Big things begin at a little art space called Solace.
The studio-gallery in Surf City is owned and operated by fine artist and retired event planner and award-winning CEO Franny Andahazy, who lives next door to Solace with her husband artist Michael Nedeau and their dog.
The couple recently moved to LBI full time from Boston, where for 35 years they ran her large-scale special events company called PBD (originally for “Party By Design”), specializing in design and fabrication.
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