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51ST ANNUAL

VIRTUAL EVENT 2021 MARCH 6 & 7 “Yellow Light” by Nneka Jones We thank our sponsors ...

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And we thank our community partners for their generous support.

Roddy Brownlee Reed Memorial Fund

Eileen Hirsch Memorial Suzanne Camp Crosby Ann Marie Campbell Emerging Artist Award Memorial Award & Sam Giunta

Campegia van Calcar-Sugar Jane & Vance Arnett Jennifer Malin & Marc Dahl

John & Judy Scheffel Laura Cacioppo Sandra Sroka

Sheila Seig & John Mullen Emily Shrider In Memory of Erin Konley Karen Price Justin Paul Brown

Lisa & Chuck Carver Jack & Marcia Cohen

Festival President/Co-Chairs Message 4 Board of Directors 5 Festival Committees 6 Festival Jurors 7 Awards 8 Collectors Krewe 9 Local Artist Spotlight 10 Emerging Artists 11 Festival Image Artist 12 Artist Listings 13-15 Art Collectors in Training 16 Scholastic Showcase 17 Interactive Experiences 18 History of the festival & Best of Show winners 19-20 Entertainment 21 TBBCA Chalk Walk 22 Acknowledgements 23-24

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On behalf of the Board of Directors, the Festival Committee and our hundreds of volunteers, welcome to the 51st annual Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, our first ever virtual event! In an unprecedented year, communities need to heal, and art provides the unique and powerful opportunity to help us connect with each other and all humanity. Imagine going through the COVID-19 pandemic without the connections that art can give us to keep us challenged, motivated and hopeful. Our festival artists have been greatly affected by the pandemic, so we hope you will show your support to them by purchasing their artwork as you also reinforce our mission enabling those artists to do what they do best – inspire us all. Since our founding 51 years ago GFA has been a trailblazer and in keeping with that legacy we’re pleased to be the first fine arts festival to jury a virtual show and award prize money: $80,000 in total, including the $15,000 Raymond James Best in Show Award. We hope you’ll join us virtually as we announce the award winners live on Saturday, March 6th at 6pm. Planning for this year’s virtual festival has been an extraordinary effort that couldn’t have been possible without the dedication, passion and resolve of our members, all volunteers numbering more than 100. A special thank you to the families of our members for sharing them with us – we know how valuable their time is. We owe a great deal of gratitude to our title sponsor Raymond James, our many other sponsors, partners, and collaborators and especially the City of Tampa and Hillsborough County. Without their support, we would not be able to present such a high-caliber juried arts festival to the Tampa Bay area; and this Festival would not be at the top of each artist’s list for participation if not for the amazing reception they receive from our community and the many savvy art supporters who purchase and collect their artwork, aware of how prestigious it is to be accepted. Thank you for being passionate supporters of the arts and helping to sustain the livelihood of these professional artists. Our over 250 juried artists represent a range of artistic styles, mediums, and price-points. Those invited this year include a mixture of returning artists and artists exhibiting for the first time--we love having that blend of “familiar and new” which helps keep the festival fresh. We are also proud to show the work of emerging artists, special needs artists, and student artists as part of our mission of inclusion and support for a diversity of art and artists. Being a part of this Festival and interacting with our volunteers, artists, and visitors, whether from the local community or beyond, has been one of the greatest joys of my life. I and all involved in presenting the 2021 GFA hope you have a wonderful experience, this year from the comfort of your own environment, as you explore, get inspired, participate in artist Q&A’s, enjoy the entertainment, discover your inner creativity, become a collector, or whatever brings you happiness. Enjoy our virtual festival, as we look forward to seeing you in person again next year!

Jamie Jenkins Vice President, Board of Directors Katrina Daniels Co-Chair Liaison

John Scheffel Deon Bent, Tara Knauss-Wilga, Denny Umphreys President, Board of Directors 2021 Festival Co-chairs

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Executive Board Officers

President John Scheffel Secretary Erin Konley Vice President Jamie Jenkins Treasurer Karen Price

