Gadsden Arts Magazine 2023

Gadsden Arts

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Voices of Gadsden Arts Voices of Gadsden Arts

www.gadsdenarts.org 850.875.4866 13 N. Madison Street, Quincy, FL 32351

DEPARTMENTS

DEVELOPMENT

Grace Robinson, Executive Director 850.627.5020

Mia Jackson, Development Assistant

Brittney Rollins, Marketing Coordinator

Allie Barringer, Museum Assistant

EXHIBITIONS & COLLECTIONS

Angie Barry, Curator (Through 5.31.23)

Ashley Williams, Curator (Start 5.1.23) 850.627.5021

MUSEUM EDUCATION

Sarah Black-Sadler, Museum Educator Ashley Williams, Co-Educator 850.627.5023

FINANCE & MEMBERSHIP

Melanie Joyner, Bookkeeper 850.627.5022

MUSEUM SHOP

Becky Reep, Museum Shop Manager 850.627.5024

HOUSEKEEPING Rod Young

CONTRIBUTORS

Angie Barry Exhibitions & Collection

Patsy Bates Editor

Sarah Black-Sadler Education

Carole Fiore Feature Article Mia Jackson Feature Articles Grace Robinson Content & Design

SPECIAL THANKS

Thank you to Mia Jackson for conducting interviews with Gadsden Arts friends and writing their stories!

Thak you to all of you who shared your thoughts through interviews for this issue of Gadsden Arts Magazine!

Gadsden Arts Center & Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, and has earned the Guidestar Gold Seal of transparency.

Gadsden Arts Magazine 2023 © Gadsden Arts, Inc.

Cover images, clockwise from top left: Richard Scarry, I Am A Bunny, 1963, gouache, © 1963 by Penguin Random House; Angie Barry, Curator discusses the work of Alex Ross during an adult Field Trip touring the Marvelocity exhibition, fall 2022; ÞórđarsonBrynjólfur, HeklaOgRanga, 1932, oil, part of the Icelandic Painting exhibition from the Fernandez Collection opening in October 2023; a crowd enjoys a guided conversation between Eluster Richardson and Angie Barry, Curator during the closing reception of Eluster Richardson: 30 Years, spring 2022; students from Chattahoochee Elementary School participate in a Field Trip with Sarah Black-Sadler, Museum Educator, during the Marvelocity exhibition, fall 2022.

On the back cover: Gadsden Arts staff and volunteers prepare for a Field Trip with students from Ruediger Elementary School, left to right: Angie Barry, Curator, Maye Jones, Education Volunteer, Sarah Black-Sadler, Museum Educator, Carole Fiore, Docent and Board Member, Eluster Richardson, Artist, Ashley Williams, Museum Assistant, Emelia LaCogneta, Education Volunteer, Medora Wester, Education Volunteer, and Grace Robinson, Executive Director.

From the Director

I have been director of Gadsden Arts Center & Museum for 16 years, and it feels great to be a part of our growing organization. I am proud of our creativity and resilience, continued growth, and all we accomplish together, enriching life and bringing people together through art. All of YOU who love and support Gadsden Arts ARE our organization.

You are our heroes behind the scenes, our volunteers who invested 3,044 hours last year to make our programs better and expand our capacity to serve (page 2). You invest in Art for Children programs, which brought fun, inspiring art experiences to a record 6,589 kindergarten through teen participants (pages 4-6).

You are our team of 90 leadership volunteers, working to guide and support Gadsden Arts. You are the 310 artists who shared your work with our community through exhibitions and the Fletcher Museum Shop. One article (page 20) asks, where would we be without our artists?

You are also college and graduate level interns who come to learn about art museums and arts careers. You bring new ideas and energy to our work, and become the future of our field, moving from here to great positions in museums across the Southeast (page 9).

You are hundreds of dedicated donors who sustain Gadsden Arts, making everything we do possible (pages 24-28) and our donors to the Endowment and Legacy Society, investing in the sustainability of Gadsden Arts for future generations (pages 16-18, 27).

Dedicated staff members are another important part of our organization. In this issue, read about our wonderful Museum Shop Manager Becky Reep, and her work with our committee to develop one of the most beautiful museum shops anywhere. Also hear from Curator Angie Barry, who has worked for more than 15 years to grow Gadsden Arts’ reputation for excellence in exhibitions (pages 10-11) and permanent collection (page 15).

Many people have come together to grow Gadsden Arts over time. It is fun to put all that we are doing in context, with a look at some Gadsden Arts Milestones (page 19), and highlight the impacts of our organization in the past year (page 3).

With your support and involvement, this year promises to be another great one! We will present 17 exhibitions, from regional art to work of international importance (pages 12-14). We will continue to grow Art for Children programs, host 12 large cultural events, introduce a number of smaller programs

and events, take an Art Trip to Iceland, and celebrate the 35th year of the Art in Gadsden juried exhibition with some special features.

This year will bring change and growth. Angie Barry, our fantastic curator for over 15 years, is working remotely through this spring, and on May 1, Ashley Williams will step into the Curator role at Gadsden Arts. Brittney Rollins and Mia Jackson will have expanded roles in marketing, development, and events.

Dreaming forward, I would love to build on our success working with school children by adding a full-time Outreach Educator, and an Art Bus to bring more children into the museum to experience world class art exhibitions. I would be thrilled to reach our initial $2M endowment goal, and surpass that to ensure Gadsden Arts is here for future generations.

Thank you to each and every one of you for being a part of Gadsden Arts. I look forward to sharing the coming year with you!

– Grace Robinson, Executive Director

Top: Gadsden Arts staff celebrate Marvelocity by dressing as Marvel characters; bottom left: Spiderman makes a guest appearance in the ArtZone; bottom right: Grace Robinson leads a Field Trip

Above: volunteers and staff gather for our first Leadership Luncheon in May

Right: Anne Draper and Edith Herndon work behind the scenes to send out a mailing;

Below: Terry and Mike Hawkins help in many ways at GACM, including frequently tending bar at receptions

As a small organization that serves thousands of participants every year, Gadsden Arts is made possible only with the support of more than 90 volunteers. From docents to ArtZone assistants to board members, volunteers generously support every aspect of Gadsden Arts.

For the past 16 years, Carlene Prince has helped with marketing at the Visitor Services desk every Friday afternoon. “One of the best parts of volunteering is getting to know the different interns and assistants, and watching them learn. Everyone here has become so much of a family. People ask me all the time about Gadsden Arts, because I’ve become a real part of it,” Prince said.

In 2018, Jimmy Nicholson got involved helping with marketing, building maintenance, and visitor services. Nicholson’s most recent volunteer project has involved reorganizing the Woodell Family Art Studio library. “Over time, I have come to realize how important the big and little tasks that volunteers perform, in concert with the work of the professional staff, are to the

success of GACM’s programs and exhibitions. I have been surprised to learn about the hundreds of behind-the-scenes activities that are involved in making an exhibition a reality. I had no idea the process was so complex,” said Nicholson.

Emelia LaCognata was a new volunteer at Gadsden Arts last year, having started as a Summer Art Camp counselor in June for community service toward her undergraduate degree at Florida State University. She has stayed involved as a regular ArtZone assistant, helping families on busy Saturdays. “The most rewarding part of volunteering here at Gadsden Arts has been helping kids with different art projects, and listening to them explain their creative thought processes.”

Along with education and visitor services volunteers, the Board of Directors and other working committees volunteer dozens of hours each year toward guiding and growing Gadsden Arts as an organization. “Our board is composed of very interested and involved GACM members who continually seek to improve upon all activities of GACM, clearly the preeminent arts institution in our region,” said Tom Friedman, a Board Member since summer of 2022. “Members of the board are in a position to support GACM’s educational programs for young people, our outstanding regional shows, and the preservation of our heritage through the permanent collection.”

Through GACM’s working committees, volunteers can also express their visions for the future, and help make them a reality. Working committees include Collections, Education, Exhibitions, Finance, Museum Shop, Receptions, and Week with the Arts. These meet throughout the year to accomplish their work.

Since 2021, Board President Dianne Croley has played a major role in facilitating board meetings and some committee meetings, steering Gadsden Arts into a post-covid era. “Without the active support of our volunteers,” she expressed, “GACM could not survive and thrive. Anyone who visits Gadsden Arts will appreciate the accomplishment and vision of those who founded and continue to support GACM. I hope that in each school class of young boys and girls who visit, there will be a few who are inspired to come back as adults and become involved.”

VOLUNTEER INFORMATION

HEROES Behind the Scenes VOLUNTEERS

Mia Jackson, Development Assistant 850.627.5024 / mia.jackson@gadsdenarts.org

Gadsden Arts Impact Report 2022

“What

ON A NATIONAL LEVEL

Gadsden Arts curated and hosted Mary Proctor: I am Just the Messenger, a two-site exhibition produced with an oral history video and four artists’ workshops. The project was funded in part by federal grants and highlighted in the American Alliance of Museum’s national publication, Museum Magazine

INSPIRING EXPLORATION OF ART

TO ENRICH LIFE FOR EVERYONE

Through the dedication of hundreds of people, Gadsden Arts brought life-changing arts and cultural experiences to 14,832 participants in 2022, offering a remarkable 464 tours and programs to people of all ages. Together, 710 members, 241 donors, and 90 regular volunteers created enriching experiences for thousands while achieving new milestones.

Art for Children reached more children, youth, and teens than ever before, with 6,589 participants benefitting from an array of educational programs at the museum, in schools, and at home. A Teen Art Council student said, “I learned to not be afraid to put my heart and soul into my passion for art! That it is possible to pursue a career in art, as long as I am determined and motivated.”

“I learned to not be afraid to put my heart and soul into my passion for art! That it is possible to pursue a career in art, as long as I am determined and motivated.” – Juanita F., Teen Art Council

15 exhibitions, including three traveling shows, offered everything from found-object portraits to gouache superheroes. We promoted our region’s artists, exhibiting 651 works by 211 artists, plus work by 99 artists and authors in the Fletcher Museum Shop. One parent said of the Masters of American Photography exhibition, “I was super excited to show my three boys these wonderful masterworks... A vivid reminder of the power of photography to document the human experience.” In all, 9,936 visitors, including 51 tour groups of all ages, experienced major exhibitions at Gadsden Arts. A new record of 300 children toured Marvelocity in the same week.

GADSDEN ARTS, INC.

FINANCIAL REPORT FY 2022 (As of 12/31/2021)

Income (actual / budget) $569,617 / $560,509 Expense (actual / budget) $518,510 / $528,718 Operating Cash on Hand ............................. $ 326,941 Restricted Cash - Special Projects $ 189,586 Gadsden Arts Endowment $ 988,613

BUDGET FY 2023

Total Budget $608,866

Investment in Programmatic Areas Education $231,369 Art for Children $122,924 Exhibitions .............................................. $280,078 Collection $11,100 Administrative Costs 7% of budget

BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER

Through 2022, Gadsden Arts also helped reconnect friends and community members through their shared love of art. Over 90% of participants in 2022 attended Gadsden Arts exhibitions, programs, and events in-person—versus just 57% of participants attending in-person in 2021.

