writer,thespian,
sculptures,photographs,installations Ph.D.psychologistandentrepreneur.
andassemblagesbyover50artists, Yvonneisanartistandinteriordesigner
including Chemiakin,Lempicka, (NYSID).
Subirachs,deWeldonandRodin.