Board Members Advisory Board Members Diane Altwies Ashly Anderson* Laura Cacioppo Jane Pope Arnett Patricia S. Fosnaught Mark Brown Ann Leavengood Giles Lisa Carver Christina Klapper-Gonzalez Jack A. Cohen Erin Konley Suzanne Camp Crosby Tiffanie Jansen Katrina Daniel Jamie Jenkins Katrina Darrigan Ya La’ford Bobbie Donaldson Jennifer R. Malin Shaun Drinkard* Tommy McDonnell Tim Garding Karen Price Carol Gaynor* John Scheffel Andy George* Emily Shrider Mitzi Gordon Sandra Sroka Brenda Gregory Michelle Szekeres Zoe Gustafson Ben Videtto Brandon Hicks* Elizabeth Klein Jennifer McKie Amy Neumann Jodie Orozco* Ex-Officio Members Jennifer Painter Adam Raschke* Mayor Jane Castor Meaghan Farrell Scalise Andy Maass Sheila Seig Debra Souza Allison Shamblin Michael Silver Ann-Eliza Taylor *Past Board Presidents James Vasiloff*

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The Festival Committee

The Festival Committee is a group of dedicated volunteers who bring the festival together each year. While the Board of Directors handles all policy matters and fundraising, the committee of festival volunteers assumes the many duties necessary to present an event of this magnitude. Led by the festival Co-Chairs, each of the committee volunteers handles specific tasks and takes responsibility for a particular area of the festival.

Festival Co-Chairs Deon Bent | Tara Knauss-Wilga | Denny Umphreys

Festival Committee Members Kessanda Abel Ken Kingrey Shawn Scalise Daron Anchors Elizabeth Klein Meaghan Scalise Nicole Antonini Tara Knauss-Wilga Sheila Seig Cindy Bauna Erin Konley Allison Shamblin Deon Bent Jennifer Kozlovsky Keith Shamblin Lisa Carver Michelle Kozlovsky Emily Shrider Bob Coates Jacob Labutka Rich Silvagni Chayo Conas Tommy McDonnell Kayleigh Spangler Ayden Donovan Michele McHugh Sara Snader Sarah Etzkorn Jen McKie Ann-Eliza Taylor Patt Fosnaught Tony Monk Zulma Torres Tim Garding Jeff Nader Denny Umphreys Erika George Adam Nichols Pat Van Bueren Angie Gibbons Judy Norlin Jennifer Versaggi Michael Giorgi Barbara Nordlund Ben Videtto Mitzi Gordon Rosy Ovalles-Tavaras Scott Waltz Hope Gough Jennifer Painter Todd Wilber Brenda Gregory Kristine Pawloski Ashley Williams Rebecca Hagen Sabrina Pollard Kalah Woerner Tiffanie Jansen Catherine Ranaldi Michael Justen Adam Raschke

Interested in getting involved? Please visit gasparillaarts.org/festival-committee to review descriptions of various volunteer responsibilities and to get in touch.

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Festival Award Juror Dr. Nadiah Rivera Fellah Associate Curator of Contemporary Art Cleveland Museum of Art

Dr. Nadiah Rivera Fellah is the Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In her prior position at the Newark Museum of Art, Fellah curated the celebrated exhibition Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth, and served as primary author and editor for the accompany catalogue. Fellah has held curatorial positions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. She specializes in Latin American and global contemporary art, and holds a PhD in Art History from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center.

Artist awards are determined solely at the discretion of the Festival Award Juror and the award-winning pieces are displayed Saturday evening at The Showcase.

Selection Jurors

H. Alexander Rich, PhD Barbara St. Clair Executive Director and CEO, Creative Pinellas Chief Curator, Polk Museum of Art

Chris Valle Howayda Affan Artist and Chair Executive Director, and Professor of Morean Arts Center Art and Design, UT

Emerging Artist Selection Juror Amanda Poss Director, Gallery 221 at HCC

For full juror bios visit: gasparillaarts.com/jurors

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Awards

Raymond James Best of Show Award $ 15,000

Board of Directors Award $ 9,000 Mayor’s Award $ 5,000 Roddy Brownlee Reed Award of Artistic Excellence $ 4,000 President’s Award $ 3,000 Suzanne Camp Crosby Memorial Award $ 2,000 Eileen Hirsch Memorial Emerging Artist Award $ 1,500 Awards of Merit (30 awards of $1,300 each) $ 39,000 Lightning Foundation Scholastic Showcase Award (Student) $ 1,000 Lightning Foundation Scholastic Showcase High School Representative Award (Student’s School) $ 500 Artist Awards $ 80,000