1,332 people came together to celebrate art through 17 cultural events, with volunteers devoting 3,044 hours of their time and talent to making these events, and all of Gadsden Arts programs, successful.

ECONOMY & SUSTAINABILITY

Gadsden Arts had an economic impact of $961,666 in the community in 2022, and generated $33,037 in local government revenue (Arts & Economic Prosperity Calculator). To continue providing arts and cultural opportunities throughout the Big Bend Region, Gadsden Arts raises and earns all resources needed to serve our mission. In 2022, Gadsden Arts met all of its fundraising goals, including $107,908 in contributions, sponsorships, and grants for Art for Children, and $54,389 in support for the Impact Fund.

Gadsden Arts is financially sound and focused on growing our endowment for long-term sustainability. It is an honor to be named in a patron’s estate plans, and to attract investment in our endowment to sustain Gadsden Arts for future generations. Generous donors invested $158,628 in the Gadsden Arts Endowment Trust in 2022, and two new members joined the Gadsden Arts Legacy Society.

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Pam Butler, Chair Mark Bates

Dianne Croley Terry Hawkins Melody Johnson David Watson Mayo Woodward

PLANTERS Denise Fletcher

WEEKLY VOLUNTEERS

Patsy Bates Jimmy Nicholson Carlene Prince

Gadsden Arts is doing for our community exceeds all expectations. Especially the life changing involvement with programming for children.”

– Marjorie T., GACM Patron and Donor

Art for Children = Art for Everyone!

INSPIRING EXPLORATION

The night before the Art All Day family program on December 3rd, Serendipity Thompson found herself cutting out dozens of gingerbread men, preparing to greet families with an art activity she designed herself. Through the collaboration of Serendipity and her peers on the Teen Art Council (TAC), families could decorate paper gingerbread men, create ornaments, and do four other holiday projects outside the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum. “We talked about activities that would be accessible, easy, fun, could create a lot of pieces, and be done in 10 to 15 minutes. We all listened to each other, and understood each other’s ideas,” Thompson said.

In its third year at Gadsden Arts, the Teen Art Council is a unique program that hires teens from high schools across Gadsden and Leon counties to engage families in art-making, and learn about art careers. This fall, the TAC consisted of 19 teens from 7 different high schools, making it the biggest year for the Council yet.

“When I originally started, I was not sure about a job in art. But now, meeting artists and visiting museums, there’s so many new things I actually want to pursue, like education in art and therapeutic art. I now have a deeper understanding of the art jobs you can have,” said Thompson. Throughout the semester, Teen Ambassadors visited multiple sites in the area, including the Tallahassee Museum, 621 Gallery, and sculptor Mark Dickson’s studio.

“We always ask the teens how to improve the program at the end of each year,” said Sarah Black-Sadler, Museum Educator at Gadsden Arts. “Overwhelmingly, they said field trips. So when I was picking the sites for this fall, I wanted to make sure that they were experiencing different levels and types of institutions. We wanted to expose them to as many different art careers as possible.”

Through their time together, the teens broadened their artistic horizons, and made friends along the way. “Every year they start off kind of shy, but by the end they have inside jokes, and are making plans. You see all these teens from different high schools who would have never met otherwise become friends, it is really sweet,” Black-Sadler said.

DONORS BRING THE MAGIC OF ART TO THOUSANDS THROUGH ART FOR CHILDREN PROGRAMS

Some teens even leave the Council with new connections and opportunities. In fall of 2021, Doby Flowers of The Links organization spoke to the TAC as a guest presenter. One student on the TAC in 2020, 2021, and 2022 was recently granted a full-ride college scholarship from The Links for her work as a young artist of color.

All of the Art for Children programs at Gadsden Arts are aimed at connecting students, families, children, and individuals of all ages with art opportunities. “So much of what we do is bringing art to kids out in Gadsden County, who otherwise have almost no exposure to the arts. The teens on the Teen Art Council from Gadsden County didn’t have art classes until they got to high school, and even then, it is still just one or two. It’s particularly important to our institution whose permanent collection is primarily self-taught artists because we are not providing formal arts training. We are reaching the exact same folks who are in our collection, who don’t have access to art but who love to create,” Black-Sadler said.

The Art for Children suite of programs are based in the museum and throughout the community, and includes the Teen Art Council, the ArtZone, Art in Schools, Summer Art Camp, and Art @ Home Kits. Every Saturday, Museum Educator Ashley Williams welcomes families into the ArtZone for art-making activities inspired by the major exhibitions on display. “It’s always

important to make sure the projects we come up with are appropriate for a range of ages. You never know who will walk through the ArtZone doors. Sometimes we have babies still crawling, or teenagers. The good thing about art is that you can do it at any age, and everyone needs a creative outlet, even adults!” Williams said.

Through Art in Schools, Gadsden Arts brings art education directly into classrooms at three Gadsden County elementary schools every week. With arts programming often missing from public school curriculum, Gadsden Arts helps to fill this gap, encouraging students to discover their creativity and improve critical thinking skills. Always strategizing on how to best serve students, Museum Educator Black-Sadler has a long-term vision. “I would really love to see the Art in Schools program grow. I would love it if we could start seeing a direct impact on reading scores. There was only a 27% pass rate for reading scores in Gadsden County last year, so that is what I would like to see happen, a measurable impact,” Black-Sadler said.

At Summer Art Camp, children flexed their creative muscles even when school was out. One camper left Gadsden Arts after six weeks of Summer Art Camp ready to become a docent. “My favorite memory is of a camper who was very high-energy. When we paired him up with one of the camp counselors (who is also a former

ART FOR EVERYONE

Facing page above: a young man enjoys easel painting in the ArtZone; middle: a student from Chattahoochee Elementary School makes soap bubble prints; bottom: children enjoy a guided conversation while looking at Mary Proctor’s First Ladies series. This page left: students from our Teen Art Council learn about art on view at 621 Gallery; right: art campers have fun wearing their homemade 3D glasses.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Nancy Adams

Carole Fiore

Terry Francisco

Brenda Johnson

Donna Lowman

Tammy McGriff

Cheryl Sattler

Phyllis Simmons

Above: Museum Educator Sarah Black-Sadler guides a discussion of the Marvelocity exhibition with students from W.T. Moore Elementary School; right: Teen Aide Zoe Ford helps a student create prints during Summer Art Camp. Facing page: artist Eluster Richardson talks with students during a Field Trip from Ruediger Elementary School.

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TAC member), he walked her around the Bates Community Room, and told her about every piece on display from the Artists Guild,” said Black-Sadler.

Through a week of messy, playful art-making, campers strengthen their art interpretation skills, drawing connections between their own work and that of famous artists in history. “Each week has a theme like Back in Time or Under the Sea. It’s fun to find different artists to bring into the classroom that connect to the theme. During Under the Sea, we looked at Paul Klee’s Fish Magic (1925), and for Go to Space week, we looked at Swedish artist, Hilma af Klimt’s paintings,” Williams said.

Whether it’s in the museum, at home, or in the classroom, Gadsden Arts education programs are designed to provide quality art encounters for everyone, all year round. “When we’re looking at the whole year, I want to make sure that we’re reaching every age group and demographic. What are we doing for children, preschoolers, teens, and adults?” Black-Sadler said. “When we’re planning a program, it’s about how we are best going to serve each audience. And of course, how the programs can be the most fun!”

Thank you

ART FOR CHILDREN SPONSORS for making these programs possible

Sponsor contributions are $2500+

Nancy and Tom Adams

Art Bridges

Pamela Stimpson-Aveling

Bates Family Foundation - Jan and Dick Bates Bell & Bates Home Center

Centennial Bank

City of Quincy

Community Foundation of North Florida

Elizabeth Woodward Cook

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Guy de la Valdene Family Foundation

Priscilla and Richard Dreibelbis

Marilyn Eastwood

Carole Fiore

Marcia and Thomas Friedman

Judy and Scott Gregory

Jane and Alex Hinson

Beth and Fount May

Norma Meier

Cindy and Jim Miller

Katee Tully

Marjorie Turnbull

Kathy Villacorta and Tommy Warren Cackie and Robert Walker

Susan Wiechert

Jenny and Mayo Woodward

Katherine Woodward

In Memory of Eleanor Woodward Fleming, Bob and Elaine Woodward

GACM Strategic Plan 2020-2025

THE PLAN TO GROW FORWARD

Gadsden Arts is always guided to grow forward by a strategic plan that supports our mission. The plan was developed based on program results and community input, and is updated every year to lead us toward our vision for the future.

Mission: Gadsden Arts inspires the exploration, understanding, and appreciation of the visual arts to enrich life for everyone, bringing people together and contributing to cultural and economic vitality in our community.

Vision: An innovative arts center and museum that endures, alive with art experiences for every individual of the community, and widely acclaimed for its excellence and positive impact.

GOAL 1. GROW GACM’S IMPACT

Major Exhibitions interpreted through well designed education programs offer important cultural and historical experiences for thousands of people of all ages. Gadsden Arts is the unique provider of Major Exhibitions in our region. We know from recent projects that everyone, from school children to adult residents to visiting travelers, benefits from these thought provoking experiences with art.

The Impact Fund for Major Exhibitions provides advance resources needed to offer major exhibitions, which are planned three years in advance. In 2023, we aim to raise $50,000 to maintain the Impact Fund, replenishing resources as they are invested in projects.

Providing accessible art programs for children and families is also central to Gadsden Arts’ mission, making the present brighter and future better for everyone. Art for Children programs like ArtZone, Art in Schools, Art @ Home Kits, Field Trips, Art Camp, and the Teen Art Council provide opportunities for children to interpret and make art year-round.

In 2023, our Art for Children fundraising goal is $110,000 in contributions, grants, sponsorships, and foundation support, which will allow us to invest a total of $122,500 in free children’s programming.

GOAL 2: CONTINUE TO INCREASE ANNUAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT

As an independent museum, Gadsden Arts is sustained through contributions, grant awards, and earned revenues each year. Continued development of these resources is crucial to fulfilling our mission and having the highest possible impact. Achieving growth in our oganization is a team effort, guided by the Director, that everyone can support – board and committee members, staff, volunteers, Gadsden Arts members, and patrons. Please invite others to be a part of Gadsden Arts.

GOAL 3: CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.

In the long term, Gadsden Arts will continue to grow and diversify annual revenues, maintain cash on hand to equal twelve months operating costs, and grow the Gadsden Arts Endowment Trust.

The Gadsden Arts Endowment Trust (GAET) is working for the community every day, supporting facility needs and programs while ensuring support for our museum in perpetuity. The GAET Board of Directors manages this trust with a moderate investment policy and a conservative 2.5% spending policy to ensure fund growth. Donors may create their own separate Donor-Named Funds within the Gadsden Arts Endowment Trust which are invested along with the endowment, currently valued at $998,192. Our Strategic Plan goal for endowment is to reach $2M through gifts and growth.

