We recently went to a special evening at the Coral Springs art museum where we enjoyed a retrospective exhibit of works by Yuroz (Yuri Gevorgian), an Armenian-born painter in the neo-cubist style. This was Yuroz's favorite piece in the show since he emigrated to Russia from Armenia and then later when he left the communist regime he knew he could never return.

In an uncertain world Yuroz explains this work of art resonates most profoundly with him as it expresses immigrants uncertain about their futures, some unable to let go of the past and others striving to be optimistic about what lies ahead.  The story is his story and some of the figures he paints are his own two children.

Yuroz has remained true to his artistic integrity by going on to master many different mediums. With the release of the United Nations Mural for Human Rights created entirely in the technique of cubism, along with the opening of a one-man cubist show at the Coral Springs Museum of Art, Yuroz has taken his place in history along with the fathers of cubism.

On the same evening we had the pleasure of meeting Jim Morin, Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist for the Miami Herald. Morin began cartooning at the age of 7 and returned to it in the 70s when the Vietnam War and Watergate re-awakened his interest in cartooning.