Named awards: $1,300 each

Anne Marie Campbell & Sam Giunta Award of Merit Marcia and Jack Cohen Award of Merit ARTicles Art Gallery Award of Merit Red Fox Delivery Award of Merit Diane Buckley Award of Merit Remembering GFA Family and Friends Award of Merit Emily Shrider Award of Merit Sandra Sroka Award of Merit Erin Konley Award of Merit Sheila Seig and John Mullen Award of Merit Five Studios Award of Merit Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP Award of Merit Harbinger Sign Award of Merit Tada! Award of Merit Harold Scheffel Memorial Award of Merit Tampa Bay Times Award of Merit In Memory of Justin Paul Brown Award of Merit Tampa Electric and TECO People’s Gas Award of Jane and Vance Arnett Award of Merit Merit Jennifer Malin and Marc Dahl Award of Merit The Bank of Tampa Award of Merit J.J. Taylor Award of Merit The Barrymore Hotel Award of Merit Juanita Cacioppo Memorial Award of Merit Wellington Counseling Group Award of Merit Karen Price Award of Merit WUSF Award of Merit Kelly M. Klein Memorial Award of Merit Zukku Sushi Award of Merit Lisa and Chuck Carver Award of Merit

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The Collectors Krewe The Collectors Krewe offers an opportunity for individuals and businesses to support the artists of their choice directly while enjoying sponsor benefits and adding to their personal art collections.

In an unprecedented year, our community the quality of the exhibition, an attractive needs to heal. Art has the unique and location, and a guarantee that patrons powerful influence to help us connect will purchase art during the Festival. with our neighbors and humanity. That guarantee is secured through a Imagine going through the COVID-19 program benefiting artists and patrons, pandemic without art to connect us to formerly known as the Purchase Awards our communities and keep us challenged, Program and now dubbed the “Collectors motivated and hopeful. Krewe.” The Collectors Krewe enables individuals and businesses to support the Our festival artists have been greatly artists directly, and grow their personal affected by the pandemic. And the legacy collections. of the festival over the past 50 years needs your support to continue. Collectors Krewe members — individuals and businesses alike — pledge to purchase Please show your support to the Gasparilla artwork at the Gasparilla Festival of the Festival of the Arts and our mission to Arts. Members enjoy the opportunity to support artists do what they do best – support artists of their choice, procure fine inspire us all. art pieces for their homes or offices, and Gasparilla Festival of the Arts attracts place their names in Festival marketing many of the best artists exhibiting on the materials for all Festival visitors to see. outdoor circuit. The Festival is attractive to artists because it offers substantial prize money, a juried show that ensures

Committment levels have different benefits To view the committment levels and benefits or to order Krewe Bucks, visit: gasparillaarts.org/collectors-krewe

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Local Artist Spotlight

The Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts is committed to the enhancement of the Tampa Bay area’s cultural arts. In keeping with our mission, the Tampa Bay Local Artist Spotlight was established in 2020 with the generous support of the Gobioff Foundation. The program showcases local artists who are not part of the main festival show. Three spots are awarded to local artists in the Tampa Bay area, and they will be invited to participate in our (virtual) show this year. They are not eligible for jury awards, but we are very excited to support showcasing their work.

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We are proud to announce the GFA 2021 Tampa Bay Local Artists Spotlight Winners:

Wendy Angle Héctor Munoz Stacy Rodriguez

To view more works from these spotlight winners, visit: gasparillaarts.com/local-artists-spotlight-gallery

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We are proud to present the 24th Annual Emerging Artist Program of the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts

The Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts is proud to showcase the work of emerging artists, representing a diversity of styles and media. The Emerging Artist Program recognizes and features the artwork of up-and-coming artists who wish to establish themselves in a professional visual arts career. The limited number of emerging artists participating in the Festival are selected from a field of applicants through a jury process. Once selected, the artists are invited to display their work in the Festival at no cost. GFA will provide each emerging artist the use of an individual booth and a $250 expense allowance.Although the emerging artists do not compete with the other artists in the Festival for prize money, their artwork will be reviewed by the Festival Award Juror, and one of them will receive the $1,500 Eileen Hirsch Memorial Emerging Artist Award. The 2021 Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts is proud to showcase the work of 15 emerging artists, representing a diversity of styles and media.