HELP US PLAN - SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

Grace Robinson, Executive Director 850.627.5020 / grace@gadsdenarts.org

Jimmy

Terry Hawkins

Patsy Bates

Carole Fiore

Martha Fletcher

Tom Friedman

Laura Harris

Yvonne Howell

Brenda Johnson

Crystle May Tammy McGriff

Jim Miller

Bill Piotrowski

Ranie Thompson

Allie VanLandingham

Harris Wiltsher

Mayo Woodward

GADSDEN ARTS INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dianne Croley President

Leigh Watson Healy Vice-President

Pam Butler Treasurer

Nicholson Secretary

Immed. Past President

Wendy Devarieux

FLETCHER MUSEUM SHOP

Jean Gard Fletcher Museum Shop

PROMOTING LOCAL ART & MAKING COLLECTING ACCESSIBLE

After exploring the galleries, Gadsden Arts patrons often browse art, crafts, jewelry, and local authors’ books in the Fletcher Museum Shop. Many take home an original piece of art to commemorate their time at GACM.

Since 2000, the Fletcher Museum Shop has enhanced our visitors’ experience while promoting our region’s artists. “With the consignors, it’s a partnership. It helps support Gadsden Arts as well as the individual artists,” said Becky Reep, Museum Shop Manager. “One thing I have loved is getting to know the artists.”

Reep started as a volunteer in the earliest days of the annual Art in Gadsden exhibition, before the community-driven effort to feature local art in Gadsden County had evolved into a year-round nonprofit, and then an accredited art museum. Her keen retail knowledge has allowed the shop to grow into a bustling outlet for 99 artists and counting.

Since the shop’s expansion in 2016, which doubled display space, a steady rotation of items has provided new offerings to repeat and first-time visitors alike. With Reep’s input, the Museum Shop Committee works to decide what items to feature. “As a group, we discuss artists’ proposed submissions, whether a textile, painting, jewelry, or sculpture. Discussion includes the prices, as well as where in the shop the item can be displayed,” said Cynthia Everett, a long-time member of the Museum Shop Committee. “We also consider the quality of the craft, and creativity of the design.”

A prolific and experimental artist, Susan Frisbee has sold everything from stained-glass birds to bark cloth coasters, including most recently, jewelry constructed from vintage tin, vintage beads, and sheet copper. After closing her own studio, she began selling in the Fletcher Museum Shop in 2018. “The Museum Shop has been a great venue for my work, as I am always fully supported by staff and customers. It’s a great space, well-lit, with a great range of pricing for all occasions.”

Like Frisbee, Cheryl Sattler has been a dedicated Museum Shop consignor. As a member of the Museum Shop Committee, she offers her perspective as a consignor. “It is a tension that I continue to learn from—the balance between

Above: Museum Shop Manager Becky Reep, the heart of the Fletcher Museum Shop; top right: Jackie Padilla learns from Curator Angie Barry how to complete condition reports for works of art in a major traveling exhibition; below right: Erica Lomnitz and Amanda Thompson prepare a salon style layout for the Eddy Mumma exhibition.

pure artistry and accessible items that people will purchase. I would definitely encourage any artist to apply to consign, if only for the committee’s and Becky’s invaluable feedback,” said Sattler.

The shop enables anybody who loves art to take home original work in an affordable and accessible way. “In a world of mass-production, the ability to own original works is a gift to the community. Not everyone can afford a framed oil painting, but most can afford one-of-a-kind, hand-painted notecards, a unique piece of jewelry, or hand-blown sculptural pieces,” Everett said.

Along with being a haven for handmade items and a supportive platform for regional artists, the Museum Shop is a focal point on Quincy’s historic Courthouse Square. “It is a meeting place, both for artists and patrons. It’s rare to be in the shop and not be part of a conversation of like minds,” Sattler said.

MUSEUM SHOP INFORMATION

Becky Reep, Museum Shop Manager 850.627.5024 / becky.reep@gadsdenarts.org

COMMITTEE

Dianne Croley

Betsy Brugner

Penny Dehler

Cynthia Everett

Cheryl Sattler

Karen Watson

At the end of a 12-week summer internship, Erica Lomnitz saw the 34th Art in Gadsden open to an excited crowd of over 200 artists and friends. “I assisted in making the catalogue for the show, so by the end, I knew the stories behind each piece. From there, I helped hang and light the exhibition to see the works I was so familiar with on paper bringing life to the galleries,” Lomnitz said.

Every spring, summer, and fall, Gadsden Arts offers interns the chance to learn hands-on museum work, and apply their skills to their chosen focus—Exhibitions/Collections, Education, or Development. Interns assist professional staff with projects like exhibitions research, writing publicity, and program planning, as well as day-to-day tasks.

Each type of internship offers unique opportunities and challenges, allowing students to expand their knowledge of the industry beyond the classroom. Jackie Padilla, an intern in fall of 2022, was tasked with designing the layout for a major upcoming exhibition. “Putting myself in the shoes of a curator really challenged me to think about the work in a new way. The layout required careful consideration of size, space, and order so the viewing experience would create a narrative about the artist and their work that would be meaningful,” Padilla said.

Rachel Berrang, an Education intern earlier in the spring, also completed her own long-term project, researching, writing, and delivering a

GACM BUILDS MUSEUM EXPERIENCE & THE FUTURE OF OUR FIELD

docent tour for Masters of American Photography. As a Museum Studies minor at Florida State University (FSU), Rachel had studied the principles and theories of museum work, but got the chance to see a boots-on-the-ground reality at Gadsden Arts. “I knew what general tasks are associated with the main departments of museums, but I was unaware how interconnected each individual’s responsibilities are in order to bring new and exciting programs to patrons.”

As a frequent assistant in the ArtZone, fall Education intern Jessica Salaun spent most of her time designing art activities based on upcoming exhibitions, and helping families with their creative art-making on Saturdays. “The most rewarding part of my internship was seeing the look of satisfaction on our visitors’ faces when they were making art. Working at GACM has exposed me to seeing the actual reaction of visitors to museum programming, and given me the chance to understand how museum professionals can tailor a museum experience to the community they serve,” Salaun said.

The GACM Internship Program was established in 2008 to give students and emerging professionals in the region the opportunity to learn about arts and museum careers, and to assist department heads with their weekly workload. Since then, dozens of students from FSU, FAMU, and TCC have gone on to pursue their own successful careers in the arts.

Internship Program INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

After their internships, the 2022 GACM interns each expressed their plans to continue in the museum field, with unique visions for the future of the industry. “Working in this internship has shown me that I enjoy program writing and community art outreach. I want to continue working in the museum education sector, and eventually work towards increasing participation and accessibility in the art world,” Salaun said.

Berrang expressed that the most gratifying part of her GACM experience was the chance to develop relationships with regular museum visitors. “Many families came at least once a month to try out the new art projects. Seeing what they created each week was definitely the highlight of my time as an intern. There are also so many charismatic volunteers who help the GACM staff, and they were a joy to meet and get to know.”

CURATOR

From Highwaymen to superheroes, Angie Barry builds reputation for excellence

In summer of 2005, Director Grace Robinson was greeted in the lobby by a recent Florida State University graduate. Having just earned a degree in Art History, Angie Barry was looking to get involved with one of her hometown museums, and within a few weeks, she started docent training at what was then the Gadsden Arts Center.

“I loved working with the group of docents. Most of them were retired teachers, so I got to learn about managing children and classrooms, and they got to learn all the art history stuff from me because I had just gotten my degree,” Barry said. Her permanent role at Gadsden Arts would start three years later, however, after she earned a master’s in Arts Administration from FSU.

In 2008, Robinson hired Barry as the pioneer Gadsden Arts Curator. Her work started with Dean Mitchell’s New Orleans exhibition, the first of over 170 exhibitions she would curate and install over 14 years. By the time she installed her last major exhibition, Marvelocity: The Art of Alex Ross, her role had expanded to include stewardship of a permanent collection, leadership of the 70-person Artists Guild, and management of the entire Gadsden Arts Exhibitions and Collections department.

At this small museum, Gadsden Arts staff wear many hats. For Barry, this meant shifting roles between art preparator, registrar, curator, sometimes art trip planner, and many other positions at any given moment. “It helps that I love all things art and museum related. I love getting to do lots of different things, and it wasn’t like I did all of it at the beginning. We didn’t always do massive exhibitions, or have a permanent collection, so I slowly grew into it. Grace’s enthusiasm propelled us forward and I jumped on the train,” Barry said.

From the beginning, however, Barry and Robinson had a vision for the future. “We always had a goal of being accredited. Grace taught us all how to do things to a certain standard, to follow all the policies. The first task was to set up an Exhibitions Committee and a Collections Committee with proper procedures. We wanted to bring in exhibitions that no one else was doing, and become the only accredited art museum in the area. Another goal was to have a collection of Southeastern Art with a focus on self-taught, vernacular artists,” said Barry.

Today, largely due to Barry’s efforts to acquire works intentionally and ethically, the Gadsden Arts Permanent Collection now consists of 197 works by 51 artists, with major names also held in national institutions. In 2014, for example, the Metropolitan Museum of Art accepted a donation from the Souls Grown Deep collection, which featured many of the same artists as the Gadsden Arts Permanent Collection—started several years earlier by Barry and the Collections Committee. “It was really cool to know we were doing things on the same level or even ahead of the Met,” Barry commented.

As the Permanent Collection grew, Barry also worked to bring historically important exhibitions to Gadsden County. These included groundbreaking shows such as The Monumental Landscapes of Clyde Butcher, Southern Quilting: 1830s to Today, Norman Rockwell in the 1960s, and Florida’s First Highwaymen, that brought visitors from other states, and still hold a strong place in community memory.

“It was really about making sure that we had a balanced and diverse exhibition schedule throughout the years, that we connected to our community through the artists, and selected shows that would be inspirational to our artists as well as the greater region. What is unique about GACM is how much we work with our community, it’s very collaborative between me, Grace, the committees, and the board to decide what is interesting and educational for everyone,” Barry said.

Her secret to installing almost 200 shows? Spreadsheets. With some assistance from her husband Chris, Barry installed nearly every show at Gadsden Arts during her career with a custom designed set of Excel spreadsheets. “After my husband came and tried to help me hang artwork in the earlier years, he didn’t want to do all the math! So he helped me create a reusable set of spreadsheets,” Barry said. By

measuring each work of art, and adjusting for unusual shapes or sizes, Barry could then use her spreadsheets to get placements for each nail, which allowed her to map out every exhibition and install it with precision.

Barry also completed other monumental projects for Gadsden Arts that helped to grow a community art center into a nationally accredited art museum. In the years before 2011, when a selection from the Gadsden Arts Permanent Collection was lent to the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina, Barry worked to literally put the show on the road. “It was all challenges—working with found materials, nothing is clean, nothing is square. There was nothing easy about that, and I just had to figure it out. I worked with a company to create specialized crates, and figured out what we needed for each piece,” Barry explained.

With a traveling exhibition and accreditation, Gadsden Arts could both lend and borrow from other institutions, helping to bring it to a national stage. But even with major exhibitions and a cutting-edge collection, Barry’s favorite part of the job was always the people. “The best part was getting to know the community. Everyone is so kind and generous with their time. They care about the museum and each other. I enjoy working in a place where I truly believe in our mission and that we make a difference, that gives me so much, to be able to give back as much as I can,” Barry said.

