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Lynn and Paul Moseley

Rosa Lowinger & Associates Conservation of Art + Architecture

Venice Area Beautification Inc.

Venice Art Center

Venice Community Center

Venice Theatre

459 Cedar Hill Road Tallahassee, FL 32312 850-222-6028 [email protected] www.FloridaPublicArt.org

9:00 – 11:00 Pre-Conference Workshop Venice Art Center, 390 Nokomis Ave. S Christopher Hubbard, Clearwater Cultural Affairs Specialist and former FAPAP president, will lead a lively discussion of the ins and outs of the munici-pal public art commission process. This session is geared to assist both emerging and professional artists as they navigate the field of public art. 11:00 – 11:45 Registration Venice Art Center, 390 Nokomis Ave. S 12:00 – 2:00 Lunch and Statewide Public Art Happenings Venice Art Center Welcoming Remarks Venice Art Center Mary Morris, Director, Venice Art Center James Hagler, Director of Historical Resources, City of Venice A brief history of the City of Venice Public Art Happenings Venice Art Center Melissa Davies, President, Florida Association of Public Art Professionals; City of Tampa Art Pro-grams Division, Project Coordinator. 2:15 – 4:15 A Round-up of Important Fair Use and Public Art Cases of Recent Vintage Venice Community Center, 326 Nokomis Ave. S What's new and what's hot in the law of copyright and fair use! Join Anne Dalton, Esquire, a creative arts attorney, in our third annual exploration of cases and trends important to all public art profes-sionals. Includes a Q & A session. Anne Dalton, Esq., Attorney at Law and Mediator

Wednesday, May 4 4:15 – 4:45 Option 1: Stroll with James Hagler to Venice Museum & Archives, 351 Nassau Street South, to see the exhibit “Historic Ea-gle Point: A Legacy of Old Florida in Venice, 1916-2016.” Option 2: Stroll with Monty Andrews through Monty Andrews Arboretum, West Blalock Park across the street from the Venice Museum and Archives to see sculptures of Florida endangered species. 4:45 – 5:30 Break and Hotel Registration: Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia, 425 U.S. 41 By-Pass 5:30 – 7:00 Network Mix and Mingle Made in Italy, 117 W. Venice Avenue 7:00 Dinner on Your Own: Downtown Venice map provided in your materials identifies local restaurants.

Venice Remembered by Colleen Henry. Mayor John Holic was elected in 2013 to serve a second term. He and his wife, Pam, moved to Venice in 1990, where he continued his 28-year career with A.G. Edwards financial services. The couple's three sons graduated from Venice High School and Pine View School. Before moving to Venice, Holic was an air traffic controller in Chicago. He served on the Venice Police Pension Board, South County Family YMCA Foun-dation Board, and is a member of Sierra Club and Save Our Seabirds. He represents the city on the Coun-cil of Governments and is liaison to the Venice Housing Authority and the city's Parks and Recreation Advi-sory Board.

Venice Art Center

9:00 – 11:00 Pre-Conference Workshop Venice Art Center, 390 Nokomis Ave. S Christopher Hubbard, Clearwater Cultural Affairs Specialist and former FAPAP president, will lead a lively discussion of the ins and outs of the munici-pal public art commission process. This session is geared to assist both emerging and professional artists as they navigate the field of public art. 11:00 – 11:45 Registration Venice Art Center, 390 Nokomis Ave. S 12:00 – 2:00 Lunch and Statewide Public Art Happenings Venice Art Center Welcoming Remarks Venice Art Center Mary Morris, Director, Venice Art Center James Hagler, Director of Historical Resources, City of Venice A brief history of the City of Venice Public Art Happenings Venice Art Center Melissa Davies, President, Florida Association of Public Art Professionals; City of Tampa Art Pro-grams Division, Project Coordinator. 2:15 – 4:15 A Round-up of Important Fair Use and Public Art Cases of Recent Vintage Venice Community Center, 326 Nokomis Ave. S What's new and what's hot in the law of copyright and fair use! Join Anne Dalton, Esquire, a creative arts attorney, in our third annual exploration of cases and trends important to all public art profes-sionals. Includes a Q & A session. Anne Dalton, Esq., Attorney at Law and Mediator

Wednesday, May 4 4:15 – 4:45 Option 1: Stroll with James Hagler to Venice Museum & Archives, 351 Nassau Street South, to see the exhibit “Historic Ea-gle Point: A Legacy of Old Florida in Venice, 1916-2016.” Option 2: Stroll with Monty Andrews through Monty Andrews Arboretum, West Blalock Park across the street from the Venice Museum and Archives to see sculptures of Florida endangered species. 4:45 – 5:30 Break and Hotel Registration: Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia, 425 U.S. 41 By-Pass 5:30 – 7:00 Network Mix and Mingle Made in Italy, 117 W. Venice Avenue 7:00 Dinner on Your Own: Downtown Venice map provided in your materials identifies local restaurants.

