Janet Gold

Member of: 
Public Art & Design Committee
 

Janet has been teaching art for 30 years, longer than she has been an artist. Seven years after she earned an M.Ed. in art education from Florida Atlantic University, she was hired at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, where she has been ever since. While teaching at the Art Institute, she obtained an MFA in Visual Arts from Miami International University of Art and Design.

Janet started her creative career as a photographer for a music magazine and has maintained her interest in the medium. Like many artists, Janet has moved from one medium to another in search of artistic expression. She began as a fiber artist, then moved to watercolor, then on to pastels. When she tired of breathing chalk dust, she took up collage. Quite naturally, she began to incorporate fabrics in her collages.

The artist leads a unique and fulfilling personal life as the wife of Coral Springs City Commissioner Roy Gold. The Golds have two grown children, a dog, a house in the suburbs and a station wagon – not exactly the Bohemian ideal, yet it suits Janet perfectly. She is fully supportive of her husband’s career, accompanies him to political events and is active in the Coral Springs community.