Her dedication, kindness, and enthusiasm for art has been felt by everyone who walks through the doors of Gadsden Arts. “She was a big part of why I came here,” Sarah Black-Sadler, Museum Educator, said. “She gave me a tour when I came in for my last interview. When she was showing me around, just the way she was talking about the space, I thought, ‘This lady is quirky, I can work with her!’”

Weekly volunteer since 2006, Carlene Prince saw Barry almost every Friday throughout her career at Gadsden Arts. “The friendship that has grown over the last 14 years has made her like a daughter I never had,” Prince said.

Grace Robinson said about Barry, “The first time I met Angie, she had just finished her art history degree. She wanted to get out of Tallahassee, and had no idea what she wanted to do for a career. I never would have dreamed we would be working together 17 years later, and feel so fortunate for my time with Angie. She is a delightful person, and can do anything. Angie fearlessly tackled every project we dreamed

Facing page: Angie crates Godzilla for an exhibition loan to the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, MD; Angie and intern Ashton Langrick evaluate the condition of a painting during the Florida’s First Highwaymen exhibition Above: Angie installs signage and artifacts in the Sara May Love Gallery display case; Angie and Alex Hinson present an Art in Gadsden award to Beth Appleton

up, from ambitious self-curated exhibitions like Florida’s First Highwaymen, Found: Southern Vernacular Art, and Southern Quilting 1830s to Today, to art trips everywhere, including Cuba. In fact, Angie and I have probably traveled more together than with our respective spouses.”

As Gadsden Arts continues to expand and reach more art-lovers, there is no doubt that Barry’s role in the organization’s development will be remembered as profound and wide-reaching, inspiring a love of art in visitors from across the region and beyond.

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS

Major Exhibitions

THE ART OF ELIZABETH CATLETT

February 17 – April 15, 2023

From the Collection of Samella Lewis Organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA

Sara May Love Gallery – Elizabeth Catlett is widely considered one of the most important African American artists of the 20th century. She is best known for her politically charged expressionistic sculptures and prints of the 1960s and 70s that confront injustices against African Americans.

This exhibition is from the collection of Dr. Samella Lewis (1924-2022), a student of Catlett and an accomplished artist, professor, and author. She wrote one of the first surveys of Black artists in 1978, Art: African American, and was a professor at several historic black colleges and universities, including Florida A&M University during the 1950s. This collection features 30 works by Elizabeth Catlett including lithographs, mixed media, woodcuts, bronze and wood sculptures; a few works by her husband, Francisco Mora; and works by Lewis herself.

ELIZABETH CATLETT & SAMELLA LEWIS: ART, COMMUNITY, AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Saturday March 4, 2023, 12:30-4:30pm

@ Gadsden Arts

Featuring sessions by Celeste Hart, Aja Roache, and Kabuya Bowens-Saffo

Explore the legacies of Elizabeth Catlett and Samella Lewis through three interactive sessions, led by leading artists and scholars from FAMU Foster-Tanner Gallery and Anderson-Brickler Gallery. Sessions include “The Life and Work of Elizabeth

Above: Elizabeth Catlett, American,1915-2012, New Generation, 1972, lithograph, edition A/P 6, 21 1/4 x 33 inches, Collection of Samella Lewis. Left: Elizabeth Catlett, American, 1915-2012, Mother and Child, 1978, bronze, 15 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, Collection of Samella Lewis. Image courtesy of Landau Traveling Exhibitions.

Catlett and Samella Lewis,” “Black Art and Community,” and “Dr. Samella Lewis and the Legacy of HBCU Art Museums and Galleries.” Free and open to the public, with light refreshments provided.

ART TALK LIVE! WITH THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS

Thursday April 6, 2023, 5:30–6:30pm

on Zoom

Join staff from the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) and the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum (GACM) to explore connections between GACM’s exhibition, The Art of Elizabeth Catlett, and NMWA’s collection. The conversation will extend to artists with ties to Catlett past and present, such as Loïs Mailou Jones, one of Catlett’s teachers at Howard University.

FOR THE LATEST ON EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS www.gadsdenarts.org

GACM BRINGS WORLD CLASS CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR COMMUNITY

Major Exhibitions

GOLDEN LEGACY: ORIGINAL ART FROM 80 YEARS OF GOLDEN BOOKS

May 19–July 15, 2023

Organized by the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, Abilene, TX

Sara May Love Gallery – Co-curated by renowned children’s book historian Leonard S. Marcus, this exhibition chronicles the fascinating story of the creation, marketing, and worldwide impact of Little Golden Books—the most popular children’s books of all time. Developed to bring reading and book ownership to everyone during the dark days of WWII, Golden Books such as The Poky Little Puppy were an instant sensation. Known for their superlative quality and affordability, they mirrored our changing postwar culture. Golden Legacy features both newer illustrators of some older classics, and original illustration art by Richard Scarry, Garth Williams, Tibor Gergely, Feodor Rojankovsky, and more.

GOLDEN LEGACY LUNCHEON

Thursday, June 8, 2023, 12–1:30pm Register online www.gadsdenarts.org

Join us for a luncheon and a captivating discussion on the story of Little Golden Books and how Golden Books became a lasting fixture in households around the world led by retired children’s librarian Carole Fiore, a book editor, fiber artist, and active Gadsden Arts volunteer.

TWENTIETH-CENTURY PAINTING IN ICELAND ART FROM THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE

October 6 – December 16, 2023

From the Fernandez Collection

Though it is the most sparsely populated country in Europe, Iceland is home to a rich cultural history and a unique, stunning landscape. The island is predominantly a treeless, mountainous, and barren place—with extensive ice fields and over 30 active volcanoes throughout that give the country its nickname, “Land of Fire and Ice.” For centuries, artists have been inspired by Iceland’s otherworldly black sand beaches, lava fields, and glaciers, attempting to capture this awesome environment situated across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The island belongs to

two worlds: a place where the North American and European tectonic plates meet. Iceland’s beginnings as a Viking settlement, with the world’s oldest functioning parliament, have given it a national history as complex and distinct as its native terrain.

On loan from the Fernandez Collection is a thoughtfully curated exhibition depicting Iceland’s majestic landscapes, bucolic countryside, and fishing customs, grounded in its Scandinavian heritage. This exhibition promises to transport the viewer across the Atlantic, to an awe-inspiring environment and a fascinating way of life.

ICELAND ART & CULTURE TRIP

September 1-7, 2023

Witness the stunning natural beauty featured in our Icelandic Painting exhibition on a guided exploration of Icelandic food, art, and culture. This trip is SOLD OUT –contact Grace Robinson 850.627.5020 to be added to our waiting list.

Above: Richard Scarry, Chicken Little, 1960, gouache and watercolor, 18 x 22.5 inches, © 1960 by Penguin Random House

Left: 1. Einar G. Baldvinsson (1919-2004), Reykjavíkurhöfn, oil, 36 x 32 inches

EXHIBITIONS COMMITTEE

Dianne Croley Carey Fee

Tom Friedman

Roger Raepple Eluster Richardson

Steve Rollin Harris Wiltsher

Left to right:

REGIONAL ART

Regional Exhibitions

MARK GEORGIADES: VISAGE

December 10, 2022 - March 25, 2023

Munroe Family Community Gallery – An exhibition of welded metal sculptures and striking paintings by this Havana-based artist and 33rd Art in Gadsden Best of Show Award winner. Inspired by nature and fantasy, Georgiades intertwines his skills as a mechanic with his love of art to create his edgy sculptures and whimsical paintings.

JESSIE LUKE JOURNEY TO WONDERLAND

February 17 – April 15, 2023

Zoe Golloway Gallery & Sarah K. Newberry Gallery – Jessie Luke, a fine arts photographer based in Jacksonville, FL, retells the well-loved classic of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland in 24 images using a toy camera called the Holga. Known for its low-fidelity aesthetic, this “cheap” plastic camera produces unpredictable results ideal for conveying Alice’s dreamlike journey.

CAROLE FIORE THREAD…TRANSFORMED

April 1 - June 17, 2023

Munroe Family Community Gallery

Featuring complex embroidered works by lifetime fiber artist Carole Fiore, this exhibition explores the techniques and materials she uses to create texture and depth in this challenging two-dimensional medium. It also highlights her combination of embroidery with mixed media forms like acrylic paint and collage.

MICHELE TABOR KIMBROUGH

CRUCIAN CARNIVAL SERIES

June 24 - September 9, 2023

Munroe Family Community Gallery

Accomplished watercolor artist Michele Tabor Kimbrough shares her travels to St. Croix, a Caribbean Island, during the annual Christmas Parade. Her vibrant use of color gives expression and atmosphere to the culture of this celebration.

35TH ART IN GADSDEN

August 4 – September 16, 2023

Sara May Love & Zoe Golloway Galleries

Gadsden Arts’ annual juried exhibition represents over 80 regional artists, and those with Gadsden County roots. This landmark 35th exhibition will offer special programming for our patrons, including a tour of artists’ studios, and a special three-day art sale, harkening back to the early years of this program.

DUKE KRAAI: MOMENTS IN TIME

September 16 - December 9, 2023

Munroe Family Community Gallery

As a child in the Midwest, Duke Kraai was surrounded by fishing, hunting, and boating, inspiring his love of landscapes and seascapes. His paintings reflect the varied environments of Florida, Michigan, and New England.

MARY VANLANDINGHAM

WITHIN THESE WALLS

October 6 – December 16, 2023

Zoe Golloway Gallery

A series of interiors by Mary VanLandingham that display her talent with light, patterns, and textures.

GADSDEN ARTS ARTISTS GUILD

Bates Community Room

Enjoy four changing installations of the latest work by over 70 Gadsden Arts Artists Guild members.

works of art by sculptor Mark Georgiades, fiber artist Carole Fiore, photographer Jimmy Nicholson, and painter Eddy Mumma

Gadsden Arts Permanent Collection

EDDY MUMMA

PERMANENT COLLECTION EXHIBITION

January – December 2023

Bates Permanent Collection Gallery

A master of color and composition, self-taught artist “Mr. Eddy” Mumma created highly stylized paintings that vibrate with emotion. Unknown during his time, this reclusive artist’s imaginative works are now in major museums like the Smithsonian and the High Museum. These works are from the GACM Permanent Collection, which has one of the largest holdings of Mumma paintings in a museum collection.

GADSDEN ARTS PERMANENT COLLECTION

The Gadsden Arts Center & Museum collects Southeastern American Art, with concentrations of Southern Vernacular art and work by acclaimed regional artists. For more information about making a gift to the Permanent Collection, or exhibitions of art for loan, contact Grace Robinson 850.627.5020.

2022 ACQUISITIONS

2022.1, Quiltmaker 9 by Eluster Richardson, 2010, oil paint on canvas. Museum Purchase made possible by a contribution from Wendy and Nick Adams.

2022.2, Art Heals the Mind, Body and Soul by Mary L. Proctor, 2020, paint, paintbrushes on plywood. Museum Purchase made possible by a contribution from Laura and David Harris.