Venice Remembered by Colleen Henry. Mayor John Holic was elected in 2013 to serve a second term. He and his wife, Pam, moved to Venice in 1990, where he continued his 28-year career with A.G. Edwards financial services. The couple's three sons graduated from Venice High School and Pine View School. Before moving to Venice, Holic was an air traffic controller in Chicago. He served on the Venice Police Pension Board, South County Family YMCA Foun-dation Board, and is a member of Sierra Club and Save Our Seabirds. He represents the city on the Coun-cil of Governments and is liaison to the Venice Housing Authority and the city's Parks and Recreation Advi-sory Board.

Venice Art Center

8:00 – 9:00 Buffet Breakfast Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia 9:00 – 9:45 Ephemeral Public Street & Pave-ment Art Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia, Magnolia Room Denice Kowal, Founder/Chair, Sarasota Chalk Festival 9:45 – 11:00 Art of Memory: Issues and Pitfalls for the Pub-lic Art Administrator of Memorials and History-Based Public Art Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia Ann Wykell, Social Sector Solutions; Robin Frank-lin Nigh, Manager, City of Tampa Art Programs Projects that are linked to preserving memory – be it of local history, prominent people or recent cata-strophic events, present unique challenges to pub-lic art administrators. This session will present suggestions for facilitation of these sensitive pro-jects; approaches to process and design; and a discussion of the role of the public art administra-tor with the community and the selection commit-tee. Examples and lessons will be based upon the enthusiastically –received Patriot Plaza at Sara-sota National Cemetery that was managed by Ann Wykell, projects in Tampa led by co-presenter Robin Nigh and historic examples of projects em-braced by their audiences and as well as those less successful. Ms. Wykell will conduct a tour at 1:00 p.m. 11:00 – 12:00 FAPAP Board Meeting and Wrap-up Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia Melissa Davies and James Hagler 12:15 – 1:30 Travel to Snook Haven for Lunch Snook Haven: Old Florida Smoke House 5000 East Venice Avenue on the Myakka River [Venue is less than 2 miles from I-75 by River Road]

Thursday, May 5 1:30 – 2:00 Travel to Patriot Plaza at National Ceme-tery in Sarasota for Tour by Ann Wykell Optional (but highly recommended!) 9810 State Road 72, Sarasota, Florida 34241 [Cemetery is approximately a 25 mi-nute drive north on I-75 from Snook Ha-ven lunch spot] 2:00 – 3:00 Tour of Memorials as Public Art: The Pa-triot Plaza at the Sarasota National Cem-etery This tour illustrates the successful way the art installations preserve memory through art - the installations honor men and women who serve, and their families, while communicating their stories to future generations. Featured artists include: Larry Kirkland, Kenny Irby, Ann Hirsch Pablo Eduardo, and Ellen Driscoll Patriot Plaza Site of Old Flori-da in Venice, 1916-2016.”

Friday, May 6 7:45 – 8:45 Buffet Breakfast Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia 8:45 – 9:00 Travel to Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Avenue West 9:00 – 9:25 Welcoming Remarks Venice Theatre James Hagler, Conference Chair; Board Member, Florida Association of Public Art Professionals; His-torical Resources Director, City of Venice. Venice Mayor John Holic; Melissa Davies, President, Florida Association of Public Art Professionals; City of Tam-pa Art Programs Division Presentation: A Brief History of the Venice Thea-tre: Eric Watters 9:30 – 11:00 The Art of Being Social Venice Theatre Sharing your projects, soliciting calls, and making a name for your public art program in the 21st century means effectively using social media. This session is designed to give you the fundamentals you will need to be comfortable in promoting your public art pro-gram and attracting artists on today's most popular social media channels. The information presented is for beginner to intermediate users. Kevin McNulty, President & CEO, Net Weave Social Networking 11:00 – 12:30 What Would You Do If . . . Venice Theatre A breakout activity session whereby groups respond to hypothetical situations in the Public Art field. Christopher Hubbard, City of Clearwater, Cultural Affairs Specialist; Lee Modica, Public Art Consultant 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch at Café Venice, 116 W. Venice Avenue

