The Conversation

David Ponsler

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Blacksmith Photo: Laird You’ve had a long career working with metal. Tell us how that all began and when you first became interested in metalwork. My parents were from Indiana, and my father had wanderlust which is why at 17 he volunteered to serve overseas in WW2. In 1950 he was lured down to Jacksonville to partner with a man making playground equipment out of steel. The company was called Wonderland Products. My mother worked for an accountant until I started school and then she became the bookkeeper for the company. So, at six...

The Conversation … Heather Surface

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Owner/Operator, St. Johns River Taxi You and your husband operate the St. Johns River Taxi, but we hear that plans are to provide more than joyriding between the riverbanks. What changes have taken place and what do you envision changing in the future? Since the time we started operating the river taxi in 2014, downtown Jacksonville has changed significantly. Several tropical storms and a hurricane battered our downtown docks, and Irma completely destroyed the dock at the Jacksonville Zoo. (We had just launched...

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Darren Ronan, Owner/Teacher, Ronan School of Music Photo: Laura Evans You play drums and other percussion instruments, as well as string instruments including guitar, bass, and ukulele. Is there one you consider best at conveying your personal artistic voice? No one instrument in particular helps me express myself more than another. I am very fortunate in that I get to play in many different musical settings so anything I feel I need to express is able to happen. You teach music at Grace Episcopal Day School and then at...

Kim Vincenty Founder/President JACK Mental Health Advocacy

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Julie Shuford Photography We at Arbus have known you, Kim, since your days as co-owner of the Spiller Vincenty Gallery. Can you take a minute to stroll down memory lane and share a few anecdotes from your art sector days? My dear friend Marilyn Spiller and I co-owned Spiller Vincenty. We loved our years in the Jacksonville art scene and still have wonderful relationships with the artists we met along the way. We were passionate about introducing contemporary art to the Jacksonville market and creating a space where all art forms could...