2022.3, Black Cat in the Garden by Mary L. Proctor, n.d., paint, found objects on metal. Museum Purchase made possible by contributions from Patsy and Mark Bates, Laura and David Harris, and Calynne and Lou Hill.

2022.5, Fishing on the Flint River by Jimmy Nicholson, ed. 5/25, 1980, silver gelatin print on paper. Museum Purchase made possible by a contribution from Wendy and Nick Adams.

GIFTS OF THE DANA M. PREU TRUST

2022.4.1, untitled children’s chair by Mary L. Proctor, n.d., paint on wood 2022.4.2, Once There Lived a Fellow Named Bud by Mary L. Proctor, n.d., paint, beer cans on wood

2022.4.3, untitled painted tea kettle by Mary L. Proctor, n.d., paint on tin teakettle 2022.4.4, untitled duck sculpture by O.L. Samuels, n.d., paint on modeling clay 2022.4.5, untitled figure by O.L. Samuels, n.d., wood 2022.4.6, Boy in Mime Paint by Eluster Richardson, 2001, watercolor paint on paper 2022.4.7, Study Three Women from Rio by Karl Zerbe, 1963, collage, acrylic paint on canvas 2022.4.8, Lucifer the Fallen Angel by Nancy Reid Gunn, 1958, encaustic on masonite 2022.4.9, Tree by Ron Yrabedra, 1995, ink, watercolor paint on paper

PERMANENT COLLECTION

COLLECTIONS

COMMITTEE

Patsy Bates

Penny Dehler

Laura Harris

Lou Hill

Jane Hinson

Jim Miller

Neil Mooney

ENDOWMENT & LEGACY GIVING

From the beginning, Gadsden Arts Donors create the present and secure the future

On a Saturday afternoon in 1989, Zoe Golloway visited the first Art in Gadsden: Juried Exhibition of Fine Art, unaware that just five years later, she would become the founding director of a permanent community gathering place.

“I cherish my first meeting with Beth Appleton and David Harbaugh. There was a large banner floating from a building announcing, ‘Art in Gadsden.’ I had to go see what was going on. Beth was on the main floor amid lots of artwork, and David was downstairs giving a guitar lesson. We talked for a couple hours, I spent a couple hundred dollars on art, and found two people who remain lifelong friends,” Golloway said.

For the first five years of its grassroots beginnings, Art in Gadsden was held annually in empty storefronts around the historic Quincy Courthouse Square. In 1994, the exhibition moved into a small church on Adams Street. Though it needed a paint job and better parking, the converted building quickly became home to a burgeoning community of artists and art-lovers. That same year, it was incorporated as a nonprofit organization, and renamed the Gadsden Arts Center.

“It was the excitement of something new, something wonderful coming to the area. It remained very special, but it was labor intensive. The church was too small to have refreshments inside, so Mark Bates would lend us a tent and we put twinkle lights around it, with a band and food inside. It was a real community effort to keep it going,” said Becky Reep, Museum Shop Manager.

Three years later, Mark Bates, owner of Bell & Bates Hardware, was looking to move his business into a new facility—leaving the store at 13 N. Madison Street open to a new purpose.  “When Mark offered the building to Zoe, at the time we were thinking it would be neat if Art in Gadsden was back on the square,” said Patsy Bates, wife of Mark and long-time supporter of Gadsden Arts.

With a bigger, permanent home, Golloway was hired as founding Executive Director. Gadsden Arts has grown every year since, evolving into what is now a three-building, state-of-the-art facility and a nationally accredited art museum. The success and steady development of Gadsden Arts is due in no small part to the support of community leaders like the late Julia Munroe Woodward,

whose unending love for the arts led her to start the Gadsden Arts, Inc. Endowment Trust.

“Julia had been on the board at Wesleyan College, and realized the necessity of an endowment to sustain an organization,” said Mary Jane Woodward, daughter-in-law to Julia Munroe Woodward. “And she enjoyed the fact that Gadsden Arts involved the whole community.”

Julia Woodward’s legacy and love for art has carried into the present day, passed on through generations of her family. “The endowment helps sustain the organization, in the sense that the organization does not have to depend continuously just on revenue,” said her son and lifetime Gadsden Arts supporter, Pat Woodward. “Having an endowment really reflects on the stability of the organization.”

Robert Woodward, brother to Pat Woodward and son of Julia M. Woodward, also played an integral role in helping to secure the future of Gadsden Arts. One of the first supporters to include the museum in his legacy and estate planning, Bob Woodward and wife Elaine helped found the Gadsden Arts Legacy Society, which now includes over a dozen members.

“I think part of my dad’s legacy support was his way of giving back to the city of Quincy. My dad also loved antiques and art all of his life, he always had an appreciation for getting more people involved in seeing art. His support has helped maintain the arts center’s ability to continue to do what it does day to day,” Mayo Woodward, son of Bob Woodward, said. “I support Gadsden Arts because it’s my way to give back to Quincy, same as my dad and my grandmother.”

Like the Woodward family, lifetime fiber artist Carole Fiore joined the Legacy Society as a way of helping encourage the next generation of creative minds. “I want kids today to have

DONORS SHARE THOUGHTS ABOUT ENDOWMENT AND LEGACY GIVING

Top left: Bob and Elaine Woodward, GACM Legacy Giving Society founders, enjoy the Gadsden Arts trip to Cuba; above left: artist Eluster Richardson, Founding Director Zoe Golloway, and longtime GACM supporter Mayo Woodward; above right: Gadsden Arts Endowment Trust founders Julia Munroe Woodward and Pat Woodward with Moritz Dehler; right: Gadsden Arts supporters since its earliest days, including Judy Gregory, Eleanor Woodward Fleming, Bobbie Dow Munroe, Mary Howard Edwards, and Helen Woodward, attend a luncheon in honor of Julia Munroe Woodward (seated, front).

art and cultural experiences so that they can call on these things the rest of their lives. It’s the early exposure that makes for a lifetime.” Referencing her late husband, “I’m lucky enough that Stan and I planned well financially. Little by little I’ve found ways to keep his memory alive, and make an impact on young people.”

Through their generosity and collaboration, Gadsden Arts supporters have worked for the past 33 years to insure its ever-growing presence in the community. Their visionary plans continue to inform the ways that Gadsden Arts serves children, adults, and people of all ages.

“The future of GACM, in my opinion, is to continue to foster partnerships within the community to bring more experiences with art,” said Harris Wiltsher, long-time artist and Board of Directors member. “Growth will come from its leadership, committee members, and patrons who believe in its mission and who seek more opportunities for diversity and discovery.”

Legacy Society members Robert DeWitt Smith and wife Meredith foresee that a bright future for Gadsden Arts may have ripple effects across the community. “The panhandle region of Florida has benefitted greatly from Gadsden Arts programs, and our hope is that funds we provide may help to continue and expand these

efforts. Our main hope is that through GACM’s programs and inspired leadership, downtown Quincy will see some degree of revitalization.”

No matter what the future holds for Gadsden Arts, its beating heart will always be found in the artists, volunteers, and founders who saw, even during its scrappy early days, the creative haven it would become. “I believe that what has begun will only grow,” said Zoe Golloway. “It will grow because the arts center is a space for fun, for learning, for growing. It is a space that greets visitors and turns them into friends.”

TALK WITH OUR DIRECTOR

Grace Robinson, Executive Director 850.627.5020

grace@gadsdenarts.org

ARTS

TRUST

GADSDEN

ENDOWMENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mark Bates

Richard Bates Pam Butler Dianne Croley Terry Hawkins Alex Hinson Pat Woodward

GIFTS FOR THE LONG RUN

Endowment and Legacy Giving

MAKING A DIFFERENCE NOW AND FOREVER

GADSDEN ARTS ENDOWMENT TRUST

The Gadsden Arts Endowment Trust is working for the community every day, supporting programs of Gadsden Arts, and major facility needs such as HVAC and lighting system upgrades, while ensuring support for our museum in perpetuity.

The endowment is carefully managed by its Board of Directors with a strategic investment policy and a conservative 2.5% spending rate to ensure fund growth over time. Donors of $50,000 and above may create a Named Fund within the Gadsden Arts Endowment Trust, which is currently valued at $988,613. Invest now, and help us achieve our goal of $2M by 2025!

GADSDEN ARTS LEGACY SOCIETY

A well-planned gift tells the story of what you hold as most important in your life and community. The Gadsden Arts Legacy Society honors those friends of the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum who have made a commitment to the future of this institution by including the museum in their estate plans. Estate gifts offer support in perpetuity in the Gadsden Arts Endowment Trust unless otherwise designated.

Left to right: Carole Fiore, Bob and Meredith Smith have made a pledge, along with six other donors or families, to help sustain Gadsden Arts for future generations through the Gadsden Arts Legacy Giving Society.

IMPACT FUND FOR EDUCATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MAJOR EXHIBITIONS

Major Exhibitions are the highest impact programs of Gadsden Arts when presented with a full complement of interpretive programming. Major Exhibitions meet a unique need in our region, and attract thousands of people into the museum each year for remarkable art experiences. The Impact Fund provides the resources to plan and schedule these projects. Contributions and pledges to the Impact Fund make these culturally enriching projects possible, benefitting people of all ages, while stimulating our economy through tourism.

The Impact Fund is working, supporting major projects over the next three years, and making possible recent projects like Marvelocity, Masters of American Photography, and Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful. Gadsden Arts seeks to raise $50,000 in 2023 to maintain the Impact Fund as we work to schedule major exhibitions through 2026 and beyond.

TALK WITH OUR DIRECTOR

Grace Robinson, Executive Director 850.627.5020 grace@gadsdenarts.org

Gadsden Arts Milestones

GENEROUS COMMUNITY SUPPORT OVER TIME GROWS GACM AND ITS IMPACTS

1994-2005

Zoe Golloway, Founding Director, led GAC starting in 1994, and in 1998, renovation of the Bell & Bates Building, given by Mark & Patsy Bates. GAC opened in this space in 2000. Below, Ellen Bryant, Zoe, and the Bates FamilyMort, Patsy, Mark, Martha, and Richard - gather to celebrate.

2017-2018

Gadsden Arts completes renovation and expansion to grow all areas of museum programming. In 2018, the ArtZone, Munroe Family Community Gallery, Woodell Family Art Studio, Jane and Alex Hinson Children’s Gallery, Woodward Family Art Studio, Fletcher Museum Shop, Sarah K. Newberry Gallery, Adams and Thrower Collections Storage Areas are introduced.

2010

Art storage is finished. GAC’s formal Collection Program begins with a major gift of Southern Vernacular Art from Lou & Calynne Hill, which travels to the Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC that year.

2008

The Artists Guild and Director’s Circle are founded and GAC celebrates the 20th Art in Gadsden.

2019

Above, major Norman Rockwell and Southern Quilting exhibitions attract record numbers of tour groups. Above, Patsy Bates, Docent and Anissa Ford, former Museum Educator lead tours.