1:30 – 3:30 A Conservator's Perspective on Public Art Materials Venice Theatre Conservators Kelly Ciociola and Viviana Dominguez will discuss the advantages and cautions associated with various materials that all programs must explore when selecting and commissioning Public Art. Terry Olson, Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs, will moderate a question and answer session, so come pre-pared with your own scenarios and related questions. These conservators are well-versed in 3D and 2D works, and will respond to cases on which you may want an expert opinion. Kelly Ciociola, Senior Conservator, Rosa Lowinger & Associates; Viviana Dominguez, Chief Conservator, Art Conservators Lab 3:30 – 5:00 Public Art in Review Venice Theatre Presented by Liz Young, Executive Director, Florida Keys Council of the Arts and Susann D’Antonio, Chair, Monroe County Art in Public Places 5:00 – 5:45 Break 5:45 – 7:00 Reception at Venice Art Center 7:15 – 9:00 Dinner at the Venice Yacht Club 1330 Tarpon Center Drive Keynote Speaker: Robin Franklin Nigh, City of Tampa Art Programs Division, Americans for the Arts Public Art Network Vice-Chair. Looking Ahead: How Can You Tell What’s Coming and Be Ready for It?

Venice Theatre

Home by Ann Hirsch

8:00 – 9:00 Buffet Breakfast Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia 9:00 – 9:45 Ephemeral Public Street & Pave-ment Art Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia, Magnolia Room Denice Kowal, Founder/Chair, Sarasota Chalk Festival 9:45 – 11:00 Art of Memory: Issues and Pitfalls for the Pub-lic Art Administrator of Memorials and History-Based Public Art Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia Ann Wykell, Social Sector Solutions; Robin Frank-lin Nigh, Manager, City of Tampa Art Programs Projects that are linked to preserving memory – be it of local history, prominent people or recent cata-strophic events, present unique challenges to pub-lic art administrators. This session will present suggestions for facilitation of these sensitive pro-jects; approaches to process and design; and a discussion of the role of the public art administra-tor with the community and the selection commit-tee. Examples and lessons will be based upon the enthusiastically –received Patriot Plaza at Sara-sota National Cemetery that was managed by Ann Wykell, projects in Tampa led by co-presenter Robin Nigh and historic examples of projects em-braced by their audiences and as well as those less successful. Ms. Wykell will conduct a tour at 1:00 p.m. 11:00 – 12:00 FAPAP Board Meeting and Wrap-up Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia Melissa Davies and James Hagler 12:15 – 1:30 Travel to Snook Haven for Lunch Snook Haven: Old Florida Smoke House 5000 East Venice Avenue on the Myakka River [Venue is less than 2 miles from I-75 by River Road]

Thursday, May 5 1:30 – 2:00 Travel to Patriot Plaza at National Ceme-tery in Sarasota for Tour by Ann Wykell Optional (but highly recommended!) 9810 State Road 72, Sarasota, Florida 34241 [Cemetery is approximately a 25 mi-nute drive north on I-75 from Snook Ha-ven lunch spot] 2:00 – 3:00 Tour of Memorials as Public Art: The Pa-triot Plaza at the Sarasota National Cem-etery This tour illustrates the successful way the art installations preserve memory through art - the installations honor men and women who serve, and their families, while communicating their stories to future generations. Featured artists include: Larry Kirkland, Kenny Irby, Ann Hirsch Pablo Eduardo, and Ellen Driscoll Patriot Plaza Site of Old Flori-da in Venice, 1916-2016.”

Friday, May 6 7:45 – 8:45 Buffet Breakfast Ramada Venice Hotel Venezia 8:45 – 9:00 Travel to Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Avenue West 9:00 – 9:25 Welcoming Remarks Venice Theatre James Hagler, Conference Chair; Board Member, Florida Association of Public Art Professionals; His-torical Resources Director, City of Venice. Venice Mayor John Holic; Melissa Davies, President, Florida Association of Public Art Professionals; City of Tam-pa Art Programs Division Presentation: A Brief History of the Venice Thea-tre: Eric Watters 9:30 – 11:00 The Art of Being Social Venice Theatre Sharing your projects, soliciting calls, and making a name for your public art program in the 21st century means effectively using social media. This session is designed to give you the fundamentals you will need to be comfortable in promoting your public art pro-gram and attracting artists on today's most popular social media channels. The information presented is for beginner to intermediate users. Kevin McNulty, President & CEO, Net Weave Social Networking 11:00 – 12:30 What Would You Do If . . . Venice Theatre A breakout activity session whereby groups respond to hypothetical situations in the Public Art field. Christopher Hubbard, City of Clearwater, Cultural Affairs Specialist; Lee Modica, Public Art Consultant 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch at Café Venice, 116 W. Venice Avenue

