
Lorenzo
T. Langford
Mayor
Council
Members
Craig
Callaway, President
Ramone Rosario, Vice President
Gibbs
Jones
Marty Small
Craig Callaway
William "Speedy" Marsh
Dennis Mason
Timothy Mancuso
Cassandra McCall
Eugene Robinson
Ramone Rosario
Appointed
Commission Members
Lennox Warner, Chairman
Joanna LaSane, Vice Chair
Jessica Devlin, Treasurer
Blondell Spellman, 1 ward
Valeria Jones, 2 Ward
Pattie Harris, 3 ward
Winona Robinson, 5 Ward
Cynthia Hammond, At-Large
Ralph Hunter
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LENNOX
WARNER
Chairman Sculptor
Term:
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Lennox
started sculpting on his own in 1998, and later took painting
classes at the Ocean City Arts Center, New Jersey in 2001,
under the watchful eye of Patty Ray Guckus. His first three
sculptures were from a Maple tree that he found on a Street
in Brooklyn, New York. At that time, He did not know how
to cure or treat wood. The tools that he used were regular
carpenter chisels and a wooden mallet.
Today,
He has carving gouges and modeling tools worth hundreds
of dollars. His Sculptures and Paintings have been exhibited
in many galleries and museums.
Lennox,
has exhibited his art at the Ernest Rubenstein Gallery in
Manhattan, New York, the Atlantic City Public Library, the
Atlantic City Arts Center and the African American Heritage
Museum in Newtonville, New Jersey. He spent the summer of
2003 in Antigua, West Indies, where he collaborated with
well-known artist Anthony Hopkins on a sculpture called the
Pineapple Lady. Also, Lennox was one of forty artist selected
to participate in the Lighthouse Art project sponsored by
the Atlantic County Community College, New Jersey. A local
architect purchased his Lighthouse. Lennox is a graduate
of Baruch College, New York City and is currently employed
in Casino Gaming Industry.
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Ilona
Sochynsky is an award winning artist and designer. Her
graphic design firm specializes in graphic identity and
corporate communications programs, promotional campaigns
and signage.
A
resident of Margate, Sochynsky has earned a bachelor of
fine arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design and
a master’s degree from Yale University. She has recently
completed a collaboration with the Noyes Museum of Art
as Artist-in-Residence on a multi-component community art
project. She has also been commissioned to create the impressive
46 foot by 22 foot work of art entitled The Fishing Pier.
This mural pays tribute to Atlantic City’s Italian
community and is located on Arctic and Mississippi Avenues.
Since
1998 Sochynsky has been making an in-depth study of South
Jersey’s beautiful resort areas, and has published
a series of limited edition prints featuring Margate, Atlantic
City, Ocean City and Stone Harbor. Between 1981 – 2003
her works have been shown in dozens of exhibits in the
United States, including New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware,
Washington, New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Atlantic City,
Rhode Island.
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JOANNA
LASANE
Vice Chairperson
Arts
Education
Term: 2004-2008
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Joanna La Sane is the Director of the Atlantic City Children's
Theatre and
Drama Consultant for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Complex,
the Center for
Early Childhood Education and the Atlantic City Board of Education.
Her theatrical training has come from the eminent and prestigious
director,
Mr. Lloyd Richards, former Dean of the Yale University
School of Drama in New
Haven, Connecticut, Artistic Director of the Eugene O'Neil
Playwrights
Conference in Waterford, Connecticut.
She has
attended the Uta Hagen-Herbert Berghof Studio for the theatre
in New
York, New York and Montclair State College for theatre
and speech.
Renown
schools for dance include Ballet Arts, American School
of Ballet, New
York; International School of Dance, Carnegie hall, New
York. She has studied
dance with such great teachers as Martha Graham, Katherine
Dunham, George
Ballenchine, Benjamin Harkavy, Talley Beatty, Pearl Primus,
Jamie Rodgers and
Arthur Mitchell.
Mrs. LaSane is a board member of numerous organizations,
including the
Atlantic County Cultural & Heritage. She is Vice Chairman
of the Atlantic City Fine Arts Commission and Atlantic
County Womens Hall of Fame Inductee.
Mrs.