2016

GACM earns AAM Accreditation, which is presented by Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, with Kerri Post, Grace Robinson, Zoe Golloway, Jamie Maloy, Malinda Horton, & Lucy Harris

2017

Florida’s First Highwaymen, Curated by Gadsden Arts, attracts record numbers of event guests, walk-in visitors, and travelers.

2022

After 2 years of pandemic, Gadsden Arts grows in-person programs with new records: 6000+ Art for Children participants, 351 children on Field Trips in one week, 90 regular volunteers, 714 members, 70 Artists Guild members, 55 Director’s Circle members, and 99 Museum Shop consignors.

Top to bottom: Sponsors and award-winners from the 34th Art in Gadsden juried exhibition; artist Kelly Clark works on a portrait during our Wednesday open studio for GACM members

What would we do without artists?

By Carole Fiore

ARTISTS AT GACM

What would an arts center or museum be without artists? Without artists, the walls would be bare and there would be few programs. Without the work that artists make and create, people, especially young people, would not have art through which they can be inspired and express themselves. Without accomplished masters, young artists would not have examples that they can emulate and learn from. Gadsden Arts was founded on the very mission of promoting the artistic production of our region, providing support and encouragement to artists of all ages, including regional and local artists, career and second career artists, students, and families.

Open every Saturday, the ArtZone’s Woodward Family Art Studio is a space where families can explore their creative sides together. “We were so impressed with the ArtZone when we were there with our 5-year-old granddaughter! We love the concept and that all kids are welcome - no fee,” said one new patron. Over 600 families discovered the joy of making art through the ArtZone last year, with many returning every month to do new sets of activities.

To continue that experience for students and families at home, GACM distributed 966 Art @ Home Kits. These kits provide materials, activities, and ideas so children of all ages can continue being artists even once they leave the museum. During the school year, children in three Gadsden County Elementary Schools get the chance to be artists each week in their classrooms through the Art in Schools program. At Chattahoochee Elementary, a teacher expressed, “The art presented to the students was very impressive and exciting. It was challenging, but they took a chance to be exposed to art and learn something wonderful about it. Also, our field trip to the museum brought an unbelievable amount of interest in art to the students!”

At Summer Art Camp, young artists get to play and create in all sorts of mediums, with activities ranging from papier mache planets to shark tooth sculptures. Children who participated in the ArtZone, Art in Schools, and Summer Art Camp had exhibitions in the Jane and Alex Hinson Children’s Gallery. By year’s end, more

than 6,000 children became budding artists in these programs.

Creativity at Gadsden Arts doesn’t stop at a certain age— the Teen Art Council completed a successful season of learning about and making art in fall of 2022. These teen artists designed their own art-making activities for the Art All Day family program, and will have a special exhibition of their work in the Sarah K. Newberry Gallery. The teens created their own art with an Envisioned Pathways theme, and presented their work in an inspiring session that is now available to view on the Gadsden Arts YouTube channel.

Gadsden Arts also seeks to engage adult artists in a variety of ways, including through the Artists Guild, which is now a collective of 74 artists. These individuals display their work in the Bates Community Room twice each year, and some Guild members ply their skills collaboratively in the Woodell Family Art Studio every week. The camaraderie provided by this opportunity allows artists who normally work alone to get together, give each other feedback on current projects, share knowledge about exhibition opportunities, and support one another.

Artists also have the opportunity to consign work to the Fletcher Museum Shop. In 2022, 99 regional artists had their work for sale in the shop, utilizing unique skills such as jewelrymaking, sculpting, welding, glass-blowing, and embroidery to produce a variety of decorative and functional items for visitors to take home.

Since the first Art in Gadsden Juried Exhibition, regional artists have always been the backbone of Gadsden Arts. 88 artists displayed work in 2022 in this iconic community effort. Said one

You can help bring art to everyone!

OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIVING

ART FOR CHILDREN

As an Art for Children

Sponsor, you bring valuable art experiences to thousands of children, teens, and families from across our region. Fun art-making experiences give kids the chance to express themselves and solve problems. Guided conversations about art develop critical thinking skills and empathy, while offering a fascinating view of a world of human experience and creativity.

Art for Children programs introduce children and families to visiting art museums for fun and enrichment. They also give art-loving teens a view of a creative future by introducing arts careers. Programs are offered at Gadsden Arts, in schools, and at home, free of charge, to ensure that everyone can create and appreciate art. 2023 fundraising goal is $110,000.

Gadsden Arts will invest $123,000 in Art for Children programs this year.

IMPACT FUND

The Impact Fund makes Major Exhibitions possible, bringing education and economic development to our community. Major Exhibitions feature art with historically and culturally rich content, along with programming that connects people of all ages with the art. These exhibitions bring a new understanding of ourselves, others, and our world. They are the highest impact programs of Gadsden Arts, serving tens of thousands of people each year. An accredited museum, Gadsden Arts is a leading provider of Major Exhibitions in North Florida.

Our Impact Fund fundraising goal is $50,000 to make Major Exhibitions possible through 2026.

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS SPONSOR

As a Major Exhibitions Corporate Sponsor, you bring remarkable art experiences to our region that are normally found in larger urban areas. You enrich lives, help grow the region’s economy through tourism, and gain great brand exposure for your business.

Sponsorships $5,000 / $2,500 / $1,000

WEEK WITH THE ARTS SPONSOR

Week with the Arts is the highly anticipated annual fundraiser for Gadsden Arts, celebrating the arts, and presenting the best of creative talent in our own community. Patrons enjoy a week of artful events, the COLLECT Select Exhibition & Auction, and the highly popular Evening with the Arts gala at the historic Sawano Club.

Sponsorships $5,000 / $2,500 / $1,500 / $700

ART FOR CHILDREN SPONSOR

As an Art for Children Corporate Sponsor, you help bring life changing art experiences to more children in our community! (top left).

Corporate Sponsorships $2,500

CONTACT

Grace Robinson Executive Director 850.627.5020 grace@gadsdenarts.org

ART FOR EVERYONE

Artwork images: Richard Scarry, I Am A Bunny, 1963, gouache, © 1963 by Penguin Random House; and J.P.Miller, The Little Red Hen, 1954, gouache, © 1954 by Penguin Random House

ART TRIPS & EVENTS

WEEK WITH THE ARTS

TEAM 2022

Pamela Aveling

Penny Dehler

Anne Draper

Mary Howard Edwards

Kay Edwards

Denise Fletcher

Martha Fletcher

Terry Francisco

Lucy Harris

Terry Hawkins

John Healy

Leigh Watson Healy

Brenda Johnson

Crystle May

Jimmy Nicholson

Tianne Reddick

Allie VanLandingham

Medora Wester

Fine Art Trip & Events!

2023 BRINGS NEW EVENTS, OLD FAVORITES, & ICELAND!

TRAVEL WITH GADSDEN ARTS

Every year, the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum takes a group on an exciting and art-filled city- part fundraiser, part fun trip! We’ve gone to Philadelphia, New Orleans, Tampa/St. Pete, Boston, Bentonville, Arkansas, Chicago, Havana, Cuba, Pittsburgh, and the Brandywine Valley!

ICELAND 2023

September 1–7, 2023

(SOLD OUT)

Explore the unique food, art, and culture of Iceland! Stay in downtown Reykjavik at the unique, boutique Hotel Holt. Day trips to the stunning landscapes along the South Coast of Iceland include traveling the Golden Circle to waterfalls, geysers, museums, and even lunch inside a tomato greenhouse! Private tour guides will take guests on a food walk of Reykjavik, and have lunch at the top of the Perlan Museum, under a glass dome featuring panoramic views of the city. Guests will enjoy art and history museums in addition to visiting the iconic black sands of Reynisfjara beach.

At this writing, the Iceland Art Trip is sold out. To be added to the Art Trip information list, or the Iceland Art Trip waiting list, call 850.627.5020 or email grace@gadsdenarts.org.

WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT ARTISTS?

attendee of the 34th Art in Gadsden opening reception, “We enjoyed it so much and are both glad we decided to join an organization that gives so much back to the community, and challenges artists to develop their talents and learn from each other.”

In total, Gadsden Arts exhibited an ambitious 651 works of art by 211 adult artists, plus children’s art, throughout 2022. Inspiring both new and long-time artists to express their unique ideas and passions, Gadsden Arts is a thriving epicenter of art enthusiasts from across the Big Bend Region, instilling a love for creativity in people of all ages.

EVENTS OLD AND NEW IN 2023

Gadsden Arts has long been known for its southern small town hospitality, bringing people together to celebrate art. Old friends enjoy gathering, and make new ones, at opening receptions, previews, and two Gadsden Arts favorites, the Evening with the Arts gala, and Art in Gadsden Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony.

Gadsden Arts staff and volunteers are planning to add new event offerings this year, including a variety of luncheons, Happy Hour celebrating Gadsden Arts Artists Guild members, the COLLECT Meet the Artists Reception, and more!

For the latest event information, visit www.gadsdenarts.org and sign up for our monthly Enews on our website, or by emailing grace@gadsdenarts.org

Nancy Myers Adams, Pure Harmony, 2022, acrylic and mixed media, 18 x 24 inches

Annual Giving - our foundation for success

ANNUAL GIVING 2023

Over time, donors and volunteers have developed Gadsden Arts into a remarkable organization. Born a vital community arts center, and carefully nurtured with a vision forward, Gadsden Arts has grown to become one of only two independent, nationally accredited art museums in North Florida.

Donors who invest in Gadsden Arts are enriching lives for thousands of people exciting Major Exhibitions, creative regional exhibitions, and enriching Art for Children programs. Even with pandemic challenges in recent years, Gadsden Arts continues to grow in its mission and services.

Donor investment in Gadsden Arts makes all of our programs possible. Annual Giving donors invest in the experienced, professional staff required to accomplish quality, high impact museum work, creating the museum quality exhibitions, art education programs, and cultural events that benefit people of all ages, from all walks of life.

DONOR HONOR ROLL LEVELS

CHAMPION ($20,000+)

BENEFACTOR ($10,000+)

All benefits below, plus:

• Option to designate 50% of your contribution to a specific program area (exhibitions, education, collections, or facilities)

PATRON ($5,000 to $9,999)

All benefits below, plus:

• Private Museum Tour for 10 guests with the Executive Director

• Name plate on the museum’s Cumulative Giving Wall

SUSTAINER ($2,500-$4,999)

All benefits below, plus:

• Director’s Circle Membership with invitation to Director’s Circle Previews and first option to enroll in Fine Art Trips

• Private Behind-the-Scenes Museum Tour with the Curator for 10 guests

Art campers take a moment away from the Woodell Family Art Studio to explore works of art in the summer Artists Guild exhibition in the Bates Community Room.

This year, consider making your investment in the work of Gadsden Arts, inspiring the exploration of visual art to enrich life for all of us.