Eileen Hirsch Memorial Emerging Artist Award

For more information, visit: gasparillaarts.com/emerging-artist-program

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Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Art’s 51st Annual 2021 festival image:

This year’s selected festival image is entitled Yellow Light by award winning local artist, Nneka Jones. Nneka grew up in Trinidad and Tobago and recently graduated with a BFA and minor in Marketing from the University of Tampa in May 2020. Her most recent achievement was a commission from TIME magazine to produce the cover artwork for the August 31st/ September 7th issue 2020. The festival image is celebrated each year on all festival promotions, the t-shirt and poster. Yellow Light Statement The viewer is urged to stop, slow down and appreciate not only the beauty of these portraits but the intensity of their eyes and how that is used as a symbol for authority. “Yellow Light”, the focal piece in the Targets Variegated series, combines symbolism and realism in the form of mixed media to produce a detailed portrait of a young girl. The marriage of the bold colors, red and yellow require you to stop and slow down focusing on the figure. She is presented with her face slightly turned to the right and a hypnotic gaze that grasps your attention. The side profile reinstates the idea of authority and control, emphasizing that she is no longer a victim. This is complemented by the repetition of circular shapes that appear to be a target but are divided and overlapped by her stance. Instead, the bold yellow band makes reference to religious figures, metaphorically proclaiming her importance in society and the need for her to be protected. Furthermore, the raw embroidery fibers cascading off the canvas are used to remind the viewer of the real and raw reality and the need to break the cycle. This call for change and the protection of our women and young girls are intertwined in the fibers of the artwork using the hand embroidery technique. Each detail is hand stitched and every stitch is an act of intention towards positive social change and the hope that art activism can continue to spread awareness and protect our women and girls. About Nneka Jones My fascination and obsession with Art are deeply rooted in my Trinbagonian background. For the past few years, I have been using Art as a channel to create a more intimate connection between the melting pot that is the Caribbean and the rest of the world. My artwork mimics our human experiences of everyday life with the aim of capturing the most realistic and pure versions of these encounters. Thereby creating a space in which I engage my mind, hands and eyes to create a narration that is translated to the viewer in the form of a 2D or 3D work of art. In the end, I have satisfied my “cravings to create” and I can safely say, “Goodbye Cravings. Hello Art!” Learn more about Nneka Jones at her website: www.artyouhungry.com/.

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The artists of the 51st Annual Gasparilla Festival of the Arts

CERAMIC Bobby Goldsmith JEWELRY R. Michael Wommack Cheryl Mackey Smith Pam Fox Benjamin Frey Glenn Woods Megan Horan Robin Frisella PSA-MP William Kidd Julie Jerman-Melka Beth Garcia Christian Nevin FIBER John Kellum Kristi Hyde Kyle Osvog Sharon Tesser Deborah Vivas Larry Allen Kiersten Heitmann Lisa Davin Patrick Dragon Dawn Waters Caleb Barnaby Don Mcwhorter Janet Herman Mark Grosser Reiko Uchytil Mychal Mitchell Nichole Collins Tim Peters Jean Yao Andrea Olson Kate Kedenburg Annie Bisone Wendy Zoschke Barry Bernstein Vern Yan Ann Marie Cianciolo Megan Austin DIGITAL GLASS Spirit & Samuel Bush Angelique Juneau Andrew Mosedale Christopher Jeffries Jenna Hirt Tanya Doskova Steve Palmer Claudia Melchiorre James Richmond Mark Sudduth Chip Arnold Lissa Hatcher Susan Gott Rachael Adamiak Mckenzie Fisk Douglas And Renee Sig- Jen Kish Greg Turco warth Kelsi Adams Michael Mikula MIXED MEDIA Ed Myers Jeremy Griffith Karen Hibbs Sarah Goodyear DRAWING Toby Mcgee Rick Abrams Andrew Madvin Robert Matthews Dennis Angel David Russell Margaret Luttrell Susan Currier Andrew Shea Ernesto Piloto-Marquez Deana Goldsmith Jennifer Peck Edson Campos

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Kevin Knittel Ashley Sauder Miller Nathan Miller Jennifer Lashbrook Rick Loudermilk Roger Disney Angus Macaulay Carolina Cleere Annie Gudis Daryl Harwood Nneka Jones Julia Gilmore Sally Austin Stephen Baldauf Marc Anderson Michael Merriman Leslie Emery Kelly Tracht George Bragg Teri Causey Evan Schwarze Luke Proctor John Blackwell Scott Swezy Nicario Jimenez Steve Terlizzese Ali Hasmut Alann Boatright Athlone Clarke Scott Coulter David Burton Jennifer Ivory Robert Ross Jenny Henley Henry Warner Loretta Petraitis Michelle McDowell Smith Aaron Hequembourg Andrew Manaylo Stephanie Lavender Debo Groover Thomas Legault Alex Grimmer Carrie Kilgore Amanda Outcalt PAINTING Kathleen Brodeur Helen Gotlib Linda Hugues Bruce Peeso Aaron Coleman Jon Smith Pavlina Alea Peggy Schuning Chris Hartsfield Bruce Holwerda Chris Rom Corrina Leidy Danilo Vinardell Kim Amell Glenna Adkins Richard Currier Rick Lowe David Skinner Zhiyi Li Jay Kim Rick Loudermilk Annette Poitau Cherie Haney Matthew Cornell Kate Carney Sam Jones IV Michael Solomon Teri Causey Cindy Olmes Vivek Lakhotia Vladimir Pailodze Kathrine Allen Sara O’connor Su Abbott Teresa Merriman Adair Hinds Aziz Kadmiri Ummarid Eitharong Kelly Rysavy Karina Llergo Anne London Ken Orton Spoon. Tyler Voorhees Dave Delacruz David Oleski Kendra Bennett Jim Tucker Hua Tung Michel Delgado Daphne Covington Tim Edwards Daniel Lai Pablo Garcia Sandra Rodriguez Sean Barry

