Hill Ward Henderson Presents 2016 5th Annual Re-purposed Doodad Sculpture Competition “TAMPA BAY IN PAPER MACHE” A Sculpture Competition for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 Tampa Bay History Center, 801 Old Water St., Tampa, FL 5:30 - 7:45 PM Judges BETSY BEST Betsy Best is an interior decorator in Tampa, FL. Her work has appeared in Scalamandre: Luxurious Home Interiors, the Tampa Tri- bune, and Tampa Bay Metro magazine. She assisted with the interior design of Horizon Bay at Hyde Park where the DooDad compe- tition began. She is a founding member of Mary Lee’s House Auxiliary where she recently updated the interior. She is also a found- ing member of the Tampa General Hospital Women’s Board, past president of her garden club, a sustaining member of the Junior League, a member of the Plant Museum Society and belongs to various genealogical societies. Betsy graduated from Auburn Univer- sity and received her Masters Degree in Real Estate Construction and Design from Georgia State University. DIANE EGNER Diane Egner, publisher and managing editor of 83 Degrees Media, is an award-winning journalist with more than three decades of experience writing about the Tampa Bay region. She is a member of Leadership Florida and the Athena Society, and serves on the boards of the The Institute for Research in Art (Graphicstudio, the Contemporary Art Museum and USF’s Public Art Program) Commu- nity Advisory Council and Tiger Bay Club of Tampa. PAT FRANK Pat Collier Frank’s distinguished career in public service includes election to the Hillsborough County School Board, the Florida House, and the Florida Senate. During her legislative career she was elected “Most Effective First-Term Member” (Florida House); and nominated for “Most Respected Senator”(by Senate colleagues). Elected to the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in 1998, she was elected Chairman for three consecutive years and re-elected to the BOCC in 2002. In 2004, Mrs. Frank was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court/Comptroller for Hillsborough County, and re-elected twice without opposition. Her awards include: Chief Judge’s Award for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit; Executive Woman of the Year (Network of Executive Women); and election to the Charter Class of the Hillsborough County Women’s Hall of Fame. Elected to Honorary Membership in the Florida Blue Key Honor Fra- ternity for Outstanding Ability, Leadership, and Service to the University of Florida. Pat Frank received her BS/BA degree in Finance and Taxation from the University of Florida in 1951. She was the first woman to attend the Georgetown University School of Law. CHARLES GREACEN Charles Greacen is an artist working and living in Tampa’s Hyde Park neighborhood since 1973. His cartoons have been a weekly feature in the Tampa Bay Times’ City Times section for more than twelve years. While at Denison University, where he earned his BFA in visual arts, he was awarded fellowships from the Art and Classics departments. He has held the position of advertising and Public Relations Manager for a Tampa based restaurant chain, freelanced as Charles Greacen Illustration and Graphics, and taught college level drawing, design and history & civilization. Since 2005 he has been the sole proprietor of a collection of art based companies; Town Tiles, Lost Art Custom Stationery and Small World Maps, all of which utilize his illustration and photography. RODNEY KITE-POWELL Rodney Kite-Powell is the Saunders Foundation Curator of History at the Tampa Bay History Center, where he joined the staff in 1994. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida and a Master of Arts from the University of South Florida – both in the subject of US history. Born and raised in Tampa, he has written extensively on the history of Tampa and Hillsborough County and is the editor of Tampa Bay History, a regional journal published through a partnership between the History Center and the University of South Florida Libraries’ Florida Studies Center. In addition to his duties at the History Center, Mr. Kite-Powell has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Tampa, where he taught a course on the history of Florida. He is also the regular columnist for the Tampa Tribune’s History & Heritage Page. His book, History of Davis Islands: David P. Davis and the Story of a Landmark Tampa Neighborhood, was published in 2013 by The History Press. SANDRA L. MURMAN Sandra Murman was first elected as a County Commissioner in 2010. Prior to joining the County Commission, she completed eight years as a member of the Florida House of Representatives and was the first Republican Woman to hold the position of Speaker Pro- Tempore. A longtime resident of Hillsborough County, Murman has been directly involved in more