Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
Fellowship Recipients
Each artist listed below was reviewed on the criteria of artistic excellence, consistency in the body of work and professional achievement/peer support.
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2013
Choreography
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Neta Pulvermacher | |
| Augusto Soledade |
Folk & Traditional Arts
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Haiqiong Deng | |
| George Soffos | |
| Nicholas Toth |
Interdisciplinary
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Teo Castellanos | Miami-Dade |
Literature
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Vanessa Blakeslee | Orange |
| Michael Hettich | Miami-Dade |
| Emma Trelles | |
| Ryan Van Cleave |
Music Composition
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Ladislav Kubik | |
| Chuck Owen | Hillsborough |
Theatre
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| James Brock | Lee |
| Juan Sanchez | Miami-Dade |
2012
Media Arts
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Ana Paula Habib | |
| Dinorah De Jesus Rodriguez |
Visual Arts
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Ivan Albreht | |
| Holly Hanessian | |
| Dominique Labauvie | |
| Owen Mundy | |
| John Westmark | Alachua |
| Wendy Wischer | Miami-Dade |
2011
Choreography
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Judy Skinner | Alachua |
Folk & Traditional Arts
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Other | |
| Anastasios Karistinos | Pinellas |
| Visual Arts and Crafts | |
| O. L. Samuels | Leon |
Interdisciplinary
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Doud | Miami-Dade |
| Brian Feldman | Orange |
Literature
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Creative Nonfiction | |
| Terry Galloway | Leon |
| Mia Leonin | Miami-Dade |
| Fiction | |
| Nicolaus Aufdenkampe | Broward |
| Linda L. Dunlap | Orange |
| Rhonda Riley | Alachua |
| Arnold (Lynn) Wallace | Jackson |
| Poetry | |
| Jonathan Fink | Escambia |
| Christopher Tozier | Lake |
Music
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Classical | |
| Clifton Callender | Leon |
| Michael Timpson | Hillsborough |
Theatre
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Playwriting | |
| Michael McKeever | Broward |
2010
Media Arts
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Kristy Marie Andersen | Pinellas |
| Rachel Benjamin | Broward |
| Issac Oviatt Brown | Nassau |
| Juan Carlos Zaldivar | Miami-Dade |
Visual Arts
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| CarrieAnn Baade | Leon |
| Dolores Coe | Hillsborough |
| Anja Marais | Monroe |
| Christina Pettersson | Miami-Dade |
| Babs Reingold | Pinellas |
| Nan Smith | Alachua |
2009
Choreography
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Heather Maloney | Miami-Dade |
| Rick McCullough | Leon |
| Jeanne Travers | Hillsborough |
Folk & Traditional Arts
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Music | |
| James Kelly | Miami-Dade |
Interdisciplinary
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Octavio Campos | Miami-Dade |
| Jennylin Duany | Miami-Dade |
| Robert Lawrence | Hillsborough |
Literature
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Fiction | |
| Sudye Cauthen | Hamilton |
| Patricia Engel | Miami-Dade |
| Beth Raymer | Lee |
| Poetry | |
| Roy Bentley | Martin |
| Susan Lilley | Orange |
Music
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Classical | |
| Paul Richards | Alachua |
Theatre
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Design | |
| Carlos Asse | Alachua |
| Marilyn Wall | Alachua |
| Playwriting | |
| Jo Morello | Manatee |
| Sylvia Reed Weiffenbach | Manatee |
2008
Media Arts
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Eric Breitenbach | Seminole |
| Vanessa Cruz | Flagler |
| Kiran Deol | Palm Beach |
| Anthony Torres | Orange |
Visual Arts 2D
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| David Almeida | Miami-Dade |
| Todd Bertolaet | Leon |
| Dan Biferie | Volusia |
| Linda Broadfoot | Duval |
| Elisabeth Condon | Hillsborough |
| Joelle Dietrick | Leon |
| Lilian Garcia-Roig | Leon |
| Steven Gregory | Hillsborough |
| Rima Jabbur | Orange |
