Heritage Florida Jewish News - Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice

Joanne Fink grew up on the Main Line in Philadelphia, Pa., the daughter of first-generation Polish/Austrian and Russian immigrants.

Fink found her passion for art in high school. Her parents were the ones who inspired her by exposing her to their love for the visual arts and music.

"Both of my parents went to Temple University. My mother studied to be an English teacher and my father a pathologist. However, they both had creative passions - my mother for art history, my father, for the cello," Fink said. "When I was growing up, he played every weekend, and when he retired, he started playin...