than 20 organizations that support our community and enhance the lives of children and families. Her dream was to build a children’s museum in our community, so she spearheaded the Capital Campaign to raise $16 million to build the new Glazer Children’s Museum and served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Museum. She is currently focused on: (1) Economic development and bringing jobs to Hillsborough County, (2) Transportation through Economic Development, where she is working to craft future effective transportation policy, (3) Ending homelessness as a founding board member of the Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative, (4) Continued improvements to Customer Service and Communications between the county and its citizens, and (5) providing high-quality critical Children’s Services. Commis- sioner Murman is a native of Indiana and a graduate of Indiana University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing. www.doodadoftampa.org • facebook/annualdoodadcompetition • twitter.com/DooDadArt 1 Judges Continued ROBIN NIGH Robin Nigh is a leader in the field of contemporary public art. She has developed nationally recognized programs that were firsts in the field, including the Photographer Laureate Program and Lights On Tampa. As the Manager of the Art Programs Division for the City of Tampa, Nigh oversees bringing artwork to public spaces while leveraging assets with the city, site stakeholders and the com- munity. Prior to her position with the City of Tampa, she was a project administrator for Florida’s Art in State Buildings Program at Florida State University, and Director of Sculpture Chicago. Robin taught art history at Florida State University, Florida International University, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She received her M.A. in Art Theory and Criticism from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago and has completed postgraduate studies at FSU. She has served as president of the Florida Association of Public Art Administrators, and has lectured and consulted about public art across the country. She is currently working on several initiatives including Lights On Tampa 2017 and developing cultural plans that integrate programming with place-making into key city initiatives including the Tampa Riverwalk and new major event park facilities. FRANK J. “SANDY” RIEF, III Frank J. “Sandy” Rief, III is currently serving on the Boards of the Tampa Bay History Center, the University of South Florida Founda- tion, The Straz Center Foundation, the Poynter Foundation, the Frank E. Duckwall Foundation and the Hermitage Arts Retreat. He has served as the Chair of the All Children’s Hospital Foundation, the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay and the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation. Mr. Rief has previously served as a Trustee of the David A. Straz, Jr. Performing Arts Center, the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, All Children’s Hospital Foundation, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation, the Tampa Theatre Foundation, the Florida State University Foundation, the Museum of Fine Arts (St. Petersburg, Florida) and the Tampa Museum of Art and the Museum of Science and Industry. Mr. Rief is a graduate of Wake Forest University (B.A., 1966 Cum Laude), University of Florida Spessard L. Holland Law Center (J.D., 1969), New York University (LLM, in Taxation, 1971). Master of Ceremonies MIKE SUAREZ Mike Suarez is Chairman of the Tampa City Council, and serves as Chair of the Public Works Committee, Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee, Chair of the Hillsborough Area Transit Authority, Trustee of Lowery Park Zoo, and Board Member of the Metropolitan Planning Organization and of the Tampa Historic Streetcar system. Involved with numerous local charities and professional organiza- tions, he was the President of the Guardian Ad Litem Guild, served on the subcommittee for Urban Enterprises Initiatives and was Chairman of the Water Resource subcommittee for the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. He has also been a Board Member and past President of the Insurance Agents of Greater Tampa, a board member of the Centro Asturiano de Tampa and a board member of the Macfarlane Park PTA. He previously served the City of Tampa on the Civil Service Board and was Chair of the Equal Business Opportunity Advisory Committee. Mike is a third generation resident of Tampa, with deep roots in West Tampa. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of South Florida. Demonstration sculpture “Mad Hatter’s Shoppe” by the residents of Horizon Bay www.doodadoftampa.org • facebook/annualdoodadcompetition • twitter.com/DooDadArt 2 Start Planning Now for 2017! 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