PARTNER ($1,000-$2,499)

All benefits below, plus:

• Invitation to the annual Donor Thank You Party (Tentative date: November 2, 2023)

CONTRIBUTOR ($250-$999)

Benefit below, plus:

• Recognized on the museum’s Annual Giving Wall and in the annual Donor Honor Roll

• Family Membership benefits including NARM / ROAM reciprocal member benefits at 1,190 museums in the U.S. and Canada

SUPPORTER ($100-$249)

• Named donor recognition on Gadsden Arts website (gadsdenarts.org)

ANNUAL GIVING PROGRAM

SUPPORT GADSDEN ARTS

Your contribution to Gadsden Arts is 100% tax-deductible. Online: www.gadsdenarts.org/Give Mail: Gadsden Arts, 13 N. Madison Street, Quincy, FL 32351

Contact: Grace Robinson, 850.627.5020, grace@gadsdenarts.org

DONOR HONOR ROLL 2022

DONORS 2022

CHAMPION (20,000+)

Patsy and Mark Bates

Florida Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Estate of Elaine and Bob Woodward Mary Jane and Pat Woodward

BENEFACTOR ($10,000+)

Nancy and Tom Adams Art Bridges

Bates Family Foundation - Jan and Dick Bates City of Quincy Janice and John Shaw Curry

Institute of Museums and Library Services

The Owenby Family - Carl, Helen, and Ermine Woodell Family Foundation - Leewood and Tom Woodell

PATRON ($5,000+)

Elizabeth Woodward Cook

Community Foundation of North Florida

Guy de la Valdene Family Foundation Priscilla and Richard Dreibelbis

Laura and David Harris

Lucy and Fred Harris Jane and Alex Hinson

Stewart Hinson Beth and Fount May

Mary Margaret and Larry McNeill

Anonymous

Norma Meier

Richard C. Munroe Foundation

The Newberry Family – Becky and Ron Tiller, Rhett Tiller, Kelley and Scott Brewer, Sarah Kathryn, Hannah, Amanda Betty Ann and Jim Rodgers

Talquin Electric Cooperative Inc.

Leadership Academy

Kathy Villacorta and Thomas Warren

Jane and David Watson George Woodward Jenny and Mayo Woodward

SUSTAINER ($2,500+)

Nancy and Park Adams

Sam Ashton

Pamela Stimpson-Aveling

Bell & Bates Home Center

Pam Butler Dianne and Doug Croley Marilyn Eastwood

Carole Fiore

Centennial Bank

Marcia and Thomas Friedman Bettie Jane Grant

Judy and Scott Gregory Terry and Mike Hawkins

Leigh Watson Healy and John Healy Tee and Wilson Hinson Yvonne and Winston Howell

The Lighthouse Wealth Management Group, Jared Policastro May Nursery, Inc.

Crystle and Bradford May Cindy and Jim Miller

Neil Mooney

Ann Silcox

Donna Smithey

Sunnyside Farm Management Company, Randolph Thrower, Patricia Barmeyer, Laura Harris, Margaret MacCary, and Mary Wickham

Trulieve Katee Tully

Marjorie Turnbull Cackle and Robert Walker Medora and Jim Wester Linda and John Williams

Ellen Belknap and David Woodward

Katherine Woodward

PARTNER ($1,000+)

Shirley and Frank Baker Tracy Bensley

Capital City Bank

Margaret and Aran Clair

Laura Cook Moritz and Penny Dehler

Julie and Everitt Drew

Doug Croley Insurance Services Inc. Janet and Joe Fixel Bert Fletcher

Adrian C. and Annie Muriel Fletcher Foundation

Beverly Frick

Susan Frisbee and Kirk Zinkowski

Julia Cobey Gluck

Zoe Golloway

Beth and Mark Hanna

Henry Buchanan P.A., Steve Carter

Melissa and Thomas Jacoby

Betty and Gerard Joseph

Jessica Joyner and Ian Stevenson

Melanie and Bradley Joyner

Janet Ledniczky

Fran and Terry Lewis

Toni and Terry McCoy

Bob Nave

Judy and Mike Pate

Jennifer and Jared Policastro

Cathy Reed

Roberts Construction Services LLC.

Daniel Samuel

Nathan Simmons

Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc., Michael Dooner

Peggy and Jimmy Suber Synovus

Tallahassee Community College, Jim Murdaugh

TDS Telecom

Susan and Otey Walker

Mary and George Wickham Susan Wiechert

Lisa and Edward Woodward

CONTRIBUTOR ($250+)

Anonymous Donor

Linda and Lawrence Abele

Wendy and Nick Adams

Mary Beth McBride and Tom Anderson

Mary Louise Bachman

Donna and Ronnie Baggett

Patricia Thrower Barmeyer

Freida Bass-Prieto

Martha Bates

Wendy Devarieux and Matthew Brady

Helen and Tony Brittin Nada Carey

Kelly and Allen Clark

Jennifer Collins

Terrie and Charles Corbett

The Corry Law Firm, P.A., William Corry Barbara and Michael Craig Marylyn Crank

CSI Contracting, Norman McMillan

Nesta Cumbie

Cypress Capital, Kate and Josh Clark

Sandy and Tom Delopez

Suzanne and Rock Doddridge

Anne and Jerry Draper

Gaye and Mitchell Drew

Susanne and Chris Dudley

Mary Howard Edwards

Kay Edwards

Judy and Charles Ehrhardt

Mary Katherine and Neal Faircloth

Marylyn and Ed Feaver

Kathy Ferrell

Mark and Martha Fletcher

Kathy and Sal Guastella

Juliane and George Hackney

Dottie Harris

Calynne and Lou Hill

Iron Oak Wealth Management, Alexander Hinson

Chris Moore and John Jackson

Berry Laslie Grace and Tom Lawhorn

Debie Leonard Margaret MacCary

Mary Pat and Fred Martin

Judith and Jerry Maxwell

You make everything we do possible. Thank you!

DONOR HONOR ROLL 2022

Debbie Maxwell

Hui Chiu and Stephen McClure

Sharon and Joe McElrath

Sara Ruth and William Hugh McKeown

Dawn and Leo McMillan

Linda Meadows

Connie and Dean Mitchell

Grace Robinson and Tom Morgan

Joe Munroe

Bunny and Jimmy Nicholson

Jeannette and Ed Parramore

Almena and Brooks Pettit

Cathy and Jim Pfeil

Cynthia and William Piotrowski

Jill Quadagno

Lessie and Eluster Richardson

Olive and Roby Robinson

Mary Apple and Stephen Rollin

Nancy and Fred Sanguiliano

Martha and Bill Sapp

Karol Dover Selvaggio

Betty Serow

Patti and Ed Spooner

Laura and Chuck Stannard

Helen Stewart

Betty and Billy Suber

Karen Suber

Ranie Thompson, Keller Williams

Town & Country

Tillie Tice

Allie VanLandingham

Vicki and Billy VanLandingham

Linda Vaughn and Charlie Hofacker

Anne and Neill Wade

Ying Wang

Karen Watson

Marjory Weatherford

Allen Woodward

Betty Serow

Ann Silcox

Chuck Stannard

Betty and Billy Suber

Karen Suber

Supporting Your Choices Inc. – Bobbie Dow Munroe

Synovus

Tallahassee Watercolor Society

Mary Ann Thomas

Mary Alice and Mike Tiller

Allie VanLandingham

Vicki and Billy VanLandingham

William Ventry

Anne and Neill Wade

Karen Watson

Marjory Weatherford

W.O. Whittle

Linda and John Williams

Bob Woodward

Ellen and David Woodward

Martha Jean Woodward

SUPPORTER ($100+)

Will Adkins and Amy Weiss

Yolanda and Ray Alban

Kelly Allen

Sheila Atkins

Rebecca and Ed Augustyniak

Inger Avant

Lucrezia Beerli-Bieler

Anne and Nick Bert

Nancy Bivins

Deas and Martin Bohn

Douglas Bondurant

Susan RoDio and Robert Boxer

Rosemary and Bud Branson

Sara Cunningham and John Bryant

Deborah Bullock

Lora Chapman

Susan Christian

Joan-Ellen and Richard Clair

Mary and Jim Clark

Lorraine Clark

Jennifer Clinard

Barbara Cohenour

Gail and Darrell Colegrove

Darlene Conrad

Curtis Corbin

Kate Munroe Daly

Michelle DeCapua

Fran Dellaporta

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Gadsden Co. Chapter Will Dickey Woodie and Bud Dyer

Ethlynn Earnhart

Helen and Tom Ervin

Debra and Howard Ferstler Denise Fletcher

Wallace W. Floyd Ellen and Gary Fournier

Carole Franchi

Brenda and Charles Francis Harriet Gaddy

Debbie and Scott Gaedtke

Victoria and Mark Georgiades

Amy Weatherby and Dean Gioia Karle and Alan Gordon Chip Gray

Emma Guilarte Edith Herndon

Emily and John Higdon

John Hinson

Tracy and Wil Hinson Lynn Hollingsworth

NEW IN 2023

Sponsors $2,500+ will receive an ad in Gadsden Arts Magazine. Information: 850.627.5020

THANK

Thank you for your investment in Gadsden Arts!

DONOR HONOR ROLL 2022

Bob Huskey

Linda and Rick Hyson

Sandy and John Isaacs

Daniel Jewell

Meg MacCary and Arne Jokela

Willie Jones

Sally and Dean Jue

Deborah Kearney

Diana Kampert and Matthew Keelean

Deberah and Paul Keith

Deborah and Michael Kennedy Michele and Jack Kiker

Michele Tabor Kimbrough Jana Kiwala

Christie Koontz

Leila and James LaCrosse

Mary Sterner Lawson

Roger Leonard Susan Lester

Alma and Gentle Littles

Cheryl Sattler and John Lockwood

Mary Jane Lord Ann and Bob Lumsden

Judy Macdonald

Susan Mack

Mary MacNamara

Claudia Maggard

Doug Mann

Brenda and Larry Martin

Patricia Martin

Janice and Louis McCaskill

Emoryette McDonald Marge and Ed McIntyre

Timothy McKenzie

The Andy McKeown Family

Elsa and Meredith McKinney

Pam and Harold McLean

Sherrill and Aaron McNeece

John McNeill

Mary Virginia McNeill

Nancy M. Mick

Sarah Montague

Joe Munroe

Dianne and Tim O’Brien

Cynthia and Michael O’Donnell

Jennifer Odom

Marsha Orr

Ermine Owenby Karen and Charlie Parker

Nancy Parks

CORRECTIONS

Accuracy is very important to us!

If you see an error or omission, please call Grace Robinson 850.627.5020.

Thank you very much for your support of Gadsden Arts!

Becky Parsons

Mark Phillips Nadeje Pierre Gail Presnell

Mary Anne Price

Paula Walborsky and Kent Putnam

Susan and Fred Redmon

Adam, Becky, and Steve Reep

Stephen Revell

Monica Rios

Janice Daly and Ann Robinson

Mary Ann and Tim Sanders

Jonette and Paul Sawyer

Dick and Cheryl Shaw

Fran and Frank Shaw

Deborah and David Shepard

Phyllis Simmons

Karen and Francis Skilling

Princess and Ronnie Smith

Kimberly Riddle and Stephen Smith

Vera Sorensen

Dawn Springs

Nell and Kenneth Stager

Linda Stalvey

Karen Stewart Peter Stone

Tom Strazulla

Jenny and Ted Swearingen Siroos Tamaddoni-Jahromi

Jody and Bill Taylor

Dan Taylor

Bettye and James Thigpen

Carolyn and James Harold Thompson

Joel Thornton

Carolyn and Randy Thrower

James Tillery

Mary Liz Tippin-Moody and Henry Moody

Blair Woodell Pogorzelski

Martin Kavka and Phillip Tomberlin

Kenan Fishburne and Stephen Treacy

Anne Van Meter and Howard Kessler

Linda and Billy Ventry

Patty and James Vickers

Barbara Gill and Walt Wager

Steven Walter Sarah and Gabe Warren

Alan Weekley

Jo Weekley W. O. Whittle

Jill Williams

April Williams

Tricia and Ben Willis Grace Woodward and Thomas Cahill

Thomas Woodward

Lisa and Edward Woodward

Pat Woodward, Jr.