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PHOTOGRAPHY SCULPTURE WOOD

Jason Stoddart David Figueroa Ed Bladen Doug Cavanah Michael Costello Adrian Vogel James Cole Wayne Trinklein Dennis Peterson Mark Mackinnon Dominice Gilbert John Mascoll John Deng Mick Whitcomb Magali Cereghino-Groves C.W. Banfield Amy Lennard Gmelin Steve Uren Christos Palios Boris Kramer Adam Crowell Mark Hersch Kimberly Willcox Terry “Buddy” Shaw Richard Auger Trent Manning Luis Gonzalez Clifton Henri Alfredo Alea John Russell Andrew Sovjani Kirk Miller Mike Sorge Steve Wewerka Matthew Naftzger Greg Presson Kostas Ulevicius Cali Hobgood Jack Hill Greg Turco Jack Charney Heidi Thamert Scott Causey Michael Behr Steven Olszewski Brent Anderson WATERCOLOR PRINTMAKING Keith Andry Leslie Peebles Amanda Fullerton Helen Gotlib Witha Lacuesta Ronna Katz Robert Johnson Gillian Kemper Bryan Yung Luis Perez William Kwamena-Poh

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Art Collectors in Training Program Kids taking ACTion for kids

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A shopping space for children - ACT was developed in 2010 to encourage the appreciation of the arts in young people ages 6 through 14 by creating a space for them to view and purchase artwork donated by artists participating in the festival. By promoting ownership in art, the ACT program provides young people with avenues for personal growth and community relationships. Through ACT, we are investing in the future of our youth and our community.

Last year, 115 artists donated 401 pieces of art to the ACT program raising approximately $4,237 for the The Spring of Tampa Bay and NOMADstudio.

The ACT Program benefits:

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Presented By 2021 Scholastic Showcase Tampa Bay Area

Showcasing artwork from Tampa Bay area high school students and Hillsborough County K-8 students.

This program gives our community’s youngest artists, ranging in age from 5-18, an opportunity to display their artwork at the festival. We hope this experience encourages them to pursue their artistic talents and helps them recognize that becoming an artist is attainable and rewarding.

High School Program • Participants represent public schools in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Polk, Manatee and Sarasota counties. • Allowable mediums: ceramic, digital, drawing, fiber, glass, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, watercolor and wood. • Artwork will be judged by the Festival Award Juror and one piece will be selected for the Scholastic Showcase Award. The artist who created the award-winning piece will receive a cash award, and the school represented by the artist will also receive a cash award to support its visual arts program. • Artwork is on display solely for student participation and is not available for purchase during the Festival.

K-8 Children’s Poster Program Presented By • Participants represent Hillsborough County public elementary and middle schools. • GFA leaders reviewed submitted works and selected one to be featured on a limited-run children’s poster, which is available for purchase at the merchandise booth. • All submitted artwork is on display in the Scholastic Showcase.

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Interactive Experiences

DMG Mobile Glass Blowing Unit Duncan McClellan, President of DMG School Project, is a nationally recognized, award-winning glass artist.

