Celebrity Announces Art Center Partnership

Celebrity Cruises is offering an opportunity for guests to create original works of their own in a new venue on Celebrity Silhouette, The Art Studio. Located within the Lawn Club area on the top deck, The Art Studio will offer lectures, demonstrations and interactive classes ranging from jewelry creation to sketching to painting, all led by master artists through Celebrity’s new partnership with ArtCenter/South Florida.

When Celebrity Silhouette debuts in July, guests can participate in sessions with two master artists, Leslie LaCombe and Armando Droulers, sourced through ArtCenter/South Florida.

LaCombe worked in the art departments of film and television for many years. She resides in Miami, teaches at ArtCenter/South Florida, and continues to produce hand-crafted precious stone and metal jewelry in her studio located on South Beach.

Droulers is an art historian, artist and educator who studied at Bard College, Academia de Arte Federico Brandt, New World School of the Arts and the University of South Florida. He lectures extensively on art and culture, and also organizes art tours and cultural events across the globe. On Celebrity Silhouette, Droulers will teach drawing, watercolor and collage classes, offer presentations on the history and art of the destinations the ship visits, and will lead art and wine lectures in the CellarMasters wine bar and sketching courses in various ports of call.

Opened in 1984, ArtCenter/South Florida is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance the knowledge and practice of contemporary visual art and culture in the Miami-Dade area. The educational branch offers 125 classes annually for all skill levels, provides summer Art Camp for Kids and is involved in extensive community outreach.