Florida Artists Hall of Fame

Florida Artists Hall of Fame recognizes artists who have made significant contributions to art in Florida. It was established by the Florida Legislature in 1986. There is a Florida Artists Hall of Fame Wall on the Plaza Level in the rotunda of the Florida Capitol. The Florida Council on Arts and Culture reviews nominations annually and makes recommendations to the Florida Secretary of State. No more than two inductees are selected in any year until 2012 when four inductees were added. In 2013 folk singer Frank J. Thomas, a longtime Lake Wales, Florida resident; Latin pop superstar Gloria Estefan and painter Laura Woodward were inducted.

2012 inductees

2012 Jacqueline Brice Jupiter, Florida 1935 – 2012 Robert C. Broward Jacksonville 1926 – 2012 Ricou Browning Tallahassee 1930 – 2012 Louis Roney Winter Park 1921 –

Alphabetical list of inductees

Year	Name	City	Lifetime	Artform
2004	Alfred Hair and the Florida Highwaymen	Fort Pierce, Florida	n/a	Folk artists
1993	George Abbott	Miami Beach, Florida	1887 – 1995	Thespian and theater impresario
1993	A. E. "Bean" Backus	Fort Pierce, Florida	1906 – 1990	Artist
2000	Jimmy Buffett	Key West, Florida	1946 –	Musician
2002	Fernando Bujones	Miami, Florida	1955 – 2005	Dancer
1998	Clyde Butcher	Ochopee, Florida	1942 –	Photographer
1992	Ray Charles	Greenville, Florida	1930 – 2004	Musician
2009	Harry Crews	Gainesville, Florida	1935 – 2012	Writer
2003	Earl Cunningham	St. Augustine, Florida	1893 – 1977	Folk artist
2010	Bo Diddley	Archer, Florida	1928 – 2008	Blues musician
1993	Marjory Stoneman Douglas	Coconut Grove, Florida	1890 – 1998	Author
1988	George Firestone	Miami, Florida	1931 –	Politician who supported arts
2003	William P. Foster	Tallahassee, Florida	1919 – 2010	Marching band director and innovator
1992	Duane Hanson	Davie, Florida	1925 – 1996	Artist/ sculptor of human figures
1995	Martin Johnson Heade	St. Augustine, Florida	1819 – 1904	Painter of nature
1987	Ernest Hemingway	Key West, Florida	1899 – 1961	Author
1990	Zora Neale Hurston	Eatonville, Florida	1891 – 1960	Folklorise, historian and novelist
2011	James F. Hutchinson	Stuart, Florida	1932 –	Painter
2002	Lou Jacobs	Sarasota, Florida	1903 – 1992	Circus clown
2000	James Weldon Johnson	Jacksonville, Florida	1871 – 1938	Writer
2006	John Rosamond Johnson	Jacksonville, Florida	1873 – 1954 Harlem Renaissance composer and singer
2005	Stetson Kennedy	Beluthahatchee, Florida	1916 – 2011	Journalist
2000	Elaine L. Konigsburg	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida	1930 –	Author and illutrator
1999	Doris Leeper	New Smyrna Beach, Florida	1929 – 2000	Painter, Sculptor
2007	Lawrence Hankins "Hank" Locklin	McLellan, Florida	1918 – 2009	Songwriter
1991	John D. MacDonald	Sarasota, Florida	1916 – 1986	Writer
1996	Will McLean	Chipley, Florida	1919 – 1990
2001	Addison Mizner	Boca Raton, Florida	1872 – 1933
1994	Ralph Hubbard Norton	West Palm Beach, Florida	1875 – 1953
2008	Victor Nunez	Tallahassee, Florida	1945 –
2004	Albin Polasek	Winter Park, Florida	1879 – 1965
2006	W. Stanley "Sandy" Proctor	Tallahassee, Florida	1939 –
1991	Robert Rauschenberg	Captiva, Florida	1925 – 2008	Painter
1987	Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings	Cross Creek, Florida	1896 – 1953	Author
1993	Burt Reynolds	Jupiter, Florida	1936 –	Actor
1987	John N. Ringling	Sarasota, Florida	1866 – 1936
1998	Gamble Rogers	St. Augustine, Florida	1937 – 1991
2001	James Rosenquist	Aripeka, Florida	1933 –
2008	Augusta Savage	Green Cove Springs, Florida	1892 – 1962
1999	Patrick D. Smith	Merritt Island, Florida	1927 –
2010	Christopher M. Still	Tarpon Springs, Florida	1961 – Painter
2009	Mel Tillis	Silver Springs, Florida	1932 –
2011	Johnny Tillotson	Jacksonville, Florida	1939 –
1994	Jerry N. Uelsmann	Gainesville, Florida	1934
1997	Edward Villella	Miami, Florida	1936 –
1994	Hiram D. Williams	Gainesville, Florida	1917 – 2003
1989	Tennessee Williams	Key West, Florida	1911 – 1983	Author
1994	Ellen Taaffe Zwilich	Miami, Florida	1939 –