Artist: Linda Serrao

Location: Ali Cultural Center

The Public Art Committee created a Call to Artists looking for a prefabricated artwork that represented the Ali Cultural Arts Center’s performing arts background. Linda Serrao’s Le Corsaire was a perfect selection for this theme as the bronze artwork represents a dancer in flight.

Built in the 1930s, Ali Cultural Arts is a rare surviving example of early 20th century architecture that once comprised a thriving commercial district along Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (historically named Rock Road).The Mission of the Historic Ali Cultural Arts is to both celebrate the history and culture of the African American community in Pompano Beach and to enhance local access to the cultural arts, with a focus on dance, music and the spoken word, including poetry, storytelling and theater, as part of the Downtown Pompano Creative Arts District.

Ali Cultural Arts is a platform to enrich the community through visual and performing arts. Visual art exhibitions feature the best in local, regional, national artists, while intimate receptions will engage patrons in creative dialogue as they enjoy eclectic musical programs.

The artist describes the work as figurative and realistic, meant to capture a moment in time and to reflect our relationships to other peoples, other creatures, and to the environment which we all share. Beauty comes in many forms in the world around us—in people of all sizes, sexes, colors, ages, and cultures, in animals both familiar and unusual, and in creatures both real and imagined. The artist uses this rich variety to create unique, expressive sculptures. She believes art should reveal a little about the times and values in which it is created, and strives to subtly imply a symbol or story or situation within her figures. For more information on the art, please visit https://www.lindaserrao.com/ .