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NOMAD ART BUS With the mission of “art for ALL,” and with help from an ever-growing street team of artists and advocates, NOMAD has facilitated 35,000+ interactions connecting people to their creativity — many of whom often have little to no access to arts programming. The NOMADstudio Art Bus invites visitors to add to their giant mobile mural each festival.

www.nomadartbus.org

CARMADA Carmada returns to GFA for its Art Car Extravaganza. View new art cars on display and watch as vehicles are transformed live by local artists! What’s an art car? It’s any standard vehicle modified into mobile artwork through application of paint, sculptural embellishment and other techniques. www.facebook.com/carmadaFL

AIA INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE An interactive structural element created by the AIA (American Institute of Architects) and affiliated organizations.

www.aia.org

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Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of The Arts, one of the country’s premier outdoor art events, has a rich history in the City of Tampa. The forerunner of the art festival was the juried art exhibit at the Florida State Fair held in Tampa every February in conjunction with the city’s Gasparilla pirate invasion. In 1970, art activists realized that the informality of the State Fair exhibit had brought diverse, high-quality artwork to a new audience, and the concept of a sidewalk art festival was born. Many changes have occurred throughout our 50+-year history. From our beginnings on Whiting Street, the festival has moved from Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and Kiley Garden to our new home in Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park when . Award money has grown from its original $3,900 total to $80,000. Some things that haven’t changed are the strong and continued support of the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County and a dedicated team of festival volunteers.

YEAR BEST OF SHOW WINNER JUROR(S)

1971 Bruce Marsh Pierre Apraxine, Museum Of Modern Art, NYC 1972 Bruce Marsh Dean Swanson, Walker Art Center, Minneapoli 1973 Oscar Bailey Barbara Rose, Art Critic, New York Magazine 1974 Rik Traweek Harry Lowe, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. 1975 Thomas Kettner Maurice Tuchman, Los Angeles County Museum 1976 Claude R. Fiddler Marcia Tucker, Whitney Museum Of American Art, NYC 1977 Jeffrey Kronsnoble Walter Hopps, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. 1978 Dot Booth Gene Baro (deceased), Brooklyn Museum, NYC 1979 Susan Livingston Dorothy Miller (deceased), Museum Of Modern Art, NYC 1980 James Bassham Patterson Simms, Whitney Museum Of American Art, NYC 1981 Steve Holm Robert Hughes, Critic/Author Shock Of The New 1982 Jack Ellis Duane Hanson, Sculptor 1983 Mike McMahon Ted Potter, Southeast Ctr. Contempoary Art, Winston Salem 1984 Tom Phardel Nancy Hoffman, Hoffman Gallery, NYC 1985 Mary Jo Sinclair Linda Cathcart, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston 1986 Joe Pilcher Linda Shearer, Artist Space, NYC 1987 Brad Cooper Vivien Raynor, Critic, New York Times 1988 Theo Wujcik Roy Slade, Cranbrook Academy Of Art, Detroit 1989 Judith Powers Jones David A. Ross, Institute Of Contemporary Art, Boston 1990 James Michaels Michael Auping, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY 1991 Carl Gromoll Janet Kardon, American Craft Museum, NYC 1992 Thomas Koole William J. Cowart, Nat’l Gallery Of Art, Washington, D.C. 1993 Unmarid Eitharong Dennis R. Barrie, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati 1994 Jean-Jacques Gaudel Ned Rifkin, High Museum, Atlanta 1995 Theo Wujcik Lisa Phillips, Whitney Museum Of American Art, NYC 1996 Hoang Van-Bui Suzanne Delehanty, Center Of Fine Arts, Miami 1997 Jean Yao Charles Cowles, Charles Cowles Gallery, NYC 1998 Unmarid Eitharong Thelma Golden, Whitney Museum Of American Art, NYC 1999 James Spiroff Christine Swenson, Toledo Museum Of Art, Toledo Mark Leach, Mint Museum, Charlotte gasparillaarts.org 19 51st Annual Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts | VIRTUAL FESTIVAL

1971 Festival Sidewalk Gasparilla founded 1973 Could” that Art Show “The Little Governor’s the Inaugural receives the Arts for Award 1995 the Arts of Festival Gasparilla name new adopts 2010 Hixon Curtis to moves Festival Park Waterfront 2020 Julian B. Lane Riverfront to moves Festival 50 years and celebrates Park 2021 due to a virtual platform to goes Festival pandemic the COVID-19

YEAR BEST OF SHOW WINNER JUROR(S)