1:30 – 3:30 A Conservator's Perspective on Public Art Materials Venice Theatre Conservators Kelly Ciociola and Viviana Dominguez will discuss the advantages and cautions associated with various materials that all programs must explore when selecting and commissioning Public Art. Terry Olson, Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs, will moderate a question and answer session, so come pre-pared with your own scenarios and related questions. These conservators are well-versed in 3D and 2D works, and will respond to cases on which you may want an expert opinion. Kelly Ciociola, Senior Conservator, Rosa Lowinger & Associates; Viviana Dominguez, Chief Conservator, Art Conservators Lab 3:30 – 5:00 Public Art in Review Venice Theatre Presented by Liz Young, Executive Director, Florida Keys Council of the Arts and Susann D’Antonio, Chair, Monroe County Art in Public Places 5:00 – 5:45 Break 5:45 – 7:00 Reception at Venice Art Center 7:15 – 9:00 Dinner at the Venice Yacht Club 1330 Tarpon Center Drive Keynote Speaker: Robin Franklin Nigh, City of Tampa Art Programs Division, Americans for the Arts Public Art Network Vice-Chair. Looking Ahead: How Can You Tell What’s Coming and Be Ready for It?

Venice Theatre

Home by Ann Hirsch

Kevin McNulty is co-founder and president of NetWeave Social Networking. Named Small Business of the Year by the Manatee Chamber of Commerce and Associate Member of the Year by the Florida At-tractions Association, NetWeave provides social media

services for a wide range of clients in Florida and across the country. Their clients range from large attractions like the I-Drive 360 and Medieval Times, to small, local shops and restaurants. Kev-in is followed by over 25,000 people on

Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. He delivers a series of social media courses for the Manatee Chamber of Commerce, and has been a guest lecturer for USF, New College, the Florida Attractions Association, and the Florida Public Relations Association. Lee Modica for 20 years administered Florida's Art in State Buildings Program, a percent-for-art program that acquires artwork for state-funded construction. Af-ter receiving her Masters of Fine Art degree in Sculp-ture with a minor in Art History, Lee was director of a non-profit craft gallery, and before moving into public art administration, she taught art history and contempo-rary visual art. Lee is a founding Board member of the

Florida Association of Public Art Profes-sionals (FAPAP)and in 2000, she was elected to the first Council of the Public Art Network (PAN), a national professional organization for the public art profession formed under the umbrella of the Ameri-cans for the Arts.

Robin Nigh – Robin is a leader in the field of contem-porary public art. As the Manager of the Art Programs Division for the City of Tampa, she has developed na-tionally recognized programs that were firsts in the field, including the Photographer Laureate Program and Lights On Tampa. Current initiatives include the integration of artwork into major event park facilities and the development of a public art plan with the Tam-pa Hillsborough Expressway Authority for their Green-way. Prior to her position with the City of Tampa, she served as a project administrator for Flori-da's Art in State Buildings Program at Florida State University, and as Director of Sculpture Chicago from 1987 to 1990. Robin is trained as an art historian, hav-ing taught art history at Florida State Uni-versity, Florida International University, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She re-

Meet Your Speakers & Presenters ceived her M.A. in Art Theory and Criticism from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago and has completed postgraduate studies at FSU. Nigh has worked in public art and arts admin-istration for over 30 years. Terry Olson, past president of FAPAP de-

scribes himself as Orange County’s Chief Arts Instigator. He has helped create Orlando’s Downtown Arts District and CityArts Facto-ry. He is caretaker for 200 pieces of public art in the Orange County collection. During the 2015/16 sea-

son he worked with 9 museums and galleries to celebrate 20 of Orange County’s Art Legends. Ann Wykell, founded Social Sector Solutions

in 2009 to help develop creative communities with access to the best in arts and culture. She con-sults to the nonprofit sector and provides public art planning, re-search and project management to private clients, nonprofits and pub-