LaSane is also the first African American woman appointed
to the New
Jersey State Council on the Arts.
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Ralph
E Hunter, Sr., founded the African American Heritage Museum.
Hunter began a personal collection African American cultural,
artistic, and media images that inspired the museum. His
dream was to display it in an effort to preserve history
and transform his treasures into an exhibit. After more
than three decades of acquiring pieces, the collection
now numbers in the thousands, and Mr. Hunter is committed
to sharing it with others.
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LEONARD
WILKINSON
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Leonard
was born in Orange, New Jersey were he attended school
there and gratuated from East Orange High School in 1962.
Upon
graduation Leonard, worked for an advertising agency
in Montclair, New Jersey, until his induction into the Armed
Forces. His separation from the Air Force in 1970,
lead him back to his hometown where he join the police
department. After
serving seven years on the police department , he decided
that he would continue his education and returned to
art school. After one year of partime study Leonard was asked
by one of his instructors to apply for fulltime acceptance.
Leonard
was accepted to Parson School of Design as an illustration
major. From there he studied at the Art Students
League and the Newark School of Design and Industrial Arts.
Leonard,
worked in the casino industry and left to pursue his
art on a full-time basis. Currently he is doing custom
framing at a local craft store.
Leonard
works in pen and ink, pastel and acrylics as well as
watercolor. He has shown his work throughout the North
and South Jersey area, in Chicago and at the Philadelphia
Black Art Expo, A member of the Atlantic City art
center, the Ocaen City Art Leaque. In March of 2002,
he completed
a one man show at the Ocean City Art Center. He has painted
several murals in Brigantine and completed a restoration
of the Kentucky Ave Jazz Mural. He was also commissioned
to Paint the official Portrait of the late and former
Mayor
Mr. James Usry for the new Day Care Center name in
his honor. In association with the Minority Board of
Atlantic Cape Community
College, Leonard was commissioned to paint one of the
lighthouses in their Beacons of Light Program.
Mr.
Wilkinson is available for murals, pastel portraits and his
beautiful “Heritage Portraits” which
are done in pen and ink from old photos a great way to
restore
and preserve the heritage and history found in old family
photos.
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WINONA
ROBINSON
Visual Design
Term: 2002-2006
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Visual
Arts 5th Ward Representative
35 years of costume and hair design. I share my creative talents with friends
and clients. A proponent for Arts Education. I've also been involved with the
Martin S. Wilson, Jr. Center for the Arts including their Mural Arts Program.
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PATTIE
HARRIS
Performing Arts
Term: 2004-2008
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SHARONE
E. BROWN-JACKSON
Arts
Education
Former Chair ACAC |
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Dr.
PHOEBE FARRIS
Friend
of ACAC |
A
summer resident and homeowner in Atlantic City, Dr. Phoebe
Farris is a Full Professor of Art and Design/Women’s
Studies at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
As an independent curator, photographer, professor, author,
and art therapist, Dr. Farris explores issues involving
race, gender, indigenous sovereignty, Native
American Studies, the environment, peace, and social justice from an interdisciplinary
perspective. Her books, Voices of Color; Art and Society in the Americas
and Women Artists of Color: A Bio-critical Sourcebook
to 20th Century Artists in
the Americas, create a dialogue about the intersections of social activism
and the arts. Dr. Farris has been inspired in her research
by fellow Powhatan intellectual,
Dr. Jack D. Forbes, Professor Emeritus of Native American Studies at the
University of California, Davis. A
member of the Powhatan-Renape Nation, here in NJ, Dr.
Farris is involved in local, national, and international
Native
American
issues.
She is frequently sought
as a consultant on Native American art and culture.
Active in the contemporary art world, Dr. Farris has exhibited in national
and international venues including the 1996 Women of Color video production
at the Beijing,
China International Women’s Conference and at the Parish Gallery
in Washington, D.C. as part of the Smithsonian’s opening celebration
of its National Museum of the American Indian. She
has also served as a consultant and guest curator for museums, galleries,
and
the U.
S. Department of State. Dr.
Farris received a Bachelor’s degree
in Fine Arts from City College of the City University in New York, a
Master’s degree in Art Therapy
from Pratt Institute, New York, and a Ph.D. in Art Education from the
University of
Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
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