2000 Grant Silverstein David Revere McFadden, American Craft Museum, NYC Susan Lubowsky Talbott, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines 2001 Les Slesnick Jacquelyn Days Serwer, Corcoran Gallery of Art William Fagaly, New Orleans Museum of Art 2002 Tom Haney Douglas Dreishpoon, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, NYC Lloyd Herman, Curator and Lecturer 2003 Fong Choo Michael Monroe, Independent Curator John H. Neff, Naples Museum of Art, Naples 2004 Andrew Norton Webber Alan DuBois, Independent Curator Marti Mayo, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston 2005 Suzy Scarborough Lyndel King, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis 2006 Kim Radatz Neil Watson, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY 2007 Guillermo Portieles Tim Close, Museum of Glass, Boise 2008 Michael Weber John B. Henry, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint 2009 Nancy Cervenka Martha Connell, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2010 James Michaels Dr. Jack F. Becker, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE 2011 Phillip Nolley Trudi C. Van Dyke, Independent Curator / Fine Arts Consultant 2012 Trent Manning Douglas Dreishpoon, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2013 Steven Olszewski George Kinghorn, Univ. of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME 2014 Laura Nugent Michael Komanecky, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME 2015 Carolina Cleere Elaine Gustafson, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 2016 Phill Singer Brian J. Lang, BNY Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA 2017 David Bjurstrom Mark Ormond, Ringling College Galleries, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL 2018 Beth Garcia Rene Barilleaux, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX 2019 Ummarid Eitharong Andy Maass, Arts Consultant / Retired Art Museum Director 2020 Dennis Peterson Paul Galloway, Collection Specialist of Architecture and Design, MoMA

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Entertainment Denis Phillips’ desire to be a television meteorologist began by seeing Santa on radar when he was 6 years old. It’s true ... although severe weather really hooked him. He is one of those crazies you’ll see tied to a palm tree in a Category 3 hurricane ... doing a live shot ... sideways. Denis graduated in 1985 and got his first on-air position in Salisbury, Maryland, shortly thereafter. After stops in Gainesville, Providence and Los Angeles, Denis finally ended up in Tampa. Festival Emcee: He says the bay area offers all the challenges weather-wise he could ever hope for: severe thunderstorms, tropical storms, and Denis Phillips plenty of opportunities to tie himself to a palm tree! Chief Meteorologist, ABC Action News Live Virtual Entertainment

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TBBCA Chalk Walk supports talented artists and brings free, fun, family- friendly and accessible live art experiences to the heart of our community to entertain and engage audiences of all age groups and levels of art appreciation, and help attract the public to area arts and cultural organizations and businesses.

Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture & the Arts funds artist stipends and annually produces/ sponsors TBBCA Chalk Walks throughout the greater Tampa Bay area. TBBCA Chalk Walks are free, fun, family-friendly and accessible, open-air interactive art experiences for our community, bringing public art to the heart of our community and driving audiences to area businesses and attractions. TBBCA Chalk Walk pARTners include Gasparilla Festival of the Arts and Et Cultura. TBBCA programs receive generous support from our pARTners, including Premier Eye Care, Stephen Gay & Associates, Beaux Arts Group, Greenberg Traurig, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, Tampa Bay Times/tbt*, Tampa Bay Magazine, The Wilson Co., Vantage Point Advisors of Raymond James, Phelps Dunbar, BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Wells Fargo/ Wells Fargo Private Bank, Thrive Law; ChappellRoberts, Playbook Public Relations, Anthony & Partners, Hyde Park Village/Susan Martin, Allstate Insurance, Crespo Design Group, Hill Ward Henderson, KDurdin Consulting, Leslie Wager Hudock, Gail Nursey, Yann & Susana Weymouth, Cox Media Group, and others. TBBCA is a 501(c )(3) non-profit #CH32681

For more informaiton, visit TBBCA.org or call 813-221-2787.

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The Festival Board of Directors and Committee gratefully acknowledge the financial and in-kind assistance of the sponsors and community partners identified elsewhere in this program and the following individuals and organizations who have made the 50th Annual Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts possible:

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. | Tom James, Michael White, Emily Shrider, Sarah Etzkorn, Christina Klapper-Gonzalez, Debra Souza, Amanda Wolf, Joanne Korth, Tori Dowdle, Ashley Williams, Angie Gibbons and more than 75 volunteers CITY OF TAMPA | Mayor Jane Castor, Ashley Bauman, Tony Mulkey, Donna McCallister, Danny Harrison, Melvin Gunn, Frank Hilton, Jeffrey Bousquet, Travis Gardner, Louann Smith, Tampa Police Department, Tampa Fire Department, and all city departments that so ably assist in producing the Festival HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY | Board of County Commissioners and all members of the Cultural Assets Commission TAMPA BAY TIMES | Lynn Cristina, Jennifer Conklin, Deborah Kobritz TAMPA RIVER CENTER | Heather Erickson, Shana Logan, Ashley St. Clair

