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Sample-McDougald House Preserves an Important Piece of Pompano Beach History
By Dave Baber
Early Pompano Beach-area settlers Albert and Maggie Sample (Albert was commonly known by his middle name, Neal) and their five children came to Broward County from South Carolina in 1911. They followed Neal’s younger brother, John M. Sample, who had arrived a few years earlier. By the time that Neal and Maggie had arrived, John Sample had secured a substantial amount of farmland, much of it purchased from the Florida East Coast Railway, and was developing a successful agricultural organization. By 1915, John decided to move out of South Florida, and Neal purchased and took control of his brother’s farming enterprise.
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A Stitch in Time:
The World Woven by Jonathan Rockford
By Rachel Galvin
A master of illusion, Jonathan Rockford plays with light and shape when molding his universe, a mix of tradition and modernity. Melding crocheted creations with motion pictures, he intersperses the fine art of craft-making with the newer medium of filmmaking, creating a three-dimensional experience that has a tendency to trick the eye of the viewer with its textures.
For him, crochet is about tension … and time. A single stitch is like a pixel in an image; together, they create a bigger picture and, thus, he creates a new artistic universe.
“Each stitch represents a moment in time and the relationship between one stitch and the next really determines the structural qualities of the entire piece. I feel that these elements inform the works that I have made, as well as bridge the gap between the other processes I explore (i.e. video art and working with found objects),” said Rockford.
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Art, Science, and the Gaps
By Samantha Rojas
“A mind that is stretched by a new
experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”
-Oliver Wendell Homes
Artist and neuroscience student Nzingah Oniwosan lives in the gaps. She has found an interesting way to bridge her personal gaps between art and business, art and science, and use it for her professional and community-oriented gains. By combining her zeal for art and her proclivity for science into a Teaching Artist business that sustains her financially, today she is on a mission to inspire and accentuate the developmental skills in special needs children. Nzingah finds that tomorrow she will be happiest as an artist and a doctor. “That is where I will conquer the world!” she says with a challenging smile.
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Ashanti:
Weaving Artistic Expression and Cultural Diversity for 20 Years
By Rachel Galvin
A strong, vivid garment is much richer by each added colorful thread; a painting more vibrant with each stroke of a new hue. And so our society is enriched by embracing the diversity of all cultures.
The importance of inclusion is central to Ashanti Cultural Arts, a cultural arts organization that goes into communities providing a much needed service. Founded by Linda Houston Jones in 1990, this organization began primarily as a way to offer instruction and access to artistic programs that highlighted the African-American experience. But through being inclusive of all cultures, everyone is welcome.
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Emma Trelles:
Inspired and Delighted by South Florida's Persistent Greenness
By Stephanie Krulik
As a child growing up in south Florida, Emma Trelles wanted to be a photographer − someone who looks at the world and records the view. As an adult, this award-winning poet, essayist and journalist uses the lens of her eye to capture her world and writes for the sound on the page. Her eye-camera is her words |
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Make ’em Laugh:
Julia Perlowski Teaches Theater
with a Smile
By Julie Levin
If you are looking for just one reason as to why Julia Perlowski is the 2011 Arts Teacher of the Year in Broward County, she isn't too shy to suggest just one of the things her students love about her. Simply put, she makes 'em laugh.
"I'm hilarious, I do everything with humor," said Perlowski, the Pompano Beach High School director of theater programs and instructor of English and reading, who has been running the drama programs for the past six years. |
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A Stitch in Time:
The World Woven by Jonathan Rockford
By Rachel Galvin
A master of illusion, Jonathan Rockford plays with light and shape when molding his universe, a mix of tradition and modernity. Melding crocheted creations with motion pictures, he intersperses the fine art of craft-making with the newer medium of filmmaking, creating a three-dimensional experience that has a tendency to trick the eye of the viewer with its textures.
For him, crochet is about tension … and time. A single stitch is like a pixel in an image; together, they create a bigger picture and, thus, he creates a new artistic universe.
“Each stitch represents a moment in time and the relationship between one stitch and the next really determines the structural qualities of the entire piece. I feel that these elements inform the works that I have made, as well as bridge the gap between the other processes I explore (i.e. video art and working with found objects),” said Rockford.
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