2028 Visual Arts Projects & Level 1



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2028 Visual Arts Projects & Level 1

2028

Gabbard, Paul

Frances Fisher

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Panelists (7)

  • County: Leon County

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County: Leon

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Sarah Painter Hayes is an award winning figurative painter originally from Tallahassee, Florida. She studied art at Florida State University and since has received commissions painting murals across the United States and internationally. Her most notable commission being from the Office of the Vice President of the US in 2023. She has worked with various municipalities, nonprofits, schools, and businesses to bring public art projects to life and is passionate about the power public art has to positively impact our communities.
  • County: Palm Beach County

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County: PalmBeach

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  • President & CEO, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Palm Beach, Florida
  • Previously, CEO, Arts Council of Indianapolis
  • Conceived and created the Artist Innovation Fellowship, the Palm Beach County Cultural Resiliency Fund, and the Palm Beach County Artist Resource Fund
  • Elected member of the United States Urban Arts Federation and founding member of the national Emerging Leaders council for Americans for the Arts; and named Sagamore of the Wabash by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, one of the highest honors in the state of Indiana
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  • County: Broward County

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County: Broward

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  • Executive Director, Grace Arts Center, Fort Lauderdale
  • Fine Art Broker/Business Owner
  • Past Board Member, Broward Enterprise Zone and Community Redevelopment Area (Fort Lauderdale) sponsoring arts resiliency projects
  • M.S.P., Urban and Regional Planning, Florida Atlantic University

Clare Vickery is a Producer, Curator, Writer, and Director of original multidisciplinary projects including visual art exhibitions, documentary film, theater, urban design installations and competitions. A South Florida resident since 1991, she’s an active patron of the arts including sponsoring large commercial art exhibitions, elementary school after-school arts-care, paid internships and scholarships to study abroad for high school students, college fashion, architecture and robotics studios, and created a design and creative arts program for teens in foster care. Prior to developing cultural programming, she was the recipient of multiple awards for land development, planning, historic building preservation and design.

  • County: Orange County

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County: Orange

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JoAnne Adams teaches in the School of Visual Arts and Design at the University of Central Florida in the Emerging Media – Character Animation Bachelor of Fine Arts and the Emerging Media - Animation & Visual Effects Master of Fine Arts programs. As an Associate Lecturer, she teaches multiple courses in Visual Story and Visual Development, Production Design, Layout and Camera, Editing, and Animation. She is the Graduate Coordinator for the MFA degree.
Jo Anne Adams’ background includes working in applied arts as a bench jeweler, then as a ceramics sculptor and painter. Upon the opening of the Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida studio, Adams embarked on her 15-year career in 2D animation through the Ink and Paint Department where duties included hand-inking and painting cels, color mixing, and cell checking. Transferring to the Layout Department as the Blue Sketch artist granted exposure to many areas of the production process and the ability to learn the nuances of story and its visual development which are applied in her teaching. It is while at Disney, Adams was trained in 3D software for modeling and camera use in the Layout Department. Feature film credits include The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, Lilo and Stitch, and Brother Bear. Additional credits include animated commercials and short films

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  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, University of New Orleans
  • Master of Fine Arts in Digital Media, University of Florida
  • County: Broward County

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County: Broward

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Joanna Kentolall has more than 20 years of experience as a writer and holds a Master’s Degree in Communications. She’s the author of many freelance articles and has worked as a Grant Writer for the Coral Springs Museum of Art in South Florida for the past 5 years.
  • County: Alachua County

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County: Alachua

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Salina Cardias is the Director of Visitor Engagement at the University of Florida’s Harn Museum of Art, where she leads visitor services, oversees the museum store and rentals program, and manages data collection and engagement initiatives. With a background that bridges the arts and business, Salina holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art and a Master of Science in Business Management. Her work focuses on creating welcoming, meaningful museum experiences while supporting operational strategy and community connection through visitor-centered programming.