About Us
Finding Inspiration in Every Turn
Our mission is to share, inspire and promote creativity in the arts through education, exhibitions, and outreach to our community.
OFFICERS
MARY JANE ZAPP
PRESIDENT
After over 30 years as a realtor, Mary Jane devotes her work to her first inspiration: Photography. APBC was also a natural attraction- an eclectic group of talented folks who encourage each other to each reach for their respective stars. Mary Jane enjoys participating in shows, working with children’s projects with APBC, and all the diversity of community opportunities that are created by this group of people who are interesting and interested. Join us!
JOEL KAYE
VICE PRESIDENT
Joel Kaye is a Kitchen Designer by trade. He’s carved Adirondack style screen doors and mirror frames for over ten years. Since moving to Florida he’s started to learn oil painting. While new to painting he enjoys it very much and is working to develop as an artist in his spare time.
AL ROJAS
Office Manager
My works attempt at balancing the abstract with the representational, colorful, linear and geometric. I use a chaotic process to produce abstract imagery and backgrounds and using every step of the way to control the work giving it a cense of order and composition to come up with a blend of abstract-representational images – see some of my works at my signature artists page. Currently Al is the organization’s Treasurer.
BONNIE SUMMER
SECRETARY OF THE BOARD
Bonnie Summer was born and raised in South Florida. She started painting birds and dragons at 7 years old. Over the years, Bonnie dabbled in ceramics, silk screening, charcoal and pastel sketches, before discovering acrylic paints. Today, she enjoys painting wildlife with acrylic paint on canvas. She became a member of the Artists of Palm Beach County about a year and a half ago and holds the position of secretary on their Board.
CAROLE PITCHNEY
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRWOMAN
Carole Pichney is an acrylic painter specializing in interiors and travel related paintings. Although not professionally trained, she has taken numerous painting classes in New York and Florida. These include the Art Students League, The National Academy of Design, The Center for Visual Arts, The East Ends Arts Council and the Armory Art Center. She joined the Board two years ago after moving here from Long Island.
LYDIA DARDI
DORECTOR AT LARGE
I am primarily a landscape artist but also enjoy painting birds and flowers, especially those found in our beautiful Florida wetland preserves. My medium is pastels. I sketch on location and ultimately paint from my own photographs.
KAREN KARMAZIN
DIRECTOR AT LARGE
My works attempt at balancing the abstract with the representational, colorful, linear and geometric. I use a chaotic process to produce abstract imagery and backgrounds and using every step of the way to control the work giving it a cense of order and composition to come up with a blend of abstract-representational images – see some of my works at my signature artists page. Currently Al is the organization’s Treasurer.
DENNIS LEON
DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Once a professional photographer, then professional no more … now a Photography Lover dedicated to share and educate the Art of Photography
MAXINE SCHREIBER
DIRECTOR AT LARGE
A retired Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Maxine received a Masters degree in Expressive Therapies in 1977 from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. She was a psychotherapist for over thirty years. In 2005, she closed her private practice of sixteen years to devote her fulltime to oil painting, fiction and non-fiction writing.. Though primarily an impressionistic landscape painter who loves creating art, showing, and selling her work, she gets equal pleasure writing about and promoting the artists and art establishments that make up the fabulous art scene in Palm Beach County.