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About ADSPB
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 Members fashioned in Roaring Twenties attire are from left to right, Loretta Smith (special events), Mark Smith (vice president), Sharon Koskoff (president), Tony Crosby, and Amy Clyman (secretary). The mission of the Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches is to promote education, preservation, and awareness of Art Deco and Twentieth Century art, architecture, and design. The society works to obtain listings of buildings for placement on the National Register of Historic Places. Hundreds of architectural treasures have been identified and a network of Art Deco enthusiasts have been brought together. The original founding members were Alan Bernstein, David Bittner, Elaine Schneider, Gloria Fruchter, Ira Schneider, Kris Bauer, Loretta Smith, Mark Smith, Samuel Brams, and Sharon Koskoff. New enthusiasts Amy Clyman, Anne Weir, David Edgar, Donna Kay Blodgett, Soni Fine, and Sylvia Resnick came on board shortly after. Sharon Koskoff, the founding President, was a member of the Art Deco Society of New York in the early 1980s. She was known as the "Art Deco Lady" who painted "super-graphic" murals in the Decometric style (original art of the late Twentieth Century inspired by Art Deco). In 1985, Koskoff moved to Delray Beach, Florida. The following year she met Barbara Baer Capitman, founder of the Miami Design Preservation League, who convinced her to organize the Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches. The first organizational meeting was August 5, 1987. The historic preservation group incorporated on January 27, 1988 and became a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 organization on January 14, 1994. The Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches is a member of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council, the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the International Coalition of Art Deco Societies. |
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