Catherine Hinman

The Winter Park home, built in 1955 on property that backs up to Lake Osceola on Palmer Avenue, was designed by celebrated architect James Gamble Rogers II, who during his decades-long career had a profound influence on the city’s architectural aesthetic. The home was lovingly restored and thoughtfully modernized by Carrie and Daryl Carter.

To plot its course for the future, the Maitland Art Center only had to look to its past. Three new interconnected education buildings, announced by the Art & History Museums of Maitland (A&H) in late 2022, will allow the campus to double enrollment in its popular art classes while increasing the number of artists who may use studio space in the historic original buildings.

Photography by Carlos Amoedo and Scott Cook Julia Derkowski, who’ll graduate from Rollins this spring, co-hosts Rise and Shine on WPRK. The spunky student-run station, which can be found at 91.5 on your dial, celebrated its 70th anniversary last December.