Additional Community Support

ABC Action News LifeWorks Restaurant Group AIA Tampa Bay MacDonald Training Center, Inc. Arts4All Florida Pyramid, Inc. Caspers McDonalds Red Door No. 5 Clear Channel Outdoor R.I.C.H. House Creative Loafing Roger Curlin Creatives Refired Tampa Bay History Center David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts Tampa Downtown Partnership Elite Catering Tampa Museum of Art Friends of the Library of Tampa-Hillsborough County, Inc. TBAE Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority TBBCA Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative The Boys & Girls Club Holder & Company CPA’s Two Wheel Valet J.P. Morgan Chase Good Works Will Staples Photography Kawha Coffee

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The following people are the founders and board members who have played important roles in the development and success of the festival over the past 51 years.

Joe Abrahams Patt Fosnaught Adrienne Larson Jay Ross Ashly Anderson* Joanne Frazier Rebecca Sexton Larson Mary Kay Ross Barbara Angelo Alexandra Frye Legretta Lenker Dustin Rowland Jane Arnett Fassil Gabremariam Mark Lenker* Robert Sanchez* Cheryl Benitez Cheryl Ganster Jamey Leveille Michelle Santee-Tupps Ken Blair Timothy Garding Jessica Raia Long John Scheffel* Dana Blunt Maurice Garrett Verna Lee Lupo John Schoo Mark A. Brown* Carol Gaynor* Andy Maass Lanse Scriven* Diane Buckley-Altwies Andy George* Jennifer Malin Sheila Seig Barbara Ann Browning* Leonard Gilbert Marilyn Mars Allison Shamblin Robb Bruce* Ann Giles Lindsay Marano Emily Shrider Laura Cacioppo Mitzi Gordon Mac McCoy* Michael Silver Coventry L. Caldwell Julia Gorska-Freeman Tommy McDonnell Scott Siverson Tina Cardoso Lisa Graham Doug McKay* Debra Souza Lisa Carver Brenda Gregory Claudette McKenna* Sandra Sroka Carol Cassara Zoe Gustafson John McKenna* Lorrie Stealey Anne Champion Claude Hanes* Jennifer McKie Mark Stenson* Denise Chavez Debbie Hepner Campbell McLean* Chip Storm Melinda Chavez* Peter Hepner* Tom McMacken* Kelly Storm Joe Chillura Brandon Hicks* Chuck Melcher* Joanne Rock Sullivan* Amy Chin Katrina Holderby Geoffrey Meyer* Dick Swirbul Noah Chitwood Taylor Ikin Juli Milas* Vera Swirbul Donald K. Clark (founder)* Dianne Marshall Jacob Michael L. Murphy Michelle Szekeres Jerry Clark Richard Jacobson Sophia Nakis Ann-Eliza Taylor Rae Clark Mary Lou Janson Robin Nigh Robert Taylor Velva Clark Tiffanie Jansen Owen Niles Dianne Triplett* Clint Cline Jamie Jenkins Jary Nixon James R. Turner (founder)* Jack Cohen* James Jennewein* Lois Nixon James Vasiloff* John Corso* Heather Jennings Jodie Orozco* Nancy Verkauf Ted Corwin* Lynda Jennings Leslie Osterweil* Ben Videtto Suzanne Camp Crosby Dawn Johnson Jennifer Painter Jill Voorhis Katrina Daniel Sarah Joubert John Panzarella* Laura Waller Katrina Darrigan Mel Jurado Amy Phillips Lisa Wannemacher* Robert john Dean (founder)* Emily Kass Karen Price Brenda Wax Bobbie Donaldson Art Keeble Nancy Puri Kimberly Finn Weaver Shaun Drinkard* Steve Kelly Adam Raschke* Cate Wells Alan Eaker* Christina Klapper-Gonzalez Richard Redman (founder) Lynn Whitelaw Jonathan Ellis* Elizabeth Klein Kathleen Reres Paul Wilborn Margo Eure* Erin Konley Stephen Reynolds* Jack Winter Meaghan Farrell-Scalise Jeff Kronsnoble Sara Richter Joe Wilson Mark Feingold Rita Lacerte Ken Rollins Jeanne Winter* Victor Figueredo Ya La’ford Robert Rorebeck Cynthia Gandee Zinober* Julie Flaherty Jan Landis Ann McKeel Ross Terri Fleming Jim Landis Anne Ross * Past Board President

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