SPONSORS

ART FOR CHILDREN 2022

($2500+)

Nancy and Tom Adams

Pamela Stimpson-Aveling

Bates Family Foundation - Jan and Dick Bates Bell & Bates Home Center

Elizabeth Woodward Cook

Art Bridges

Guy De La Valdene Family Foundation

Priscilla and Richard Dreibelbis

Marilyn Eastwood

Carole Fiore

The Adrian C. and Annie Muriel Fletcher Fdn. Marcia and Thomas Friedman

Judy and Scott Gregory

Jane and Alex Hinson Tee and Wilson Hinson

Beth and Fount May Toni and Terry McCoy

Norma Meier Cindy and Jim Miller

Richard C. Munroe Foundation

Community Foundation of North Florida

Centennial Bank

Peggy and Jimmy Suber

Sunnyside Farm Management Company

Talquin Electric Leadership Academy of Talquin Electric Cooperative Inc.

Katee Tully

Marjorie Turnbull

Kathy Villacorta and Tommy Warren

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Cackie and Robert Walker

Susan Wiechert

Linda and John Williams

Jenny and Mayo Woodward

Katherine Woodward Mary Jane and Pat Woodward

In Memory of Eleanor Woodward Fleming, Elaine and Bob Woodward

DONOR THANK YOU PARTY

The Lighthouse Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley – Jared Policastro and Brian Stokes

EXHIBITIONS 2022

Black Fig

Capital City Bank, William Smith

Doug Croley Insurance Services Inc., Mary Katharine Lawler and Will Croley

FSU College of Medicine

Full Earth Farm, Lucy and Fred Harris

In memory of Dottie Dodson

In memory of Rebecca Routon Shaw

In memory of Adelaide Monroe Suber

In memory of Mary Middleton Suber

Iron Oak Wealth Management, Alexander Hinson

Lines, Hinson, and Lines

May Nursery, Inc., Ashley May, John Bradford May, and Richard May

Tallahassee Community College

Talquin Leadership Academy of Talquin Electric Cooperative Inc.

Thomas Howell Ferguson, PA

TDS Telecom Trulieve

DONOR HONOR ROLL 2022

WEEK WITH THE ARTS 2023

MONA LISA SPONSOR

Thomas Howell Ferguson, P.A.

WYETH PRESENTING SPONSOR

Capital City Bank, William Smith

STARRY NIGHT SPONSORS

The Corry Law Firm P.A., William Corry Henry Buchanan, P.A., Steve Carter and Jesse Suber

Marathon

May Nursery, Inc., JB, Ashley, and Richard May

Roberts Construction Services, Nathan Roberts

Southern Forestry Consultants, Michael Dooner Tallahassee Community College

AMERICAN GOTHIC SPONSORS

Jason Boone, Keller Williams Town & Country

CSI Contracting, Norman McMillan

Cypress Capital, Kate Clark

The Fixel Law Firm, Will FixeL

Dawn McMillan

Cathy and Jim Pfeil

Ranie Thompson, Keller Williams Town & Country

WARHOL SPONSORS

Chris and Susanne Dudley

FLOWER SPONSORS

Kay Edwards

Supporting Your Choices, Inc., Bobbie Dow Munroe

Hinson Fuel Card, Will Hinson

LONG TERM PROJECTS

IMPACT FUND (Since inception)

Nancy and Park Adams

Nancy and Tom Adams

Bates Family Foundation – Jan and Dick Bates

Patsy and Mark Bates

Pam Butler

Dianne and Doug Croley

Janice and John Shaw Curry

Penny and Moritz Dehler

Carole Fiore

Beth and Mark Hanna

Laura and David Harris

Leigh Watson Healy and John Healy

Calynne and Lou Hill

Jane and Alex Hinson

Stewart Hinson

Yvonne and Winston Howell

Crystle and Bradford May

Beth and Fount May, Jr.

Mary Margaret and Larry McNeill

Cindy and Jim Miller Neil Mooney

Grace Robinson and Tom Morgan

The Newberry Family – Ron and Becky

Newberry Tiller, Rhett Tiller, Kelley and Scott Brewer, Sarah Kathryn, Hannah, and Amanda

The Owenby Family – Carl, Helen, and Ermine Betty Ann and Jim Rodgers

Lynsley Smith Marjorie Turnbull

Jane and David Watson Mary Jane and Pat Woodward

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

PROJECT (2022 contributions)

Jane and Alex Hinson

COLLECTION ACQUISITIONS

Patsy and Mark Bates

The Dana M. Preu Trust

Laura and David Harris Calynne and Lou Hill

GADSDEN ARTS

LEGACY GIVING SOCIETY

*Deceased

Patsy and Mark Bates Carole D. Fiore

Luis Maza* Dana Preu*

Meredith and Robert DeWitt Smith Margaret and Randolph Thrower* Marjorie Turnbull

Elaine Tully Woodward* and Bob Woodward* Julia Munroe Woodward*

GADSDEN ARTS ENDOWMENT

TRUST NAMED FUNDS

Margaret and Randolph Thrower Fund for Collections

Julia Munroe Woodward Endowment Fund

Elaine and Bob Woodward Endowment Fund Mary Jane and Pat Woodward Endowment Fund

ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTIONS

Estate of Elaine and Bob Woodward Mary Jane and Pat Woodward

For

Thank

NEW IN 2023

Sponsors $2,500+ will receive an ad in Gadsden Arts Magazine. Information: 850.627.5020

CORRECTIONS

Accuracy is very important to us!

If you see an error or omission, please call Grace Robinson 850.627.5020.

Thank you very much for your support of Gadsden Arts!

Thank you for your investment in Gadsden Arts!

IN MEMORY OF MORT BATES

Julia Cobey Gluck Mary Cobey Martin Ying Wang

IN MEMORY OF BOB COOK Betty and Gerard Joseph Mary Pat (Cobey) and Fred Martin Margaret MacCary Mary Margaret and Larry McNeill

IN MEMORY OF DOTTY DODSON Betty Ann and Jim Rodgers

TRIBUTES IN 2022 THANK YOU!

IN MEMORY OF ELEANOR WOODWARD FLEMING AND WALT FLEMING Ellen Belknap and David Woodward Katherine Woodward

IN MEMORY OF DUNCAN FLETCHER John Hinson Betty and Billy Suber

IN HONOR OF ELLEN FOURNIER Linda Hyson

IN HONOR OF JUDY AND SCOTT GREGORY Julia Cobey Gluck

IN MEMORY OF SANDY HIGDON Jan Daly and Ann Robinson Tillie Tice

IN HONOR OF SUZIE JOHNSON The Owenby Family

IN MEMORY OF CHARLOTTE KELLEY Marilyn Eastwood Bette Sullivan

IN MEMORY OF STEPHANIE KILHAM Susan Mack

IN MEMORY OF BUTCH LASSETER

Kelly Allen Deborah and Garry Ames Chip Gray and Janet Fletcher Bridges Dianne and Doug Croley Kay Edwards

Annette Ford Terry and Mike Hawkins John Clayton Hinson, Jr.

Charles Johnson Melanie and Bradley Joyner Beth and Fount May The Andy McKeown Family Sara Ruth and William Hugh McKeown The Smittens

IN MEMORY OF IRVINE LEONARD Betty Ann and Jim Rodgers

IN MEMORY OF RAY AND DON MUNROE Mary Cobey Martin

IN MEMORY OF ELEANOR PUCKETT Harriet Butler

IN MEMORY OF MELYNDA REID Jody and Bill Taylor

IN MEMORY OF REBECCA ROUTON SHAW Betty Ann and Jim Rodgers

IN MEMORY OF ADELAIDE MUNROE SUBER

Janet and Joe Fixel

Julia Cobey Gluck

Betty and Gerard Joseph Margaret MacCary Betty Ann and Jim Rodgers

IN MEMORY OF MARY MIDDLETON SUBER

Julia Cobey Gluck Betty Ann and Jim Rodgers

IN MEMORY OF CHARLIE TURNER Kay Edwards

IN MEMORY OF LEEWOOD BATES WOODELL

Patricia Thrower Barmeyer

Patsy and Mark Bates Mrs. Darlene Conrad

Elizabeth Woodward Cook

Janice and John Shaw Curry

Kate Munroe Daly

Bud and Woodie (Davis) Dyer Mattie and Gerald Evans

Julia Cobey Gluck

Judy and Scott Gregory

Laura and David Harris

Jane and Alex Hinson

Tee and Wilson Hinson

Linda and Rick Hyson

Betty and Gerard Joseph Mary Pat (Cobey) and Fred Martin

Beth and Fount May, Jr. Margaret MacCary

Mary Margaret and Larry McNeill Joe Munroe

Ermine Owenby

Jeannie and Rick Pietrykowski

Olive and Roby Robinson Betty Ann and Jim Rodgers

Fran and Frank Shaw Karen Suber

The partners and staff at Thomas Howell

Ferguson, P.A.

Susan and Otey Walker

Ying Wang Mary Jane and Pat Woodward

IN MEMORY OF ROBERT DAVIDSON WOODWARD III

Patsy and Mark Bates

Helen and Anthony Brittin

Harriet Butler

Joan-Ellen and Rich Clair

Elizabeth and Bob Cook

Harriet Gaddy

Julia Cobey Gluck

Bettie Jane Grant & Family

John C. Hinson, Jr. Betty and Gerard Joseph Mary Pat and Fred Martin and Family Margaret MacCary

Mary Margaret and Larry McNeill Lisa and Stan Miller

Helene and Kent Ramey Mary Jane and Pat Woodward

IN HONOR OF DAVID AND ELLEN WOODWARD Katherine Woodward

IN MEMORY OF ELAINE TULLY WOODWARD Katee Tully

IN MEMORY OF ELAINE TULLY WOODWARD AND BOB WOODWARD Katherine Woodward

Ellen Belknap and David Woodward Mary Jane and Pat Woodward

IN MEMORY OF HELEN VIRGINIA SMITH WOODWARD

Tee and Wilson Hinson

Katherine Woodward Thomas Woodward

IN MEMORY OF JULIA M. WOODWARD Katherine Woodward

IN HONOR OF KATHERINE WOODWARD

Ellen Belknap and David Woodward

Jenny and Mayo Woodward

IN HONOR OF JENNY AND MAYO WOODWARD Katherine Woodward

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