lic agencies. She created a public art program for the Bradenton Redevelopment Authority fol-lowed by ten commissions including the Braden-ton Riverwalk collection. Elizabeth S. Young has an extensive back-ground in both the performing and visual arts. Her experience working with non-profit organi-zations spans program development, board re-lations, advertising, fund development, publicity and marketing. She earned her B.A. in Art His-tory and Theater from Wheaton College. After

spending nearly a decade in New York City as a Casting Director for film, television and theater she relocated to the Florida Keys in 1987. Her professional life in the Keys includes being the busi-ness manager of Island Wellness

and working in all aspects of the business of the fine art photography gallery of Alan S. Maltz in-cluding assisting Mr. Maltz with his award-winning coffee table book, Florida… Beyond the Blue Horizon.

Meet Your Speakers & Presenters continued Kelly Ciociola graduated in 2010 with a M.S. in Historic Preservation from the joint Clemson University and College of Charles-ton graduate program in Charleston, SC. Kelly worked in Philadelphia as an Architec-tural and Sculptural Conservator and is cur-rently a Senior Conservator for RLA Con-

servation in Miami and is Professional Associate of the AIC. At RLA she is the lead onsite conservator for treat-ments at Florida International University, the University of Miami, the Cummer Museum, Vizcaya Museum and Gar-dens, as well as the cities of Miami Beach, North Miami Beach, and Coral Gables. Anne Dalton, Esquire, is a national speaker on art law, fair use, censorship and issues of importance to all public art professionals. She has 39 years of legal experi-

ence in representing artists, sculptors, photographers, big and little governments, and others, including stints as Senior Attor-ney for Radio City Music Hall and legal and business affairs counsel for ABC Net-work News “20/20”. She is also a Diplo-mate with the National Academy of Distin-

guished Neutrals. Attendees at her workshops marvel that copyright and fair use laws can be funny and instruc-tive at the same time! Come prepared to laugh and learn. Susann D'Antonio has a BA in Fine Arts and express-

es her creativity predominantly through 3 dimensional mixed media projects. Her main focus is on incorporating many natural and recycled elements into her sculptures. Sue and her husband, Bobby own Framing in Paradise on Big Pine Key, located in the Artists in Paradise Gallery, and has been an

independent title abstractor since 1988. As an Arts Coun-cil Board member she co-curates for the Art in Public Buildings program. Sue serves as Chair on the Monroe County Art in Public Places Board, managing the 1% for Public Art ordinance and assisting in the placement of art in Monroe County’s public spaces. Melissa Davies is the Project Coordinator for the City

of Tampa, Art Programs division, where she facilitates projects and art installations for the city. In addition to traditional Public Art man-agement, Melissa has over ten years of ex-perience executing temporary installations, event-based public art experiences, public / private partnerships, and she also provides oversight to the division’s nonprofit fiscal

agent. Prior to joining the City of Tampa in 2004, she was Communications and Public Relations Co-ordinator for Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts. Melissa is a Tampa native and received her B.A. from the University of Florida and a Gradu-ate Certificate in nonprofit management from Uni-versity of South Florida. Viviana Dominguez, principal at Art Conserva-tors, is certified by the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) specializing in murals, paintings and wallpaper. She has more than 2o years of experience in the field promoting the preservation and conser-vation of Public Art collections and na-tional monuments, the US and interna-tionally through both hands-on projects and educa-tion. In 2013 she was awarded the Los Angeles Conservancy Award for her conservation work at the Bob Hope Veteran Hall in California. Ms. Dominguez volunteers for the National Heritage Re-sponders assisting on disaster response recovery efforts. James G. Hagler Jr. began working as Historical

Resources director for the city of Venice since September 2007. Hagler has vast experience with museums and historical preservation. He served as curator for several organizations including the Edi-son/Ford Winter Estates and Fort Myers Historical Museum in Fort Myers; BBH

Exhibits Inc. in San Antonio, Texas; and for the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center; and the Anniston Museum of Nat-ural History. Hagler worked with many organiza-tions as a consultant. Christopher Hubbard is the Cultural Affairs Spe-cialist for the City of Clearwater, Florida. He has spent the past 12 years working in various public art

positions at both the state and munici-pal level. Christopher has served as a consultant and guest speaker for mu-nicipalities and organizations such as the state of Georgia, the cities of Sar-asota, Tampa, and Tarpon Springs, and the Cultural Council of Greater

Jacksonville. He is the past president of FAPAP (2012-2015) and was identified as an Emerging Arts Leader by the Americans for the Arts in 2008.