| Clive King | Miami-Dade |
| Rebecca Sexton Larson | Hillsborough |
| Arnold Mesches | Alachua |
| Mark Messersmith | Leon |
| Maritza Molina | Miami-Dade |
| Carol Prusa | Palm Beach |
| Kari Snyder | Miami-Dade |
| Barry Sparkman | Miami-Dade |
Visual Arts 3D
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Blane De St. Croix | Palm Beach |
| Alain Guerra | Miami-Dade |
| Bryan Hiveley | Miami-Dade |
| Tim Ludwig | Volusia |
| Helen Otterson | Palm Beach |
| Gael Silverblatt | Palm Beach |
| Donna Sweigart | Pinellas |
| Frances Trombly | Miami-Dade |
2007
Choreography
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Cheoreography | |
| Lori Ilise George | Miami-Dade |
| Cynthia Hennessy | Hillsborough |
| Augusto Soledade | Miami-Dade |
Folklife / Traditional Arts
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Dance | |
| Myriam Eli | Broward |
| Sangeetha Sridhar | Broward |
Interdisciplinary
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Charo Oquet | Miami-Dade |
| Charles Recher | Miami-Dade |
Literature
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Fiction | |
| John Dufresne | Broward |
| Marjorie Klein | Miami-Dade |
| Ivonne Lamazares | Orange |
| Sheila Ortiz-Taylor | Leon |
| Pat Rushin | Orange |
| David Scott | Leon |
| Lucinda Vickers | Leon |
| Poetry | |
| Richard Blanco | Miami-Dade |
| Caridad McCormick | Miami-Dade |
| Peter Schmitt | Miami-Dade |
| Reginald Shepherd | Escambia |
Music
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Classical | |
| Daniel Crozier | Orange |
| Jazz | |
| Edward Simon | Volusia |
| Kirk Whipple | Miami-Dade |
Theatre
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Design | |
| Joseph Oshry | Manatee |
| Musical Theatre | |
| Daryl Hall | Duval |
| James Lewis | Hillsborough |
| Playwriting | |
| Llwelyn Jones | Sarasota |
| Joan Kufrin | Charlotte |
2006
Media Arts
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Roger Beebe | Alachua |
| Clifton Childree | Miami-Dade |
| Mark Moorman | Broward |
| Dinorah De Jesus Rodriguez | Miami-Dade |
| Justin Spring | Sarasota |
| Lynn Tomlinson | Orange |
Visual Arts 2D
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| John Bailly | Miami-Dade |
| Luisa Basnuevo | Miami-Dade |
| Amy Broderick | Palm Beach |
| Christian Duran | Miami-Dade |
| Robert Flynn | Miami-Dade |
| Kathleen Holmes | Palm Beach |
| Rebecca Sittler | Orange |
| Clifford Smith | Broward |
| Jonathan Thomas | Miami-Dade |
| Robyn Voshardt | Pinellas |
| Michelle Weinberg | Miami-Dade |
| John Westmark | Alachua |
| Jeff Whipple | Hillsborough |
| Lynn Whipple | Orange |
Visual Arts 3D
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Marguerite Beaty | Miami-Dade |
| Christine Federighi | Miami-Dade |
| Robert Huff | Miami-Dade |
| Billie Lynn | Miami-Dade |
| Tom McCarthy | Pinellas |
| Celeste Roberge | Alachua |
| Kathryn Rush | Alachua |
| Bonnie Seeman | Broward |
| Robert Thiele | Miami-Dade |
| Wendy Wischer | Miami-Dade |
2005
Choreography
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Cheoreography | |
| Hannah Baumgarten | Miami-Dade |
| Karen Peterson | Miami-Dade |
| Lynne Wimmer | Hillsborough |
Folklife / Traditional Arts
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Music | |
| Konstantinos Maris | Pasco |
| Oral Traditions | |
| Liliane Louis | Miami-Dade |
Interdisciplinary
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Julie Kahn | Miami-Dade |
| Alfred Letson | Duval |
Literature
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Fiction | |
| Ayse Bucak | Palm Beach |
| Rita Ciresi | Pasco |
| John Fleming | Hillsborough |
| Ellen Kanner | Miami-Dade |
| Nicole Kelby | Sarasota |
| Poetry | |
| Silvia Curbelo | Hillsborough |
| Jamie Granger | Miami-Dade |
| Michael Hettich | Miami-Dade |
| Mia Leonin | Miami-Dade |
| Lisa Musgrave | Orange |
| Spencer Reece | Palm Beach |
Music
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Classical | |
| Ladislav Kubik | Leon |
| Gary Smart | St. Johns |
| Jazz | |
| David Manson | Pinellas |
Theatre
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| Playwriting | |
| Teo Castellanos | Miami-Dade |
| Douglas Cooney | Palm Beach |
| Michael McKeever | Broward |
| Larry Parr | Sarasota |